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- Lanzon, Borja, et al.
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Lipidomic and Metabolomic Signature of Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Severe Obesity
- 2021
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Ingår i: Metabolites. - : MDPI. - 2218-1989 .- 2218-1989. ; 11:12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Severe obesity is a major risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Early detection and careful monitoring of renal function are critical for the prevention of CKD during obesity, since biopsies are not performed in patients with CKD and diagnosis is dependent on the assessment of clinical parameters. To explore whether distinct lipid and metabolic signatures in obesity may signify early stages of pathogenesis toward CKD, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and gas chromatography-high resolution accurate mass-mass spectrometry (GC-HRAM-MS) analyses were performed in the serum and the urine of severely obese patients with and without CKD. Moreover, the impact of bariatric surgery (BS) in lipid and metabolic signature was also studied, through LC-MS and GC-HRAM-MS analyses in the serum and urine of patients with severe obesity and CKD before and after undergoing BS. Regarding patients with severe obesity and CKD compared to severely obese patients without CKD, serum lipidome analysis revealed significant differences in lipid signature. Furthermore, serum metabolomics profile revealed significant changes in specific amino acids, with isoleucine and tyrosine, increased in CKD patients compared with patients without CKD. LC-MS and GC-HRAM-MS analysis in serum of patients with severe obesity and CKD after BS showed downregulation of levels of triglycerides (TGs) and diglycerides (DGs) as well as a decrease in branched-chain amino acid (BCAA), lysine, threonine, proline, and serine. In addition, BS removed most of the correlations in CKD patients against biochemical parameters related to kidney dysfunction. Concerning urine analysis, hippuric acid, valine and glutamine were significantly decreased in urine from CKD patients after surgery. Interestingly, bariatric surgery did not restore all the lipid species, some of them decreased, hence drawing attention to them as potential targets for early diagnosis or therapeutic intervention. Results obtained in this study would justify the use of comprehensive mass spectrometry-based lipidomics to measure other lipids aside from conventional lipid profiles and to validate possible early markers of risk of CKD in patients with severe obesity.
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- Rodríguez-Vila, Borja, et al.
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3D deformable registration for monitoring radiotherapy treatment in prostate cancer
- 2007
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Ingår i: Image Analysis. - Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany : Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. - 9783540730392 - 3540730400 - 9783540730408 ; , s. 750-759
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two deformable registration methods, the Demons and the Morphon algorithms, have been used for registration of CT datasets to evaluate their usability in radiotherapy planning for prostate cancer. These methods were chosen because they can perform deformable registration in a fully automated way. The experiments show that for intrapatient registration both of the methods give useful results, although some differences exist in the way they deform the template. The Morphon method has, however, some advantageous compared to the Demons method. It is invariant to the image intensity and it does not distort the deformed data. The conclusion is therefore to recommend the Morphon method as a registration tool for this application. A more flexible regularization model is needed, though, in order to be able to catch the full range of deformations required to match the datasets.
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- Zaballos, Pedro, et al.
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Clear Cell Proliferations of the Skin : A Histopathologic Review
- 2021
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Ingår i: American journal of dermatopathology. - : Wolters Kluwer. - 0193-1091 .- 1533-0311. ; 43:9, s. 607-636
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cutaneous clear cell proliferations encompass a heterogenous group of several primary cutaneous neoplasms and metastatic tumors with different histogenesis. Many of these clear cell proliferations may seem strikingly similar under the microscope resulting in challenging diagnosis. In many of these clear cell lesions, the reason for the clear or pale appearance of proliferating cells is unknown, whereas in other ones, this clear cell appearance is due to intracytoplasmic accumulation of glycogen, mucin, or lipid. Artifacts of tissue processing and degenerative phenomenon may also be responsible for the clear cell appearance of proliferating cells. Awareness of the histopathologic findings as well as histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques are crucial to the accurate diagnosis. This review details the histopathologic features of clear cell cutaneous proliferations, classifying them according their type of differentiation and paying special attention to the histopathologic differential diagnosis among them.
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