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bortion and further studies are needed to know its mechanism of activity and to identify the phytochemicals corresponding to this activity. Checking its efficacy on other species is also needed.
Several studies have shown anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, antifungal, and antioxidant effects from
-peel essential oil (Cl-PEO). Cl-PEO can be developed as topical drugs for oral ulceration because of its potential active components. There have been no studies on the topical application of Cl-PEO inducing type IV hypersensitivity reaction.
To investigate the potential of Cl-PEO from Batu City to induce type IV hypersensitivity reactions based on clinical changes, lymphocytes, macrophages, IFNγ, andIL10 expression.
This study was adapted from a guinea pig maximization-test method in Indonesia and the guidance of ISO 10,993-102010, and conducted on 20 guinea pigs (
) divided into a control group and a treatment group. The treatment group was given Cl-PEO and the control group CMC-Na. Clinical changes were observed, then tissue specimens taken for hematoxylin-eosin and immunohistochemistry staining.
There were no clinical changes after exposure. Lymphocyte and macrophage numbers and IFNγ and IL10 expression increased in the treatment group compared to the control group (
=0).
Cl-PEO can induce type IV hypersensitivity reactions in guinea pigs based on cellular and molecular cytokines, but there are no clinical changes after topical application.
Cl-PEO can induce type IV hypersensitivity reactions in guinea pigs based on cellular and molecular cytokines, but there are no clinical changes after topical application.
Body weight can affect exposure, safety and efficacy of antibody-based therapies; sometimes these effects may not be clinically relevant. Panitumumab is approved for wild-type
metastatic colorectal cancer, using a body weight-based dosing regimen. Recently, a report cited fixed-dose usage of panitumumab, rather than approved body weight-based dosing. The current work evaluates optimal dosing regimen scientifically based on clinical data, modeling and simulation. Herein, we assessed the effect of fixed and body weight-based dosing on panitumumab pharmacokinetics to determine which approach resulted in the least interpatient pharmacokinetic variability.
From the Vectibix program, 352 patients enrolled in three studies were evaluated; they had received panitumumab (body weight-based dose 6 mg/kg every 2 weeks) and had pharmacokinetic (maximum serum [C
and trough [C
] concentrations) and body weight data available. Additionally, concentration-time profiles at fixed (480 mg) and body weight-based doses (g strategy.
Results demonstrate that the weight-based dose (6 mg/kg) reduced variability in panitumumab exposure across the range of body weights compared with the fixed-dose approach, indicating that a body weight-based approach is the recommended patient dosing strategy.Secukinumab, "an IL-17 antagonist", is one of the biological agents used to treat active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Although it has been proven that certain agents are linked with a paradoxical increase in uveitis, there are limited data on whether secukinumab has this effect or not. click here We report a case of a new-onset anterior uveitis after 6 months of starting secukinumab in a 47-year-old male, HLA-B27 positive AS patient. He had a long-standing history with the disease over 25 years. He was treated in the past with methotrexate then adalimumab and later on with etanercept. He had no history of uveitis during all of this time. The uveitis was mild and treated conventionally with local measures while secukinumab was maintained. After a close follow-up, the uveitis had completely resolved. Is this part of the original disease or a possible side effect from secukinumab?
To report a case of a grown Soemmering ring that manifested as an iris tumour 24 years after cataract surgery.
A case report.
A 27-year-old white man was presented with a suspected iris tumour in his left eye. He had undergone lensectomy in both eyes without intraocular lens implantation 24 years ago. Last year, he was treated by topical anti-glaucoma medication for left eye intraocular pressure (IOP) rising. Six months later, his ophthalmologist found two separate iris bumps. The patient was referred to an ocular oncologist and was to be treated with plaque brachytherapy as iris melanoma, but he denied. Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) of the left eye showed significant angle narrowing due to separate ovoid hyper echoic masses behind the iris, which was clearly separated from the ciliary body. Retained and growth lens material caused a Soemmering ring to enlarge, which was the reason for glaucoma and iris bumping. The patient has been followed for more than one year without any changes being observed.
An enlarged and grown Soemmering ring should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any iris and ciliary body tumour, especially in patients who have had cataract surgery.
An enlarged and grown Soemmering ring should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any iris and ciliary body tumour, especially in patients who have had cataract surgery.Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma (ssSSc) is a rare disease in which patients present with internal organ manifestations of systemic sclerosis in the absence of cutaneous findings. They tend to have serological markers characteristic of systemic sclerosis (SSc), including positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and anticentromere antibodies (ACA). The disease has been rarely reported in the literature, and the diagnosis can be easily missed due to a lack of relevant skin findings. Here we report a patient who presented with chronic gastrointestinal bleeding with angioectasia, antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), positive ANA, positive ACA, and positive anti-RNA polymerase III antibody. The constellation of all these findings has, to our knowledge, never been described in the literature. The purpose of presenting this case is to raise the clinician's awareness of the occurrence of this disease when similar internal organs manifestations of scleroderma are encountered, and to monitor for the development of other internal manifestations and intervene promptly and accordingly.