Elderly individuals, especially those with pre-existing conditions like type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), have a high risk for developing severe cases of COVID-19. The aim of this work was to characterize the alteratio...
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Elderly individuals, especially those with pre-existing conditions like type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), have a high risk for developing severe cases of COVID-19. The aim of this work was to characterize the alterations of blood immune cells (BIC) in patients with symptomatic COVID-19 and confirmed sARs-CoV-2 infection, ≥60 years and who needed hospitalization in the Centro de salud Hospital of Tucuman, Argentina, during the second peak of the pandemic in Argentina. Ten patients were enrolled from December 2020 to May 2021. Blood samples were taken at the time of admission (day 0) and five days after (day 5) for routine laboratory tests and the characterization of BIC by flow cytometry. Most of the patients were men (70%) aged between 60 and 78 years. The 70% of patients had T2DM while 50% had arterial hypertension. At day 0, all the patients had increased neutrophils and inflammatory markers (C reactive protein and D-dimers) and reduced numbers of lymphocytes, HLA-DRsup>hisup> monocytes, CD16sup>+sup>CD56sup>+sup> NK cells, CD3sup>+sup>HLAsup>−sup>DRsup>+sup>CD25sup>+sup> cells, CD4sup>+sup> and CD8sup>+sup> T cells in blood. Patients received a standard treatment for COVID-19 care (Osub>2sub>, corticosteroids and antibiotics). The hospital treatment normalized the levels of BIC (day 5) in 30% of patients who were those with no comorbidities. In patients with T2DM, BIC recovery was variable. In T2DM patients who required administration of plasma (30%), prolonged Osub>2sub> therapy (40%) or referral to the intensive care unit (10%) significant reductions of CD16sup>+sup>CD56sup>+sup>, CD3sup>+sup>HLAsup>−sup>DRsup>+sup>CD25sup>+sup>, CD4sup>+sup> and CD8sup>+sup> cells were observed between days 0 and 5. In line with previous studies, our results show that absolute counts of major lymphocyte subsets in blood are significantly and substantially decreased during the course of severe COVID-19 disease
文章简介BAF(Brg or Brahma-associated factors)染色质重塑复合物利用其ATP酶亚基水解ATP产生的能量改变组蛋白和DNA的作用,调控转录因子同DNA的结合而调节基因的表达,参与多种生物学过程。BAF复合物由多至15个不同的亚基组成,但对这...
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文章简介BAF(Brg or Brahma-associated factors)染色质重塑复合物利用其ATP酶亚基水解ATP产生的能量改变组蛋白和DNA的作用,调控转录因子同DNA的结合而调节基因的表达,参与多种生物学过程。BAF复合物由多至15个不同的亚基组成,但对这些亚基功能的研究多局限于显示失活特定亚基而导致的表型缺陷,缺乏深入的作用机制的研究。
The Iberian Peninsula is close to the Eurasia-Africa plate boundary resulting in a considerable seismic *** fact,the southwestern Iberian Peninsula is affected by far away earthquakes of long-return period with large-...
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The Iberian Peninsula is close to the Eurasia-Africa plate boundary resulting in a considerable seismic *** fact,the southwestern Iberian Peninsula is affected by far away earthquakes of long-return period with large-very large magnitude.A project named PERsIsTAH(Projetos de Escolas Resilientes aos sIsmos no Território do Algarve e de Huelva,in Portuguese)aims to cooperatively assess the seismic vulnerability of primary schools located in the Algarve(Portugal)and Huelva(spain).Primary schools have been selected due to the considerable amount of similar buildings and their seismic *** Portugal,the Decreto Lei 235/83(RsAEEP)is mandatory while in spain,the mandatory code is the seismic Building Code(NCsE-02).In both countries,the Eurocode-8(EC-8)is *** the fact that both regions would be equally affected by an earthquake,both seismic codes are significantly *** research compares the seismic action of Ayamonte(Huelva)and Vila Real de santo António(Portugal).Both towns are very close and located at both sides of the ***,they share the same *** analysis has been applied considering a reinforced concrete(RC)primary school building located in *** do so,the performance-based method has been *** seismic action and the damage levels are compared and *** results have shown considerable differences in the seismic actions designation,in the performance point values and in the damage *** values considered in the Portuguese code are significantly more *** agreement between codes should be made for border regions.
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