Emergence of Decapod iridescent virus 1 in cultured shrimp from Taiwan in 2020.

Objectives: This study was to identify and characterize Decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1) in the outbreaks reported in two whiteleg shrimp farms and one black tiger shrimp farm located in northern Taiwan in 2020.

Methods: The histopathology, electron microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) specific for the DIV1 were used to identify the virus, and the phylogenetic analysis was performed by comparing the major capsid protein gene fragment of DIV1s from Taiwan with reference sequences of the family Iridoviridae.

Results: DIV1 was identified by diagnostic PCR and caused mild mortality (20%) in cultured Penaeus monodon and high mortality (100%) in cultured whiteleg shrimp.

Radiation exposure during the treatment of spinal deformities.

Aims: To benchmark the radiation dose to patients during the course of treatment for a spinal deformity.

Methods: Our radiation dose database identified 25,745 exposures of 6,017 children (under 18 years of age) and adults treated for a spinal deformity between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2016. Patients were divided into surgical (974 patients) and non-surgical (5,043 patients) cohorts.

Long non-coding RNA deep sequencing reveals the role of macrophage in liver disorders.

Liver disorders such as hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are a series of the most life threatening diseases along with extensive inflammatory cellular infiltrations. Macrophage has been proved to be key regulators and initiators of inflammation, and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are recommended to play critical roles in the occurrence and development of a variety of diseases. To uncover the role of macrophage in liver disorders via lncRNA sequencing method, we first applied a lncRNA classification pipeline to identify 1247 lncRNAs represented on the Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430/430A 2.

Evaluation parameters between intra-voxel incoherent motion and diffusion-weighted imaging in grading and differentiating histological subtypes of meningioma: A prospective pilot study.

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the usage of intra-voxel incoherent motion (IVIM) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters in grading and differentiating histological subtypes of meningiomas and in comparing their ability with the traditional diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) parameter (apparent diffusion coefficient, ADC).

Methods: In this prospective study, 102 participants underwent IVIM MRI and DWI. Traditional DWI and IVIM MRI were performed by using 2 b values (0, 1000s/mm) and 12 b values (0-3500s/mm), respectively.

Prediction of the consistency of pituitary adenoma: A comparative study on diffusion-weighted imaging and pathological results.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the role of BLADE magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and other traditional MRI parameters to predict pituitary adenoma consistency in combination with pathological results.

Methods: Thirty-four patients with surgery and pathological diagnosis of pituitary adenomas were included in this study. All exams were performed at 3.

Molecular Mechanism of the Cell Death Induced by the Histone Deacetylase Pan Inhibitor LBH589 (Panobinostat) in Wilms Tumor Cells.

Background: Wilms tumor (WT) is an embryonic kidney cancer, for which histone acetylation might be a therapeutic target. LBH589, a novel targeted agent, suppresses histone deacetylases in many tumors. This study investigated the antitumor activity of LBH589 in SK-NEP-1 and G401 cells.

Diffusion-weighted imaging of the sellar region: a comparison study of BLADE and single-shot echo planar imaging sequences.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare BLADE diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with single-shot echo planar imaging (EPI) DWI on the aspects of feasibility of imaging the sellar region and image quality.

Methods: A total of 3 healthy volunteers and 52 patients with suspected lesions in the sellar region were included in this prospective intra-individual study. All exams were performed at 3.

Postural epigastric pain as a sign of cytomegalovirus gastritis in renal transplant recipients: a case-based review.

Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common cause of morbidity and mortality among patients receiving chronic maintenance immunosuppression and is often considered the most important infection in renal transplantation. CMV gastritis has been reported in transplant recipients. Symptoms are usually considered nonspecific, and gastroscopy with biopsy is usually performed to establish the diagnosis.

Fast screening target sites for RNA interference using a cell-free system.

A fast and simple procedure to screen target sites for RNA interference by using RNA in a cell-free system of Hela cells, and then evaluating the efficiency by Northern blotting, is described. This procedure produces results with an identical reliability compared to those described previously but which are more time-consuming than this present method.