Background: Outcomes in women after fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using current-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) compared with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are unknown.
Objectives: This study sought to evaluate differences in clinical outcomes according to sex after FFR-guided PCI with current generation DES compared with CABG.
Methods: The FAME 3 trial was an investigator-initiated, randomized controlled trial, comparing FFR-guided PCI with current generation DES or CABG in patients with 3-vessel coronary artery disease.
Objective: The objectives of this study were to characterize the endotypes of different chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) samples, to investigate the effects of certain anti-inflammatory drugs on these endotypes, and to investigate the effect of the same drugs on recently identified CRSsNP marker proteins.
Patients And Methods: Initially, ethmoid tissues (ETs) from CRSsNP patients (n=12) were dissected into sections and incubated with the addition of mometasone, verapamil, cenicriviroc, and dupilumab. Cell culture media were collected after 24 hours, and the contents of the secreted proteins interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), interleukin (IL)-5, IL-17A, macrophage inflammatory protein-1 beta (MIP-1β), resistin and platelet (P)-selectin were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Penile squamous cell carcinoma (pSCC) is a rare malignancy with a global incidence ranging from 0.1 to 0.7 per 100,000 males.
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August 2024
Background: The lack of screening methods for LSCC is a critical issue, as treatment options and the treatment outcome greatly depend on the stage of LSCC at initial diagnosis. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify potential exosomal serum biomarkers that can diagnose LSCC and distinguish between early- and late-stage disease.
Methods: A multiplexed proteomic array was used to identify differentially expressed proteins in exosomes isolated from the serum samples of LSCC patients compared to the control group (septorhinoplasty, SRP).