A 77-year-old woman presented with metastatic urothelial carcinoma as an elbow mass. To our knowledge, this is only the third reported case of urothelial carcinoma metastasizing to the upper extremity. The presence of metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma is rare, with metastases to the upper extremities even less common.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Strong evidence supports the benefits of exercise following both cardiovascular disease and cancer diagnoses. However, less than one-third of Australians who are referred to exercise rehabilitation complete a program following a cardiac diagnosis. Technological advances make it increasingly possible to embed real-time supervision, tailored exercise prescription, behavior change, and social support into home-based programs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochem Biophys Rep
September 2024
The bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ has been a promising antibiotic target for over a decade now, but there is still a need for more work in this area. So far there are no FtsZ targeting drugs commercially available. We have analyzed a wide variety of prospective drugs and their interactions with multiple FtsZ species using both free and directed docking simulations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMarfan syndrome (MFS) is a systemic connective tissue disorder stemming from mutations in the gene encoding Fibrillin-1 (Fbn1), a key extracellular matrix glycoprotein. This condition manifests with various clinical features, the most critical of which is the formation of aortic root aneurysms. Reduced nitric oxide (NO) production due to diminished endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity has been linked to MFS aortic aneurysm pathology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The specialties of vascular surgery and transplant surgery have had difficulties in recruitment and retention of professionals.
Materials And Methods: We e-mailed a 10-question survey to a distribution list compiled from peerreviewed vascular surgery journals and Professional online profiles associated with the vascular community. Respondents interested in transplant or in a kidney transplant-vascular curricula merger were labeled as "invested" in transplant.