Background: Cognitive abnormalities in Huntington’s Disease (HD) can involve the specific impairment of the social perspective taking as well as difficulties in recognizing others’ mental state many years before the onset of motor symptoms.
Aims: At the scope of assessing how the difficulties in mental state recognition might be an HD early sign before motor symptoms appear, our study was aimed to investigate how the recognition of others’ mental states in HD subjects is moderated by different stimulus related features (gender, difficulty (low, medium, high), and valence (positive, negative, neutral) of the mental states that are to be recognized).
Methods: Subjects with premanifest (n?=?20) and manifest (n?=?40) HD performed the revised ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test’ and were compared with age-matched healthy controls (HC, 40 subjects per cohort).
Results: Our results highlight an early impairment in mental state recognition preceding manifest HD symptoms and a deterioration of these abilities with HD progression. Moreover, we found in HD premanifest subjects an impairment concerning the recognition of negative and neutral mental states, as well as of mental states with moderate recognition difficulty. Finally, we found that participant gender did not influence the performance in recognizing others’ mental states, while all participants recognized mental states displayed by females more accurately than those displayed by males.
Conclusions: We conclude that difficulties in the recognition of complex mental states can be considered as an early sign of HD, before evident behavioral manifestations, and peculiar features of the stimulus influence it. 相似文献
To assess the prognostic significance of the growth fraction in diffuse large cell lymphoma (DLCL), we studied 105 DLCL patients with the monoclonal antibody Ki-67 applied to frozen tissue sections. Ki-67 detects a nuclear antigen associated with cell proliferation not found in resting cells. Ki-67 findings and other clinical prognostic factors were correlated with outcome using univariate and multivariate analyses in the proportional hazards model. High proliferative activity, defined as nuclear Ki-67 expression in greater than 60% of malignant cells (Ki- 67 greater than 60), was found to be a strong predictor of poor survival among these patients (P = .003, log-rank). The 19 patients with Ki-67 greater than 60% had a median survival of 8 months compared with a median survival of 39 months for the 86 patients with Ki-67 less than or equal to 60%. Examination of pretreatment clinical variables indicated the patient groups were similar with regard to age, sex, stage, B symptoms, tumor bulk, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). Both patient groups received comparable curative intent therapy and showed comparable complete response rate precluding treatment differences as modifying outcome. Multivariate analysis indicated Ki-67 is an independent predictor of survival (multivariate P = .006). Further statistical analysis using only B-cell DLCL patients treated with CHOP (63 patients) indicated that Ki-67 greater than 60 retained strong prediction of poor outcome (P = .002, log-rank) among this homogeneous group. We conclude that high proliferative activity (Ki-67 greater than 60) is an independent factor allowing laboratory prediction of probable poor outcome of DLCL. 相似文献
Serum lipid and lipoprotein cholesterol levels track from childhood and are associated with risk of coronary heart disease. There is some evidence that these are influenced by dietary intake and exercise. Serum lipid and lipoprotein cholesterols were measured in a cohort of 119 British children aged 12–15 y who completed a dietary assessment and exercise questionnaire. The ratio of total- to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol fell with increasing fibre intake, but after adjustment for age, body mass index, sex and other dietary factors, this was not statistically significant. Children exercising at least once a day had significantly lower serum total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels than those exercising less frequently, even after adjustment for the above factors and dietary fibre intake. No dietary factor was significantly associated with any lipid measure after adjustment for the above factors. The challenge is how to optimize exercise level in adolescent children. 相似文献
The incidence of recurrence of acute pericarditis in children varies from 15% to 30% and is accompanied by a high morbidity. Various treatment modalities have been used with variable success rates and side effects. La Serna et al. (Lancet 1987; 26: 1517) were the first to treat adults with recurrent pericarditis with colchicine, and were followed by other authors. To our knowledge no studies in children have been reported. In this paper, we present three children who suffered from viral or idiopathic recurrent pericarditis, despite multiple courses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and/or corticosteroids. They responded remarkably well to colchicine, which was administered for 6 months with no adverse reactions. They continue to do well 18, 11 and 12 months after cessation of treatment, respectively. 相似文献
Compounds exerting a mitoinhibitory effect on normal hepatocytes are potent
promoters in the resistant hepatocyte model of chemical carcinogenesis in
combination with stimulation of regenerative growth by partial hepatectomy
or treatment with carbon tetrachloride. 2- Acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF)
almost completely inhibits liver cell regeneration after partial
hepatectomy, allowing only resistant cells to participate in regenerative
growth. After initiation by diethylnitrosamine and promotion with 2-AAF and
partial hepatectomy (PH), focal growth of initiated cells generates liver
lesions which occupy 40% of the hepatic volume three weeks after PH. In
this work the mechanism for the anti promoting effects of phenobarbital and
3- methylcholantrene were investigated as well as their effects on the
development of malignant hepatocellular carcinoma in the resistant
hepatocyte model. Treatment with phenobarbital or, especially, 3-
methylcholanthrene rendered normal rat hepatocytes resistant to the
mitoinhibitory effect of 2-AAF. In combination with 2-AAF/PH, 3-
methylcholanthrene shortened the regenerative growth period to less than
one week. In the Solt-Farber protocol for experimental
hepatocarcinogenesis, treatment with phenobarbital or 3- methylcholanthrene
during promotion with 2-AAF/PH permitted hepatocytes surrounding the focal
lesions to respond with regenerative growth. The foci and surrounding liver
grew until the liver/body mass index reached the control value. With
phenobarbital treatment the total focal volume was 20% of the liver volume
three weeks after PH, whereas the corresponding value in the case of
3-methylcholanthrene was only 1%. Labelling index data supported the
conclusion that growth of the liver lesions in the resistant hepatocyte
model was dependent on differential inhibition of normal hepatocyte growth
by the promoter and that the size of the foci obtained was related to the
length of time after PH required to complete liver regeneration.
3-methylcholanthrene induced 2- AAF resistance prevented the development of
large persistent nodules and hepatocellular carcinoma while phenobarbital
delayed cancer development with several month. The data thus supports the
idea that the degree of clonal expansion during promotion determines the
size of the population at risk for malignant transformation, as well as the
final frequency of carcinomas.
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Inhaled mannitol has beneficial effects on lung function, mucociliary clearance, quality of life and sputum properties. This trial examined the efficacy of inhaled mannitol in children with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Methods
The efficacy of inhaled mannitol in children with CF aged 6–17 years was assessed in a phase 2, randomised, placebo-controlled crossover study. Subjects were randomly assigned to mannitol 400 mg every 12 h or matching placebo for 8 weeks, followed by an 8 week washout and an 8 week period with the alternate treatment. The primary endpoint was the absolute change from baseline in ppFEV1 (percent predicted FEV1).
Results
A total of 92 subjects were studied, with a mean age of 12 years and mean baseline ppFEV1 of 72.2%. During mannitol treatment ppFEV1 was 3.42% (p = 0.004) higher compared to placebo or a 4.97% (p = 0.005) relative difference; relative change from baseline FEF25-75 was 10.52% (p = 0.013). During mannitol treatment, acute post-treatment sputum weight was higher (p = 0.012). In pre-specified subgroups (rhDNase use, age, and disease severity), the treatment differences consistently favoured mannitol. The most common AEs were cough and pulmonary exacerbations. Pulmonary exacerbation AEs were approximately 30% lower in the mannitol group.
Conclusions
In children with CF, inhaled mannitol was associated with significant improvements in lung function and sputum weight, irrespective of rhDNase use, age or disease severity. Inhaled mannitol was well tolerated and was associated with a reduced incidence of pulmonary exacerbation AEs. (Clinical Trials.Gov: NCT 01883531) 相似文献