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Hirai M, Toya Y, Kikuchi A, Yanai S, Tabayashi A, Matsumoto T. Rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding: Iliac aneurysmo-colonic fistula after endovascular treatment. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 37:417. [PMID: 34414602 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15651] [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] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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- M Hirai
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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Hirai M, Kobayashi Y, Miyazawa M, Kitahara H, Kawashiri S, Nakamura H. Matrix metalloproteinase-mediated regulation of programmed-death ligand in the human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma microenvironment. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy268.021] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kitahara H, Kobayashi Y, Hirai M, Kawashiri S, Nakamura H. Eribulin demonstrate selectively high sensitivity to recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC) cells and xenograft tumors. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy268.034] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kondo K, Aoki S, Yamashita S, Ukai S, Sakamoto K, Hirai M, Kimura A. Ion irradiation effects on FeCrAl-ODS ferritic steel. Nuclear Materials and Energy 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2018.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Hirai M, Ishizaki K, Matsuda H, Sobue G. Surveillance of using novel free radical scavenger, edaravone to investigate survival effect for ALS patients in Japan (SUNRISE Japan): A study design. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hirai M, kitahara H, Kobayashi Y, Kawashiri S, Nakamura H. The role of PD-L1 in a high-grade invasive human oral squamous cell carcinoma microenvironment. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx391.020] [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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Kitahara H, Hirai M, Kawashiri S, Nakamura H. Oral squamous cell carcinoma cells were sensitized to cetuximab by Eribulin via induction of the mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx361.051] [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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Nakamura SX, Kamano H, Hayato Y, Hirai M, Horiuchi W, Kumano S, Murata T, Saito K, Sakuda M, Sato T, Suzuki Y. Towards a unified model of neutrino-nucleus reactions for neutrino oscillation experiments. Rep Prog Phys 2017; 80:056301. [PMID: 28164864 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aa5e6c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A precise description of neutrino-nucleus reactions will play a key role in addressing fundamental questions such as the leptonic CP violation and the neutrino mass hierarchy through analyzing data from next-generation neutrino oscillation experiments. The neutrino energy relevant to the neutrino-nucleus reactions spans a broad range and, accordingly, the dominant reaction mechanism varies across the energy region from quasi-elastic scattering through nucleon resonance excitations to deep inelastic scattering. This corresponds to transitions of the effective degree of freedom for theoretical description from nucleons through meson-baryon to quarks. The main purpose of this review is to report our recent efforts towards a unified description of the neutrino-nucleus reactions over the wide energy range; recent overall progress in the field is also sketched. Starting with an overview of the current status of neutrino-nucleus scattering experiments, we formulate the cross section to be commonly used for the reactions over all the energy regions. A description of the neutrino-nucleon reactions follows and, in particular, a dynamical coupled-channels model for meson productions in and beyond the [Formula: see text](1232) region is discussed in detail. We then discuss the neutrino-nucleus reactions, putting emphasis on our theoretical approaches. We start the discussion with electroweak processes in few-nucleon systems studied with the correlated Gaussian method. Then we describe quasi-elastic scattering with nuclear spectral functions, and meson productions with a [Formula: see text]-hole model. Nuclear modifications of the parton distribution functions determined through a global analysis are also discussed. Finally, we discuss issues to be addressed for future developments.
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- S X Nakamura
- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Turnbull JA, Yagnik SK, Hirai M, Staicu DM, Walker CT. An Assessment of the Fuel Pulverization Threshold During LOCA-Type Temperature Transients. NUCL SCI ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nse14-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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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- Electric Power Research Institute Palo Alto, California
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- Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development Co., Ltd. Ibaraki, Japan
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements Karlsruhe, Germany
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements Karlsruhe, Germany
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Nagao N, Tamura Y, Bontje P, Takimoto Y, Hirai M, Ishikawa Y. Different views on treatment decisions by first-year interprofessional healthcare students. J Interprof Care 2017; 31:407-409. [PMID: 28276842 DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2016.1278360] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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This study explored ethical treatment decisions of healthcare professional students beginning their education. As part of a first-semester modern medicine and bioethics course, 311 students watched and discussed, in interprofessional groups, a video titled Dax's Case: Who Should Decide? regarding the treatment of a life-threatening infectious disease against Dax's wish. The students then discussed and made their decision regarding treating or not. Their decisions, recorded on a worksheet, were classified as "will treat" or "won't treat." Professional groups' decision patterns were compared using the chi-square test. Overall, 151 (71%) opinions from students were classified as "will treat," and 61 (29%) as "won't treat." Nursing students were more likely to decide "won't treat" (in line with Dax's preference); however, the majority of other professions' students favoured treatment (against Dax's wish). Given the students' limited exposure to profession-specific education, our preliminary study supports the notion that healthcare profession students hold different values that align with their chosen profession at the start of their studies.
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- N Nagao
- a Graduate School of Health Sciences , Kobe University , Kobe , Hyogo , Japan
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- b The Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing , Tokyo , Japan
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- c Graduate School of Human Health Sciences , Tokyo Metropolitan University , Tokyo , Japan
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- d Graduate School of Medicine , The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- e Department of Pharmacology , Kobe University Hospital , Kobe , Hyogo , Japan
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- f Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division , Kakogawa Central City Hospital , Kakogawa , Hyogo , Japan
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Hirai M, Arita Y, McGlade CJ, Lee KF, Chen J, Evans SM. Adaptor proteins NUMB and NUMBL promote cell cycle withdrawal by targeting ERBB2 for degradation. J Clin Invest 2017; 127:569-582. [PMID: 28067668 PMCID: PMC5272190 DOI: 10.1172/jci91081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Failure of trabecular myocytes to undergo appropriate cell cycle withdrawal leads to ventricular noncompaction and heart failure. Signaling of growth factor receptor ERBB2 is critical for myocyte proliferation and trabeculation. However, the mechanisms underlying appropriate downregulation of trabecular ERBB2 signaling are little understood. Here, we have found that the endocytic adaptor proteins NUMB and NUMBL were required for downregulation of ERBB2 signaling in maturing trabeculae. Loss of NUMB and NUMBL resulted in a partial block of late endosome formation, resulting in sustained ERBB2 signaling and STAT5 activation. Unexpectedly, activated STAT5 overrode Hippo-mediated inhibition and drove YAP1 to the nucleus. Consequent aberrant cardiomyocyte proliferation resulted in ventricular noncompaction that was markedly rescued by heterozygous loss of function of either ERBB2 or YAP1. Further investigations revealed that NUMB and NUMBL interacted with small GTPase Rab7 to transition ERBB2 from early to late endosome for degradation. Our studies provide insight into mechanisms by which NUMB and NUMBL promote cardiomyocyte cell cycle withdrawal and highlight previously unsuspected connections between pathways that are important for cardiomyocyte cell cycle reentry, with relevance to ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy and regenerative medicine.
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- Maretoshi Hirai
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA
- Department of Medicine and
- Department of Pharmacology, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA
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Kimura T, Ogura F, Yamamoto K, Uda A, Nishioka T, Kume M, Makimoto H, Yano I, Hirai M. Potentially inappropriate medications in elderly Japanese patients: effects of pharmacists' assessment and intervention based on Screening Tool of Older Persons' Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions criteria ver.2. J Clin Pharm Ther 2016; 42:209-214. [PMID: 28039932 DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.12496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVES The Screening Tool of Older Persons' Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions (stopp) criteria were updated in 2014 (stopp criteria ver.2), but few studies have evaluated the usefulness of stopp criteria in elderly patients. This prospective observational study evaluated the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), and the efficacy of hospital pharmacists' assessment and intervention based on stopp criteria ver.2. METHODS The study was conducted at three medical units of Kobe University Hospital between April 2015 and March 2016. Pharmacists assessed and detected PIMs based on stopp criteria ver.2 and considered the patient's intention to change the prescription at the time of admission of each patient. If the pharmacists judged that benefits outweighed risks of prescription change and the patients consented to change the medications, they recommended the doctor to change the prescription. If there was a risk of exacerbation of disease by the change of medications and the pharmacists judged it to be difficult to adjust medications during hospitalization or the patients did not consent to change the medications, they did not recommend to change it. The pharmacists and the doctors discussed and finally decided whether to change the PIMs or not. The number of patients prescribed PIMs, the number and contents of PIMs, and the number of medications changed after pharmacists' intervention were calculated. RESULTS Totally, 822 new inpatients aged ≥65 years prescribed ≥1 daily medicine were included. Their median (interquartile range) age was 75·0 (71·0-80·0) years, and 54·9% were male. According to the criteria, 346 patients (42·1%) were prescribed ≥1 PIMs. Patients prescribed PIMs took significantly more medications than others: 10·0 (7·0-13·0) vs. 6·0 (4·0-9·0), P < 0·001. The total number of PIMs was 651%, 47·6% of which (n = 310) were recommended the doctors to change, and 292 of 651 PIMs (44·9%) were finally discontinued/changed after pharmacists' assessment and intervention. PIMs related to benzodiazepines, including Z-drugs, were most frequent, with a detailed classifications as follows (changed/total): (i) benzodiazepines for 4 or more weeks (75/205), (ii) drugs that predictably increase the risk of falls in older people (benzodiazepines) (30/67) and (iii) drugs that predictably increase the risk of falls in older people (hypnotic Z-drugs) (15/31). CONCLUSION Over 40% elderly patients were prescribed PIMs, and pharmacists' assessments and interventions based on stopp criteria ver.2 were useful in detecting and correcting prescription of PIMs.
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- T Kimura
- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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Ito H, Takagi H, Kozuka M, Kim S, Hirai M, Fujii T. Genetic testing by a novel high-purity concentration system for circulating tumor cells independent of epithelial markers. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw380.02] [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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Hirai M, Muramatsu Y, Mizuno S, Kurahashi N, Kurahashi H, Nakamura M. Intact attentional orienting towards inverted faces revealed by both manual responses and eye-movement measurement in individuals with Williams syndrome. J Intellect Disabil Res 2016; 60:969-981. [PMID: 27476718 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12318] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) exhibit atypical attentional characteristics when viewing faces. Although atypical configural processing of faces has been reported in WS, the relative strengths of configural and local feature information to capture visual attention in WS remains unclear. We previously demonstrated that attentional capture by target-unrelated upright faces differs depending on what response is measured. Whereas eye movements reflected subtle atypical attentional properties at the late stage of visual search, manual responses could not capture the atypical attentional profiles towards target-unrelated upright faces in individuals with WS. Here we used the same experimental paradigm to assess whether sensitivity to configural facial information is necessary for capturing attention in WS. METHODS We measured both eye movements and manual responses from 17 individuals with WS and 34 typically developing children and adults while they were actively involved in a visual search task with an inverted face distractor. Task measures (reaction time and performance accuracy) and gaze behaviour (initial direction of attention and fixation duration) were analysed for each stimulus. RESULTS When the target and the inverted face were displayed in the same search array, reaction times and accuracies in individuals with WS showed similar tendencies as typical controls. Analysis of task and gaze measures revealed that attentional orienting towards inverted faces was not atypical. CONCLUSION Although individuals with WS exhibited atypical gaze behaviour towards upright faces in our previous study, this unusual behaviour disappears if the faces are upside down. These findings suggest that local feature information alone (e.g. eyes) does not contribute to the heightened attention to faces, but configural information appears necessary for drawing attention to faces in individuals with WS, at least in the current experimental paradigm.
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- M Hirai
- Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan.
- Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
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- Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Central Hospital, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Central Hospital, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Central Hospital, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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- Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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Ueno M, Miyoshi M, Matsuo M, Yamashita H, Kajita A, Hamada Y, Takahashi M, Yamamoto M, Yamamoto I, Mikajiri R, Tabuchi S, Wakida K, Yamanishi M, Hirai M, Usami M. SUN-P007: Effect of Dietary Fatty Acids and Micronutrients Intake on Serum Diamine Oxidase Activity in Healthy Women. Clin Nutr 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(16)30350-8] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Maretoshi Hirai
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Kitahara H, Hirai M, Nakamura H, Kawashiri S. Eribulin differentiates cetuximab resistant oral squamous cell carcinoma cells to sensitive by inducing mesenchymal–epithelial transition (MET). Eur J Cancer 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)61183-8] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the pressure under short-stretch and elastic bandages. Design: Prospective study in 20 healthy volunteers, comparing the two different kinds of bandages. Setting: Department of Surgery, Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing, Nagoya, Japan. Main outcome measures: Pressure measurements were made beneath the bandages with different initial pressures of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 mmHg, during supine resting, standing, tip-toe exercise and walking. Results: Short-stretch bandages showed a significant increase in pressure during standing and exercise at lower initial pressures compared with elastic bandages. In analysing the pressure waveform during tip-toe exercise and walking, a significantly greater pressure difference between muscle contraction and relaxation was noted for short-stretch bandages compared with elastic bandages at any initial pressures. Conclusions: Short-stretch bandages produce a higher working pressure and a larger pressure difference during exercise. However, the effect depends on the initial pressures at the time of application. In clinical practice, prevention of a decrease in pressure with time and uniform application of bandages are important.
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- M. Hirai
- Department of Surgery, Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing, Nagoya, Japan
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Objective: To investigate the clinical significance of corona phlebectatica. Design: Clinical and plethysmographic evaluation of corona phlebectatica associated with primary varicose veins. Setting: Department of Surgery, Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing, Nagoya, Japan. Main outcome measures: In 411 limbs with greater saphenous incompetence, including 101 with skin changes and 310 without skin changes, clinical analysis and plethysmographic evaluation using the photoplethysmographic technique were carried out. Results: In 204 of 411 limbs, corona phlebectatica was observed, including 75 coloured red and 129 coloured blue. Blue coronas were observed significantly more often then red coronas in limbs with skin changes. The half refilling time in limbs with skin changes was significantly shorter than that in limbs without skin changes. In limbs without skin changes, limbs with blue coronas showed a significantly shortened half refilling time than those with red coronas. Conclusions: Blue coronas are a strong indicator of the presence of prolonged venous hypertension in varicose veins.
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- M. Hirai
- Department of Surgery, Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing, Nagoya, Japan
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Objective: To quantify the influence of posture and exercise on the interface pressure obtained under elastic stockings with compression pads. Design: Interface pressure measurement and plethysmographic evaluation of elastic stockings with and without compression pads. Setting: Department of Surgery, Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing, Nagoya, Japan. Main outcome measures: Pressure measurements in 24 volunteers were obtained beneath elastic stockings, elastic bandages and short-stretch bandages during supine resting, standing, tip-toe exercise and walking, and the effect of elastic stockings on the muscle pump of the leg was evaluated by strain-gauge plethysmography in 40 limbs with varicose veins. Results: Without compression pads, only short-stretch bandages showed a significant increase in pressure during standing and exercise. When pads were used, however, elastic stockings and bandages also showed a significant increase. With pads, significant improvement in the expelled volume during exercise was observed by strain-gauge plethysmography. Conclusions: Interface pressure under elastic materials during posture and exercise is similar to that under short-stretch bandages when compression pads are used, and pads effectively augment the muscle pump.
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- M. Hirai
- Department of Surgery, Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing, Nagoya, Japan
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Hirai M, Iwata H. A comparison of physical methods for prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis on augmentation of venous flow velocity and reduction of calf volume. Phlebology 2016. [DOI: 10.1258/026835504323080344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Objective: This study was designed to determine the optimal physical methods for promoting venous return of the leg. Methods: Ten healthy volunteers were investigated in the supine position on a couch, and their peak femoral venous velocity and calf muscle volume were determined using duplex ultrasound and strain gauge plethysmography,respectively,before and during deep respiration, limb elevation, calf squeezing and various types of leg exercises. Results: Deep respiration showed the smallest effect on both percentage increase of peak flow velocity and expelled volume. Elevation of the leg showed the same effect on the expelled volume as calf muscle squeezing and ankle movement, while the former showed significantly less effect than the latter on the percentage increase of peak flow velocity. In both dorsal flexion of the ankle and squeezing at the calf, the stronger of each procedure caused more effective changes in haemodynamics. Ankle exercise was more effective in promoting venous return in the calf muscle than wiggling the toes, making circling movements with the feet or alternately flexing and spreading the toes. Conclusions: Ankle exercise or calf muscle squeezing, performed maximally,may be the first recommendation for reducing venous stasis at the calf muscle and prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis..
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Hirai M, Chen J, Evans SM. Generation and Characterization of a Tissue-Specific Centrosome Indicator Mouse Line. Genesis 2016; 54:286-96. [PMID: 26990996 PMCID: PMC5021172 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 02/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Centrosomes are major microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) that play an important role in chromosome segregation during cell division. Centrosomes provide a stable anchor for microtubules, constituting the centers of the spindle poles in mitotic cells, and determining the orientation of cell division. However, visualization of centrosomes is challenging because of their small size. Especially in mouse tissues, it has been extremely challenging to observe centrosomes belonging to a specific cell type of interest among multiple comingled cell types. To overcome this obstacle, we generated a tissue‐specific centrosome indicator. In this mouse line, a construct containing a floxed neomyocin resistance gene with a triplicate polyA sequence followed by an EGFP‐Centrin1 fusion cassette was knocked into the Rosa locus. Upon Cre‐mediated excision, EGFP‐Centrin1 was expressed under the control of the Rosa locus. Experiments utilizing mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) demonstrated the feasibility of real‐time imaging, and showed that EGFP‐Centrin1 expression mirrored the endogenous centrosome cycle, undergoing precisely one round of duplication through the cell cycle. Moreover, experiments using embryo and adult mouse tissues demonstrated that EGFP‐Centrin1 specifically mirrors the localization of endogenous centrosomes. genesis 54:286–296, 2016. © 2016 The Authors. Genesis Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Maretoshi Hirai
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.,Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.,Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Hirai M, Chen J, Evans SM. Tissue-Specific Cell Cycle Indicator Reveals Unexpected Findings for Cardiac Myocyte Proliferation. Circ Res 2015; 118:20-8. [PMID: 26472817 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.115.307697] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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RATIONALE Discerning cardiac myocyte cell cycle behavior is challenging owing to commingled cell types with higher proliferative activity. OBJECTIVE To investigate cardiac myocyte cell cycle activity in development and the early postnatal period. METHODS AND RESULTS To facilitate studies of cell type-specific proliferation, we have generated tissue-specific cell cycle indicator BAC transgenic mouse lines. Experiments using embryonic fibroblasts from CyclinA2-LacZ-floxed-EGFP, or CyclinA2-EGFP mice, demonstrated that CyclinA2-βgal and CyclinA2-EGFP were expressed from mid-G1 to mid-M phase. Using Troponin T-Cre;CyclinA2-LacZ-EGFP mice, we examined cardiac myocyte cell cycle activity during embryogenesis and in the early postnatal period. Our data demonstrated that right ventricular cardiac myocytes exhibited reduced cell cycle activity relative to left ventricular cardiac myocytes in the immediate perinatal period. Additionally, in contrast to a recent report, we could find no evidence to support a burst of cardiac myocyte cell cycle activity at postnatal day 15. CONCLUSIONS Our data highlight advantages of a cardiac myocyte-specific cell cycle reporter for studies of cardiac myocyte cell cycle regulation.
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- Maretoshi Hirai
- From the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (M.H., S.M.E.), Department of Medicine (J.C., S.M.E.), and Department of Pharmacology (S.M.E.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
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- From the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (M.H., S.M.E.), Department of Medicine (J.C., S.M.E.), and Department of Pharmacology (S.M.E.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
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- From the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (M.H., S.M.E.), Department of Medicine (J.C., S.M.E.), and Department of Pharmacology (S.M.E.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
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Maeda K, Higa S, Nakahara H, Kawamoto K, Mori H, Nozato S, Hirai M, Matsuoka H, Kuritani T, Igarashi T. FRI0330 C-Reactive Protein Does not Elevate in Half of Pneumonia Cases for the Entire Observation Period of Pneumonia during TOCILIZUMAB Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3072] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Nakahara H, Kawamoto K, Mori H, Nozato S, Hirai M, Matuoka H, Higa S, Fusama M, Takeuchi E, Igarashi T, Kuritani T, Sano H, Maeda K. AB0485 Tocilizumab is Effective for the Patient with Sjogren's Syndrome Complicated with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.4416] [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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Ikuta T, Hamada Y, Yamaguchi T, Kitamura N, Hirai M, Usami M. PP139-MON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HYPONATREMIA IN PATIENTS WITH MALNUTRITION: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY USING MULTI-FREQUENCY BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS. Clin Nutr 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(13)60450-1] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Takahashi H, Mizuta T, Oeda S, Isoda H, Nakashita S, Kawaguchi Y, Izumi N, Hirai M, Kurose K, Iwane S, Eguchi Y, Kimura S, Anzai K, Ozaki I. An automated rapid detection system using the quenching probe method for detecting interleukin 28B and inosine triphosphatase single nucleotide polymorphisms in chronic hepatitis C. J Viral Hepat 2013; 20:e124-6. [PMID: 23490380 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the interleukin 28B gene (IL28B) are good pretreatment predictors of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy with interferon. SNPs of the inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) gene are associated with reduced haemoglobin levels during treatment with ribavirin. The i-densy™ (Arkray, Inc.), which is based on the quenching probe (QP) method, automatically detects target genes in blood samples by fluorescence quenching within 100 min. Using a QP and primer set, a gene amplification response is generated that can quickly and easily detect a specific gene's arrangement by fluorometry. The present study was conducted to compare the utility of i-densy (QP method) with that of conventional direct sequencing (DS) for detecting SNPs in the IL28B and ITPA genes in chronic hepatitis C patients. Between June 2011 and January 2012, 73 consecutive patients underwent genotyping of IL28B, and 54 patients underwent genotyping of ITPA. All of the patients were seropositive for HCV-RNA. The IL28B and ITPA genotypes were tested for bi-allelic polymorphisms in rs8099917 (T/T, T/G and G/G; minor allele, G) and rs1127354 (C/C, C/A and A/A; minor allele, A), respectively. The results obtained with the QP method were identical to those obtained with the conventional DS method. The frequency of the IL28B genotypes TT, GT and GG were 74%, 24.7% and 1.4%, respectively, and those of the ITPA genotypes CC, AC and AA were 68.5%, 29.6% and 1.9%, respectively. These results indicate that the i-densy using the QP method can automatically, quickly and easily identify genotypes of IL28B and ITPA.
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- H Takahashi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima, Saga, Japan
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Sai K, Hanatani T, Azuma Y, Segawa K, Tohkin M, Omatsu H, Makimoto H, Hirai M, Saito Y. Development of a detection algorithm for statin-induced myopathy using electronic medical records. J Clin Pharm Ther 2013; 38:230-5. [DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.12063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- K. Sai
- Division of Medicinal Safety Science; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo Japan
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- Division of Medicinal Safety Science; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo Japan
- Department of Regulatory Science; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nagoya City University; Nagoya Japan
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- Division of Medicinal Safety Science; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo Japan
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- Division of Medicinal Safety Science; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo Japan
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- Division of Medicinal Safety Science; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo Japan
- Department of Regulatory Science; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nagoya City University; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy; Kobe University Hospital; Kobe Japan
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy; Kobe University Hospital; Kobe Japan
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy; Kobe University Hospital; Kobe Japan
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- Division of Medicinal Safety Science; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo Japan
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OBJECTIVES Exercise of the leg with external limb compression has been reported to be useful for preventing and reducing leg oedema. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of leg gaiters on calf muscle pump activity. METHODS Continuous measurements of the interface pressure at the leg during exercise and determination of the femoral venous velocity at the groin during exercise were carried out in healthy volunteers with elastic stockings alone, leg gaiters alone and gaiters over the elastic stockings. RESULTS The greatest pressure difference between muscle contraction and relaxation during exercise was observed when gaiters were applied over the elastic stockings at the calf. Gaiters alone without elastic stockings led to a significantly greater pressure difference between muscle contraction and relaxation during exercise than elastic stockings alone (P < 0.01). A significantly higher value of the peak flow velocity of the femoral vein was observed with the combined use of gaiters and elastic stockings than the single use of elastic stockings. CONCLUSIONS Leg gaiters have a beneficial effect of augmenting venous femoral blood flow during calf muscle pump activity in volunteers with a normal valve function of leg veins.
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- M Hirai
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Chikusaku, Nagoya, Japan.
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Miyazaki K, Hirai M, Koyama A, Iwata H, Ohashi M, Ota A. Interface pressure is affected by slippage of bandages at thigh. INT ANGIOL 2012; 31:544-549. [PMID: 23222932] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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AIM Very little is known about how compression bandages lose interface pressure. We hypothesized that the loss of interface pressure is correlated with the slippage of the bandages, and studied the interface pressure and slippage of three bandages over 8 hours. METHODS Twenty-Seven legs from 27 healthy volunteers were bandaged with short stretch bandages (SS), cohesive short stretch bandages (CS), and long stretch bandages (LS). Pressure sensors were placed above the ankle (B1), below the knee (D), and mid thigh (F). Interface pressures in a sitting position were recorded at the beginning, and 4 and 8 hours later. In 17 legs, the pressure sensor sites were marked, and their heights were measured on standing upright. RESULTS SS and CS lost interface pressure quickly, but LS maintained pressure better than SS and CS at all sites. There was no pressure difference between SS and CS at the lower leg. However, CS maintained pressure better than SS at the mid thigh (44.6% vs. 54.4% pressure loss at 8 hours, respectively. P=0.037). There was a tendency toward less slippage with CS than SS at the mid thigh. In CS and LS, there was a linear correlation between the slippage of bandages and the interface pressure at the mid thigh (P <.01, in both). CONCLUSION The interface pressure may be affected by the slippage of bandages at the thigh, but not at the lower leg. Cohesive short stretch bandages may exert their beneficial impact at the thigh.
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- K Miyazaki
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tokai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
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Objectives To investigate the acceptability of newly developed separated elastic stockings, which are divided into two portions at the ankle. Methods The difficulty in putting on and taking off stockings was compared between the original or modified separated stockings with various techniques in order to reduce the shift of the stockings and current non-separated stockings in healthy volunteers and patients with lymphoedema by applying both stockings alternately. In the modified model, the shift during daily activities was measured in healthy volunteers and patients with lymphoedema. Results The two items, ‘easier compared with non-separated stockings’ and ‘much easier’, were chosen at rates of 75% and 81% for putting on and taking off stockings for the original separated stockings and 75% and 75% for the modified separated stockings, respectively. Complaints during daily activities with the modified type to the stockings decreased as compared with the original type. The shift of stockings after an average 11-hour application was 1.6 ± 3.0 SD mm (range: 0–10 mm). Conclusions Modified separated elastic stockings are easier to put on and take off compared with current non-separated stockings, and they can be used safely because of their low-level shift during daily activities.
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- M Hirai
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
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- Department of Development and Research, Toko Inc., Tokushima, Japan
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Objectives To compare the interface pressure and stiffness between various combinations of compression material. Methods Using a stiffness-determining device, the interface pressure and stiffness were determined in several combinations of five elastic stockings and two elastic bandages. Results In the double stockings system, the interface pressure increased significantly and the highest stiffness was observed in double short-stretch stockings. When short-stretch bandages were applied over either short- or long-stretch stockings, a significant increase in stiffness was observed at any initial pressure compared with the single use of short-stretch stockings. In double bandage systems, when short-stretch bandages were applied over either short- or long-stretch bandages, the stiffness increased significantly. When long-stretch bandages were used over short-stretch bandages, the stiffness decreased significantly. Conclusions The stiffness is changeable according to the combinations of material, such as double stockings, double bandages and the wearing of bandages over stockings. The use of short-stretch bandages as the outside layer produces the highest stiffness at a high initial pressure.
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- M Hirai
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, 1-1-1 Chiyodabashi, Nagoya 464-8512
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, 1-1-1 Chiyodabashi, Nagoya 464-8512
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, 1-1-1 Chiyodabashi, Nagoya 464-8512
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Development and Research, AMI Techno Inc, Tokyo, Japan
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Ioroi T, Kakuma T, Sakashita A, Ishibashi Y, Ohtagaki K, Fujiwara Y, Mukohara T, Kume M, Hirai M, Minami H, Nishimura Y. Evaluation of factors that intervention of palliative care team contributes to quality-of-life improvement of Japanese patients with advanced cancer. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e19517] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hirai M, Nakajima A, Kawai N, Tanaka E, Igarashi Y, Sakaguchi M, Sameshima GT, Shimizu N. Measurements of the torque moment in various archwire-bracket-ligation combinations. Eur J Orthod 2011; 34:374-80. [DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjr022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Hirai M, Niimi K, Miyazaki K, Iwata H, Sugimoto I, Ishibashi H, Ota T, Kominami Y. Development of a device to determine the stiffness of elastic garments and bandages. Phlebology 2011; 26:285-91. [DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2010.010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Objective To evaluate the reliability of a newly developed stiffness-determining device, composed of a leg mannequin and air-pack type analyser, for measuring the interface pressure. Method The correlation of stiffness values obtained employing the Hohenstein method and this new method was investigated using 17 different brands of medical elastic compression stocking. Results A significant correlation in stiffness values using the two methods was obtained ( P < 0.01). When this new method was applied to the bandages, the stiffness was significantly correlated with the initial pressure when assessing both short-stretch and long-stretch bandages. On the comparison of stiffness values between elastic stockings and bandages with the same initial pressure, the short-stretch bandages showed a predominantly higher value than long-stretch bandages and stockings ( P < 0.01). Conclusion The reliability of this new method, which can be easily applied to not only elastic stockings but also elastic bandages, was verified. In clinical practice, the compression pressure should be selected in consideration of the prospective stiffness.
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- M Hirai
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Development and Research, AMI Techno Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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Hirai M, Iwata H, Niimi K, Miyazaki K, Koyama A, Komatsubara R. Improvement of a three-dimensional measurement system for the evaluation of foot edema. Skin Res Technol 2011; 18:120-4. [PMID: 21429012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00527.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS This study investigated the accuracy and usefulness of a newly improved three-dimensional measurement system for measuring the volume and circumference at the foot as well as at the calf and ankle. METHODS Regarding the newly improved device, halogen light was projected from four directions instead of the conventional two directions. The circumference and volume were measured in the morning and evening with and without elastic stockings in 23 healthy subjects. RESULTS The average circumference at the foot calculated using the 'average method', in which the circumference of the foot was measured in 10 places every 1 mm and the values were averaged, significantly increased in the evening compared with in the morning. When stockings were applied, the significant differences in the circumference or volume between the morning and evening disappeared at all sites of the leg. CONCLUSION The newly improved three-dimensional measurement system incorporating the halogen light from four directions, in which the foot circumference was calculated using an 'average method', was reliable and useful for evaluating edema at the foot as well as at the calf and ankle. The beneficial effect of elastic stockings on edema prevention was observed at all sites of the leg.
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- M Hirai
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
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Hirai M, Saunders DR, Troje NF. Allocation of attention to biological motion: Local motion dominates global shape. J Vis 2011; 11:11.3.4. [DOI: 10.1167/11.3.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Yamashita T, Inoue H, Okumura K, Kodama I, Aizawa Y, Atarashi H, Ohe T, Ohtsu H, Kato T, Kamakura S, Kumagai K, Kurachi Y, Koretsune Y, Saikawa T, Sakurai M, Sato T, Sugi K, Nakaya H, Hirai M, Hirayama A, Fukatani M, Mitamura H, Yamazaki T, Watanabe E, Ogawa S, Katoh T, Igawa O, Matsumoto N, Yamashita T, Kaneko Y, Watanabe E, Ogawa S, Osaka T, Fujii E, Niwano S, Yoshioka K, Kato M, Okazaki O, Kusano K, Okuyama Y, Furushima H, Suzuki M, Noda T, Kawara T, Sato T, Kamakura S, Endoh Y, Kumagai K, Hiyoshi Y, Ishiyama T, Ohtsuka T, Matsumoto M, Chishaki A, Shinohara T, Shirayama T, Koretsune Y, Yokoyama E, Ajiki K, Fujio K, Sugi K, Yamakawa T, Yusu S, Inoue H, Kawamura Y, Hayano M, Date T, Mizusawa Y, Kobayashi Y, Satomi K, Imai Y, Atarashi H, Fukunami M, Yokoshiki H, Betsuyaku T, Okumura K, Takeda H, Matsumoto K, Okishige K, Tagawa M, Hirai M, Okazaki H. Randomized trial of angiotensin II-receptor blocker vs. dihydropiridine calcium channel blocker in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with hypertension (J-RHYTHM II Study). Europace 2010; 13:473-9. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Yokoyama H, Yanagida T, Freeman MA, Katagiri T, Hosokawa A, Endo M, Hirai M, Takagi S. Molecular diagnosis of Myxobolus spirosulcatus associated with encephalomyelitis of cultured yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata Temminck & Schlegel. J Fish Dis 2010; 33:939-946. [PMID: 21091721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2010.01203.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Mass mortality of cultured yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata, has recently been reported from fish farms in western Japan. Previous studies revealed that diseased fish were characterized by encephalomyelitis and presporogonic stages of a myxosporean-like parasite in the spinal cord. However, the parasite has remained unidentified because of the lack of mature stages being present. Thus, in the present study, analysis of the small subunit ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) of the parasite as well as in situ hybridization (ISH) studies using histological sections of the infected tissue was conducted. The 18S rDNA of the myxosporean had higher sequence similarities with those of bile-duct-infecting myxosporeans rather than those infecting nervous tissues and was identified as Myxobolus spirosulcatus. The ISH using specific probes demonstrated that the DNA amplified was derived from the multinuclear organisms found in histological sections. A highly sensitive and specific PCR-based assay for M. spirosulcatus was developed, which revealed a high prevalence of infection in cultured yellowtail that exhibited the clinical signs of encephalomyelitis.
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- H Yokoyama
- Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hirai M, Niimi K, Iwata H, Sugimoto I, Ishibashi H, Ota T, Nakamura H. Comparison of stiffness and interface pressure during rest and exercise among various arm sleeves. Phlebology 2010; 25:196-200. [PMID: 20656958 DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.009064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To compare the interface pressure during rest and exercise among various kinds of arm sleeves. METHODS The interface pressure underneath nine different arm sleeves was measured during 10 maximal opening and closing movements of fingers using a pressure transducer (Air Pack Type Analyser) in 16 healthy volunteers. Furthermore, in order to evaluate the characteristics of each arm sleeve, the extensibility, stiffness and thickness were determined in vitro by several apparatuses. RESULTS There was a significant correlation between stiffness and extensibility. The stiffness was significantly correlated with the pressure difference between muscle contraction and relaxation during exercise. The higher the value of stiffness, the greater the pressure amplitude during exercise. CONCLUSION Short-stretch arm sleeves characterized with a high level stiffness, including thick round- and flat-knitted arm sleeves, are more beneficial for the augmentation of muscle pumping than long-stretch arm sleeves, in the same way as short-stretch bandages or stockings applied to the leg.
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- M Hirai
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
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Hirai M. S18-4 Neural dynamics of biological motion perception. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)60127-7] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Miki K, Watanabe S, Teruya M, Takeshima Y, Urakawa T, Hirai M, Honda Y, Kakigi R. P1-12 The development in the perception of facial emotion change using ERPs. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)60425-7] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Hirai M, Saunders DR, Troje NF. Local motion versus global shape in biological motion: A reflexive orientation task. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.786] [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] Open
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Hirai M, Minematsu H, Hiramatsu Y, Kitagawa H, Otani T, Iwashita S, Kudoh T, Chen L, Li Y, Okada M, Salomon D, Igarashi K, Chikuma M, Seno M. Novel and simple loading procedure of cisplatin into liposomes and targeting tumor endothelial cells. Int J Pharm 2010; 391:274-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Revised: 01/01/2010] [Accepted: 02/27/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Harata S, Inden Y, Shimano M, Uchikawa T, Mutoh M, Hirai M, Murohara T. Morphological characteristics of the Holter P-waves associated with pulmonary vein pacing. Europace 2010; 12:124-9. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup372] [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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Naito Y, Takagi T, Oya-Ito T, Okada H, Suzuki T, Hirata I, Hirai M, Uchiyama K, Handa O, Uchida K, Yoshikawa T. Impaired gastric ulcer healing in diabetic mice: role of methylglyoxal. J Physiol Pharmacol 2009; 60 Suppl 7:123-130. [PMID: 20388955] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2009] [Accepted: 12/11/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Methylglyoxal is a reactive dicarbonyl compound produced from cellular glycolytic intermediates that reacts non-enzymatically with proteins to form products such as argpyrimidine at arginine residue. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of methylglyoxal in the delayed healing of gastric ulcer in diabetes, and to identify the methylglyoxal-modified proteins as a target molecule of this modification. Using male C57BL/6 mice, diabetes was induced by a single i.p. injection of streptozotocin and gastric ulcers were produced by the focal application of 40% of acetic acid to the serosal surface of the stomach. In order to evaluate the effect of OPB-9195, an inhibitor of methylglyoxal modification, on gastric ulcer healing, mice were given orally OPB-9195 (30 mg/kg) twice daily for 14 days, one week before and after the injection of streptozotocin. The area of gastric ulcer on day 7 was significantly increased in diabetic mice compared to non-diabetic mice, indicating delayed ulcer healing. This increase in ulcer area in diabetic mice was significantly reversed by the treatment with OPB-9195 without affecting blood glucose levels. Proteomics analysis showed the methylglyoxal-modification of peroxiredoxin 6 proteins in the diabetic gastric mucosa around gastric ulcer, and this modification was markedly inhibited by the treatment with OPB-9195. In conclusion, the present study suggests a link of increased methylglyoxal modification of proteins including peroxiredoxin 6 to the delayed gastric ulcer healing in diabetes, and also shows the therapeutic potential of the inhibitor of methylglyoxal modification for the treatment of diabetic gastric ulcers.
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- Y Naito
- Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
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Fischer-Frühholz S, Faber R, Hörl HH, Demmer W, Hirai M. Neuartige HIC- und AEX-Membranadsorber. CHEM-ING-TECH 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200950206] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Kataoka Y, Mukohara T, Shimada H, Saijo N, Hirai M, Minami H. Association between gain-of-function mutations in PIK3CA and resistance to HER2-targeted agents in HER2-amplified breast cancer cell lines. Ann Oncol 2009; 21:255-262. [PMID: 19633047 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The mechanism of resistance to human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted agents has not been fully understood. We investigated the influence of PIK3CA mutations on sensitivity to HER2-targeted agents in naturally derived breast cancer cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the effects of Calbiochem (CL)-387,785, HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and trastuzumab on cell growth and HER2 signaling in eight breast cancer cell lines showing HER2 amplification and trastuzumab-conditioned BT474 (BT474-TR). RESULTS Four cell lines with PIK3CA mutations (E545K and H1047R) were more resistant to trastuzumab than the remaining four without mutations (mean percentage of control with 10 microg/ml trastuzumab: 58% versus 92%; P = 0.010). While PIK3CA-mutant cells were more resistant to CL-387,785 than PIK3CA-wild-type cells (mean percentage of control with 1 microM CL-387,785: 21% versus 77%; P = 0.001), CL-387,785 retained activity against BT474-TR. Growth inhibition by trastuzumab and CL-387,785 was more closely correlated with changes in phosphorylation of S6K (correlation coefficient, 0.811) than those of HER2, Akt, or ERK1/2. Growth of most HER2-amplified cells was inhibited by LY294002, regardless of PIK3CA genotype. CONCLUSIONS PIK3CA mutations are associated with resistance to HER2-targeted agents. PI3K inhibitors are potentially effective in overcoming trastuzumab resistance caused by PIK3CA mutations. S6K phosphorylation is a possibly useful pharmacodynamic marker in HER2-targeted therapy.
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- Cancer Center, Kobe University Hospital; Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe.
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- Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Cancer Center, Kobe University Hospital; Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe
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Hirai M, Niimi K, Iwata H, Sugimoto I, Ishibashi H, Ota T, Nakamura H. A comparison of interface pressure and stiffness between elastic stockings and bandages. Phlebology 2009; 24:120-4. [DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2008.008057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Objectives To compare the interface pressure during posture changes and exercise between elastic stockings and bandages. Methods Using a pressure transducer (air pack-type analyzer), the interface pressures associated with three different elastic stockings and three different elastic bandages were measured during supine resting, standing and exercise in 15 healthy volunteers. Results Short-stretch bandages showed a significantly higher static stiffness index value, which is defined as the pressure difference between lying and standing, than long-stretch bandages and short-stretch stockings ( P < 0.001). Furthermore, short-stretch bandages showed a significantly greater pressure difference between muscle contraction and relaxation in both tip-toe and knee-bending exercises than long-stretch bandages and short-stretch stockings ( P < 0.001). Conclusion Short-stretch bandages can be expected to have more pronounced benefits for augmenting muscle pump than long-stretch bandages and short-stretch stockings.
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
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- Department of Development and Research, Toko Inc., Tokushima, Japan
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Kaneoke Y, Urakawa T, Hirai M, Kakigi R, Murakami I. Neural basis of stable perception of an ambiguous apparent motion stimulus. Neuroscience 2009; 159:150-60. [PMID: 19138729 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Revised: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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