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Alcoholic CP [odds ratio (OR) 2.1, p=0.002], pseudocyst (OR 4.6, p<0.001) and inflammatory head mass (OR 3.1, p=0.006) were independent risk factors for VT, whereas ACP (OR 3.49, p=0.006) and pseudocyst (OR 3.2, p=0.002) were independent risk factors for pseudoaneurysm. Gastrointestinal bleed occurred in 3.5% patients, and more commonly in patients with pseudoaneurysm than VT (64.7% vs 15.9%), and in patients with ACP in comparison to other etiologies (p<0.001).

Vascular complications are a common complication of CP, VT being more frequent than pseudoaneurysm. Pseudocyst and ACP are independent risk factors for the development of vascular complications.
Vascular complications are a common complication of CP, VT being more frequent than pseudoaneurysm. Pseudocyst and ACP are independent risk factors for the development of vascular complications.Late diagnosis of pancreatic cancer (PC) due to the limited effectiveness of modern testing approaches, causes many patients to miss the chance of surgery and consequently leads to a high mortality rate. Pivotal improvements in circulating microRNA expression levels in PC patients make it possible to diagnose and treat patients at earlier stages. A list of circulating miRNAs was identified in this study using bioinformatics methods in association with pancreatic cancer through analyzing four GEO microarray datasets. The value of top miRNAs was then assessed via using a machine learning method. Taking the advantage of a combinatorial approach consisting of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) + Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Neighborhood Component Analysis (NCA) iterations on a collection of top differentially expressed circulating miRNAs in PC patients, facilitated ranking them by significance. MiRNA's functional analysis in the final index was performed by predicting target genes and constructing PPI networks. RBN013209 Remarkably, the final model consist of miR-663a, miR-1469, miR-92a-2-5p, miR-125b-1-3p and miR-532-5p showed great diagnostic results on investigated cases and the validation set (Accuracy 0.93, Sensitivity 0.93, and Specificity 0.92). Kaplan-Meier survival assessments of the top-ranked miRNAs revealed that three miRNAs, hsa-miR-1469, hsa-miR-663a and hsa-miR-532-5p, had meaningful associations with the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer. This miRNA index may serve as a non-invasive and potential PC diagnostic model, although experimental testing is needed.
The efficacy of and indications for cytological reexamination to detect malignant changes in branch duct type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (BD-IPMNs) have not been studied in detail. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the efficacy and indications of cytological reexamination by using pancreatic juice (repeated cytology) for BD-IPMNs.

Forty-five patients who underwent repeated cytology after a diagnosis of benignancy by using initial cytology were recruited for this study.

Thirty-eight patients, excluding 7 patients with lack of surveillance period after the final cytology, were classified into Malignancy (n=13) and Benignancy groups (n=25) on the bases of the findings from resected specimens or changes in BD-IPMNs after repeated cytology. The sensitivity and specificity to detect malignant changes in BD-IPMNs by using repeated cytology were 62% and 100%, respectively. For the 12 patients with mural nodules (MNs)≥5mm (67% of them were malignant), the sensitivity was 50%, whereas, for the 26 patients without MNs≥5mm (19% of them were malignant), it was 80%. In addition, malignant changes in BD-IPMNs after initial cytology occurred in 62% of the patients with changes in the MNs and 27% of the patients with an increase in the cyst size.

Repeated cytology can play a role in the determination for surgery even after a diagnosis of benignancy by using initial cytology, especially for BD-IPMNs without MNs ≥5mm. In addition, changes in the MNs or cyst size may be appropriate indications for repeated cytology.
Repeated cytology can play a role in the determination for surgery even after a diagnosis of benignancy by using initial cytology, especially for BD-IPMNs without MNs ≥5 mm. In addition, changes in the MNs or cyst size may be appropriate indications for repeated cytology.
/Objectives Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a higher incidence in men compared to women, although the difference in known risk factors cannot explain this disparity completely. Reproductive and hormonal factors have been demonstrated in pre-clinical studies to influence pancreatic carcinogenesis, but the few published data on the topic are inconsistent. The aim was to investigate the role of reproductive and hormonal factors on PDAC occurrence in women.

We conducted a unicenter case-control study; PDAC cases were matched to controls by age with a 12 ratio. Risk factors were screened through questionnaires about gynecologic and medical history. Comparisons were made using Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests where appropriate for categorical variables and Student's t-test for continuous variables. Logistic regression was used to calculate Odds Ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI). Multivariable logistic regression models were adjusted for potential confounders.

253 PDAC and 506 PDAC.Sjögren-Larsson syndrome (SLS) is an inherited metabolic disease characterized by ichthyosis, spasticity, intellectual disability and deficient oxidation and accumulation of of fatty aldehydes and alcohols. We investigated whether excess fatty alcohols in SLS are diverted into biosynthesis of ether glycerolipids (eGLs) by measuring the 1-O-alkylglycerol (AG) backbone of eGLs in stratum corneum, plasma and red blood cells (RBCs). In all tissues, saturated and monounsaturated AGs were detected. In stratum corneum from SLS patients, saturated AGs (C15-C20) were increased 97-fold (range 86- to 169-fold) compared to controls. AGs were largely (67 ± 9%) derived from neutral esterified eGLs (i.e. alkyl-diacylglyerol) and free non-esterified AGs (28 ± 10%), but very little from plasmalogens (3 ± 5%). Plasma from SLS patients had 2-fold more C180-AG (p less then 0.005) and 40% less C161-AG (p less then 0.01) than controls but the total concentration of AGs was not increased, and the AG profile in RBCs from SLS subjects was normal.
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