Trifluridine selectively inhibits cell growth and induces cell apoptosis of triple-negative breast cancer.

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive cancers with a high rate of recurrence and metastasis. Trifluridine (TFT) is a thymidine analog to target thymidylate synthase (TS) and has potent ant-herpes simplex virus activity. However, little is known whether and how TFT treatment can modulate the growth of TNBC.

Genetic variation at the interleukin-18 locus is associated with wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis in the Han Chinese population.

Objective: To investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the interleukin (IL)-18 locus with wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA) in the Han Chinese population.

Method: 130 patients with WDEIA and 600 healthy subjects were recruited for this study. Three tag SNPs (rs360729, rs360717 and rs1946518) were selected and genotyped, and total IgE and specific IgE levels were measured using the ImmunoCAP system.