Inositol pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs) are nutrient messengers whose cellular levels are precisely regulated. Diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate kinases (PPIP5Ks) generate the active signaling molecule 1,5-InsP8. PPIP5Ks harbor phosphatase domains that hydrolyze PP-InsPs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCells harbour numerous receptor pathways to respond to diverse stimuli, yet often share common downstream signalling components. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MPK) cascades are an example of such common hubs in eukaryotes. How such common hubs faithfully transduce distinct signals within the same cell-type is insufficiently understood, yet of fundamental importance for signal integration and processing in plants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: After the announcement in March 2020 of the COVID-19 pandemic, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs were suspended in several countries. Compared to the lesions detected during previous campaigns, this study aims to assess the severity of CRC detected during the 2020 screening campaign in ÃŽle-de-France, the French region most affected by the 1 wave of the pandemic.
Methods: The descriptive and etiological study included all faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results carried out between January 2017 and December 2020 on people aged 50-74, living in ÃŽle-de-France.
Objectives: The authors investigated the effect of active work with positive airway pressure (PAP) in addition to chest physiotherapy (CP) on pulmonary atelectasis (PA) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
Design: A randomized controlled study.
Setting: At a single-center tertiary hospital.
The precise execution of various cellular functions relies on the maintenance of signaling specificity from input detection to cellular outputs. However, diverse signaling pathways share similar or identical intermediate components. A well-conserved intermediate, the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) cascade, participates in a myriad of signaling pathways, regulating signal transduction from input to output.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since its complete roll-out in 2009, the French colorectal cancer screening program (CRCSP) experienced 3 major constraints [use of a less efficient Guaiac-test (gFOBT), stopping the supply of Fecal-Immunochemical-Test kits (FIT), and suspension of the program due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] affecting its effectiveness.
Aim: To describe the impact of the constraints in terms of changes in the quality of screening-colonoscopy (Quali-Colo).
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included screening-colonoscopies performed by gastroenterologists between Jan-2010 and Dec-2020 in people aged 50-74 living in Ile-de-France (France).
Background: Anastomotic complications are common after lung transplantation (1.4-33% of cases) and still associated with a high morbi-mortality.
Methods: The current study is a monocenter retrospective analysis of symptomatic anastomotic complications (SAC) occurring after lung transplantation between 2010 and 2016, using the macroscopic, diameter, and suture (M-D-S) classification from consensus of French experts in bronchoscopy.
We aimed to examine social inequalities in participation in cervical cancer screening (CCS) in a metropolitan area by implementing a pilot organised screening programme. The pilot programme consisted of sending invitations to women who did not perform a pap smear within the past 3Â years, managing interventions to reach vulnerable women, training healthcare professionals, and organising follow-ups of abnormal pap smears. We studied participation in CCS between January 2014 and December 2016 among 241,257 women aged 25-63Â years old.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The medical field causes significant environmental impact. Reduction of the primary care practice carbon footprint could contribute to decreasing global carbon emissions. This study aims to quantify the average carbon footprint of a primary care consultation, describe differences between primary care practices (best, worst and average performing) in western Switzerland and identify opportunities for mitigation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Early nutrition management in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) remains controversial. Despite its potentially beneficial effect, enteral nutrition (EN) could be associated with gastrointestinal (GI) complications. Total daily energy requirements remain difficult to achieve with ECMO support.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe disastrous consequences of global warming call for action at every level. Primary care practices have the potential to reduce their carbon footprint by a factor of ten without changing their medical habits. The main options for carbon emissions mitigation are in the areas of heating and transport.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReceptor kinases with extracellular leucine-rich repeat domains (LRR-RKs) form the largest group of membrane signaling proteins in plants. LRR-RKs can sense small molecule, peptide, or protein ligands and may be activated by ligand-induced interaction with a shape complementary SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE (SERK) coreceptor kinase. We have previously shown that SERKs can also form constitutive, ligand-independent complexes with the LRR ectodomains of BAK1-INTERACTING RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE3 (BIR3) receptor pseudokinases, negative regulators of LRR-RK signaling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine whether high-flow oxygen therapy by nasal cannulae (HFNC) is more effective than a high-flow face mask (HFFM) in severe hypoxemia.
Design: Randomized, single-center, open-labeled, controlled trial.
Setting: University Hospital of Nantes, France.
In the version of this Letter originally published, there were errors in the x axis labels of Figs 1, 2 and 4: in Fig. 1b, the label Col-0 should not have been included on the axis; in Fig. 2b BIR should have read BIR2, and DN221 should have read D122N; in Fig.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase (LRR-RK) BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1 (BRI1) requires a shape-complementary SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR KINASE (SERK) co-receptor for brassinosteroid sensing and receptor activation. Interface mutations that weaken the interaction between receptor and co-receptor in vitro reduce brassinosteroid signalling responses. The SERK3 elongated (elg) allele maps to the complex interface and shows enhanced brassinosteroid signalling, but surprisingly no tighter binding to the BRI1 ectodomain in vitro.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant-unique membrane receptor kinases with leucine-rich repeat ectodomains (LRR-RKs) can sense small molecule, peptide, and protein ligands. Many LRR-RKs require SERK-family coreceptor kinases for high-affinity ligand binding and receptor activation. How one coreceptor can contribute to the specific binding of distinct ligands and activation of different LRR-RKs is poorly understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study provides a direct comparison between two registration systems used in quantifying mandibular opening movements: two-dimensional videography and electronic axiography, which is used as a reference.
Method: A total of 32 volunteers (age: 27.2 ± 6.
Retrotransposons are ubiquitous mobile genetic elements constituting a major part of eukaryotic genomes. Yet, monitoring retrotransposition and subsequent copy number increases in multicellular eukaryotes is intrinsically difficult. By following the transgenerational accumulation of a newly activated retrotransposon EVADE (EVD) in Arabidopsis, we noticed fast expansion of activated elements transmitted through the paternal germ line but suppression when EVD-active copies are maternally inherited.
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April 2012
During sexual reproduction, one-half of the genetic material is deposited in gametes, and a complete set of chromosomes is restored upon fertilization. Reduction of the genetic information before gametogenesis occurs in meiosis, when cross-overs (COs) between homologous chromosomes secure an exchange of their genetic information. COs are not evenly distributed along chromosomes and are suppressed in chromosomal regions encompassing compact, hypermethylated centromeric and pericentromeric DNA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Fr Anesth Reanim
April 2011
Objectives: High-flow nasal oxygen (Optiflowâ„¢) is validated in paediatric intensive care but not in adults' patients for severe hypoxemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate this oxygen system delivery in adults' patients for postoperative hypoxemia after cardiac surgery.
Study Design: Prospective, open study for evaluation of medical practice.