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Recent efforts in this area have been focused on the delivery of suicide genes such as herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase and cytosine deaminase.

Decades of research efforts and an improving understanding of the immunomodulatory effects of viral therapies for gliomas are informing ongoing clinical efforts aimed at improving outcomes in patients with HGG. The available clinical data reveal varied efficacy among different virus-based treatment strategies.

Decades of research efforts and an improving understanding of the immunomodulatory effects of viral therapies for gliomas are informing ongoing clinical efforts aimed at improving outcomes in patients with HGG. The available clinical data reveal varied efficacy among different virus-based treatment strategies.Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are a class of immunotherapeutic agents with promising preclinical results for the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) but have shown limited success in recent clinical trials. Advanced bioengineering principles from disciplines such as synthetic and systems biology are needed to overcome the current challenges faced in developing effective OV-based immunotherapies for GBMs, including off-target effects and poor clinical responses. Synthetic biology is an emerging field that focuses on the development of synthetic DNA constructs that encode networks of genes and proteins (synthetic genetic circuits) to perform novel functions, whereas systems biology is an analytical framework that enables the study of complex interactions between host pathways and these synthetic genetic circuits. In this review, the authors summarize synthetic and systems biology concepts for developing programmable, logic-based OVs to treat GBMs. Programmable OVs can increase selectivity for tumor cells and enhance the local immunological response using synthetic genetic circuits. The authors discuss key principles for developing programmable OV-based immunotherapies, including how to 1) select an appropriate chassis, a vector that carries a synthetic genetic circuit, and 2) design a synthetic genetic circuit that can be programmed to sense key signals in the GBM microenvironment and trigger release of a therapeutic payload. To illustrate these principles, some original laboratory data are included, highlighting the need for systems biology studies, as well as some preliminary network analyses in preparation for synthetic biology applications. Examples from the literature of state-of-the-art synthetic genetic circuits that can be packaged into leading candidate OV chassis are also surveyed and discussed.

NCCN recommends evaluation and treatment of all patients with cancer who have anemia. Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of anemia among patients with gynecologic cancer and compliance with the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Hematopoietic Growth Factors.

We performed a single-institution retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with primary gynecologic cancer between 2008 and 2018. We identified tumor registry-confirmed patients using ICD-O codes from the Synthetic Derivative database, a deidentified copy of Vanderbilt's electronic medical records. Patients were included if they were between ages 18 and 89 years, received initial care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and had a hemoglobin measurement within the first 6 months of diagnosis. Anemia was defined as a hemoglobin level ≤11 g/dL and was graded using CTCAE version 5.0.

A total of 939 patients met inclusion criteria, with a median age of 60 years. The most common malignancy was uterine c among patients with gynecologic cancer, but compliance with the NCCN Guidelines is low. Our data suggest that there are opportunities for improvement in the evaluation and management of anemia.Quinazolines have long been known to exert varied pharmacologic activities that make them suitable for use in treating hypertension, viral infections, tumors, and malaria. Since 2014, we have synthesized approximately 150 different 6,7-dimethoxyquinazoline-2,4-diamines and evaluated their antimalarial activity via structure-activity relationship studies. Here, we summarize the results and report the discovery of 6,7-dimethoxy-N4-(1-phenylethyl)-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)quinazolin-4-amine (20, SSJ-717), which exhibits high antimalarial activity as a promising antimalarial drug lead.Tick-associated Rickettsiales are important pathogens with relevance for public and animal health; therefore, knowledge regarding their distribution is essential for risk assessment and disease prevention. To investigate the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in northern Germany, Ixodes ticks were flagged monthly from April to October in 2018 and 2019 at three collection sites each in the regions of Bremen, Emsland, Hanover, Kassel and Uelzen. A total of 3150 ticks (1052 females, 1048 males and 1050 nymphs) were individually examined for rickettsial infections using probe-based quantitative real-time PCR. Overall prevalence of A. phagocytophilum was 6.4 % (202/3150; 6.7 % [71/1052] in females, 7.5 % [79/1048] in males and 5.0 % [52/1050] in nymphs). For Rickettsia spp., the overall prevalence was 29.6 % (931/3150; 33.4 % [351/1052] in females, 28.3 % [297/1048] in males and 27.0 % [283/1050] in nymphs). Rickettsia species identification by real-time pyrosequencing on a subset of 409 pte ticks from multiple locations, over several months and in more than one year to reliably assess the infection risk on a larger geographical scale.

To characterize the normal progression of quantitative CT parameters in normal children from birth to adulthood.

Patients aged 0-18years with non-contrast-enhanced chest CT and evidence of normal lung parenchyma were included. Patients with respiratory symptoms, incomplete anthropometric measurements, or sub-optimal imaging technique were excluded. Segmentation was performed using an open-source software with an automated threshold segmentation. The following parameters were obtained mean lung density, kurtosis, skewness, lung volume, and mass. Linear and exponential regression models were calculated with age and height as independent variables. A p-value of <0.05 was considered significant.

220 patients (111 females, 109 males) were included. Mean age was 9.6±5.9years and mean height was 133.9±35.1cm. Simple linear regression showed a significant relationship between mean lung density with age (R 2=0.70) and height (R 2=0.73). Kurtosis displayed a significant exponential correlation with age (R 2=0.70) and height (R 2=0.71). Skewness showed a significant exponential correlation with age (R 2=0.71) and height (R 2=0.73). Lung mass showed a correlation with age (R 2=0.93) and height (R 2=0.92). Exponential regression showed a significant relationship between lung volume with age (R 2=0.88) and height (R 2=0.93).

Quantitative CT parameters of the lung parenchyma demonstrate changes from birth to adulthood. As children grow, the mean lung density decreases, and the lung parenchyma becomes more homogenous.

Quantitative CT parameters of the lung parenchyma demonstrate changes from birth to adulthood. As children grow, the mean lung density decreases, and the lung parenchyma becomes more homogenous.

To evaluate changes in the utilization of computed tomography angiography (CTA) for evaluating suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) and the positive rate of ancillary for those studies negative for PE in the last 13years.

A retrospective review of patient≤20years of age who underwent a chest CT angiography to rule out PE was performed in a 13-year-period. CT angiographies were grouped into three categories Positive for PE, negative for PE and positive for ancillary findings, and negative for any pathology. From the exams with ancillary findings, we examined how many of these had a chest radiograph perform within 24h prior to the CTA and how many of them had an impression stating the same conclusion as the CTA.

307 chest CT angiographies for suspected PE were included. 50 (16%) were reported as positive for PE and 91 (30%) were negative for PE but positive for ancillary findings. The most frequent ancillary findings were pneumonia (n = 26) and pleural effusion (n = 11). Out of 91, 73 patients had a previous chest radiograph and 28 of them reported a similar diagnosis than the CTA. The number of CT angiographies indicated for PE increased by 3.2 studies per year. The rate of CT angiographies positive for ancillary findings (slope = 1.5) and positive for PE (slope = 0.3) remained similar throughout the same period.

CTA orders for PE have been increasing without any increased detection of PE or ancillary findings in children.

CTA orders for PE have been increasing without any increased detection of PE or ancillary findings in children.We hypothesised that individuals with immunological sensitisation to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), conventionally regarded as evidence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), would demonstrate binary responses to preventive therapy (PT), reflecting the differential immunological consequences of the sterilisation of viable infection in those with active Mtb infection versus no Mtb killing in those who did not harbour viable bacilli. We investigated longitudinal whole blood transcriptional profile responses to PT of Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA)-positive tuberculosis contacts and IGRA-negative, tuberculosis-unexposed controls. Longitudinal unsupervised clustering analysis with a subset of 474 most variable genes in antigen-stimulated blood separated the IGRA-positive participants into two distinct subgroups, one of which clustered with the IGRA-negative controls. 117 probes were differentially expressed over time between the two cluster groups, many of them associated with immunological pathways important in mycobacterial control. We contend that the differential host RNA response reflects lack of Mtb viability in the group that clustered with the IGRA-negative unexposed controls, and Mtb viability in the group (1/3 of IGRA-positives) that clustered away. Gene expression patterns in the blood of IGRA-positive individuals emerging during the course of PT, which reflect Mtb viability, could have major implications in the identification of risk of progression, treatment stratification and biomarker development.Achiral packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has shown an important regain of interest in academic and industrial laboratories in the recent years. In relation to this increased concern, major instrument manufacturers have designed some stationary phases specifically for SFC use. SFC stationary phases have been widely examined over the last two decades, based on the use of linear solvation energy relationships (LSER), which relate analyte retention to its properties and to the interaction capabilities of the chromatographic system. The method provides some understanding on retention mechanisms (normal phase, reversed phase or mixed-mode) and the possibility to compare stationary phases on a rational basis, especially through a spider diagram providing a visual classification. The latter can be used as a primary tool to select complementary stationary phases to be screened for any separation at early stages of method development, before optimization steps. In this context, the characterization of the 14 columns from the Shim-pack UC series (Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan), which are dedicated to SFC and more broadly to unified chromatography (UC), was performed, using the LSER methodology.