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Introduction Cancer neoantigens represent important targets of cancer immunotherapy. The goal of cancer neoantigen vaccines is to induce neoantigen-specific immune responses and antitumor immunity while minimizing the potential for autoimmune toxicity. Advances in sequencing technologies, neoantigen prediction algorithms, and other technologies have dramatically improved the ability to identify and prioritize cancer neoantigens. Unfortunately, results from preclinical studies and early phase clinical trials highlight important challenges to the successful clinical translation of neoantigen cancer vaccines.Areas covered In this review, we provide an overview of current strategies for the identification and prioritization of cancer neoantigens with a particular emphasis on the two most common strategies used for neoantigen identification (1) direct identification of peptide ligands eluted from peptide-MHC complexes, and (2) next-generation sequencing combined with neoantigen prediction algorithms. We highlight the limitations of current neoantigen prediction pipelines, and discuss broader challenges associated with cancer neoantigen vaccines including tumor purity/heterogeneity and the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.Expert opinion Despite current limitations, neoantigen prediction is likely to improve rapidly based on advances in sequencing, machine learning, and information sharing. The successful development of robust cancer neoantigen prediction strategies is likely to have a significant impact, with the potential to facilitate cancer neoantigen vaccine design.Introduction INTELLiVENT-Adaptive Support Ventilation (INTELLiVENT-ASV), an advanced closed-loop ventilation mode for use in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, is equipped with algorithms that automatically adjust settings on the basis of physiologic signals and patient's activity. Here we describe its effectiveness, safety, and efficacy in various types of ICU patients.Areas covered A systematic search conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and in Google Scholar identified 10 randomized clinical trials.Expert opinion Studies suggest INTELLiVENT-ASV to be an effective automated mode with regard to the titrations of tidal volume, airway pressure, and oxygen. INTELLiVENT-ASV is as safe as conventional modes. However, thus far studies have not shown INTELLiVENT-ASV to be superior to conventional modes with regard to duration of ventilation and other patient-centered outcomes. Future studies are needed to test its efficacy.In our recent opinion paper "Laterality 2020 entering the next decade", we highlighted trends that we thought are likely to shape laterality research in the 2020s. Our opinion paper inspired 11 commentaries by experts from several disciplines which discussed a wide range of topics complementing the 10 trends we identified in the opinion paper. In this reply, we summarize and discuss the 11 commentaries by clustering them into 3 different main topics. The topic that was covered by the largest number of commentaries was the role of comparative and evolutionary approaches in laterality research. this website Moreover, several comments focused on the ontogenesis of hemispheric asymmetries and the importance of reliability and validity in laterality research. Embracing the technical advances, research trends and controversies laid out in the commentaries will significantly improve our understanding of several of the core questions of laterality research.Objectives Baseball players are highly susceptible to shoulder injuries due to repetitive overhead throwing. The purpose of this study was to investigate men's collegiate baseball shoulder injury rates and associated risk factors.Methods Using the NCAA Injury Surveillance Program (ISP) database, shoulder injury data for men's baseball players was analyzed from 2009-2010 through 2013-2014. Only the most common shoulder injuries were examined, including acromioclavicular (AC) sprain, anterior dislocation, biceps tear, biceps tendinitis, SLAP (superior labrum from anterior to posterior) tear, non-SLAP labral tear, rotator cuff tear, rotator cuff tendinitis, and shoulder impingement. Statistical analysis was performed using proportion ratios (PR). Statistical significance was initially defined as p less then 0.05; a post-hoc Bonferroni adjustment was applied using a p less then 0.005 threshold balancing the likelihood of false positive and false negative findings.Results Overall, 138 shoulder injuries were ide overhead throwing in college baseball is a common cause of overuse shoulder injuries. These athletes are especially susceptible to rotator cuff pathology, which is significantly more likely to cause season-ending injuries. While we have to interpret these results in light of both adjusted and unadjusted p-values, this information signifies the importance of shoulder injury prevention strategies by physicians and trainers taking care of collegiate baseball players.The impact of personal values on preferences, choices, and behaviors has evoked much interest. Relatively little is known, however, about the processes through which values impact behavior. In this conceptual article, we consider both the content and the structural aspects of the relationships between values and behavior. We point to unique features of values that have implications to their relationships with behavior and build on these features to review past research. We then propose a conceptual model that presents three organizing principles accessibility, interpretation, and control. For each principle, we identify mechanisms through which values and behavior are connected. Some of these mechanisms have been exemplified in past research and are reviewed; others call for future research. Integrating the knowledge on the multiple ways in which values impact behavior deepens our understanding of the complex ways through which cognition is translated into action. We compared the efficacy and safety of combinations of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors and PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitors as second-line treatment in postmenopausal women with HR , HER2 metastatic breast cancer. We searched the Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Library electronic databases for phase II/III randomized trials evaluating CDK4/6 and PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitors plus fulvestrant. We compared the results with a network meta-analysis. Study quality was assessed following the GRADE approach. Outcomes of interest were progression-free survival, overall response rate, overall survival and G3-4 adverse drug events (ADEs). Eight RCTs were identified in the network meta-analysis. PFS was significantly improved by treatment with abemaciclib plus fulvestrant and ribociclib plus fulvestrant compared to pictilisib plus fulvestrant. The ORR following treatment with abemaciclib plus fulvestrant, ribociclib plus fulvestrant, palbociclib plus fulvestrant, buparlisib plus fulvestrant, and alpelisib plus fulvestrant significantly differed from that observed following treatment with placebo plus fulvestrant.