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Activation started in RV apex in patients with left axis deviation, at RV free wall in normal axis. Individuals with CAD and 1DCM patient displayed focal scar. Despite that they exhibited typical LBBB and activation sequence mirrored findings in other LBBB individuals. Reverse remodeling (∆LVESV>15% after 6months) was evident in 10 patients. ZD1839 ic50 CONCLUSIONS Both typical LBBB and LBBB-like pattern might be associated with constant activation sequence regardless of etiology and scar localization. Activation initiation in RV apex, not LV activation sequence can be surrogate for left axis deviation. link2 CRT caused inter- and intraventricular LV resynchronization without significantly changed RV activation sequence and duration. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Loss of the ClC-3 chloride/proton exchanger found in intracellular compartments leads to marked neurodegeneration. New genetic work by Weinert et al (2020) now shows that selective impairment of ClC-3's ion exchange activity is sufficient to elicit this severe phenotype in vivo. ClC-3 cooperates with the closely related ClC-4 in protecting endolysosomal chloride balance and neuronal integrity. © 2020 The Author.Increasing studies have revealed that lncRNAs might play vital roles in the development and progression of various diseases, including viral infectious diseases. However, the expression and biological functions of lncRNAs in chronic HBV infection remain largely unknown. Therefore, lncRNA microarray was performed to analyze the lncRNAs and mRNAs expression profiles in liver tissues from patients with chronic HBV infection. Subsequently, a comprehensive bioinformatics analysis was conducted to investigate the potential functions of the differentially expressed genes. As a result, a total of 203 differentially expressed lncRNAs and 180 mRNAs were identified in chronic HBV infection. The expressions of 5 differentially expressed lncRNAs were further validated using quantitative real-time PCR. Gene ontology, pathway analysis and gene set enrichment analysis revealed that differentially expressed lncRNAs might be mainly involved in cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction and varied biotransformation processes, including fatty acid metabolism, amino acid metabolism, carbon metabolism and drug metabolism. Additionally, co-expression networks between differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs were constructed to reveal the hub regulator and analyze the functional pathways. This study provided an overview of lncRNA and mRNA expression in liver tissues from patients with chronic HBV infection. These differentially expressed lncRNAs might play crucial roles in the pathogenesis and progression of chronic HBV infection, which deserve further investigation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Typical hemolytic uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS), caused by Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), is a serious, life-threating disease that mainly affects children. Bacteriological and genetic tests are commonly used in the routine laboratory diagnosis of STEC-HUS; however, serological methods have emerged as useful and reliable diagnostic tools, especially when bacterial isolation fails. In this study, we present the results of the serological investigation of 72 pediatric patients suspected for HUS, hospitalized during 2011-2019 at the Department of Pediatrics and Nephrology of Children's Hospitals in Poland. During the routine laboratory investigation STEC strains were isolated only from 9 stool samples. However, serological investigations confirmed 45 cases of STEC infections in children with HUS. In this study, 22 (48.9%) pediatric patients were infected by E. coli serotype O26, 11 (24.4%) by serotype O145, 9 (20.0%) by serotype O157, and 3 (6.7%) by E. coli serotype O111. In the majority of these patients, in addition to a high level of IgA, IgG, and IgM antibodies to lipopolysaccharide of particular E. coli serotypes, antibodies to recombinant proteins Tir, Stx2b, and intimin were detected. Our results confirm that serological tests are useful in the diagnosis of STEC-HUS. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.The non-dystrophic myotonias (NDMs) are rare muscle hyperexcitability disorders caused by gain-of-function mutations in the SCN4A gene or loss-of-function mutations in the CLCN1 gene. Clinically, they are characterized by myotonia, defined as delayed muscle relaxation after voluntary contraction, which leads to symptoms of muscle stiffness, pain, fatigue, and weakness. Diagnosis is based on history and examination findings, the presence of electrical myotonia on electromyography (EMG), and genetic confirmation. In the absence of genetic confirmation, the diagnosis is supported by detailed electrophysiological testing, exclusion of other related disorders, and analysis of a variant of uncertain significance (VUS) if present. Symptomatic treatment with a sodium channel blocker, such as mexiletine, is usually the first step in management, as well as educating patients about potential anesthetic complications. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Here, we propose a new method to analyze various electronic properties of molecules based on natural perturbation orbitals (NPOs). link3 We applied the proposed method to chemical enhancement of the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) intensity of M2 -pyrazine-M2 (M = Cu, Ag, Au) complexes. The SERS intensity can be effectively decomposed into the contributions of four NPO pairs (1σ-1σ*, 2σ-2σ*, 1π-1π*, and 2π-2π*), so NPO analysis makes the SERS intensity much easier to understand than by conventional canonical molecular orbitals. Moreover, we analyzed the dependence of the density functional theory functional on the SERS intensity. For the Ag2 -pyrazine-Ag2 complex, the BP86 functional overestimates the Raman intensity by about 23 times compared with coupled-cluster singles and doubles level of theory, while the CAM-B3LYP functional gives moderately accurate values. This overestimation arises from the inaccuracy of the energy derivative along the normal vibrational mode. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.The filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa is a popular model organism used in a wide range of biochemical and genetic studies and vastly used in mitochondrial research. Despite the relevance of mitochondria in N. crassa biology, no method for quantification of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is currently available. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is a powerful tool, with a wide range of applications, and has been used for the quantification of nucleic acids in humans and a few other species. Here, we present a new qPCR assay for relative quantification of N. crassa mtDNA. Three sets of qPCR primers targeting different regions of the mitochondrial genome were tested for mtDNA quantification. The qPCR was successfully validated in N. crassa strains from different geographical locations, representing the vast genetic diversity of this species, and knockout mutant strains. Moreover, the assay proved to be efficient in templates with varied amounts of mitochondria, obtained through different DNA extraction methods. The qPCR performed well in all tested samples revealing a higher amount of mtDNA than nuclear DNA in all cases. This technique will facilitate the characterization of mtDNA of N. crassa in future studies and can be used as a tool to validate methods of mitochondria isolation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.OBJECTIVE This study aimed to document prevalence and age of onset of motor impairments and other key symptoms in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). METHODS Retrospective chart review of patients followed at the Saguenay Neuromuscular clinic (Quebec, Canada). RESULTS A total of 333 participants with the (GCN)13 mutation were included. Before the age of 75 years, 27 % had walking limitations, 14% could not climb stairs independently, and 14% used a wheelchair for long distances or daily living. The median age of onset was 54 years for ptosis and dysphagia and 58 years for lower limb proximal weakness. Other frequent symptoms include fatigue, pharyngeal pooling of thickened secretions and dysphonia. The median age at death was 77 years and the main cause was respiratory disease. DISCUSSION This study provides important information to help anticipatory guidance for affected people and for the development of therapeutic trials in OPMD. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.BACKGROUND AND AIM Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is an important cause of idiosyncratic drug induced liver injury (DILI), but its genetic risk factors are not well understood. We investigated the relationship between variants in the HLA Class I and II genes and well characterized cases of TMP-SMX DILI. METHODS European American and African American persons with TMP-SMX DILI were compared to respective population controls. HLA sequencing was performed by Illumina MiSeq for cases. HLA genotype imputation with attribute bagging (HIBAG) program was used to impute HLA alleles for controls. Allele frequency difference between cases and controls was tested by Fisher exact tests per ethnic group. For European Americans, multivariable logistic regression with Firth penalization was used to test HLA allelic effect after adjusting for age and the top two principal components. Molecular docking was performed to assess the HLA binding with TMP and SMX. RESULTS The European American subset had 51 cases and 12,156 controls, while the African American subset had 10 cases and 5,439 controls. Four HLA alleles were significantly associated in the European American subset, with HLA-B*1401 ranking at the top (OR 9.20, 95% CI 3.16-22.35, p=0.0003) after covariate adjustment. All HLA-B*1401 carriers with TMP-SMX DILI possessed HLA-C*0802, another significant allele (p=0.0026). This pattern was supported by HLA-B*1401-HLA-C*0802 haplotype association (p=1.33x10-5 ). For the African Americans, HLA-B*3501 had 2.8-fold higher frequency in cases than in controls, with five of 10 patients carrying this allele. Molecular docking showed Cys67 in HLA-B*1401 and Phe67 in HLA-B*3501 to be the predictive binding sites to SMX metabolites. CONCLUSION HLA-B*1401 is associated with TMP-SMX DILI in European Americans, and HLA-B*3501 may be a potential genetic risk factor for African Americans. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The prevalence of hypercalcemia in this neoplasm and its prognostic significance is unclear. We retrospectively evaluated the prevalence of hypercalcemia at diagnosis of DLBCL and explored associations of hypercalcemia with clinical factors and outcome. Outcome was assessed using event-free survival at 24 months (EFS24). A total of 305 patients (248 de novo DLBCL and 57 transformed indolent lymphomas) diagnosed between 2006 and 2018 in Reims were analyzed. The prevalence of calcemia >10.5 mg/dL at diagnosis of de novo DLBCL and transformed indolent lymphomas was 23% and 26%, respectively. Hypercalcemia in de novo DLBCL was strongly associated with high-risk features, especially with International Prognostic Index (IPI) components, but also with B symptoms, β2-microglobulin, hemoglobin, and albumin levels. The diagnosis-to-treatment interval was significantly shorter for hypercalcemic patients (P = .001). These associations with adverse prognostic factors translated into lower rates of EFS24 (HR = 1.