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Conclusion The presence of maternal sex chromosomal abnormalities can greatly influence the result of NIPT, which may also be an important reason for false prediction for fetal SCAs by NIPT. When NIPT indicates abnormal SCAs, it is necessary to analyze maternal sex chromosomes. The ratio of cffDNA(ChrX)/cffDNA may help to determine the source of abnormal signals.Objective To assess the value of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for the diagnosis of fetal chromosomal aneuploidies among women with advanced gestational age. Methods 14 047 pregnant women have voluntarily accepted the NIPT test. The results of NIPT and amniocytic karyotyping analysis were compared, and the outcome of pregnancy was followed up. Results NIPT has identified 104 cases with a high risk for trisomies 21, 18 and 13, and 44 cases with a high risk for sex chromosome abnormalities. After genetic consultation, 87 of 104 cases have accepted amniocyte chromosomal karyotyping. 63 cases of fetal chromosome abnormality were confirmed, including 46 cases of 21 trisomy, 11 cases of 18 trisomy and 6 cases of 13 trisomy. The positive predictive value was 83.64% (46/55), 61.11% (11/18), and 42.86% (6/14), the specificity was 99.93%, 99.95%, 99.94%, and the sensitivity was 100%. Among the 44 cases, 34 received amniocytic chromosomal karyotyping analysis, 11 cases were confirmed, the positive predictive value was only 32.35%. No aneuploidy was found in the low-risk cases. The negative predictive value was 100%. Conclusion As a prenatal screening method for women with advanced gestational age, NIPT has the highest positive predictive value for trisomy 21 and trisomy 18, but a lower positive predictive value for sex chromosome abnormalities. NIPT has a very low rate of missed diagnosis of trisomies 21, 18 and 13, which can significantly reduce the number of women undergoing invasive prenatal diagnosis.Objective To derive more sensitive and accurate Z-scores for noninvasive prenatal testing of fetal trisomies based on a combined DNA count- and size- algorithm. Methods One hundred eighty women at a high risk for fetal aneuploidies underwent amniocentesis. An effective cut-off value for DNA size ratio was explored. Conventional count-based Z-scores and size ratio-corrected Z scores were calculated. The reliability of each Z-score was assessed through comparison with the results of cytogenetic analysis. Results With the cut-off value set as 150 bp, the ratio of small DNA is positively correlated with the proportion of fetal DNA. The sensitivity and specificity of conventional count-based Z-scores were 75.00%, and 98.86%, respectively. This rate has increased to nearly 100% with a count-based 150 bp size correction. Conclusion Compared with count-based methods alone, count-based Z-scores with 150 bp size correction may better predict fetal trisomies.Objective To explore the cause for the failure of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and feasibility of repeated testing. Methods Clinical data, test results and pregnancy outcomes of 40 311 pregnant women who received NIPT test from January 2011 to December 2018 were reviewed. Results Among all the pregnant women, 1116 cases failed in the first test, 9 cases (0.81%) had fetal free DNA concentration lower than 4%, 663 cases (59.41%) were retested after the establishment of Z value gray area, and the remainder 444 cases (39.78%) needed to be retested after the blood collection due to the fetal free DNA concentration lower than 4%. After retesting, 1069 cases (95.78%) obtained effective NIPT results. The results showed that 53 cases were at high risk (6 cases for trisomy 21, 6 cases for trisomy 18, 13 cases for trisomy 13, 16 cases for sex chromosomal abnormality, 12 cases for chromosomal copy number variation). Forty-eight cases were selected for invasive prenatal diagnosis, and 2 cases of 47, XXY and 2 CNV were confirmed. A total of 47 cases (0.12%) did not obtain results because the concentration of fetal free DNA was lower than 4%. Only 16 cases (34%) chose invasive prenatal diagnosis. Conclusion Repeated detection of the gray area of Z value can reduce the false positive rate of NIPT and invasive prenatal diagnosis, and the feasibility of repeated detection is high. Apoptosis inhibitor In the case of fetal free DNA concentration lower than 4%, the success rate of obtaining effective NIPT results by re-sampling and re-detection increases with the increase of gestational age, but may delay the diagnosis for fetal aneuploidies. Therefore, personalized estimation should be made according to gestational age and clinical indications. It is suggested that pregnant women should choose invasive prenatal diagnosis when they have failed in the retest.With the development of high-throughput sequencing technology, non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been rapidly used for fetal chromosomal aneuploidy screening and gradually become a first-line test. With the increase of sequencing depth and improvement of bioinformatic analysis ability, NIPT technology may also be used to detect chromosomal copy number variations and certain single gene diseases in fetuses. However, it has also encountered some problems such as insufficient understanding by different groups, false-positive and false-negative results, and selection of appropriate subjects and gestational age. This article has given a summary for such problems.Background Combination of curcumin with anti-inflammatory drug like caffeine shows augmented antipsoriatic action compared to curcumin alone and reduce the time taken for treatment of Psoriasis. Objective The objective of the present study was to develop nanosponge (NS) based topical gel of curcumin (CUR) and caffeine (CFN) combination that acts as a potential system for the treatment of psoriasis. Methods NS composed of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) as crosslinker and beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) as polymer were prepared by hot melt method and incorporated in topical gels. Factorial design (32) was constructed in a fully randomized manner to study all nine possible experimental runs. The gels were prepared by varying the content of carbopol-934 (gelling agent) (X1) and guar gum (polymer) (X2). The effect of these two independent variables on viscosity (Y1) and in vitro percent drug release (Y2) of prepared gels was evaluated. Other evaluation studies for NS and nanogels were conducted. In vivo animal studies were carried out for optimized formulation using mouse model of imiquimod-induced psoriasis.