Vesicle Amine Transport-1 (VAT1) is a protein that is overexpressed in many cancers, including breast cancer, glioblastoma, and angiosarcoma. High VAT1 expression correlates with poor overall survival, and genetic knockout models of VAT1 indicate potent antimigratory activity, suggesting that VAT1 is a promising antimetastasis target. Recently, the natural product neocarzilin A (NCA) from was reported to be the first validated small-molecule inhibitor of VAT1, having strong activity in metastasis models of angiosarcoma and breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: As rates of obesity and overweight continue to increase in the UK, calorie labels have been introduced on menus as a policy option to provide information to consumers on the energy content of foods and to enable informed choices. This study tested whether the addition of calorie labels to items in a simulated food delivery platform may reduce the energy content of items selected.
Methods: UK adults (n = 8,780) who used food delivery platforms were asked to use the simulated platform as they would in real life to order a meal for themselves.
The tarsometatarsal joint, or Lisfranc joint, is an extremely important anatomical structure and injury to it has been shown to cause long-term disabling ramifications. With a wide spectrum of injury involvement, from fracture dislocations to sprains, it is important to establish a diagnosis early to guide management. Although the more extreme higher energy fracture dislocations are more widely studied, there remains a paucity of literature on lower energy purely ligamentous injuries, especially among military service members.
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