Gallstone ileus: report of two cases and a mini literature review.

Gallstone ileus is a relatively rare complication of cholelithiasis, and an uncommon cause of small bowel obstruction most commonly seen in elderly and debilitated people with associated comorbidities. Symptoms of gallstone ileus are insidious and may be vague while the delay in diagnosis results in a high mortality rate. Herein we report two cases of gallstone ileus in elderly patients with complex medical history who presented at the emergency department with abdominal pain and distension, vomiting and fluid/electrolyte disorders due to cholecysto-enteric fistula and bowel obstruction.

Psoriatic Insomnia: A Subjective and Objective Sleep Evaluation.

Psoriasis may affect patients' sleep. In order to examine this relationship, this study evaluated non-anxious and non-depressive patients with moderate to severe psoriasis before and after 6 months of systemic treatment. A prospective case-control study with 46 consecutive patients (mean age 51.

Combination of Resminostat with Ruxolitinib Exerts Antitumor Effects in the Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane Model for Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma.

The combination of Resminostat (HDACi) and Ruxolitinib (JAKi) exerted cytotoxic effects and inhibited proliferation of CTCL cell lines (MyLa, SeAx) in previously published work. A xenograft tumor formation was produced by implanting the MyLa or SeAx cells on top of the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM). The CAM assay protocol was developed to monitor the metastatic properties of CTCL cells and the effects of Resminostat and/or Ruxolitinib in vivo.

Predominant Role of mTOR Signaling in Skin Diseases with Therapeutic Potential.

The serine/threonine kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cell proliferation, survival, and motility in response to availability of energy and nutrients as well as mitogens. The mTOR signaling axis regulates important biological processes, including cellular growth, metabolism, and survival in many tissues. In the skin, dysregulation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway may lead to severe pathological conditions characterized by uncontrolled proliferation and inflammation, including skin hyperproliferative as well as malignant diseases.

Chlormethine Gel in Combination with Other Therapies in the Treatment of Patients with Mycosis Fungoides Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma: Three Case Reports.

Introduction: Chlormethine gel is a skin-directed therapy recommended for patients with early-stage mycosis fungoides (MF) cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

Methods: Herein, we present three cases of patients with stage IB-IIB MF who were treated with chlormethine gel and concomitant therapies.

Results: All patients responded well to treatment with chlormethine gel; complete responses were observed with improvements in Modified Severity-Weighted Assessment Tool scores and severity of lesions; one patient reported an improvement in quality of life.

Ruxolitinib with resminostat exert synergistic antitumor effects in Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma.

Background: The combination of JAK/STAT and HDAC inhibitors exerted beneficial effects in haematological malignancies, presenting promising therapeutic CTCL targets. We aim to investigate the efficacy of JAK1/2i ruxolitinib in combination with HDACi resminostat in CTCL in vitro.

Material & Methods: Non-toxic concentrations of ruxolitinib and/or resminostat were administered to MyLa (MF) and SeAx (SS) cells for 24h.

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: aetiopathogenesis and current diagnostic and therapeutic developments.

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is a heterogeneous group of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, characterized by an infiltration of malignant T cells in the skin. The most common subgroups include mycosis fungoides followed by the aggressive leukaemic variant, Sézary syndrome. The pathophysiology of this neoplasm is poorly understood.

Expression of vimentin (VIM) and metastasis-associated 1 (MTA1) protein in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma are associated with prognostic outcome of patients.

Purpose: Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), a common type of head and neck cancer, is associated with high rates of metastasis and recurrence. In this study, we investigated the potential combinatorial prognostic value of NOTCH1, Vimentin (VIM), and Metastasis-associated 1 (MTA1) protein in LSCC, using immunohistochemistry.

Materials And Methods: Tissue specimens from 69 patients with LSCC were immunohistochemically evaluated for the protein expression of NOTCH1, VIM, and MTA1.

Distinctive expression profiles of Caveolin-1 and Notch-1 protein in patients with nasal polyps or sinonasal inverted papillomas.

Background: Nasal polyposis (NP) and sinonasal inverted papillomas (SIP) are considered benign lesions capable of recurrence or malignant transformation although not with the same prevalence. Since fluctuations of Caveolin-1 and Notch-1 proteins expression have been reported in many pathologies, the current study aimed to investigate their involvement in the epithelial transformation observed in SIPs compared to NP.

Methods: Immunohistochemical expression of Caveolin-1 and Notch-1 proteins was assessed in 104 patients with sinonasal lesions (45 NP, 45 SIP and 14 NP with SIP), semiquantively (percentage times intensity).

Updated field synopsis and systematic meta-analyses of genetic association studies in cutaneous melanoma: the MelGene database.

We updated a field synopsis of genetic associations of cutaneous melanoma (CM) by systematically retrieving and combining data from all studies in the field published as of August 31, 2013. Data were available from 197 studies, which included 83,343 CM cases and 187,809 controls and reported on 1,126 polymorphisms in 289 different genes. Random-effects meta-analyses of 81 eligible polymorphisms evaluated in >4 data sets confirmed 20 single-nucleotide polymorphisms across 10 loci (TYR, AFG3L1P, CDK10, MYH7B, SLC45A2, MTAP, ATM, CLPTM1L, FTO, and CASP8) that have previously been published with genome-wide significant evidence for association (P<5 × 10(-8)) with CM risk, with certain variants possibly functioning as proxies of already tagged genes.

Transgelin Up-Regulation in Obstructive Nephropathy.

Fibrosis is a complex and multifactorial process, affecting the structure and compromising the function of several organs. Among those, renal fibrosis is an important pathological change, eventually leading to renal failure. Proteomic analysis of the renal parenchyma in the well-established rat model of unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO model) suggested that transgelin was up-regulated during the development of fibrosis.

Expression of transgelin in human glomerulonephritis of various etiology.

Background/aims: Activation of myofibroblasts occurs during kidney injury. Genomic and proteomic studies suggest that transgelin represents a protein that may be involved in renal injury. The purpose of this study was to estimate transgelin expression in the renal tissue of patients with glomerulonephritis.

Renal fibrosis: insight from proteomics in animal models and human disease.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the end-point of a number of renal and systemic diseases. The high incidence and financial burden of CKD makes it imperative to diagnose CKD at early stages when therapeutic interventions are far more effective. A key component of CKD is the development of renal fibrosis.