Aim: To correlate the microcalcifications' characteristics, such as morphology and elemental compositions, with the occurrence of bone metastatic lesions at 5 years from diagnosis. Methods: In this retrospective study...
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Aim: To correlate the microcalcifications' characteristics, such as morphology and elemental compositions, with the occurrence of bone metastatic lesions at 5 years from diagnosis. Methods: In this retrospective study, we enrolled 70 patients from which we collected one breast biopsy each. From each biopsy, paraffin serial sections were obtained to perform histological classifications, immunohistochemical analyses and Energy Dispersive X-ray evaluation. Results: Microcalcifications analysis showed a significant association between the presence of calcium crystals made of magnesium substituted hydroxyapatite and the development of bone metastasis from 5 years from diagnosis. No significant association was observed by evaluation the morphological appearance of microcalcifications. Immunohistochemical analysis displayed a significant association between the expression of bone morphogenetic proteins 2 and pentraxin-3, two osteoblast induction factors, and the formation of bone metastatic lesions. Conclusion: Results here reported highlighted the possible use of breast microcalcifications as a negative prognostic marker of bone metastatic diseases. In particular, the association between elemental composition of breast microcalcifications and the formation of bone lesions can lay the foundation for the development of new in vivo diagnostic tools based on the analysis of microcalcifications and capable to predict the formation of bone metastasis.
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The introduction of tacrolimus in clinical practice has improved patient survival after organ ***,despite the long use of tacrolimus in clinical practice,the best way to use this agent is still a matter of intense *** start of the genomic era has generated new research areas,such as pharmacogenetics,which studies the variability of drug response in relation to the genetic factors involved in the processes responsible for the pharmacokinetics and/or the action mechanism of a drug in the *** variability seems to be correlated with the presence of genetic *** is an attractive option especially for the initiation of the dosing of tacrolimus;also,unlike phenotypic tests,the genotype is a stable characteristic that needs to be determined only once for any given ***,prospective clinical studies must show that genotype determination before transplantation allows for better use of a given drug and improves the safety and clinical efficacy of that *** present,research has been able to reliably show that the CYP3A5 genotype,but not the CYP3A4 or ABCB1 ones,can modify the pharmacokinetics of ***,it has not been possible to incontrovertibly show that the corresponding changes in the pharmacokinetic profile are linked with different patient outcomes regarding tacrolimus efficacy and *** these reasons,pharmacogenetics and individualized medicine remain a fascinating area for further study and may ultimately become the face of future medical practice and drug dosing.
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