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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Globally, more than 100 000 people die annually from opioid overdose. Opportunities to study physiological events in at-risk individuals are limited. This study examined variation of opioid dose and impact on respiratory depression in a chronic injecting heroin user at separate time-points during his long-term diamorphine maintenance treatment. DESIGN A single-subject study over 5 years during which participant underwent experimental studies on diamorphine-induced respiratory depression, at changing maintenance doses. SETTING A clinical research facility. Participant Male subject on long-term injectable diamorphine (pharmaceutical heroin) maintenance treatment for heroin addiction. MEASUREMENTS Physiological measures of oxygen saturation (SpO2 ), end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2 ) and respiratory rate (RR) were used to indicate severity of respiratory depression. FINDINGS (1) After diamorphine injection, respiratory regulation became abnormal, with prolonged apnoea exceeding 20 sec (maximum 56 sec), elevated ETCO2 (maximum 6.9%) and hypoxaemia (minimum SpO2 80%). (2) Abnormalities were greater with highest diamorphine dose average SpO2 was 89.3% after 100 mg diamorphine versus 93.6% and 92.8% for the two 30-mg doses. (3) However, long apnoeic pauses and high levels of ETCO2 % were also present after lower doses. CONCLUSIONS With marked inter-session variability, these findings corroborate observations of inconsistent relationships between opioid dose and overdose risk. © 2020 Society for the Study of Addiction.Gd 3+ complexes have been shown to undergo unusual slow magnetic relaxation processes similar to those of single molecule magnets (SMMs), although the Gd 3+ ion does not have strong magnetic anisotropy. To reveal the origin of slow magnetic relaxations of Gd 3+ complexes, we investigated the magnetic properties and heat capacity of two Gd 3+ -phthalocyaninato triple-decker complexes, one of which has intramolecular Gd 3+ -Gd 3+ interactions and the other does not. Salinomycin mw It was shown that the Gd 3+ -Gd 3+ interactions accelerate the magnetic relaxation processes. In addition, magnetically diluted samples, prepared by doping a small amount of Gd 3+ complexes into a large amount of diamagnetic Y 3+ complexes, underwent dual magnetic relaxations. From detailed dynamical magnetic analyses, the coexistence of spin-lattice relaxation and phonon bottleneck processes is the origin of dual magnetic relaxation processes. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Intestinal epithelial cells provide a front line of defense by establishing a barrier against food Ags, pathogens, and commensal microorganisms. This defense includes the establishment of a tolerogenic environment in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The intestinal epithelium replenishes itself by cell turnover every 4-5 days, and this process is facilitated by various pathways of communication between the intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), the underlying stromal cell network, and professional immune cells, which together help establish a proper intestinal stem cell (ISC) niche in the crypt. However, during a state of inflammation, such as in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), these communication pathways can be altered, and this can lead to the development of inflammatory IECs within the crypt that further drive inflammation. Here, we review the current literature looking at crosstalk between immune cells, stromal cells, and IECs how does the immune system potentially alter the ISC niche, and how do IECs influence intestinal immunity? We discuss the latest research using single cell RNA sequencing and intestinal organoid cultures to help answer these questions. A better understanding of this complex crosstalk can help lead to a better understanding of intestinal biology in general, and more efficient therapeutic approaches to treat IBD. ©2020 Society for Leukocyte Biology.BACKGROUND Neutropenia and impaired functions were common manifestation in antiretroviral therapy (ART) in both naïve and experienced PLWHA. Granulopoiesis can be divided into two phases lineage determination and committed granulopoiesis. However, stage-specific impairment of granulopoiesis in PLWHA with neutropenia remains unclear. METHODS A total of 48 ART-naïve and 49 ART-experienced PLWHA from 2016 to 2018 were recruited and divided into non-, mild-, and moderate-to-severe-neutropenia groups according to their neutrophil counts. The bone marrow aspirates and peripheral blood were collected and analyzed by multicolor flow cytometry for granulocyte subsets, hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC), apoptosis, and emigration and retention of different subsets. RESULTS Compared with healthy donors, the percentages of circulating segmented neutrophils were significantly decreased along with an increase of immature neutrophils in both groups. ART-naïve patients with moderate to severe neutropenia exhibited decreased proportion and accelerated apoptosis of relative mature segmented neutrophils. In contrast, ART-experienced patients with neutropenia displayed decreased proportion of granulocyte macrophage progenitors, indicating a defect at a stage of lineage determination. Meanwhile, ART-experienced patients with neutropenia also the expression of CXCR4 segmented neutrophils, suggesting an increased retention of segmented neutrophils inn the bone marrow. CONCLUSIONS ART-naïve patients with neutropenia is caused by increased apoptosis of relatively differentiated neutrophils at committed granulopoiesis, whereas impaired lineage determination and enhanced retention of segmented neutrophils contribute to in ART-experienced patients. ©2020 Society for Leukocyte Biology.PURPOSE Men who have sex with men (MSM) face persistent risk of stigma, with past studies showing unequal treatments of MSM in health care settings. Contextual factors, such as internalized homophobia and connectedness to one's community, have shown to serve as a barrier or facilitator (respectively) with regard to MSM's decisions to seek preventative treatment. These studies, however, predominately feature urban populations, with less consideration given to rural MSM. The current study comparatively investigates these contextual factors between rural and urban MSM to detect differences in the frequency of doctor's visits. METHODS A 2-by-2 (rural/urban × doctor visit yes/no) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to investigate if significant differences and/or interactions existed for internalized homophobia and community connectedness. FINDINGS Results show a significant interaction between rurality and doctor's visits in our sample of predominantly white, self-identified gay men. Higher levels of internalized homophobia and lower levels of community connectedness were seen in rural individuals who had visited a doctor in the past 12 months and in urban individuals who had not seen a doctor in the past 12 months.