Analysis of the chemotactic factors for tumor-infiltrating fibrocytes and their prognostic significances in lung cancer.

Fibrocytes, which are bone marrow-derived collagen-producing cells, have been reported to be involved in pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. Our previous study reported that tumor-infiltrating fibrocytes play a role in tumor progression and drug resistance in lung cancer. The present study therefore examined chemotactic factors for fibrocytes in tissues of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and their prognostic significance.

Clinical Impact of a Pharmacist-Driven Prospective Audit with Intervention and Feedback on the Treatment of Patients with Bloodstream Infection.

Evidence for the utility of pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship programs remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of our institutional pharmacist-driven prospective audit with intervention and feedback (PAF) on the treatment of patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs). The effect of pharmacist-driven PAF was estimated using an interrupted time series analysis with a quasi-experimental design.

MicroRNAs secreted by human preimplantation embryos and IVF outcome.

Objective: To generate an effective embryo prediction model and identify a non-invasive evaluation method by analyzing microRNAs (miRNAs) in embryo culture medium.

Design: Analysis of microRNA profiles from spent culture medium of blastocysts with good morphology that did or did not result in pregnancy.

Setting: Clinical and experimental research.

A case of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma with preexisting interstitial pneumonia successfully treated with pembrolizumab.

Pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma is often refractory to chemotherapy and follows an aggressive clinical course. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of advanced lung cancer, and a few cases with pleomorphic carcinoma have been reported to show tumor shrinkage after therapy with ICIs. When treating patients with ICIs, patient selection is essential, and monitoring and management of immune-related adverse events, including pneumonitis, are needed.

A Long-term Survival Case of Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy due to Gastric Cancer Confirmed by the Early Diagnosis based on a Transbronchial Lung Biopsy.

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is an acute, progressive, and fatal disease. PTTM manifests as subacute respiratory failure with pulmonary hypertension, progressive right-sided heart failure, and sudden death. An antemortem diagnosis of PTTM is very difficult to obtain, and many patients die within several weeks.

[PARADOXICAL RESPONSE DURING TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS].

Background: Paradoxical response (PR) is defined as a clinical or radiological worsening in patients receiving adequate anti-tuberculosis treatment, with the exclusion of documented relapse or of other disease presentations. Although most patients with PR show spontaneous improvement, some cases presenting with diffuse alveolar damage have also been reported.

Methods: Retrospective clinical and laboratory data were collected on 89 patients of pulmonary tuberculosis who were treated at our hospital between April 2013 and January 2019.

Multiple Infection and Reproductive Manipulations of Wolbachia in Homona magnanima (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

Endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia interacts with host in either a mutualistic or parasitic manner. Wolbachia is frequently identified in various arthropod species, and to date, Wolbachia infections have been detected in different insects. Here, we found a triple Wolbachia infection in Homona magnanima, a serious tea pest, and investigated the effects of three infecting Wolbachia strains (wHm-a, -b, and -c) on the host.