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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.01.011 | DOI Listing |
J Cutan Pathol
January 2025
Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Background: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive cutaneous malignancy with neuroendocrine differentiation. Several molecular pathways have been implicated in MCC development and multiple cell-of-origin candidates have been proposed, including neural crest cells, which express acetylcholine receptors (AChRs). The role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in MCC has not been explored.
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November 2024
New York Proton Center, New York, NY 10035, USA.
Introduction: Skin cancer impacts a significant proportion of the population. While surgical management is often the mainstay of treatment, advanced or metastatic cutaneous malignancies require additional local and/or systemic therapies.
Methods: A review of the literature was performed studying the use of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic cutaneous malignancies.
Cancer Res
December 2024
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, United States.
Spatial transcriptomics (ST) is a powerful tool for understanding tissue biology and disease mechanisms. However, the advanced data analysis and programming skills required can hinder researchers from realizing of the full potential of ST. To address this, we developed spatialGE, a web application that simplifies the analysis of ST data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpilepsy Behav
December 2024
Goethe University Frankfurt, Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
As the adequacy of determining hemispheric language lateralization (HLL) is of special importance for the planning of epilepsy surgery, this study aimed to identify predictive factors for receiving inconclusive HLL results using functional transcranial Doppler sonography (fTCD). Data from 495 epilepsy patients who received fTCD in a standardized fashion was analyzed retrospectively. HLL was left-sided in 324 patients (65.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Gen Physiol
December 2024
Enteric NeuroScience Program (ENSP), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Piezo2 is a mechanically gated ion channel most commonly expressed by specialized mechanoreceptors, such as the enteroendocrine cells (EECs) of the gastrointestinal epithelium. A subpopulation of EECs expresses Piezo2 and functionally resembles the skin's touch sensors, called Merkel cells. Low-magnitude mechanical stimuli delivered to the mucosal layer are primarily sensed by mechanosensitive EECs in a process we term "gut touch.
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