Accumulating evidence shows that an imbalance in regulatory T cells (Tregs)/T helper IL-17-producing cells (Th17) exists in malignant pleural effusion (MPE). However, the cause of this phenomenon in MPE and the underlying mechanism remain uncertain. The percentages of Tregs and Th17 cells in MPE and parapneumonic effusion (PPE) were determined by flow cytometry. Their specific transcription fac...

Mycoplasma infection has been reported in immunocompromised cancer patients; nevertheless, it is not clear if persistent Mycoplasma infection could facilitate the proliferation of cancer cells in immunocompromised organisms. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between persistent Mycoplasma infection and malignant transformation in an immunodeficient host model. Immunodeficient...

This paper describes a novel instrument used for the analysis of full-field throughthickness stress distributions using the theory of magnetophotoelasticity (MPE) developed by Aben [1] and developed by Clarke et al. [2, 3]. MPE is an experimental stress analysis technique that involves the application of a magnetic field parallel to an electromagnetic wave propagating through a birefringent mod...

Background. There are no available literatures on massive pleural effusions (MPE) in our country. Aim. To determine the aetiology of MPE and compare the mortality rate between malignant and nonmalignant MPE in adult Nigerians. Methods. A prospective study of all the patients diagnosed with nontraumatic pleural fluid collections for one year in two tertiary federal hospitals in Southern Nigeria....

This paper addresses the use of discriminative training criteria for Speaker Adaptive Training (SAT), where both the transform generation and model parameter estimation are estimated using the Minimum Phone Error (MPE) criterion. In a similar fashion to the use of I-smoothing for standard MPE training, a smoothing technique is introduced to avoid over-training when optimizing MPEbased feature-s...

BACKGROUND Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) and ascites (MA) negatively impact quality of life of palliative patients. Treatment options are limited. This study's purpose is to examine the experience with indwelling tunneled catheters (ITCs) for management of MPE/MA in children with advanced cancer. METHODS Children with MPE/MA who underwent ITC insertion (2007-2012) were retrospectively revi...

Corespondence: Antonia Marazioti, PhD; Laboratory for Molecular Respiratory Carcinogenesis, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Patras; Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Building, 2nd floor, Room B40, 1 Asklepiou Str., University Campus (Panepistimioupolis), 26504 Rio, Greece; Phone: +30-2610-969116; Fax: +30-2610-997215; E-mail: [email protected] SUMMARY. Malignan...

IL-17-producing CD4(+) T (Th17) cells have been found to be increased in some human cancers; however, the possible implication of Th17 cells in regulating antitumor responses in malignant pleural effusion (MPE) remains to be elucidated. In the current study, distribution and phenotypic features of Th17 cells in both MPE and peripheral blood from patients with lung cancer were determined by flow...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of survivin for malignant pleural effusion (MPE). METHODS Pleural effusion samples were collected from 40 MPE patients and 45 non-MPE patients. Pleural levels of survivin were measured by ELISA. Literature search was performed in Pubmed and Embase to identify studies regarding the usefulness of survivin to diagnose MPE. Data were retrieved and ...

Background The differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is difficult because the biochemical profiles are similar. The present study aimed to differentiate TPE from MPE, using a decision tree and a weighted sparse representation-based classification (WSRC) method, based on the best combination of routine pleural effusion fluid biomarkers....