Focal adhesion kinase is overexpressed in thymic epithelial tumors and may serve as an independent prognostic biomarker.

Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) has long been considered to be a key regulator of growth factor receptor- and integrin-mediated signals, with pivotal roles in tumor cells through its kinase activity and scaffolding function. Increased FAK expression and activity has been observed in tumors of various origins and is often associated with a poor prognosis. However, there have been no studies on the aberrant expression of FAK in thymic epithelial tumors to date.

Urban Birth, Urban Living, and Work Migrancy: Differential Effects on Psychotic Experiences Among Young Chinese Men.

Background: Urban birth and urban living are associated with increased risk of schizophrenia but less is known about effects on more common psychotic experiences (PEs). China has undergone the most rapid urbanization of any country which may have affected the population-level expression of psychosis. We therefore investigated effects of urbanicity, work migrancy, and residential stability on prevalence and severity of PEs.

Slug overexpression is associated with poor prognosis in thymoma patients.

Slug, a member of the Snail family of transcriptional factors, is a newly identified suppressive transcriptional factor of E-cadherin. The present study investigated the expression pattern of Slug in thymomas to evaluate its clinical significance. Immunohistochemistry was used to investigate the expression pattern of the Slug protein in archived tissue sections from 100 thymoma and 60 histologically normal thymus tissue samples.

[Clinical characterization and treatment of acute spinal cord decompression sickness after repeated dives].

Objective: To analyze and summarize the characteristics and treatment of acute spinal cord decompression sickness. To explore the factors that influence the treatment effect.

Methods: 77 cases of acute spinal cord decompression sickness patients should be divided into 4 groups according to the pressurized treatment and drug treatment options.

Gender differences in structured risk assessment: comparing the accuracy of five instruments.

Structured risk assessment should guide clinical risk management, but it is uncertain which instrument has the highest predictive accuracy among men and women. In the present study, the authors compared the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D.