Vulnerabilities of Prostate Glandular Concretions Considered as Artefacts: A Cross-sectional Biopsy Slide Study by Surraj SUSAI, Rohini MOTWANI, Mrudula CHANDRUPATLA

“…Methods: Fifty hematoxylin and eosin slides that were prepared from procured transrectal biopsy specimens of normal prostate glands from asymptomatic patients suspected of having a prostatic disease but later found to be normal were retrospectively observed for the staining, contour, and positioning of the aggregated masses or concretions within their prostatic lumina and were then compared with the blood prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels. Results: Although significant associations highlighting the utility of these masses in presumed pathological states of the gland were drawn by comparing their staining parameters and contours to those of their respective PSA levels, their interluminal contour variations and vivid staining appearances did not necessarily rule out the possibility of some of them being artefacts, provided they were assessed in totality with the surrounding acini. …”
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Cellular Immunogenicity of Novel Gene Immunogens in Mice Monitored by in Vivo Imaging by Elizaveta Starodubova, Olga Krotova, David Hallengärd, Yulia Kuzmenko, Gunnel Engström, Diana Legzdina, Oleg Latyshev, Olesja Eliseeva, Anna Karin Maltais, Vera Tunitskaya, Vadim Karpov, Andreas Bråve, Maria Isaguliants

“…When luminescence faded, mice were sacrificed, and their splenocytes were stimulated with RT-derived antigens. Fading of luminescence correlated with the RT-specific secretion of interferon-γ and interleukin-2. …”
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A Rare Component of Psammomatous Meningioma in a Testicular Teratoma by Fábio Meira Castro Pereira, Marbele Guimarães de Oliveira, Laiana do Carmo Almeida, Bruno Cunha Pires, José de Bessa Júnior

“…At immunohistochemistry, the meningiomatous component showed epithelial membrane antigen, S100 protein, and vimentin positive. Benign neoplasms arising in testicular teratomas are extremely rare. …”
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Evolution of tick vaccinology by José de la Fuente, Srikant Ghosh, Ala Tabor

“…Tick vaccine antigens evolved from organ protein extracts to recombinant proteins to chimera designed by vaccinomics and quantum vaccinomics. …”
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Live Plague Vaccine Development: Past, Present, and Future by Andrey P. Anisimov, Anastasia S. Vagaiskaya, Alexandra S. Trunyakova, Svetlana V. Dentovskaya

“…During the last 100 years, vaccine development has evolved from an empirical approach to one of the more rational vaccine designs where the careful selection of antigens and adjuvants is key to the desired efficacy for challenging pathogens and/or challenging populations. …”
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Duodenal Histoplasmosis Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an AIDS Patient by Michael A. Spinner, Heather N. Paulin, C. William Wester

“…For diagnostic evaluation, we recommend checking a urine Histoplasma quantitative antigen EIA as well as upper and/or lower endoscopy with biopsy. …”
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METHOD FOR FMD VIRUS 146S COMPONENT CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION WITH REAL-TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION – POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN VACCINE RAW MATERIALS by M. I. Doronin, A. M. Timina, D. A. Lozovoy, V. A. Starikov, D. V. Mikhalishin, N. N. Medvedeva, A. V. Borisov

“…It has been experimentally proven that the quantity of the 146S component determined by the real-time RT-PCR method using developed regression model and contained in the inoculation dose of FMD vaccine confers protection to the vaccinated animals against generalized FMD of A, O, Asia-1 types. rtRT-PCR method is highly sensitive and allows rapid and highly reliable estimation of the 146S antigen concentration in FMD vaccine. The method for 146S particle quantity determination by real-time RT-PCR using the regression model is reliable and demonstrates high correlation (95.5–99.0%) with the complement fixation test results.…”
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Growth Hormone Therapy for Small for Gestational Age Short Stature Develops Type 2 Diabetes by Naohiro Nomura, Yuko Tanabe, Miki Minami, Junji Takaya, Kazunari Kaneko

“…Blood test results were negative for anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase and anti-islet antigen-2 antibodies. The patient discontinued GH therapy and started diet therapy and oral metformin (500 mg/day) administration. …”
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Assessment of the First Commercial ELISA Kit for the Diagnosis of Theileria annulata by Amira A. T. Al-Hosary, Jabbar Ahmed, Ann Nordengrahn, Malik Merza

“…As a reference test, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay depending on T. annulata merozoite surface antigen (Tams-1) was applied. A total of 468 blood samples as well as serum samples were randomly collected from cattle and tested in the PCR as well as in the ELISA developed in this study. …”
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Selection and characterization of specific nanobody against bovine virus diarrhea virus (BVDV) E2 protein. by Tiansen Li, Meiling Huang, Hongran Xiao, Guoqi Zhang, Jinhua Ding, Peng Wu, Hui Zhang, Jinliang Sheng, Chuangfu Chen

“…We obtained a BVDV-E2 antigen epitope bait protein by prokaryotic expression using the nucleotide sequence of the E2 gene of the BVDV-NADL strain published in GenBank. …”
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Plasmid Profiles and Prevalence of Intermediately Virulent Rhodococcus equi from Pigs in Nakhonpathom Province, Thailand: Identification of a New Variant of the 70-kb Virulence Pla... by Chaithep Poolkhet, Suksun Chumsing, Worawidh Wajjwalku, Chihiro Minato, Yukiko Otsu, Shinji Takai

“…The isolates were tested for the presence of virulence plasmids and the 20-kDa virulence-associated protein antigen (VapB) gene by PCR. Of the 734 submaxillary lymph nodes tested, 19 (2.6%) produced positive cultures of R. equi. …”
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Family Practitioners and Sexually Transmitted Diseases by Marc Steben

“…Primary prevention of STDs is aimed at reducing or eliminating risks before exposure occurs. and includes counselling on safe sex, condom use. substance abuse, needle/syringe use, and consideration of hepatitis B immunization and universal screening of pregnant women for hepatitis B surface antigen. Secondary prevention refers to the recognition and elimination (if possible) of an STD after exposure and includes early disease detection, adequate STD treatments, screening, human immunodeficiency virus testing with pre- and post test counselling, epidemiological treatment of patient contacts, and hepatitis B prophylaxis by passive or active immunization. …”
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Systematic Review into Diagnostics for Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) by Emily R. Adams, Inge Versteeg, Mariska M. G. Leeflang

“…We recommend well-designed diagnostic accuracy trials that evaluate, side-by-side, all currently available diagnostics, including clinical symptoms, serological, antigen, molecular, and parasitological tests and possible use of statistical modelling to evaluate diagnostics when there is no suitable gold standard.…”
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Venetoclax in combination with chidamide and azacitidine for the treatment of relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with the MLL-AF4 gene: a case report and liter... by Xuelian Jin, Zhigang Liu, Yu Wu, Jie Ji

“…Following two VCA courses, he received chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, which led to complete metabolic remission and improved prognosis. …”
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Beyond Needles: Immunomodulatory Hydrogel-Guided Vaccine Delivery Systems by Md Mohosin Rana, Cigdem Demirkaya, Hector De la Hoz Siegler

“…Effective immunization requires precise vaccine delivery to ensure proper antigen transport and robust immune activation. Traditional vaccine delivery systems, however, face significant challenges, including low immunogenicity and undesirable inflammatory reactions, limiting their efficiency. …”
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Downregulated Copper Homeostasis-Related Gene FOXO1 as a Novel Indicator for the Prognosis and Immune Response of Breast Cancer by Rong Zeng, Bi Peng, Emin Peng

“…Moreover, FOXO1 expression was positively associated with multiple immune checkpoints, such as sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin 15 (SIGLEC15), indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1), programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1/CD274), hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 2 (HAVCR2), programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1), cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4), and programmed cell death 1 ligand 2 (PDCD1LG2). …”
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Primary endometrial squamous cell carcinoma (PESCC): Review of the literature and case report by Kuang-Han Liu, Chia-Chin Tsai, Krystal Baysan Lin, Pei-Shen Huang

“…Despite no prior Papanicolaou smears and normal Pap results this time, transvaginal sonography revealed 7 mm endometrial thickening and elevated cancer antigen 125 (CA-125). Dilatation and curettage revealed atypical glands with squamous metaplasia. …”
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CEACAM5 exacerbates asthma by inducing ferroptosis and autophagy in airway epithelial cells through the JAK/STAT6-dependent pathway by Si Liu, Li Chen, Yunxiao Shang

“…An ovalbumin-sensitized mouse model and an IL-13-stimulated Beas-2B cell model were established for further investigation.Results Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 5 (CEACAM5) was identified as a crucial gene in asthma. …”
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Transcriptome-wide analysis of alternative RNA splicing events in Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinomas. by Victoria E S Armero, Marie-Pier Tremblay, Andréa Allaire, Simon Boudreault, Camille Martenon-Brodeur, Cyntia Duval, Mathieu Durand, Elvy Lapointe, Philippe Thibault, Maude Tremblay-Létourneau, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Michelle S Scott, Martin Bisaillon

“…Moreover, we show that the expression of Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1) leads to modifications in the AS profile of cellular genes and that the EBNA1 protein interacts with cellular splicing factors. …”
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Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Resulting Severe Aortic Insufficiency and Aortitis: Exacerbation of Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis and Stenosis of the Main Left Coronary Artery after Me... by Agnė Balčiūnaitė, Algimantas Budrikis, Eglė Rumbinaitė, Jurgita Sabaliauskienė, Vaiva Patamsytė, Vaiva Lesauskaitė

“…Ankylosing spondyloarthritis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease, strongly related to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27. Cardiac involvement in AS manifests in 2 to 10% of patients as aortic insufficiency, aortitis, mitral valve fibrosis, or disturbance in the conduction of the heart. …”
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