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Nephrotic syndrome is a common kidney disease during childhood that is characterized by alterations in glomerular filtration and leads to protein, fluid, and nutrient loss in the urine. Most patients experience peripheral, gravity-dependent edema; however, serious cases exhibit anasarca and ascites. Many long-term complications of the disease exist due to the underlying pathology and the therapies used for treatment, including metabolic bone disease, micronutrient deficiencies, and hyperlipidemia. Pharmacologic and nutrition interventions are key to appropriate management. Fluid and sodium restriction in combination with corticosteroids, albumin, and diuretics are used to manage edema. Steroid-sparing therapies like alkylating agents and calcineurin inhibitors and dietary modification to eliminate dairy and gluten may be warranted in patients with frequent relapses or steroid-refractory disease. Nutrition clinicians should familiarize themselves with the nuances of treating this disease to optimize care for children with nephrotic syndrome.Intergroup conflict and bias often occur between subgroups nested within a superordinate group. In these situations, the leader of the superordinate group plays a key role, as an intergroup leader, in reducing conflict. To be effective, an intergroup leader should avoid (1) threatening the subgroups' distinctive identities, and (2) being viewed by one or both groups as 'one of them' rather than 'one of us'. Intergroup leadership theory (Acad Manag Rev, 37, 2012a, 232) posits intergroup leaders can improve subgroup relations by promoting an intergroup relational identity. Two studies (Ns = 178 and 223) tested whether an out-subgroup or in-subgroup leader could improve intergroup attitudes, even among strong subgroup identifiers, by promoting either an intergroup relational identity or a collective identity. We hypothesized an interaction of these variables demonstrating the effectiveness of an intergroup relational identity message for an out-subgroup leader in lessening ingroup bias, especially among strong subgroup identification. Our results, and a meta-analytic summary across both studies (N = 401), supported our hypothesis and intergroup leadership theory, demonstrating an intergroup relational identity is an effective strategy for improving intergroup relations.Castleman disease (CD) is an unusual lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by multiple lymphadenopathy accompanied by marked systemic inflammatory symptoms. CD can be unicentric (UCD) or multicentric (MCD), and it can be classified into three types based on histopathology hyaline vascular type, plasma cell type, and mixed hyaline vascular and plasma cell type. CD involving skin is an unusual clinical manifestation. Abnormalities including rash, hyperpigmentation, cherry hemangiomatosis, paraneoplastic pemphigus, and Kaposi sarcoma have been reported to occur in MCD. Here, we reported an unusual case of MCD which presented initially with disseminated dark brown papules, patches, and plaques, and pathologically demonstrated plasma cell type CD, a finding which is rarely reported. The peculiar clinicopathological features will be discussed.
Standard treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer is chemoradiation therapy. Treatment with chemoradiation therapy harbors a risk of local residual disease, which can be curatively treated with salvage surgery, but the risk of complications following surgical procedures in radiated tissue is not negligible. The presence of residual disease can be radiologically and/or histologically diagnosed. The objective of this study is to describe studies that report on salvage surgery for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer after primary treatment with chemoradiation therapy. Therefore, we assessed the method of determining the presence of residual disease, the risk of complications, and the survival rate after salvage surgery.

PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane database were searched from inception up to 6 March 2020. Titles and abstracts were independently assessed by two researchers. Studies were eligible for inclusion when patients had locally advanced cervical cancer with radiologically suspected4.9months).

It is necessary to confirm residual disease by biopsy before performing salvage surgery in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer primarily treated with chemoradiation therapy. Salvage surgery only based on radiologically suspected residual disease should be avoided to prevent unnecessary surgery and complications.
It is necessary to confirm residual disease by biopsy before performing salvage surgery in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer primarily treated with chemoradiation therapy. Salvage surgery only based on radiologically suspected residual disease should be avoided to prevent unnecessary surgery and complications.Impaired lipid profile is defined as abnormal plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein, triglycerides, and total cholesterol. This disease state is associated with the development and progression of various disorders, such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and acute myocardial infarction. Globally, all of these disorders are related to a significant rate of death. Therefore, finding a suitable approach for the prevention and treatment of lipid profile-related disorders is in the spotlight. Recently, herbal therapy has been considered a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of hyperlipidemia or its related disorders due to its safety and efficacy. Hereby, we address the potential benefits of some of these herbal compounds on different aspects of lipid profile and its abnormalities with a special focus on their underlying mechanisms. Using herbal products, such as teas and mushrooms, or their derivatives, Rosmarinus officinalis Linn, Curcuma longa, Green tea, Lippia triphylla, Lippia citriodora, Plantago asiatica L, Vine tea, and Grifola frondosa have been proved to exert several therapeutic impacts on lipid profile and its related disorders, and we would provide a brief review on them in this literature.The patterning of adaxial-abaxial tissues plays a vital role in the morphology of lateral organs, which is maintained by antagonism between the genes that specify adaxial and abaxial tissue identity. The homeo-domain leucine zipper class III (HD-ZIP III) family genes regulate adaxial identity; however, little information is known about the physical interactions or transcriptionally regulated downstream genes of HD-ZIP III. In this study, we identified a dominant rice mutant, lateral floret 1 (lf1), which has defects in lateral organ polarity. LF1 encodes the HD-ZIP III transcription factor, which expressed in the adaxial area of lateral organs. LF1 can activate directly the expression of LITTLE ZIPPER family gene OsZPR4 and HD-ZIP II family gene OsHOX1, and OsZPR4 and OsHOX1 respectively interact with LF1 to form a heterodimer to repress the transcriptional activity of LF1. LF1 influences indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) content by directly regulating the expression of OsYUCCA6. Therefore, LF1 forms negative feedback loops between OsZPR4 and OsHOX1 to affect IAA content, leading to the regulation of lateral organs polarity development. These results reveal the cross-talk among HD-ZIP III, LITTLE ZIPPER, and HD-ZIP II proteins and provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the polarity development of lateral organs.
Infection after cardiovascular surgery is multifactorial. We sought to determine whether the anthropometric profile influences the occurrence of infection after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Between January 2011 and June 2016, 1777 consecutive adult patients were submitted to isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. Mean age was 61.7 ± 9.8 years and 1193 (67.1%) were males. Patients were divided into four groups according to the body mass index (BMI) classification underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m
; N = 17, 0.9%), normal range (BMI 18.5-24.99 kg/m
; N = 522, 29.4%), overweight (BMI 25-29.99 kg/m
; N = 796, 44.8%), and obese (BMI > 30 kg/m
; N = 430, 24.2%). In-hospital outcomes were compared and independent predictors of infection were obtained through multiple Poisson regression with a robust variation.

Independent predictors of any infection morbidity were female sex (relative ratio [RR], 1.47; p = .002), age > 60 years (RR, 1.85; p < .0001), cardiopulmonary bypass tion of surgical bundles would minimize this important complication.Non-iatrogenic left atrial wall dissection is a rare lesion defined as a gap from the mitral valve annulus to the interatrial septum or wall of the left atrium. Capivasertib cell line We report the case of a 57-year-old man with symptoms of acute cardiac and renal failure. Trans-esophageal echocardiography and computed tomography showed significant mitral valve regurgitation and dissection of the posterior wall of the left atrium. On the basis of detailed trans-esophageal echocardiography, the patient underwent mitral valve replacement with closure of the dissection orifice, which appears to be the appropriate therapeutic strategy in cases of spontaneous left atrial wall dissection.Whole blood cytokine release assays (CRA) assessing cellular immunity to gluten could simplify the diagnosis and monitoring of coeliac disease (CD). We aimed to determine the effectiveness of electrochemiluminescence CRA to detect responses to immunodominant gliadin peptides. HLA-DQ2·5+ CD adults (cohort 1, n = 6; cohort 2, n = 12) and unaffected controls (cohort 3, n = 9) were enrolled. Cohort 1 had 3-day gluten challenge (GC). Blood was collected at baseline, and for cohort 1 also at 3 h, 6 h and 6 days after commencing 3-day GC. Gliadin peptide-stimulated proliferation, interferon (IFN)-γ enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) and 14- and 3-plex electrochemiluminescence CRA were performed. Poisson distribution analysis was used to estimate responding cell frequencies. In cohort 1, interleukin (IL)-2 dominated the gliadin peptide-stimulated cytokine release profile in whole blood. GC caused systemic IL-2 release acutely and increased gliadin peptide-stimulated IFN-γ ELISPOT and whole blood CRA responses. Whole blood CRA after GC was dominated by IL-2, but also included IFN-γ, C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10/IFN-γ-induced protein 10 (CXCL10/IP-10), CXCL9/monokine induced by IFN-γ (MIG), IL-10, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3/macrophage inflammatory protein 1-alpha (CCL3/MIP-1α), TNF-α and IL-8/CXCL8. In cohorts 2 and 3, gliadin peptide-stimulated whole blood IL-2 release was 100% specific and 92% sensitive for CD patients on a gluten-free diet; the estimated frequency of cells in CD blood secreting IL-2 to α-gliadin peptide was 0·5 to 11 per ml. Whole blood IL-2 release successfully mapped human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2·5-restricted epitopes in an α-gliadin peptide library using CD blood before and after GC. Whole blood IL-2 release assay using electrochemiluminescence is a sensitive test for rare gliadin-specific T cells in CD, and could aid in monitoring and diagnosis. Larger studies and validation with tetramer-based assays are warranted.
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