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Clonal eosinophilia is a hematologic disorder caused by translocation in growth factor receptor (GFR) genes. Despite the identified molecular mechanisms underlying clonal hypereosinophilia, the distinction between clonal and reactive eosinophilia has remained challenging due to the diversity of partner genes for translocated GFRs. This study aimed to examine the feasibility of phosphoflow cytometry in the diagnosis of clonal hypereosinophilia through evaluating the level of platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) phosphorylation and its correlation with PDGFRA genetic aberration. Blood samples were collected from 45 hypereosinophilia patients and 10 healthy controls. Using phosphoflow cytometry method, the phosphorylation state of PDGFRA was assessed. The specificity of phosflow results was confirmed by western blotting and eventually compared with qRT-PCR expression analysis of 3'-region of PDGFRA. To detect the genetic aberration of PDGFRA, 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends (5'-RACE) was performed. Phosflow analysis illustrated that 9 of 45 hypereosinophilic patients had higher level of PDGFRA phosphorylation while sequence analysis of 5'-RACE-PCR fragments confirmed that in seven cases of them, there was a PDGFRA-FIP1L1 fusion. We also verified that two of nine patients with hyperposphorylated PDGFRA hold ETV6-PDGFRA and STRN-PDGFRA rearrangements. Importantly, nine cases also had significantly higher levels of PDGFRA mRNA expression when compared with healthy controls, and cases with no PDGFRA rearrangement. These findings highlight a robust correlation between hyperphosphorylation state of PDGFRA and aberrant PDGFRA gene fusions. This implicates phosflow as an efficient and reliable technique raising an intriguing possibility that it could replace other genomic and cDNA-amplification-based diagnostic approaches with limited effectiveness.In the present study, the highly pathogenic bovine deltapapillomavirus (δPV) was investigated by liquid biopsy in blood samples of 168 clinically normal goats using both droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). Overall, ddPCR discovered BPV E5 DNA in ~ 61.3% of the blood samples examined, while real-time qPCR revealed the virus in ~ 10.7% of the same samples. Moreover, ddPCR showed BPV E5 DNA in ~ 78.8% of blood samples from goats that were in close contact with cattle and in 20% of blood samples from goats living in closed pens without any contact with cattle. In addition, ddPCR unmasked a single BPV genotype in ~ 59.2% and multiple genotypes in ~ 40.8% of goats harbouring BPV DNA, while real-time qPCR detected single genotypes in ~ 17% and multiple genotypes in ~ 1%. Of the BPV co-infections detected by ddPCR, 28 (~67%) involved two genotypes, eight (~19%) three genotypes and six (~14%) four genotypes. In contrast, real-time qPCR revealed BPV co-infection by two genotypes in only one sample and failed to detect co-infection by three or four genotypes. BPV2 and BPV13 were the most prevalent viruses responsible for single and multiple co-infections, respectively. The present study showed that ddPCR is promising method for circulating bovine papillomavirus DNA detection and quantification and suggested that animal husbandry practices contribute to cross-species transmission of BPVs.

Several health information sources are available to assist physical therapists in the clinical decision-making process, with a notable increase in the importance of using evidence-based practice (EBP). The aim of this study is to investigate the health information sources most used by Brazilian physical therapists to guide their clinical decision making for knee osteoarthritis (OA) management, use of Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), knowledge about the existence of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), and associated factors.

A cross-sectional study using an electronic survey was conducted. Physical therapists registered in a Regional Physical Therapy Council in Brazil were invited to participate. Sociodemographic data, professional training, health information sources, frequency of use of PEDro, and knowledge about CPGs were collected. Descriptive analysis of the data was performed, and the chi square test and multinomial and binary logistic regression were used to verify association between the vgap between research evidence and clinical practice should be performed.Low grain moisture at harvest is crucial for safe production, transport and storage, but the genetic architecture of this trait in maize (Zea mays) remains elusive. Here, we measured the dynamic changes in grain moisture content in an association-mapping panel of 513 diverse maize inbred lines at five successive stages across five geographical environments. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) revealed 71 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that influence grain moisture in maize. selleck compound Epistatic effects play vital roles in the variability in moisture levels, even outperforming main-effect QTLs during the early dry-down stages. Distinct QTL-environment interactions influence the spatio-temporal variability of maize grain moisture, which is primarily triggered at specific times. By combining genetic population analysis, transcriptomic profiling and gene editing, we identified GRMZM5G805627 and GRMZM2G137211 as candidate genes underlying major QTLs for grain moisture in maize. Our results provide insights into the genetic architecture of dynamic changes in grain moisture, which should facilitate maize breeding.

Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) constitute the first line of host defence and are crucial in maintaining periodontal health. Their survival and function are modulated by mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from different origin. Gingival MSCs (GMSCs) play an important role in maintaining oral health and in the initial inflammatory response. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of GMSCs on PMNs apoptosis and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production.

PMNs were either directly incubated with untreated, interleukin (IL)-1β- or tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α-treated GMSCs or stimulated with their conditioned media. Resulting ROS production was evaluated by dichlorofluorescin diacetate staining, whereas PMNs apoptosis was assessed by Annexin V staining, followed by flow cytometry analysis.

While conditioned media of untreated and TNF-α-treated GMSCs did not affect apoptosis of PMNs, it was significantly delayed by conditioned media of GMSCs treated with IL-1β. In direct co-culture, GMSCs exerted anti-apoptotic effects on PMNs independently of the previous stimulation.