[Mature teratoma of the pharynx and nasal cavity in a newborn: a case report]. / Klinicheskoe nablyudenie zreloi teratomy glotki i polosti nosa u novorozhdennogo.

We present to your attention a case of mature teratoma of the pharynx and nasal cavity in a newborn, which caused severe obstruction of the upper respiratory tract and required emergency action. The article describes the diagnostic algorithm, the choice of optimal treatment tactics, which allowed rehabilitate the child in infancy.

Nonlinear dynamics of a spin-Hall nano-oscillator based on the canted antiferromagnet.

The theory of the nonlinear dynamics of a canted antiferromagnet-based (AFM) spin-Hall oscillator with weak ferromagnetism caused by the strong Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction between magnetic sublattices is rigorously studied. The AFM oscillator's frequency tuning is carried out both due to a DC spin-polarized current flowing through the normal metal layer and an external permanent magnetic field. A feature of the operation of this oscillator is the presence of a hysteresis region between the subcritical (damping) and overcritical (self-oscillating) regimes. We show that it is necessary to reduce an effective easy-plane anisotropy field of the AFM or choose antiferromagnetic material with a smaller exchange field between magnetic sublattices to get a smaller hysteresis region. The action of an external permanent magnetic field on an antiferromagnet leads to the presence of two stable equilibrium states, and the self-oscillating regime is characterized by two-mode generation. We find the conditions for the absence of two-mode generation on the "current density-magnetic field strength" plane. We believe that our results can be helpful for the practical development of a sub-THz frequency tunable oscillator based on the AFM with weak ferromagnetism.

SMPDL3b modulates insulin receptor signaling in diabetic kidney disease.

Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase acid-like 3b (SMPDL3b) is a lipid raft enzyme that regulates plasma membrane (PM) fluidity. Here we report that SMPDL3b excess, as observed in podocytes in diabetic kidney disease (DKD), impairs insulin receptor isoform B-dependent pro-survival insulin signaling by interfering with insulin receptor isoforms binding to caveolin-1 in the PM. SMPDL3b excess affects the production of active sphingolipids resulting in decreased ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P) content as observed in human podocytes in vitro and in kidney cortexes of diabetic db/db mice in vivo. Podocyte-specific Smpdl3b deficiency in db/db mice is sufficient to restore kidney cortex C1P content and to protect from DKD. Exogenous administration of C1P restores IR signaling in vitro and prevents established DKD progression in vivo. Taken together, we identify SMPDL3b as a modulator of insulin signaling and demonstrate that supplementation with exogenous C1P may represent a lipid therapeutic strategy to treat diabetic complications such as DKD.

[Extrarenal rhabdoid tumor: A review of literature and a report of cases with atypical morphology]. / Ékstrarenal'naia rabdoidnaia opukhol'. Obzor literatury i opisanie sluchaev s netipichnoi morfologiei.

Extrarenal extracranial rhabdoid tumor (EERT) is a rare malignant pediatric tumor characterized by extremely aggressive behavior, rapid metastatic spread, low survival rates, and no targeted therapy. The morphological diagnosis of classical cases of EERT is not difficult and it is based on its characteristic histologic pattern and immunohistochemical findings in a relatively short time, which allows one to immediately initiate therapy. The paper describes two cases of ERRT in the complete absence of classical rhabdoid morphology, as revealed by light microscopy when the material was primarily assessed. The final diagnostic search could establish a diagnosis of EERT in both cases on the basis of immunohistochemical findings.

BK virus nephropathy in a pediatric patient after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

We report the case of a seven-yr-old Caucasian girl who presented with progressive deterioration of renal function 13 months after HSCT for myelodysplastic syndrome. BK virus nephropathy was suspected and confirmed. After reduction of immunosuppression and treatment with IVIG, leflunomide, ciprofloxacin, and cidofovir, clearance of BK virus from blood was achieved, and further progression or renal failure was prevented. We believe that BK virus nephropathy should be considered in cases of renal function deterioration in all immunocompromised patients.

[Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors of childhood].

The paper describes 6 cases of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (ATRT) in the complete absence of classical rhabdoid elements isolated from 25 INI1-negative central nervous system tumors investigated in the period 2006 to the present time. Analysis of the specific features of the histological structure of INI1-negative tumors could identify a few histological types of ATRT according to the conventionally standardized criteria for diagnostic search.

[Dynamics of parameters of energy metabolism at adaptation to diving in human].

Studies of the diving reaction in the comparative-evolutionary aspect have shown that a complex of reactions providing the oxygen-saving effect during diving is inherent in human like in the secondary-aquatic mammals. This is confirmed by results of study of peculiarities of energy metabolism during imitation of diving (hold-up of respiration with immersion of face into the cold water--the cold-hypoxic-hypercapnic action) (CHHA). Data of gas analysis have shown that during the diving imitation the oxygen consumption rate is statistically significantly lower than during the usual hold-up of respiration (Genche's test). As shown by the study, this is due to the greater degree to vasoconstriction of peripheral vessels and selective redistribution of blood flow than to slowing down of the blood flow caused by reflex bradycardia during diving. It has been revealed that under effect of adaptation to CHHA, on the background of a decrease of the total energy consumption by the organism there occurs some increase of contribution of aerobic processes to its energy provision. Adaptation to CHHA has been shown to be accompanied by a decrease of reactivity of the parasympathetic chain of regulation of the heart chronotropic function and by an increase of duration of apnea. The duration of apnea is directly correlated with level of insulin--the hormone stimulating the anaerobic pathway of energy provision. Under effect of adaptation to CHHA there has been established an increase of the organism resistance to stress actions, which is confirmed by the lower levels of cortisol and thyroid hormones in representatives of the experimental group as compared with the control one.

Efficient and robust prediction algorithms for protein complexes using Gomory-Hu trees.

Two-Hybrid (Y2H) Protein-Protein interaction (PPI) data suffer from high False Positive and False Negative rates, thus making searching for protein complexes in PPI networks a challenge. To overcome these limitations, we propose an efficient approach which measures connectivity between proteins not by edges, but by edge-disjoint paths. We model the number of edge-disjoint paths as a network flow and efficiently represent it in a Gomory-Hu tree. By manipulating the tree, we are able to isolate groups of nodes sharing more edge-disjoint paths with each other than with the rest of the network, which are our putative protein complexes. We examine the performance of our algorithm with Variation of Information and Separation measures and show that it belongs to a group of techniques which are robust against increased false positive and false negative rates. We apply our approach to yeast , mouse, worm, and human Y2H PPI networks, where it shows promising results. On yeast network, we identify 38 statistically significant protein clusters, 20 of which correspond to protein complexes and 16 to functional modules.

[Effect of rations containing fluorine ion on biochemical and hematological indices of body status]. / Vliianie ratsionov, soderzhashchikh ftor-ion, na nekotorye biokhimicheskie i gematologicheskie pokazateli sostoianiia organizma.

A study was made of the fluorine-ion content in the vegetables and grain grown on experimental plots of land fertilized for 4-6 years with fluorine-containing fertilizers: active slurry potassium tetrafluoroborate and sodium fluorosilicate. It was found that the fluorine-ion content in individual samples of the vegetables and grain was increased 2-32-fold as compared to that in the control samples. As for the diet, the total content of fluorine-ion was increased 6.1-12.3-fold. Experiments were made on rabbits and rats whose diets contained the vegetables and grain from the experimental plots of land. The animals of the experimental groups manifested a lowering of the prothrombin index by the end of the 6th month of the experimental studies. There was a statistically significant fall in the cholinesterase activity and an increase in the activity of glutaminopyruvic aminotransferase (by 35-42 units). The activity of total alkaline phosphatase progressively increased at the expense of the elevated activity of liver and intestinal isozymes.