Background: CD14 is crucial in the progression of myocardial infarction (MI). Several studies have explored the association between the risk of MI and the CD14 C-260 T polymorphism, but have reported inconsistent results.
Methods: This study analyzed the association of the CD14 C-260 T polymorphism with susceptibility to MI. Totally, 240 MI patients and 298 normal subjects were included. The association between MI risk and the target polymorphism was assessed using 95% confidence intervals and odds ratios obtained through logistic regression.
Results: The T allele of the CD14 C-260 T polymorphism was linked with an elevated risk of MI in Chinese Han people; subgroup analysis indicated that this effect was associated with smoking, male gender, and hypertension. In addition, the data revealed that different genotype carriers of the CD14 C-260 T polymorphism showed significantly distinct TG levels in MI patients.
Conclusion: Totally, the T allele of the CD14 C-260 T polymorphism is associated with an elevated risk of MI.
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Background: The Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 measures diet quality and is associated with a lower risk of death from chronic disease. Dietary components may affect health via multiple mechanisms, including by decreasing inflammation and affecting immune activation.
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Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul-Türkiye.
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States of America.
As multiple front-line immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based combinations are approved for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, biomarkers predicting for ICI responses are needed past clinical prognostication scores and transcriptome gene expression profiling. Circulating markers represent opportunities to assess baseline and dynamic changes in immune cell frequency and cytokine levels while on treatment. We conducted an exploratory prospective correlative study of 33 patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma undergoing treatment with ICIs and correlated changes in circulating immune cell subsets and cytokines with clinical responses to treatment.
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Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Metabolite accumulation in the tumor microenvironment fosters immune evasion and limits the efficiency of immunotherapeutic approaches. Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP), which catalyzes the degradation of 5'-deoxy-5'methylthioadenosine (MTA), is downregulated in many cancer entities. Consequently, MTA accumulates in the microenvironment of MTAP-deficient tumors, where it is known to inhibit tumor-infiltrating T cells and NK cells.
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Division of Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88397 Biberach, Germany.
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