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Massa V.

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The role of PNI to predict survival in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with Sorafenib

2020

Background and aims The present study aims to investigate the role of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) on survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with sorafenib. Methods This multicentric study included a training cohort of 194 HCC patients and three external validation cohorts of 129, 76 and 265 HCC patients treated with Sorafenib, respectively. The PNI was calculated as follows: 10 × serum albumin (g/dL) + 0.005 × total lymphocyte count (per mm3). Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to investigate the association between the covariates and the overall survival (OS). Results A PNI cut-off value of 31.3 was established using the ROC an…

RNA virusesMaleEtiologyCancer TreatmentHepacivirusKaplan-Meier EstimateBiochemistryCohort StudiesWhite Blood CellsMathematical and Statistical TechniquesRetrospective StudieAnimal CellsAdult; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents; Carcinoma Hepatocellular; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Italy; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Liver Neoplasms; Lymphocyte Count; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Serum Albumin; Sorafenib; Nutrition AssessmentMedicine and Health Sciences80 and overLymphocytesPathology and laboratory medicineAged 80 and overHepatitis C virusLiver DiseasesStatisticsQLiver NeoplasmsRMedical microbiologyMiddle AgedSorafenibPrognosisOncologyItalyLiver NeoplasmPhysical SciencesVirusesMedicineFemalePathogensCellular TypesHumanResearch ArticleAdultHepatitis B virusCarcinoma HepatocellularImmune CellsScienceImmunologyAntineoplastic AgentsGastroenterology and HepatologySerum Albumin ...Research and Analysis MethodsCarcinomasMicrobiologyAlbuminsGastrointestinal TumorsHumansLymphocyte CountStatistical MethodsSerum AlbuminAgedRetrospective StudiesBlood CellsAdult Aged 80 and over Antineoplastic Agents Carcinoma Hepatocellular Cohort Studies Female Humans Italy Kaplan-Meier Estimate Liver Neoplasms Lymphocyte Count Male Middle Aged Prognosis Retrospective Studies Serum Albumin Sorafenib Nutrition AssessmentBiology and life sciencesFlavivirusesCarcinomaViral pathogensOrganismsCancers and NeoplasmsProteinsHepatocellularHepatocellular CarcinomaCell Biologyprognostic nutritional index (PNI) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) sorafenib. survival mRECISTHepatitis virusesMicrobial pathogensNutrition AssessmentMultivariate AnalysisCohort StudieMathematics
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Expanding the phenotype associated to KMT2A variants: overlapping clinical signs between Wiedemann–Steiner and Rubinstein–Taybi syndromes

2020

Lysine-specific methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A) is responsible for methylation of histone H3 (K4H3me) and contributes to chromatin remodeling, acting as “writer” of the epigenetic machinery. Mutations in KMT2A were first reported in Wiedemann–Steiner syndrome (WDSTS). More recently, KMT2A variants have been described in probands with a specific clinical diagnosis comprised in the so-called chromatinopathies. Such conditions, including WDSTS, are a group of overlapping disorders caused by mutations in genes coding for the epigenetic machinery. Among them, Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is mainly caused by heterozygous pathogenic variants in CREBBP or EP300. In this work, we used next generati…

AdultMaleRubinstein-Taybi SyndromeAdolescentHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseWiedemann–SteinerArticlePhenotypeSettore MED/03 - Genetica MedicaSettore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICAKMT2A variantsMutationHumansFemaleEpigeneticsRubinstein–Taybi syndromesChildKMT2A Gene Wiedemann–Steiner syndrome Rubinstein–Taybi syndromeMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein
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