Valentine Stiles

This case presents an unusual variation of Zinner syndrome with a patient found to have an ectopic ureteral insertion of the seminal vesicle from a supernumerary pelvic kidney and complete duplication of the ipsilateral, otherwise normal renal unit. The case offers an interesting variant of a previously established syndrome with successful…[Read more]

BACKGROUND Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare cancer with a poor prognosis. Centralization of rare cancer in dedicated centers is recommended to ensure expertise, multidisciplinarity and access to innovation. In Italy, expert centers for MPM have not been identified in all regions. We aimed to describe the treatment patterns among MPM…[Read more]

ConspectusThe cell plasma membrane (PM) contains thousands of proteins that sense and respond to the outside environment. These proteins have evolved sensitivity to a wide variety of physical and chemical signals and act as a delivery system across the PM. Membrane proteins are critical for information flow and decision making in the cell and thus…[Read more]

Acetoclastic, hydrogenotrophic and methylotrophic methanogens as well as ammonia-oxidizing archaea were frequently detected across the lakes. Archaea-specific sequencing also revealed representatives of Woesearchaeota and other phyla of the DPANN superphylum. This study adds to our understanding of the ecological range of key archaea in…[Read more]

e five mRNAs, including SFRP1, EDNRB, NR4A3, FHL2, NKX3‑1, IL6ST and FOXO1, may be involved in hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis.Radiotherapy can induce the infiltration of immune suppressive cells which are involved in promoting tumor progression and recurrence. A number of natural products with immunomodulating abilities have been gaining a…[Read more]

22; t = 3.18; P less then 0.01), as did receiving offers of help by means of social media (β = 0.18; t = 2.64; P less then 0.01). There were no significant associations between giving and/or receiving offers of help and PTS. CONCLUSIONS Connecting people to social media networks may help in promoting posttraumatic growth, although might not…[Read more]