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Therapeutic decisions in lung cancer critically depend on the determination of histologic types and oncogene mutations. Therefore, tumor samples are subjected to standard histologic and immunohistochemical analyses and examined for relevant mutations using comprehensive molecular diagnostics. In this study, an alternative diagnostic approach for automatic and label-free detection of mutations in lung adenocarcinoma tissue using quantum cascade laser-based infrared imaging is presented. For this purpose, a five-step supervised classification algorithm was developed, which was not only able to detect tissue types and tumor lesions, but also the tumor type and mutation status of adenocarcinomas. Tumor detection was verified on a data set of 214 patient samples with a specificity of 97% and a sensitivity of 95%. Furthermore, histology typing was verified on samples from 203 of the 214 patients with a specificity of 97% and a sensitivity of 94% for adenocarcinoma. The most frequently occurring mutations in adenocarcinoma (KRAS, EGFR, and TP53) were differentiated by this technique. Detection of mutations was verified in 60 patient samples from the data set with a sensitivity and specificity of 95% for each mutation. This demonstrates that quantum cascade laser infrared imaging can be used to analyze morphologic differences as well as molecular changes. Therefore, this single, one-step measurement provides comprehensive diagnostics of lung cancer histology types and most frequent mutations.Here, we review extant observations of protein phosphorylation and small-molecule interactions in metabolism and ask which of their specific regulatory functions are conserved in Escherichia coli and Homo sapiens. While the number of phosphosites is dramatically higher in humans, the number of metabolite-protein interactions remains largely constant. Moreover, we found the regulatory logic of metabolite-protein interactions, and in many cases also the effector molecules, to be conserved. Post-translational regulation through phosphorylation does not appear to replace this regulation in human but rather seems to add additional opportunities for fine-tuning and more complex responses. The abundance of metabolite-protein interactions in metabolism, their conserved cross-species abundance, and the apparent conservation of regulatory logic across enormous phylogenetic distance demonstrate their relevance for maintaining cellular homeostasis in these ancient biological processes.

The Hospitalization or Outpatient Management of Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection (HOME-CoV) rule is a checklist of eligibility criteria for home treatment of patients with COVID-19, defined using a Delphi method.

Is the HOME-CoV rule reliable for identifying a subgroup of COVID-19 patients with a low risk of adverse outcomes who can be treated at home safely?

We aimed to validate the HOME-CoV rule in a prospective, multicenter study before and after trial of patients with probable or confirmed COVID-19 who sought treatment at the ED of 34 hospitals. The main outcome was an adverse evolution, that is, invasive ventilation or death, occurring within the 7days after patient admission. The performance of the rule was assessed by the false-negative rate. The impact of the rule implementation was assessed by the absolute differences in the rate of patients who required invasive ventilation or who died and in the rate of patients treated at home, between an observational and an interventional period after imNo. NCT04338841; URL www.clinicaltrials.gov.Limb regeneration, while observed lifelong in salamanders, is restricted in post-metamorphic Xenopus laevis frogs. Whether this loss is due to systemic factors or an intrinsic incapability of cells to form competent stem cells has been unclear. Here, we use genetic fate mapping to establish that connective tissue (CT) cells form the post-metamorphic frog blastema, as in the case of axolotls. Corn Oil Using heterochronic transplantation into the limb bud and single-cell transcriptomic profiling, we show that axolotl CT cells dedifferentiate and integrate to form lineages, including cartilage. In contrast, frog blastema CT cells do not fully re-express the limb bud progenitor program, even when transplanted into the limb bud. Correspondingly, transplanted cells contribute to extraskeletal CT, but not to the developing cartilage. Furthermore, using single-cell RNA-seq analysis we find that embryonic and adult frog cartilage differentiation programs are molecularly distinct. This work defines intrinsic restrictions in CT dedifferentiation as a limitation in adult regeneration.Cholesterol represents the most abundant single lipid in mammalian cells. How its asymmetric distribution between subcellular membranes is achieved and maintained attracts considerable interest. One of the challenges is that cholesterol rarely is transported alone, but rather is coupled with heterotypic transport and metabolism of other lipids, in particular phosphoinositides, phosphatidylserine, and sphingolipids. This perspective summarizes the major exo- and endocytic cholesterol transport routes and how lipid transfer proteins at membrane contacts and membrane transport intersect along these routes. It discusses the co-transport of cholesterol with other lipids in mammalian cells and reviews emerging evidence related to the physiological relevance of this process.Brown and beige adipocytes, or thermogenic fat, were initially thought to be merely a thermogenic organ. However, emerging evidence suggests its multifaceted roles in the regulation of systemic glucose and lipid homeostasis that go beyond enhancing thermogenesis. One of the important functions of thermogenic fat is as a "metabolic sink" for glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids, which profoundly impacts metabolite clearance and oxidation. Importantly, lipids are not only the predominant fuel source used for thermogenesis but are also essential molecules for development, cellular signaling, and structural components. Here, we review the multifaceted role of lipids in thermogenic adipocytes.Niemann-Pick is a lysosomal storage disease caused by loss of the lysosomal cholesterol exporter NPC1 and leads to axon degeneration. Roney et al. report that immature autophagosomes accumulate in axons because cholesterol-laden lysosomes in the soma are not transported to the axon for autophagosome fusion and maturation because they aberrantly sequester non-functioning kinesin-1.