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Native signing infants and children demonstrated resilient, face-focused gaze behavior. Moreover, their gaze behavior was unchanged for video-reversed signed narratives, similar to what was seen for adult native signers, possibly because they already have efficient highly focused gaze behavior. The present study demonstrates that human perceptual gaze control is sensitive to visual language experience over the first year of life and emerges early, by 6 months of age. Results have implications for the critical importance of early visual language exposure for deaf infants. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ahWUluFAAg.RTL1 (also termed paternal expressed 11 (PEG11)) is considered the major imprinted gene responsible for the placental and fetal/neonatal muscle defects that occur in the Kagami-Ogata and Temple syndromes (KOS14 and TS14, respectively). However, it remains elusive whether RTL1 is also involved in their neurological symptoms, such as behavioral and developmental delay/intellectual disability, feeding difficulties, motor delay, and delayed speech. Here, we demonstrate that the mouse RTL1 protein is widely expressed in the central nervous system (CNS), including the limbic system. Importantly, two disease model mice with over- and under-expression of Rtl1 exhibited reduced locomotor activity, increased anxiety, and impaired amygdala-dependent cued fear, demonstrating that Rtl1 also plays an important role in the CNS. These results indicate that the KOS14 and TS14 are neuromuscular as well as neuropsychiatric diseases caused by irregular CNS RTL1 expression, presumably leading to impaired innervation of motor neurons to skeletal muscles as well as malfunction of the hippocampus-amygdala complex. It is of considerable interest that eutherian-specific RTL1 is expressed in mammalian- and eutherian-specific brain structures, that is, the corticospinal tract and corpus callosum, respectively, suggesting that RTL1 might have contributed to the acquisition of both these structures themselves and fine motor skill in eutherian brain evolution.
The purpose of this pilot prospective cohort study was to investigate the effects of parafunctional masseter muscle activity on periodontitis progression among patients receiving supporting periodontal therapy (SPT).

We collected data of patients treated at Okayama University Hospital from August 2014 to September 2018. The progression group was defined as patients with ≥2 teeth demonstrating a longitudinal loss of proximal attachment of ≥3mm during the 3-year study period and/or at least one tooth extraction due to periodontitis progression. Surface electromyography of masseter muscles at baseline was continuously recorded while patients were awake and asleep.

We analysed 48 patients (36 females) aged 66.8±9.1years (mean±SD). The rate of parafunctional masseter muscle activity during waking hours and sleeping hours at baseline was 60.4% and 52.1%, respectively. Cox's proportional hazards regression model showed that the incidence of periodontitis progression was significantly associated with number of teeth present (p=0.001) and parafunctional masseter muscle activity during waking hours (p=0.041).

Our results suggest that parafunctional masseter muscle activity during waking hours is a risk factor for periodontitis progression among patients receiving SPT.
Our results suggest that parafunctional masseter muscle activity during waking hours is a risk factor for periodontitis progression among patients receiving SPT.
Whether preoperative vitamin D deficiency (VDD) contributes to postoperative hypoparathyroidism (hypoPT) risk is unknown.

This work aimed to meta-analyze the best available evidence regarding the association between preoperative vitamin D status and hypoPT risk.

A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, CENTRAL, and Scopus databases, up to October 31, 2020. Study selection included patients undergoing thyroidectomy with preoperative vitamin D status and postoperative hypoPT data. Two researchers independently extracted data from eligible studies. Data were expressed as risk ratio (RR) with 95% CI. The I2 index was employed for heterogeneity.

Thirty-nine studies were included in the quantitative analysis (61 915 cases with transient and 5712 with permanent hypoPT). Patients with VDD demonstrated a higher risk for transient hypoPT compared with those with preoperative vitamin D sufficiency (RR 1.92, 95% CI, 1.50-2.45, I2 = 85%). These results remained significant for patients with preoperative 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations less than or equal to 20 ng/mL (mild VDD; RR 1.46, 95% CI, 1.10-1.94, I2 = 88%) and less than or equal to 10 ng/mL (severe VDD; RR 1.98, 95% CI 1.42-2.76, I2 = 85%). The risk of permanent hypoPT was increased only in cases with severe VDD (RR 2.45, 95% CI, 1.30-4.63, I2 = 45%). No difference was evident in subgroup analysis according to study design or quality.

Patients with preoperative VDD are at increased risk of transient hypoPT following thyroidectomy. The risk for permanent hypoPT is increased only for those with severe VDD.
Patients with preoperative VDD are at increased risk of transient hypoPT following thyroidectomy. The risk for permanent hypoPT is increased only for those with severe VDD.Gene duplications and novel genes have been shown to play a major role in helminth adaptation to a parasitic lifestyle because they provide the novelty necessary for adaptation to a changing environment, such as living in multiple hosts. Here we present the de novo sequenced and annotated genome of the parasitic trematode Atriophallophorus winterbourni and its comparative genomic analysis to other major parasitic trematodes. First, we reconstructed the species phylogeny, and dated the split of A. winterbourni from the Opisthorchiata suborder to approximately 237.4 Ma (±120.4 Myr). We then addressed the question of which expanded gene families and gained genes are potentially involved in adaptation to parasitism. To do this, we used hierarchical orthologous groups to reconstruct three ancestral genomes on the phylogeny leading to A. winterbourni and performed a GO (Gene Ontology) enrichment analysis of the gene composition of each ancestral genome, allowing us to characterize the subsequent genomic changes. Out of the 11,499 genes in the A. winterbourni genome, as much as 24% have arisen through duplication events since the speciation of A. winterbourni from the Opisthorchiata, and as much as 31.9% appear to be novel, that is, newly acquired. We found 13 gene families in A. winterbourni to have had more than ten genes arising through these recent duplications; all of which have functions potentially relating to host behavioral manipulation, host tissue penetration, and hiding from host immunity through antigen presentation. We identified several families with genes evolving under positive selection. Our results provide a valuable resource for future studies on the genomic basis of adaptation to parasitism and point to specific candidate genes putatively involved in antagonistic host-parasite adaptation.
Guidelines recommend offering cessation to smokers eligible for lung cancer screening but there is little data comparing specific cessation approaches in this setting. We compared the benefits and costs of different smoking cessation interventions to help screening programs select specific cessation approaches.

We conducted a societal-perspective cost-effectiveness analysis using a Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) model simulating individuals born in 1960 over their lifetimes. Model inputs were derived from Medicare, national cancer registries, published studies, and micro-costing of cessation interventions.We modeled annual lung cancer screening following 2014 US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines +/- cessation interventions offered to current smokers at first screen, including pharmacotherapy only or pharmacotherapy with electronic/web-based, telephone, individual, or group counseling.Outcomes included lung cancer cases and deaths, life-years saved (LYS), quality-adjce the differences between approaches were small, the choice of intervention should be guided by practical concerns such as staff training and availability.
Adolescent and young adults (AYA, ages 15-39 years) diagnosed with cancer comprise a growing, yet understudied, population. Few studies have examined disparities in cancer survival in underserved and diverse populations of AYAs.

Using population-based data from the Texas Cancer Registry, we estimated five-year relative survival of common AYA cancers and examined disparities in survival by race/ethnicity, neighborhood poverty, urban/rural residence, and insurance type. We also used multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models to examine associations of race/ethnicity, neighborhood poverty, urban/rural residence, and insurance type with all-cause mortality.

We identified 55,316 women and 32,740 men diagnosed with invasive cancer at age 15-39 years between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2016. There were disparities in relative survival by race/ethnicity, poverty, and insurance for many cancer types. Racial/ethnic disparities in survival for men with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (74.5% [95% confidencin older adults by demonstrating persistent differences in relative survival and all-cause mortality in AYAs. Findings point to several areas of future research to address disparities in this unique population of cancer patients.
Graves' orbitopathy (GO) is an autoimmune disease that persists when immunosuppression is achieved. Orbital fibroblasts from GO patients display peculiar phenotypes even if not exposed to autoimmunity, possibly reflecting genetic or epigenetic mechanisms, which we investigated here.

We aimed to explore potential genetic or epigenetic differences using primary cultures of orbital fibroblasts from GO and control patients.

Cell proliferation, hyaluronic acid (HA) secretion, and HA synthases (HAS) were measured. Z-YVAD-FMK mw Next-generation sequencing and gene expression analysis of the whole genome were performed, as well as real-time-PCR of selected genes and global DNA methylation assay on orbital fibroblasts from 6 patients with GO and 6 control patients from a referral center.

Cell proliferation was higher in GO than in control fibroblasts. Likewise, HA in the cell medium was higher in GO fibroblasts. HAS-1 and HAS-2 did not differ between GO and control fibroblasts, whereas HAS-3 was more expressed in GO fibroblasts. No relevant gene variants were detected by whole-genome sequencing. However, 58 genes were found to be differentially expressed in GO compared with control fibroblasts, and RT-PCR confirmed the findings in 10 selected genes. We postulated that the differential gene expression was related to an epigenetic mechanism, reflecting diverse DNA methylation, which we therefore measured. In support of our hypothesis, global DNA methylation was significantly higher in GO fibroblasts.

We propose that, following an autoimmune insult, DNA methylation elicits differential gene expression and sustains the maintenance of GO.
We propose that, following an autoimmune insult, DNA methylation elicits differential gene expression and sustains the maintenance of GO.
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