A pilot study of implication of machine learning for relapse prediction after allogeneic stem cell transplantation in adults with Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The posttransplant relapse in Ph-positive ALL increases the risk of death. There is an unmet need for instruments to predict the risk of relapse and plan prophylaxis. In this study, we analyzed posttransplant data by machine learning algorithms.

High mutation burden in the checkpoint and micro-RNA processing genes in myelodysplastic syndrome.

A number of sequencing studies identified the prognostic impact of somatic mutations in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). However the majority of them focused on methylation regulation, apoptosis and proliferation genes. Despite the number of experimental studies published on the role of micro-RNA processing and checkpoint genes in the development of MDS, the clinical data about mutational landscape in these genes is limited.

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Variant Associated with Osteopetrosis.

Osteopetrosis is a group of rare inheritable disorders of the skeleton characterized by increased bone density. The disease is remarkably heterogeneous in clinical presentation and often misdiagnosed. Therefore, genetic testing and molecular pathogenicity analysis are essential for precise diagnosis and new targets for preventive pharmacotherapy.

[Differential expression of genes that encode glycolysis enzymes in kidney and lung cancer in humans].

Glycolysis is a main catabolic pathway of glucose metabolism, accompanied by ATP synthesis. More than 30 enzymes are involved in glycolysis, and genes that encode them can be considered housekeeping genes due to the high conservatism and evolutionary antiquity of the process. We studied the expression of these genes in kidney papillary cancer and planocellular lung cancer via the bioinformatic analysis of transcriptome database and method of quantitative real time PCR.

[Assessment of the microcirculation system by laser Doppler flowmetry].

Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is extensively used to study microcirculatory disorders, a main problem facing modern medicine. A wealth of data have been obtained on microcirculation in diabetes mellitus, HD, venous insufficiency and other diseases. This review focuses on basic principles of the method for the assessment of microcirculatory disorders by LDF using the domestically produced equipment.

[Peculiarities of clinical manifestations of chronic abdominal ischemia syndrome].

Peculiarities of clinical manifestations of chronic abdominal ischemia syndrome were studied. Clinical diagnostics of this condition encounters difficulties for the lack of pathognomonic symptoms, diversity of symptoms and similarity with other abdominal diseases. The study involving 110 patients with chronic abdominal pain syndrome included assessment of medical histories, duration of the disease, signs of concomitant gastroenetologic pathology (meteorism, colonic dysfunction, reduced body mass, etc.

[Complex chromosome damages in patients with recurrent acute leukemias after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantations].

Aim: To study the pattern of complex chromosome damages (CCD) in acute leukemias (AL) and their place in the development of post-transplant recurrences (PTR) of AL.

Materials And Methods: Cytogenetic and partially molecular biological studies of bone marrow cells were conducted in 10 patients with PTR. Of them, 6 patients were diagnosed as having acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), including T-ALL and Ph-positive ALL in 2 and 4 patients, respectively; and 4 patients had acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL), including one case secondarily induced by previous polychemotherapy (PCT) and irradiation.

[Effect of symbiotic algae on the photoaccumulation capacity of cells of the ciliate Paramecium bursaria].

The character of the effect produced by symbiotic algae on photodependent behavior of their host ciliates, Paramecium bursaria, was determined. Partially alga-freed paramecia showed a reliable increase in the rates of photoaccumulation. The photoaccumulation rate gradually decreased with a further decrease in the number of zoochlorellae.