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We experienced a case of a peritoneal dialysis patient with chronic hepatitis C who was successfully treated with PEG-IFN monotherapy. A 50-year old man was undergoing peritoneal dialysis because of diabetic nephropathy. Considering that his HCV genotype was 2, we decided to treat him with PEG-IFN a...
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PMID: 21873827
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Aoganghua Aoganghua,
Shin Nishiumi,
Kazuki Kobayashi,
Masayuki Nishida,
Kouji Kuramochi,
Kazunori Tsubaki,
Midori Hirai,
Shinwa Tanaka,
Takeshi Azuma,
Hiromi Yoshida,
Yoshiyuki Mizushina and
Masaru Yoshida
Abstract
We reported that vitamin K₃ (menadione, 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone) (compound 2) inhibits the activity of human mitochondrial DNA polymerase γ (pol γ). In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effects (IEs) of vitamin K3 and its derivatives, such as 1,4-naphthoquinone (compound 1) and 1,2-...
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PMID: 21837358
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We have previously developed a rat model of K. pneumoniae meningoencephalitis. Cortistatin (CST) is a recently discovered neuropeptide with endocrine activities in humans. In this study, we found that brain infection by K. pneumoniae increased endogenous prepro-CST messenger RNA expression, which oc...
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PMID: 21940421
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Andrew H Talal,
Ruei-Chi Liu,
Marija Zeremski,
Rositsa Dimova,
Lorna Dove,
Daniel Pearce,
Tarek Hassanein,
Leleka Doonquah,
David Aboulafia,
Jorge Rodriguez,
Hector Bonilla,
Jeffrey Galpin,
Judy A Aberg,
Barbara Johnston,
Marshall J Glesby and
Ira M Jacobson
Abstract
We analyzed the ability of each management strategy to control anemia and neutropenia and the percentage of subjects who achieved a successful treatment outcome according to the different management strategies.
During treatment, 43 subjects developed anemia (human erythropoietin, n =...
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PMID: 21876446
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We found that high-fat diet (HFD) feeding strikingly promoted daytime rather than nighttime caloric intake in mice, leading to feeding circadian arrhythmicity. Using scheduled feeding with a defined amount of daily HFD intake, we found that an increase in the ratio of daytime to nighttime feeding pr...
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PMID: 21828335
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We examined 10 stable kidney transplant patients (mean estimated glomerular filtration rate 51±10 mL/min/1.73 m(2)) who received cinacalcet daily for persistent hyperparathyroidism. Urine specimens were collected at baseline and every 2 hr for a total study period of 6 hr after ingestion of 30 mg c...
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PMID: 21876476
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The omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, along with γ-linolenic acid and antioxidants, may modulate systemic inflammatory response and improve oxygenation and outcomes in patients with acute lung injury.
To determine if dietary su...
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PMID: 21976613
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Attempts to determine the clinical significance of BRCA1/2 mutations in ovarian cancer have produced conflicting results.
To determine the relationships between BRCA1/2 deficiency (ie, mutation and promoter hypermethylation) and overall survival (OS), progression-free...
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PMID: 21990299
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We would like to report our experience of using rituximab in cyclophosphamide refractory, rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD) in a patient with limited scleroderma. A 40-year-old man presented with 10-week history of inflammatory polyarthritis, which responded to a short course of or...
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PMID: 21593063
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Soumyabrata Roy,
Shyamal Goswami,
Anamika Bose,
Kuntal Kanti Goswami,
Koustav Sarkar,
Krishnendu Chakraborty,
Tathagata Chakraborty,
Smarajit Pal,
Atanu Haldar,
Parthasarathi Basu,
Jaydip Biswas and
Rathindranath Baral
Abstract
We have verified its dendritic cell (DC) maturating ability from monocytes of cervical cancer stage IIIB (CaCx-IIIB) patients. First, we evaluated the status of monocytes from CaCx-IIIB and healthy women by conducting flow cytometric studies of various activation markers and a cytokine analysis by e...
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PMID: 21925117
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Soumyabrata Roy,
Shyamal Goswami,
Anamika Bose,
Kuntal Kanti Goswami,
Koustav Sarkar,
Krishnendu Chakraborty,
Tathagata Chakraborty,
Smarajit Pal,
Atanu Haldar,
Parthasarathi Basu,
Jaydip Biswas and
Rathindranath Baral
Abstract
We have verified its dendritic cell (DC) maturating ability from monocytes of cervical cancer stage IIIB (CaCx-IIIB) patients. First, we evaluated the status of monocytes from CaCx-IIIB and healthy women by conducting flow cytometric studies of various activation markers and a cytokine analysis by e...
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PMID: 21925117
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We present the results from those patients included in the EPIBAND study who did not initiate HCV treatment for different reasons.
A total of 195 patients were evaluated (average age 39 ± 6.6 years, 86.7% male and 96.9% Spanish nationality). The reasons why this population did not i...
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PMID: 21750854
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I receptor (AT1R) blocker (ARB) on the progression of renal injury in rat anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis (GN), with a particular focus on the participation of glomerular RAS activation in glomerular structural alterations, inflammation, and oxidative stress. Nephritic rats were...
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PMID: 21925120
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Dennis Slamon,
Wolfgang Eiermann,
Nicholas Robert,
Tadeusz Pienkowski,
Miguel Martin,
Michael Press,
John Mackey,
John Glaspy,
Arlene Chan,
Marek Pawlicki,
Tamas Pinter,
Vicente Valero,
Mei-Ching Liu,
Guido Sauter,
Gunter von Minckwitz,
Frances Visco,
Valerie Bee,
Marc Buyse,
Belguendouz Bendahmane,
Isabelle Tabah-Fisch,
Mary-Ann Lindsay,
Alessandro Riva,
John Crown and
Breast Cancer International Research Group
Abstract
We wanted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new nonanthracycline regimen with trastuzumab.
We randomly assigned 3222 women with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer to receive doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel every 3 weeks (AC-T), the same regimen plus...
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PMID: 21991949
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David W Kimberlin,
Richard J Whitley,
Wen Wan,
Dwight A Powell,
Gregory Storch,
Amina Ahmed,
April Palmer,
Pablo J Sánchez,
Richard F Jacobs,
John S Bradley,
Joan L Robinson,
Mark Shelton,
Penelope H Dennehy,
Charles Leach,
Mobeen Rathore,
Nazha Abughali,
Peter Wright,
Lisa M Frenkel,
Rebecca C Brady,
Russell Van Dyke,
Leonard B Weiner,
Judith Guzman-Cottrill,
Carol A McCarthy,
Jill Griffin,
Penelope Jester,
Misty Parker,
Fred D Lakeman,
Huichien Kuo,
Choo Hyung Lee,
Gretchen A Cloud and
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group
Abstract
We enrolled neonates with HSV disease in two parallel, identical, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. Neonates with central nervous system (CNS) involvement were enrolled in one study, and neonates with skin, eye, and mouth involvement only were enrolled in the other. After completing a regime...
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PMID: 21991950
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Paul O'Connor,
Jerry S Wolinsky,
Christian Confavreux,
Giancarlo Comi,
Ludwig Kappos,
Tomas P Olsson,
Hadj Benzerdjeb,
Philippe Truffinet,
Lin Wang,
Aaron Miller,
Mark S Freedman and
TEMSO Trial Group
Abstract
We concluded a randomized trial involving 1088 patients with multiple sclerosis, 18 to 55 years of age, with a score of 0 to 5.5 on the Expanded Disability Status Scale and at least one relapse in the previous year or at least two relapses in the previous 2 years. Patients were randomly assigned (in...
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PMID: 21991951
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The Children's Asthma Care (CAC) measure set evaluates whether children admitted to hospitals with asthma receive relievers (CAC-1) and systemic corticosteroids (CAC-2) and whether they are discharged with a home management plan of care (CAC-3). It is the only Joint Commission core m...
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PMID: 21972307
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We studied the combined effect of MSC and IBD drugs in in vitro functionality assays.
The effects of azathioprine, methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine and anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α on MSC phenotype, survival, differentiation capacity and immunosuppressive capacity were studied....
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PMID: 21846292
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Abstract
We also observed synergic co-inhibition of the cell cycle of SK-OV-3 in the S phase.
We conclude that CH12 antibody is a promising candidate for clinical therapy for ovarian cancer cells, which has lower sensitivity to cisplatin treatment; however, the underlying mechanism needs furt...
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PMID: 21809030
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Kelan G Tantisira,
Jessica Lasky-Su,
Michishige Harada,
Amy Murphy,
Augusto A Litonjua,
Blanca E Himes,
Christoph Lange,
Ross Lazarus,
Jody Sylvia,
Barbara Klanderman,
Qing Ling Duan,
Weiliang Qiu,
Tomomitsu Hirota,
Fernando D Martinez,
David Mauger,
Christine Sorkness,
Stanley Szefler,
Stephen C Lazarus,
Robert F Lemanske,
Stephen P Peters,
John J Lima,
Yusuke Nakamura,
Mayumi Tamari and
Scott T Weiss
Abstract
We hypothesized that a genomewide association study would reveal novel pharmacogenetic determinants of the response to inhaled glucocorticoids.
We analyzed a small number of statistically powerful variants selected on the basis of a family-based screening algorithm from among 534,290...
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PMID: 21991891
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We enrolled 3493 infants receiving antibiotics for suspected or proven serious infection and randomly assigned them to receive two infusions of either polyvalent IgG immune globulin (at a dose of 500 mg per kilogram of body weight) or matching placebo 48 hours apart. The primary outcome was death or...
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PMID: 21962214
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Luca Richeldi,
Ulrich Costabel,
Moises Selman,
Dong Soon Kim,
David M Hansell,
Andrew G Nicholson,
Kevin K Brown,
Kevin R Flaherty,
Paul W Noble,
Ganesh Raghu,
Michèle Brun,
Abhya Gupta,
Nolwenn Juhel,
Matthias Klüglich and
Roland M du Bois
Abstract
A total of 432 patients underwent randomization to receive one of four doses of BIBF 1120 (50 mg once a day, 50 mg twice a day, 100 mg twice a day, or 150 mg twice a day) or placebo. In the group receiving 150 mg of BIBF 1120 twice a day, FVC declined by 0.06 liters per year, as compared with 0.19 l...
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PMID: 21992121
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We show MMP-9 overexpression conferred a poor prognosis in 163 GBM patients. Furthermore, MMP-9 specific miRNA expression profile (14 positively and 31 negatively correlated miRNAs with MMP-9) was established via miRNA microarrays in 60 GBM samples. Among them, two miRNAs: miR-885-5p and miR-491-5p,...
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PMID: 21831363
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R James Christie,
Kanjiro Miyata,
Yu Matsumoto,
Takahiro Nomoto,
Daniel Menasco,
Tzai Chung Lai,
Matthew Pennisi,
Kensuke Osada,
Shigeto Fukushima,
Nobuhiro Nishiyama,
Yuichi Yamasaki and
Kazunori Kataoka
Abstract
We investigated the properties of micellar siRNA delivery vehicles prepared with poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(l-lysine) (PEG-b-PLL) comprising lysine amines modified to contain amidine and thiol functionality. Lysine modification was achieved using 2-iminothiolane (2-IT) [yielding PEG-b-PLL(N2IM...
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PMID: 21863796
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We therefore developed a strategy to combine K vitamins with sorafenib to treat HCC, and found that this combination enhanced sorafenib-induced HCC cell growth inhibition. To explore the mechanisms involved, we examined the role of Raf kinase, since both vitamins K and sorafenib were reported to inh...
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PMID: 21734462
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Kenneth E Sherman,
Steven L Flamm,
Nezam H Afdhal,
David R Nelson,
Mark S Sulkowski,
Gregory T Everson,
Michael W Fried,
Michael Adler,
Hendrik W Reesink,
Marie Martin,
Abdul J Sankoh,
Nathalie Adda,
Robert S Kauffman,
Shelley George,
Christopher I Wright,
Fred Poordad and
ILLUMINATE Study Team
Abstract
We designed a noninferiority trial (noninferiority margin, -10.5%) to compare rates of sustained virologic response among patients receiving two treatment durations.
We enrolled patients with chronic infection with HCV genotype 1 who had not previously received treatment. All patient...
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PMID: 21916639
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This paper in the series from the World Congress of Gastroenterology addresses the safety and immunogenicity of biological therapy. The safety profile in randomized controlled studies of all biological agents in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis has been generally favorable...
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PMID: 21844919
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This paper in the series from the World Congress of Gastroenterology addresses the safety and immunogenicity of biological therapy. The safety profile in randomized controlled studies of all biological agents in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis has been generally favorable...
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PMID: 21844919
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Polyethylenimine-cyclodextrin-tegafur (PEI-CyD-tegafur) conjugate was synthesized as a novel multifunctional prodrug of tegafur for co-delivery of chemotherapeutic agent tegafur and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) reporter plasmid DNA. Conjugation of tegafur to PEI-CyD via...
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PMID: 21887847
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B-cell-directed therapy-the use of agents that eliminate B cells or block cytokines important for B-cell function-is emerging as a promising approach to the treatment of rheumatic disease. Target diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), display diverse patterns of auto...
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PMID: 21808289
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Experimental evidences have shown that tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α may play a role in the pathogenesis of nonsegmental vitiligo, and successful cases of vitiligo treated with TNF-α inhibitors have been recently reported.
Two cases of refractory generalized vitilig...
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PMID: 21388239
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Marcella Visentini,
Serena Ludovisi,
Antonio Petrarca,
Federica Pulvirenti,
Marco Zaramella,
Monica Monti,
Valentina Conti,
Jessica Ranieri,
Stefania Colantuono,
Elisa Fognani,
Alessia Piluso,
Carmine Tinelli,
Anna Linda Zignego,
Mario U Mondelli,
Massimo Fiorilli and
Milvia Casato
Abstract
We designed a phase II single-arm two-stage study (EUDRACT n. 2008-000086-38) to evaluate the efficacy of a lower dosage of rituximab, 250mg/m(2) given twice, for refractory mixed cryoglobulinemia. We present here the preliminary results in the first 27 patients enrolled. The overall response rate i...
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PMID: 21570494
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We will use the term "refractory" LN, for those cases with none or partial response to first-line therapies. In this sense, numerous epidemiological factors, including racial, socioeconomic, histological and serological parameters, may influence treatment response and, therefore, may have an impact...
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PMID: 21565286
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Cancer-associated thrombosis and enduring inflammation are strongly associated with cancer progression and metastasis. Heparin is the mostly clinically used anticoagulant/antithrombotic drug, and has recently been shown to exhibit antimetastatic and anti-inflammatory activities that...
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PMID: 21676168
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Hypertension is found in more than 50% of pediatric patients with CKD. However, its prevalence varies according to the cause of CKD. It is relatively infrequent in children with structural disorders. Acquired renal disorders are associated with an increased prevalence of hypertension...
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PMID: 21896377
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We have experience exciting developments regarding the approval of new treatment options but few patients are reaching sustained remission and refractory patients continue to be a problem. Thus, it is critical to understand how clinicians can decrease the risk of refractoriness by close monitoring d...
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PMID: 21570496
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