http://radiology.rsna.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1148/radiol.2523081817/-/DC1.

The results of this study show that perfusion changes occur early during fibrosis in chronic HCV infection and can be detected with perfusion CT. Perfusion CT may help to discriminate minimal from intermediate fibrosis. Mean transit time appears to be the most promising perfusion parameter for differentiating between fibrosis stages, although the large amount of overlap in the measured parameters limits the clinical utility of this test at present.

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There are still unmet medical needs in the treatment of glioblastoma, the most common and the most aggressive glioma of all brain tumors. Here, we found that O-acetyl GD2 is expressed in surgically resected human glioblastoma tissue. In addition, we demonstrated that 8B6 monoclonal antibody specific for O-acetylat GD2 could effectively inhibit glioblastoma cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, these results indicate that O-acetylated GD2 represents a novel antigen for immunotherapeutic-based treatment of high-grade gliomas.