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Raloxifene agonism of estrogen receptor (ER) in post-menopausal endometrium is not negligible. Based on a rational drug design workflow, we synthesized 14 analogues of raloxifene bearing a polar group in the aromatic ring of the basic side chain (BSC) and/or changes in the bulkiness of the BSC amino group. Analogues with a polar BSC aromatic ring and amino group substituents of increasing volume displayed increasing ER antagonism in Ishikawa cells. KRIBB11 Analogues with cyclohexylaminoethoxy (13a) or adamantylaminoethoxy BSC (13b) lacking a polar aromatic ring displayed high ER-binding affinity and ER antagonism in Ishikawa cells higher than raloxifene and similar to fulvestrant (ICI182,780). The endometrial surface epithelium of immature female CD1 mice injected with 13b was comparable to that of vehicle-treated mice, while that of mice treated with estradiol, raloxifene or 13b in combination with estradiol was hyperplastic. These findings indicate that raloxifene analogues with a bulky BSC amino group could provide for higher endometrial safety treatment of the menopausal syndrome.Over the last 30 years, nuclear receptors (NRs) have been increasingly recognized as key modulators of systemic homeostasis and as contributing factors in many diseases. In the kidney, NRs play numerous important roles in maintaining homeostasis-many of which continue to be unraveled. As "master regulators", these important transcription factors integrate and coordinate many renal processes such as circadian responses, lipid metabolism, fatty acid oxidation, glucose handling, and inflammatory responses. The use of recently-developed genetic tools and small molecule modulators have allowed for detailed studies of how renal NRs contribute to kidney homeostasis. Importantly, while NRs are intimately involved in proper kidney function, they are also implicated in a variety of renal diseases such as diabetes, acute kidney injury, and other conditions such as aging. In the last 10 years, our understanding of renal disease etiology and progression has been greatly shaped by knowledge regarding how NRs are dysregulated in these conditions. Importantly, NRs have also become attractive therapeutic targets for attenuation of renal diseases, and their modulation for this purpose has been the subject of intense investigation. Here, we review the role in health and disease of six key renal NRs including the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR), estrogen-related receptors (ERR), the farnesoid X receptors (FXR), estrogen receptors (ER), liver X receptors (LXR), and vitamin D receptors (VDR) with an emphasis on recent findings over the last decade. These NRs have generated a wealth of data over the last 10 years that demonstrate their crucial role in maintaining normal renal homeostasis as well as their capacity to modulate disease progression.

Seasonal influenza imposes a significant health and economic burden in South Africa, particularly in populations vulnerable to severe consequences of influenza. This study assesses the cost-effectiveness of South Africa's seasonal influenza vaccination strategy, which involves vaccinating vulnerable populations with trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) during routine facility visits. Vulnerable populations included in our analysis are persons aged≥65years; pregnant women; persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), persons of any age with underlying medical conditions (UMC) and children aged 6-59months.

We employed the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Cost Effectiveness Tool for Seasonal Influenza Vaccination (CETSIV), a decision tree model, to evaluate the 2018 seasonal influenza vaccination campaign from a public healthcare provider and societal perspective. CETSIV was populated with existing country-specific demographic, epidemiologic and coverage data to estimate incremental cost-effectiveness ratost-effective. A budget impact analysis will be useful for supporting future expansions of the programme.

South Africa's seasonal influenza vaccination strategy of opportunistically targeting vulnerable populations during routine visits is cost-effective. A budget impact analysis will be useful for supporting future expansions of the programme.Three commercially available assays for the measurement of antibodies to infliximab (ATI) are approved for clinical use in Australia Promonitor anti-infliximab (Grifols), Lisa Tracker anti-infliximab (Theradiag) and Ridascreen anti-IFX (R-Biopharm). All are bridging ELISA assays. Measurement of ATI has been incorporated into treatment algorithms for assessing loss of response to infliximab in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, but results obtained by the three ATI assays have not been systematically compared. We performed a series of experiments to allow comparison of results between the assays. Forty-two patient samples known to be positive for ATI by the Lisa Tracker assay were run on the Promonitor assay in singlicate, of which 26 were run on the Ridascreen assay in duplicate, according to the manufacturers' instructions. The Spearman correlation coefficient for all three pairwise assay comparisons was 0.95. Results were not numerically comparable between the assays. The coefficient of variation (CV) was 2.3% for the Lisa Tracker assay, 7.6% for the Promonitor assay and 7.4% for the Ridascreen assay. The presence of infliximab interfered with all three assays in a dose dependent manner. The cut-point for loss of response to infliximab dose intensification, previously demonstrated to be 200 ng/mL on the Lisa Tracker assay, is equivalent to approximately 60 ng/mL on the Ridascreen assay and between 22.9 and 41 AU/mL on the Promonitor assay. All three assays are suitable for clinical use.Accurate classification of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) has become increasingly reliant on molecular characterisation of this blood cancer. Throughout Australia and New Zealand massively parallel sequencing (MPS) is being adopted by diagnostic laboratories for the routine evaluation of patients with AML. This technology enables the surveying of many genes simultaneously, with many technical advantages over single gene testing approaches. However, there are many variations in wet and dry lab MPS procedures, which raises the prospect of discordant results between laboratories. This study compared the results obtained from MPS testing of ten diagnostic AML bone marrow aspirate samples sent to eight participating laboratories across Australasia. A reassuringly high concordance of 94% was observed with regard to variant detection and characterisation of pathogenicity. The level of discordance observed, although low, demonstrates the need for ongoing assessment of concordance between diagnostic testing laboratories through quality assurance programs.