Ten-Eleven Translocation 1 and 2 Enzymes Affect Human Skin Fibroblasts in an Age-Related Manner.

Ten-eleven translocation (TET) enzymes catalyze the oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC), first to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), then to 5-formylcytosine (5fC), and finally to 5-carboxycytosine (5caC). Evidence suggests that changes in TET expression may impact cell function and the phenotype of aging. Proliferation, apoptosis, markers of autophagy and double-strand DNA break repair, and the expression of Fibulin 5 were assessed by flow cytometry in TET1 and TET2-overexpressing fibroblasts isolated from sun-unexposed skin of young (23-35 years) and age-advanced (75-94 years) individuals.

An Anhydrous Sodium Chloride Skin Preservation Model for Studies on Keratinocytes Grafting into the Wounds.

Background: Human skin is needed for covering large body areas lost by trauma. The shortcomings of contemporary methods of skin storage are limited preservation time and high immunogenicity if allogeneic.

Methods: We investigated whether long-lasting skin preservation in anhydrous sodium chloride (NaCl) may be the source of keratinocytes (KCs) for transplantation.

A unique case of diagnosis of a heterotopic pregnancy at 26 weeks - case report and literature review.

Background: Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) is a rare condition when at least two pregnancies are present simultaneously at different implantation sites and only one located in the uterine cavity. The majority of cases are diagnosed in the first trimester.

Case Presentation: We present a unique case of HP diagnosed at 26 weeks of spontaneous pregnancy in a patient without any relevant risk factors.

Alterations in 5hmC level and genomic distribution in aging-related epigenetic drift in human adipose stem cells.

To clarify mechanisms affecting the level and distribution of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) during aging. We examined levels and genomic distribution of 5hmC along with the expression of ten-eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenases (TETs) in adipose stem cells in young and age-advanced individuals. 5hmC levels were higher in adipose stem cells of age-advanced than young individuals (p = 0.

Cancer seeding contributes to intestinal anastomotic dehiscence.

Background: Surgical wounds in cancer patients have a relatively high dehiscence rate. Although colon cancer resections are performed so as to include macroscopically non-involved tissues, some cancer cells can be present in the line of transection. The local healing process may facilitate proliferation of these localized cancer cells and the high cytokine concentration within the healing wound may also attract cancer cells from distant sites to migrate into the wound area.

Stewart-Treves syndrome angiosarcoma expresses phenotypes of both blood and lymphatic capillaries.

Background: The development of angiosarcoma in oedematous tissue is referred to as Stewart-Treves syndrome (STS). This rare and fatal complication is associated with chronic post mastectomy lymphoedema and radiotherapy for breast cancer. Angiosarcoma spread is facilitated by the formation of blood vessels (angiogenesis) and lymph vessels (lymphangiogenesis).

Lack of functioning intratumoral lymphatics in colon and pancreas cancer tissue.

There are controversial views as to whether intratumoral or peritumoral lymphatics play a dominant role in the metastatic process. Most clinical observations originate from studies of colon cancer. Colon contains mucosa and submucosa rich in lymphatics and with high lymph formation rate.

Spleen migrating dendritic cells primed with CC531 colon cancer antigen and LPS - is it a method to compromise liver metastases?

The anti-tumor vaccination is burdened by low recruitment rate of intravenously administered in vitro primed DC in liver metastases and lack of supplying them continuously in large numbers. Therefore, it seemed rational to create a model of in vivo vaccination with specifically primed splenic DC and cytotoxic T lymphocytes being continuously supplied to the liver vascular bed. The question we raised was whether anti-tumor immunized splenic DC flowing to liver metastases could adhere to and be cytotoxic to tumor cells.

[Microwave ablation of liver tumors as a new instrument for minimally invasive liver surgery].

Incidence of primary and secondary liver tumors is increasing. Hepatic resection remains the treatment of choice for hepatic tumors. For various reasons the vast majority of patients with liver tumors are not suitable for resection.

Surgical resection for persistent seroma, following modified radical mastectomy.

Background: Seroma formation following modified radical mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer is a most common wound complication. In our experience seroma occurs in approximately 50% of patients undergoing mastectomy. Postmastectomy seromas usually vanishes within a few weeks after operation.

[The role of immune system in colon metastasis. Lymphangiogenesis or lymphedema in cancer tissue].

The extent of lymph node metastasis is a major determinant for the staging and the prognosis of most human malignancies. Although the clinical significance of lymph node involvement is well documented, molecular mechanisms that promote tumor spread into the lymphatic or blood vascular systems and widespread dissemination are not well understood. Although there is a large body of evidence that newly visualized lymphatics facilitate formation of metastases, it remains unclear whether these are "new" or simply pre-existing dilated vessels.

[The role of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer surgery].

Mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection remains the routine surgical treatment of breast cancer in Poland. Lymph edema of the upper extremity is one of the major long-term complications of axillary dissection. Axillary lymph node status is the most valuable prognostic indicator and decision factor on adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy for breast cancer patients.