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  The four limbs (43.33%) were the most frequently affected areas, the mean burn area was 25.19±20.97% of the total body surface area (TBSA) and most patients (46.89%) suffered from moderate burns. The mean length of hospital stay was 17.66±16.55 days and majority of patients (89.36%) recovered with 0.84% mortality rate. Our findings reflected that the increase in incidence rate was alarming, and the causes resulting in LPG-related burns haven't gained much attention yet. Therefore, this calls for simple but strict measures aiming at each hazardous step during the use of LPG to prevent these burn injuries. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Burn Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail journals.permissions@oup.com.CONTEXT Hypoglycemia attenuates cardiovascular homeostatic autonomic control. This attenuation, known as the cardiovascular component of hypoglycemia associated autonomic failure (HAAF) is characterized most notably by decreased baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) that begins during hypoglycemia and persists until at least the next day, despite return to euglycemia. Understanding the mechanisms underlying this reduction in BRS is important since BRS attenuation is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.  https://www.selleckchem.com/btk.html  OBJECTIVE Investigate the role of the adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)-adrenal axis in decreasing BRS. We tested the hypothesis that infusion of ACTH 1-24 (cosyntropin), as compared to placebo, would acutely suppress BRS, and that this decrease in BRS would be present the next day. DESIGN Double-blind, placebo-controlled, random-order, cross-over study. SETTING Clinical research center. PARTICIPANTS Healthy men and women. INTERVENTIONS Intravenous infusion of cosyntropin (70 mcg/hour for 2.5 hours in the morning and again in the early afternoon) versus normal saline placebo. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES BRS during and 16 hours after cosyntropin versus placebo infusions. RESULTS Cosyntropin infusion attenuated BRS (mmHg/ms) as compared to placebo (baseline 17.8±1.38 vs.17.0±2.07; during 14.4±1.43 vs. 17.3±1.65; and next day 14.8±1.42 vs. 18.9±2.04; p less then 0.05, time by treatment, ANOVA). BRS was decreased during the final 30 minutes of the AM cosyntropin infusion as compared to baseline (p less then 0.01) and remained suppressed the next day (16 hours after PM infusion) (p less then 0.025). Placebo infusion did not significantly change BRS. QTc was not affected. CONCLUSIONS ACTH attenuates BRS, raising the possibility that hypoglycemia-induced increases in ACTH may contribute to the cardiovascular component of HAAF. © Endocrine Society 2020. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail journals.permissions@oup.com.AIMS Recent studies revealed that the bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) epigenetic reader proteins resemble key regulators in the underlying pathophysiology of cancer, diabetes or cardiovascular disease. However, whether they also regulate vascular remodeling processes by direct effects on vascular cells is unknown. In this study we investigated the effects of the BET proteins on human smooth muscle cell (SMC) function in vitro and neointima formation in response to vascular injury in vivo. METHODS AND RESULTS Selective inhibition of BETs by the small molecule (+)-JQ1 dose dependently reduced proliferation and migration of SMCs without apoptotic or toxic effects. Flow cytometric analysis revealed a cell cycle arrest in the G0/G1 phase in the presence of (+)-JQ1. Microarray- and pathway-analysis revealed a substantial transcriptional regulation of gene sets controlled by the FOXO1-transcription factor. Silencing of the most significantly regulated FOXO1-dependent gene, CDKN1A, abolished the antiproliferativeic inhibitors of these proteins like (+)-JQ1 potently prevent SMC proliferation after acute vascular injury, limiting neointima formation and vessel re-occlusion following interventional treatment. Interfering with BET-function by using such inhibitors which are already in clinical use for the treatment of different diseases may represent an attractive and approach with high translational potential to support current interventional therapies by minimizing negative vascular remodeling processes. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020.  https://www.selleckchem.com/btk.html  For permissions please email journals.permissions@oup.com.The advent of high-resolution chromosome conformation capture assays (such as 5C, Hi-C and Pore-C) has allowed for unprecedented sequence-level investigations into the structure-function relationship of the genome. In order to comprehensively understand this relationship, computational tools are required that utilize data generated from these assays to predict 3D genome organization (the 3D genome reconstruction problem). Many computational tools have been developed that answer this need, but a comprehensive comparison of their underlying algorithmic approaches has not been conducted. This manuscript provides a comprehensive review of the existing computational tools (from November 2006 to September 2019, inclusive) that can be used to predict 3D genome organizations from high-resolution chromosome conformation capture data. Overall, existing tools were found to use a relatively small set of algorithms from one or more of the following categories dimensionality reduction, graph/network theory, maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) and statistical modeling. Solutions in each category are far from maturity, and the breadth and depth of various algorithmic categories have not been fully explored. While the tools for predicting 3D structure for a genomic region or single chromosome are diverse, there is a general lack of algorithmic diversity among computational tools for predicting the complete 3D genome organization from high-resolution chromosome conformation capture data. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press.BACKGROUND Urinary incontinence (UI) is prevalent in women and has been associated with decreased quality of life and institutionalization. Despite this, and the fact that several treatment options exist, few women discuss UI with clinicians. The aim of this study is to examine the proportion of middle aged and older women with urinary incontinence who have discussed UI with clinicians, focusing on female health professionals as a way to examine this question outside of issues of healthcare access. METHODS Data are from the Nurses Health Studies (NHS), two ongoing observational, prospective, cohort studies. The surveys collected detailed information about UI, including frequency, amount and type. Women were also asked if they had discussed UI with a clinician. We used multivariable-adjusted logistic regression to estimate odds ratios (OR) of participants reporting discussion about UI. RESULTS 94,692 women with UI aged 49 to 91 years old were included in this study. Of these, thirty-four percent reported that they had discussed their incontinence with a clinician.