anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
(1) Leukoregulin (I) in pure form and its biological sub-units are new. It regulates the physiology and growth of malignant tumour cells without affecting the growth of normal cells. (I) directly lyses tumour cells; it suppresses tumour cell proliferation; it enhances the susceptibility of tumour cells to NK cell mediated lysis; it alters tumour cell surface conformation and permeability; and it inhibits the carcinogenic transformation of normal cells. (2) Isolated concd. human (I) having a molecular wt. of 120,000-140,000 and isoelectric focussing points at pH 4.8-5.5 and 7.5-8.3 is new. It is eluted on anion exchange chromatography at 0.07-0.12 M NaCl salt conc. It is partly digested by protease but not by neuraminidase and it produces subunits on dissociation of mol. wt. 30,000-35,000. (3) Biologically active compsn. comprising an effective amt. of (I) is new. (4) Cell producing human (I) and consisting of transformed B cells or hybridoma cells is new. It is obtd. from the peripheral blood of a cancer patient who has been inoculated with a vaccine comprising viable cells from the patient's own tumour, or a culture of the cells. (5) Cells producing human (I) transformed by a transfer vector contg. the gene for (I), or a biologically subunit of it, is new. (6) Monoclonal antibody specific for (I) cell surface receptor is new. (7) Hybridoma producing the monoclonal antibody defined above is new. (8) (I) or its subunit is used in a method for treating tumour cells in tissue, the method comprising the ex-vivo exposure of tumour cells. Esp. viable bone marrow cells for use in reconstituting a patient's bone marrow are first exposed to (I) or its subunit.
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer screening remains an essential preventive tool worldwide. First line high-risk Human Papillomavirus (HrHPV) genotyping became gold standard for cervical cancer screening, and has been adopted by several countries, including Portugal. Herein, we aimed to assess the early outcomes of the regional Cervical Cancer Screening Program of Northern Portugal.
METHODS: The analysis of a representative set of cases evaluated during a one-month period (January 2020), with adequate follow-up was performed. Descriptive analysis was performed.
RESULTS: Overall, 7278 samples were received, of which 15.2% were HrHPV positive, most of these disclosing a negative result in subsequent liquid-based cytology. Nearly half of the HrHPV-positive women were referred to colposcopy. Within this group, HPV16/18+ cases depicted the higher frequency of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) or worse, compared with abnormal cytology or persistent HrHPV infection. Among women with non-HPV16/18 HrHPV infection and negative cytology, which are eligible for repeat sampling in one year, 65% were re-tested. Importantly, nearly half of these cleared HrHPV infection. Furthermore, referral to colposcopy due to HPV16/18 infection and/or abnormal cytology results were associated with > 40% risk for HSIL or worse lesion.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirmed the reliability and effectiveness of first line HrHPV genotyping in the Cervical Cancer Screening Program of Northern Portugal. Nonetheless, it also raised concerns about excessive referral to colposcopy, with the inherent human and financial costs. Thus, further improvement and optimization are key to ensure the sustainability of the program.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the most devastating type of stroke, causing widespread disability and mortality. Unfortunately, the acute care of ICH has lagged behind that of ischemic stroke. There is an increasing body of evidence supporting the importance of early interventions including aggressive control of blood pressure and reversal of anticoagulation in the initial minutes to hours of presentation. This review highlights scientific evidence behind a new paradigm to care for these patients called Code-ICH.
RECENT FINDINGS: While numerous trials aimed at decreasing hematoma expansion through single interventions had failed to show statistically significant effects on primary outcomes, time-sensitive, multifaceted, bundled care approaches have recently shown substantial promise in improving functional outcomes in patients with ICH. The concept of Code-ICH can serve as a structural platform for the practice of acute care neurology to continuously measure its performance, reflect on best practices, advance care, and address disparities.
Oesophageal and gastric cancer pose a significant challenge to caregivers, both in terms of the complexity of its presentation and its treatment. At diagnosis, patients often present with malnutrition associated with sarcopenia, which has a significant impact on morbidity and mortality. Although loss of muscle mass has received much attention in cancer, muscle quality, particularly the accumulation of fat in muscle named "myosteatosis", may be considered as a better predictor of a patient's physical condition and ability to recover from cancer treatments. Studying the tumor microenvironment is essential to understanding the mechanisms underlying disease progression. Cancer-associated adipocytes (CAA), a major component of this tumor microenvironment, provide an interface for dialogue with the tumor through the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, metalloproteases and the release of free fatty acids. They have been described as capable of stimulating tumor progression, particularly in breast cancer. However, their presence in oesogastric cancer and possible links with myosteatosis have not been described.
Lidocaine Hydrochloride Injection, USP is a sterile, nonpyrogenic, aqueous solution that contains a local anesthetic agent and is administered parenterally by injection. See INDICATIONS for specific uses. 

The solution contains lidocaine HCl, which is chemically designated as acetamide, 2-(diethylamino)-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-, monohydrochloride and has the molecular wt. 270.8. Lidocaine HCl (C14H22N2O • HCl) has the following structural formula:

Lidocaine Hydrochloride Injection, USP single dose solutions are methylparaben free.

Lidocaine Hydrochloride Injection, USP is a sterile, nonpyrogenic, isotonic solution containing sodium chloride. The pH of this solution is adjusted to approximately 6.5 (5.0 to 7.0) with sodium hydroxide and/or hydrochloric acid.
Elegile patients will receive a single pre-treatment low dose of intravenous cyclophosphamide 200mg/m2 before experimental treatment starts. Daily oral therapy with afatinib according to the SmPC of the product in nominal treatment cycles of 21 days followed by immunisation with EGF-PTI.
Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed high risk localised adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, including patients with extrapancreatic extension (Stage IIA), node positive (Stage IIB), borderline resectable or locally advanced pancreatic cancer as defined by Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG) guidelines. ECOG performance status 0-1, suitable for chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

After a minimum of 2 months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy using either an oxaliplatin- based regimen (FOLFOX, FOLFIRINOX, mFOLFIRINOX)+/- immunotherapy/molecular agent or gemcitabine based chemotherapy (eg gemcitabine / gemcitabine/abraxane). Participants will receive SBRT (30-45Gray in 5 fractions over 2 weeks. Prior to SBRT, fiducial markers will be placed to aid with image guidance during radiation delivery. Four weeks after completion of SBRT participants will have re-staging using positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) scan. Participants will be discussed in the multidisciplinary team meeting for consideration of surgery. Those considered to be resectable will proceed to have surgery 6-10 weeks post SBRT.
INTRODUCTION: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a catastrophic complication following arthroplasty surgery. Recently a debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) procedure has gained popularity for PJI where a thorough debridement, irrigation and modular component exchange is undertaken.
METHOD: We present the outcome for DAIR, data collected prospectively, in a busy orthopaedic unit but not one specialising in PJI. All patients with PJI were included without loss of data or patients from 2012 to 2018 with a minimum follow-up of 5 years.
RESULTS: Four total knee replacements, 17 total hip replacements, one revision total hip replacement and three hip hemiarthroplasties are included with an average duration from onset of symptoms to the DAIR procedure of 11 days (range 1-22 days). Staphylococcus aureus (24%) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (32%) were the most common causative organisms, and the most common antibiotic regimens included intravenous teicoplanin and flucloxacillin. Average follow-up was 67 months (range 9-104 months). Only four patients went on to require revision surgery. An analysis of midterm patient outcome measures for 6 of the total hip replacement (THR) DAIR patients were compared with a database of 792 THRs (with a minimum two-year follow-up) carried out by the same surgeon revealed no significant difference in Oxford hip scores at one-year post-surgery (OHS DAIR 36.2 vs 39 for control group).
CONCLUSION: This study includes 25 consecutive patients treated with DAIR with only one reinfection, with a mean follow-up period of 5 years. Using a strict protocol, DAIR appears to offer a successful treatment strategy for the management of early PJI.
The medicamentous form is employed for the control of ecto- and endoparasites in animals, in particular of Chorioptes, fleas and ticks. Its application ensures zero quarantine period for milk consumption from lactating animals. The active substance concentration in the milk of these animals is under the concentration allowance in milk consumption by humans. The medicamentous form contains from 0.005 to 10 % avermectin by weight or volume, from 40 to100 % by volume glyceride carrier, optionally from 1 to 60 % by volume organic solvent, and optionally antioxidant 0.005-1 %  antioxidant. In particular the glyceride carrier is selected from the group of propylene dicaprilate /dicaprate or capryl/caprine triglyceride, the solvent being selected from the group of cetearyl octanoate, isopropyl myristate, glycerol formal, Tween-80 or propyleneglycol, and the antioxidant - from the group of normal propylphthalate, butylated hydroxyanisol, butylated hydroxytoluene or monothioglycerol. The active substance in the medicamentous form is 4"-acetylamino-4"-deoxyavermectin B1. 18 claims
FIELD: biotechnology.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for production of antibodies suitable for use in cats that are specifically associated with the cat nerve growth factor (NGF) and neutralise the ability of the cat NGF to contact the cat NGF p75 or TrkA receptor and the corresponding antibodies. To implement this method, a donor antibody is obtained from a species other than a cat, the donor antibody having a binding specificity for the target antigen present in cats. Then, each amino acid residue in the sequence of the framework regions of the donor antibody is compared to each amino acid residue present at the corresponding position in the sequence of the framework regions of cat antibodies pool. Then, the identified amino acid residues in the donor antibody are replaced with the amino acid residues present at the corresponding position in the pool of cat antibodies. The resulting antibody does not contain any amino acid foreign at the corresponding position in cats, at any position within the framework regions. This invention also discloses a pharmaceutical composition and a kit containing the said antibodies for treatment of pain in cats, in particular pain associated with arthritis or osteoarthritis immune-mediated rheumatoid arthritis.EFFECT: decrease or loss of antigen-binding activity is avoided.16 cl, 17 dwg, 16 tbl, 11 ex
BACKGROUND: Body composition could help identify malnutrition in pediatric patients, but there is uncertainty over which techniques are most suitable and prevailing opinion that measurements are difficult to obtain in practice. This study examined the acceptability, practicality, reliability, and validity of different anthropometric and body composition measurements in patients with complex diagnoses in a tertiary pediatric hospital.
METHODS: A total of 152 children aged 5-18 years had weight, height, body mass index (BMI), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), 4-site skinfold thicknesses (SFT), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) assessed on admission and discharge. Acceptability was assessed in a continuous scale, practicality with number/percentage of successful measurements, reliability with intraclass correlation coefficients and coefficients of repeatability, and validity between "simpler" techniques and DXA with Bland-Altman analysis of agreement and Cohen kappa.
RESULTS: Techniques were overall acceptable. Measurements were successful in >50%, with patient refusal uncommon. Coefficients of repeatability were good (0.3 cm MUAC and height, 0.2 kg weight, and 1.0 mm SFTs). All techniques significantly overestimated DXA fat mass, but BMI and triceps SFT better identified abnormal fat mass (κ = 0.46 and 0.49). BIA fat-free mass was not significantly different from DXA, with substantial agreement between techniques (κ = 0.65).
CONCLUSION: Body composition by a range of techniques is acceptable, practical, and reliable in a diverse group of children with complex diagnoses. BIA seems a good alternative to DXA for assessing fat-free mass, triceps SFT, and BMI for fat mass but should be used with care as it could overestimate total fat mass in individuals.
A system and user friendly display interface supports creation and modification of a flexible and comprehensive organization structure model able to support provision of clinical care, patient tracking, billing and administration. A method provides a user interface for maintaining organization related information in support of organization operation. The method involves receiving search criteria for use in identifying organization characteristic information. The search criteria is employed in searching a profile comprising information identifying an encompassing organization structure including information identifying multiple constituent organizations and associated organization type and user determinable organization role. Search result information is processed in providing organization characteristic information suitable for presentation to a user via a displayed image in response to user command. A user interface menu supports modification of information representing the encompassing organization structure by adding, removing or moving an organization in the encompassing organization structure and updating a database to incorporate the modifications.
Acute heart failure (HF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The Taiwan national health insurance launched HF post-acute care program with a multi-discipline treatment strategy to improve care quality and reduce the readmission rate on July 1, 2017. A previous study showed heart failure disease management program (HFDMP) is beneficial for reducing recurrent events of HF readmission, especially in the ischemic cardiomyopathy population. The key element of HFDMP is cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training. Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXl2) is an enzyme, which crosslinks collagen in fibrotic processes such as liver cirrhosis, lung fibrosis, cardiac fibrosis, and heart failure. An animal study showed the correlation between cardiac fibrosis and LOXl2 serum level. In a previous clinical prospective cohort study (CMRPG8H1271), the investigators recruited 40 patients who were discharged from acute decompensated heart failure. During the follow-up period, 10 patients suffered from cardiovascular mortality. The investigators found that the LOXl2 level is higher in patients with mortality than without.

Cardiac fibrosis is characterized by systolic or diastolic dysfunction that results from the accumulation of extracellular connective tissue proteins in the heart's interstitium. Both clinical evidence and experimental studies have suggested that fibrotic changes in the heart are reversible.

The investigators hypothesize that multi-disciplinary cardiac rehabilitation could reverse cardiac fibrosis by decreasing LOXl2 levels and improving endothelial function via reversing endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndMT). The investigators will enroll 126 post-acute HF patients in 3 years. The investigators will follow up on endothelial function, and LOXl2 level 6 months later. The investigators will also arrange cardiac MRI sequences, such as balanced steady-state free precession (SSFP) and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) for the diagnosis of cardiac fibrosis. A cardiopulmonary exercise test will be arranged after discharge for phase II cardiac rehabilitation. The investigators will use all-cause mortality and HF hospitalization as our primary endpoint, life quality scores (KCCQ12), and peak VO2/kg as our secondary endpoint.
A method is disclosed wherein a server receives and stores report definitions (40). A user instructs the server to create a book and associate the report definitions with the book. Thereafter, the user requests that the server generate and transmit the book to his client (44). The server generates and transmits a report for each of the report definitions to the user (46). Another method is disclosed wherein a server generates and transmits to a user a general table of contents including category headings related to a query for reports (48). The user selects particular category headings and transmits his selection to the server. The server then generates and transmits to the user a detailed table of contents including titles of reports related to the selected category headings. The user selects particular reports and transmits his selection to the server, thereby creating a book of reports. The user may then request one or more reports from the book of reports.
Growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (GRB2) is a cytoplasmic adapter for tyrosine kinase signaling and a nuclear adapter for homology-directed-DNA repair. Here we find nuclear GRB2 protects DNA at stalled replication forks from MRE11-mediated degradation in the BRCA2 replication fork protection axis. Mechanistically, GRB2 binds and inhibits RAD51 ATPase activity to stabilize RAD51 on stalled replication forks. In GRB2-depleted cells, PARP inhibitor (PARPi) treatment releases DNA fragments from stalled forks into the cytoplasm that activate the cGAS-STING pathway to trigger pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Moreover in a syngeneic mouse metastatic ovarian cancer model, GRB2 depletion in the context of PARPi treatment reduced tumor burden and enabled high survival consistent with immune suppression of cancer growth. Collective findings unveil GRB2 function and mechanism for fork protection in the BRCA2-RAD51-MRE11 axis and suggest GRB2 as a potential therapeutic target and an enabling predictive biomarker for patient selection for PARPi and immunotherapy combination.
Placebo to secukinumab s.c. at BSL, Weeks 1, 2, 3, followed by administration every four weeks starting at Week 4. Placebo will be given in combination with a specified 52-week prednisone taper regimen.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Clinical responses to naldemedine vary between individuals with advanced cancer. This is a prospective, single-center, observational study aimed to evaluate the influence of genetic polymorphisms and cachexia status on plasma naldemedine and clinical responses.
METHODS: Forty-eight patients being treated with naldemedine for opioid-induced constipation under treatment of cancer pain were enrolled. Plasma naldemedine concentrations were determined on the fourth day or later after administration of naldemedine, and the associations with genotypes, cachexia status, and clinical responses were assessed.
RESULTS: Cancer patients exhibited a large variation in the plasma naldemedine concentrations, and it was correlated with serum total protein level. Patients who were homozygous CYP3A5*3 had a higher plasma concentration of naldemedine than those with the *1 allele. ABCB1 genotypes tested in this study were not associated with plasma naldemedine. A negative correlation was observed between the plasma naldemedine concentration and 4β-hydroxycholesterol level. The plasma naldemedine concentration was lower in patients with refractory cachexia than in those with precachexia and cachexia. While serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and acute-phase proteins were higher in patients with refractory cachexia, they were not associated with plasma naldemedine. A higher plasma concentration of naldemedine, CYP3A5*3/*3, and an earlier naldemedine administration after starting opioid analgesics were related to improvement of bowel movements.
CONCLUSION: Plasma naldemedine increased under deficient activity of CYP3A5 in cancer patients. Cachectic patients with a higher serum IL-6 had a lower plasma naldemedine. Plasma naldemedine, related to CYP3A5 genotype, and the initiation timing of naldemedine were associated with improved bowel movements.
PURPOSE:To obtain a recombinant human tissue type plasminogen activator (human t-PA) having biological characteristics different from human t-PA existing in the natural world, containing alpha (1-3) bond galactose at the nonreducing end of conjugate type saccharide chain. CONSTITUTION:In order to elucidate specific function based on human t-PA comprising a glycoprotein containing a saccharide chain, modification of saccharide chain structure is studied and recombinant human t-PA containing alpha (1-3) bond galactose at nonreducing end of conjugate type saccharide chain is prepared with good success. This recombinant human t-PA has actions of treating plasminogen to form plasmin and has the following characteristics. (1). Specificity to synthetic substrate is as shown in the formulas. (2) Fittest pH is approximately 8-9. (3) Stable pH range is 2-10. (4) Reactivity with human natural antibody: reacting with anti-Gal antibody. Hardly being injured by existence of another oligosaccharide.
Several genetic variants that affect microglia function have been identified as risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease (AD), supporting the importance of this cell type in disease progression. However, the effect of autosomal dominant mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) or the presenilin (PSEN1/2) genes has not been addressed in microglia in vivo. We xenotransplanted human microglia derived from non-carriers and carriers of autosomal dominant AD (ADAD)-causing mutations in the brain of hCSF1 WT or 5XFAD mice. We observed that ADAD mutations in microglia are not sufficient to trigger amyloid pathology in WT mice. In 5XFAD mice, we observed a non-statistically significant increase in amyloid plaque volume and number of dystrophic neurites, coupled with a reduction in plaque-associated microglia in the brain of mice xenotransplanted with ADAD human microglia compared to mice xenotransplanted with non-ADAD microglia. In addition, we observed a non-statistically significant impairment in working and contextual memory in 5XFAD mice xenotransplanted with ADAD microglia compared to those xenotransplanted with non-ADAD-carrier microglia. We conclude that, although not sufficient to initiate amyloid pathology in the healthy brain, mutations in APP and PSEN1 in human microglia might cause mild changes in pathological and cognitive outcomes in 5XFAD mice in a manner consistent with increased AD risk.