Case series on clinical applications of liquid biopsy in pediatric solid tumors: towards improved diagnostics and disease monitoring.

Background And Aims: Solid tumors account for about 30% of all pediatric cancers. The diagnosis is typically based on histological and molecular analysis of a primary tumor biopsy. Liquid biopsies carry several advantages over conventional tissue biopsy.

Intestinal current measurement and nasal potential difference to make a diagnosis of cases with inconclusive genetics and sweat test.

Background: Nasal potential difference (NPD) and intestinal current measurements (ICM) are cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) biomarkers recommended to make a diagnosis in individuals with inconclusive sweat test and genetics and a clinical suspicion for cystic fibrosis (CF) or CFTR-related disorder (CFTR-RD).

Methods: NPD and ICM were measured according to standard operating procedures of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society Diagnostic Network Working Group.

Results: We assessed 219 individuals by NPD or ICM who had been referred to our laboratory due to clinical symptoms suggestive of CF, but inconclusive sweat test and genetics (median age: 16.

Functional analysis of the p.[Arg74Trp;Val201Met;Asp1270Asn]/p.Phe508del CFTR mutation genotype in human native colon.

Background: The impact of complex alleles on CFTR processing and function has yet not been investigated in native human tissue.

Methods: Intestinal current measurements (ICM) followed by CFTR immunoblot were performed on rectal biopsies taken from two siblings who are compound heterozygous for the CFTR mutations p.Phe508del and the complex allele p.

Key role of an ADP - ribose - dependent transcriptional regulator of NAD metabolism for fitness and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

NAD is an essential co-factor of redox reactions and metabolic conversions of NAD-dependent enzymes. NAD biosynthesis in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa has yet not been experimentally explored. The in silico search for orthologs in the P.

Expression of p53, Ki67, EcPV2- and EcPV3 DNA, and viral genes in relation to metastasis and outcome in equine penile and preputial squamous cell carcinoma.

Reasons For Performing Study: Equine penile and preputial squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a potentially lethal disease of which little is known regarding the relationship between tumour characteristics and prognosis.

Objectives: To assess the relationship between tumour differentiation grade (tumour subtype), presence of papillomaviruses, expression of viral genes (E2, E6, L1), nuclear proteins p53 and Ki67 and metastasis in equine penile and preputial SCC and to assess the relationship of tumour subtype, presence of papillomavirus type 2, p53 and Ki67 with survival.

Study Design: Retrospective case-control study using archived material.