Expression of uPAR (CD87) may play a relevant role in the diagnosis and pathophysiology and prognostic pattern of acute myeloid leukemia. The aims of this study were to find out the prognostic significance of pretreatment detection of CD87 and study the prevalence of CD87 expression and its value as a predictor for survival in AML patients. CD87 expression has been studied on blasts in 110 newly diagnosed AML patients. Immunophenotyping and cytogenetic analysis of these cases were performed. CD87 was positive in 80 (72.7%) cases of patients. The MFI categorized the expression of CD87 into CD87(High) and CD87(Low) expression. Blast cells show that monocytic differentiation has a significantly more CD87(High) expression than CD87(Low) expression. Cytogenetic abnormalities were found in 58.7% of patients with CD87(Low) AML and 41.25% of patients with CD87(High) AML. Cases with CD87(High) expression cells were characterized by a significantly lower survival period especially when co-expressed with CD56, CD34, and/or CD64. There is a negative prognostic influence of the expression of CD87 on the surface of AML blasts, but more tests are necessary to explain the pathophysiological mechanisms behind these findings and to learn about the mechanism that influences the CD87 expression and function.

Patients with type 1 diabetes, especially poorly controlled, had elevation of plasma vitamin E and coenzyme Q10 levels and decreased platelet redox status of coenzyme Q10, which may be an indicator of increased oxidative stress.

The original version of this article unfortunately contained an error. The given names of the first and sixth authors were incorrectly abbreviated in the affiliations. The correct names are M. A.

The original version of this article unfortunately contained an error. The given names of the first and sixth authors were incorrectly abbreviated in the affiliations. The correct names are M. A.

Background: It is unclear whether the type of proximal anchor affects the spine length achieved with distraction-based surgeries in patients with nonidiopathic early-onset scoliosis (EOS). Since distraction may produce kyphosis, spine length should be assessed in the sagittal plane using the sagittal spine length (SSLcurved arc length of the spine in the sagittal plane). Our purpose was to determine if the type of proximal anchor in distractionbased surgeries will affect final spine length. Methods: Patients with nonidiopathic EOS treated with distraction-based systems (minimum 5 y follow-up, 5 lengthenings) were identified from 2 EOS registries. Radiographic analysis preoperative, postimplant (L1), and after each lengthening (L2-L5, L6-L10, L11-L15) was performed with the primary outcome of T1-S1 SSL. Results: We identified 126 patients-70 had rib-based implants (52 congenital, 9 syndromic, 9 neuromuscular) and 56 had spine-based implants (15 congenital, 29 syndromic, 12 neuromuscular) with preoperative age 4.6 years, scoliosis 75 degrees, and kyphosis 48 degrees. After initial correction (P < 0.05), scoliosis remained constant [58 degrees (13 to 104 degrees) at L11-L15] and kyphosis increased over time [38 degrees (9 to 108 degrees) at L1 to 60 degrees (17 to 134 degrees) at L11-L15] (P < 0.05). Preoperative SSL was higher in the spine-based group (29.6 cm) when compared with the rib-based group (25.2 cm) (P < 0.05). This difference was maintained after initial implantation (spine-based: 32.2 cm vs. rib-based: 26.7 cm, P < 0.05) and at final follow-up (spine-based: 37.0 cm vs. rib-based: 34.4 cm, P < 0.05). As preoperative SSL differed between groups, maximum SSL gains per interval were also normalized to preoperative SSL. There was no statistically significant difference between groups at L1, L2-L5, and L6-L10. However, at L11-L15, the rib-based group achieved a more relative increase in spine length compared with the spine-based group (45% vs. 31%, P < 0.05). Conclusion: At minimum 5 year follow-up, distraction-based surgeries increased spine length for patients with nonidiopathic EOS; regardless of proximal anchor type.