Publications by authors named "A Sagasta"

The prediction of protein-ligand complexes (PLC), using both experimental and predicted structures, is an active and important area of research, underscored by the inclusion of the Protein-Ligand Interaction category in the latest round of the Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction experiment CASP15. The prediction task in CASP15 consisted of predicting both the three-dimensional structure of the receptor protein as well as the position and conformation of the ligand. This paper addresses the challenges and proposed solutions for devising automated benchmarking techniques for PLC prediction.

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FATCO (Fibular Aplasia, Tibial Campomelia and Oligosyndactyly) is a very infrequent skeletal dysplasia classified within the limb hypoplasia-reduction defects group whose genetic cause has not yet been identified. The advent of next-generation sequencing is enabling the diagnosis of diseases with no previously known genetic cause. We performed a thorough autopsy on a fetus whose pregnancy was legally terminated due to severe malformations detected by ultrasound.

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Endometrial cancer (EC) is the second most common tumor in women with Lynch syndrome, and can be its first manifestation. It may exhibit negative immunostaining for DNA mismatch-repair proteins and/or microsatellite instability. We present the case of a woman with EC in which a MSH6 variant of unknown significance was identified.

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  • The study assessed the effectiveness of one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) compared to traditional pathological ultrastaging for detecting sentinel lymph node metastasis in early-stage endometrial cancer patients.
  • A total of 526 sentinel lymph nodes from 191 patients were analyzed, revealing that OSNA identified metastasis in 19.7% of cases, while ultrastaging detected it in only 8.8%.
  • OSNA demonstrated high sensitivity (92%) and resulted in a reclassification of disease stage for some patients, highlighting its potential to better determine the need for additional treatment upon diagnosis.
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Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is an uncommon mesenchymal tumor that accounts for less than 1% of all primary uterine malignancies and extrauterine endometrial stromal sarcoma (EESS) is even rarer. We report the case of a 75-year-old woman with an abdominal tumor and multiple peritoneal implants. Histological analysis of the surgical specimens showed bland cellularity resembling normal endometrial stroma.

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