Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: July 15
The research roundup provides an overview of the past week’s research from Mayo Clinic Laboratories consultants, including featured abstracts and a complete list of published studies and reviews.
Featured Abstract
Characterization of the Obese Phenotype of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A RELAX Trial Ancillary Study

This was a secondary analysis of the randomized clinical trial RELAX (Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibition to Improve Clinical Status and Exercise Capacity in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction) performed between October 1, 2008 and February 1, 2012. Patients with HFpEF were classified by body mass index (BMI) as obese (BMI≥35 kg/m2) and nonobese (BMI<30 kg/m2) for comparison.
Published to PubMed This Week
- On the Issue of Transparency and Reproducibility in Nanomedicine.
Nature Nanotechnology - Contemporary Etiologies, Mechanisms, and Surgical Approaches in Pure Native Aortic Regurgitation.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings - Multiple Hereditary Osteochondromas.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings - Identification of a Novel ZBTB20-JAK2 Fusion by Mate-Pair Sequencing in a Young Adult With B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings - Application of a 5–Marker Panel To the Routine Diagnosis of Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma With T-Follicular Helper Phenotype.
American Journal of Surgical Pathology - The Clinical Value of Complement Proteins in Differentiating AQP4-IgG-Positive From MOG-IgG-Positive Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders.
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders - Immunohistochemical and Ultrastructural Features of Hepatocellular Cytoplasmic Globules in Venous Outflow Impairment.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology - Hi-Plex2: A Simple and Robust Approach to Targeted Sequencing-Based Genetic Screening.
BioTechniques - Extraneural Perineurioma: CT and MRI Imaging Characteristics.
Skeletal Radiology - High Frequency Electrical Stimulation Promotes Expression of Extracellular Matrix Proteins from Human Astrocytes.
Molecular Biology Reports - Sex Disparities in Acute Kidney Injury Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock.
ESC Heart Failure - The Medical Necessity of Advanced Molecular Testing in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Tumor Patients.
Neuro-oncology - Kelch-like Protein 11 Antibodies in Seminoma-Associated Paraneoplastic Encephalitis.
New England Journal of Medicine - Rituximab or Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Membranous Nephropathy.
New England Journal of Medicine - Delaying Radical Cystectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Is Associated With Adverse Survival Outcomes.
European Urology Oncology