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Magnetic resonance imaging of the urogenital tract found the uterus to be bicornuate. Based on these data, OMN in nonhypoplastic kidneys and adaptive FSGS related to PAX2 mutation was diagnosed. Her kidney function worsened during the 30-month follow-up (last visit eGFR-EPI 32 mL/min/1.73 m2) despite angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor treatment. To our best knowledge, our patient is the seventh in the English-language literature with a biopsy diagnosis of OMN in an adult, the first observed with normal-sized kidneys, and the first in whom a specific etiologic genetic diagnosis was established. Nonsense PAX2 mutations between the paired domain and the octapeptide domain appear to manifest in renal-limited phenotype.Fibrillary and immunotactoid glomerulonephritis are infrequent causes of primary nephrotic range proteinuria and are poorly understood. Recent significant developments include the discovery of DNA JB9 antigen in fibrillary glomerulonephritis. Here, we present a case of a middle-aged woman who presented with nephrotic range proteinuria, hematuria, and normal renal function. Renal biopsy revealed fibrils that were randomly arranged on electron microscopy. They were of small size and congo red negative similar to the ones found in fibrillary glomerulonephritis, but were also DNA JB 9 negative, and had a hollow core like in immunotactoid glomerulopathy. Though we try to classify these conditions into either immunotactoid glomerulonephropathy (ITGN) or fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN), there are scenarios such as this case where it does not fit into either and is probably an overlap or intermediate variant of these two conditions. Pathological features of these glomerulonephrites are discussed together with their clinical implications, treatment choices, and diagnostic importance.Most episodes of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis are caused by skin-dwelling gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative bacteria colonizing gut and urinary tract. Occasionally, however, uncommon bacteria can cause peritonitis in PD patients. We describe a case of Ewingella americana peritonitis, the first such case reported from the United States. A 68-year-old woman with end-stage kidney disease due to hypertension was initiated on PD 2 years prior to the present event. She presented with abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting. She was afebrile and hemodynamically stable. Abdomen was diffusely tender with guarding and rebound. No obvious root cause was apparent. Initial PD fluid white count was 502/mm3 with 87% neutrophils. Gram stain was negative. Culture grew gram-negative rods, which were later identified as Ewingella americana, resistant to ampicillin and cefazolin but sensitive to gentamicin, ceftazidime, and cefepime. After empiric intraperitoneal vancomycin and gentamicin, she was continued on intraperitoneal gentamicin for a total period of 21 days. She responded to the treatment rapidly with complete recovery. PD fluid on day four showed 40 nucleated cells with 12% neutrophils. Patient remained on PD without consequences. Ewingella americana is a gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacillus that can survive in water, including domestic water. Inadequate hand hygiene is a potential root cause of infection. Although rare, Ewingella peritonitis can be observed in PD patients and is treatable. Clinicians should be aware of Ewingella as a potential cause of PD peritonitis.Objective Both oncogenic transcription factors (TFs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important regulator in human cancer by transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation, respectively. These phenomena raise questions about the ability of artificial device to regulate miRNAs and TFs simultaneously. In this study, we aimed to construct an artificial long non-coding RNA, "alncRNA," which imitated CRISPR/Cas systems and to illuminate its therapeutic effects in bladder cancer cell lines. At the same time, we also compared the efficiency of alncRNA and CRISPR/Cas systems in regulating gene expression. Study Design and Methods Based on engineering principles of synthetic biology, we combined tandem arrayed cDNA sequences of aptamer for TFs with tandem arrayed cDNA copies of binding sites for the miRNAs to construct alncRNA. In order to prove the utility of this platform, we chose β -catenin, NF-κB, miR-940, and miR-495 as the functional targets and used the bladder cancer cell lines 5637 and T24 as the test mod in the bladder cancer lines. Our devices, therefore, provides a novel strategy for cancer therapy and could be a useful "weapon" for cancer cell.A subset of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), categorized as miRNA-host gene lncRNAs (lnc-miRHGs), is processed to produce miRNAs and involved in cancer progression. This work aimed to investigate the influences and the molecular mechanisms of lnc-miRHGs MIR497HG in bladder cancer (BCa). The miR-497 and miR-195 were derived from MIR497HG. We identified that lnc-miRHG MIR497HG and two harbored miRNAs, miR-497 and miR-195, were downregulated in BCa by analyzing The Cancer Genome Atlas and our dataset. Silencing of MIR497HG by CRISPR/Cas13d in BCa cell line 5637 promoted cell growth, migration, and invasion in vitro. Conversely, overexpression of MIR497HG suppressed cell progression in BCa cell line T24. MiR-497/miR-195 mimics rescued significantly the oncogenic roles of knockdown of MIR497HG by CRISPR/Cas13d in BCa. 3-O-Methylquercetin Mechanistically, miR-497 and miR-195 co-ordinately suppressed multiple key components in Hippo/Yap and transforming growth factor β signaling and particularly attenuated the interaction between Yap and Smad3. In addition, E2F4 was proven to be critical for silencing MIR497HG transcription in BCa cells. In short, we propose for the first time to reveal the function and mechanisms of MIR497HG in BCa. Blocking the pathological process may be a potential strategy for the treatment of BCa.Analysis of high-throughput omics data is one of the most important approaches for obtaining information regarding interactions between proteins/genes. Time-series omics data are a series of omics data points indexed in time order and normally contain more abundant information about the interactions between biological macromolecules than static omics data. In addition, phosphorylation is a key posttranslational modification (PTM) that is indicative of possible protein function changes in cellular processes. Analysis of time-series phosphoproteomic data should provide more meaningful information about protein interactions. However, although many algorithms, databases, and websites have been developed to analyze omics data, the tools dedicated to discovering molecular interactions from time-series omics data, especially from time-series phosphoproteomic data, are still scarce. Moreover, most reported tools ignore the lag between functional alterations and the corresponding changes in protein synthesis/PTM and are highly dependent on previous knowledge, resulting in high false-positive rates and difficulties in finding newly discovered protein-protein interactions (PPIs).