Publications by authors named "Marko Nikki"

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  • The study examines the effectiveness and safety of funnel-shaped synthetic mesh in preventing parastomal hernias among patients undergoing surgery for rectal adenocarcinoma.
  • Conducted as a randomized trial across multiple hospitals in Finland and Sweden, it involved 143 patients, with a focus on comparing outcomes between those receiving the mesh and those who did not.
  • Results revealed a significant reduction in the incidence of parastomal hernias at 12 months: 10% in the mesh group versus 37% in the control group, indicating the mesh's potential benefit in hernia prevention.
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Purpose: Artificial intelligence and deep learning solutions are increasingly utilized in healthcare and radiology. The number of studies addressing their enhancement of productivity and monetary impact is, however, still limited. Our hospital has faced a need to enhance MRI scanner throughput, and we investigate the utility of new commercial deep learning reconstruction (DLR) algorithm for this purpose.

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  • The Preloop trial was a multicenter randomized controlled trial assessing the safety and effectiveness of synthetic mesh versus biological mesh in preventing incisional hernias after loop ileostomy closure for rectal cancer.
  • The study involved 102 patients, with outcomes measured for surgical site infections, hernia incidence at 10 months, and additional complications within 30 days and over 5 years.
  • Results showed no significant difference in hernia occurrence or complications between the two types of mesh, suggesting that synthetic mesh is as safe and effective as biological mesh for this procedure.
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  • Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) is a technique that accelerates MRI data collection but typically falls short of creating contrast-weighted images needed for radiology.
  • This study aims to enhance MRF's clinical usefulness by using U-net models to synthesize high-quality contrast-weighted MR images from MRF quantitative data, employing various loss functions during training.
  • Results show that the synthetic images achieved high quality, with the best outcomes derived from a combination of loss functions, as assessed by radiologists using a 5-point Likert scale.
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Wrist Fracture is the most common type of fracture with a high incidence rate. Conventional radiography (i.e.

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Background: In many emergency radiology units, most of the night-time work is performed by radiology residents. Residents' preliminary reports are typically reviewed by an attending radiologist. Accordingly, it is known that discrepancies in these preliminary reports exist.

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Two mechanisms have emerged as major regulators of membrane shape: BAR domain-containing proteins, which induce invaginations and protrusions, and nuclear promoting factors, which cause generation of branched actin filaments that exert mechanical forces on membranes. While a large body of information exists on interactions of BAR proteins with membranes and regulatory proteins of the cytoskeleton, little is known about connections between these two processes. Here, we show that the F-BAR domain protein pacsin2 is able to associate with actin filaments using the same concave surface employed to bind to membranes, while some other tested N-BAR and F-BAR proteins (endophilin, CIP4 and FCHO2) do not associate with actin.

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Focal adhesion protein 52 (FAP52) is a multidomain adaptor protein of 448 amino acids characterized as an abundant component of focal adhesions. FAP52 binds to filamin via its N-terminal alpha-helical domain, suggesting a role in linking focal adhesions to the actin-based cytoskeleton. The recombinant protein was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method, which yielded two crystal forms.

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FAP52 is a recently described focal adhesion-associated protein. It is a member of an emerging PCH (pombe Cdc15 homology) family of proteins characterized by a common domain organization and involvement in actin cytoskeleton organization, cytokinesis, and vesicular trafficking. Using gel filtration, surface plasmon resonance, and native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis, combined with chemical cross-linking of both native and recombinant protein, we show that FAP52 self-associates in vitro and suggest that it occurs predominantly as a trimer also in vivo.

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FAP52, a focal adhesion-associated phosphoprotein, is a member of a FAP52/PACSIN/syndapin family of proteins. They share a multidomain structure and are implicated in actin-based and endocytotic functions. We show, by using both native and recombinant proteins, that FAP52 selectively binds to the actin cross-linking protein filamin (ABP-280).

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