Factors involved in maintaining Karnofsky Performance Status (≥ 50%) in glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype patients treated with temozolomide and radiotherapy.

Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) is a widely used scale to assess performance status. KPS ≥ 50% implies that patients can live at home. Therefore, maintaining KPS ≥ 50% is important to improve the quality of life of patients with glioblastoma, whose median survival is less than 2 years.

Identification of a novel missense variant in the gene in a Japanese pedigree with familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.

Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus is a rare genetic disease caused by gene variants and is characterized by progressive polyuria and polydipsia in early childhood. Herein, we have reported the clinical symptoms and genetic test results of a Japanese patient with a family history of polyuria and polydipsia for over five generations. The proband was a 6-yr-old boy who was referred for the evaluation of polyuria and polydipsia.

Therapeutic potential of trained immunity for malignant disease.

Trained immunity (TI) is functional memory displayed by innate immune cells (IICs). TI facilitates rapid, non-specific responses to pathogens upon secondary challenge. It is driven by immunological signaling and metabolic rewriting epigenetic alteration, triggered by recognition of certain stimuli.

Effective calcineurin inhibitor treatment in adult-onset steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome with a novel splice donor site variant of TRPC6: a case report.

Transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) variants, which were initially detected in adult-onset familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), were also identified in pediatric-onset one. Here, we present a patient with adult-onset steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) who harbored a likely pathogenic TRPC6 variant and partially responded to calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs). A 44-year-old woman with stable rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Sjögren's syndrome was presented with nephrotic syndrome.