Ocular symptoms in COVID-19 infection: a survey study.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) systemic symptoms and sequelae have been studied extensively, but less is known about the characterization, duration, and long-term sequelae of ocular symptoms associated with COVID-19 infection. The purpose of this study was to analyze the frequency, spectrum, and duration of ocular symptoms in participants with COVID-19 infection treated in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Methods: A retrospective electronic survey was distributed to NIH employees and the public who reported testing positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Skewed TCR Alpha, but not Beta, Gene Rearrangements and Lymphoma Associated with a Pathogenic TRAC Variant.

We report a non-consanguineous family from North-west India in which 3 siblings succumbed to a rare variant of combined immunodeficiency. All three had similar clinical and immunological profiles. However, the youngest child also developed Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in infancy.

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for primary immunodeficiencies.

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been shown to be curative for well-described as well as newly discovered immunodeficiencies. However, it is difficulty to define a universal transplant regimen given the rarity of these disorders and the varied pathophysiology these disorders encompass. This article discusses those primary immunodeficiencies most commonly treated by hematopoietic stem cell transplant and describes the transplant issues specific to these disorders.

Minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukaemia.

Technological advances in the laboratory have led to substantial improvements in clinical decision making through the introduction of pretreatment prognostic risk stratification factors in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Unfortunately, similar progress has not been made in treatment response criteria, with the definition of 'complete remission' in AML largely unchanged for over half a century. Several clinical trials have demonstrated that high-sensitivity measurements of residual disease burden during or after treatment can be performed, that results are predictive for clinical outcome and can be used to improve outcomes by guiding additional therapeutic intervention to patients in clinical complete remission, but at increased relapse risk.

New approaches to the assessment and treatment of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

The rarity and heterogeneity of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), and the few validated assessment tools available, have limited information to guide the management of patients with polymyositis, dermatomyositis or inclusion body myositis. In light of the need for such tools, the International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) was formed as a multidisciplinary consortium of rheumatologists, neurologists, dermatologists, physiatrists and other myositis experts to develop consensus and standards for the conduct and reporting of myositis studies, and to facilitate myositis research. IMACS has developed consensus core set measures of disease activity, disease damage and patient-reported outcomes, and compiled a preliminary definition of improvement.

Novel agents for B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: science and the promise.

There has been tremendous insight gained in the last two decades from basic science research. New molecular targets in neoplastic cells are emerging and provide the rationale for clinical development of novel agents in non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These novel agents can be broadly categorized into two groups.

Use of human tissue explants to study human infectious agents.

The study of human cell-cell and cell-pathogen interactions that occur in the context of complex tissue cytoarchitecture is critical for deciphering the mechanisms of many normal and pathogenic processes. This protocol describes methods for culturing and infecting explants of human tissues to study the pathogenesis of human infectious agents and their local interactions. The protocol relies on the use of fresh human tissues dissected into small blocks or biopsies that are cultured at the liquid-air interface on collagen rafts.

Representation of attitudinal knowledge: role of prefrontal cortex, amygdala and parahippocampal gyrus.

It has been proposed that behavior is influenced by representations of different types of knowledge: action representations, event knowledge, attitudes and stereotypes. Attitudes (representations of a concept or object and its emotional evaluation) allow us to respond quickly to a given stimulus. In this study, we explored the representation and inhibition of attitudes.