Specimens of Clarias gariepinus were treated with lethal(70,75,80,85,90,and 95 mg/L) and sub-lethal concentrations(8,12 and 16 mg/L) of uranyl acetate,a low-radiotoxicity uranium salt. The LC 50 value was registered a...
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Specimens of Clarias gariepinus were treated with lethal(70,75,80,85,90,and 95 mg/L) and sub-lethal concentrations(8,12 and 16 mg/L) of uranyl acetate,a low-radiotoxicity uranium salt. The LC 50 value was registered as 81.45 mg/L. The protein and glycogen concentrations in liver and muscles were decreased in the fish exposed to sub-lethal concentrations. The red blood cell(RBC) and white blood cell(WBC) counts,haemoglobin(Hb) concentration and haematocrit(Hct) values were decreased. Different blood indices like mean corpuscular volume(MCV),mean corpuscular haemoglobin(MCH) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration(MCHC) were negatively affected. Level of plasma glucose was elevated whereas protein was decreased. The level of calcium concentration(Ca) was declined in the blood of exposed fish whereas magnesium(Mg) remains unchanged. The activity level of glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase(GOT) and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase(GPT) was elevated in exposed fish. These effects were more pronounced in the last period of exposure and in higher concentrations. Results of the present study indicate that uranyl acetate has adverse effects on C larias gariepinus and causes changes in the biochemical and hematological parameters of the fish.
Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella(MMAF)is a severe form of asthenozoospermia categorized by immotile spermatozoa with abnormal flagella in ***-exome sequencing(WES)is used to detect pathogenic...
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Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella(MMAF)is a severe form of asthenozoospermia categorized by immotile spermatozoa with abnormal flagella in ***-exome sequencing(WES)is used to detect pathogenic variants in patients with *** this study,a novel homozygous frameshift variant(c.6158_6159insT)in dynein axonemal heavy chain 8(DNAH8)from two infertile brothers with MMAF in a consanguineous Pakistani family was identified by *** transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)confirmed DNAH8 mRNA decay in these patients with the DNAH8 ***–eosin staining and transmission electron microscopy revealed highly divergent morphology and ultrastructure of sperm flagella in these ***,an immunofluorescence assay showed the absence of DNAH8 and a reduction in its associated protein DNAH17 in the patients'***,our study expands the phenotypic spectrum of patients with DNAH8-related MMAF worldwide.
BACKGROUND Immunotherapy,specifically the use of checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab,has become an important tool in personalized cancer *** inhibitors target proteins on T-cells that regulate the immune respo...
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BACKGROUND Immunotherapy,specifically the use of checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab,has become an important tool in personalized cancer *** inhibitors target proteins on T-cells that regulate the immune response against tumor ***,which targets the programmed cell death 1 receptor on T-cells,has been approved for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and nonsmall cell lung ***,it can also lead to immune-related side effects,including pneumonitis,colitis,thyroid abnormalities,and rare cases of type 1 *** SUMMARY The case presented involves an adult patient in 30s with breast cancer who developed hyperglycemia after receiving pembrolizumab *** patient was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis and further investigations were performed to evaluate for new-onset type 1 *** patient had a history of hypothyroidism and a family history of breast *** for diabetic ketoacidosis was initiated,and the patient was discharged for close follow-up with an *** This literature review highlights the occurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis and newonset type 1 diabetes in patients receiving pembrolizumab treatment for different types of ***,the article emphasizes the therapeutic benefits of immunotherapy in cancer treatment,particularly pembrolizumab,while also highlighting the potential side effect of immune-related diabetes that can occur in a small percentage of *** we present a case where pembrolizumab lead to development of diabetes after a few cycles highlighting one of the rare yet a serious toxicity of the drug.
Asthenoteratozoospermia is one of the most severe types of qualitative sperm *** cases are due to mutations in genes encoding the components of sperm flagella,which have an ultrastructure similar to that of motile ***...
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Asthenoteratozoospermia is one of the most severe types of qualitative sperm *** cases are due to mutations in genes encoding the components of sperm flagella,which have an ultrastructure similar to that of motile ***-coil domain containing 103(CCDC103)is an outer dynein arm assembly factor,and pathogenic variants of CCDC103 cause primary ciliary dyskinesia(PCD).However,whether CCDC103 pathogenic variants cause severe asthenoteratozoospermia has yet to be ***-exome sequencing(WES)was performed for two individuals with nonsyndromic asthenoteratozoospermia in a consanguineous family.A homozygous CCDC103 variant segregating recessively with an infertility phenotype was identified(ENST00000035776.2,c.461A>C,***154Pro).CCDC103 ***154Pro was previously reported as a high prevalence mutation causing PCD,though the reproductive phenotype of these PCD individuals is *** electron microscopy(TEM)of affected individuals’spermatozoa showed that the mid-piece was severely damaged with disorganized dynein arms,similar to the abnormal ultrastructure of respiratory ciliary of PCD individuals with the same ***,our findings expand the phenotype spectrum of CCDC103 ***154Pro as a novel pathogenic gene for nonsyndromic asthenospermia.
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