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BACKGROUND The literature surrounding survival of patients with multiple primary melanomas (MPM) yields variable and opposing findings, constrained by statistical challenges. OBJECTIVES To critically examine the available literature regarding survival of patients with MPM compared with single primary melanomas (SPM) and detail statistical methods employed. METHODS Electronic searches of Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus, with cross-checking of references, for the period January 1956 - June 2019 were carried out. All studies published in English examining survival in patients with multiple melanoma were included. Case studies and small case series were excluded. RESULTS Fourteen studies were eligible for inclusion. Conclusions on survival varied markedly depending on the statistical method used. Four studies that accounted for survival bias by partitioning the survival time were included in the quantitative review, with three of these reporting a survival disadvantage for MPM, while the fourth showed no difference in survival. Pooled HR was 1.39 (1.07-1.81) but with significant heterogeneity (I2= 96.8% Phet less then 0.001). LIMITATIONS Studies showed significant heterogeneity in methodology. CONCLUSIONS When data was analysed with robust statistical methods, patients with MPM had a survival disadvantage compared with patients with SPM. Food availability is a permissive determinant that drives gonadal activity in fish. The present study aimed to clarify the interactions between reproductive and nutritive statuses in the sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea), a tropical damselfish with a long-day preference for reproduction. Insulin-like growth factor-3 (IGF3), a novel IGF that likely plays a role in gonadal maturation, was closely monitored in the sapphire devil. The cDNA of sapphire devil igf3 had an open reading frame of 443 base pairs (146 amino acid residues). Phylogenetic analyses revealed that sapphire devil IGF3 was clustered within the teleost IGF3 family. The transcript levels of sapphire devil igf3 increased in the brain, liver, and ovary of the fish during the late vitellogenic phase, suggesting that it plays a role in reproduction. Immersion of the fish in seawater containing estradiol-17β suppressed transcript levels of sapphire devil igf3 in the liver, but not in the brain, suggesting that intensive protein synthesis in relation to vitellogenesis negatively impacts somatic metabolism in this tissue. When fish were reared with high or low food under conditions of photoperiod (LD = 1410) and temperature (at 25-28 °C) during the non-reproductive season, ovarian development was induced in high-food fish. Furthermore, prior to ovarian development in the high-food fish, the transcript levels of sapphire devil igf3 increased in the brain, liver, and ovary. These results indicated crosstalk between the reproductive and growth networks and suggested that a metabolic shift, from growth mode to reproductive mode, occurs in peripheral tissues when nutritive status is improved under suitable conditions of photoperiod and water temperature. Naked and protein-blocked DNA ends occur naturally during immune cell development, meiosis, and at telomeres as well as from aborted topoisomerase reactions, collapsed replication forks, and other stressors. Damaged DNA ends are dangerous in cells and if left unrepaired can lead to genomic rearrangement, loss of genetic information, and eventually cancer. Mre11 is part of the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 complex that recognizes DNA double-strand breaks and has exonuclease and endonuclease activities that help to initiate the repair processes to resolve these broken DNA ends. In fact, these activities are crucial for proper DNA damage repair pathway choice. Here, using Pyrococcus furiosus Mre11, we question how two Mre11 separation of function mutants - one previously described but the second first described here - maintain endonuclease activity in the absence of exonuclease activity. To start, we performed solution state NMR experiments to assign the side chain methyl groups of the 64 kDa Mre11 nuclease and capping domains, which allowed us to describe the structural differences between Mre11 bound to exo- and endonuclease substrates. Then, through biochemical and biophysical characterization, including NMR structural and dynamics studies, we compared the two mutants and determined that both affect the dynamic features and double-stranded DNA binding properties of Mre11, but in different ways. GX15-070 molecular weight In total, our results illuminate the structural and dynamic landscape of Mre11 nuclease function. A large part of mammalian physiology and behaviour shows regular daily variations. This temporal organisation is driven by the activity of an endogenous circadian clock, whose molecular basis consists of diurnal waves in gene expression. Circadian transcription is the major driver of these rhythms, yet post-transcriptional mechanisms, some of which occur in response to systemic cues and in a tissue-specific fashion, have central roles in ultimately establishing the oscillatory gene expression programme as well. Regulatory control that occurs at the level of translation is emerging as an important player in the generation and modulation of protein accumulation rhythms. As a mechanism, translation lies at a privileged position to integrate genetically encoded rhythmic signals with other, external and internal stimuli, including nutrient-derived cues. In this review, we summarise our current knowledge of how diurnal control of translation affects both bulk protein levels and gene-specific protein biosynthesis. We discuss mechanisms of regulation, in particular with regard to the complex interplay between circadian cycles and feeding/fasting cycles, as well as emerging roles for upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in clock control. Despite substantial progress made in the development of wound dressings, wound management remains a great challenge, which compels significant burden to the patient and healthcare system. Owing to its intricate pathophysiology particularly, wounds with bacterial burden impose substantial challenges to the conventional wound dressings, and hence, demands development of novel and more efficient wound healing modalities. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to design a novel thermosensitive hydrogel membrane composed of sodium alginate, poloxamer 407, pluronic F-127, and polyvinyl alcohol for accelerated wound healing. The developed hydrogel membranes were evaluated using 1HNMR, FTIR, SEM, XRD, TGA and DSC for sufficient cross-linking, surface morphology, tensile strength, mechanical properties, thermos-sensitivity and thermal stability. Moreover, the swelling properties, drug release behavior, gel fraction, water vapor transmission rate, and antibacterial proficiency of the developed hydrogel membrane were also investigated.