515,023 results match your criteria Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews[Journal]
Am J Perinatol 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.
Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon, Maharashtra, India.
Background: Segmentation of brain MR images of neonates is a primary step for assessment of brain evolvement. Advanced segmentation techniques used for adult brain MRI are not companionable for neonates, due to extensive dissimilarities in tissue properties and head structure. Existing segmentation methods for neonates utilizes brain atlases or requires manual elucidation, which results into improper and atlas dependent segmentation. Read More
Biomed Pharmacother 2018 Dec 12;110:700-716. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Pharamacological Modelling and Simulation Centre, M.S.Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S.Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Drug repurposing is an unconventional drug discovery approach to explore new therapeutic benefits of existing, shelved and the drugs in clinical trials. This approach is currently emerging to overcome the bottleneck constraints faced during traditional drug discovery in grounds of financial support, timeline and resources. In this direction, several efforts were made for the construction of stratagems based on bioinformatics and computational tools to intensify the repurposing process off-late. Read More
J Mol Graph Model 2018 Dec 7;87:185-191. Epub 2018 Dec 7.
Molecular Biology Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
The emergence of antibiotic resistance has attracted the attention of scientists and scientific circles over the decades. β-Lactam antibiotics resistance is a worldwide therapeutic challenge in bacterial infections, mediated through several mechanisms of which mutations in Penicillin Binding Proteins (PBPs) are an important issue, making critical therapeutic problems in the human population. Accordingly, investigating the dynamic structures of mutant variants could result in a profound understanding of such a specific resistance. Read More
Biomed Pharmacother 2018 Dec 12;111:6-18. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Biology and Animal Science, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 27B, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Equine Clinic - Equine Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Gießen, Germany. Electronic address:
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are key mediators of several cellular damage and thus associated with equine diseases such as inflammation and metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to evaluate the protective and antioxidant activities of methanolic extract prepared from Cladophora glomerata (C. glomerata) biomass, on equine adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells (EqASCs), under experimental oxidative stress induced by HO. Read More
Int J Surg Case Rep 2018 Nov 27;54:83-86. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Higashiosaka City Medical Center, Nishiiwata 3-4-5, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 567-8588, Japan.
Introduction: Enteric duplication cysts are rare and, in addition, isolated enteric duplication cysts are lower morbidity prevalence rate. These cysts lack a connection to the gastrointestinal tract or the adjacent mesenteric vasculature and have only been reported in 10 case reports. In these reports, only two reports were cases with malignant transformation. Read More
Bioresour Technol 2018 Dec 10;274:459-467. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada. Electronic address:
Based on a general understanding that hemicellulose removal is more efficient than delignification for biomass deconstruction, an Aspergillus niger strain producing high xylanase activity was screened out from seventeen strains by clear halo experiments. Low-cost enzyme cocktail with high xylanase activity was produced from wheat straw medium fermented by the Gyx086 strain. The enzyme cocktail with high xylanase activity could more effectively hydrolyze wheat straw than other biomasses. Read More
Neuroimage 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Section on Functional Imaging Methods, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Interest in real-time fMRI neurofeedback has grown exponentially over the past few years, both for use as a basic science research tool, and as part of the search for novel clinical interventions for neurological and psychiatric illnesses. In order to expand the range of questions which can be addressed with this tool however, new neurofeedback methods must be developed, going beyond feedback of activations in a single region. These new methods, several of which have already been proposed, are by their nature complex, involving many possible parameters. Read More
Microb Pathog 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600025, India. Electronic address:
GAPDH being a key enzyme in the glycolytic pathway is one of the surface adhesins of many Gram-positive bacteria including Streptococcus agalactiae. This anchorless adhesin is known to bind to host plasminogen (PLG) and fibrinogen (Fg), which enhances the virulence and modulates the host immune system. The crystal structure of the recombinant GAPDH from S. Read More
Free Radic Biol Med 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
The NTHL1 gene encodes DNA glycosylase, which is involved in base excision repair, and biallelic mutations of this gene result in NTHL1-associated polyposis (NAP), a hereditary disease characterized by colorectal polyposis and multiple types of carcinomas. However, no proper functional characterization of variant NTHL1 proteins has been done so far. Herein, we report functional evaluation of variant NTHL1 proteins to aid in the accurate diagnosis of NAP. Read More
Toxicol In Vitro 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States. Electronic address:
Many of the toxicants in tobacco smoke undergo biotransformation in the lungs of smokers, both to reactive and to detoxified derivatives. Human air-liquid-interface (ALI) airway tissue models have emerged as an advanced in vitro model for evaluating the toxicity of inhaled substances; however, the metabolic potential of these cultures has not been evaluated extensively. In this study, we compared the metabolic activities of an ALI tissue model to the undifferentiated normal human primary bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells from which it was derived. Read More
Gene 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Tianxin District, Changsha, Hunan Province 410015, China; WuhanAier Eye Hospital, Aier Eye Hospital Group, Wuchuan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430063, China. Electronic address:
Aims: To diagnose a Chinese family with inherited ectopia lentis in a genetic method and analyze the genotype-phenotype correlation.
Methods: The phenotype of each family member was identified by detailed clinical examination. We used targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) to identify mutations in FBN1 in an efficient and accurate way. Read More
Gene 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Thoracic Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical College, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, PR China. Electronic address:
Background: Accumulating studies have reported that GLUT1 is aberrantly expressed in lung cancer; nevertheless, the clinicopathologic significance and the prognostic role of GLUT1 still remain controversial. The aim of this meta-analysis was to identify the clinicopathologic and prognostic implications of the GLUT1 expression in lung cancer patients.
Materials And Methods: Databases with literature published in English, including Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, and PubMed, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and WanFang database in Chinese were searched comprehensively for relevant studies in August 2017. Read More
J Pain Symptom Manage 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Surgery, Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Context: While symptom clusters have been studied in the context of cancer, few data exist in chronic and end stage kidney disease (CKD/ESKD) patients.
Objectives: To (1) characterize and compare symptom cluster phenotypes in patients with advanced CKD, ESKD and cancer, and (2) explore predictors of symptom clusters.
Methods: We conducted secondary data analysis of three prospective studies in which pain, depression, and fatigue were assessed in patients with stage 4-5 CKD, ESKD and gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. Read More
J Dent 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address:
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to: (1) develop a novel multifunctional composite with nanoparticles of silver (NAg), 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC), dimethylaminohexadecyl methacrylate (DMAHDM) and nanoparticles of amorphous calcium phosphate (NACP); and (2) investigate biofilm-inhibition via the multifunctional nanocomposite against three species of periodontal pathogens for the first time.
Methods: The multifunctional nanocomposite was fabricated by incorporating NAg, MPC, DMAHDM and NACP into the resin consisting of pyromellitic glycerol dimethacrylate (PMDGDM) and ethoxylated bisphenol A dimethacrylate (EBPADMA). Three species (Porphyromonas gingivalis, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Fusobacterium nucleatum) were tested for metabolic activity (MTT), live/dead staining, polysaccharide production and colony-forming units (CFU) of biofilms grown on resins. Read More
Am J Ophthalmol 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
University Eye Clinic Maastricht, University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Purpose: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with the presence of choroidal microvascular dropout (CMvD) in primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) eyes compared to primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) eyes.
Design: Cross-sectional study METHODS: Thirty-six POAG eyes (36 patients) and 28 PACG eyes (28 patients) underwent optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Presence of CMvD was evaluated on choroidal OCTA slabs. Read More
J Clin Pharm Ther 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.
Laboratory of Applied Therapeutics, Center for Education & Research on Clinical Pharmacy, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan.
What Is Known And Objective: Pemetrexed/carboplatin combination chemotherapy has shown efficacy as a first-line treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. However, severe haematotoxicity is often observed during this combination chemotherapy. Some studies have suggested that concomitant drugs may be the risk factors for severe adverse events. Read More
J Clin Nurs 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.
DMedEth RN SFHEA Senior Lecturer University of Birmingham.
Aims And Objectives: To explore of the prevalence and outcomes of advance care planning for patients with left ventricular assist devices: a review.
Background: End-stage heart failure is associated with significant symptom burden at rest. Left ventricular assist devices are not curative nevertheless they alleviate symptoms and prolong survival. Read More
J Clin Nurs 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Aims And Objectives: To evaluate a walk-in centre at a healthcare centre in an immigrant-dense area where a high proportion of the patients have limited language ability in Swedish, from the perspective of healthcare personnel.
Background: Increased global migration results in higher vulnerability in migrants, with the risk of increased morbidity and mortality. Migrants' health often deteriorates, which can be attributed to an increased level of stress and adaptation to a new lifestyle. Read More
J Nurs Scholarsh 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.
Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Landspitali University Hospital, Landspitali-The National University Hospital in Iceland, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Division, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Purpose: Family nursing interventions, focusing on therapeutic conversations, have been found to benefit primary caregivers dealing with chronic and acute illnesses. Less is known, however, about the benefit of these interventions for partner caregivers. The aims of this study were to develop and test the Family Strengths-Oriented Therapeutic Conversation (FAM-SOTC) intervention for partner caregivers of young individuals with eating disorders (EDs). Read More
J Cutan Pathol 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: BRAF inhibition has improved overall survival in patients with BRAF mutant melanoma but this is associated with a range of known and predictable cutaneous side effects, including squamous cell carcinomas associated with RAS mutations.
Methods: We identified three severely dysplastic nevi, one atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation, and four melanoma in situ lesions, newly arising in four patients undergoing treatment with vemurafenib. To characterize mutations in these atypical melanocytic lesions, we used a custom iPlex panel detecting 74 mutations in 13 genes known to play a role in melanoma pathogenesis. Read More
J Comp Neurol 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA.
Interlaminar astrocytes (ILA) in the cerebral cortex possess a soma in layer I and extend an interlaminar process that runs perpendicular to the pia into deeper cortical layers. We examined cerebral cortex from 46 species that encompassed most orders of therian mammalians, including 22 primate species. We described two distinct cell types with interlaminar processes that have been referred to as ILA, that we termed pial ILA and supial ILA. Read More
Biotechnol Bioeng 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Center for Advanced Biomaterials for HealthCare@CRIB, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Barsanti e Matteucci 53, Naples, Italy.
In this work we propose the design and fabrication of a liver system on chip. We first chose the most suitable 3D liver-like model between cell spheroids and microtissue-precursors, both based on the use of hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) to provide proof-of-concept data. Spheroids displayed high cell density but low expression of the typical hepatic biomarkers, while microtissue-precursors showed stable viability and function over the entire culture time. Read More
Ir J Med Sci 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Anaesthesia, The Rotunda Hospital, Parnell Square, Dublin, Ireland.
Background: Rigid bronchoscopy may be used to relieve acute airway obstruction following induction of anaesthesia and is a recommended option for management of the difficult airway. The ability of anaesthetists to perform rigid bronchoscopy has not been reported. We sought to explore the acquisition of procedural skill in rigid bronchoscopy by anaesthesiologists in a manikin. Read More
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, New Borg El-Arab Alexandria, Egypt.
With raising awareness of gaseous air pollutants and their harmful impact, adsorption is considered one of the most prominent techniques for gaseous emissions control. The usage of polyaniline as a gas adsorbent is an innovative idea. This work aims to compare the efficacy of synthesized polyaniline nanotubes (PANT) as a novel adsorbent towards inorganic gases (ammonia NH) and volatile organic compounds (toluene vapor). Read More
Support Care Cancer 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Purpose: This project's purpose was to determine the effects of a home-based reflexology intervention on symptom-related use of health services and work-related productivity during the 11-week study.
Methods: A total of 256 patients were randomized to four weekly reflexology sessions (each lasting 30 min, delivered by lay caregivers who received two training sessions by a professional reflexologist) or attention control. The Conventional Health Service and Productivity Costs Form was used to collect information on health service utilization and out-of-pocket expenditure of symptom management. Read More
Support Care Cancer 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Clinical Oncology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.
Introduction: The antipsychotic drug olanzapine is effective against chemotherapy-induced nausea and targets multiple receptors known to be involved in the emetic reflex arch. The drug has a mean half-life of 30 h, which allows for a single daily administration and is therefore of interest in patients with advanced cancer suffering from nausea.
Objectives: To investigate the antiemetic effect and tolerability of olanzapine in patients with advanced cancer not receiving chemotherapy or irradiation. Read More
Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Nowadays, cancer remains a major cause of death affecting millions of people. Currently, the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as potent anticancer therapeutic agents offer specificity and low levels of side effects in cancer therapy. In the present study, a cationic chimeric peptide (cLFchimera), derived from camel lactoferrin, was expressed as a secretory peptide using P170 expression system in L. Read More
Aging Clin Exp Res 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Background: Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are widely used to treat bradyarrhythmias or improve the prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF).
Aims: To evaluate age-related (≤ 75 vs. > 75 years) attitudes, worries, psychological effects and needs in an Italian CIEDs population. Read More
Emerg Radiol 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 550 16th. Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Standard treatment for stroke is intravenous (IV) injection of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) rapidly after symptom onset. However, there are limitations of IV t-PA treatment, such as a short time window for administration and risk for hemorrhage. Read More
Virchows Arch 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute, Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
The recent advances in cancer immunotherapy with unprecedented success in therapy of advanced melanoma represent a turning point in the landscape of melanoma treatment. Given the complexity of activation of immunological system and the physiologic multifactorial homeostatic mechanisms controlling immune responses, combinatorial strategies are eagerly needed in melanoma therapy. Nevertheless, rational selection of immunotherapy combinations should be more biomarker-guided, including not only the cancer immunogram, PD-L1 expression, interferon gene expression signature, mutational burden, and tumor infiltration by CD8+ T cells but also intratumoral T cell exhaustion and microbiota composition. Read More
Int J Legal Med 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Statistics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
The purpose of this study was to document tongue position and its relation to the cause of death and sequential stages of body decomposition, as observed during the routine forensic pathological examination of bodies. The sample of 608 included all bodies examined by the first and third authors during the period April 2016 to September 2016. Tongue position was recorded in all cases where position of the tongue could be visually determined. Read More
Anal Bioanal Chem 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 2-4 Shirakata, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan.
Determination of radiopalladium Pd is required to ensure radiation safety of the Pd extracted from spent nuclear fuel for recycling or disposal. We employed nanosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry (ns-LA-ICP-QMS) to simplify the analytical procedure of Pd. Pd was separated through a selective Pd precipitation reaction induced by pulsed laser irradiation that reduces Pd(II) ions to metal Pd(0). Read More
Sci Rep 2018 Dec 14;8(1):17874. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Food and Drugs, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages worldwide and, nowadays, one of the most practical way for its preparation is by prepacked capsules. The aim of this study was comparing the content in caffeine, trigonelline, N-methylpyridinium (NMP), niacin, and chlorogenic acids of 65 different capsule-brewed coffees, commercialised by 5 of the most representative brands in Italy. Coffees were prepared from capsules following manufacturer's instructions and analysed with an optimized UHPLC-MS/MS method able to assess all these phytochemicals in one single run. Read More
Neuropsychopharmacology 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Drug abuse is a multifaceted disorder that involves maladaptive decision making. Long-lasting changes in the addicted brain are mediated by a complex circuit of brain reward regions. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is one region in which chronic drug exposure changes expression and function of upstream transcriptional regulators to alter drug responses and aspects of the addicted phenotype. Read More
Sci Rep 2018 Dec 14;8(1):17885. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Neurology, University Hospital (Inselspital) and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Sleep spindles are thalamocortical oscillations associated with several behavioural and clinical phenomena. In clinical populations, spindle activity has been shown to be reduced in schizophrenia, as well as after thalamic stroke. Automatic spindle detection algorithms present the only feasible way to systematically examine individual spindle characteristics. Read More
Sci Rep 2018 Dec 14;8(1):17963. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper. Read More
Sci Rep 2018 Dec 14;8(1):17883. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
CNR-ISTEC, Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, Via Granarolo 64, I-, 48018, Faenza, Italy.
We investigated in this paper a novel bilayer composite obtained by sol-gel and spin coating of the ferroelectric 0.92NaBiTiO-0.08BaTiO (abbreviated as BNT-BT) and ferromagnetic CoFeO phases, for miniature low-frequency magnetic sensors and piezoelectric sensors. Read More
Nat Commun 2018 Dec 14;9(1):5309. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
It is of great urgency to develop efficient, cost-effective, stable and industrially applicable electrocatalysts for renewable energy systems. But there are still few candidate materials. Here we show a bifunctional electrocatalyst, comprising graphdiyne-exfoliated and -sandwiched iron/cobalt layered double-hydroxide nanosheet arrays grown on nickel foam, for the oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions. Read More
BMJ Open 2018 Dec 14;8(12):e024309. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Emergency Department, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Introduction: Robust assessment is a crucial component in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training to determine whether participants have achieved learning objectives with little or no variation in their overall outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate resuscitation performance by real-time logs. We hypothesised that instructors may not be able to evaluate time-sensitive parameters, namely, chest compression fraction, time to initiating chest compression and time to initiating defibrillation accurately in a subjective manner. Read More
Oncologist 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
General Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
Background: The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare patient-reported outcomes (PROs) between programmed death receptor-1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) inhibitors and standard-of-care therapy in patients with advanced cancer.
Methods: We searched randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing single-agent PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors (nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, avelumab, or durvalumab) with standard-of-care therapy in patients with advanced cancer reporting PROs with generic measures: the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 items (QLQ-C30) and the EuroQol Five Dimensions Questionnaire. The summary outcomes were changes in PROs from baseline to follow-up within and between treatment groups and time to deterioration (TTD) in PROs based on clinically meaningful change. Read More
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a transitions-of-care (TOC) program on both all-cause and related 30-day hospital readmission. The secondary objective was to evaluate which patient-specific factors, if any, are predictive of 30-day hospital readmissions.
Design, Setting, And Participants: A TOC program in an outpatient pharmacy, driven primarily by student pharmacists, provided telephone-based counseling to recently discharged patients. Read More
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Electronic address:
Background And Purpose: Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is a time-dependent therapy that is only available at a limited number of hospitals. As such, patients that live at a considerable distance of those specialized centers often require rapid interhospital emergent evacuation with Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) to be considered for MT. It is not known whether the use of HEMS is equitable across different groups of patients. Read More
Immunity 2018 Dec 1. Epub 2018 Dec 1.
Cancer Metabolism and Signaling Networks Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address:
Serrated adenocarcinoma, an alternative pathway for colorectal cancer (CRC) development, accounts for 15%-30% of all CRCs and is aggressive and treatment resistant. We show that the expression of atypical protein kinase C ζ (PKCζ) and PKCλ/ι was reduced in human serrated tumors. Simultaneous inactivation of the encoding genes in the mouse intestinal epithelium resulted in spontaneous serrated tumorigenesis that progressed to advanced cancer with a strongly reactive and immunosuppressive stroma. Read More
Bioorg Med Chem 2018 Nov 29. Epub 2018 Nov 29.
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Electronic address:
Electron transfer through π-stacked arrays of double-stranded DNA contributes to the redox chemistry of bases, including guanine oxidation and thymine-thymine dimer repair by photolyase. 5-Bromouracil is an attractive photoreactive thymine analogue that can be used to investigate electron transfer in DNA, and is a useful probe for protein-DNA interaction analysis. In the present study using U we found that UV irradiation facilitated electron injection from mitochondrial transcription factor A into DNA. Read More
Sex Med Rev 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Advanced Urological Care, New York, NY, USA.
Introduction: Rear tip extenders (RTEs) are often used in penile prosthesis surgery, and their value and use have varied with the evolution of penile prostheses.
Aim: To review the literature addressing RTEs and to introduce a new term, rigidity factor, which quantifies the ratio of inflatable to non-inflatable component of the cylinders.
Methods: The urologic literature was reviewed for all mention of RTEs. Read More
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018 Nov 14. Epub 2018 Nov 14.
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, Calif.
Objective: Overall survival (OS) for advanced stage (IIIA-IV) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is highly variable, and retrospective data show a survival advantage for patients receiving therapeutic intent pulmonary resection. We hypothesized that this variability in OS can be modeled separately by stage to allow a personalized estimate of OS.
Methods: In a cohort of patients with advanced-stage NSCLC from the National Cancer Database, we assessed the accuracy of Surgical Selection Score (SSS) to predict OS using Cox proportional hazards models and determined by stage the effect of surgery on survival among people with similarly high levels of SSS. Read More
J Geriatr Oncol 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Oncology, University and General Hospital, Udine, Italy; Department of Oncology, San Bortolo General Hospital, ULSS8 Berica - East District, Vicenza, Italy. Electronic address:
Objectives: Although gastric cancer (GC) incidence rises with age, older patients are poorly represented in clinical trials, whose results are therefore difficult to translate into standard management of older patients. Purpose of this study was to compare clinico-pathological features and survival outcomes between older and non-older patients with advanced GC treated with at least two chemotherapy lines.
Materials And Methods: Clinico-pathological characteristics, basal values, and treatment data of older (≥70 years at second-line start) and non-older patients were compared using chi-square test or 2-tailed Fisher exact test. Read More
J Am Med Dir Assoc 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Department of Health Services Research, Oldenburg, Germany.
Objectives: In addition to routinely administered long-term medication, complex drug regimens of nursing home residents often include as needed or pro re nata (PRN) medication. However, there has been no systematic evaluation of the frequency and concomitants of PRN medication in nursing homes. The main objective of this systematic review was to provide a current assessment of PRN drug use in nursing homes. Read More
Radiother Oncol 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.
Background And Purpose: In a separate article (PART 1), a rationale and explanation of the physiology-and-anatomy-based concept of Functional Swallowing Units (FSUs) was presented. FSUs are swallowing muscles not included in the set of commonly defined swallowing organs at risk (SWOARs). They are involved in three crucial swallowing components: hyolaryngeal elevation (HLE), tongue base retraction (TBR) and tongue motion. Read More
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan. Electronic address:
ScFv is emerging as a therapeutic alternative to the full-length monoclonal antibodies due to its small size and low production cost, but its low solubility remains a limiting factor toward wider use. Here, we increased the solubility of an Anti-epidermal growth factor receptor ScFv (Anti-EGFR ScFv) by attaching, a short 12-residue solubility enhancing peptide (SEP) tag at its C terminus. We first estimated the solubility increase by running 500-ns Brownian dynamics (BD) simulations. Read More