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Consistent with previous findings, fiber density and TWI metrics appeared to be more sensitive to white matter changes than DTI metrics, revealing widespread reductions in fiber density and TWI metrics in pTBI mice compared to sham controls. These results provide additional support for the use of advanced DWI metrics in assessing white matter degeneration following injury and highlight the chronic outcomes that can follow pTBI.
No studies have examined endogenous insulin secretion in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes in China using the gold-standard mixed-meal tolerance test. Because the latter is labor-intensive, we examined simpler surrogate markers of endogenous insulin secretion in Chinese youth, as previously reported for a European population.

Participants were 57 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes aged 4.4-16.8years (56% females). We performed 120-minute mixed-meal tolerance tests with serum C-peptide (CP) measurements every 30minutes. Severe insulin deficiency (SID) was defined as CP peak < 0.2nmol/L. Urine CP and creatinine levels were measured at 0 and 120minutes.

Twenty-five (44%) patients had SID. Fasting CP levels missed one case (96% sensitivity) with no false positives (100% specificity). While the 120-minute urine CP/creatinine had 100% sensitivity, it yielded markedly lower specificity (63%). Every 1-year increase in diabetes duration and 1-year decrease in age at diagnosis were associated with 37% (P < 0.001) and 20% (P = 0.005) reductions in serum CP area-under-the-curve, respectively. Thus, 86% of children aged < 5years had SID compared to none among patients aged ≥ 11years.

Simple fasting CP measurements could be used to detect most SID cases in Chinese youth with type 1 diabetes. Fasting CP is a far more reliable measure of endogenous insulin secretion than the more commonly used insulin dose. Therefore, it could more precisely determine insulin secretory capacity to target those who could benefit, if treatments to preserve residual insulin secretion are developed.
Simple fasting CP measurements could be used to detect most SID cases in Chinese youth with type 1 diabetes. Fasting CP is a far more reliable measure of endogenous insulin secretion than the more commonly used insulin dose. Therefore, it could more precisely determine insulin secretory capacity to target those who could benefit, if treatments to preserve residual insulin secretion are developed.Four unknown stilbenoids, including one dimer, namely 4'-methoxy-scirpusin A (5) and three monomeric stilbene glycosides, namely piceatannol-3'-O-[2''-(3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzoyl)]-β-D-glucopyranoside (13), piceatannol-3'-O-(2''-galloyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (14) and piceatannol-3'-O-(6″-p-coumaroyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (16) together with 15 described compounds, were isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of the ethanol extract of roots of Rheum lhasaense based on the guidance of the inhibitory effect on acetylcholinesterase. The structures of the unknown compounds were established by combined spectroscopic analysis and comparing their spectral data with compounds with similar structures. Some selected components were also investigated for their inhibitory abilities on acetylcholinesterase (AChE), indicating that compound 13 may be responsible for higher inhibitory activity of the ethyl acetate fraction on AChE.Newborn screening efforts focusing on the quantification of T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs), as a biomarker for abnormal thymic production of T cells, have allowed for the identification and definitive treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in asymptomatic neonates. With the adoption of TREC quantification in Guthrie cards across the USA and abroad, typical, and atypical SCID constitutes only ~ 10% of cases identified with abnormal TRECs associated with T cell lymphopenia. Several other non-SCID-related conditions may be identified by newborn screening in a term infant. Thus, it is important for physicians to recognize that other factors, such as prematurity, are often associated with low TRECs initially, but often improve with age. This paper focuses on a challenge that immunologists face the diagnostic evaluation and management of cases in which abnormal TRECs are associated with variants of T cell lymphopenia in the absence of a genetically defined form of typical or atypical SCID. Various syndromes associated with T cell impairment, secondary forms of T cell lymphopenia, and idiopathic T cell lymphopenia are identified using this screening approach. Yet there is no consensus or guidelines to assist in the evaluation and management of these newborns, despite representing 90% of the patients identified, resulting in significant work for the clinical teams until a diagnosis is made. Using a case-based approach, we review pearls relevant to the evaluation of these newborns, as well as the management dilemmas for the families and team related to the resolution of genetic ambiguities.
Newborn screening (NBS) quantifies T cell receptor excision circles (TREC) and identifies infants with T cell lymphopenia (TCL). This study elucidates the demographics, laboratory characteristics, genetics, and clinical outcomes following live viral vaccine administration of term infants with transient or persistent idiopathic TCL.

A single-center retrospective analysis was performed from September 2010 through June 2018. Laboratory variables were compared with Mann-Whitney tests. Correlations between initial TREC levels and T cell counts were determined by Spearman tests.

Twenty-two transient and 21 persistent TCL infants were identified. Males comprised 68% of the transient and 52% of the persistent TCL cohorts. Whites comprised 23% of the transient and 29% of the persistent cohorts. Median initial TREC levels did not differ (66 vs. 60 TRECs/μL of blood, P = 0.58). The transient cohort had higher median initial CD3
(2135 vs. 1169 cells/μL, P < 0.001), CD4
(1460 vs. 866 cells/μL, P < 0.001), and CD8
(538 vs. 277 cells/μL, P < 0.001) counts. The median age of resolution for the transient cohort was 38days. Genetic testing revealed 2 genes of interest which warrant further study and several variants of uncertain significance in immunology-related genes in the persistent cohort. 19 transient and 14 persistent subjects received the initial rotavirus and/or MMRV immunization. No adverse reactions to live viral vaccines were reported in either cohort.

Transient and persistent TCL infants differ by demographic, laboratory, and clinical characteristics. Select transient and persistent TCL patients may safely receive live attenuated viral vaccines, but larger confirmatory studies are needed.
Transient and persistent TCL infants differ by demographic, laboratory, and clinical characteristics. Select transient and persistent TCL patients may safely receive live attenuated viral vaccines, but larger confirmatory studies are needed.Whilst upregulation of type I interferon (IFN) signaling is common across the type I interferonopathies (T1Is), central nervous system (CNS) involvement varies between these disorders, the basis of which remains unclear. We collected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum from patients with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS), STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI), presumed monogenic T1Is (pT1I), childhood systemic lupus erythematosus with neuropsychiatric features (nSLE), non-IFN-related autoinflammation (AI) and non-inflammatory hydrocephalus (as controls). We measured IFN-alpha protein using digital ELISA. Eighty-two and 63 measurements were recorded respectively in CSF and serum of 42 patients and 6 controls. In an intergroup comparison (taking one sample per individual), median CSF IFN-alpha levels were elevated in AGS, SAVI, pT1I, and nSLE compared to AI and controls, with levels highest in AGS compared to all other groups. In AGS, CSF IFN-alpha concentrations were higher than in paired serum samples. In contrast, serum IFN was consistently higher compared to CSF levels in SAVI, pT1I, and nSLE. Whilst IFN-alpha is present in the CSF and serum of all IFN-related diseases studied here, our data suggest the primary sites of IFN production in the monogenic T1I AGS and SAVI are, respectively, the CNS and the periphery. These results inform the diagnosis of, and future therapeutic approaches to, monogenic and multifactorial T1Is.Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a heterogeneous group of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) characterized by a lack of autologous T lymphocytes. This severe PID is rare, but has a higher prevalence in populations with high rates of consanguinity. PF-06700841 The epidemiological, clinical, and immunological features of SCIDs in Moroccan patients have never been reported. The aim of this study was to provide a clinical and immunological description of SCID in Morocco and to assess changes in the care of SCID patients over time. This cross-sectional retrospective study included 96 Moroccan patients referred to the national PID reference center at Casablanca Children's Hospital for SCID over two decades, from 1998 to 2019. The case definition for this study was age less then  2 years, with a clinical phenotype suggestive of SCID, and lymphopenia, with very low numbers of autologous T cells, according to the IUIS Inborn Errors of Immunity classification. Our sample included 50 male patients, and 66% of the pefforts are required, for genetic confirmation and particularly for HSCT.
To investigate whether the perioperatively combined application of dexamethasone and furosemide could alleviate the inflammation in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).

147 patients undergoing PCNL between November 2018 and October 2019 were enrolled in the study. 77 patients accepted a single dose of dexamethasone and furosemide administration (EXP group, n = 77), and 70 patients did not (CON group, n = 70). Demographic and perioperative data, inflammatory markers including interleukin-6 (IL-6) and procalcitonin (PCT), and clinical outcomes were compared between the two groups.

Compared with the CON group, the incidence rate of urosepsis of the EXP group were significantly lower (11.69% vs. 24.29%, p = 0.046). 3 patients developed severe urosepsis in the EXP group, while 5 patients developed severe urosepsis in the CON group. Compared with those in the CON group, the patients with postoperative urosepsis in the EXP group showed lower serum levels of IL-6 at postoperative hour two (p = 0.045) and at postoperative day one (p = 0.031) and lower serum levels of PCT at postoperative day one (p = 0.015). There was a better clinical outcome of a shorter postoperative hospital stay (p = 0.015) in patients with postoperative urosepsis in the EXP group than in those in the CON group.

The perioperatively combined application of dexamethasone and furosemide was beneficial for alleviating postoperative inflammatory reaction and caused a better clinical outcome of a shorter postoperative hospital stay.
The perioperatively combined application of dexamethasone and furosemide was beneficial for alleviating postoperative inflammatory reaction and caused a better clinical outcome of a shorter postoperative hospital stay.
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