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The infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) is an important viral disease of farmed Atlantic salmon that has caused considerable financial losses for salmon farmers around the world, including Atlantic Canada. It is listed as a notifiable disease by the World Organization for Animal Health, and to this day, culling of infected cages or farms remains the current practice in many countries to mitigate the spread of the virus. In Atlantic Canada, ISAV was first detected in 1996 and continues to be detected. While some outbreaks seemed to have arisen from isolated infections of unknown source, others were local clusters resulting from horizontal spread of infection. This study provides a description of the detected ISAV isolates in Atlantic Canada between 2012 and 2016, and explores the phylogenetic relatedness between these ISAV isolates. A key finding is the detection for the first time of a North American-HPR0 ISAV subtype, which was predicted to exist for many years. Through phylogenetic analysis, a scenario emerges with at least three separate incursions of ISAV in Atlantic Canada. An initial ISAV introduction follows a genotypic separation between North America and Europe which resulted in the NA and EU genotypes known today; this separation predates the salmon aquaculture industry. The second incursion of ISAV from Europe to North America led to a sublineage in Atlantic Canada consisting of EU-HPR∆ isolates detected in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and the predominant form of ISAV-HPR0 (EU). Finally, we observed what could be the third and most recent incursion of ISAV in Newfoundland, in the form of an isolate highly similar to ISAV EU-HPR0 isolates found in the Faroe Islands and the one isolate from Norway.
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Doenças dos Peixes/virologia , Genótipo , Isavirus/fisiologia , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/veterinária , Salmão , Proteínas Virais/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Canadá , Isavirus/classificação , Isavirus/genética , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/virologia , Filogenia , Filogeografia , Alinhamento de Sequência , Proteínas Virais/química , Proteínas Virais/metabolismoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) classification distinguishes three entities among the large granular lymphocytic leukemia (LGL leukemia): T-cell LGL leukemia (T-LGL leukemia), aggressive natural killer (NK) cell leukemia, and chronic NK lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD), the later considered as a provisional entity. Only a few and small cohorts of chronic NK LPD have been published. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We report here clinicobiological features collected retrospectively from 70 cases of chronic NK LPD, and compared with those of T-LGL leukemia. RESULTS: There were no statistical differences between chronic NK LPD and T-LGL leukemia concerning median age [61 years (range 23-82 years)], organomegaly (26%), associated autoimmune diseases (24%), and associated hematological malignancies (11%). Patients with chronic NK LPD were significantly less symptomatic (49% versus 18%, P < 0.001) and the association with rheumatoid arthritis was more rarely observed (7% versus 17%, P = 0.03). The neutropenia (<0.5 × 10(9)/l) was less severe in chronic NK LPD (33% versus 61%, P < 0.001) without difference in the rate of recurrent infections. STAT3 mutation was detected in 12% of the cohort, which is lower than the frequency observed in T-LGL leukemia. Thirty-seven percent of the patients required specific therapy. Good results were obtained with cyclophosphamide. Overall and complete response rates were, respectively, 69% and 56%. Overall survival was 94% at 5 years. CONCLUSION: This study suggests very high similarities between chronic NK LPD and T-LGL leukemias. Since chronic NK LPD is still a provisional entity, our findings should be helpful when considering further revisions of the WHO classification.
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Células Matadoras Naturais/patologia , Leucemia Linfocítica Granular Grande/patologia , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Leucemia Linfocítica Granular Grande/classificação , Leucemia Linfocítica Granular Grande/genética , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/classificação , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/genética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fator de Transcrição STAT3/genética , Organização Mundial da SaúdeRESUMO
Venus has thick clouds of H2SO4 aerosol particles extending from altitudes of 40 to 60 km. The 60-100 km region (the mesosphere) is a transition region between the 4 day retrograde superrotation at the top of the thick clouds and the solar-antisolar circulation in the thermosphere (above 100 km), which has upwelling over the subsolar point and transport to the nightside. The mesosphere has a light haze of variable optical thickness, with CO, SO2, HCl, HF, H2O and HDO as the most important minor gaseous constituents, but the vertical distribution of the haze and molecules is poorly known because previous descent probes began their measurements at or below 60 km. Here we report the detection of an extensive layer of warm air at altitudes 90-120 km on the night side that we interpret as the result of adiabatic heating during air subsidence. Such a strong temperature inversion was not expected, because the night side of Venus was otherwise so cold that it was named the 'cryosphere' above 100 km. We also measured the mesospheric distributions of HF, HCl, H2O and HDO. HCl is less abundant than reported 40 years ago. HDO/H2O is enhanced by a factor of approximately 2.5 with respect to the lower atmosphere, and there is a general depletion of H2O around 80-90 km for which we have no explanation.
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AIM: Laparoscopic sphincter-saving surgery has been investigated for rectal cancer but not for tumours of the lower third. We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of laparoscopic intersphincteric resection for low rectal cancer. METHOD: From 1990 to 2007, patients with rectal tumour below 6 cm from the anal verge and treated by open or laparoscopic curative intersphincteric resection were included in a retrospective comparative study. Surgery included total mesorectal excision with internal sphincter excision and protected low coloanal anastomosis. Neoadjuvant treatment was given to patients with T3 or N+ tumours. Recurrence and survival were evaluated by the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the Logrank test. Function was assessed using the Wexner continence score. RESULTS: Intersphincteric resection was performed in 175 patients with low rectal cancer: 110 had laparoscopy and 65 had open surgery. The two groups were similar according to age, sex, body mass index, ASA score, tumour stage and preoperative radiotherapy. Postoperative mortality (zero) and morbidity (23%vs 28%; P = 0.410) were similar in both groups. There was no difference in 5-year local recurrence (5%vs 2%; P = 0.349) and 5-year disease-free survival (70%vs 71%; P = 0.862). Function and continence scores (11 vs 12; P = 0.675) were similar in both groups. CONCLUSION: Intersphincteric resection did not alter long-term tumour control of low rectal cancer. The safety and efficacy of the laparoscopic approach for intersphincteric resection are suggested by a similar short- and long-term outcome as obtained by open surgery.
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Canal Anal/cirurgia , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos do Sistema Digestório/métodos , Laparoscopia/métodos , Neoplasias Retais/cirurgia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Retais/patologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
PURPOSE: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery is gaining momentum in general surgery but it is essentially unstudied for laparoscopic colectomy. The aim of our study was to compare outcomes for single-incision laparoscopic colectomy with laparoscopic-assisted colectomy. METHODS: Patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy were prospectively entered into an institutional review board-approved database. Those that underwent single-incision laparoscopic colectomy were case matched for sex, age, disease, surgery, body mass index, previous surgeries, and surgeon with patients undergoing LAC. RESULTS: Twenty-nine single-incision laparoscopic segmental colectomies were performed for polyps (4), adenocarcinoma (12), diverticulitis (6), and Crohn's disease (7) and were case matched to laparoscopic-assisted colectomy for the same indications. Mean body mass index was 28.8 ± 3 kg/m². Operative time was longer for single-incision laparoscopic colectomy (134.4 ± 40 vs 103.8 ± 54 min; P = .0002). Four single-incision laparoscopic colectomies were converted to LAC requiring either one extra port (2) or 2 extra ports (2), and there was one conversion to laparotomy. Extraction scar length (millimeters) was similar (38 ± 6.0 vs 45 ± 6.2; P = .746). Postoperative morbidity (5/29 vs 7/29; P = .284) and length of stay (day) (3.7 ± 1.1 vs 3.9 ± 1.1; P = .445) were similar between groups. CONCLUSIONS: Single-incision laparoscopic colectomy is feasible and safe but takes more time than laparoscopic-assisted colectomy. Although results approximate those for laparoscopic-assisted colectomy, an additional learning curve is involved, and extra incisions are sometimes required. Single-incision laparoscopic colectomy requires further prospective validation so that the cost of the device can be justified by an improved clinical outcome.
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Colectomia/métodos , Laparoscopia/métodos , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Pólipos do Colo/cirurgia , Feminino , Humanos , Enteropatias/cirurgia , Tempo de Internação , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Iodine-131 and various other radionuclides were released into the atmosphere from the damaged Japanese reactors of Fukushima Dai-ichi from 12 to 22 March 2011. The contaminated air mass was detected in France after 24 March; samples of grass, vegetables, and milk have been analyzed for (131)I by the IRSN, considering the fact that few values of iodine-131 transfer parameters have been directly measured in situ, due to the radioactive decay of this isotope. Data are compared with calculated values according to the air iodine concentration. The apparent dry deposition velocity of iodine on grass is therefore estimated to range between 1 × 10(-3) and 5 × 10(-3) m s(-1) from site to site. In addition, the grass to milk transfer factors are 2.8 × 10(-2) and 3.6 × 10(-3) d L(-1) for goat's and cow's milk respectively. These parameters fit well with the current values usually considered for radioecological assessment.
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Contaminação Radioativa de Alimentos/análise , Radioisótopos do Iodo/análise , Leite/química , Reatores Nucleares , Liberação Nociva de Radioativos , Verduras/química , Animais , Bovinos , Feminino , França , Japão , Poaceae/químicaRESUMO
AIM: This paper presents our initial experience of single incision laparoscopic total colectomy and proctocolectomy. METHOD: Four female patients (mean age 35.5 years; mean body mass index 24.7 kg/m(2) ) underwent total colectomy with end ileostomy (n = 2) and proctocolectomy with stapled ileum pouch-anal (n = 1) and rectal (n = 1) anastomosis with loop ileostomy, for benign disease, using a single-incision laparoscopic approach. The single port was placed at the umbilicus or the ileostomy site. Specimen extraction was through the port site. RESULTS: Operative procedures were performed with a mean operative time of 212 min, mean blood loss of 30 ml and no intraoperative complication. No additional abdominal ports were required. A postoperative ileus (n = 1) on day three resolved spontaneously and the. mean hospital stay was 4.5 days. CONCLUSION: Single-incision laparoscopic total colectomy or proctocolectomy is feasible for benign disease in selected patients.
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Colectomia/métodos , Laparoscopia/métodos , Proctocolectomia Restauradora/métodos , Polipose Adenomatosa do Colo/cirurgia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Perda Sanguínea Cirúrgica , Colite Ulcerativa/cirurgia , Doença de Crohn/cirurgia , Feminino , Humanos , Tempo de Internação , Fatores de Tempo , Umbigo/cirurgia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare skills sets during a hand-assisted and straight laparoscopic colectomy on an augmented reality simulator. METHODS: Twenty-nine surgeons, assigned randomly in 2 groups, performed laparoscopic sigmoid colectomies on a simulator: group A (n = 15) performed hand-assisted then straight procedures; group B (n = 14) performed straight then hand-assisted procedures. Groups were compared according to prior laparoscopic colorectal experience, performance (time, instrument path length, and instrument velocity changes), technical skills, and operative error. RESULTS: Prior laparoscopic colorectal experience was similar in both groups. Both groups had better performances with the hand-assisted approach, although technical skill scores were similar between approaches. The error rate was higher with the hand-assisted approach in group A, but similar between both approaches in group B. CONCLUSIONS: These data define the metrics of performance for hand-assisted and straight laparoscopic colectomy on an augmented reality simulator. The improved scores with the hand-assisted approach suggest that with this simulator a hand-assisted model may be technically easier to perform, although it is associated with increased intraoperative errors.
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Competência Clínica , Colectomia/normas , Cirurgia Colorretal/educação , Cirurgia Colorretal/normas , Simulação por Computador , Instrução por Computador , Laparoscopia/normas , Humanos , Desempenho Psicomotor , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Análise e Desempenho de Tarefas , Interface Usuário-ComputadorRESUMO
Infectious diseases among fish present an important economic burden for the aquaculture and fisheries industries around the world. For example, the infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) infects farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), and results in millions of dollars of lost revenue to salmon farmers. Although improved management and husbandry practices over the last few years have minimized the losses and the number of outbreaks, the risk of new virulent strains emerging is a looming threat to the viability and sustainability of this industry. A greater understanding of the host-pathogen interactions at the molecular level during the course of an infection thus remains of strategic importance for the development of molecular tools and efficient vaccines capable of minimizing losses in the eventual case of a new outbreak. Using a 32 k cDNA microarray platform (cGRASP), we have identified various signaling pathways and immune regulated genes, which are activated or repressed in Atlantic salmon head-kidney during the course of an ISAV infection. Gene expressions were measured at five different time-points: 6 h, 24 h, 3 d, 7 d and 16 d post-injection. The earliest time points showed only a few differentially expressed genes in ISAV injected fish, relative to sham injected controls, although as time progressed, many additional genes involved in key defense pathways were up-regulated including MHC type I, beta-2 microglobulin, TRIM 25 and CC chemokine 19. During the latest stage of the infection process, many genes related to oxygen transportation were under-expressed, which correlates well with the observed anemia that occurs prior to death in Atlantic salmon infected with virulent strains of ISAV.
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Doenças dos Peixes/imunologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Marcadores Genéticos/imunologia , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/veterinária , Salmo salar/imunologia , Animais , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Isavirus/imunologia , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/imunologia , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Salmo salar/genéticaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: No long-term advantage of the laparoscopic approach has been demonstrated in colorectal surgery. This study compared the risk of incisional hernia between laparoscopic and open surgery for rectal cancer. METHODS: Between 1994 and 2004, patients who had restorative mesorectal excision for rectal cancer by laparoscopy were compared with those treated by open surgery. Follow-up was prospective, and incisional hernia was considered to be any abdominal wound dehiscence occurring at the midline, extraction, trocar or ileostomy site. Cumulative risks of hernia were evaluated by the Kaplan-Meier method and compared with the log rank test. RESULTS: Some 155 patients had a laparoscopic and 165 an open procedure. The two groups were similar in terms of age, sex, body mass index, tumour stage, loop ileostomy and morbidity. The conversion rate was 20.6 per cent. The rate of incisional hernia in all patients was 11.4 per cent at 1 year, 21.1 per cent at 2 years and 23.7 per cent at 5 years. The rate of hernia at 5 years was significantly lower in the laparoscopic than in the open group (13.0 versus 33.0 per cent; P < 0.001). The rate of hernia due specifically to the laparoscopic procedure (extraction and trocar sites) was ten times less than that after a primary or secondary open procedure (2.1 versus 16.1-33.1 per cent; P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The laparoscopic approach decreases the risk of long-term incisional hernia following restorative mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. The benefit is most apparent in patients without conversion or postoperative complication.
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Adenocarcinoma/cirurgia , Laparoscopia/métodos , Neoplasias Retais/cirurgia , Cicatrização/fisiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Hérnia Ventral/etiologia , Humanos , Assistência de Longa Duração , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Estudos Prospectivos , Neoplasias Retais/fisiopatologia , Deiscência da Ferida Operatória/etiologiaRESUMO
F. Leblanc, C. Laurent E. Rullier Lymph node dissection is a standard part of surgical resection of rectal cancer which helps to avoid local recurrence and allows for accurate staging of the disease. Three types of lymph node dissection have been considered. Mesorectal lymphadenectomy should remove the mesorectum systematically and should extend at least 5cm distal to the tumor. Inferior mesenteric lymphadenectomy should extend at least to the origin of the left colic artery. Lateral lymphadenectomy removing iliac and obturator nodes results in complications and has not been shown to improve survival; it is not routinely recommended. Omission of lymph node dissection is only proposed for the smallest T1 tumors with favorable histology.
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F. Leblanc, C. Laurent E. Rullier Lymph node dissection is a standard part of surgical resection of rectal cancer which helps to avoid local recurrence and allows for accurate staging of the disease. Three types of lymph node dissection have been considered. Mesorectal lymphadenectomy should remove the mesorectum systematically and should extend at least 5cm distal to the tumor. Inferior mesenteric lymphadenectomy should extend at least to the origin of the left colic artery. Lateral lymphadenectomy removing iliac and obturator nodes results in complications and has not been shown to improve survival; it is not routinely recommended. Omission of lymph node dissection is only proposed for the smallest T1 tumors with favorable histology.
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Lymph node dissection is a standard part of surgical resection of rectal cancer which helps to avoid local recurrence and allows for accurate staging of the disease. Three types of lymph node dissection have been considered. Mesorectal lymphadenectomy should remove the mesorectum systematically and should extend at least 5 cm distal to the tumor. Inferior mesenteric lymphadenectomy should extend at least to the origin of the left colic artery. Lateral lymphadenectomy removing iliac and obturator nodes results in complications and has not been shown to improve survival; it is not routinely recommended. Omission of lymph node dissection is only proposed for the smallest T1 tumors with favorable histology.
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Excisão de Linfonodo , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/prevenção & controle , Neoplasias Retais/cirurgia , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Humanos , Excisão de Linfonodo/métodos , Metástase Linfática , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Prognóstico , Neoplasias Retais/patologia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: High rates of conversion to open operation and morbidity have been reported after laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) with sphincter preservation for rectal cancer. This study examined risk factors for conversion and morbidity to determine which patients with rectal cancer could benefit from a laparoscopic resection. METHODS: Two hundred patients (117 men) with mid and low rectal cancer treated by laparoscopic TME were studied. The impact of clinical and pathological characteristics on conversion and complications was assessed by multivariable analysis. RESULTS: Reconstruction after TME included 79 low colorectal and 121 coloanal anastomoses. Conversion was necessary in 31 patients (15.5 per cent), and was independently associated with sex, type of anastomosis and intraoperative rectal fixity. Postoperative morbidity in 50 patients (25.0 per cent) was independently associated with sex and type of anastomosis. Men with a stapled anastomosis had a threefold higher rate of conversion (13 (34 per cent) of 38 versus 18 (11.1 per cent) of 162; P < 0.001) and morbidity (22 (58 per cent) versus 28 (17.3 per cent); P < 0.001) than other patients. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic TME is a good option for women and for men treated by coloanal anastomosis. Technical improvement of laparoscopic stapling is needed before the laparoscopic approach can be offered to all patients.
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Laparoscopia/métodos , Neoplasias Retais/cirurgia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Terapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Tempo de Internação , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Cuidados Pré-Operatórios/métodos , Neoplasias Retais/radioterapia , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Otitis media is a common infection of childhood. Increasing antibiotic resistance rates among the principal causative pathogens, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae, are associated with failure of first line agents. OBJECTIVE: This open, randomized, multicenter study compared the clinical efficacy of a short 5-day course of cefuroxime axetil (CAE) suspension with that of amoxicillin/clavulanate (A/CA) suspension for 8 or 10 days. METHODS: Children age 6 to 36 months with acute otitis media with effusion, diagnosed by tympanocentesis and microbiologic culture, were randomized to receive CAE (30 mg/kg/day in two divided doses for 5 days) or A/CA 40 mg/kg/day in three divided doses for 10 days (A/CA-10). In French centers A/CA was given at 80 mg/kg/day in three divided doses for 8 days (A/CA-8). Patients were assessed 1 to 4 days after completing the course (posttreatment) and followed up at 21 to 28 days after completing the course. RESULTS: Of the 716 patients randomized, 252 were treated with CAE, 255 with A/CA-10 and 209 with A/CA-8. In the clinically evaluable population, the proportions of patients with clinical cure at posttreatment were 175 of 203 (86%), 181 of 205 (88%) and 145 of 164 (88%) in the CAE, A/CA-10 and A/CA-8 groups, respectively, demonstrating equivalence among the three treatments. For patients <18 months old, clinical cures were 111 of 134 (83%), 116 of 131 (89%) and 83 of 99 (84%) in the CAE, A/CA-10 and A/CA-8 groups, respectively; equivalence was also demonstrated. At follow-up, 130 of 175 (74%) CAE, 121 of 172 (70%) A/CA-10, and 112 of 142 (79%) A/CA-8 had maintained cure. A total of 837 pretreatment pathogens were isolated from middle ear fluid in 73% (522 of 716) patients, the majority of isolates were S. pneumoniae (30%) and H. influenzae (27%). The most common adverse events were gastrointestinal, the incidence of drug-related diarrhea being higher in the A/CA-10 group (18%) than in either the CAE or A/CA-8 groups (10%). CONCLUSIONS: A 5-day course of CAE, given twice daily, was shown to be equivalent to the two regimens of A/CA for treatment of acute otitis media with effusion in children.
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Combinação Amoxicilina e Clavulanato de Potássio/uso terapêutico , Cefuroxima/análogos & derivados , Cefalosporinas/uso terapêutico , Quimioterapia Combinada/uso terapêutico , Otite Média com Derrame/tratamento farmacológico , Doença Aguda , Combinação Amoxicilina e Clavulanato de Potássio/administração & dosagem , Infecções Bacterianas/diagnóstico , Infecções Bacterianas/tratamento farmacológico , Cefuroxima/administração & dosagem , Cefuroxima/uso terapêutico , Cefalosporinas/administração & dosagem , Pré-Escolar , Esquema de Medicação , Quimioterapia Combinada/administração & dosagem , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Otite Média com Derrame/microbiologia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
We have studied the relaxant effect of bovine parathyroid hormone (bPTH) on helical strips of branches of bovine and human middle cerebral arteries and bovine and porcine basilar arteries. All arteries were studied after contraction with prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha or KCl. In the case of all arteries contracted with PGF2 alpha, the ED50 of PTH vasorelaxation related to maximal vasorelaxation induced by papaverine ranged from 9 to 14 nM for bPTH-(1-34) and 100 to 220 ng/ml for native bPTH-(1-84). The PTH inhibitor, [Nle8, Nle18, Tyr34]bPTH-(3-34) amide, attenuated the vasorelaxant effect of both bPTH-(1-34) and bPTH-(1-84). The vasorelaxant effects of PTH which we have observed in this study are consistent with the stimulatory effects of PTH on vascular adenylate cyclase which we had previously reported.
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Artérias/efeitos dos fármacos , Artérias Cerebrais/efeitos dos fármacos , Hormônio Paratireóideo/farmacologia , Adulto , Animais , Bovinos , AMP Cíclico/fisiologia , Humanos , Hormônio Paratireóideo/metabolismo , Coelhos , Ratos , Suínos , Vasoconstrição/efeitos dos fármacos , Vasodilatação/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: A prospective cost-effectiveness analysis undertaken as part of the CAESAR (Canada, Australia, Europe, South Africa) placebo-controlled clinical trial showed that the addition of lamivudine to zidovudine-containing regimens for 1 year reduced progression of HIV infection to AIDS or death, as well as significantly reducing the number of hospitalisations, outpatient visits and the requirement for medications for HIV-related illness and adverse events. Data from all 1840 patients included in the 'intent-to-treat' population of the CAESAR trial were used for the present analysis. A Canadian third-party payer perspective was adopted, and all costs were adjusted to 1997 prices. RESULTS: The savings associated with reduced healthcare resource use in the CAESAR study were estimated to be 1123 Canadian dollars ($Can) per patient, over the year. These savings partly offset the cost of lamivudine. The analysis showed that the addition of lamivudine to zidovudine-containing regimens resulted in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $Can 14,225 [95% confidence interval (CI): $Can4383 to $Can29,577] for progression to AIDS/death avoided and of $Can5631 (95%CI: $Can2010 to $Can12,929) for HIV-related illness avoided. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that treatments that slow the progression of HIV infection to AIDS or death have the potential to facilitate healthcare savings, which partly offset the drug acquisition costs. The results also demonstrate that it is possible to undertake economic evaluations in parallel with a major clinical end-point study.
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Fármacos Anti-HIV/economia , Infecções por HIV/economia , Recursos em Saúde/economia , Recursos em Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Lamivudina/economia , Zidovudina/economia , Adulto , Assistência Ambulatorial/economia , Fármacos Anti-HIV/uso terapêutico , Canadá , Análise Custo-Benefício , Método Duplo-Cego , Custos de Medicamentos , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde , Hospitalização/economia , Humanos , Lamivudina/uso terapêutico , Masculino , Estudos Prospectivos , Zidovudina/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
In view to prepare Mars human exploration, it is necessary to promote and lead, at the international level, a highly interdisciplinary program, involving specialists of geochemistry, geophysics, atmospheric science, space weather, and biology. The goal of this program will be to elaborate concepts of individual instruments, then of integrated instrumental packages, able to collect exhaustive data sets of environmental parameters from future landers and rovers of Mars, and to favour the conditions of their implementation. Such a program is one of the most urgent need for preparing human exploration, in order to develop mitigation strategies aimed at ensuring the safety of human explorers, and minimizing risk for surface operations. A few main areas of investigation may be listed: particle and radiation environment, chemical composition of atmosphere, meteorology, chemical composition of dust, surface and subsurface material, water in the subsurface, physical properties of the soil, search for an hypothesized microbial activity, characterization of radio-electric properties of the Martian ionosphere. Scientists at the origin of the present paper, already involved at a high degree of responsibility in several Mars missions, and actively preparing in situ instrumentation for future landed platforms (Netlander--now cancelled, MSL-09), express their readiness to participate in both ESA/AURORA and NASA programs of Mars human exploration. They think that the formation of a Mars Environment working group at ESA, in the course of the AURORA definition phase, could act positively in favour of the program, by increasing its scientific cross-section and making it still more focused on human exploration.
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Atmosfera/química , Radiação Cósmica , Marte , Solo/análise , Voo Espacial , Atmosfera/análise , Exobiologia , Fenômenos Geológicos , Geologia , Meteoroides , Conceitos Meteorológicos , Microbiologia do Solo , Telecomunicações , ÁguaRESUMO
Following an infection with a specific pathogen, the acquired immune system of many teleostean fish, including salmonids, is known to retain a specific memory of the infectious agent, which protects the host against subsequent infections. For example, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) that have survived an infection with a low-virulence infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) isolate are less susceptible to subsequent ISAV infections. A greater understanding of the mechanisms and immunological components involved in this acquired protection against ISAV is fundamental for the development of efficacious vaccines and treatments against this pathogen. To better understand the immunity components involved in this observed resistance, we have used an Atlantic salmon DNA microarray to study the global gene expression responses of preexposed Atlantic salmon (fish having survived an infection with a low-virulence ISAV isolate) during the course of a secondary infection, 18 months later, with a high-virulence ISAV isolate. We present global gene expression patterns in both preexposed and naïve fish, following exposure by either cohabitation with infected fish or by direct intra-peritoneal injection of a high-virulence ISAV isolate. Our results show a clear reduction of ISAV viral loads in head-kidney of secondary infected fish compared to primary infected fish. Further, we note a lower-expression of many antiviral innate immunity genes in the secondary infected fish, such as the interferon induced GTP-binding protein Mx, CC-chemokine 19 and signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT 1), as well as MHC class I antigen presentation involved genes. Potential acquired immunity genes such as GILT, leukocyte antigen transcript CD37 and Ig mu chain C region membrane-bound form were observed to be over-expressed in secondary infected fish. The observed differential gene expression profile in secondary and primary infected fish head-kidney provides great insight into immunity components involved during primary and secondary ISAV infection.
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Doenças dos Peixes/imunologia , Expressão Gênica/imunologia , Memória Imunológica/imunologia , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/imunologia , Salmão/imunologia , Transcrição Gênica , Animais , Doenças dos Peixes/genética , Doenças dos Peixes/virologia , Expressão Gênica/genética , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Memória Imunológica/genética , Isavirus , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Salmão/genéticaRESUMO
Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a benign tumour of the liver, occurring in 0.6-3% of the general population. Most lesions are diagnosed incidentally. With the increasing use and improvement of diagnostic imaging, FNH is being observed more often. It has been shown, using radiological approaches, that most FNH remain stable, or even regress, over a long follow-up period. In addition, it is extremely rare that FNH were discovered in elderly. However, to our knowledge, there is no pathological report illustrating the regression of FNH. We report here a case showing the pathological changes occurring during the regression phase of FNH, with dense fibrous tissue mixed with arteries replacing hepatocytes nodules.