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AD-related effects were similar in obese subjects and patients with T2DM. In conclusion, there are clinically relevant AD-related effects on both HR and SBP, but not on DBP. DPP4 inhibitors are associated with the smallest (if at all) effects on HR and SBP, whereas GLP1 inhibitors exhibited the largest effects on these two cardiovascular end points. Additional studies are warranted to further investigate how AD-related SBP decreases combined with HR increases affect long-term cardiovascular mortality.Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and drug-gene interactions (DGIs) are well known mediators for adverse drug reactions (ADRs), which are among the leading causes of death in many countries. Because physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling has demonstrated to be a valuable tool to improve pharmacotherapy affected by DDIs or DGIs, it might also be useful for precision dosing in extensive interaction network scenarios. The presented work proposes a novel approach to extend the prediction capabilities of PBPK modeling to complex drug-drug-gene interaction (DDGI) scenarios. Here, a whole-body PBPK network of simvastatin was established, including three polymorphisms (SLCO1B1 (rs4149056), ABCG2 (rs2231142), and CYP3A5 (rs776746)) and four perpetrator drugs (clarithromycin, gemfibrozil, itraconazole, and rifampicin). selleck kinase inhibitor Exhaustive network simulations were performed and ranked to optimize 10,368 DDGI scenarios based on an exposure marker cost function. The derived dose recommendations were translated in a digital decision support system, which is available at simvastatin.precisiondosing.de. Although the network covers only a fraction of possible simvastatin DDGIs, it provides guidance on how PBPK modeling could be used to individualize pharmacotherapy in the future. Furthermore, the network model is easily extendable to cover additional DDGIs. Overall, the presented work is a first step toward a vision on comprehensive precision dosing based on PBPK models in daily clinical practice, where it could drastically reduce the risk of ADRs.Warfarin remains the oral anticoagulant of choice in sub-Saharan Africa. However, dosing is challenging due to a highly variable clinical response for a given dose. This study aimed to develop and validate a clinical warfarin dose-initiation model in sub-Saharan Black-African patients. For the development cohort, we used data from 364 patients who were recruited from 8 outpatient clinics and hospital departments in Uganda and South Africa (June 2018-July 2019). Validation was undertaken using the International Warfarin Pharmacogenetics Consortium (IWPC) dataset (690 black patients). Four predictors (age, weight, target International Normalized Ratio range, and HIV status) were included in the final model, which achieved mean absolute errors (MAEs; mean of absolute differences between true dose and dose predicted by the model) of 11.6 (95% confidence interval (CI) 10.4-12.8) and 12.5 (95% CI 11.6-13.4) mg/week in the development and validation cohorts, respectively. Two other clinical models, IWPC and Gage, re TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE? ☑ We will be implementing and validating this model in a prospective cohort to inform future large-scale implementation. More optimized dosing should improve the quality of warfarin anticoagulation in these two developing countries.Development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting immune-checkpoint receptors (IMRs) for the treatment of cancer is one of the most active areas of investment in the biopharmaceutical industry. A key decision in the clinical development of anti-IMR mAbs is dose selection. Dose selection can be challenging because the traditional oncology paradigm of administering the maximum tolerated dose is not applicable to anti-IMR mAbs. Instead, dose selection should be informed by the pharmacology of immune signaling. Engaging an IMR is a key initial step to triggering pharmacologic effects, and turnover (i.e., the rate of protein synthesis) of the IMR is a key property to determining the dose level needed to engage the IMR. Here, we applied the stable isotope labeling mass spectrometry technique using 13 C6 -leucine to measure the in vivo turnover rates of IMRs in humans. The 13 C6 -leucine was administered to 10 study participants over 15 hours to measure 13 C6 -leucine enrichment kinetics in 2 IMR targets that have been clinically pursued in oncology GITR and PD-1. We report the first measurements of GITR and PD-1 median half-lives associated with turnover to be 55.6 and ≥ 49.5 hours, respectively. The approach outlined here can be applied to other IMRs and, more generally, to protein targets.
Large disjunctions in species distributions provide excellent opportunities to study processes that shape biogeographic patterns. One such disjunction is the eastern Asia-eastern North America (EA-ENA) floristic disjunction. For many genera with this disjunction, species richness is greater in EA than in ENA; this pattern has been attributed, in part, to higher rates of molecular evolution and speciation in EA. Longer branch lengths have been found in some EA clades, relative to their ENA sister clades, suggesting that the EA lineages have evolved at a higher rate, possibly due to environmental heterogeneity, potentially contributing to the species richness anomaly.

To evaluate whether rates of molecular evolution are elevated in EA relative to ENA, we used transcriptomes from species in 11 genera displaying this disjunction. Rates of molecular evolution were estimated for up to 385 orthologous nuclear loci per genus.

No statistically significant differences were identified in pairwise comparisons between EA and ENA sister species, suggesting equal rates of molecular evolution for both species; the data also suggest similar selection pressures in both regions. For larger genera, evidence likewise argues against more species-rich clades having higher molecular evolutionary rates, regardless of region. Our results suggest that genes across multiple gene ontology categories are evolving at similar rates under purifying selection in species in both regions.

Our data support the hypothesis that greater species richness in EA than ENA is due to factors other than an overall increase in rates of molecular evolution in EA.
Our data support the hypothesis that greater species richness in EA than ENA is due to factors other than an overall increase in rates of molecular evolution in EA.Thrombocytopenia has been identified as a common complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the general population. In an attempt to determine the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a retrospective single-centre study was performed. Thrombocytosis was observed in patients with chronic ITP after SARS-CoV-2 infection, frequently needing treatment adjustment or even discontinuation of therapy. Relapses and newly diagnosed cases showed a fast response after initial treatment compared to ITP. Reduced immune activity due to lymphopenia during COVID-19 could explain this paradoxical effect, although further studies are needed.Pyronaridine (PYR) is an erythrocytic schizonticide with a potent antimalarial activity against multidrug-resistant Plasmodium. The drug is used in combination with artesunate for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria, in adults and children. The present review briefly retraces the discovery of PYR and recent antimalarial studies which has led to the approval of PYR/artesunate combination (Pyramax) by the European Medicines Agency to treat uncomplicated malaria worldwide. PYR also presents a marked antitumor activity and has revealed efficacy for the treatment of other parasitic diseases (notably Babesia and Trypanosoma infections) and to mitigate the Ebola virus propagation. On the one hand, PYR functions has an inhibitor of hemozoin (biomineral malaria pigment, by-product of hemoglobin digestion) formation, blocking the biopolymerization of β-hematin and thus facilitating the accumulation of toxic hematin into the digestive vacuole of the parasite. On the other hand, PYR is a bona fide DNA-intercalating agent and an inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase 2, leading to DNA damages and cell death. Inhibition of hematin polymerization represents the prime mechanism at the origin of the antimalarial activity, whereas anticancer effects relies essentially on the interference with DNA metabolism, as with structurally related anticancer drugs like amsacrine and quinacrine. In addition, recent studies point to an immune modulatory activity of PYR and the implication of a mitochondrial oxidative pathway. An analogy with the mechanism of action of artemisinin drugs is underlined. In brief, the biological actions of pyronaridine are recapitulated to shed light on the diverse health benefits of this unsung drug.Most patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) are nowadays diagnosed without any symptoms and do not require therapy. A prognostic score identifying patients within this large group who are at high risk of disease progression would be highly beneficial. The recently published International Prognostic Score for Early asymptomatic patients (IPS-E) uses combination of absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) >15 × 109 /l, palpable lymphadenopathy, and unmutated immunoglobulin heavy-chain variable-region (IGHV) gene to predict the time to first-line therapy (TTFT). Patients at low, intermediate, and high risk had estimated 5-year TTFT of 8%, 28%, and 61%. We performed an external validation of the IPS-E score using an unselected, consecutive group of 130 Binet A patients. The 5-year TTFT was 11%, 36%, and 78% (C-statistic 0·74). Furthermore, we propose an alternative system (AIPS-E) using cytogenetic aberrations instead of palpable lymphadenopathy. This system yielded 5-year TTFT of 14%, 40%, and 72%. These results were externally validated in 388 Binet A patients from five Czech centres; the 5-year TTFT was 16%, 37%, and 80% (C-statistic 0·74). In conclusion, we have successfully validated the IPS-E score for patients with early stage CLL. In addition, we propose a modified scoring system, the AIPS-E, combining IGHV, fluorescence in situ hybridisation, and ALC.
Woody plants with photosynthetic stems are common in the drylands of the world; however, we know little about the origin(s) and geographical distribution of photosynthetic stems. Therefore, we set to answer the following questions (1) Is stem photosynthesis phylogenetically conserved? (2) Do green-stemmed and fleshy-stemmed species have identifiable climatic niches?

We mapped the photosynthetic stem trait onto a phylogeny of 228 mediterranean and desert species and calculated indices of phylogenetic signal and created climatic niche models of 28 species belonging to three groups green, fleshy, and green-and-fleshy stemmed species.

We found phylogenetic signal in the fleshy stem trait, but not in the green stem trait. Fleshy-stemmed species occupy areas associated with high isothermality, high precipitation seasonality, and high mean temperature of the wettest quarter, whereas green-stemmed species occupy areas associated with high precipitation of driest month, high precipitation of coldest quarter, high mean diurnal temperature range and high maximum temperature of the warmest month.
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