AIMS: The objective of this study was to develop and validate an open-source digital pathology tool, QuPath, to automatically quantify CD138-positive bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs).
BACKGROUND: Hunner's interstitial cystitis (HIC) is a complex disorder characterized by pelvic pain, disrupted urine storage, and Hunner lesions seen on cystoscopy. There are few effective diagnostic biomarkers. In the present study, we used the nov...
BACKGROUND: Plasma cells as an important component of immune microenvironment plays a crucial role in immune escape and are closely related to immune therapy response. However, its role for prostate cancer is rarely understood. In this study, we inte...
Ulcerative colitis (UC) develops as a result of complex interactions between various cell types in the mucosal microenvironment. In this study, we aim to elucidate the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis at the single-cell level and unveil its clinica...
INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by persistent synovitis, systemic inflammation, and autoantibody production. This study aims to explore the role of lactylation in plasma cells and its impact on R...
BACKGROUND: The presence of circulating plasma cells (CPCs) is an important laboratory indicator for the diagnosis, staging, risk stratification, and progression monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM). Early detection of CPCs in the peripheral blood (PB...
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Correct diagnosis requires the identification of precise morphological features such basal plasmacytosis. However, histopathological interpretatio...
Multiple myeloma is a hematologic malignancy characterized by the proliferation of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow. Despite therapeutic advancements, there remains a critical need for reliable, noninvasive methods to monitor multiple myeloma...