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Temporal resolution of cellular features associated with a severe COVID-19 disease trajectory is needed for understanding skewed immune responses and defining predictors of outcome. Here, we performed a longitudinal multi-omics study using a two-center cohort of 14 patients. We analyzed the bulk transcriptome, bulk DNA methylome, and single-cell transcriptome (>358,000 cells, including BCR profiles) of peripheral blood samples harvested from up to 5 time points. Validation was performed in two independent cohorts of COVID-19 patients. Severe COVID-19 was characterized by an increase of proliferating, metabolically hyperactive plasmablasts. Coinciding with critical illness, we also identified an expansion of interferon-activated circulating megakaryocytes and increased erythropoiesis with features of hypoxic signaling. Megakaryocyte- and erythroid-cell-derived co-expression modules were predictive of fatal disease outcome. The study demonstrates broad cellular effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection beyond adaptive immune cells and provides an entry point toward developing biomarkers and targeted treatments of patients with COVID-19.
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COVID-19/metabolismo , Células Eritroides/patologia , Megacariócitos/fisiologia , Plasmócitos/fisiologia , SARS-CoV-2/fisiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores , Circulação Sanguínea , COVID-19/imunologia , Células Cultivadas , Estudos de Coortes , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteômica , Análise de Sequência de RNA , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Análise de Célula ÚnicaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Early disease prediction is challenging in acute pancreatitis (AP). Here, we prospectively investigate whether the microbiome predicts severity of AP (Pancreatitis-Microbiome As Predictor of Severity; P-MAPS) early at hospital admission. DESIGN: Buccal and rectal microbial swabs were collected from 424 patients with AP within 72 hours of hospital admission in 15 European centres. All samples were sequenced by full-length 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing using Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Primary endpoint was the association of the orointestinal microbiome with the revised Atlanta classification (RAC). Secondary endpoints were mortality, length of hospital stay and severity (organ failure >48 hours and/or occurrence of pancreatic collections requiring intervention) as post hoc analysis. Multivariate analysis was conducted from normalised microbial and corresponding clinical data to build classifiers for predicting severity. For functional profiling, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was performed and normalised enrichment scores calculated. RESULTS: After data processing, 411 buccal and 391 rectal samples were analysed. The intestinal microbiome significantly differed for the RAC (Bray-Curtis, p value=0.009), mortality (Bray-Curtis, p value 0.006), length of hospital stay (Bray-Curtis, p=0.009) and severity (Bray-Curtis, p value=0.008). A classifier for severity with 16 different species and systemic inflammatory response syndrome achieved an area under the receiving operating characteristic (AUROC) of 85%, a positive predictive value of 67% and a negative predictive value of 94% outperforming established severity scores. GSEA revealed functional pathway units suggesting elevated short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production in severe AP. CONCLUSIONS: The orointestinal microbiome predicts clinical hallmark features of AP, and SCFAs may be used for future diagnostic and therapeutic concepts. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04777812.
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Microbioma Gastrointestinal , Pancreatite , Humanos , Pancreatite/terapia , Doença Aguda , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Índice de Gravidade de DoençaRESUMO
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Whether seasonality is a factor that influences the incidence of acute pancreatitis (AP) is an under-investigated area. If seasonal incidence peaks can be detected, specifically with regard to biliary pancreatitis, has so far been answered in contradictory ways in the literature. METHODS: All AP cases from two tertiary German referral centers were identified between 2016 and 2022 based on ICD-10 discharge codes. The χ2 test for goodness of fit was applied to test significant differences in monthly and seasonal distributions of AP admissions. RESULTS: In total, 3597 AP cases were included. We observed significantly more idiopathic and biliary cases in May to July (p-values 0.041 and 0.027, respectively). Furthermore, most drug-induced APs were identified during the winter months (p-value 0.006). Moreover, there was a significant peak of alcohol-induced pancreatitis in summer and fall (p-value 0.038). CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate a seasonal impact on AP incidences for certain etiologies.
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Pancreatite , Estações do Ano , Humanos , Alemanha/epidemiologia , Pancreatite/epidemiologia , Pancreatite/etiologia , Masculino , Feminino , Incidência , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Adulto , Fatores de Risco , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Doença Aguda , Adulto JovemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: In April of 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a global shortage of intravenous contrast media (ICM), which led our health care system to implement rationing measures. STUDY OBJECTIVES: We set out to determine if the reduction in ICM use was associated with a change in the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI). METHODS: We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort analysis to compare the incidence of AKI in patients who presented before and after ICM rationing. Adult patients who had a CT of the abdomen performed who had at least 2 creatinine measurements, at least 24 h apart, were included. The maximum increase in creatinine was determined by subtracting the maximal creatinine obtained within 7 days with the initial creatinine. The primary outcome was the development of AKI. RESULTS: A total of 2168 patients met inclusion criteria (1082 before; 1086 after). There was no significant difference in age, gender, comorbid conditions, disposition, or initial estimated glomerular filtration rate between groups. In the prerationing group, 87.7% of patients received ICM compared to 42.7% after. There was no significant difference in the development of AKI between groups (11.1% vs. 11.0%), including when stratified by baseline renal function and adjusted for age, sex, race, comorbid conditions, and emergency severity index. CONCLUSIONS: The dramatic reduction in ICM use that resulted from the global shortage was not associated with a change in the incidence of AKI. This reinforces the results of previous studies which have failed to find evidence of a relationship between ICM administration and AKI.
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Injúria Renal Aguda , COVID-19 , Meios de Contraste , Humanos , Injúria Renal Aguda/epidemiologia , Injúria Renal Aguda/induzido quimicamente , Meios de Contraste/efeitos adversos , Masculino , Feminino , Estudos Retrospectivos , COVID-19/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Incidência , Idoso , Alocação de Recursos para a Atenção à Saúde/métodos , Creatinina/sangue , Adulto , SARS-CoV-2RESUMO
BACKGROUND: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) poorly responds to antineoplastic agents. Discrepancies between preclinical success and clinical failure of compounds has been a continuous challenge and major obstacle in PDAC research. AIM: To investigate the association of the tumor microenvironment (TME) composition and gemcitabine metabolizing enzyme (GME) expression in vitro and several in vivo models. METHODS: mRNA expression and protein levels of GME (cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase 1 A; NT5C1A, cytidine deaminase; CDA, deoxycytidine kinase; DCK), gemcitabine transporters (ENT1, ENT2, RRM1, RRM2) and stromal components (hyaluroninc acid, podoplanin, masson trichrome, picrosirius) were assessed by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry in murine LSL-KrasG12D/+;LSL-Trp53R172 H/+; Pdx-1-Cre (KPC), orthotopically transplanted mice (OTM), human primary resected PDAC tissue (hPRT), corresponding patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mice, and KPC-SPARC-/- mice. mRNA expression of GME was analyzed in PDAC cell lines (Panc-1, MIA PaCa, BXPC3 and L3.6) upon incubation on collagen or pancreatic stellate cell (PSC) conditioned media by qRT-PCR. RESULTS: Endogenous KPC tumors exhibited significantly higher levels of GME compared to OTM. However, GME levels did not differ between hPRT and corresponding PDX mice. Using Kendalls Tau correlation coefficient we did not show a significant correlation of GME and components of the TME except for NT5C1A and hyaluronic acid in PDX mice (p=0.029). GME were not significantly altered upon SPARC depletion in vivo, and upon treatment with PSC-conditioned media or incubation on collagen plated dishes in vitro. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the expression of GME is independent from the deposition of stromal components. KPC mice are most appropriate to study stromal composition whereas PDX mice maintain GME expression of the corresponding hPRT and could be best suited for pharmacokinetic studies.
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Desoxicitidina , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Gencitabina , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Células Estromais , Microambiente Tumoral , Animais , Desoxicitidina/análogos & derivados , Desoxicitidina/farmacologia , Camundongos , Humanos , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patologia , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Células Estromais/metabolismo , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/patologia , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/genética , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/metabolismo , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto , Antimetabólitos Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
Hexokinases (HK) catalyze the first step of glycolysis limiting its pace. HK2 is highly expressed in gut epithelium, contributes to immune responses, and is upregulated during inflammation. We examined the microbial regulation of HK2 and its impact on inflammation using mice lacking HK2 in intestinal epithelial cells (Hk2ΔIEC). Hk2ΔIEC mice were less susceptible to acute colitis. Analyzing the epithelial transcriptome from Hk2ΔIEC mice during colitis and using HK2-deficient intestinal organoids and Caco-2 cells revealed reduced mitochondrial respiration and epithelial cell death in the absence of HK2. The microbiota strongly regulated HK2 expression and activity. The microbially derived short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) butyrate repressed HK2 expression via histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) and reduced mitochondrial respiration in wild-type but not in HK2-deficient Caco-2 cells. Butyrate supplementation protected wild-type but not Hk2ΔIEC mice from colitis. Our findings define a mechanism how butyrate promotes intestinal homeostasis and suggest targeted HK2-inhibition as therapeutic avenue for inflammation.
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Colite , Hexoquinase , Animais , Células CACO-2 , Morte Celular/fisiologia , Colite/metabolismo , Colite/microbiologia , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Hexoquinase/metabolismo , Histona Desacetilases/metabolismo , Humanos , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismoRESUMO
Homeostatic interactions with the microbiome are central for a healthy human physiology and nutrition is the main driving force shaping the microbiome. In the past decade, a wealth of preclinical studies mainly using gnotobiotic animal models demonstrated that malnutrition and chronic inflammation stress these homeostatic interactions and various microbial species and their metabolites or metabolic activities have been associated with disease. For example, the dysregulation of the bacterial metabolism of dietary tryptophan promotes an inflammatory environment and susceptibility to pathogenic infection. Clinical studies have now begun to evaluate the therapeutic potential of nutritional and probiotic interventions in malnutrition and chronic inflammation to ameliorate disease symptoms or even prevent pathogenesis. Here, we therefore summarize the recent progress in this field and propose to move further towards the nutritional targeting of the microbiome for malnutrition and chronic inflammation.
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Dieta/efeitos adversos , Inflamação/microbiologia , Desnutrição/microbiologia , Microbiota/fisiologia , Terapia Nutricional/métodos , Animais , Doença Crônica , Disbiose/metabolismo , Disbiose/terapia , Humanos , Inflamação/etiologia , Desnutrição/etiologia , Probióticos/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged the educational missions of academic radiology departments nationwide. We describe a novel cloud-based HIPAA compliant and accessible education platform which simulates a live radiology workstation for continued education of first year radiology (R1) residents, with an emphasis on call preparation and peer to peer resident learning. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three tools were used in our education model: Pacsbin (Orion Medical Technologies, Baltimore, MD, pacsbin.com), Zoom (Zoom Video Communications, San Jose, CA, zoom.us), and Google Classroom (Google, Mountain View, CA, classroom.google.com). A senior radiology resident (R2-R4) (nâ¯=â¯7) driven workflow was established to provide scrollable Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) based case collections to the R1 residents (nâ¯=â¯9) via Pacsbin. A centralized classroom was created using Google Classroom for assignments, reports, and discussion where attending radiologists could review content for accuracy. Daily case collections over an 8-week period from March to May were reviewed via Zoom video conference readout in small groups consisting of a R2-R4 teacher and R1 residents. Surveys were administered to R1 residents, R2-4 residents, and attending radiologist participants. RESULTS: Hundred percent of R1 residents felt this model improved their confidence and knowledge to take independent call. Seventy-eight percent of the R1 residents (nâ¯=â¯7/9) demonstrated strong interest in continuing the project after pandemic related restrictions are lifted. Based on a Likert "helpfulness" scale of 1-5 with 5 being most helpful, the project earned an overall average rating of 4.9. Two R2-R4 teachers demonstrated increased interest in pursuing academic radiology. CONCLUSION: In response to unique pandemic circumstances, our institution implemented a novel cloud-based distance learning solution to simulate the radiology workstation. This platform helped continue the program's educational mission, offered first year residents increased call preparation, and promoted peer to peer learning. This approach to case-based learning could be used at other institutions to educate residents.
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Betacoronavirus , Infecções por Coronavirus , Educação a Distância , Internato e Residência , Pandemias , Pneumonia Viral , COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2RESUMO
The eukaryotic host is in close contact to myriads of resident and transient microbes, which influence the crucial physiological pathways. Emerging evidence points to their role of host-microbe interactions for controlling tissue homeostasis, cell fate decisions, and regenerative capacity in epithelial barrier organs including the skin, lung, and gut. In humans and mice, it has been shown that the malignant tumors of these organs harbor an altered microbiota. Mechanistic studies have shown that the altered metabolic properties and secreted factors contribute to epithelial carcinogenesis and tumor progression. Exciting recent work points toward a crucial influence of the associated microbial communities on the response to chemotherapy and immune-check point inhibitors during cancer treatment, which suggests that the modulation of the microbiota might be a powerful tool for personalized oncology. In this article, we provide an overview of how the bacterial signals and signatures may influence epithelial homeostasis across taxa from cnidarians to vertebrates and delineate mechanisms, which might be potential targets for therapy of human diseases by either harnessing barrier integrity (infection and inflammation) or restoring uncontrolled proliferation (cancer).
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Articular cartilage and bony contact at the distal tibiofibular cartilage contact zone (TFCCZ) is variable. The appropriate placement of syndesmotic hardware would benefit from a more accurate characterization of the proximal extent of the TFCCZ allowing surgeons to place hardware that simultaneously improves biomechanical stability and decreases the risk of iatrogenic cartilage damage. In addition, Ilizarov wire fixation through the distal fibula and tibia can pass through the syndesmosis recess. Anatomically defining the proximal extent of this recess can help decrease the risk of inadvertent capsular penetration. This study anatomically defines the TFCCZ and syndesmosis recess establishing a safe and biomechanically advantageous distance from the plafond for orthopedic fixation. This study measured the height of the TFCCZ and the syndesmotic recess in 3158 anatomical and cadaveric specimens. A TFCCZ was present in 59% of the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Collection specimens. Maximal height of the TFCCZ averaged 5.7±1.7 mm (99% confidence interval [CI], 5.6-5.8 mm) for anatomical specimens and 5.6±1.6 mm (99% CI, 4.6-6.5 mm) for cadaveric dissections. The maximum TFCCZ height was 11.71 mm. Maximal height of the syndesmotic recess averaged 12.8±2.1 mm for anatomical specimens and 13.7±2.7 mm for cadaveric specimens. The "3 cm rule" appears to be appropriate for fine wire fixation accounting for capsular distension that can be associated with injuries but not applicable for syndesmotic fixation. There is a less than 0.1% chance of encountering the TFCCZ cartilage at 10.9 mm above the plafond and a less than 0.01% chance at 12 mm above the plafond. [Orthopedics. 2017; 40(2):e329-e333.].