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Ito A, Kitabatake S, Furuichi W, Takase N, Nakahara T, Akiyama T, Yoshida S, Kusano Y, Furusawa Y, Hirayama R. LET Dependence of 8-Hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) Generation in Mammalian Cells under Air-Saturated and Hypoxic Conditions: A Possible Experimental Approach to the Mechanism of the Decreasing Oxygen Effect in the High-LET Region. Radiat Res 2024; 201:189-196. [PMID: 38294870 DOI: 10.1667/rade-23-00046.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
Abstract
One of the most distinguished features in biological effects of heavy ions would be the decrease of oxygen effect in the high-LET region. This feature has been referred to as the radiobiological basis for the control of hypoxic fraction in cancer radiotherapy. However, mechanisms to explain this phenomenon have not been fully understood. One of the explanations was given by the oxygen in the track hypothesis, which proposes that oxygen is produced along ion tracks even in the hypoxic irradiation condition. In the present study, we designed an experimental approach to support this hypothesis by using 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as DNA damage requiring oxygen to produce. The LET dependence of 8-OHdG under hypoxic condition revealed that with increasing LET 8-OHdG yield seems to increase, despite that the yield of OH radical, which is also required for the production of 8-OHdG, decreases in the high-LET region. This result is consistent with the explanation that the local generation of oxygen along ion tracks contributes to the increase of 8-OHdG yield.
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- A Ito
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
- Section of Medical Physics and Engineering, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Charged Particle Therapy Research, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Charged Particle Therapy Research, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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Yoneyama T, Yamamoto H, Sutoh Yoneyama M, Tobisawa Y, Hatakeyama S, Narita T, Kodama H, Momota M, Ito H, Narita S, Tsushima F, Mitsuzuka K, Yoneyama T, Hashimoto Y, Duivenvoorden W, Pinthus J, Kakeda S, Ito A, Tsuchiya N, Habuchi T, Ohyama C. Clinical significance of α2,3-sialylated prostate-specific antigen density and MRI for high-grade prostate cancer in biopsy-naïve men with elevated PSA level. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00565-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Tanizaki J, Yonemori K, Akiyoshi K, Minami H, Ueda H, Takiguchi Y, Miura Y, Segawa Y, Takahashi S, Iwamoto Y, Kidera Y, Fukuoka K, Ito A, Chiba Y, Sakai K, Nishio K, Nakagawa K, Hayashi H. Open-label phase II study of the efficacy of nivolumab for cancer of unknown primary. Ann Oncol 2021; 33:216-226. [PMID: 34843940 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) has a poor prognosis. Given the recent approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors for several cancer types, we carried out a multicenter phase II study to assess the efficacy of nivolumab for patients with CUP. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with CUP who were previously treated with at least one line of systemic chemotherapy constituted the principal study population. Previously untreated patients with CUP were also enrolled for exploratory analysis. Nivolumab (240 mg/body) was administered every 2 weeks for up to 52 cycles. The primary endpoint was objective response rate in previously treated patients as determined by blinded independent central review according to RECIST version 1.1. RESULTS Fifty-six patients with CUP were enrolled in the trial. For the 45 previously treated patients, objective response rate was 22.2% [95% confidence interval (CI), 11.2% to 37.1%], with a median progression-free survival and overall survival of 4.0 months (95% CI, 1.9-5.8 months) and 15.9 months (95% CI, 8.4-21.5 months), respectively. Similar clinical benefits were also observed in the 11 previously untreated patients. Better clinical efficacy of nivolumab was apparent for tumors with a higher programmed death-ligand 1 expression level, for those with a higher tumor mutation burden, and for microsatellite instability-high tumors. In contrast, no differences in efficacy were apparent between tumor subgroups based on estimated tissue of origin. Adverse events were consistent with the known safety profile of nivolumab. No treatment-related death was observed. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate a clinical benefit of nivolumab for patients with CUP, suggesting that nivolumab is a potential additional therapeutic option for CUP.
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- J Tanizaki
- Department of Medical Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Department of Breast and Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Medical Oncology/Hematology, Department of Medicine, Kobe University Hospital and Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Respiratory Medicine and Medical Oncology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Hidaka, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hiroshima City Hospital Organization, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, Kindai University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, Kindai University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Department ofPathology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, Kindai University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan.
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After the accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on 11 March 2011, radioactive materials were released into the atmosphere resulting in environmental contamination. Following the implementation of environmental decontamination efforts, the Radiation Dose Registration Centre of the Radiation Effects Association established the radiation dose registration system for decontamination and related workers to consolidate and prevent the loss of radiation records. This article presents statistics on the radiation doses of decontamination and related workers using official records. Since approximately 10 years have passed since the accident in Fukushima, the types of work conducted in the affected restricted areas have changed over time. Therefore, changes in radiation dose for each type of work and comparisons with nuclear workers are presented.
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- T Ogawa
- Radiation Effects Association, 1-9-16 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0044, Japan
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- Radiation Effects Association, 1-9-16 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0044, Japan
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- Radiation Effects Association, 1-9-16 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0044, Japan
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- Radiation Effects Association, 1-9-16 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0044, Japan
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- Radiation Effects Association, 1-9-16 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0044, Japan
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Shimamoto A, Matsuo E, Kaneda S, Ito A, Kawaguchi K, Takao M. Heat Shock Protein 70 Performs as Pharmacological Preconditioning to Protect against Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury through Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Kubota J, Hirano D, Suzuki T, Kakegawa D, Ito A. The role of inflammatory markers and calculated osmotic pressure in the classification of febrile seizures. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 24:11187-11191. [PMID: 33215436 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202011_23606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Systemic inflammatory response may contribute to the onset of febrile seizures (FSs). The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been reported to be useful for differentiating simple and complex FSs in children with a first FS. This study aimed to determine whether easily measurable inflammatory markers were useful for distinguishing between the types of FSs in children with FSs not limited to the first FS. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of children aged 6-60 months who were presented to the Atsugi City Hospital in Japan for the treatment of FSs between December 2018 and February 2020. A complex FS was defined as a seizure with multiple seizures during the same febrile illness, prolonged seizures and/or focal seizures. A simple FS was defined as a seizure without the characteristics of complex FS. We assessed complete blood count, C-reactive protein, and calculated osmotic pressure. RESULTS A total of 205 children with FSs (simple, 139; complex, 66) fulfilled the inclusion criteria. None of the inflammatory markers, including NLR, could predict the FS type. The median osmotic pressure was 279.0, 278.8, 283.3, and 278.3 mOsm/kg H2O for children with simple, multiple, prolonged, and focal seizures, respectively. Children with prolonged seizures had a significantly higher calculated osmotic pressure than those with simple FSs (p<0.001) and multiple seizures during the same febrile illness (p=0.004). CONCLUSIONS Easily measurable inflammatory markers, including NLR, were not useful for distinguishing between types of FSs in children. Large multicenter studies are needed to evaluate the association between osmotic pressure and FS.
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- J Kubota
- Department of Pediatrics, Atsugi City Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Takeda K, Umezawa R, Ishikawa Y, Yamamoto T, Takahashi N, Takeda K, Katagiri Y, Tasaka S, Kadoya N, Ito K, Katsuta Y, Tanaka S, Sato K, Matsushita H, Kawasaki Y, Mitsuduka K, Ito A, Arai Y, Takai Y, Jingu K. Clinical Predictors Of Severe Late Urinary Toxicity After Curative Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy For Localized Prostate Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Omiya K, Hiramatsu K, Kato T, Shibata Y, Yoshihara M, Aoba T, Arimoto A, Ito A. Preoperative MRI for predicting pathological changes associated with surgical difficulty during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. BJS Open 2020; 4:1137-1145. [PMID: 32894010 PMCID: PMC7709376 DOI: 10.1002/bjs5.50344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe inflammation with necrosis and fibrosis of the gallbladder in acute cholecystitis increases operative difficulty during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This study aimed to assess the use of preoperative MRI in predicting pathological changes of the gallbladder associated with surgical difficulty. METHODS Patients who underwent both preoperative MRI and early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis between 2012 and 2018 were identified retrospectively. On the basis of the layered pattern of the gallbladder wall on MRI, patients were classified into three groups: high signal intensity (HSI), intermediate signal intensity (ISI), and low signal intensity (LSI). The endpoint was the presence of pathological changes of the gallbladder associated with surgical difficulty, such as necrosis, abscess formation and fibrosis. RESULTS Of 229 eligible patients, pathological changes associated with surgical difficulty were found in 17 (27 per cent) of 62 patients in the HSI group, 84 (85 per cent) of 99 patients in the ISI group, and 66 (97 per cent) of 68 patients in the LSI group (P < 0·001). For detecting these changes, intermediate to low signal intensity of the gallbladder wall had a sensitivity of 90 (95 per cent c.i. 84 to 94) per cent, specificity of 73 (60 to 83) per cent and accuracy of 85 (80 to 90) per cent. CONCLUSION Preoperative MRI predicted pathological changes associated with surgical difficulty during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.
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- K. Omiya
- Department of General SurgeryToyohashi Municipal Hospital50 Hakken‐Nishi, Aotake‐cho,Toyohashi CityAichi Prefecture440‐8570Japan
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- Department of General SurgeryToyohashi Municipal Hospital50 Hakken‐Nishi, Aotake‐cho,Toyohashi CityAichi Prefecture440‐8570Japan
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- Department of General SurgeryToyohashi Municipal Hospital50 Hakken‐Nishi, Aotake‐cho,Toyohashi CityAichi Prefecture440‐8570Japan
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- Department of General SurgeryToyohashi Municipal Hospital50 Hakken‐Nishi, Aotake‐cho,Toyohashi CityAichi Prefecture440‐8570Japan
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- Department of General SurgeryToyohashi Municipal Hospital50 Hakken‐Nishi, Aotake‐cho,Toyohashi CityAichi Prefecture440‐8570Japan
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- Department of General SurgeryToyohashi Municipal Hospital50 Hakken‐Nishi, Aotake‐cho,Toyohashi CityAichi Prefecture440‐8570Japan
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- Department of General SurgeryToyohashi Municipal Hospital50 Hakken‐Nishi, Aotake‐cho,Toyohashi CityAichi Prefecture440‐8570Japan
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- Department of General SurgeryToyohashi Municipal Hospital50 Hakken‐Nishi, Aotake‐cho,Toyohashi CityAichi Prefecture440‐8570Japan
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Yoneyama T, Tobisawa Y, Kaneko T, Kaya T, Hatakeyama S, Mori K, Sutoh Yoneyama M, Okubo T, Mitsuzuka K, Duivenvoorden W, Pinthus J, Hashimoto Y, Ito A, Koie T, Gardiner R, Ohyama C. Clinical significance of the LacdiNAc-glycosylated prostate-specific antigen assay for prostate cancer detection. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)32909-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Shimamoto A, Matsuo E, Kaneda S, Ito A, Takao M. Phosphorylation Enhances Recombinant Heat Shock Protein 27 Performs as Pharmacological Preconditioning to Protect against Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Okai T, Mizutani K, Yamaguchi T, Ogawa M, Kajio K, Ito A, Iwata S, Takahashi Y, Izumiya Y, Murakami T, Shibata T, Yoshiyama M. P107 Predictors of increased d-dimer level at follow-up period after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.Is oral anticoagulation therapy better? Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehz872.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Recently, there are some reports that hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening (HALT) following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is incidentally detected by multi-slice computed tomography. It is believed that valve thrombosis causes HALT, because oral anticoagulation therapy (OAC) is effective for HALT regression. Furthermore, it is reported that d-dimer level increases in patients with HALT, and might be a key biomarker to detect HALT.
Purpose
We sought to investigate the predictors related to increased d-dimer level at 6 months after follow-up TAVI.
Methods
We enrolled 124 consecutive patients who underwent successful TAVI between 2016 and 2018. Study patients were classified into two groups according to antithrombotic therapy resume (OAC therapy or anti-platelet therapy).We set the primary endpoint as the d-dimer levels at 6 months after TAVI. To evaluate the risks of the primary endpoint, we employed a multivariable linear regression model, setting the primary endpoint as an objective variable and patient and clinical backgrounds as explanatory variables. Furthermore, we set the secondary endpoint as one-year bleeding event.
Results
The median age of patients was 83 years old (quartile 80-87). Patients who had taken OAC at 6 months follow-up after TAVI were 29.8%. The median d-dimer level at 6 months after TAVI was 1.3 (1.0-2.2) µg/ml, and OAC group had statistically lower d-dimer level at 6 months follow-up than those in non-OAC group (p = 0.020). Uni-variable liner regression model demonstrated that increased d-dimer level at follow-up had significant relationship with large effective orifice area (EOA) (p = 0.002) and low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (p = 0.048) after TAVI. Furthermore, large EOA (p = 0.003) and OAC therapy (p = 0.027) were independently associated with increased d-dimer level in multivariate analysis. Kaplan-Meier estimates revealed that there were no significant difference regarding one-year bleeding event between OAC group and non-OAC group (long-rank p = 0.167).
Conclusions
This study suggests that large EOA after TAVI is associated with increased d-dimer levels at 6 months after TAVI, and OAC therapy might have a potential to decrease d-dimer level after TAVI without increase of bleeding events.
Abstract P107 Figure: One-year bleeding event
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- T Okai
- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Ogawa M, Mizutani K, Okai T, Kajio K, Ito A, Iwata S, Takahashi Y, Murakami T, Shibata T, Yoshiyama M. P3693Self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation is associated with frequent periprocedural stroke detected by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging -Insight from propensity score match. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Little evidence is available regarding the risk of peri-procedural stroke detected by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Our purpose was to evaluate stroke risk after TAVI using DW-MRI by enrolling consecutive patients who underwent transfemoral TAVI and post-procedural DW-MRI.
Methods
We prospectively enrolled 113 consecutive patients who underwent transfemoral TAVI and post-procedural DW-MRI. We used balloon-expandable valves as first-line therapy and selected self-expandable valves only for patients with narrow sinotubular junctions or annuli. We set the primary endpoint as the number of high intensity areas (HIA) detected by DW-MRI regardless of the size of the area. To evaluate the risks of the primary endpoint, we employed a multivariable linear regression model, setting the primary endpoint as an objective variable and patient and clinical backgrounds as explanatory variables. In addition, the relationship between valve type and the number of HIAs on DW-MRI was also confirmed by the propensity score matching analysis to evaluate the robustness of the result, using a multivariable linear regression model with the protocol described in the previous manuscript. Shortly, the propensity score was calculated with a logistic regression model by setting the treatment as the response variable and baseline characteristics and procedural information that were significantly different between 2 groups (balloon expandable and self-expandable) as explanatory variables, which included age, estimated glomerular filtration rate, oversizing rate, and BAV before THV deployment.
Results
Median patient age was 84 years, and 36.3% were men. Ninety-three patients underwent balloon-expandable TAVI and 20 underwent self-expandable TAVI. Symptomatic stroke occurred in 6 (5.3%) whereas asymptomatic stroke occurred in 59 (52.2%) patients. The incidence of symptomatic and total stroke was higher in patients who underwent self-expandable TAVI than those who underwent balloon-expandable TAVI (30.0% vs 0.0%, p<0.001 and 90.0% vs 50.5%, p=0.001, respectively). A multivariable linear regression model demonstrated an increased primary endpoint when self-expandable TAVI was performed (p<0.001). The other covariates had no significant relationship to the primary endpoint. Akaike information criterion-based stepwise statistical model selection revealed that valve type was the only explanatory variable for the best predictive model. This result was also confirmed with the propensity score matching analysis (estimate, 2.359; 95% CI, 0.426–4.292; p=0.019) after adjustments of propensity score, in which 28 patients were matched (n=14 in each group).
Conclusions
Self-expandable valves were associated with increased numbers of HIA on DW-MRI after TAVI in patients with severe aortic stenosis.
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- M Ogawa
- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Kajitani S, Shiroto T, Godo S, Ito A, Ikumi Y, Sugisawa J, Suda A, Shindo T, Ikeda S, Hao K, Kikuchi Y, Nochioka K, Matsumoto Y, Takahashi J, Shimokawa H. P4158Marked impairment of endothelium-dependent digital vasodilatations in patients with microvascular angina compared with those with vasospastic angina. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background/Introduction
Nitric oxide (NO) and endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization (EDH) factor are the major endothelium-derived relaxing factors. NO plays an important role in conduit arteries, while the importance of EDH factor increases as the vessel size decrease in patients with microvascular angina (MVA) compared with those with vasospastic angina (VSA) remains to be fully elucidated.
Purpose
We evaluated the roles of NO and EDH factor in conduit (brachial) arteries and resistance (digital) arteries of the patients with MVA, VSA and comorbid MVA+VSA patients.
Methods
We enrolled 39 patients who underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization and divided them into 3 groups based on acetylcholine (ACh) provocation test, index of microcirculation resistance (IMR), and coronary flow reserve (CFR); MVA (N=9, mean age 59.9±3.5 years), VSA (N=12, mean age 61.3±1.8 years), and comorbid MVA+VSA (N=18, mean age 64.0±2.2 years). Endothelium-dependent brachial and digital vasodilatations in response to intra-arterial infusion of bradykinin (BK, 25, 50, and 100 ng/min for 2 min) were simultaneously measured by ultrasonography and peripheral arterial tonometry, respectively. Measurements were repeated after oral administration of aspirin (486 mg) and intra-arterial infusion of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA, 8μmol/min for 5 min) in order to inhibit the effects of vasodilator prostaglandins and NO, respectively. Finally, endothelium-independent brachial and digital vasodilatations in response to sublingual nitroglycerin (NTG, 0.3 mg) were measured in the same manner.
Results
In the brachial artery, dose-dependent vasodilatations to BK were comparable among the 3 groups, and L-NMMA equally attenuated the responses to BK (Figure 1). Endothelium-independent brachial vasodilatation in response to NTG was also comparable among the 3 groups. Surprisingly, dose-dependent digital vasodilatations to BK were almost absent in MVA patients compared with VSA or comorbid MVA+VSA group (Figure 2). Furthermore, the digital vasodilatations were unaffected by L-NMMA in VSA group, but were significantly reduced in comorbid MVA+VSA group (VSA, 16.8±15.1% vs. MVA+VSA, −0.23±6.2%, P<0.05), suggesting reduced EDH and compensatory role of NO in the latter group. In contrast, endothelium-independent digital vasodilatation in response to NTG was comparable among the 3 groups.
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Conclusions
These results provide the first evidence that endothelium-dependent digital vasodilatations (both NO and EDH factor) are markedly impaired in MVA patients compared with VSA or comorbid MVA+VSA patients, whereas the responses are comparable in the brachial artery among the 3 groups, suggesting the involvement of severe endothelial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of MVA.
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- S Kajitani
- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Masui Y, Ito A, Akiba Y, Uoshima K, Abe R. Dental metal allergy is not the main cause of palmoplantar pustulosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:e180-e181. [PMID: 30653749 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Y Masui
- Department of Dermatology, Nagata Clinic, Niigata, Japan.,Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Nagata Clinic, Niigata, Japan.,Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Bio-Prosthodontics, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Bio-Prosthodontics, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Okai T, Mizutani K, Nakao M, Kajio K, Nishimura S, Ito A, Iwata S, Takahashi Y, Murakami T, Shibata T, Yoshiyama M. P4507The impact of MS with annular calcification for worsening heart failure just after TAVR. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p4507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- T Okai
- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Shinohara K, Ohigashi T, Toné S, Kado M, Ito A. Quantitative analysis of mammalian chromosome by scanning transmission soft X-ray microscopy. Ultramicroscopy 2018; 194:1-6. [PMID: 30029082 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Soft X-ray spectromicroscopy was applied to study the quantitative distribution of DNA and protein in a mammalian chromosome at the spatial resolution of 100 nm. The quantities of DNA and protein were evaluated using 1s-π* transition in the NEXAFS spectra at the nitrogen K absorption edge. DNA was not uniformly distributed in the chromosome and DNA/protein ratio was less than 0.497. The present analysis revealed the clues to identify other molecules that contribute to the absorption spectrum of the sample. The results suggested that accumulation of the absorption spectra of relevant molecules would support the refinement of the analysis.
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- K Shinohara
- School of Engineering, Tokai Univ., Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- UVSOR Synchrotron, Inst. Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Shcool of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Denki Univ., Hatoyama, Saitama 350-0394, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, QST, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- School of Engineering, Tokai Univ., Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
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Ito A, Sakaue T, Fujimaru O, Iwatani A, Ikeda T, Sakamoto D, Sugiura T, Moriguchi T. Comparative phenology of dormant Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) flower buds: a possible cause of 'flowering disorder'. Tree Physiol 2018; 38:825-839. [PMID: 29370432 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Mild winters influenced by global warming have increased the incidence of erratic flowering ('flowering disorder') in Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) trees in Japan. To discover how, when and what kind of disorder/damage occur in pear flower buds, we observed axillary flower buds of two cultivars, 'Kosui' (a mid-chill cultivar) and 'Niitaka' (a high-chill cultivar), grown at five locations. We focused on the phenology from autumn 2015 to spring 2016, when temperatures were higher than for average years, especially from September to January, and large fluctuations occurred due to El Niño. During the blooming season in the spring of 2016, both the percentage of blooming flower buds and the number of florets per flower bud decreased in trees located at lower latitudes (with lower chilling accumulation) with a more severe problem in 'Niitaka' than in 'Kosui'. As shown by forcing excised shoots, the onset and release of endodormancy occurred earlier in 'Kosui' than 'Niitaka' and occurred earlier in trees growing at higher latitudes than at lower latitudes (warmer regions). The freezing tolerance of flower buds, measured as the lethal temperature for 50% survival (LT50), was similar for the cultivars beginning in autumn and reached maximum levels, LT50 values of less than -12 °C, between late-December and mid-January in both cultivars, except for those in Kagoshima (the lowest latitude), where the maximum LT50 was only -5 °C throughout the season. We propose that warmer autumn-winter temperatures may prevent the acquisition of freezing tolerance, disturb endodormancy progression and disrupt floral organ development, thereby causing flowering disorder in pear trees. The risk of occurrence of flowering disorder in pear may be higher in high-chill cultivars than in low- or mid-chill cultivars and at lower latitudes compared with higher latitudes.
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- A Ito
- Division of Fruit Production and Postharvest Science, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO, 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan
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- Fruit Tree Division, Kagoshima Prefectural Institute of Agricultural Development, 2200 Oono, Kinpo, Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima 899-3401, Japan
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- Department of Deciduous Fruit Tree, Fruit Tree Research Institute, Kumamoto Prefectural Agricultural Research Center, 2566 Toyofuku, Matsubase, Uki, Kumamoto 869-0524, Japan
- Northern Kumamoto Administrative Headquarters, Kumamoto Prefectural Government, Tamana, Kumamoto 865-0016, Japan
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- Department of Deciduous Fruit Tree, Fruit Tree Research Institute, Kumamoto Prefectural Agricultural Research Center, 2566 Toyofuku, Matsubase, Uki, Kumamoto 869-0524, Japan
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- Laboratory of Fruit Growing and Breeding, Tottori Prefectural Horticultural Research Center, 2048 Yurashuku Hokuei, Tottori 689-2221, Japan
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- Division of Fruit Production and Postharvest Science, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO, 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan
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- Division of Fruit Production and Postharvest Science, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO, 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan
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- Division of Fruit Production and Postharvest Science, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO, 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan
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Tani N, Sugita K, Ito A, Ooi S, Yamamoto O. CD8+ T cell-mediated interface dermatitis during combination chemotherapy with mogamulizumab in a patient with adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma. Clin Exp Dermatol 2018; 43:736-737. [DOI: 10.1111/ced.13539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- N. Tani
- Division of Dermatology; Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs; Faculty of Medicine; Tottori University; 86 Nishi-cho Yonago 683-8504 Japan
- Department of Dermatology; Kurume University School of Medicine; Kurume Japan
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- Division of Dermatology; Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs; Faculty of Medicine; Tottori University; 86 Nishi-cho Yonago 683-8504 Japan
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- Division of Dermatology; Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs; Faculty of Medicine; Tottori University; 86 Nishi-cho Yonago 683-8504 Japan
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- Division of Hematology; Matsue Red Cross Hospital; Matsue Japan
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- Division of Dermatology; Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs; Faculty of Medicine; Tottori University; 86 Nishi-cho Yonago 683-8504 Japan
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Yajima A, Tsuchiya K, Bonewald LF, Inaba M, Tominaga Y, Tanizawa T, Ito A, Nitta K. Case report: Electron microscopic evaluation of bone from a patient treated with cinacalcet hydrochloride, maxacalcitol, and alfacalcidol for hyperparathyroid bone disease with secondary hyperparathyroidism. Osteoporos Int 2018; 29:1203-1209. [PMID: 29492624 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-018-4402-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Evaluation of bone is of great importance in chronic kidney disease patients, as these patients are at an increased risk for fractures. We treated a hemodialysis patient suffering from hyperparathyroid bone disease with cinacalcet hydrochloride and concurrent administration of maxacalcitol and alfacalcidol for a year. Hyperparathyroid bone disease is characterized by cortical thinning, increased cortical porosity, reduced trabecular bone volume, and increased hypomineralized matrix volume, and there is little information to date about the effects of treatment with cinacalcet hydrochloride on the bone fragility in patients with hyperparathyroid bone disease. In the present study, histological and backscattered electron microscopic evaluation of this combination treatment revealed an excellent improvement of both bone volume and bone morphology. This treatment improved cortical thinning, cortical porosity, and trabecular thinning. Furthermore, the treatment also reduced hypomineralized matrix volume, indicative of improved mineralization by osteocytes. We speculate that the intermittent maxacalcitol administration may have effectively stimulated the vitamin D receptors expressed on osteocytes and osteoblasts, resulting in increased mineralization. Our approach for evaluating the bone in patients with chronic kidney disease by backscattered electron microscopy is novel.
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- A Yajima
- Department of Medicine, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Blood Purification, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, University of Missouri, School of Dentistry, Kansas City, MI, USA
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Second Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tanizawa Clinic, Niigata, Niigata, Japan
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- Ito Bone Histomorphometry Institute, Niigata, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Ito SU, Kanbayashi T, Suzuki S, Ito A, Kimoto Y, Terui Y, Satake M, Shioya T, Shimizu T, Nishino S. 0378 Sleep Facilitation by an Artificially Carbonated Spring; Body Temperature, EEG and Autonomic Nervous Activity Evaluations. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S U Ito
- Department of Physical therapy, Akita University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Akita, JAPAN
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- Department of Psychiatry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, JAPAN
- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), Tsukuba, JAPAN
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- Johto Orthopedic Clinic, Akita, JAPAN
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- The Educational Foundation of Core Academy Akita Rehabilitation College, Akita, JAPAN
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- Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels-Akita, Akita, JAPAN
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- Department of Physical therapy, Akita University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Akita, JAPAN
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- Department of Physical therapy, Akita University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Akita, JAPAN
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- Department of Physical therapy, Akita University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Akita, JAPAN
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- Department of Psychiatry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, JAPAN
- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), Tsukuba, JAPAN
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- Center for Narcolepsy Stanford Sleep Research Center, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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Ito A, Ebata T, Yokoyama Y, Igami T, Mizuno T, Yamaguchi J, Onoe S, Nagino M. Ethanol ablation for refractory bile leakage after complex hepatectomy. Br J Surg 2018; 105:1036-1043. [PMID: 29617036 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Only a few reports exist on the use of ethanol ablation for posthepatectomy bile leakage. The aim of this study was to assess the value of ethanol ablation in refractory bile leakage. METHODS Medical records of consecutive patients who underwent a first hepatobiliary resection with bilioenteric anastomosis between 2007 and 2016 were reviewed retrospectively, with special attention to bile leakage and ethanol ablation therapy. Bile leakage was graded as A/B1/B2 according to the International Study Group of Liver Surgery definition. Absolute ethanol was injected into the target bile duct during fistulography. RESULTS Of the 609 study patients, 237 (38·9 per cent) had bile leakage, including grade A in 33, grade B1 in 18 and grade B2 in 186. Left trisectionectomy was more often associated with grade B2 bile leakage than other types of hepatectomy (P < 0·001). Of 186 patients with grade B2 bile leakage, 31 underwent ethanol ablation therapy. Ethanol ablation was started a median of 34 (range 15-122) days after hepatectomy. The median number of treatments was 3 (1-7), and the total amount of ethanol used was 15 (3-71) ml. Complications related to ethanol ablation included transient fever (27 patients) and mild pain (13). Following ethanol ablation, bile leakage resolved in all patients and drains were removed. The median interval between the first ablation and drain removal was 28 (1-154) days. CONCLUSION Ethanol ablation is safe and effective, and may be a treatment option for refractory bile leakage.
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- A Ito
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Goto M, Ito A, Miyachi H, Ochiai S, Saito T, Watanabe S, Miyabe S, Yamamoto S, Nomoto S, Nakanishi H, Shimozato K. Podoplanin Expression and Its Preclinical Application for Near-Infrared Imaging for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.07.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kitami Y, Mori T, Hayakawa I, Koide A, Ito A, Suzuki H, Tomita S, Warabi Y, Takahashi T, Miyama S. Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) seropositive for AQP4-IGG more than 3 years before NMOSD onset. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ii Y, Maeda M, Ito A, Umino M, Kida H, Satoh M, Niwa A, Taniguchi A, Tomimoto H. Underlying etiology of cortical microinfarcts on 3T MRI in patients with cognitive impairment. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Furuuchi K, Ito A, Hashimoto T, Kumagai S, Ishida T. Clinical significance of Aspergillus species isolated from respiratory specimens in patients with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 37:91-98. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-3105-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Šnábel V, Calma C, Georgescu SO, Cavallero S, D’Amelio S, Vasilková Z, Ito A. Genetic survey of alveolar and cystic echinococcoses in Romania: first molecular evidence of Echinococcus multilocularis in humans in the country. Helminthologia 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/helm-2017-0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Summary
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) are considered as one of the most important zoonotic diseases in Romania, where they are subject to mandatory reporting. To obtain more knowledge about the genetic diversity of Echinococcus causative agents of these diseases, 11 isolates from humans and ungulate intermediate hosts from the two regions of Romania were genotyped using mitochondrial markers. In clinical samples of five patients from north-eastern Romania (Iasi, Botosani, Vaslui counties), Echinococcus multilocularis was identified as causal agent by cox1 sequence analysis. To the best of our knowledge this finding presents the first molecular evidence of E. multilocularis in humans from Romania. Only two cases of AE in patients were previously documented in the country by serological methods. In our four patients the most widespread European variant E5 of E. multilocularis was recorded, whereas in isolate from Vaslui county three nucleotide substitutions were detected as compared to the most related E5 haplotype. One of these mutations (411T/G) matched N1 and N2 haplotypes described previously from North America. In six CE samples retrieved from western Romania (Caras-Severin and Timis counties), two human isolates were diagnosed as Echinococcus canadensis G7, one as E. granulosus s.s. G1 and one as E. granulosus s.s. G3 using atp6 and rrnS sequencing. In ungulates, the cattle isolate was allocated to E. granulosus s.s. G1 and pig isolate to E. canadensis G7. The two G7 findings in humans reinforced the recent view that G7 was underestimated as compared to the E. granulosus s.s. regarding human CE threat that can be further employed for identifying sources of infections and establishing suitable preventive measures.
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- V. Šnábel
- Institute of Parasitology , Slovak Academy of Sciences , Košice, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice , Slovakia
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- Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy , Department of Physiology and Immunology , 300041 Timisoara , Romania
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- Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy , Department of Surgery , Iași , Romania
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology , Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology , Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- Institute of Parasitology , Slovak Academy of Sciences , Košice, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice , Slovakia
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- Department of Parasitology , Asahikawa Medical University , Asahikawa 078-8510 , Japan
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Huntzinger DN, Michalak AM, Schwalm C, Ciais P, King AW, Fang Y, Schaefer K, Wei Y, Cook RB, Fisher JB, Hayes D, Huang M, Ito A, Jain AK, Lei H, Lu C, Maignan F, Mao J, Parazoo N, Peng S, Poulter B, Ricciuto D, Shi X, Tian H, Wang W, Zeng N, Zhao F. Uncertainty in the response of terrestrial carbon sink to environmental drivers undermines carbon-climate feedback predictions. Sci Rep 2017; 7:4765. [PMID: 28684755 PMCID: PMC5500546 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03818-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Terrestrial ecosystems play a vital role in regulating the accumulation of carbon (C) in the atmosphere. Understanding the factors controlling land C uptake is critical for reducing uncertainties in projections of future climate. The relative importance of changing climate, rising atmospheric CO2, and other factors, however, remains unclear despite decades of research. Here, we use an ensemble of land models to show that models disagree on the primary driver of cumulative C uptake for 85% of vegetated land area. Disagreement is largest in model sensitivity to rising atmospheric CO2 which shows almost twice the variability in cumulative land uptake since 1901 (1 s.d. of 212.8 PgC vs. 138.5 PgC, respectively). We find that variability in CO2 and temperature sensitivity is attributable, in part, to their compensatory effects on C uptake, whereby comparable estimates of C uptake can arise by invoking different sensitivities to key environmental conditions. Conversely, divergent estimates of C uptake can occur despite being based on the same environmental sensitivities. Together, these findings imply an important limitation to the predictability of C cycling and climate under unprecedented environmental conditions. We suggest that the carbon modeling community prioritize a probabilistic multi-model approach to generate more robust C cycle projections.
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- D N Huntzinger
- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5694, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011-5694, USA.
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- Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5694, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011-5694, USA
- Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, 02540, USA
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE CEA CNRS UVSQ, 91191, Gif sur, Yvette, France
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA
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- National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orno, ME, USA
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- Atmospheric and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE CEA CNRS UVSQ, 91191, Gif sur, Yvette, France
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-LSCE CEA CNRS UVSQ, 91191, Gif sur, Yvette, France
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- Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- International Center for Climate and Global Change Research and School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Masaki A, Ishida T, Maeda Y, Narita T, Ito A, Suzuki S, Ri M, Kusumoto S, Komatsu H, Choi I, Suehiro Y, Inagaki H, Ueda R, Iida S. Prognostic significance of tryptophan catabolism in newly diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma. Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2439_44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- A. Masaki
- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Laboratory of Hospital Pharmacy; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Tumor Immunology; Aichi Medical University School of Medicine; Nagakute Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Hematology; National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center; Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Hematology; National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center; Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Tumor Immunology; Aichi Medical University School of Medicine; Nagakute Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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Iijima H, Ito A, Nagai M, Tajino J, Yamaguchi S, Kiyan W, Nakahata A, Zhang J, Wang T, Aoyama T, Nishitani K, Kuroki H. Physiological exercise loading suppresses post-traumatic osteoarthritis progression via an increase in bone morphogenetic proteins expression in an experimental rat knee model. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2017; 25:964-975. [PMID: 27965139 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the dose-response relationship of exercise loading in the cartilage-subchondral bone (SB) unit in surgically-induced post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) of the knee. DESIGN Destabilized medial meniscus (DMM) surgery was performed on the right knee of 12-week-old male Wistar rats, and sham surgery was performed on the contralateral knee. Four weeks after the surgery, the animals were subjected to moderate (12 m/min) or intense (21 m/min) treadmill exercises for 30 min/day, 5 days/week for 4 weeks. PTOA development in articular cartilage and SB was examined using histological and immunohistochemical analyses, micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) analysis, and biomechanical testing at 8 weeks after surgery. Gremlin-1 was injected to determine the role of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling on PTOA development following moderate exercise. RESULTS Moderate exercise increased BMP-2, BMP-4, BMP-6, BMP receptor 2, pSmad-5, and inhibitor of DNA binding protein-1 expression in the superficial zone chondrocytes and suppressed cartilage degeneration, osteophyte growth, SB damage, and osteoclast-mediated SB resorption. However, intense exercise had little effect on BMP expression and even caused progression of these osteoarthritis (OA) changes. Gremlin-1 injection following moderate exercise caused progression of the PTOA development down to the level of the non-exercise DMM-operated knee. CONCLUSIONS Exercise regulated cartilage-SB PTOA development in DMM-operated knees in a dose-dependent manner. Our findings shed light on the important role of BMP expression in superficial zone chondrocytes in attenuation of PTOA development following physiological exercise loading. Further studies to support a mechanism by which BMPs would be beneficial in preventing PTOA progression are warranted.
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- H Iijima
- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Congenital Anomaly Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Development and Rehabilitation of Motor Function, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Development and Rehabilitation of Motor Function, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Chaisiri K, Aueawiboonsri S, Kusolsuk T, Dekumyoy P, Sanguankiat S, Homsuwan N, Peunpipoom G, Okamoto M, Yanagida T, Sako Y, Ito A. Gastrointestinal helminths and Taenia spp. in parenteral tissues of free-roaming pigs (Sus scrofa indicus) from hilltribe village at the western border of Thailand. Trop Biomed 2017; 34:464-470. [PMID: 33593030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A serological survey of pig cysticercosis was conducted in a hill-tribe village at Thai-Myanmar border, Tak province of Thailand in 2012. Sixteen backyard pigs were examined for pig cysticercosis and gastrointestinal helminth infection. In addition to cysticerci of Taenia solium and Taenia hydatigena found outside the gut, nine other helminth species were found in guts: Echinostoma malayanum, Pseudanoplocephala crawfordi, Ascarops dentata, Physocephalus sexalatus, Gnathostoma doloresi, Ascaris suum, Globocephalus sp., Oesophagostomum dentatum and Bourgelatia diducta. The study presents a report for the first time of adult tapeworm, P. crawfordi infection in pigs from Thailand. For medical importance, E. malayanum, P. crawfordi, G. doloresi and A. suum have been confirmed as potentially zoonotic helminths and pigs may act as one of the reservoir hosts for human helminthiases. Pigs of both gender and all ages appeared to be exposed to the parasites equally and did not show any significant difference to these helminth species in richness and total intensity.
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- K Chaisiri
- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Nong Bua Health Promoting Hospital, Tha Song Yang, Tak, Thailand
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- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Section of Wildlife Diversity, Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
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Ito A, Kawakami H, Ishikawa N, Ito M, Oikawa T, Sato A, Umita T. Accelerated anaerobic release of K, Mg and P from surplus activated sludge for element recovery and struvite formation inhibition. Water Sci Technol 2017; 75:2149-2156. [PMID: 28498127 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2017.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Accelerated release of potassium (K), magnesium (Mg) and phosphorus (P) from surplus activated sludge (SAS) was investigated to develop a new system for the recovery of the elements. Anaerobic cultivation of SAS during 24 h released 78% of K and about 50% of Mg and P from SAS more effectively compared to aerobic cultivation (K: 40%, Mg: 15%, P: 15%). Furthermore, the addition of sodium acetate as an organic carbon source remarkably accelerated the release of K, Mg and P from SAS under anaerobic condition. However, no increase in the maximum release efficiencies was observed. The elements released from SAS could be transferred to separate liquid with the existing mechanical thickener and be recovered as MgKPO4 by some additional process. Furthermore, the removal of the elements from SAS would inhibit the formation of struvite causing the blockage of sludge transport pipe after anaerobic digestion process of thickened sludge.
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- A Ito
- Department of Frontier Materials and Function Engineering, Iwate University, Ueda 4-3-5, Morioka 020-8551, Japan E-mail:
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Iwate University, Ueda 4-3-5, Morioka 020-8551, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Iwate University, Ueda 4-3-5, Morioka 020-8551, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Iwate University, Ueda 4-3-5, Morioka 020-8551, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Iwate University, Ueda 4-3-5, Morioka 020-8551, Japan
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- Iwate Prefectural Sewage Public Corporation, Higashimirumae 3-10-2, Morioka 020-0832, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Iwate University, Ueda 4-3-5, Morioka 020-8551, Japan
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Suzuki T, Masui Y, Ito A, Abe R. 354 Consumer self-testing of coloring mixtures is not useful for prediction of oxidative hair dye-related contact allergy. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ito SU, Kanbayashi T, Ito A, Kimoto Y, Ono T, Satake M, Shioya T, Shimizu T, Nishino S. 0348 RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF SUVOREXANT, ZOLPIDEM AND RAMELTEON IN HEALTHY ELDERLY SUBJECTS: A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Furuuchi K, Ito A, Hashimoto T, Kumagai S, Ishida T. Clinical significance of the radiological severity score in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease patients. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2017; 21:452-457. [DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- K. Furuuchi
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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Yamada S, Otsuru M, Yanamoto S, Hasegawa T, Aizawa H, Kamata T, Yamakawa N, Kohgo T, Ito A, Noda Y, Hirai C, Kitamura T, Okura M, Kirita T, Ueda M, Yamashita T, Ota Y, Komori T, Umeda M, Kurita H. Progression level of extracapsular spread and tumour budding for cervical lymph node metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2017.02.998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Shimada K, Matsuda S, Jinno H, Konno T, Ito A, Arai T, Ishihara K, Kitagawa Y. Abstract P2-01-20: The non-invasive treatment for sentinel lymph node metastasis by photodynamic therapy using a verteporfin solubilized phospholipid polymer aggregate. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs16-p2-01-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Abstract
Introduction:
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has become a standard procedure for axillary lymph node evaluation in clinically node-negative breast cancer patients. Recent trial suggested that patients with 1or 2 sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) involvement could be treated with SLNB alone.
Although SLNB is much less invasive procedure comparing with axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), it is still associated with complications such as lymph edema, numbness and pain.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) against cancer is a non-invasive optical therapeutic method in which the topical or systemic delivery of photosensitizing drugs is followed by its subsequent activation with broadband red light.
In this study, the usefulness of PDT for treating SLN metastasis was evaluated in murine model.
Materials and Methods:
Verteporfin, a hydrophobic photosensitizer (PS) forms a soluble conjugate in aqueous medium with a water-soluble and amphiphilic PMB polymer as a solubilizer. The PMB forms stable and well-dispersed molecular aggregate when its concentration is over 1.0 mg/mL based on the hydrophobic interactions among polymer chains. The verteporfin can form conjugate (PMB-vertepoffin) with hydrophobic domain in the PMB aggregate. The PMB-verteporfin was injected at dorsum manus of BALB/c nude mice. The concentrations of verteporfin in tissues were determined by measuring the fluorescence emitted at 700 nm (with excitation at 430 nm). To develop a murine SLN metastasis model, 5 x 105 human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells with stable expression of GFP were injected to the forearm of BALB/c nude mice. Seven days after inoculation of cancer cells, 20 μL of PMB-verteporfin was injected at dorsum manus of BALB/c nude mice and 75 J of light energy was delivered using a 640 nm diode laser for a total treatment time of 1 min. Fifty-three mice were randomly assigned to the combination of PMB-verteporfin injection and light exposure (A), light exposure alone (B), PMB-verteporfin injection alone (C), and no treatment (D) groups. Ten days after PDT, brachial lymph nodes, which were considered as SLNs were harvested and evaluated by stereoscopic fluorescence microscope. And, DNA was extracted from harvested lymph node. Human Alu family sequence was detected by 7300 Real Time PCR system (Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad CA USA) to estimate metastatic volume.
Results:
The concentration of verteporfin in SLN was siginificantly higher than other organs including lung, liver, kidney and brachial skin.
The group A significantly reduced the SLN metastasis (13%) comparing with , group B (57%), group C (46%) and group D (52%).
The Ct value in a PCR of the combination of group A (Ct=29.17) significantly reduced the SLN metastasis comparing with group B (Ct=22.45, p=0.018), group C (Ct=25.58, p=0.018) and group D (Ct=25.54, p=0.005).
Conclusions:
These data suggested that PDT using PMB as a nanotransporter of verteporfin could be a minimally invasive treatment of SLN metastasis in breast cancer, and represent a potential alternative procedure to SLNB.
Citation Format: Shimada K, Matsuda S, Jinno H, Konno T, Ito A, Arai T, Ishihara K, Kitagawa Y. The non-invasive treatment for sentinel lymph node metastasis by photodynamic therapy using a verteporfin solubilized phospholipid polymer aggregate [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2016 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-01-20.
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- K Shimada
- Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Ansai O, Shigehara Y, Ito A, Abe R, Shimomura Y. A novel splice site mutation in the ADAR gene leading to exon skipping and dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria in a Japanese patient. Clin Exp Dermatol 2016; 41:933-934. [PMID: 27747905 DOI: 10.1111/ced.12981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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Kumagai S, Ishida T, Tachibana H, Ito A, Ito Y, Hashimoto T. Polybacterial aetiology and outcomes in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2016; 20:129-35. [PMID: 26688539 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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SETTING Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While interactions among bacterial pathogens in the respiratory tract have been studied, the impact of polybacterial aetiology on mortality has not been fully elucidated. OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of polybacterial aetiology on mortality, prevalence, microbial patterns and clinical characteristics among CAP patients. DESIGN Retrospective data analysis. RESULTS Bacterial aetiology was established in 711 (46.0%) of 1544 enrolled hospitalised CAP patients. Of these, polybacterial aetiology was identified in 89 (12.5%): Streptococcus pneumoniae was the most frequently identified pathogen (n = 55, 61.8%). The most prevalent microbial combination was S. pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae (n = 19, 21.3%). Alcoholism and lack of previous antibiotic therapy were independent predictors of polybacterial aetiology. The proportion of patients with severe pneumonia was significantly higher in the polybacterial aetiology group than in the monobacterial group. Multivariate analysis showed that polybacterial aetiology was a predictor of 30-day mortality (OR 2.14, 95%CI 1.07-4.24, P = 0.030), independently of severe pneumonia status, pneumonia severity index, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and inappropriate empirical therapy. CONCLUSION Polybacterial CAP tends to advance in severity, and indicates adverse outcomes.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ohara Memorial Kurashiki Healthcare Foundation, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ohara Memorial Kurashiki Healthcare Foundation, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ohara Memorial Kurashiki Healthcare Foundation, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ohara Memorial Kurashiki Healthcare Foundation, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ohara Memorial Kurashiki Healthcare Foundation, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ohara Memorial Kurashiki Healthcare Foundation, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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Ohara H, Higashiguchi T, Kuzuya M, Kikutani T, Sanada H, Maruyama M, Matsuzaki M, Kamakura Y, Ito A, Mori N. SUN-P042: Efficacy of a New Intervention “Wiping Plus Providing Oral Nutritional Supplements” in Preventing Aspiration Pneumonia in Elderly People: A Multicenter, Randomized Comparative Trial. Clin Nutr 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(16)30385-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Yamada T, Matsuoka K, Watanabe R, Kumata S, Ito A, Taira A, Sakane T, Matsuoka T, Nagai S, Ueda M, Miyamoto Y. P-211INTERVENTIONS FOR CHYLOTHORAX COMPLICATING THORACIC SURGERY. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivw260.209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mori N, Higashiguchi T, Ito A, Murai M, Ohara H, Tsuzuki N, Nakagawa A, Awa H, Miyoshi A, Akihiko F, Uekuzu Y. PT08.1: Pinch Grip Strength is a Simple Indicator for Prognosis and Muscle Depletion in Patients with Far Advanced Cancer. Clin Nutr 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(16)30326-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Iijima H, Aoyama T, Ito A, Tajino J, Yamaguchi S, Nagai M, Kiyan W, Zhang X, Kuroki H. Exercise intervention increases expression of bone morphogenetic proteins and prevents the progression of cartilage-subchondral bone lesions in a post-traumatic rat knee model. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2016; 24:1092-102. [PMID: 26805018 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Revised: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine whether treadmill walking (TW) prevents the progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritic changes in cartilage-subchondral bone unit, and whether the exercise timing changes the exercise efficacy in destabilized medial meniscus (DMM) rat knees. DESIGN Twelve-week-old male Wistar rats underwent DMM surgery on their right knees and sham surgery on their left knees and were assigned to either the sedentary (n = 10) or walking (n = 24) groups. The rats in the walking group were subjected to TW from day 2 through 4 weeks, from 4 through 8 weeks, or from day 2 through 8 weeks (n = 8 per group). Osteoarthritic changes of cartilage and subchondral bone were assessed with micro-computed tomography, histology, and immunohistochemistry 8 weeks after surgery. RESULTS TW prevented the progression of cartilage and subchondral bone lesions induced by the DMM, and increased bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2 and -6 expressions in superficial zone chondrocytes and bone-lining cells including osteoblasts. Furthermore, the TW-induced increase in BMPs varied with the exercise timing. Beginning TW 4 weeks after DMM surgery was the best option for increasing BMPs, coinciding with the most robust prevention of osteoarthritic changes. CONCLUSIONS TW increased the expression of BMPs and prevented the progression of cartilage-subchondral bone lesions in rat knees with a DMM. Selective exercise timing may be a key factor in the development of an exercise regimen for preventing the progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). Furthermore, exercise may have favorable effects even after the PTOA has been developed.
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- H Iijima
- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Development and Rehabilitation of Motor Function, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Congenital Anomaly Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Miyawaki S, Imai H, Hayasaka T, Masaki N, Ono H, Ochi T, Ito A, Nakatomi H, Setou M, Saito N. Imaging mass spectrometry detects dynamic changes of phosphatidylcholine in rat hippocampal CA1 after transient global ischemia. Neuroscience 2016; 322:66-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Adachi N, Adamovitch V, Adjovi Y, Aida K, Akamatsu H, Akiyama S, Akli A, Ando A, Andrault T, Antonietti H, Anzai S, Arkoun G, Avenoso C, Ayrault D, Banasiewicz M, Banaśkiewicz M, Bernardini L, Bernard E, Berthet E, Blanchard M, Boreyko D, Boros K, Charron S, Cornette P, Czerkas K, Dameron M, Date I, De Pontbriand M, Demangeau F, Dobaczewski Ł, Dobrzyński L, Ducouret A, Dziedzic M, Ecalle A, Edon V, Endo K, Endo T, Endo Y, Etryk D, Fabiszewska M, Fang S, Fauchier D, Felici F, Fujiwara Y, Gardais C, Gaul W, Gurin L, Hakoda R, Hamamatsu I, Handa K, Haneda H, Hara T, Hashimoto M, Hashimoto T, Hashimoto K, Hata D, Hattori M, Hayano R, Hayashi R, Higasi H, Hiruta M, Honda A, Horikawa Y, Horiuchi H, Hozumi Y, Ide M, Ihara S, Ikoma T, Inohara Y, Itazu M, Ito A, Janvrin J, Jout I, Kanda H, Kanemori G, Kanno M, Kanomata N, Kato T, Kato S, Katsu J, Kawasaki Y, Kikuchi K, Kilian P, Kimura N, Kiya M, Klepuszewski M, Kluchnikov E, Kodama Y, Kokubun R, Konishi F, Konno A, Kontsevoy V, Koori A, Koutaka A, Kowol A, Koyama Y, Kozioł M, Kozue M, Kravtchenko O, Kruczała W, Kudła M, Kudo H, Kumagai R, Kurogome K, Kurosu A, Kuse M, Lacombe A, Lefaillet E, Magara M, Malinowska J, Malinowski M, Maroselli V, Masui Y, Matsukawa K, Matsuya K, Matusik B, Maulny M, Mazur P, Miyake C, Miyamoto Y, Miyata K, Miyata K, Miyazaki M, Molȩda M, Morioka T, Morita E, Muto K, Nadamoto H, Nadzikiewicz M, Nagashima K, Nakade M, Nakayama C, Nakazawa H, Nihei Y, Nikul R, Niwa S, Niwa O, Nogi M, Nomura K, Ogata D, Ohguchi H, Ohno J, Okabe M, Okada M, Okada Y, Omi N, Onodera H, Onodera K, Ooki S, Oonishi K, Oonuma H, Ooshima H, Oouchi H, Orsucci M, Paoli M, Penaud M, Perdrisot C, Petit M, Piskowski A, Płocharski A, Polis A, Polti L, Potsepnia T, Przybylski D, Pytel M, Quillet W, Remy A, Robert C, Sadowski M, Saito M, Sakuma D, Sano K, Sasaki Y, Sato N, Schneider T, Schneider C, Schwartzman K, Selivanov E, Sezaki M, Shiroishi K, Shustava I, Śniecińska A, Stalchenko E, Staroń A, Stromboni M, Studzińska W, Sugisaki H, Sukegawa T, Sumida M, Suzuki Y, Suzuki K, Suzuki R, Suzuki H, Suzuki K, Świderski W, Szudejko M, Szymaszek M, Tada J, Taguchi H, Takahashi K, Tanaka D, Tanaka G, Tanaka S, Tanino K, Tazbir K, Tcesnokova N, Tgawa N, Toda N, Tsuchiya H, Tsukamoto H, Tsushima T, Tsutsumi K, Umemura H, Uno M, Usui A, Utsumi H, Vaucelle M, Wada Y, Watanabe K, Watanabe S, Watase K, Witkowski M, Yamaki T, Yamamoto J, Yamamoto T, Yamashita M, Yanai M, Yasuda K, Yoshida Y, Yoshida A, Yoshimura K, Żmijewska M, Zuclarelli E. Measurement and comparison of individual external doses of high-school students living in Japan, France, Poland and Belarus-the 'D-shuttle' project. J Radiol Prot 2016; 36:49-66. [PMID: 26613195 DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/36/1/49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Twelve high schools in Japan (of which six are in Fukushima Prefecture), four in France, eight in Poland and two in Belarus cooperated in the measurement and comparison of individual external doses in 2014. In total 216 high-school students and teachers participated in the study. Each participant wore an electronic personal dosimeter 'D-shuttle' for two weeks, and kept a journal of his/her whereabouts and activities. The distributions of annual external doses estimated for each region overlap with each other, demonstrating that the personal external individual doses in locations where residence is currently allowed in Fukushima Prefecture and in Belarus are well within the range of estimated annual doses due to the terrestrial background radiation level of other regions/countries.
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- N Adachi
- Adachi High School, 2-347 Kakunai, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima 964-0904, Japan
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Kato T, Oka K, Nakamura T, Ito A. Decreased expression of Met during differentiation in rat lung. Eur J Histochem 2016; 60:2575. [PMID: 26972715 PMCID: PMC4800251 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2016.2575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Organ-specific stem cells play key roles in maintaining the epithelial cell layers of lung. Bronchioalveolar stem cells (BASCs) are distal lung epithelial stem cells of adult mice. Alveolar type 2 (AT2) cells have important functions and serve as progenitor cells of alveolar type 1 (AT1) cells to repair the epithelium when they are injured. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) elicits mitogenic, morphogenic, and anti-apoptotic effects on lung epithelial cells through tyrosine phosphorylation of Met receptor, and thus is recognized as a pulmotrophic factor. To understand which cells HGF targets in lung, we identified the cells expressing Met by immunofluorescence assay. Met was strongly expressed in BASCs, which expressed an AT2 cell marker, pro-SP-C, and a club cell marker, CCSP. In alveoli, we found higher expression of Met in primary AT2 than in AT1 cells, which was confirmed using primary AT2 cells. We further examined the mitogenic activity of HGF in AT2-cell-derived alveolar-like cysts (ALCs) in 3D culture. Multicellular ALCs expressed Met, and HGF enhanced the ALC production. Taking these findings together, BASCs could also be an important target for HGF, and HGF-Met signaling could function more potent on cells that have greater multipotency in adult lung.
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Iijima H, Aoyama T, Tajino J, Ito A, Nagai M, Yamaguchi S, Zhang X, Kiyan W, Kuroki H. Subchondral plate porosity colocalizes with the point of mechanical load during ambulation in a rat knee model of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2016; 24:354-63. [PMID: 26376125 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Revised: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigated the association between spatiotemporal cartilage-subchondral bone plate alterations and mechanical load during ambulation in an experimental rat model of destabilized medial meniscus (DMM). DESIGN Twelve-week-old Wistar rats (n = 38) underwent DMM surgery on the right knee and sham surgery on the left knee. At 2 and 4 weeks after surgery, subchondral bone changes were evaluated via micro-computed tomography with various knee flexion angles to simulate weight-bearing during rat ambulation under a 3-dimensional motion capture apparatus. Additionally, the biomechanical properties, histology, and ultrastructure of the medial tibia and femoral condyle were evaluated. RESULTS Focal subchondral bone plate perforations were confirmed in the medial tibia within 2 weeks after surgery and were aggravated rapidly 2 weeks later. This subchondral plate porosity colocalized with articular cartilage lesions as confirmed by histology and scanning electron microscopy, and coincided with the likely point of contact between the posterior femoral condyle and tibial plateau during ambulation. Biomechanical properties were confirmed at the medial tibia, at which stiffness was reduced to approximately half that of the sham-operated knee at 4 weeks after surgery. CONCLUSIONS Cartilage-subchondral bone plate alterations localized in the region of the point of mechanical load during ambulation in DMM-operated knees, at which the mechanical integrity of cartilage was impaired. These results indicate that DMM-induced increases in mechanical load play an important role in the pathogenesis of early post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA), and it might accelerate the development of the disease via cartilage-subchondral bone plate crosstalk through increased subchondral plate perforations.
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- H Iijima
- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Development and Rehabilitation of Motor Function, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Congenital Anomaly Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Ogawa E, Takenoya H, Ito A, Arai T. Talaporfin sodium binding and photocytotoxicity of photosensitization reaction on myocardial cell under various albumin concentrations and temperature. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016; 2015:1295-8. [PMID: 26736505 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7318605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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To understand the efficiency change of the extracellular photosensitization reaction by the external factor in myocardium interstitial space, we studied the efficiency change of the extracellular photosensitization reaction caused by talaporfin sodium binding with serum proteins under various serum proteins concentrations and temperature conditions. Talaporfin sodium Q band absorbance was measured with various albumin concentrations and the cell survival rate was measured by WST assay in the same conditions. The talaporfin sodium binding ratio with albumin, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein were measured by talaporfin sodium absorbance measurement after the ultrafiltration. The albumin concentration affects the photocytotoxicity strongly when the albumin concentration was over 2.1 mg/ml in the case of the extracellular photosensitization reaction. It would be useful to measure the peak wavelength in Q band absorbance was suggested to know the albumin concentration and the photocytotoxicity efficiency to realize the safety treatment. The binding ratios with high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein were decreased with the solution temperature rise from 17°C to 37 °C and the photocytotoxicity was increased with temperature rise from 17°C to 37°C involving this binding ratio change. It would be important to maintain the target organ temperature during the photosensitization reaction to keep the photosensitization reaction efficiency.
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Matsubara T, Ito A, Tsunomori A, Hara T, Muramatsu C, Endo T, Fujita H. An automated method for detecting architectural distortions on mammograms using direction analysis of linear structures. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016; 2015:2661-4. [PMID: 26736839 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7318939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Architectural distortion is one of the most important findings when evaluating mammograms for breast cancer. Abnormal breast architecture is characterized by the presence of spicules, which are distorted mammary structures that are not accompanied by an increased density or mass. We have been developing an automated method for detecting spiculated architectural distortions by analyzing linear structures extracted by normal curvature. However, some structures that are possibly related to distorted areas are not extracted using this method. The purpose of this study was to develop a new automated method for direction analysis of linear structures to improve detection performance in mammography. The direction of linear structures in each region of interest (ROI) was first determined using a direction filter and a background filter that can define one of eight directions (0°, 22.5°, 45°, 67.5°, 90°, 112.5°, 135°, and 157.5°). The concentration and isotropic indexes were calculated using the determined direction of the linear structures in order to extract the candidate areas. Discriminant analysis was performed to eliminate false positives results. Our database consisted of 168 abnormal images containing 174 distorted areas and 580 normal images. The sensitivity of the new method was 81%. There were 2.6 and 4.2 false positives per image using the new and previous methods, respectively. These findings show that our new method is effective for detecting spiculated architectural distortions.
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Narita T, Ri M, Masaki A, Mori F, Ito A, Kusumoto S, Ishida T, Komatsu H, Iida S. Lower expression of activating transcription factors 3 and 4 correlates with shorter progression-free survival in multiple myeloma patients receiving bortezomib plus dexamethasone therapy. Blood Cancer J 2015; 5:e373. [PMID: 26636288 PMCID: PMC4735074 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2015.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bortezomib (BTZ), a proteasome inhibitor, is widely used in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), but a fraction of patients respond poorly to this agent. To identify factors predicting the duration of progression-free survival (PFS) of MM patients on BTZ treatment, the expression of proteasome and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-related genes was quantified in primary samples from patients receiving a combination of BTZ and dexamethasone (BD). Fifty-six MM patients were stratified into a group with PFS<6 months (n=33) and a second group with PFS⩾6 months (n=23). Of the 15 genes analyzed, the expression of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) and ATF4 was significantly lower in patients with shorter PFS (P=0.0157 and P=0.0085, respectively). Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis showed that these ATFs bind each other and transactivate genes encoding the pro-apoptotic transcription factors, CHOP and Noxa, which promote ER stress-associated apoptosis. When either ATF3 or ATF4 expression was silenced, MM cells partially lost sensitivity to BTZ treatment. This was accompanied by lower levels of Noxa, CHOP and DR5. Thus low basal expression of ATF3 and ATF4 may attenuate BTZ-induced apoptosis. Hence, ATF3 and ATF4 could potentially be used as biomarkers to predict efficacy of BD therapy in patients with MM.
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Nakano K, Idani H, Asami S, Ookawa H, Yoshimoto M, Ito A, Monden K, Kurose Y, Hioki M, Ishii T, Sadamori H, Oono S, Kin H, Takakura N. Topic: Abdominal Wall Hernia - Abdominal wall closure. Hernia 2015; 19 Suppl 1:S342. [PMID: 26518836 DOI: 10.1007/bf03355382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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