Publications by authors named "T J Molina"

Skeletal muscles are predominantly composed of long, multinucleated muscle fibers, classified according to their metabolic and contractile phenotype. The determination of fiber types is influenced by various factors (e.g.

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T-lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) and thymoma are two rare primary tumors of the thymus deriving either from T-cell precursors or from thymic epithelial cells, respectively. Some thymoma subtypes (AB, B1, and B2) display numerous reactive terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-positive (TdT) T-cell precursors masking epithelial tumor cells. Therefore, the differential diagnosis between T-LBL and TdT T-lymphocyte-rich thymoma could be challenging, especially in the case of needle biopsy.

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  • * Out of 75 patients with successful BCR expression, a significant majority had mutated immunoglobulin heavy chains (IgVH), and a subgroup of 12 patients showed a highly dominant BCR clone associated with worse clinical outcomes.
  • * The results indicated that high clonal dominance correlates with reduced BCR diversity and increased expression of specific genes, leading to poorer progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) rates, corroborated by an independent patient cohort analysis.
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  • Advanced systemic mastocytosis (AdvSM) is a complex condition linked to poor outcomes, and while midostaurin is the first approved treatment, its long-lasting effectiveness is limited.
  • Various prognostic scoring systems like MARS, IPSM, and GPSM have been developed to assess patients' outcomes, but it's essential to tailor these scores to specific AdvSM subtypes for better accuracy.
  • A study of patients treated with midostaurin revealed that MARS and AdvSM subtype significantly predict overall survival, identifying five distinct patient subgroups with varying median survival times, highlighting the need for personalized management strategies.
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Large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) is a heterogeneous lymphoid malignancy in which MYC gene rearrangement (MYC-R) is associated with a poor prognosis, prompting the recommendation for more intensive treatment. MYC-R detection relies on fluorescence in situ hybridization method which is time consuming, expensive, and not available in all laboratories. Automating MYC-R detection on hematoxylin-and-eosin-stained whole slide images of LBCL would decrease the need for costly molecular testing and improve pathologists' productivity.

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