Results There were 19 patients with FMF (13 F/6 M) who were receiving canakinumab for various indications. Here we report 10 (6 F/4 M) who had at least 3 injections. Three patients had concomitant diseases such as psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis and polyarteritis nodosa. The indications for canakinumab (150mg) were colchicine resistancy in 7 patients (>1 attack/month), amyloidosis in 2 and in...

Recent advances in achieving highly durable clinical responses via inhibition of immune checkpoint proteins including CTLA-4 and PD1 have revolutionized the outlook for cancer therapy. However, along with impressive clinical activity (response rate of ~25% with either antiCTLA-4 or anti-PD1 as single agent, but > 50% with a combination), severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs) due to the b...

Ordered sequences of univariate or multivariate regressions provide statistical models for analysing data from randomized, possibly sequential interventions, from cohort or multi-wave panel studies, but also from cross-sectional or retrospective studies. Conditional independences are captured by what we name regression graphs, provided the generated distribution shares some properties with a jo...

The detection superoxide production in vascular cells is usually limited by a low sensitivity of available assays. We tested the applicability of the luminol derivate L-012 ¿8-amino-5-chloro-7-phenylpyridol¿3,4-dpyridazine-1,4(2H,3H)dione to measure superoxide production in cultured endothelial cells (human umbilical vein endothelial cells) and rat aortic segments. Following stimulation with t...

BACKGROUND Osteotome sinus floor elevation is a less invasive approach to augment an insufficient alveolar bone at the posterior maxilla for dental implantation. However, this approach has some limitations due to the lack of sinus lift tools available for clinical use and the small transcrestal access to the maxillary sinus floor. We recently invented shape-memory Ni/Ti alloy wire containing tu...

Hematite (α-Fe2O3) persists as a promising candidate for photoelectrochemical water splitting, but a slow oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at its surfaces remains a limitation. Here we extend a series of studies that examine pH-dependent surface potentials and electron-transfer properties of effectively perfect low-index crystal faces of hematite in contact with simple electrolyte. Zero-resistan...

Egg drop syndrome virus (EDSV) can markedly decrease egg production in laying hens. Duck is the natural host of EDSV. EDSV derived from ducks abrogate egg drop in laying hens. We have previously confirmed that duck-derived EDSVs have a variety of replication activities in chick embryo liver (CEL) cells. However, it is currently unclear whether duck-derived EDSV could display tropism and adaptat...