A 78-year-old woman with diffuse white matter infiltration and predominant involvement of bilateral temporo-parieto-occipital regions.

Diffuse paediatric-type high-grade glioma, H3-wildtype and IDH-wildtype (H3/IDH-wt-pHGG) is a newly defined entity amongst brain tumours, primarily reported in children. It is a rare, ill-defined type of tumour and the only method to diagnose it is DNA methylation profiling. The case we report here carries new knowledge about this tumour which may, in fact, occur in elderly patients, be devoid of evocative genomic abnormalities reported in children and harbour a misleading mutation.

Uncovering loggerhead () navigation strategy in the open ocean through the consideration of their diving behaviour.

While scientists have been monitoring the movements and diving behaviour of sea turtles using Argos platform terminal transmitters for decades, the precise navigational mechanisms used by these animals remain an open question. Until now, active swimming motion has been derived from total motion by subtracting surface or subsurface modelled ocean currents, following the approximation of a quasi-two-dimensional surface layer migration. This study, based on tracking and diving data collected from 25 late-juvenile loggerhead turtles released from Reunion Island during their pre-reproductive migration, demonstrates the importance of considering the subsurface presence of the animals.

[Securing the implantable medical device circuit].

Objectives: The decree concerning quality management of implantable medical device circuits came into force in healthcare establishments on 26 May 2022. The aim of this project is to assess the level of safety of this circuit within the pharmacy, in order to improve it and bring it into line with this future regulation.

Methods: A grid for compliance with the decree was drawn up, enabling compliance rates to be calculated.

Vanished MDM2 amplification in multiple recurrences of an irradiated poorly differentiated sarcoma with amplified TRIO::TERT fusion gene.

Among sarcomas, MDM2 amplification is usually a molecular hallmark of well-differentiated liposarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) and occasionally a secondary genetic anomaly in other sarcomas. Histological evaluation and FISH analysis showing MDM2 amplification led to the diagnosis of DDLPS for a tumor located on the left arm of a 71-year-old patient. The patient was treated by adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) but the tumor recurred soon after.

Autofluorescence identifies highly phagocytic tissue-resident macrophages in mouse and human skin and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Macrophages from human and mouse skin share phenotypic and functional features, but remain to be characterized in pathological skin conditions. Skin-resident macrophages are known to derive from embryonic precursors or from adult hematopoiesis. In this report, we investigated the origins, phenotypes and functions of macrophage subsets in mouse and human skin and in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) using the spectral flow cytometry technology that enables cell autofluorescence to be considered as a full-fledged parameter.

Targeting of c-MET and AXL by cabozantinib is a potential therapeutic strategy for patients with head and neck cell carcinoma.

Local or metastatic relapse following surgery, radiotherapy, and cisplatin is the leading cause of death in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Our study shows overexpression of c-MET and AXL in HNSCC cells and patients resistant to radiotherapy and cisplatin. We demonstrate that cabozantinib, an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR), c-MET, and AXL, decreases migration, invasion, and proliferation and induces mitotic catastrophe and apoptotic cell death of naive and radiotherapy- and cisplatin-resistant HNSCC cells.

The Polo-like kinase 1 inhibitor onvansertib represents a relevant treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma resistant to cisplatin and radiotherapy.

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) represent the 4 most aggressive cancer. 50% of patients relapse to the current treatments combining surgery, radiotherapy and cisplatin and die two years after the diagnosis. Elevated expression of the polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) correlated to a poor prognosis in epidermoid carcinomas.

Melanocytes Pattern in the Normal Nail, With Special Reference to Nail Bed Melanocytes.

Previous studies of the density of melanocytes in the normal nail bed have had conflicting results. This is unfortunate because knowing the normal values might help the difficult distinction between a benign subungual melanotic macule and an early melanoma in situ. Five specimens of normal nail unit were analyzed.

Dysregulation of innate immunity in ulcerative colitis patients who fail anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.

Aim: To study the innate immune function in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients who fail to respond to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy.

Methods: Effects of anti-TNF therapy, inflammation and medications on innate immune function were assessed by measuring peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cytokine expression from 18 inflammatory bowel disease patients pre- and 3 mo post-anti-TNF therapy. Toll-like receptor (TLR) expression and cytokine production post TLR stimulation was assessed in UC "responders" ( = 12) and "non-responders" ( = 12) and compared to healthy controls ( = 12).

Presence of commensal house dust mite allergen in human gastrointestinal tract: a potential contributor to intestinal barrier dysfunction.

Background: Abnormal gut barrier function is the basis of gut inflammatory disease. It is known that house dust mite (HDM) aero-allergens induce inflammation in respiratory mucosa. We have recently reported allergen from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p1) to be present in rodent gut.

The diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome (DILS). A comprehensive review.

The Diffuse Infiltrative Lymphocytosis Syndrome (DILS) is a rare multisystemic syndrome described in HIV-infected patients. It is characterised by CD8(+) T-cell lymphocytosis associated with a CD8(+) T-cell infiltration of multiple organs. DILS is usually seen in uncontrolled or untreated HIV infection but can also manifest itself independently of CD4(+) T-cell counts.

[Disconnection of arteriovenous fistula: standardize the coverage of the hemorragic risk].

During the disconnection of the arteriovenous fistulas, the nursing staff manages a hemorrhagic risk function of various factors requiring the use of an adapted haemostatic treatment. In front of numerous available references, it seemed interesting to us to standardize the coverage of this risk within the service of hemodialysis. We realized an audit to analyze the practices of disconnections and estimate the context of use of the haemostatic agents.