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Elliott Cabrera posted an update 3 days, 8 hours ago
Moreover, when bully-victims were distinguished from pure bullies and pure victims and the unique effects for all three groups were tested, the direct and indirect effects were most evident among bully-victims. These findings imply that it is necessary to distinguish bully-victims from pure bullies and pure victims. The results indicate that NSSI may be effectively reduced if interventions focus on promoting peer acceptance and reducing adolescent depressive symptoms, particularly for bully-victims with lower levels of psychological resilience.Background Tirapazamine’s (TPZ) tolerability after an intra-arterial (IA) injection remains unclear. We investigated TPZ’s safety and tolerability in rats by first injecting into the left hepatic artery and then performing a hepatic artery ligation, which recapitulates the transarterial embolization used clinically. Research design and methods Forty-six rats in five groups were respectively injected with 0, 0.25, 0.50, 1.0, or more than 1.5 mL IA of TPZ (0.7 mg/mL) into the left hepatic artery and then subjected to hepatic artery ligation under laparotomy. Blood samples were collected four times daily up to day 15 after which the rats were euthanized and necropsied. The toxicity profile of IA injection of TPZ followed by hepatic artery ligation was then assessed. Results No significant changes to the rats’ body weight and serum total bilirubin were observed. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels increased slightly but remained below 100 U/L one day after treatment for most rats. Three rats in Groups 3 and 4 exhibited an over two-fold transient elevation of ALT. All ALT recovered to the baseline at day 14. Liver tissues were collected on day 15 using H&E staining. One rat in Group 3 showed ischemic coagulative necrosis in its liver tissue. Other sporadic pathological changes not related to TPZ doses were observed in Groups 2, 3, 4, and 5. Conclusion TPZ by IA injection followed by embolization is tolerated up to 7 mg/kg. This finding supports the strategy of administering an IA injection of TPZ followed by trans-arterial embolization to the liver.Purpose Immune-related adverse events (IrAEs) are auto-immune reactions associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor-based therapy (ICI). To date, little is known about immunotherapy-induced pneumonitis (IIP). In this study, we investigated the clinical and CT features of IIP in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with ICI. Methods CT images and clinical data of 98 NSCLC patients in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed after ICI therapy, and the incidence, onset time, CT findings, grade, treatment and prognosis of IIP were recorded. Results Nineteen patients developed IIP, which occurred 42∼210 days after ICI therapy, and the median time was 97 days. The CT findings for IIP showed multifocal ground-glass opacity (GGO) in 5 cases, patchy shadows in 6 cases, mixed distribution of patchy and strip-like shadows in 4 cases, and patchy shadows with honeycomb lung in 4 cases. The mean age and proportions of smokers, CD3+ and CD4+ of T lymphocyte subset in patients with IIP were significantly higher than those in patients without IIP (all p less then 0.05). Among 19 patients with IIP, there were 10 patients with grade 1 ~ 2 and 9 patients with grade 3 ~ 4; 13 patients received hormone therapy, 12 of them were improved or stable, and 1 patient got worse after hormone therapy. No deaths from IIP were found. Conclusion IIP is a relatively rare but serious adverse event, and it is sensitive to hormone therapy. Its CT manifestations are diverse, and timely detection and treatment are the keys to reduce IIP.Goldfish comprise around 300 different strains with drastically altered and aesthetical morphologies making them suitable models for evolutionary developmental biology. The dragon-eye strain is characterized by protruding eyes (analogous to those of Chinese dragons). Although the strain has been selected for about 400 years, the mechanism of its eye development remains unclear. In this study, a stable dragon-eye goldfish strain with a clear genetic background was rapidly established and studied. We found that upregulation of the PPAR signaling pathway accompanied by an increase in lipid accumulation might trigger the morphological and structural transformation of the eye in dragon-eye goldfish. At the developmental stage of proptosis (eye protrusion), downregulation of the phototransduction pathway was consistent with the structural defects and myopia of the dragon-eye strain. With the impairment of retinal development, cytokine-induced inflammation was activated, especially after proptosis, similar to the pathologic symptoms of many human ocular diseases. In addition, differentially expressed transcription factors were significantly enriched in the PAX and homeobox families, two well-known transcription factor families involved in eye development. Therefore, our findings reveal the dynamic changes in key pathways during eye development in dragon-eye goldfish, and provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying drastically altered eyes in goldfish and human ocular disease.This study aims to describe the posterolateral epidural supra-C2-root approach (PESCA), which might be a good alternative to the transoral, anterolateral, and other posterolateral approaches for biopsy of lesions of the odontoid process (OP). The preoperative planning of PESCA included computerized tomography (CT), CT-angiography, and three-dimensional reconstruction (if possible, even with three-dimensional print) to analyze the angle of the trajectory and the anatomy of the vertebral artery (VA). 5-Fluorouracil cell line For PESCA, the patient is positioned under general anesthesia in prone position. In case of an osteolytic lesion with fracture of the OP, an X-ray is performed after positioning to verify anatomic alignment. In the first step, in case of instability and compression of the spinal cord, a craniocervical fusion and decompression is performed (laminectomy of the middle part of the C1 arc and removal of the lower part of the lateral C1 arc). The trajectory is immediately above the C2 root (and under the upper rest of the lateral part of C1 arc).