CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR USE IN TWO HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC MELANOMA AND REVIEW OF HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS

Checkpoint inhibitor use in two heart transplant patients with metastatic melanoma and review of high-risk populations

Due to the unique side-effect profile of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), groups of patients deemed to be at high risk of complications were excluded from trials that proved the efficacy and safety of these agents in patients with various malignancies.Among these excluded patients were those with prior solid organ transplantation, chronic viral

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Hydrogel platform facilitating astrocytic differentiation through cell mechanosensing and YAP-mediated transcription

Astrocytes are multifunctional glial cells that are essential for brain functioning.Most existing methods to induce astrocytes from stem cells are inefficient, requiring couples of weeks.Here, we designed an alginate hydrogel-based method to realize high-efficiency astrocytic differentiation from human neural stem cells.Comparing to the conventiona

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus T6SS2 effector repertoires

ABSTRACTAll strains of the marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus harbor a type VI secretion system (T6SS) named T6SS2, suggesting that this system Lawn Decor plays an important role in the life cycle of this emerging pathogen.Although T6SS2 was recently shown to play a role in interbacterial competition, its effector repertoire remains unknown.H

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