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The systematic classification of the cells that compose a tissue or an organ is key to understanding how these cells cooperate and interact as a functional unit. Our capacity to detect features that define cell identity has evolved from morphological and chemical analyses, through the use of predefined genetic markers, to unbiased transcriptomic and epigenetic profiling. The innovative technology of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) enables transcriptional profiling of thousands of individual cells. Since its development, scRNA-seq has been extensively applied to numerous organs and tissues in a wide range of animal models and human samples, thereby providing a plethora of fundamental biological insights into their development, homeostasis, and pathology. In this review, we present the findings of 3 recent studies that employed scRNA-seq to unravel the complexity of cellular composition in mammalian teeth. These findings offer an unprecedented catalogue of cell types in the mouse incisor, which is a convenient model system for studying continuous tooth growth. These studies identified novel cell types in the tooth epithelium and mesenchyme, as well as new markers for known cell types. Computational analyses of the data also uncovered the lineage and dynamics of cell states during ameloblast and odontoblast differentiation during both normal homeostasis and injury repair. The transcriptional differences between the mouse incisor and mouse and human molars uncover species-specific as well as shared features in tooth cell composition. Here, we highlight these findings and discuss important similarities and differences between these studies. We also discuss potential future applications of scRNA-seq in dental research and dentistry. Together, these studies demonstrate how the rapidly evolving technology of scRNA-seq can advance the study of tooth development and function and provide putative targets for regenerative approaches.To control costs and improve access, nations can adopt strategies employed in the United Kingdom to control pharmaceutical prices and spending. Current policy evolved from a system created in 1957 that allowed manufacturers to set launch prices, capped manufacturers' rates of return, and later cut list prices. These policies did not effectively control spending and had limited effects on purchase prices. The United Kingdom currently controls pharmaceutical spending in 4 ways. (a) Since 1999, it has typically paid no more than is cost-effective. (b) Since 2017, for medicines that will have a significant budget impact, National Health Service England seeks discounts from cost-effective prices or seeks to limit access for 2 years to patients with the greatest need. (c) Since 2014, statutes and a voluntary scheme have required branded manufacturers to pay the government rebates to recoup the difference between the global pharmaceutical budget and actual spending. (d) For hospitals, generics and some patented drugs are procured through competitive bidding; community pharmacies are reimbursed through a system that provides an incentive to beat average generic market prices. These policies controlled the growth of spending, with the largest effects following budget controls in 2014. Changes since 2008 have reduced savings, first by paying more than is cost-effective for cancer drugs and then by applying higher cost-effectiveness thresholds for some drugs used to treat cancer and certain other drugs.Patterns of p53 immunostaining are used as a surrogate marker for tumor protein 53 (TP53) mutations in the diagnosis of ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC). We present a rare case of ovarian HGSC that metastasized to the diaphragm and cardiophrenic lymph nodes and showed the immunostaining pattern of wild-type p53 and aberrant neural cell adhesion molecule (CD56) expression. A 63-year-old woman developed multifocal metastases in the diaphragmatic pleura and cardiophrenic lymph nodes. Because she had a history of ovarian HGSC and pulmonary adenocarcinoma, we considered the possibility that the metastatic carcinoma was of either ovarian or pulmonary origin. Immunostaining revealed that the tumor cells were negative for thyroid transcription factor 1 but positive for Wilms tumor 1. The tumor additionally exhibited strong membranous CD56 expression and patchy p53 expression, both of which were inconsistent with the characteristics of ovarian HGSC. However, targeted sequencing analysis revealed that the tumor harbored a pathogenic mutation at the splice acceptor site of TP53 intron 9 (c.994-1G>C).Icing is still one of the most common treatments to acute skeletal muscle damage in sports medicine. However, previous studies using rodents reported the detrimental effect of icing on muscle regeneration following injury. This study aimed to elucidate the critical factors governing the impairment of muscle regeneration by icing with a murine model of eccentric contraction-induced muscle damage by electrical stimulation. Because of icing after muscle injury, the infiltration of polynuclear and mononuclear cells into necrotic muscle fibers was retarded and attenuated, leading to the persistent presence of necrotic cellular debris. These phenomena coincided with the delayed emergence and sustained accumulation of Pax7+ myogenic cells within the regenerating area. In addition, due to icing, delayed and/or sustained infiltration of M1 macrophages was noted in accordance with the perturbed expression patterns of inflammation-related factors, including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-10 (IL-10). The emergence and sustained accumulation of Pax7+ cells within the regenerating area. The expression patterns of TNF-α and IL-10 were altered by icing consistent with the perturbation of the macrophage phenotype.A minimal model of cerebral blood flow and respiratory control was developed to describe hypocapnic and hypercapnic responses. Important nonlinear properties such as cerebral blood flow changes with arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide ([Formula see text]) and associated time-dependent circulatory time delays were included. It was also necessary to vary cerebral metabolic rate as a function of [Formula see text]. The cerebral blood flow model was added to a previously developed respiratory control model to simulate central and peripheral controller dynamics for humans. Model validation was based on previously collected data. BAY-985 IKK inhibitor The variable time delay due to brain blood flow changes in hypercapnia was an important determinant of predicted instability due to nonlinear interaction in addition to linear loop gain considerations. Peripheral chemoreceptor gains above a critical level, but within normal limits, were necessary to produce instability. Instability was observed in recovery from hypercapnia and hypoity due to nonlinear interaction in addition to linear control loop gain. Time delay was assumed to be set by the ratio of brain arterial vascular volume and blood flow. This vascular volume was predicted to also significantly change with CO2.In older adults, leucine mitigated the loss of insulin sensitivity associated with muscular disuse. Leucine supplementation increased mitochondrial respiration and reduced a marker of oxidative stress following periods of disuse and rehabilitation.The pathogenesis of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes are characterized by a progressive dysregulation in energy partitioning, often leading to end-organ complications. One emerging approach proposed to target this metabolic dysregulation is the application of mild cold exposure. In healthy individuals, cold exposure can increase energy expenditure and whole body glucose and fatty acid utilization. Repeated exposures can lower fasting glucose and insulin levels and improve dietary fatty acid handling, even in healthy individuals. Despite its apparent therapeutic potential, little is known regarding the effects of cold exposure in populations for which this stimulation could benefit the most. The few studies available have shown that both acute and repeated exposures to the cold can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce fasting glycemia in individuals with type 2 diabetes. However, critical gaps remain in understanding the prolonged effects of repeated cold exposures on glucose regulation and whole body insulin sensitivity in individuals with metabolic syndrome. Much of the metabolic benefits appear to be attributable to the recruitment of shivering skeletal muscles. However, further work is required to determine whether the broader recruitment of skeletal muscles observed during cold exposure can confer metabolic benefits that surpass what has been historically observed from endurance exercise. In addition, although cold exposure offers unique cardiovascular responses for a physiological stimulus that increases energy expenditure, further work is required to determine how acute and repeated cold exposure can impact cardiovascular responses and myocardial function across a broader scope of individuals.Plasma gelsolin (pGSN) levels fall in association with diverse inflammatory conditions. We hypothesized that pGSN would decrease due to the stresses imposed by high pressure and subsequent decompression, and repletion would ameliorate injuries in a murine decompression sickness (DCS) model. Research subjects were found to exhibit a modest decrease in pGSN level while at high pressure and a profound decrease after decompression. Changes occurred concurrent with elevations of circulating microparticles (MPs) carrying interleukin (IL)-1β. Mice exhibited a comparable decrease in pGSN after decompression along with elevations of MPs carrying IL-1β. Infusion of recombinant human (rhu)-pGSN into mice before or after pressure exposure abrogated these changes and prevented capillary leak in brain and skeletal muscle. Human and murine MPs generated under high pressure exhibited surface filamentous actin (F-actin) to which pGSN binds, leading to particle lysis. In addition, human neutrophils exposed to high air pressure exhibit an increase in surface F-actin that is diminished by rhu-pGSN resulting in inhibition of MP production. Administration of rhu-pGSN may have benefit as prophylaxis or treatment for DCS.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Inflammatory microparticles released in response to high pressure and decompression express surface filamentous actin. Infusion of recombinant human plasma gelsolin lyses these particles in decompressed mice and ameliorates particle-associated vascular damage. Human neutrophils also respond to high pressure with an increase in surface filamentous actin and microparticle production, and these events are inhibited by plasma gelsolin. Gelsolin infusion may have benefit as prophylaxis or treatment for decompression sickness.Non-Hispanic black individuals suffer from an elevated prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) relative to other populations. This elevated disease risk is, in large part, related to impaired vascular function, secondary to reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability. Emerging evidence suggests that dietary nitrate supplementation improves several cardiovascular parameters, including vascular function, in part by increased NO bioavailability. However, whether these findings extend to a population of black individuals is unknown. This study tested the hypothesis that forearm blood flow responses in young, non-Hispanic, black (BL) men during a mental stress challenge would be blunted relative to young, non-Hispanic, white (WH) men. We further hypothesized that acute dietary nitrate supplementation would improve this response in BL men. This study comprised two parts (phase 1 and phase 2). Phase 1 investigated the difference in blood flow responses between young, BL, and WH men. In contrast, phase 2 investigated the effect of acute nitrate supplementation on the responses in a subset of the BL men from phase 1.