Unlabelled: Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) is exclusively expressed in hematopoietic cells, yet its role in leukemia remains poorly defined. This study investigates the epigenetic regulation of key immune genes by T helper (T) cell transcription factors. Human CD4⁺ T cells from healthy donors and patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were transfected with control CRISPR (CO), WASp knockout (WKO), and WASp overexpression (WOE) plasmids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEarly and reliable diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome (ACS) remains challenging for providers. Transcutaneous intramuscular pressure (TIMP) measurements, historically proposed for ACS diagnosis, are unreliable and prone to errors. Little is known about In Vivo limb pH balance in lower extremity injuries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBig data can revolutionize research and quality improvement for cardiac ultrasound. Text reports are a critical part of such analyses. Cardiac ultrasound reports include structured and free text and vary across institutions, hampering attempts to mine text for useful insights.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the kinetics of blood count nadir and time to recovery and find its association with clinical outcomes in a cohort of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
Methods: Data from 243 cases treated between January 2018 to December 2020 was retrospectively analysed. Along with baseline data, serial measures of peripheral blood counts, nadir, and time to partial and complete recovery of counts during course of induction chemotherapy were recorded.
Efficient directed migration requires tight regulation of chemoattractant signal transduction pathways in both space and time, but the mechanisms involved in such regulation are not well understood. Here, we investigated the role of protein kinase A (PKA) in controlling signaling of the chemoattractant cAMP in We found that cells lacking PKA display severe chemotaxis defects, including impaired directional sensing. Although PKA is an important regulator of developmental gene expression, including the cAMP receptor cAR1, our studies using exogenously expressed cAR1 in cells lacking PKA, cells lacking adenylyl cyclase A (ACA) and cells treated with the PKA-selective pharmacological inhibitor H89, suggest that PKA controls chemoattractant signal transduction, in part, through the regulation of RasG, Rap1 and TORC2.
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