Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a worldwide pandemic of the multisystem disease coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Since the development of COVID-19 vaccines, there has been extensive monitoring for potential serious side effects. We report an unusual presentation of acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the right upper extremity of a 27-year-old Caucasian female, 3 days after receipt of her second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Her relevant thrombophilia workup was negative on initial presentation. She was treated with rivaroxaban for 3 months and her symptoms of right upper extremity swelling, and pain improved. Considering our case did not have any evidence of thrombocytopenia, we discuss the possible pathophysiology of acute DVT following Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in contrast to adenoviral vector COVID-19 vaccines (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and Ad26.COV2.S), including mRNA COVID-19 vaccine binding to pattern recognition receptors (PRR) in the endosomes and cytosol leading to a pro inflammatory cascade and coagulopathy. We highlight the importance of initial workup for acute DVT post COVID-19 vaccination, that should include complete blood count (CBC) with platelet count, international normalized ratio (INR), prothrombin time (PTT), D-dimer levels, fibrinogen levels, platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) followed by a confirmatory PF4 platelet activation assay such as serotonin release assay, P-selectin expression assay, or heparin induced platelet aggregation (HIPA) assay, and imaging for thrombosis.
175 Background: Colorectal adenocarcinoma (COAD) is a common cancer in gastrointestinal tract. Endonuclease V (ENDOV), an enzyme with specificity for deaminated adenosine (inosine) in nucleic acids, was found to be involved in the development of certain cancers. Thus, this study was performed to explore the effects of ENDOV on the prognosis of COAD. Methods: RNA-sequencing FPKM data and corresponding clinical information of 41 normal tissues and 480 tumor tissues of COAD were acquired from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Then ENDOV expression differences between the normal and cancer tissues were compared with Wilcoxon rank-sum test via ‘limma’ package. Overall survival (OS) and disease specific survival (DSS) analyses were conducted by Kaplan–Meier (K–M) method via ‘survminer’ package. Subgroup analyses of different genders were also performed. Results: The expression of ENDOV was downregulated in tumors compared with normal tissues (p < 0.001). However, higher expression of ENDOV is associated with worse OS (HR: 1.83, 95%CI: 1.23-2.73, P = 0.003) and DSS (HR: 1.75, 95%CI 1.06-2.91, P = 0.03). Subgroup analysis found that higher expression of ENDOV was associated with worse OS (HR: 2.17, 95%CI 1.18-3.98, P = 0.012) in females, but not in males (HR: 1.48, 95%CI 0.86-2.53, P = 0.158). As for DSS, higher expression of ENDOV was also correlated with worse outcome (HR: 2.36, 95%CI 1.07-5.19, P = 0.033) in females, but not in males (HR: 1.45, 95%CI 0.73-2.86, P = 0.287). Conclusions: ENDOV is overall downregulated in COAD tumor samples. However, higher expression of ENDOV in certain COAD patients is associated worse OS and DSS in females but not in males. This indicates the potential role of ENDOV in predicating the prognosis of COAD in female patients.
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