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No patients developed inhibitors. CONCLUSIONS BAY 81-8973 prophylaxis efficacy outcomes in the pivotal study were maintained or, in the case of joint protection, improved during the extension, with a safety and tolerability profile consistent with previous experience. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) is a heterogeneous disorder defined by multilineage dysplasia, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)-related karyotype, or history of prior MDS. We evaluated 415 patients with AML-MRC treated from 2013 to 2018 and analyzed their clinical outcomes based on the diagnostic criteria of AML-MRC, therapy type and mutation profile. Criteria for AML-MRC included cytogenetic abnormalities (AML-MRC-C) in 243 (59%), prior history of MDS in 75 (18%) including 47 (11%) with previously untreated MDS (AML-MRC-H) and 28 (7%) with previously treated MDS (AML-MRC-TS), and 97 (23%) with multilineage dysplasia (AML-MRC-M). Median age was 70 years (range 18-94). Among 95 evaluable patients, a total of 37 (39%) had secondary-type (ASXL1, BCOR, EZH2, SF3B1, SRSF2, STAG2, U2AF1, ZRSR2) mutations. Mutations in ASXL1, BCOR, SF3B1, SRSF2, and U2AF1 tended to appear in dominant clones. By multivariate analysis, AML-MRC subtype, age and serum LDH levels were independent predictors of outcome, with patients with AML-MRC-M (HR 0.56, CI 0.38-0.84, P = .004) and AML-MRC-H having better OS. Compared to a cohort of 468 patients with AML without MRC, patients with AML-MRC-M/AML-MRC-H had similar outcomes to those with intermediate risk AML by European LeukemiaNet criteria. Intensive therapy was associated with improved OS in patients with AML-MRC-M (HR 0.42, CI 0.19-0.94, P = .036) and with improved EFS in AML-MRC-M and AML-MRC-H (HR 0.26, CI 0.10-0.63, P = .003). This data suggests that not all diagnostic criteria for AML-MRC define high-risk patients and that specific subgroups may benefit from different therapeutic interventions. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.OBJECTIVES Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is an immune checkpoint protein that may be a useful prognostic biomarker in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the relationship between PD-L1 expression and survival in NPC. METHODS PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched from inception to present. A predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to select articles. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled for overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and disease metastasis-free survival (DMFS). RESULTS Eleven studies published from 2014 to 2018 were included, with 1,356 total participants. PD-L1 expression was not associated with OS (HR = 1.10, 95% CI 0.79-1.55), DFS (HR = 1.66, 95% CI 0.68-4.03), or DMFS (HR = 1.18, 95% CI 0.44-3.20). CONCLUSIONS The prognostic role of PD-L1 in NPC remains unsubstantiated. Future research is needed. Laryngoscope, 2020. © 2020 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.OBJECTIVE Genetic variants in STXBP1, which encodes the conserved exocytosis protein Munc18-1, are associated with a variety of infantile epilepsy syndromes. We aimed to develop an in vivo Caenorhabditis elegans model that could be used to test the pathogenicity of such variants in a cost-effective manner. METHODS The CRISPR/Cas9 method was used to introduce a null mutation into the unc-18 gene (the C. elegans orthologue of STXBP1), thereby creating a paralyzed worm strain. We subsequently rescued this strain with transgenes encoding the human STXBP1/Munc18-1 protein (wild-type and eight different epilepsy-associated missense variants). The resulting humanized worm strains were then analyzed via behavioral, electrophysiological, and biochemical approaches. RESULTS Transgenic expression of wild-type human STXBP1 protein fully rescued locomotion in both solid and liquid media to the same level as the standard wild-type worm strain, Bristol N2. Six variant strains (E59K, V84D, C180Y, R292H, L341P, R551C) exhibithput drug screens to identify novel therapeutics. © 2020 The Authors. Epilepsia published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International League Against Epilepsy.BACKGROUND The correct treatment and management of scabies is expensive, time consuming and may have negative impacts on patients and their families. AIM We sought to investigate the effects of 5 % permethrin cream on scabies mites, and explore mite survival times outside the human body. METHODS We performed a non-randomised controlled study. Twenty petri dishes were coated with 5 % permethrin cream, each with one scabies mite (treatment group), and twenty plain petri dishes with one scabies mite each (control group) were observed at baseline and 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12 hours from baseline. In the second part of our study, thirty scabies mites from infested patients were investigated in an observational study in 30 plain petri dishes at days 0, 3 and 4. RESULTS Our data showed that 65% of scabies mites survived after eight hours in the treatment group, when compared with 75% of mites in the control group. After 12 hours, 25% of mites in the treatment group, and 60% in the control group were still alive. Data from the observational survival study showed that one mite survived for three days, but all mites were dead by day four. CONCLUSIONS This study showed no significant effects of mite survival times with 5 % topical permethrin after eight hours, while its efficacy was stronger and significant after 12 hours. We recommend the isolation of all mite-infested items for at least four days. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Ponatinib is an oral drug for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which has been reported to increase the risk of hepatotoxicity. FR900506 The aim of this study was to characterize the metabolites of ponatinib in human liver microsomes as well as its reactive metabolites. Ponatinib was incubated with human liver microsomes in the presence of NADPH and trapping agents (glutathione or potassium cyanide). The metabolites were characterized by liquid chromatography in combination with Q-Exactive-Orbitrap-MS. Under the current conditions, six metabolites were detected and structurally identified on the basis of their accurate masses, fragmentation patterns, and retention times. M3 (N-demethylation) was unambiguously identified by matching its retention time and fragment ions with those of its reference standard. N-demethylation and oxygenation were proved to be the predominant metabolic pathways of ponatinib. In addition, two reactive metabolites (cyano adducts) were detected in human liver microsomes in the presence of potassium cyanide and NADPH, suggesting that ponatinib underwent CYP450-mediated metabolic activation, which could be one of the causative mechanisms for its hepatotoxicity.
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