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Background Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases at present. Although effective screening and treatment can save lives to a certain extent, our knowledge of the disease is far from sufficient. KIF18B is a member of the kinesin-8 superfamily and plays a conserved regulatory role in the cell cycle. KIF18B reportedly functions as an oncogene in some human cancers, but the correlations between KIF18B and prognosis and immune-infiltrates in different cancers remain unclear. Methods Data were collected from the TCGA, GTEx, CCLE, TIMER, and GSEA databases. The expression difference, survival, pathological stage, DNA methylation, tumor mutation burden (TMB), microsatellite instability (MSI), mismatch repairs (MMRs), tumor microenvironment (TME), immune cell infiltration, and gene co-expression of KIF18B were analyzed using the R language software. Results KIF18B was widely upregulated in cancers, compared with normal tissues, and high KIF18B expression was associated with unfavorable prognoses. TMB, MSI, MMRs, and DNA methylation correlated with KIF18B dysregulation in cancers. KIF18B correlated closely with tumor immunity and interacted with different immune cells and genes in different cancer types. Conclusion KIF18B could be used as a prognostic biomarker for determining prognosis and immune infiltration in pan-cancer.Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the effect of pre-operative blood glucose (POBG) levels on the length of stay (LOS) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) undergoing laparoscopic nephrectomy. Methods We collected clinical data on 338 patients with RCC who underwent laparoscopic nephrectomy between 2014 and 2019. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression and dose-response analysis curves of restricted cubic spline function were used to investigate the relationship between POBG and LOS. Results According to the level of POBG, we divided the patients into three groups 3 weeks than patients with POBG levels less then 4.94 mmol/L (aOR 2.29; 95% CI 1.16-4.52; p = 0.017). Moreover, similar results were observed in the most subgroups analysis. Conclusion We found that in patients with RCC undergoing laparoscopic nephrectomy, higher POBG levels were significantly associated with prolonged LOS.Background Due to demographic changes, proximal femoral fractures (PFF) in the elderly rise constantly. The standard diagnostic tool is still the X-ray of the pelvis/hip in two planes. Our hypothesis was that the lateral-view X-ray has little influence on classification, planning of the operative procedure, and choice of implant in geriatric patients. Methods Retrospective analysis of all initial X-rays of PFF in geriatric patients (≥70 years) from May 2018 until August 2019 in a Level I Trauma center. Three experienced consultants categorized the fractures on the ap pelvis view and performed Garden and Pauwels classification as well as a two-staged classification displaced/nondisplaced [for femoral neck fractures (FNF)] or AO Classification [for intertrochanteric fractures (ITF)]. Afterward, they decided the operative strategy as well as implant choice [dynamic hip screw (DHS), intramedullary nail (IMN), or arthroplasty]. After 4 weeks, they categorized all fractures again with now available lateral view X-rays in a different order. Results Two hundred seven patients (146 female, 61 male; 70.5 vs. 29.5%) with 90 FNF and 117 ITF (43.5 vs. 56.5%) could be included. Age was 84.6 ± 6.9 years. The treatment was in 45 cases DHS, in 82 cases IMN, and for the other 80 cases arthroplasty. The interobserver reliability of the classifications were poor, except for the two-staged classification [Fleiss-κ ap view only = 0.708 (CI 95% 0.604, 0.812) vs. additional lateral = 0.756 (CI 95% 0.644, 0.869)]. Moreover, independent from the classification, there were no significant changes in management and choice of implant with additional lateral view. Conclusions Regarding our results, we consider the lateral view dispensable for standard X-ray of displaced PFF in geriatric patients. In nondisplaced fractures, it could be added secondary.Background Ischemia injury affects the recovery of liver allograft function. We propose a novel technique aimed at avoiding a second ischemic injury transplanting an extended criteria donor (ECD) liver directly under normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) without recooling. We studied two cases to evaluate the efficacy and safety of this technique. Methods The perioperative characteristics and postoperative outcomes of two recipients of ECD livers were analyzed. Both transplantations were performed with continuous normothermic machine perfusion without recooling. Result In case 1, the cause of donor death was anoxia, and the donor liver had hypernatremia before procurement. The recipient was diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis. His model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score was 38. In case 2, the donor liver was from a donor after cardiac death (DCD), and the donor had elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. GSK-3 inhibitor The recipient was diagnosed with acute hepatic failure. His MELD score was 35. Both donor livers were maintained under NMP and then transplanted without recooling. The peak ALT and AST levels after surgery were 452 and 770 U/L in case 1 and 100 and 592 U/L in case 2. Neither early allograft dysfunction (EAD) nor primary graft non-function (PNF) was present in these two cases. Conclusion In conclusion, our results demonstrate that continuous NMP without recooling is efficacious and safe for LT with extended criteria donor livers. Further investigations of this technique will be performed to confirm these promising results.This study investigated the antihypertensive and immunomodulatory effects of defatted corn germ hydrolysates (DCGHs) in vivo and their potential regulatory mechanisms. The systolic blood pressure (SBP) of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) was significantly reduced (10.30%) by the long-term intragastric administration of DCGHs (high doses). Also, there was drastic inhibition of angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) activity in the lung, kidney, and heart tissues by 24.53, 22.28, and 12.93%, respectively. It could regulate the blood pressure by adjusting the balance between endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor factors and endothelium-derived relaxing factors. Meanwhile, DCGHs enhanced the phagocytosis of mononuclear macrophages, cellular immunity, and humoral immunity of ICR mice by increasing the phagocytic index of mononuclear macrophages (23.71%), ear swelling degree (44.82%), and antibody levels (52.32%). Moreover, it stimulated the release of immunoactive substances (e.g., lysozyme, interferon-γ, immunoglobulin G, and complement 3).
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