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A new neutral triazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene rhodium(I) complex [RhCl(C8H12)(C8H15N3)], has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The complex crystallizes with two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The central rhodium(I) atom has a distorted square-planar coordination environment, formed by a cyclo-octa-1,5-diene (COD) ligand, an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand, and a chlorido ligand. The bond lengths are unexceptional. A weak inter-molecular non-standard hydrogen-bonding inter-action exists between the chlorido and NHC ligands.
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The title compound, [Ir(C8H12)(C8H15N3)(C18H15P)]BF4, a new triazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(I) cationic complex with a tetra-fluorido-borate counter-anion, crystallizes with two cations and two anions in the asymmetric unit of space group Pc. The Ir centers of the cations have distorted square-planar conformations, formed by a bidentate (η2 + η2) cyclo-octa-1,5-diene (COD) ligand, an N-heterocyclic carbene and a tri-phenyl-phosphane ligand with the NHC carbon atom and P atom being cis. In the extended structure, non-classical C-Hâ¯F hydrogen bonds, one of which is notably short (Hâ¯F = 2.21â Å), link the cations and anions. The carbon atoms of one of the COD ligands are disordered over adjacent sites in a 0.62:0.38 ratio.
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OBJECTIVES: To support a pragmatic, electronic health record (EHR)-based randomized controlled trial, we applied user-centered design (UCD) principles, evidence-based risk communication strategies, and interoperable software architecture to design, test, and deploy a prognostic tool for children in emergency departments (EDs) with pneumonia. METHODS: Risk for severe in-hospital outcomes was estimated using a validated ordinal logistic regression model to classify pneumonia severity. To render the results usable for ED clinicians, we created an integrated SMART on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) web application built for interoperable use in two pediatric EDs using different EHR vendors: Epic and Cerner. We followed a UCD framework, including problem analysis and user research, conceptual design and early prototyping, user interface development, formative evaluation, and postdeployment summative evaluation. RESULTS: Problem analysis and user research from 39 clinicians and nurses revealed user preferences for risk aversion, accessibility, and timing of risk communication. Early prototyping and iterative design incorporated evidence-based design principles, including numeracy, risk framing, and best-practice visualization techniques. After rigorous unit and end-to-end testing, the application was successfully deployed in both EDs, which facilitated enrollment, randomization, model visualization, data capture, and reporting for trial purposes. CONCLUSION: The successful implementation of a custom application for pneumonia prognosis and clinical trial support in two health systems on different EHRs demonstrates the importance of UCD, adherence to modern clinical data standards, and rigorous testing. Key lessons included the need for understanding users' real-world needs, regular knowledge management, application maintenance, and the recognition that FHIR applications require careful configuration for interoperability.
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Registros Eletrônicos de Saúde , Pneumonia , Humanos , Prognóstico , Pneumonia/terapia , Criança , Interface Usuário-Computador , Software , Interoperabilidade da Informação em SaúdeRESUMO
Allergist-immunologists face significant challenges as experts in an ever-evolving field of neuroimmunology. Among these challenges is the increasingly frequent need to counsel patients with suspected mast cell activation disorders about perceived comorbidities, which may include hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, amplified pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, burning sensation syndromes, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Patients may experience comorbid anxiety, panic disorder, and depression associated with disturbed sleep, fatigue, and cognitive impairment that often worsen when their physical symptoms increase in severity. These conditions may mimic mast cell activation disorders and are emotionally taxing for patients and clinicians because they are often accompanied by vague diagnostic courses, perceived unmanageability, social stigma, and significant impairment in quality of life. Combined with relatively poorly researched therapies, it is no surprise that clinicians may feel overwhelmed or find it difficult to provide consistently compassionate care for this population. In this article, we review available therapies for these conditions, which run the gamut from physical therapy to antidepressants to multimodal pain control. We highlight the benefit of multidisciplinary care within the primary care home, which includes an important role by the allergist-immunologist. By outlining simple approaches to initial treatment, we hope to empower clinicians with the tools needed to curb emotional burnout and embrace this patient population with compassion.
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Disautonomias Primárias , Humanos , Mastócitos/imunologia , Mastocitose , ComorbidadeRESUMO
In the title triazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene rhodium(I) cationic complex with a tetra-fluorido-borate counter-anion, [Rh(C8H12)(C8H15N3)(C18H15P)]BF4, which crystallizes with two cations and two anions in the asymmetric unit, the Rh center has a distorted square-planar coordination geometry with expected bond distances. Several nonclassical C-Hâ¯F hydrogen-bonding inter-actions help to consolidate the packing. Two of the F atoms of one of the anions are disordered over adjacent sites in a 0.814â (4):0.186â (4) ratio.
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Nathan Zvaifler was one of the most original thinkers in the field of rheumatology contributing to modern understanding of the role of complement in mediating inflammation and the role of synoviocytes in the pathogenesis of the destructive changes of rheumatoid arthritis. His clinical acumen was unparalleled and his students are still in awe of the breadth of his knowledge.
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Artrite Reumatoide , Reumatologia , Sinovite , Humanos , InflamaçãoRESUMO
The synthesis and crystal structure of a new triazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(I) cationic complex with a tetra-fluorido-borate counter-anion and solvating di-chloro-methane, [Ir(C8H12)(C7H13N3)(C18H15P)]BF4·1.5CH2Cl2, is reported. The IrI center of the cationic complex has a distorted square-planar conformation, formed by a bidentate cyclo-octa-1,5-diene (COD) ligand, an N-heterocyclic carbene, and a triphenylphosphane ligand. There are weak hydrogen-bonding inter-actions between C-H groupings of the iridium complex and F atoms of the [BF4]- counter-ions. The atoms of the COD ligand are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.65:0.35 ratio and two of the F atoms of the anion are disordered over adjacent sites in a 0.6:0.4 ratio. One of the di-chloro-methane solvent mol-ecules is disordered about an inversion center with 0.5 occupancy.
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An ionic compound consisting of a triazolium cation and bromide anion, C7H14N3 +·Br-, has been synthesized and structurally characterized using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and NMR. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/m with the non-hydrogen atoms of one cation lying on general positions and the others lying on a mirror plane. One bromide ion also lies on the mirror. The extended structure exhibits only weak inter-molecular inter-actions between heterocyclic C-H groups and Br- ions.
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A new triazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(I) cationic complex with a tetra-fluorido-borate counter-anion, [Ir(C8H12)(C18H15P)(C6H11N3)]BF4·0.8CH2Cl2, has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The central IrI atom of the cationic complex has a distorted square-planar coordination environment, formed by a bidentate cyclo-octa-1,5-diene (COD) ligand, an N-heterocyclic carbene, and a tri-phenyl-phosphane ligand. The crystal structure comprises C-Hâ¯π(ring) inter-actions that orient the phenyl rings; non-classical hydrogen-bonding inter-actions between the cationic complex and the tetra-fluorido-borate anion are also present. The complex crystallizes in a triclinic unit cell with two structural units and an incorporation of di-chloro-methane solvate mol-ecules with an occupancy of 0.8.
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The Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California is characterized by active seafloor spreading, hydrothermal activity, and organic matter accumulation on the seafloor due to high sedimentation rates. In the hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin, microbial community compositions and coexistence patterns change across steep gradients of temperature, potential carbon sources, and electron acceptors. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling and guanine-cytosine percentage analyses reveal that the bacterial and archaeal communities adjust compositionally to their local temperature regime. Functional inference using PICRUSt shows that microbial communities consistently maintain their predicted biogeochemical functions in different sediments. Phylogenetic profiling shows that microbial communities retain distinct sulfate-reducing, methane-oxidizing, or heterotrophic lineages within specific temperature windows. The preservation of similar biogeochemical functions across microbial lineages with different temperature adaptations stabilizes the hydrothermal microbial community in a highly dynamic environment. IMPORTANCE Hydrothermal vent sites have been widely studied to investigate novel bacteria and archaea that are adapted to these extreme environments. However, community-level analyses of hydrothermal microbial ecosystems look beyond the presence and activity of particular types of microbes and examine to what extent the entire community of bacteria and archaea is adapted to hydrothermal conditions; these include elevated temperatures, hydrothermally generated carbon sources, and inorganic electron donors and acceptors that are characteristic for hydrothermal environments. In our case study of bacterial and archaeal communities in hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin, we found that sequence-inferred microbial function was maintained in differently structured bacterial and archaeal communities across different samples and thermal regimes. The resulting preservation of biogeochemical functions across thermal gradients is an important factor in explaining the consistency of the microbial core community in the dynamic sedimentary environment of Guaymas Basin.
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Fontes Hidrotermais , Microbiota , Filogenia , Sedimentos Geológicos/microbiologia , Archaea/genética , Bactérias/genética , Carbono , Fontes Hidrotermais/microbiologia , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genéticaRESUMO
Given the significant advance of virtual care in the past year and half, it seems timely to focus on quality frameworks and how they have evolved collaboratively across health care organizations. Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) Center for TeleHealth and Mass General Brigham's (MGB) Virtual Care Program are committed to hosting annual symposia on key topics related to virtual care. Subject matter experts across the country, health care organizations, and academic medical centers are invited to participate. The inaugural MGH/MGB Virtual Care Symposium, which focused on rethinking curriculum, competency, and culture in the virtual care era, was held on September 2, 2020. The second MGH/MGB Virtual Care Symposium was held on November 2, 2021, and focused on virtual care quality frameworks. Resultant topics were (1) guiding principles necessary for the future of virtual care measurement; (2) best practices deployed to measure quality of virtual care and how they compare and align with in-person frameworks; (3) evolution of quality frameworks over time; (4) how increased adoption of virtual care has impacted patient access and experience and how it has been measured; (5) the pitfalls and barriers which have been encountered by organizations in developing virtual care quality frameworks; and (6) examples of how quality frameworks have been applied in various use cases. Common elements of a quality framework for virtual care programs among symposium participants included improving the patient and provider experience, a focus on achieving health equity, monitoring success rates and uptime of the technical elements of virtual care, financial stewardship, and clinical outcomes. Virtual care represents an evolution in the access to care paradigm that helps keep health care aligned with other modern industries in digital technology and systems adoption. With advances in health care delivery models, it is vitally important that the quality measurement systems be adapted to include virtual care encounters. New methods may be necessary for asynchronous transactions, but synchronous virtual visits and consults can likely be accommodated in traditional quality frameworks with minimal adjustments. Ultimately, quality frameworks for health care will adapt to hybrid in-person and virtual care practices.
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Rheumatologists encounter patients with psychiatric illnesses daily in their practice; however, formal training in rheumatology does not sufficiently equip rheumatologists with guidance for managing common psychiatric illnesses. This study reviews common clinical situations involving psychiatric symptoms, their relationship with rheumatologic conditions, and their effects on clinical presentation and management. We illustrate key principles in a case-based format and reflect on the management of psychiatric components. Based on these discussions and a brief review of the epidemiology of psychiatric illnesses, we emphasize the prevalence and significance of these problems in daily practice.
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Transtornos Mentais , Reumatologia , Humanos , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Transtornos Mentais/terapia , Reumatologistas , PrevalênciaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Telehealth is an essential facet of care delivery for patients with rheumatic diseases. The Association of American Medical College's (AAMC) telehealth competencies (TCs) define the skills required for delivering general telehealth care across the range of clinician experience. In this study, the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) TCs working group aimed to adapt the AAMC TCs to rheumatology, outlining the skills acquisition unique to rheumatology with a focus on knowledge, skills, and behaviors expected of recent rheumatology fellowship graduates. METHODS: Through a collaborative process, the working group adapted the AAMC TCs to the training structure and practice of rheumatology. The rheumatology TCs underwent peer review among recipients of the Clinician Scholar Educator Award and attendees at the ACR 2021 Convergence conference. RESULTS: The rheumatology TCs define 24 essential skills required for synchronous telehealth care of patients with rheumatic diseases. The working group adapted the AAMC's 20 TCs organized within 6 domains, added 2 skills to the AAMC's domains of patient safety and appropriate use, and data collection and assessment, and created a novel domain of systems-based requirements with 2 competencies. The rheumatology TCs define expected skill levels for recent rheumatology fellowship graduates and experienced rheumatology clinicians. CONCLUSION: The rheumatology TCs represent the first adaptation of the AAMC TCs to subspecialty care, expanding the scope to include rheumatology fellowship graduates and additional domains of rheumatology practice. These competencies can guide curricular innovations and measurements of proficiency in telehealth care delivery among rheumatology trainees and experienced clinicians, enhancing the care provided to patients with rheumatic diseases.
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Doenças Reumáticas , Reumatologia , Telemedicina , Humanos , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina , CurrículoRESUMO
The title compound, [Ir(C8H12)(C6H11N3)(C18H33P)]BF4·CH2Cl2, a triazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(I) cationic complex with a tetra-fluorido-borate counter-anion, crystallizes with one di-chloro-methane solvent mol-ecule per formula unit. The IrI atom of the cationic complex has a distorted square-planar coordination environment, defined by a bidentate cyclo-octa-1,5-diene (COD) ligand, an N-heterocyclic carbene, and a tri-cyclo-hexyl-phosphane ligand. The complex crystallizes in a C-centered monoclinic unit cell and has an unusually high number of eight formula units.
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder. Rarely, malignancy is accompanied by a granulomatous reaction. This retrospective study addressed whether cancer can masquerade as sarcoidosis. METHODS: TriNetX identified 1029 newly diagnosed cases of sarcoidosis between October 2015 and September 2020, of whom 50 had a subsequent diagnosis of malignancy. RESULTS: In 36 cases, the malignancy was unrelated to sarcoidosis. In 7 cases, the diagnosis of sarcoidosis delayed the eventual cancer diagnosis by a range of 1 month to 2 years. In 7 cases, the subsequent diagnosis of cancer might have been related to the therapy for sarcoid. CONCLUSIONS: Cancer masquerading as sarcoidosis is very rare occurring in 7 (0.7%) of our 1029 cases. In no case was lung cancer masquerading as sarcoidosis. Searching for occult malignancy in patients with a known diagnosis of sarcoidosis is rarely indicated.
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Neoplasias Pulmonares , Sarcoidose , Humanos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Sarcoidose/diagnóstico , Sarcoidose/complicações , Granuloma/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/complicaçõesRESUMO
Purpose: To report a case of recurrent malignant melanoma suspected to have arisen from intrascleral melanocytic cells. Observations: En bloc removal of melanoma was performed with iridocyclectomy in a 46-year-old Caucasian male. Histopathologic examination confirmed a diagnosis of malignant melanoma in the subconjunctival space, which was presumed to have arisen from the sclera and extended both intraocularly and subconjunctivally. 15 years later, a pigmented limbal lesion near the site of the previous iridocyclectomy was excised by lamellar sclerectomy. Histopathology showed a proliferation of pigment-containing cells with atypical nuclei consistent with recurrent melanoma. Conclusions and Importance: We report a case of recurrent melanoma that we suspect arose from intrascleral melanocytes, extended both intraocularly and subconjunctivally, and recurred 15 years following initial excision.
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BACKGROUND/AIM: The therapeutic potential of bromodomain and extra-terminal motif (BET) inhibitors in hematological cancers has been well established in preclinical and early-stage clinical trials, although as of yet, no BETtargeting agent has achieved approval. To add insight into potential response to mivebresib (ABBV-075), a broadspectrum BET inhibitor, co-clinical modeling of individual patient biopsies was conducted in the context of a Phase I trial in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Co-clinical modeling involves taking the patient's biopsy and implanting it in mice with limited passage so that it closely retains the original characteristics of the malignancy and allows comparisons of response between animal model and clinical data. Procedures were developed, initially with neonate NOD/Shi-scid-IL2rγnull (NOG) mice and then optimized with juvenile NOG-EXL as host mice, eventually resulting in a robust rate of engraftment (16 out of 26, 62%). RESULTS: Results from the co-clinical AML patient-derived xenograft (PDX) modeling (6 with >60% inhibition of bone marrow blasts) were consistent with the equivalent clinical data from patients receiving mivebresib in monotherapy, and in combination with venetoclax. The modeling system also demonstrated the activity of a novel BD2-selective BET inhibitor (ABBV-744) in the preclinical AML setting. Both agents were also highly effective in inhibiting blast counts in the spleen (10/10 and 5/6 models, respectively). CONCLUSION: These findings confirm the validity of the model system in the co-clinical setting, establish highly relevant in vivo models for the discovery of cancer therapy, and indicate the therapeutic value of BET inhibitors for AML and, potentially, myelofibrosis treatment.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Piridonas , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Camundongos SCID , Piridonas/farmacologia , Piridonas/uso terapêutico , SulfonamidasRESUMO
Cancer therapies targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway can lead to renal damage by disrupting the glomerular ultrafiltration apparatus. The objective of the current study was to identify sensitive biomarkers for VEGF inhibition-induced glomerular changes in rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered an experimental VEGF receptor (VEGFR) inhibitor, ABT-123, for seven days to investigate the correlation of several biomarkers with microscopic and ultrastructural changes. Glomeruli obtained by laser capture microdissection were also subjected to gene expression analysis to investigate the underlying molecular events of VEGFR inhibition in glomerulus. ABT-123 induced characteristic glomerular ultrastructural changes in rats, including fusion of podocyte foot processes, the presence of subendothelial electron-dense deposits, and swelling and loss of fenestrations in glomerular endothelium. The subtle morphological changes cannot be detected with light microscopy or by changes in standard clinical chemistry and urinalysis. However, urinary albumin increased 44-fold as early as Day three. Urinary ß2-microglobulin levels were also increased. Other urinary biomarkers that are typically associated with tubular injury were not significantly impacted. Such patterns in urinary biomarkers can provide valuable diagnostic insight to VEGF inhibition therapy-induced glomeruli injuries.
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Nefropatias/urina , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/efeitos adversos , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Microglobulina beta-2/urina , Albuminas/metabolismo , Animais , Biomarcadores/urina , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Nefropatias/induzido quimicamente , Nefropatias/metabolismo , Microdissecção e Captura a Laser , Masculino , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Receptores de Fatores de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/antagonistas & inibidores , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismoRESUMO
The paradigm that autoimmune diseases are abberations in the adaptive immune system is over 50 years old, but recent data suggest a multitude of abnormalities in the innate immune system in lupus and other autoimmune diseases. This viewpoint elaborates the reasons that I think it is time to reexamine this paradigm and shift our research focus to the innate immune system in lupus and other prototypic autoimmune diseases.
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Doenças Autoimunes , Inflamação , Imunidade Adaptativa/imunologia , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Doenças Autoimunes/etiologia , Doenças Autoimunes/imunologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imunidade Inata/imunologia , Inflamação/etiologia , Inflamação/imunologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/etiologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/imunologia , MasculinoRESUMO
Purpose: Instability of the tear film leads to evaporative dry eye disease (EDED), but the Harderian gland in some terrestrial vertebrates may produce novel lipids that stabilize the tear film and protect against dry eye. Here, the nonpolar lipids in the Harderian gland and tears of the rabbit but absent in human tears were identified and tested in preclinical studies to determine whether they could treat severe EDED. Methods: Lipids were identified primarily by atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (MS) and fragmentation MS/MS. An identified lipid was synthesized and formulated as an emulsion and as a cyclodextrin (CD) clathrate. Following doses with test agents and controls, tear film breakup time (TBUT), tear production, corneal fluorescein staining, macrophage infiltration, and goblet cell survival were measured using standard tests at 0, 2 and 4 weeks in an animal model of EDED. Results: The lipid emulsion increased TBUT (P < 0.01) and tear production (P < 0.05), while it decreased corneal staining (P < 0.01) compared to controls. The lipid CD formulation increased TBUT (P < 0.05) and tear production (P < 0.05) but had no significant effect on the remaining test parameters. There were no differences in macrophage infiltration and conjunctival impression cytology scores between the formulations and their vehicle controls. Conclusions: Lipids in the rabbit Harderian gland and tears differ from those identified in human meibum and tears. These unique rabbit lipids may confer a protective effect against EDED and, as supplements to human tears, fulfill a similar role.