LIVIVO - The Search Portal for Life Sciences

zur deutschen Oberfläche wechseln
Advanced search

Search results

Result 1 - 10 of total 94

Search options

  1. Article ; Online: Fusion-driven cutaneous and superficial mesenchymal and adnexal tumors-A clinicopathologic and molecular study of 15 cases, including a novel case of ACTB::ZMIZ2-rearranged adnexal carcinoma.

    Dehner, Carina A / Johnson, Emma F / Wieland, Carrie N / Camilleri, Michael J / Kajdacsy-Balla, Andre / Oliveira, Andre M / Halling, Kevin C / Gupta, Sounak / Guo, Ruifeng

    Journal of cutaneous pathology

    2024  

    Abstract: Background: While the list of fusion-driven soft tissue neoplasms is expanding rapidly, their importance among cutaneous and superficial mesenchymal and adnexal neoplasms remains poorly understood. This challenge is especially evident in cases with ... ...

    Abstract Background: While the list of fusion-driven soft tissue neoplasms is expanding rapidly, their importance among cutaneous and superficial mesenchymal and adnexal neoplasms remains poorly understood. This challenge is especially evident in cases with ambiguous histopathology that are difficult to classify based on morphology.
    Aims: Our goal was to investigate the benefits of next-generation sequencing in diagnosing complex cutaneous neoplasms.
    Materials & methods: Departmental archives were searched for fusion-driven cutaneous neoplasms. Slides were retrieved and clinical information including follow-up was obtained.
    Results: Fifteen cases occurred in eight female and seven male patients, with a median age of 26 years (range: 1-83) at diagnosis. Tumors involved the extremities (9), scalp (5), and head and neck (1). Predominant features included myoepithelial (5), nested spindled with clear cytoplasm (2), atypical adnexal/squamoid (2), small round blue cell (2), cellular spindled (3), and fibrohistiocytic morphology (1). Most frequently encountered fusions involved EWSR1 (6) fused to ERG (1), FLI1 (1), CREB1 (2), CREM (1), PBX3 (1), followed by PLAG1 (4) with LIFR (2), TRPS1 (1) and CHCHD7. Additional fusions encountered were YAP1::NUTM1, EML4::ALK, SS18::SSX1 (2), and a novel fusion: ACTB::ZMIZ2. Integration of histologic features and molecular findings led to final diagnoses of primary cutaneous Ewing sarcoma (2), soft tissue myoepithelioma (4), cutaneous syncytial myoepithelioma (1), cutaneous adnexal carcinoma (1), porocarcinoma (1), inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (1), synovial sarcoma (2), clear cell sarcoma (2), and angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma (1).
    Discussion and conclusion: Our results show that fusion testing can be a helpful diagnostic tool, especially in cases with unusual or uncommon morphology in superficial sites. Furthermore, it can allow for the identification of potential therapeutic targets in some instances.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-31
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 187078-6
    ISSN 1600-0560 ; 0303-6987
    ISSN (online) 1600-0560
    ISSN 0303-6987
    DOI 10.1111/cup.14610
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  2. Article: A deep learning framework for autonomous detection and classification of Crohn's disease lesions in the small bowel and colon with capsule endoscopy.

    Majtner, Tomáš / Brodersen, Jacob Broder / Herp, Jürgen / Kjeldsen, Jens / Halling, Morten Lee / Jensen, Michael Dam

    Endoscopy international open

    2021  Volume 9, Issue 9, Page(s) E1361–E1370

    Abstract: Background and study ... ...

    Abstract Background and study aims
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-16
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2761052-4
    ISSN 2196-9736 ; 2364-3722
    ISSN (online) 2196-9736
    ISSN 2364-3722
    DOI 10.1055/a-1507-4980
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  3. Article ; Online: Bond and Equity Issuance Activity during COVID-19

    Halling, Michael / Yu, Jin / Zechner, Josef

    SSRN Electronic Journal ; ISSN 1556-5068

    2020  

    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.2139/ssrn.3596114
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

    More links

    Kategorien

  4. Article: How Did COVID-19 Affect Firms’ Access to Public Capital Markets?

    Halling, Michael / Yu, Jin / Zechner, Josef

    The Review of Corporate Finance Studies

    Abstract: We find that bond issues have substantially increased since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in calendar week 12 (March 16–20) for bonds rated A or higher, but surprisingly also for bonds rated BBB or lower In contrast to existing evidence on bond ... ...

    Abstract We find that bond issues have substantially increased since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in calendar week 12 (March 16–20) for bonds rated A or higher, but surprisingly also for bonds rated BBB or lower In contrast to existing evidence on bond maturities in economic downturns, we document that maturities exceed those of bonds issued before by the same firms as well as the average maturities during normal times Determinants of corporate bond spreads substantially differ between COVID-19 and normal times Most prominently, asset tangibility has a highly significant negative effect on spreads during normal times During COVID-19, this is reversed, especially in industries heavily affected by lockdown measures, reflecting the inflexibility associated with fixed assets A different picture emerges for equity issues, which slowed considerably during the first 4 weeks of the pandemic, before accelerating again Capital raised during COVID-19 via equity issues is approximately 5% of capital raised via bond issues
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #630799
    Database COVID19

    Kategorien

  5. Article ; Online: How Did COVID-19 Affect Firms’ Access to Public Capital Markets?*

    Halling, Michael / Yu, Jin / Zechner, Josef

    The Review of Corporate Finance Studies

    2020  Volume 9, Issue 3, Page(s) 501–533

    Abstract: Abstract We find that bond issues have substantially increased since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in calendar week 12 (March 16–20) for bonds rated A or higher, but surprisingly also for bonds rated BBB or lower. In contrast to existing evidence on ... ...

    Abstract Abstract We find that bond issues have substantially increased since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in calendar week 12 (March 16–20) for bonds rated A or higher, but surprisingly also for bonds rated BBB or lower. In contrast to existing evidence on bond maturities in economic downturns, we document that maturities exceed those of bonds issued before by the same firms as well as the average maturities during normal times. Determinants of corporate bond spreads substantially differ between COVID-19 and normal times. Most prominently, asset tangibility has a highly significant negative effect on spreads during normal times. During COVID-19, this is reversed, especially in industries heavily affected by lockdown measures, reflecting the inflexibility associated with fixed assets. A different picture emerges for equity issues, which slowed considerably during the first 4 weeks of the pandemic, before accelerating again. Capital raised during COVID-19 via equity issues is approximately 5% of capital raised via bond issues. (JEL G01, G32) Received: May 21, 2020; editorial decision June 17, 2020 by Editor Andrew Ellul.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Oxford University Press (OUP)
    Publishing country uk
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 2650556-3
    ISSN 2046-9136 ; 2046-9128
    ISSN (online) 2046-9136
    ISSN 2046-9128
    DOI 10.1093/rcfs/cfaa008
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

    More links

    Kategorien

  6. Article ; Online: Transcriptomic and immunophenotypic characterization of two cases of adamantinoma-like Ewing sarcoma of the thyroid gland.

    Chatzopoulos, Kyriakos / Davila, Jaime I / Fadra, Numrah / Jackson, Rory A / Minn, Kay T / Sotiriou, Sotiris / Oliveira, Andre M / Erickson, Lori A / Halling, Kevin C / Rumilla, Kandelaria M / Rivera, Michael

    Histopathology

    2023  Volume 83, Issue 3, Page(s) 426–434

    Abstract: Introduction: Adamantinoma-like Ewing sarcoma (ALES) is a rare aggressive malignancy occasionally diagnosed in the thyroid gland. ALES shows basaloid cytomorphology, expresses keratins, p63, p40, frequently CD99, and harbours the t(11;22) EWSR1::FLI1 ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Adamantinoma-like Ewing sarcoma (ALES) is a rare aggressive malignancy occasionally diagnosed in the thyroid gland. ALES shows basaloid cytomorphology, expresses keratins, p63, p40, frequently CD99, and harbours the t(11;22) EWSR1::FLI1 translocation. There is debate on whether ALES resembles more sarcoma or carcinoma.
    Methods: We performed RNA sequencing from two ALES cases and compared findings with skeletal Ewing's sarcomas and nonneoplastic thyroid tissue. ALES was investigated by in situ hybridization (ISH) for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA and immunohistochemistry for the following antigens: keratin 7, keratin 20, keratin 5, keratins (AE1/AE3 and CAM5.2), CD45, CD20, CD5, CD99, chromogranin, synaptophysin, calcitonin, thyroglobulin, PAX8, TTF1, S100, p40, p63, p16, NUT, desmin, ER, FLI1, INI1, and myogenin.
    Results: An uncommon EWSR1::FLI transcript with retained EWSR1 exon 8 was detected in both ALES cases. Regulators of EWSR1::FLI1 splicing (HNRNPH1, SUPT6H, SF3B1) necessary for production of a functional fusion oncoprotein, as well as 53 genes (including TNNT1, NKX2.2) activated downstream to the EWSR1::FLI1 cascade, were overexpressed. Eighty-six genes were uniquely overexpressed in ALES, most of which were related to squamous differentiation. Immunohistochemically, ALES strongly expressed keratins 5, AE1/AE3 and CAM5.2, p63, p40, p16, and focally CD99. INI1 was retained. The remaining immunostains and HPV DNA ISH were negative.
    Conclusion: Comparative transcriptomic profiling reveals overlapping features of ALES with skeletal Ewing's sarcoma and an epithelial carcinoma, as evidenced by immunohistochemical expression of keratin 5, p63, p40, CD99, the transcriptome profile, and detection of EWSR1::FLI1 fusion transcript by RNA sequencing.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Sarcoma, Ewing/diagnosis ; Sarcoma, Ewing/genetics ; Adamantinoma/diagnosis ; Adamantinoma/genetics ; Adamantinoma/chemistry ; Thyroid Gland/pathology ; Transcriptome ; Keratin-5/metabolism ; Papillomavirus Infections ; RNA-Binding Protein EWS/genetics ; RNA-Binding Protein EWS/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; Carcinoma ; Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics ; Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Keratin-5 ; RNA-Binding Protein EWS ; Transcription Factors ; Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 131914-0
    ISSN 1365-2559 ; 0309-0167
    ISSN (online) 1365-2559
    ISSN 0309-0167
    DOI 10.1111/his.14961
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  7. Article: The politics of related lending

    Halling, Michael / Pichler, Pegaret / Stomper, Alex

    Journal of financial and quantitative analysis : JFQA Vol. 51, No. 1 , p. 333-358

    2016  Volume 51, Issue 1, Page(s) 333–358

    Author's details Michael Halling, Pegaret Pichler, and Alex Stomper
    Keywords Öffentliche Bank ; Kreditgeschäft ; Kreditrisiko ; Eigentümer ; Politiker ; Gemeindefinanzen ; EU-Mitgliedschaft ; Österreich
    Language English
    Publisher Cambridge University Press
    Publishing place New York, NY [u.a.]
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 219406-5 ; 2010249-5
    ISSN 1756-6916 ; 0022-1090
    ISSN (online) 1756-6916
    ISSN 0022-1090
    Database ECONomics Information System

    More links

    Kategorien

  8. Article ; Online: Sarcomas Harboring EWSR1::PATZ1 Fusions: A Clinicopathologic Study of 17 Cases.

    Dehner, Carina A / Torres-Mora, Jorge / Gupta, Sounak / Kipp, Benjamin R / Halling, Kevin C / Chen, Shaoxiong / Warmke, Laura M / Michal, Michael / Alani, Ali / Yu, Wendong / Kovacs, Krisztian / Obeidin, Farres / Iwenofu, Obiajulu Hans / Satturwar, Swati / Meis, Jeanne M / Folpe, Andrew L

    Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc

    2023  Volume 37, Issue 2, Page(s) 100400

    Abstract: Soft tissue sarcomas harboring EWSR1::PATZ1 are a recently recognized entity with variable morphology and a heterogeneous immunohistochemical profile. We studied 17 such tumors. The tumors occurred in 12 men and 5 women (median age, 50 years; range, 15- ... ...

    Abstract Soft tissue sarcomas harboring EWSR1::PATZ1 are a recently recognized entity with variable morphology and a heterogeneous immunohistochemical profile. We studied 17 such tumors. The tumors occurred in 12 men and 5 women (median age, 50 years; range, 15-71 years), involved the thoracoabdominal soft tissues (14 cases; 82%), lower extremities (2 cases; 12%), and tongue (1 case; 6%), and ranged from 0.7 to 11.3 cm (median, 4.7 cm). All but 1 patient received complete surgical resection; 7 were also treated with neoadjuvant chemo/radiotherapy. All cases showed typical features of EWSR1::PATZ1 sarcoma, including uniform round to spindled cells, fibromyxoid matrix, fibrous bands, hyalinized vessels, and pseudoalveolar/microcystic spaces. Unusual features, seen in a subset of cases, included degenerative-appearing nuclear atypia, epithelioid cytomorphology, mature fat, abundant rhabdomyoblasts, high mitotic activity, and foci with increased cellularity and nuclear atypia. Positive immunohistochemical results were desmin (16/17, 94%), MyoD1 (13/14, 93%), myogenin (6/14, 43%), GFAP (10/10, 100%), S100 protein (15/17, 88%), SOX10 (7/13, 54%), keratin (10/17, 59%), CD99 (4/11, 36%), H3K27me3 (retained expression 9/9, 100%), p16 (absent expression 1/4, 25%), and p53 (wild type 3/3, 100%). Fusion events included EWSR1 exon 8::PATZ1 exon 1 (14/17, 82%), EWSR1 exon 9::PATZ1 exon 1 (2/17, 12%), and EWSR1 exon 7::PATZ1 exon 1 (1/17, 6%). No evaluated tumor had alterations of CDKN2A/B and/or TP53, or MDM2 amplification. Clinical follow-up (16 patients: median, 13.5 months; range, 1-77 months) showed distant metastases in 3 patients (1/3 at time of presentation) and no local recurrences. At the time of last follow-up, 14 patients were disease free, 1 was alive with disease, 1 was dead of disease (at 13 months), and 1 had an indeterminant pulmonary nodule. We conclude that the morphologic spectrum of EWSR1::PATZ1 is broader than has been previously appreciated. Although more long-term follow-up is needed, the prognosis of these very rare sarcomas may be more favorable than previously reported.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Sarcoma/genetics ; Sarcoma/therapy ; Sarcoma/pathology ; Transcription Factors ; RNA-Binding Protein EWS/genetics ; S100 Proteins ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms/genetics ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms/therapy ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms/pathology ; Prognosis ; Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics ; Repressor Proteins/genetics ; Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors
    Chemical Substances Transcription Factors ; RNA-Binding Protein EWS ; S100 Proteins ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; PATZ1 protein, human ; Repressor Proteins ; Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors ; EWSR1 protein, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 645073-8
    ISSN 1530-0285 ; 0893-3952
    ISSN (online) 1530-0285
    ISSN 0893-3952
    DOI 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100400
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  9. Article: A deep learning framework for autonomous detection and classification of Crohnʼs disease lesions in the small bowel and colon with capsule endoscopy

    Majtner, Tomáš / Brodersen, Jacob Broder / Herp, Jürgen / Kjeldsen, Jens / Halling, Morten Lee / Jensen, Michael Dam

    Endoscopy International Open

    2021  Volume 09, Issue 09, Page(s) E1361–E1370

    Abstract: Background and study aims : Small bowel ulcerations are efficiently detected with deep learning techniques, whereas the ability to diagnose Crohnʼs disease (CD) in the colon with it is unknown. This study examined the ability of a deep learning ... ...

    Abstract Background and study aims : Small bowel ulcerations are efficiently detected with deep learning techniques, whereas the ability to diagnose Crohnʼs disease (CD) in the colon with it is unknown. This study examined the ability of a deep learning framework to detect CD lesions with pan-enteric capsule endoscopy (CE) and classify lesions of different severity.
    Patients and methods : CEs from patients with suspected or known CD were included in the analysis. Two experienced gastroenterologists classified anonymized images into normal mucosa, non-ulcerated inflammation, aphthous ulceration, ulcer, or fissure/extensive ulceration. An automated framework incorporating multiple ResNet-50 architectures was trained. To improve its robustness and ability to characterize lesions, image processing methods focused on texture enhancement were employed.
    Results : A total of 7744 images from 38 patients with CD were collected (small bowel 4972, colon 2772) of which 2748 contained at least one ulceration (small bowel 1857, colon 891). With a patient-dependent split of images for training, validation, and testing, ulcerations were diagnosed with a sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of 95.7 % (CI 93.4–97.4), 99.8 % (CI 99.2–100), and 98.4 % (CI 97.6–99.0), respectively. The diagnostic accuracy was 98.5 % (CI 97.5–99.2) for the small bowel and 98.1 % (CI 96.3–99.2) for the colon. Ulcerations of different severities were classified with substantial agreement (κ = 0.72).
    Conclusions : Our proposed framework is in excellent agreement with the clinical standard, and diagnostic accuracies are equally high for the small bowel and colon. Deep learning approaches have a great potential to help clinicians detect, localize, and determine the severity of CD with pan-enteric CE.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-16
    Publisher Georg Thieme Verlag KG
    Publishing place Stuttgart ; New York
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2761052-4
    ISSN 2196-9736 ; 2364-3722 ; 2196-9736
    ISSN (online) 2196-9736
    ISSN 2364-3722 ; 2196-9736
    DOI 10.1055/a-1507-4980
    Database Thieme publisher's database

    More links

    Kategorien

  10. Article ; Online: Lipocalin-2 Expression in Pancreas Adenocarcinoma Tumor Microenvironment Via Endoscopic Ultrasound Fine Needle Biopsy Is Feasible and May Reveal a Therapeutic Target.

    Gleeson, Ferga C / Levy, Michael J / Jackson, Rory A / Murphy, Stephen J / Halling, Kevin C / Kipp, Benjamin R / Graham, Rondell P / Zhang, Lizhi

    Pancreas

    2020  Volume 49, Issue 10, Page(s) e98–e99

    MeSH term(s) Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/genetics ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/pathology ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/therapy ; Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration ; Feasibility Studies ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Humans ; Lipocalin-2/genetics ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/genetics ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/pathology ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/therapy ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Prognosis ; Tumor Microenvironment ; Up-Regulation
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers, Tumor ; LCN2 protein, human ; Lipocalin-2
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-12-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 632831-3
    ISSN 1536-4828 ; 0885-3177
    ISSN (online) 1536-4828
    ISSN 0885-3177
    DOI 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001669
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

To top