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Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is caused by the expansion of CD1a+/CD207+ cells and is characterised by a wide spectrum of organ involvement and dysfunction, affecting all ages. While almost all organs and systems can be affected, only the involvement and dysfunction of liver, spleen, and haematopoietic system influence survival. The LCH pathogenic cells are defined by universal activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway. The most common alteration is a somatic BRAFV600E mutation, which is present in approximately two-thirds of the cases, followed by MAP2K1 mutations. Treatment of LCH is risk-adapted; patients with single lesions may respond well to local treatment, whereas patients with multi-system disease require systemic chemotherapy. While survival for patients without organ dysfunction is excellent, mortality rates for patients with organ dysfunction may reach 20%. Despite progress made in the treatment of LCH, disease reactivation rates remain above 30%, and standard second-line treatment has yet to be established. Long-term effects, including neuroendocrine dysfunction and neurodegeneration, represent a major challenge for survivors. Treatment with BRAF or MEK inhibitors results in immediate responses, but reactivations are very common after discontinuation. Their role as single agents and in combination with chemotherapy is being explored.Retraction "MicroRNA-106b overexpression alleviates inflammation injury of cardiac endothelial cells by targeting BLNK via the NF-κB signaling pathway," by Zhe An, Guang Yang, Wei Nie, Jin Ren, Dan Wang, J Cell Biochem. 2018; 3451-3463 The above article, published online on 16 November 2017 in Wiley Online Library (https//onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcb.26517) has been retracted by agreement between the the journal's Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Christian Behl, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party. A detailed investigation revealed that several image elements of the experimental data were published elsewhere in a different scientific context. Thus, the editors consider the conclusions of this article to be invalid.The purpose of this in vitro study was to quantify the bone resected from the proximal femur during hip arthroscopy using metrics generated from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) reconstructed three-dimensional (3D) bone models. Seven cadaveric hemi-pelvises underwent both a 1.5 T MRI and CT scan before and following an arthroscopic proximal femoral osteochondroplasty. The images from MRI and CT were segmented to generate 3D proximal femoral surface models. A validated 3D--3D registration method was used to compare surface--to--surface distances between the 3D models before and following surgery. The new metrics of maximum height, mean height, surface area and volume, were computed to quantify bone resected during osteochondroplasty. Stability of the metrics across imaging modalities was established through paired sample t--tests and bivariate correlation. Bivariate correlation analyses indicated strong correlations between all metrics (r = 0.728--0.878) computed from MRI and CT derived models. There were no differences in the MRI- and CT-based metrics used to quantify bone resected during femoral osteochondroplasty. Preoperative- and postoperative MRI and CT derived 3D bone models can be used to quantify bone resected during femoral osteochondroplasty, without significant differences between the imaging modalities.
There are currently no published population-based data on prurigo and pruritus epidemiology in Germany.

We present the prevalence, incidence and comorbidity frequency of prurigo and pruritus in Germany.

This was a retrospective healthcare research study based on anonymized routine data from the German health insurance company DAK-Gesundheit. Evaluations were carried out for 2006003 adults who were insured as of 31 December 2010. Prurigo and pruritus diagnoses were based on International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, German Modification (ICD-10-GM) codes.

Prevalence was determined to be 0.21% (adjusted for sex and age 0.19%) for prurigo and 2.21% (adjusted 2.14%) for pruritus in 2010. The adjusted rates extrapolated to the total German population in 2010 show that 130685 adults would have received a prurigo diagnosis and 1461024 a diagnosis of pruritus. In 2011, incidence of new prurigo and pruritus cases was 0.13% (adjusted 0.12%, extrapolated 77263 cases) and 1.51% (adjusted 1.46%, extrapolated 978885), respectively. Adults with prurigo suffered most frequently from hypertension (35.16%), hyperlipidaemia (24.95%) and depression (21.97%); all were reported more frequently in patients with prurigo compared with the general population (P<0.001). Similarly, adults with pruritus suffered most frequently from hypertension (31.28%), hyperlipidaemia (23.52%) and depression (18.91%) compared with patients without pruritus (P<0.001).

Our data show that prurigo is a relatively rare but significant disease and that pruritus is frequent and very variable in appearance, and both have a high comorbidity burden.
Our data show that prurigo is a relatively rare but significant disease and that pruritus is frequent and very variable in appearance, and both have a high comorbidity burden.
To assess the association between waking-state oral behaviours and temporomandibular disorder (TMD) subgroups and to develop new scoring methods for the Oral Behavior Checklist (OBC).

Patients with any TMD diagnosis, according to the diagnostic criteria for TMD (DC/TMD), were divided into subgroups 'Dysfunctional-TMD' (n=70), only mechanical dysfunction; 'Painful-TMD' (n=204), only myalgia, arthralgia or both; and 'Painful-Dysfunctional TMD' (n=95), combined pain and dysfunction. A group of individuals without TMD, 'Non-TMD' (n=374), was used for testing associations. Participants completed the OBC. An exploratory factor analysis, followed by a confirmatory factor analysis of the OBC responses, identified 2major factors, named non-functional activities (NFA) and functional activities (FA). Component total scores were computed. Differences among subgroups for OBC-MS (mean score) and NFA and FA factor scores were estimated using one-way ANOVA and Tukey post hoc tests. Significance was set at p<.05.

Theicians to better tailor treatment for the management of subtypes of TMD patients.
Breastfeeding has multiple effects on maternal health outcomes. However, the effect of breastfeeding on NAFLD in parous women remains unclear.

A total of 6,893 Korean parous women aged 30-50years who participated in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were assessed for the association between breastfeeding and NAFLD. Duration of lactation was calculated by dividing the total lactation period by the number of breastfed children. NAFLD was defined by the hepatic steatosis index. Of 6,893 women, 1,049 (15.2%) had NAFLD. Prevalence of NAFLD was 18.3%, 14.3%, 12.3%, 14.4%, and 15.8% in women with a breastfeeding period of <1, ≥1-<3, ≥3-<6, ≥6-<12, and ≥12months, respectively. In a fully adjusted model, breastfeeding (≥1month) was associated with reduced NAFLD prevalence (OR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.51-0.89) after adjusting for metabolic, socioeconomic, and maternal risk factors. Fully adjusted ORs (95% CI) decreased with an increase of breastfeeding duration 0.74 (0.49-1.11), 0.70 (0.47-1.05), 0.67 (0.48-0.94), and 0.64 (0.46-0.89) for women with ≥1-<3, ≥3-<6, ≥6-<12, and ≥12months of breastfeeding duration, respectively, compared to women with <1month of breastfeeding duration. Such an association was also observed in all predefined subgroups without interaction.

Breastfeeding showed a protective effect against NAFLD in later life of parous women, suggesting a maternal benefit of breastfeeding on NAFLD.
Breastfeeding showed a protective effect against NAFLD in later life of parous women, suggesting a maternal benefit of breastfeeding on NAFLD.
Due to increasing demand for livestock products in sub-Saharan Africa, increasing livestock productivity is a priority. The core constraint is limited availability of feed of good quality. We assessed optimal harvesting time of three improved grasses, two Urochloa lines (Basilisk a selection from wild population, Cayman - a hybrid, a product of breeding) plus Mombasa, a Megathyrsus selection. All are released in Latin America and Kenya or in the registration in other regional countries. We assessed dry matter (DM) yields and quality at 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks of age in two sites.

DM yields (in t ha
) were of the order Cayman (9.6-14.3) > Mombasa (8.0-11.3) > Basilisk (5.5-10.2) in one site, and Cayman (6.4-9.7) > Basilisk (4.9-7.6) > Mombasa (3.3-5.9) at site two. The harvesting regimes produced DM largely similar for weeks 4 and 6, 6 and 8, 8 and 12. Across the sites quality was of the order Cayman > Mombasa > Basilisk for neutral detergent fiber (NDF), metabolizable energy (ME) and crudified cut-and-carry smallholder systems. © 2021 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a lethal helminthic liver disease caused by persistent infection with Echinococcus multilocularis (E. multilocularis). Although more attention has been paid to the immunotolerance of T cells caused by E. multilocularis infection, the role of natural killer (NK) cell, a critical player in liver immunity, is seldom studied. Here, we observed that NK cells from the blood and closed liver tissue (CLT) of AE patients expressed higher level of inhibitory receptor TIGIT, and were functionally exhausted with lower expression of granzyme B, perforin, IFN-γ and TNF-α. Addition of anti-TIGIT mAb into AE patients' PBMC culture significantly enhanced the synthesis of IFN-γ and TNF-α by NK cells, indicating the reversion of exhausted NK cells by TIGIT blockade. In the mouse model of E. Smad inhibitor multilocularis infection, the liver and splenic TIGIT+ NK cells progressively increased dependent of infection dosage and timing, they were less activated and less degranulated with lower cytokine secretion. Further, TIGIT deficiency or blockade in vivo inhibited liver metacestode growth, reduced liver injury, and increased level of IFN-γ produced by liver NK cells. Interestingly, NK cells from mice with persistent chronic infection expressed higher level of TIGIT compared to self-healing mice. To look further into the mechanisms, more regulatory CD56bright and murine CD49a+ NK cells with higher TIGIT expression existed in the liver of AE patients and mice infected with E. multilocularis respectively. They co-expressed higher surface PD-L1 and secreted more IL-10, two strong inducers to mediate functional exhaustion of NK cells. Conclusion our results indicate for the first time, at least to our knowledge, that inhibitory receptor TIGIT is involved in NK cell exhaustion and immune escape from E. multilocularis infection.Repurposing the large arsenal of existing non-cancer drugs is an attractive proposition to expand the clinical pipelines for cancer therapeutics. The earlier successes in repurposing resulted primarily from serendipitous findings, but more recently, drug or target-centric systematic identification of repurposing opportunities continues to rise. Kinases are one of the most sought-after anti-cancer drug targets over the last three decades. There are many non-cancer approved drugs that can inhibit kinases as "off-targets" as well as many existing kinase inhibitors that can target new additional kinases in cancer. Identifying cancer-associated kinase inhibitors through mining commercial drug databases or new kinase targets for existing inhibitors through comprehensive kinome profiling can offer more effective trial-ready options to rapidly advance drugs for clinical validation. In this review, we argue that drug repurposing is an important approach in modern drug development for cancer therapeutics. We have summarized the advantages of repurposing, the rationale behind this approach together with key barriers and opportunities in cancer drug development.
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