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Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) affects tens of millions worldwide; the causes of exertional intolerance are poorly understood. The ME/CFS label overlaps with postural orthostatic tachycardia (POTS) and fibromyalgia, and objective evidence of small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is reported in approximately 50%of POTS and fibromyalgia patients.
Can invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing (iCPET) and PGP9.5-immunolabeled lower-leg skin biopsies inform the pathophysiology of ME/CFS exertional intolerance and potential relationships with SFN?
We analyzed 1,516 upright invasive iCPETs performed to investigate exertional intolerance. After excluding patients with intrinsic heart or lung disease and selecting those with right atrial pressures (RAP)<6.5mmHg, results from 160 patients meeting ME/CFS criteria who had skin biopsy test results were compared with 36 control subjects. Rest-to-peak changes in cardiac output (Qc) were compared with oxygen uptake (Qc/VO
slope) to identify par. In patients with small-fiber pathology, neuropathic dysregulation causing microvascular dilation may limit exertion by shunting oxygenated blood from capillary beds and reducing cardiac return.
These results identify two types of peripheral neurovascular dysregulation that are biologically plausible contributors to ME/CFS exertional intolerance-depressed Qc from impaired venous return, and impaired peripheral oxygen extraction. In patients with small-fiber pathology, neuropathic dysregulation causing microvascular dilation may limit exertion by shunting oxygenated blood from capillary beds and reducing cardiac return.Natural Killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that are the first line of defense against malignantly transformed cells, virally infected cells and other stressed cell types. To study the cytolytic function of NK cells in vitro, a cytotoxicity assay is normally conducted against a target cancerous cell line. Current assay methods are typically performed in mixed 2D cocultures with destructive endpoints and low throughput, thereby limiting the scale, time-resolution, and relevance of the assay to in vivo conditions. Here, we evaluated a novel, non-invasive, quantitative image-based cytometry (qIBC) assay for detection of NK-mediated killing of target cells in 2D and 3D environments in vitro and compared its performance to two common flow cytometry- and fluorescence-based cytotoxicity assays. Similar to the other methods evaluated, the qIBC assay allowed for reproducible detection of target cell killing across a range of effector-to-target ratios with reduced variability. The qIBC assay also allowed for detection of NK cytolysis in 3D spheroids, which enabled scalable measurements of cell cytotoxicity in 3D models. Our findings suggest that quantitative image-based cytometry would be suitable for rapid, high-throughput screening of NK cytolysis in vitro, including in quasi-3D structures that model tissue environments in vivo.Cancers with hereditary defects in homologous recombination rely on DNA polymerase θ (pol θ) for repair of DNA double-strand breaks. During end joining, pol θ aligns microhomology tracts internal to 5'-resected broken ends. An unidentified nuclease trims the 3' ends before synthesis can occur. Here we report that a nuclease activity, which differs from the proofreading activity often associated with DNA polymerases, is intrinsic to the polymerase domain of pol θ. Like the DNA synthesis activity, the nuclease activity requires conserved metal-binding residues, metal ions, and dNTPs and is inhibited by ddNTPs or chain-terminated DNA. Our data indicate that pol θ repurposes metal ions in the polymerase active site for endonucleolytic cleavage and that the polymerase-active and end-trimming conformations of the enzyme are distinct. We reveal a nimble strategy of substrate processing that allows pol θ to trim or extend DNA depending on the DNA repair context.This study sought to determine differences in preferred messengers on the topic of safe firearm storage and suicide prevention between firearm owners and non-firearm owners, and among firearm owners of different racial groups and sexes. Participants were 6200 United States residents recruited via Qualtrics Panels to complete an online survey. Data were collected during March 2020. The total sample and all subsamples ranked law enforcement, current military personnel, and military veterans as the top three most credible sources to discuss firearm safety for suicide prevention. Significant differences existed among the mean ranking of sources between firearm owners and non-firearm owners as well as between several subgroups of firearm owners. The identical ranking of the top three sources indicates that these groups agree on the relative credibility of multiple sources, although the average level of credibility for particular sources may vary. Compound Library ic50 These findings highlight that the effectiveness of messaging on safe firearm storage may hinge on the identity of the individual delivering the message and provide an initial roadmap for how to consider packaging specific messages.The burning of fossil fuels - especially coal, petrol, and diesel - is a major source of airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and a key contributor to the global burden of mortality and disease. Previous risk assessments have examined the health response to total PM2.5, not just PM2.5 from fossil fuel combustion, and have used a concentration-response function with limited support from the literature and data at both high and low concentrations. This assessment examines mortality associated with PM2.5 from only fossil fuel combustion, making use of a recent meta-analysis of newer studies with a wider range of exposure. We also estimated mortality due to lower respiratory infections (LRI) among children under the age of five in the Americas and Europe, regions for which we have reliable data on the relative risk of this health outcome from PM2.5 exposure. We used the chemical transport model GEOS-Chem to estimate global exposure levels to fossil-fuel related PM2.5 in 2012. Relative risks of mortality were modeled using functions that link long-term exposure to PM2.