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    Cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferative diseases with 6p25.3 rearrangement may have the same biphasic histopathological pattern and favorable prognosis, although a variety of clinical manifestations ranging from LyP to pcALCL and even anaplastic lymphoma kinase negative systemic ALCL with secondary cutaneous involvement may be observed.

    Cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferative diseases with 6p25.3 rearrangement may have the same biphasic histopathological pattern and favorable prognosis, although a variety of clinical manifestations ranging from LyP to pcALCL and even anaplastic lymphoma kinase negative systemic ALCL with secondary cutaneous involvement may be observed.

    Q-switched NdYAG (QS-NdYAG) toning (low fluence, large spot size, and high frequency) has been used successfully for the treatment of melasma, especially in dark skin phototypes. Punctate leukoderma was found to be a frequent complication that reduced the safety of this procedure. Combining low power fractional CO

    laser, which is another effective melasma laser therapy, might improve the efficacy and safety of this procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of combining low power fractional CO

    laser with QS-NdYAG toning in the treatment of melasma.

    A randomized comparative split-face study included a total of 30 patients with bilateral, symmetrical melasma. All patients received QS-NdYAG toning on one randomly selected side of the face, while the other side randomly received either low power fractional CO

    alone (group A) or combined QS-NdYAG toning with low power fractional CO

    (group B). QS-NdYAG toning sessions were scheduled every two weeks for nine consecutive sessions, and lowore effective than low power fractional CO

    in the treatment of melasma when used separately. Although combining low power fractional CO

    with QS-NdYAG toning does not increase its efficacy, it minimizes the incidence of the undesirable punctate leukoderma complication and achieves lower recurrence. This combination can thus be recommended as a safe and effective measure for the treatment of melasma.© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.

    QS-NdYAG toning is significantly more effective than low power fractional CO2 in the treatment of melasma when used separately. Although combining low power fractional CO2 with QS-NdYAG toning does not increase its efficacy, it minimizes the incidence of the undesirable punctate leukoderma complication and achieves lower recurrence. This combination can thus be recommended as a safe and effective measure for the treatment of melasma. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.Thymol (a phenol ring bearing active phytoconstituent) is a privileged scaffold, which is diversified in natural sources. This scaffold acts as an obligatory template for scheming and arriving at designing some newer drug-molecules with potential biological activities. In the pharmacological perspective, the promising active sites of the scaffold are the positions C-1, C-4, and C-6 of thymol that would be accountable for developing potent drug candidates. ubiquitin-Proteasome pathway This review aims to explore the various synthetic routes and the structural-activity relationship of thymol scaffold with suitable active pharmacophore sites.

    Cholestasis is characterized by increased total bile acid (TBA) levels, which are regulated by farnesoid X receptor (FXR)/fibroblast growth factor 15 (FGF15). Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) patients typically present with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Mast cells (MCs) (i) express FXR and (ii) infiltrate the liver during cholestasis promoting liver fibrosis. In bile duct ligated (BDL) MC-deficient mice (Kit

    ), ductular reaction (DR) and liver fibrosis decrease compared to BDL WT; and MC injection exacerbates liver damage in normal mice.

    In this study, we demonstrated that MC-FXR regulates biliary FXR/FGF15, DR, hepatic fibrosis and alters intestinal FXR/FGF15. We found increased MC number and biliary FXR expression in patients with liver injury compared to control. Histamine and FGF19 serum levels and small heterodimer partner expression increase in PSC and PSC-IBD patients compared to healthy controls. MC injection increased liver damage, DR, inflammation, biliary senescence/senescence associaBA regulation through alteration of intestinal and biliary FXR/FGF15 signaling.

    Increased large artery stiffness and impaired endothelium-dependent dilatation occur with advanced age. We sought to determine whether T cells mechanistically contribute to age-related arterial dysfunction. We found that old mice exhibited greater proinflammatory T cell accumulation around both the aorta and mesenteric arteries. Pharmacologic depletion or genetic deletion of T cells in old mice resulted in ameliorated large artery stiffness and greater endothelium-dependent dilatation compared with mice with T cells intact.

    Ageing of the arteries is characterized by increased large artery stiffness and impaired endothelium-dependent dilatation. T cells contribute to hypertension in acute rodent models but whether they contribute to chronic age-related arterial dysfunction is unknown. To determine whether T cells directly mediate age-related arterial dysfunction, we examined large elastic artery and resistance artery function in young (4-6months) and old (22-24months) wild-type mice treated with anti-CD3 Fsenteric vasculature. Old mice also exhibited greater numbers of aortic and mesenteric IFN-γ and TNF-α-producing T cells when compared with young mice. Old control mice exhibited greater large artery stiffness and impaired resistance artery endothelium-dependent dilatation in comparison with young mice. In old mice, large artery stiffness was ameliorated with anti-CD3 treatment. Anti-CD3-treated old mice also exhibited greater endothelium-dependent dilatation than age-matched controls. We also examined arterial function in young and old Rag-1-/- mice, which lack lymphocytes. Rag-1-/- mice exhibited blunted increases in large artery stiffness with age compared with wild-type mice. Old Rag-1-/- mice also exhibited greater endothelium-dependent dilatation compared with old wild-type mice. Collectively, these results demonstrate that T cells play an important role in age-related arterial dysfunction.

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