41 Background: AMG 208 is a small molecule MET inhibitor that suppresses proliferation and induces apoptosis in human tumor xenografts. This first-in-human study evaluated the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of AMG 208. We report data from the dose escalation part of the study. METHODS Key eligibility criteria: ≥ 18 yr, advanced solid tumors, ECOG ≤ 2, and evaluab...

this survey, evaluated the level of awareness and knowledge among the medical staff about conditions and methods of performing cardiopulmonary ressucitation. the study sampling comprised 497 subjects including 208 residents and 262 interns of ten university hospitals in tehran. in regard to the basic principles, this has been 43.54% (sd = 13.36%), in drug and fluid therapy 31.22% (gd = 13.22%),...

The tensile strength of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL), and of surgical procedures which reconstitute it, are unknown. Ten fresh cadaver knees were prepared by isolating the patella, leaving only the MPFL as its attachment to the medial femoral condyle. The MPFL was either repaired by using a Kessler suture or reconstructed using either bone anchors or one of two tendon grafting tech...

PURPOSE Osteosarcoma is the main malignant primary bone tumor in children and adolescents for whom the prognosis remains poor, especially when metastasis is present at diagnosis. Because transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) has been shown to promote metastasis in many solid tumors, we investigated the effect of the natural TGFβ/Smad signaling inhibitor Smad7 and the TβRI inhibitor SD-208 on oste...

Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) are the most frequently occurring histological subtypes of breast cancer, accounting for 80-90% and 10-15% of the total cases, respectively. At the time of diagnosis and surgical resection of the primary tumour, most patients do not have clinical signs of metastases, but bone micrometastases may already be present. Our aim was...

Pain is the most common symptom of bone cancer. TGF-β, a major bone-derived growth factor, is largely released by osteoclast bone resorption during the progression of bone cancer and contributes to proliferation, angiogenesis, immunosuppression, invasion, and metastasis. Here, we further show that TGF-β1 is critical for bone cancer-induced pain sensitization. We found that, after the progressio...

RVX 208 (RVX-208; RVX000222) is a first-in-class novel small molecule in development by Resverlogix Corporation for acute coronary syndromes, atherosclerosis and Alzheimer disease. It increases the levels of apolipoprotein A1 and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, thereby potentially reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease. This review discusses the key development milestones and therap...

ABSTRACT Conventional unpowered lower limb exoskeleton paid little attention to the metabolic cost of body during sit down (SD)/stand up (SU). The SD motion model and characteristics extremity are analyzed; then, a novel is proposed, contribution degree muscles stiffness joints used for determining location energy storage element. relevant in left leg obtained based on Opensim software. results...