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The amount of itraconazole in nail clippings was quantified hereafter using a validated HPLC method. RESULTS Statistical analysis showed that itraconazole transungual permeation was not influenced by the studied monoterpenes (P value > .05). CONCLUSION These results provided a new perspective for designing topical dosage forms for the treatment of onychomycosis. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Despite the apparent efficacy and favorable toxicity profile of TKIs, allogeneic SCT remains the only curative treatment for CML especially in younger patients, but TRM should be considered. We evaluated the clinical outcomes of pediatric CML patients who had SCT in our center. METHODS This retrospective study included children with CML, who received an allogeneic SCT at Children Cancer Hospital Egypt, 57357, from 2007 to 2017. All patients received myeloablative conditioning chemotherapy containing busulfan/cyclophosphamide followed by stem cell infusion from MRD. RESULTS From 121 patients diagnosed with CML, 43 had available MRD and subjected to HSCT while 78 patients continued TKI therapy. The median time to transplant from diagnosis was 13 months. At initial diagnosis, there were 39 patients in CP and 4 had blastic crises. Bone marrow harvest was the stem cell source in 32 patients, while 11 cases received mobilized peripheral blood stem cells with average stem cell dose of 4.45 × 106 /kg. The probabilities of overall survival and event-free survival at 5 years were 97.4% and 79.8%, respectively. TRM at 100 days and TRM at 1-year post-transplant were 0%. The incidence of chronic GVHD was significantly higher in peripheral blood than bone marrow stem cell source (P = .004). CONCLUSION Considering the excellent survival rates and very low TRM, HSCT is still a valid option for pediatric patients with newly diagnosed CML with best using marrow stem cell source to avoid a significant risk of cGVHD and its related complications. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Resilient and compressible three-dimensional nanomaterials comprising polymers, carbon, and metals have been prepared in diverse forms. However, the creation of thermostable elastic ceramic aerogels remains an enormous challenge. We demonstrate an in situ synthesis strategy to develop biomimetic silica nanofibrous (SNF) aerogels with superelasticity by integrating flexible electrospun silica nanofibers and rubber-like Si-O-Si bonding networks. The stable bonding structure among nanofibers is in situ constructed along with a fibrous freeze-shaping process. The resultant SNF aerogels exhibit integrated properties of ultralow density (>0.25 mg cm-3 ), temperature-invariant superelasticity up to 1100 °C, and robust fatigue resistance over one million compressions. The ceramic nature also endows the aerogels with fire resistance and ultralow thermal conductivity. The successful synthesis of the SNF aerogels opens new pathways for the design of superelastic ceramic aerogels in a structurally adaptive and scalable form. © 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.BACKGROUND Malignant tissue samples may be the only source of biological material for forensic investigations, including individual identification or paternity testing; however, such samples may lead to uncertainties due to frequent genomic aberrations associated with tumors, including alterations of the short tandem repeat (STR) loci used for forensic casework. METHODS Short tandem repeat loci routinely used in forensic analysis (n = 23) were analyzed in 68 surgically removed papillary thyroid cancer specimens. Tumor cells and normal stromal cells were separated by laser capture microdissection. RESULTS Four kinds of changes were detected between normal and tumor tissues partial loss of heterozygosity (pLOH), complete loss of heterozygosity, an additional allele, and a new allele not found in normal tissue. These changes were distributed across 20 of the tested STRs, with no mutations in VWA, D16S539, or Penta D. The most frequently affected locus was D2S1338, and the most frequent type of alteration was pLOH. Samples from patients aged 40-59 years exhibited the highest frequencies of STR variation. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that great care should be taken in the evaluation of DNA typing results obtained from malignant tissues, particularly when no normal tissue reference samples are available. Tenalisib molecular weight © 2020 The Authors. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.INTRODUCTION This cross-sectional study evaluated the influence of endodontic filling material, cervical limit of root filling, and tooth location on the color variation (∆E00 ) from 1 to 60 months of follow-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS Color records were obtained from 70 participants who received 83 endodontic treatments. CIEL*a*b* color coordinates were measured on the homologous tooth, which was considered as baseline, and on endodontic treated teeth with a spectrophotometer. ∆E00 was calculated by the CIEDE2000 method at three conditions (condition 1 homologous tooth vs endodontically treated tooth after ≤1 month; condition 2 homologous tooth vs endodontically treated tooth after >1-12 months; condition 3 homologous tooth vs endodontically treated tooth after >12 months up to 5 years) for each variable. The zinc oxide and eugenol mineral trioxide aggregate or resin-based filling materials, dental cervix or ≥2 mm in the apical direction cervical limit of root filling and anterior or posterior tooth location w anterior teeth. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.BACKGROUND Pressure ulcer (PU) is a common complication of acute and long-time hospitalization, especially in elderly patients. The incidence and prevalence of PU are swiftly fortifying. Currently, our purpose was to investigate the functional impacts of circ-Ttc3 on PU. METHODS HaCaT cells were pretreated under hypoxia condition. Cell counting kit 8 assay and flow cytometry were utilized to test HaCaT cell viability and apoptosis. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was utilized to determine circ-Ttc3 and miR-449a expression. Western blot was performed to examine apoptosis-associated proteins expression. Subsequently, the above-described investigations were reperformed after miR-449a upregulation. RESULTS Hypoxia induced apoptosis and declined viability in HaCaT cells. Circ-Ttc3 expression was enhanced after transfection with circ-Ttc3 expressing vector. Overexpressing circ-Ttc3 raised viability and reduced apoptosis in HaCaT cells. Moreover, miR-449a expression was elevated by hypoxia and reversed by overexpressing circ-Ttc3.