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Hosoi H, Nishikawa S, Kida Y, Kishi T, Murata S, Iwamoto M, Toyoda Y, Yamada Y, Ikeda T, Sonoki T. Susceptibility of patients receiving chemotherapy for haematological malignancies to scabies. J Hosp Infect 2020; 106:594-599. [PMID: 32866631 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Scabies is a contagious dermatosis. The risk factors for its transmission remain unclear. A scabies outbreak, involving patients who were receiving chemotherapy for haematological malignancies, occurred at our hospital. METHODS The outbreak population was analysed to determine whether the incidence of scabies was higher among contact patients receiving chemotherapy for haematological malignancies. RESULTS A patient with crusted scabies was the index case, and 18 of 78 contact healthcare workers (HCWs) and 22 of 135 contact patients were diagnosed with classical scabies. Ten of 17 contact patients with haematological malignancies and 12 of 118 contact patients with other diseases were infected with scabies. The incidence rate was significantly higher among the patients with haematological malignancies (P<0.001). The patients with haematological malignancies had a significantly lower mean minimum neutrophil count than those with other diseases (1159/μL vs 3761/μL, P=0.0012). Most haematological patients did not require special nursing assistance, suggesting that the higher incidence of scabies among these patients resulted from their immunodeficiency rather than greater skin-to-skin contact with infected HCWs. CONCLUSION Our study suggests that patients receiving chemotherapy for haematological malignancies are more susceptible to scabies than patients with other diseases, and require stricter protection.
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- H Hosoi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan; Department of Hematology/Oncology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
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- Department of Nursing, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan; Infection Control Team, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Infection Control Team, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan; Department of Pediatrics, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kainan Municipal Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Yamada Y, Nishikawa S, Tanaka S, Hamaji M, Nakajima D, Ohsumi A, Chen-Yoshikawa T, Date H. CD26/DPP4 Inhibitor: A Novel Prophylactic Drug for Chronic Allograft Dysfunction after Clinical Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.1269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Kasahara K, Sone T, Nishi K, Shibata K, Araya T, Shirasaki H, Yoneda T, Kase K, Nishikawa S, Kimura H, Tambo Y. P1.04-50 Real World Efficacy of Pembrolizumab of as a 1st Line Treatment in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with PD-L1 High Expression. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.953] [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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Iriyama S, Nishikawa S, Hosoi J, Amano S. 216 Laminin-511 is a key component of epidermal basement membrane to maintain epidermal homeostasis. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.07.217] [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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Nishikawa S, Kondo N, Wanifuchi-Endo Y, Hisada T, Uemoto Y, Katagiri Y, Dong Y, Kato H, Takahashi S, Toyama T. Abstract P2-08-37: The prognostic impact of synaptojanin 2 expression in estrogen receptor α-positive breast cancer patients. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p2-08-37] [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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Background: Synaptojanin 2 (SYNJ2) was reported to be a druggable mediator of metastasis. It is overexpressed and amplified in breast cancer, particularly estrogen receptor α (ERα)-positive breast cancer. SYNJ2 was also shown to promote cell migration and invasion in breast cancer xenograft cultures and lung metastasis in mice. Here, we investigated SYNJ2 mRNA expression in breast cancer patients during long-term follow-up.
Materials and methods: A total of 434 invasive breast cancer tissues were analyzed for SYNJ2mRNA expression using TaqMan PCR, and the correlation of this expression with patient clinicopathological factors was determined. We also examined the expression of markers associated with tumor-initiating capacity, such as SNAI1, SNAI2, and VIM. Survival curves were analyzed using the Kaplan–Meier method. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used for univariate and multivariate analyses of prognostic values.
Results: The median follow-up period was 10.7 years. We found positive correlations between high expression of SYNJ2 mRNA and shorter disease-free survival in breast cancer patients (P=0.049), which was limited to ERα-positive patients (P=0.020) and not seen in ERα-negative patients (P=0.863). High SYNJ2 mRNA levels were positively correlated with high tumor grade, ERα negativity, and node positivity. Multivariate analysis indicated that high SYNJ2 mRNA expression was an independent factor for poor disease-free survival in breast cancer patients.
Multivariate analysis of poor disease-free survival DFS Mutivariate All patientsp valueHR (95%CI)Tumor size2cm and fewer1540.43151 (Reference) more than 2cm280 1.19 (0.78-1.85)Lymph node metastasisNegative2190.0001 and fewer1 (Reference) Positive184 5.61 (3.59-9.05) Unknown31 2.40 (0.89-5.48)Grade1,22330.38471 (Reference) 3195 1.20 (0.79-1.81) Unknown6 0.17 (1.78-3.49)ER statusPositive3370.02621 (Reference) Negative97 2.06 (1.87-4.07)PgR statusPositive2930.39511 (Reference) Negative141 1.30 (0.70-2.28)SYNJ2 mRNA expressionlow2170.02251 (Reference) high217 1.57 (1.07-2.34)
Conclusion:High SYNJ2 expression was shown to be an independent predictive factor of poor prognosis in ERα-positive breast cancer patients. SYNJ2 could therefore be used as a candidate biomarker and therapeutic target in breast cancer.
Citation Format: Nishikawa S, Kondo N, Wanifuchi-Endo Y, Hisada T, Uemoto Y, Katagiri Y, Dong Y, Kato H, Takahashi S, Toyama T. The prognostic impact of synaptojanin 2 expression in estrogen receptor α-positive breast cancer patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-08-37.
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- S Nishikawa
- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Uemoto Y, Kondo N, Wanifuchi-Endo Y, Hisada T, Nishikawa S, Katagiri Y, Kato H, Takahashi S, Toyama T. Abstract P3-03-34: Sentinel lymph node biopsy is unnecessary in ductal carcinoma in situ patients diagnosed by biopsy. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p3-03-34] [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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Background: Japanese Breast Cancer Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Breast Cancer 2018 state that sentinel lymph node (SN) biopsy is unnecessary for patients treated with breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and with an expected final pathological diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Regardless of whether they were diagnosed with DCIS by biopsy before surgery, 78% of patients currently undergo axial procedures in Japan because invasive lesions may be detected in surgical specimens. This study examined whether SN biopsy can be omitted in DCIS patients diagnosed by biopsy and which factors are associated with invasion.
Methods: Patients who underwent definitive surgery for DCIS diagnosed by preoperative biopsy at our institution from May 2004 to January 2018 were investigated retrospectively. The factors associated with upstaging to invasive cancer from DCIS were examined with Fisher's exact test and the t-test. (Age, Tumor size, Operation (Mastectomy or BCT), Biopsy method (Core Needle Biopsy or Vaccume-Assisted Biopsy), Mammography (ditected or not-detected), Ultrasound (ditected or not-detected, mass or non-mass), Comedo, ER, PgR, HER2)
Results: A total of 311 patients were enrolled in this study, of whom 277 (89.1%) underwent SN; six of these (2.2%) had SN metastasis. All six cases were upstaging to invasive cancer: five (1.8%) had micrometastasis and one had macrometastasis (0.4%). From a surgical viewpoint, SN metastasis were detected in 3/161 (1.9%) cases treated with mastectomy and 3/150 (2.4%) cases treated with BCT. Although all three cases treated with BCT had micrometastasis, one case treated with mastectomy had macrometastasis (the other two cases had micrometatastasis). A total of 80/311 cases (25.7%) upstaged to invasive cancer and the only predictor of invasion was tumor size on images (p=0.0002). We could not determine the effective cut-off for tumor size because the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.63<0.70.
Tabule 1.Tumor size on images was the only predictor of invasion. Upstaging (N=80)DCIS (N=231)P valueTumor size: mm (95% Confidence Interval)47.5 (41.9-53.2)33.9 (30.5-37.3)0.0002
Conclusion: Tumor size was found to be the only predictor of invasion. Only 2.2% of DCIS patients had SN metastasis despite the fact that 25.7% patients were upstaged to invasive cancer. We conclude that SN biopsy is not necessary for DCIS patients diagnosed by biopsy.
Citation Format: Uemoto Y, Kondo N, Wanifuchi-Endo Y, Hisada T, Nishikawa S, Katagiri Y, Kato H, Takahashi S, Toyama T. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is unnecessary in ductal carcinoma in situ patients diagnosed by biopsy [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-03-34.
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- Y Uemoto
- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Mitsunaga S, Takada M, Nishikawa S, Imaizumi A, Ishii M, Ikeda M. Early detection of skeletal muscle atrophy using a multiple plasma-free amino acid index in the advanced aged patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy300.051] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Takahashi K, Nishikawa S, Miyata R, Noguchi M, Ishikawa H, Yutaka Y, Nakajima D, Hamaji M, Ohsumi A, Menju T, Chen-Yoshikawa F, Sato T, Sonobe M, Date H. Tranilast inhibits TGF-beta-induced EMT and invasion/metastasis via the suppression of smad4 in lung cancer cell lines. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy268.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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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Menju T, Sowa T, Imamura N, Nishikawa S, Takahashi K, Miyata R, Ishikawa H, Noguchi M, Hamaji M, Nakajima D, Ohsumi A, Sato T, Chen-Yoshikawa T, Sonobe M, Date H. P3.09-13 Molecular Profiling Suggests the Different Mechanisms Among Local Invasiveness in Resected Human Lung Adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.1782] [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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Nishikawa S, Menju T, Sowa T, Nakanishi T, Takahashi K, Miyata R, Ishikawa H, Noguchi M, Yutaka Y, Hamaji M, Nakajima D, Ohsumi A, Sato T, Yoshikawa T, Sonobe M, Date H. P2.03-29 Prognostic Significance of Phosphorylated Fyn in Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.1216] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Wakamatsu T, Morono Y, Futagami T, Terada T, Nishikawa S, Morisawa T, Ohshita K, Inagaki F, Ashiuchi M. Metal-ion-induced expression of gene fragments from subseafloor micro-organisms in the Kumano forearc basin, Nankai Trough. J Appl Microbiol 2018; 125:1396-1407. [PMID: 30080957 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14061] [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] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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AIMS Using substrate-induced gene-expression (SIGEX) screening on subseafloor sediment samples from the Nankai Trough, Japan, we identified gene fragments showing an induction response to metal ions. METHODS AND RESULTS Environmental DNA libraries in Escherichia coli host cells were tested by the addition of metal ions (Ni2+ , Co2+ , Ga3+ or Mo6+ ), followed by cell sorting of clones exhibiting green fluorescence upon co-expression of green fluorescence protein downstream of the inserted gene fragments. One clone displayed Ni2+ -specific induction, three clones displayed Ga3+ -specific induction and three clones displayed an induction response to multiple metal ions. DNA sequence analysis showed that a variety of genes showed induction responses in the screened clones. CONCLUSIONS Using the SIGEX approach, we retrieved gene fragments with no previously identified response to metal ions that exhibited metal-ion-induced expression. This method has the potential to promote exploration of gene function through gene-induction response. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY We successfully linked gene-induction response with sequence information for gene fragments of previously unknown function. The SIGEX-based approach exhibited the potential to identify genetic function in unknown gene pools from the deep subseafloor biosphere, as well as novel genetic components for future biotechnological applications.
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- T Wakamatsu
- Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Geomicrobiology Group, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kochi, Japan.,Geobiotechnology Group, Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, JAMSTEC, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Education and Research Center for Fermentation Studies, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Marine Works Japan Ltd, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Geomicrobiology Group, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kochi, Japan.,Geobiotechnology Group, Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, JAMSTEC, Kanagawa, Japan.,Research and Development Center for Ocean Drilling Science, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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Menju T, Ishikawa H, Miyata R, Nishikawa S, Takahashi K, Sonobe M, Date H. PO-238 Clinicopathological significance of EMT markers in thymic epithelial tumours. ESMO Open 2018. [DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-eacr25.754] [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] Open
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Iriyama S, Nishikawa S, Takai E, Yamanishi H, Kunizawa N, Hirao T, Hosoi J, Amano S. 631 Laminin-511 is a key component of epidermal basement membrane to maintain epidermal homeostasis. J Invest Dermatol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.03.640] [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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Nishikawa S, Kondo N, Endo Y, Hato Y, Hisada T, Nishimoto M, Dong Y, Okuda K, Kato H, Takahashi S, Nakanishi R, Toyama T. Abstract P3-08-11: The prognostic impact of retinoic acid-induced 2 (RAI2) expression in ERα-positive breast cancer patients. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs17-p3-08-11] [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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Background: Breast cancer cells disseminate to the bone marrow and form bone metastases in a large majority of late-stage patients. Retinoic Acid-Induced 2 (RAI2) was reported as a putative suppressor of early hematogenous dissemination of tumor cells to the bone marrow in breast cancer, particularly in estrogen receptor α (ERα)-positive breast cancer. Here, we investigated mRNA expression of RAI-2 in breast cancer patients during long-term follow-up.
Materials and methods: A total of 451 invasive breast cancer tissues was available for analysis of RAI2 mRNA using a TaqMan PCR system. We also sought correlations between clinicopathological factors and levels of RAI2 expression in these samples. The expression of markers associated with tumor-initiating capacity, such as SNAI1, SNAI2 and VIM was also analyzed. The median follow-up period was 9.0 years. Survival curves were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used for univariate and multivariate analyses of prognostic values.
Results: We found positive correlations between low expression of RAI2 mRNA and shorter disease-free survival and overall survival in breast cancer patients (P=0.003, P<0.0001, respectively), which was limited to ERα-positive patients (P=0.04, P=0.0009, respectively), and not seen in ERα-negative patients (P=0.52, P=0.27, respectively). Low RAI2 mRNA levels were positively correlated with high grade, ERα-negativity and PgR negativity. Multivariate analysis indicated that low level RAI2 mRNA expression was an independent factor for survival both overall in breast cancer and in ERα-positive breast cancer patients
Multivariate analysis (ERα-positive breast cancer patients) OS Multivariate patientsp valueHR(95%CI)Tumor size≤2cm1390.83691 (Reference) >2cm207 1.08(0.54-2.28)Node statusNegative176<0.00011 (Reference) Positive144 4.72(2.33-10.34)Grade11240.95921 (Reference) 2•3218 0.98(0.50-2.14)RAI2 mRNA expressionhigh140<0.00011 (Reference) middle•low206 4.79(2.14-12.78)
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Conclusion:We show that low expression of RAI2 is an independent factor predictive of a poor prognosis in ERα-positive breast cancer patients. RAI2 could be a promising candidate biomarker and therapeutic target in ERα-positive breast cancer to prevent dissemination to the bone marrow.
Citation Format: Nishikawa S, Kondo N, Endo Y, Hato Y, Hisada T, Nishimoto M, Dong Y, Okuda K, Kato H, Takahashi S, Nakanishi R, Toyama T. The prognostic impact of retinoic acid-induced 2 (RAI2) expression in ERα-positive breast cancer patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-08-11.
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- S Nishikawa
- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Menju T, Ishikawa H, Miyata R, Nishikawa S, Takahashi K, Hamaji M, Motoyama H, Aoyama A, Fengshi C, Sato T, Sonobe M, Date H. P3.02-046 EGFR-Grb2-GEP100 Complex Promoted Its Invasive and Metastatic Potential via Arf6 Pathway in Lung Adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.09.1575] [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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Kondo N, Kim TS, Wanifuchi Y, Hato Y, Hisada T, Nishimoto M, Nishikawa S, Toyama T. Abstract P6-07-34: The prognostic impact of inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase PIPP (INPP5J) expression in breast cancer tissue. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs16-p6-07-34] [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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Background : Inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase PIPP (INPP5J) has been identified as a suppressor of oncogenic PI3K/Akt signaling in breast cancer.INPP5J depletion increases transformation and accelerates oncogene-driven tumor growth in vivo, while paradoxically reducing cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. Therefore, we hypothesized that INPP5J gene expression in human breast cancer tissues would be prognostic in early breast cancer patients over long-term follow-up.
Methods: A total of 478 breast cancer tissue samples collected between 2003 and 2008 was available for analysis. We measured INNPP5J mRNA using a TaqMan gene expression assay. PIK3CA mutation status was evaluated using a TaqMan mutation detection assay. We then investigated the correlations of clinicopathological factors and prognosis with levels of INPP5J mRNA and the PIK3CA mutation status.
Results: INPP5J mRNA was expressed at a low level in 30.1% (144/478) and at a medium to high level in the remaining breast cancer samples. Low INPP5J mRNA correlated with larger tumor (p=0.015), high grade (p<0.0001) and, ER-negativity (p<0.0001). PIK3CA mutations were detected in 46% (63/138) of patients analyzed. We found that disease-free survival (DFS) was significantly worse in patients with low levels of INPP5J (p=0.008). Although DFS and INPP5J levels tended to be associated in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive patients (p=0.052), DFS was significantly worse in patients with wild-type PIK3CA and low INPP5J mRNA expression (p=0.008).
Conclusion: We shows that the level of INPP5J mRNA expression is prognostics in breast cancer patients and that its prognostic impact is affected by PIK3CA mutation status.
Citation Format: Kondo N, Kim T-S, Wanifuchi Y, Hato Y, Hisada T, Nishimoto M, Nishikawa S, Toyama T. The prognostic impact of inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase PIPP (INPP5J) expression in breast cancer tissue [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 P6-07-34.
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- Nagoya City Umiversity Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City Umiversity Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City Umiversity Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City Umiversity Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City Umiversity Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City Umiversity Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City Umiversity Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City Umiversity Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Endo Y, Dong Y, Kondo N, Hato Y, Hisada T, Nishimoto M, Nishikawa S, Takahashi S, Toyama T. Abstract P2-03-07: Exome sequencing of human breast cancer tissues resistant to taxanes. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs16-p2-03-07] [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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Background: Although taxanes are a mainstay of breast cancer treatment, some cases are resistant to these drugs. This is a crucial issue in breast cancer therapy. In the emerging era of next-generation sequencing, it is possible to obtain extensive genomic information on individual tumors in a very short time. Using this technology, it was reported that specific mutations might affect therapeutic efficacy and induce resistance to specific treatment.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of taxane resistance using whole exon sequencing and expression analyses in human breast cancer tissues.
Materials and Methods: We selected six breast cancer patients whose tumors responded well to anthracycline treatment but suffered disease progression on taxane treatment. We then performed whole exon sequencing on these samples using HiSeq (Illumia). In this way, we identified somatic mutations of candidate genes considered to be instrumental for mediating resistance to taxanes. Next, we performed mRNA expression analyses of these candidate genes in a further 122 breast cancers treated with taxanes at our institute. Finally, we correlated mRNA expression levels of these genes with clinicopathological factors and prognosis.
Results: We identified 9 mutations common to all 6 patients analyzed in this study, and a further 16 mutations shared by 5 of them. Kaplan-Meier analyses showed that high level mRNA expression of 3 of these 25 genes was significantly associated with poorer disease-free survival. Moreover, high level mRNA expression of one of these three genes was significantly associated with worse overall survival. However, there were no significant correlations between expression levels of these three genes and any clinicopathologeical features.
Conclusion: Using next-generation sequencing, we have identified three candidate genes involved in resistance to taxane treatment in breast cancer. We are now analyzing the functional attributes of these three genes.
Citation Format: Endo Y, Dong Y, Kondo N, Hato Y, Hisada T, Nishimoto M, Nishikawa S, Takahashi S, Toyama T. Exome sequencing of human breast cancer tissues resistant to taxanes [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 P2-03-07.
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- Y Endo
- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Oba A, Nakamura M, Murai T, Matsuda C, Itaya K, Koike Y, Endo A, Tsukuda Y, Ono Y, Kudo T, Nagasaka A, Nishikawa S. 543P Thromboembolism in gastrointestinal tract cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: Preplanned analysis of risk factors and survival. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw599.022] [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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Koba H, Kimura H, Amino Y, Terada N, Matsuoka H, Nishikawa S, Yoneda T, Tambo Y, Sone T, Kasahara K. 560P A next-generation sequencing analysis indicates genomic alterations in pathological morphologies: A genomic case report of pulmonary carcinosarcoma harbouring EGFR mutation. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw602.005] [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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Nishikawa S, Tambo Y, Ninomiya H, Oguri T, Kawashima Y, Takano N, Kitazono S, Ohyanagi F, Horiike A, Yanagitani N, Ishikawa Y, Nishio M. A case treated with nivolumab after small cell lung cancer transformation of mutant EGFR non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 2016; 27:2300-2302. [PMID: 27760736 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S Nishikawa
- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa
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- Department of Pathology, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
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Nakamura M, Ishiguro A, Muranaka T, Yuki S, Ohno K, Murai T, Matsuda C, Oba A, Itaya K, Yagisawa M, Koike Y, Endo A, Tsukuda Y, Ono Y, Kudo T, Nagasaka A, Nishikawa S, Komatsu Y. A prospective observational study of the impact on bone metabolism of short-term periodic steroid premedication of chemotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer. (ESPRESSO-01 study): pre-planed subgroup analysis. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw370.98] [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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Toyooka T, Sugiura S, Takata A, Ishizaki T, Omori Y, Takata Y, Nishikawa S. What is a valid cut-off value for evaluating ankle instability from center of pressure measurements? Physiotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.1519] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Ishizaki T, Sugiura S, Aoki Y, Toyooka T, Watanabe J, Kote A, Sakaida C, Nishikawa S. Does the response to physical therapy for chronic non-specific low back pain vary according to pain location? Physiotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.3488] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Nishikawa S, Kawamoto T. Localization of Core Planar Cell Polarity Proteins, PRICKLEs, in Ameloblasts of Rat Incisors: Possible Regulation of Enamel Rod Decussation. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2015; 48:37-45. [PMID: 26175546 PMCID: PMC4427563 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.14046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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To confirm the possible involvement of planar cell polarity proteins in odontogenesis, one group of core proteins, PRICKLE1, PRICKLE2, PRICKLE3, and PRICKLE4, was examined in enamel epithelial cells and ameloblasts by immunofluorescence microscopy. PRICKLE1 and PRICKLE2 showed similar localization in the proliferation and secretory zones of the incisor. Immunoreactive dots and short rods in ameloblasts and stratum intermedium cells were evident in the proliferation to differentiation zone, but in the secretion zone, cytoplasmic dots decreased and the distal terminal web was positive for PRICKLE1 and PRICKLE2. PRICKLE3 and PRICKLE4 showed cytoplasmic labeling in ameloblasts and other enamel epithelial cells. Double labeling of PRICKLE2 with VANGL1, which is another planar cell polarity protein, showed partial co-localization. To examine the transport route of PRICKLE proteins, PRICKLE1 localization was examined after injection of a microtubule-disrupting reagent, colchicine, and was compared with CX43, which is a membrane protein transported as vesicles via microtubules. The results confirmed the retention of immunoreactive dots for PRICKLE1 in the cytoplasm of secretory ameloblasts of colchicine-injected animals, but fewer dots were observed in control animals. These results suggest that PRICKLE1 and PRICKLE2 are transported as vesicles to the junctional area, and are involved in pattern formation of distal junctional complexes and terminal webs of ameloblasts, further implying a role in the formed enamel rod arrangement.
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- Sumio Nishikawa
- Department of Biology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine
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- Radioisotope Research Institute, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan
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Nakajima K, Ono K, Nishikawa S, Hieda W, Yoshida T. Interconversion of molecular size of DNA polymerase from Rauscher leukemia virus. Bibl Haematol 2015:603-5. [PMID: 1164403 DOI: 10.1159/000397580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Coffin CS, Osiowy C, Gao S, Nishikawa S, van der Meer F, van Marle G. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants fluctuate in paired plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells among patient cohorts during different chronic hepatitis B (CHB) disease phases. J Viral Hepat 2015; 22:416-26. [PMID: 25203736 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hepatitis B virus is classically considered a hepatotropic virus but also infects peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Chronic hepatitis B has different disease phases modulated by host immunity. We compared HBV variability, drug resistance and immune escape mutations in the overlapping HBV polymerase/surface gene in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in different disease phases. Plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from 22 treatment naïve patient cohorts (five inactive, six immune-active, nine HBeAg negative and two immune-tolerant). HBV was genotyped via line probe assay, hepatitis B surface antigen titres were determined by an in-house immunoassay, and HBV DNA was quantified by kinetic PCR. The HBV polymerase/surface region, including full genome in some, was PCR-amplified and cloned, and ~20 clones/sample were sequenced. The sequences were subjected to various mutational and phylogenetic analyses. Clonal sequencing showed that only three of 22 patients had identical HBV genotype profiles in both sites. In immune-active chronic hepatitis B, viral diversity in plasma was higher compared with peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Mutations at residues, in a minority of clones, associated with drug resistance, and/or immune escape were found in both compartments but were more common in plasma. Immune escape mutations were more often observed in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of immune-active CHB carriers, compared with other disease phases. During all CHB disease phases, differences exist between HBV variants found in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and plasma. Moreover, these data indicate that HBV evolution occurs in a compartment and disease phase-specific fashion.
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- C S Coffin
- Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Kajiyama S, Ujiie Y, Nishikawa S, Inoue K, Shirakawa S, Hanada N, Liddell R, Davies JE, Gomi K. Bone formation by human umbilical cord perivascular cells. J Biomed Mater Res A 2015; 103:2807-14. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Sohtaro Kajiyama
- School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Tsurumi-ku Yokohama Kanagawa Japan
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- School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Tsurumi-ku Yokohama Kanagawa Japan
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- School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Tsurumi-ku Yokohama Kanagawa Japan
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- Research Center of Electron Microscopy; Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine; 2-1-3, Tsurumi Tsurumi-ku Yokohama 230-8501 Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine; 2-1-3, Tsurumi Tsurumi-ku Yokohama 230-8501 Japan
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- Department of Translational Research; Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine; 2-1-3, Tsurumi Tsurumi-ku Yokohama 230-8501 Japan
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- Faculty of Dentistry; University of Toronto; Ontario M5S Canada
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- School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Tsurumi-ku Yokohama Kanagawa Japan
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Yuan X, Nishikawa S. Angular distribution of cross-sectioned cell boundaries at the distal terminal web in differentiating preameloblasts, inner enamel secretory ameloblasts and outer enamel secretory ameloblasts. Microscopy (Oxf) 2013; 63:33-9. [PMID: 24285861 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dft044] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The cross-sectioned profiles of differentiating preameloblasts, inner enamel secretory ameloblasts and outer enamel secretory ameloblasts at the distal terminal web were quantitatively compared. First, the angles of each line constituting the sectioned cell polygons were measured, and the patterns of angular distribution histograms were compared. Second, all groups of line angles from one differentiating preameloblast population, two inner enamel secretory ameloblast and one outer enamel secretory ameloblast populations at the distal terminal web were compared statistically by the χ(2)-test using the multiple comparison method. The results showed that cell shapes between differentiating preameloblasts and inner enamel secretory ameloblasts were similar, but that those between differentiating preameloblasts and outer enamel secretory ameloblasts and between inner enamel secretory ameloblasts and outer enamel secretory ameloblasts were significantly different. Third, F-actin fluorescence microscopy in the distal terminal web was performed and was consistent with the angular distribution. These results suggest that cell shapes of inner enamel secretory ameloblasts and differentiating preameloblasts at the distal terminal web are specialized for sideways cell movement during decussating tooth enamel formation.
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- Xiaohong Yuan
- Department of Biology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan
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Fujiwara S, Wong Y, Nagai H, Nishikawa S, Nishigori C. Genome-Wide Analysis for Methylation Status and Gene Expression of Melanomas and Melanocytes from the Same Individual. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt460.55] [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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Jung K, Miyagawa M, Matsuda A, Amagai Y, Oida K, Okamoto Y, Takai M, Nishikawa S, Jang H, Ishizaka S, Ahn G, Tanaka A, Matsuda H. Antifungal effects of palmitic acid salt and ultrapure soft water on Scedosporium apiospermum. J Appl Microbiol 2013; 115:711-7. [PMID: 23826728 DOI: 10.1111/jam.12298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 04/23/2013] [Revised: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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AIMS Scedosporium apiospermum sometimes causes serious infectious diseases on the skin of immunodeficient subjects. Antifungal effects of fatty acid salts in soap against S. apiospermum were investigated under different water conditions. METHODS AND RESULTS Ultrapure soft water (UPSW) was generated by the water softener with cation-exchange resin. The calcium and magnesium ions were replaced with sodium ions in UPSW. Scedosporium apiospermum was incubated with different fatty acid salts that constituted soap in distilled water (DW), tap water (TW) and UPSW. After incubation, the number of fungi was counted. Among the fatty acids, palmitic acid salt (C16) reduced the number of S. apiospermum. UPSW enhanced the antifungal effect of C16 on S. apiospermum. The absence of both calcium and magnesium ions and the existence of sodium chloride in UPSW were responsible for its antifungal effect. In addition, repeated short-term treatment with UPSW and C16 decreased the number of S. apiospermum. CONCLUSIONS Antifungal effects of C16 on S. apiospermum were demonstrated. Moreover, the use of UPSW promoted the antifungal effect of C16. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF STUDY This study provides the preventive method for diseases associated with S. apiospermum infection using novel palmitic acid soap in UPSW.
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- Laboratory of Comparative Animal Medicine, Division of Animal Life Science, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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Amagai Y, Tanaka A, Matsuda A, Jung K, Oida K, Nishikawa S, Jang H, Matsuda H. Heterogeneity of internal tandem duplications in the c-kit
of dogs with multiple mast cell tumours. J Small Anim Pract 2013; 54:377-80. [DOI: 10.1111/jsap.12069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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. Amagai
- Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and System Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and System Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
- Laboratories of Comparative Animal Medicine, Division of Animal Life Science; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratories of Veterinary Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics, Division of Animal Life Science; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and System Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and System Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and System Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and System Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Cooperative Major in Advanced Health Science, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and System Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
- Laboratories of Veterinary Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics, Division of Animal Life Science; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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Sakuratani Y, Zhang HQ, Nishikawa S, Yamazaki K, Yamada T, Yamada J, Gerova K, Chankov G, Mekenyan O, Hayashi M. Hazard Evaluation Support System (HESS) for predicting repeated dose toxicity using toxicological categories. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2013; 24:351-363. [PMID: 23548036 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2013.773375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Repeated dose toxicity (RDT) is one of the most important hazard endpoints in the risk assessment of chemicals. However, due to the complexity of the endpoints associated with whole body assessment, it is difficult to build up a mechanistically transparent structure-activity model. The category approach, based on mechanism information, is considered to be an effective approach for data gap filling for RDT by read-across. Therefore, a library of toxicological categories was developed using experimental RDT data for 500 chemicals and mechanistic knowledge of the effects of these chemicals on different organs. As a result, 33 categories were defined for 14 types of toxicity, such as hepatotoxicity, hemolytic anemia, etc. This category library was then incorporated in the Hazard Evaluation Support System (HESS) integrated computational platform to provide mechanistically reasonable predictions of RDT values for untested chemicals. This article describes the establishment of a category library and the associated HESS functions used to facilitate the mechanistically reasonable grouping of chemicals and their subsequent read-across.
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- Chemical Management Centre, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Tokyo, Japan.
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Sakuratani Y, Zhang HQ, Nishikawa S, Yamazaki K, Yamada T, Yamada J, Hayashi M. Categorization of nitrobenzenes for repeated dose toxicity based on adverse outcome pathways. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2013; 24:35-46. [PMID: 23039897 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2012.728995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Adoption of the data-gap filling method for complex endpoints such as repeated dose toxicity (RDT) and reproductive/developmental toxicity is one of the most important issues affecting international chemical management at present. A categorization method based on adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) has recently been investigated for such complex endpoints. In this paper, we report results of the categorization of nitrobenzenes for RDT based on the AOPs obtained by analysing the detailed RDT test reports for 24 different nitrobenzenes already evaluated. In most RDT testing of nitrobenzenes without hydroxyl groups or acid groups, findings related to haemolytic anaemia and liver effects were observed at low dosages. It was, therefore, possible to assume common AOPs for haemolytic anaemia and liver effects induced by these nitrobenzenes. As a result, a group of nitrobenzenes was defined as a single category for both haemolytic anaemia and liver effects, respectively, based on these AOPs.
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- Y Sakuratani
- Chemical Management Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hanamura T, Niwa T, Nishikawa S, Konno H, Ghono T, Kobayashi Y, Kurosumi M, Takei H, Yamaguchi Y, Ito KI, Hayashi SI. Abstract P6-04-17: The androgen metabolite-dependent growth in hormone receptor positive breast cancer as a novel aromatase inhibitor-resistance mechanism. Cancer Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs12-p6-04-17] [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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Introduction: Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) have been reported to exert their anti-proliferative effects not only by reducing the production of estrogens but also by unmasking the inhibitory effect of androgens such as testosterone (TS) or dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. The behavior of androgens in AI-resistance mechanisms is not sufficiently understood. 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol (3β-diol) generated from DHT by 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (3β-HSD type 1: HSD3B1) has androgenic activity and substantial estrogenic activity, representing a potential mechanism of AI resistance.
Methods: To investigate these issues, ERE-GFP-transfected MCF-7-E10 cells were cultured for 3 months under steroid-depleted, TS-supplemented conditions which is the similar as the AI treatment. Among the surviving cells, two stable variants that show ER activity depending on androgen metabolites were selected as AD-EDR (androgen metabolite-dependent and estrogen depletion-resistant) by monitoring GFP expression. Using these cell lines, we investigated the process of adaptation to androgen-abundant conditions and the role of androgens in AI-resistance mechanisms.
Results: AD-EDR cell lines showed increased growth and induction of estrogen-responsive genes rather than androgen-responsive genes by androgens or 3β-diol. Further analysis revealed increased expressions of HSD3B1 and reduced expression of androgen receptor (AR) in these cell lines. In parental MCF-7-E10 cells, ectopic expression of HSD3B1 or inhibition of AR resulted in adaptation to estrogen-deprived and androgen-abundant conditions. In coculture with stromal cells replicating the local estrogen production from androgen, AD-EDR cell lines showed AI resistance compared with parental MCF-7-E10 cells. Immunohistochemistry and real-time PCR analyses on 9 pairs of primary and recurrent tissue samples from AI-resistant breast cancer revealed the decrease of AR protein expression in all cases and increase of HSD3B1 mRNA expression in 5.
Conclusion: In the present study, we successfully cloned two stable variants that show ER activity depending on androgen metabolites. Investigation of these cell lines suggested that the increased function of 3β-HSD type 1 and reduced function of AR contribute to AI resistance by enhancing the androgen metabolite-dependent growth and reducing the inhibitory effect of androgens. Our data of clinical samples suggest that this mechanism also acts as an AI-resistance in clinical breast cancer in some cases.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2012;72(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-04-17.
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- T Hanamura
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan; Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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Ikeda H, Kasahara K, Koba H, Kurokawa K, Nishikawa S, Sakai A, Tanbo Y, Araya T, Sone T, Fukuoka J, Fujimura M, Nakao S. Prognostic Impact of C-MET/phospho-MET and Topoisomerase I in Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32440-6] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Nishikawa S, Chihara K. [Lung resection for patients with lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]. Kyobu Geka 2012; 65:706-713. [PMID: 22868433] [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] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The number of lung resection for patients with lung cancer has been increasing lineally for last two decades in Japan. It reached more than 30,000 in 2009. Subsequently those combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) also have increased. As pulmonary vascular bed has already been lost to some extent due to chronic alveolar destruction, a careful preoperative physiologic assessment according to a guideline by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) or European Respiratory Society( ERS)/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons( ESTS) is important to select patients to be underwent lung resection within acceptable risk. The process to evaluate the risk of lung resection for a lung cancer patient has three steps structured by forced expiratory volume in 1 sec( FEV1), diffusion capacitiy for carbon monoxide (DLco), and exercise capacity. We suggested that it would be more practical to add global initiative for obstructive lung disease( GOLD) staging of each patient and distribution of emphysematous lung obtained by functional imaging modarities to the pathway of flow chart of the guideline. Some patients with very low FEV1 demonstrate increase in FEV1 after lung resection by so called lung volume reduction effect. To utilize lots of findings and experiences obtained from lung volume reduction surgery( LVRS) contributes to select patients with lung cancer and COPD and to perform lung resection and perioperative care properly.
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- S Nishikawa
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka City Shizuoka Hospital, Japan
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The localization of the planar cell polarity proteins Vang12, frizzled-3, Vang11, and Celsr1 in the rat incisors was examined using immunocytochemistry. The results showed that Vang12 was localized at two regions of the Tomes' processes of inner enamel-secretory ameloblasts in rat incisors: a proximal and a distal region. In contrast, frizzled-3 was localized at adherens junctions of the proximal and distal areas of inner enamel- and outer enamel-secretory ameloblasts, where N-cadherin and β-catenin were localized. frizzled-3 was also localized in differentiating inner enamel epithelial cells. Vang11 was localized sparsely in differentiating preameloblasts and extensively at the cell boundary of stratum intermedium. Celsr1 was not localized in ameloblasts but localized in odontoblasts extensively. These results suggest the involvement of planar cell polarity proteins in odontogenesis.
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- Sumio Nishikawa
- Department of Biology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan.
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Nishikawa S. Fluorescent AM1-43 and FM1-43 probes for dental sensory nerves and cells: Their labeling mechanisms and applications. Japanese Dental Science Review 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdsr.2010.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Nishikawa S, Abe M. Immunocytochemical localization of claudin-1 in the maturation ameloblasts of rat incisors. Front Physiol 2010; 1:150. [PMID: 21423390 PMCID: PMC3059967 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2010.00150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Claudin-1 is a tight junction transmembrane protein. Its localization in the maturation ameloblasts of rat incisors was examined by immunofluorescence microscopy. Distal junction area of ruffle-ended ameloblasts (RA) and the Golgi apparatus of a sub-population of smooth-ended ameloblasts (SA) and RAs stained positive with anti-claudin-1 antibodies. Since it has been shown that ameloblasts repeatedly alternate between an SA and an RA morphology during enamel maturation, the presence of claudin-1 in the Golgi cisterns may indicate the presence of tight junction precursors before transportation to the junctional area.
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- Sumio Nishikawa
- Department of Biology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Okamura A, Shimoyama M, Ishii S, Wakahashi K, Asada N, Kawano H, Kawamori Y, Nishikawa S, Minagawa K, Katayama Y, Matsui T. Delayed neutrophil engraftment in cord blood transplantation with intensive administration of mycophenolate mofetil for GVHD prophylaxis. Bone Marrow Transplant 2010; 46:148-9. [PMID: 20228852 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.59] [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] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Nishikawa S, Okamura A, Yamamori M, Minagawa K, Kawamori Y, Kawano Y, Kawano H, Ono K, Katayama Y, Shimoyama M, Matsui T. Extended Mycophenolate Mofetil Administration Beyond Day 30 in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation as Preemptive Therapy for Severe Graft-Versus-Host Disease. Transplant Proc 2009; 41:3873-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Revised: 05/04/2009] [Accepted: 06/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yamamoto H, Nishikawa S, Yamazaki K, Kudo R. Efficacy of haptoglobin administration in the early postoperative course of patients with a diagnosis of HELLP syndrome. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 2009; 20:610-1. [PMID: 15512676 DOI: 10.1080/01443610020001459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- H Yamamoto
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan
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Tokisue T, Watanabe T, Tsujita T, Nishikawa S, Hasegawa T, Seya T, Matsumoto M, Fukuda K. Significance of the N-terminal Histidine-rich Region for the Function of the Human Toll-like Receptor 3 Ectodomain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008:203-4. [DOI: 10.1093/nass/nrn103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Nishikawa S, Yamamura S, Sugawara Y, Matsushita M, Sugawara T. Temperature-dependent disordered structure of (BEDT-TTF) 3Cl 2·5H 2O. Acta Crystallogr A 2008. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767308084845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Nishikawa S. Histochemistry of nerve fibres double labelled with anti-TRPV2 antibodies and sensory nerve marker AM1-43 in the dental pulp of rat molars. Arch Oral Biol 2008; 53:859-64. [PMID: 18405879 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2008.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 01/10/2008] [Revised: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 03/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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AM1-43 can label sensory nerve fibres and sensory neurons. Permeation of non-selective cation channels of the nerve cell membrane is suggested to be the mechanism responsible for labelling. To identify these channels, two candidates, TRPV1 and TRPV2 were examined by immunocytochemistry in the dental pulp and trigeminal ganglion of rats injected with AM1-43. A part of AM1-43-labelled nerve fibres was also positive for anti-TRPV2 antibody but negative for anti-TRPV1 antibody in the dental pulp. In the trigeminal ganglion, a part of the neuron showed both bright AM1-43 labelling and anti-TRPV2 immunolabelling, but neurons double labelled with AM1-43 and TRPV1 were rare. These results suggest that TRPV2 channels, but not TRPV1 channels, contribute to the fluorescent labelling of AM1-43 in the dental pulp.
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- Sumio Nishikawa
- Department of Biology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan.
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Funabiki N, Yoda M, Kitamichi J, Nishikawa S. A gradual neural network approach for FPGA segmented channel routing problems. IEEE Trans Syst Man Cybern B Cybern 2008; 29:481-9. [PMID: 18252323 DOI: 10.1109/3477.775264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A novel neural network approach called gradual neural network (GNN) is presented for segmented channel routing in field programmable gate arrays (FPGA's). FPGA's contain predefined segmented channels for net routing, where adjacent segments in a track can be interconnected through programmable switches for longer segments. The goal of the FPGA segmented channel routing problem, known to be NP-complete, is to find a conflict-free net routing with the minimum routing cost. The GNN for the N-net-M-track problem consists of a neural network of NxM binary neurons and a gradual expansion scheme. The neural network satisfies the constraints of the problem, while the gradual expansion scheme seeks the cost minimization by gradually increasing activated neurons. The energy function and the motion equation are newly defined with heuristic methods. The performance is verified through solving 30 instances, where GNN finds better solutions than existing algorithms within a constant number of iteration steps.
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- N Funabiki
- Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Osaka Univ
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Nishikawa S. Styryl Pyridinium Dyes FM1-43 and AM1-43 for Visualization of Sensory Nerve Fibers and Cells in Dental and Craniofacial Tissues of Small Experimental Animals. J Oral Biosci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1349-0079(08)80026-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Sakuratani Y, Sato S, Nishikawa S, Yamada J, Maekawa A, Hayashi M. Category analysis of the substituted anilines studied in a 28-day repeat-dose toxicity test conducted on rats: correlation between toxicity and chemical structure. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2008; 19:681-696. [PMID: 19061084 DOI: 10.1080/10629360802550689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In order to establish methods for estimating the repeat-dose toxicity of chemicals on the basis of their chemical structure, an analysis of a category formed for 14 substituted anilines was conducted. This analysis was based on the results of a 28-day repeat-dose toxicity test conducted on rats in which these 14 chemicals were studied. The intensities of the toxicological effects of the 14 substituted anilines on each target organ at specific dosages were described using the values and histopathological findings of the test. The results clarified the characteristics of the chemical structure that induced specific toxicological effects on specific targets at a particular dosage. Hemolysis was the most frequently observed finding in the test reports in the case of the 14 substituted anilines. Strong linear correlations between the dosage and proportion of decrease in the erythrocyte count were found in the case of chemicals that induced strong hemolytic effects. In particular, for dimethylanilines, strong linear correlations were found between the calculated hemoglobin-binding index and the proportion of decrease in the erythrocyte count at a particular dosage. Thus, the results of our analysis demonstrate that it is possible to correlate the values obtained for substituted anilines from 28-day repeat-dose toxicity tests with their quantitatively determined molecular properties. The intensity of hemolysis and the effects on the liver tended to be low in the case of chemicals with a high water solubility, such as aminophenols and benzene sulfonic acids. However, a similar trend was not observed in the case of the effects of these chemicals on the kidney.
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- Y Sakuratani
- Chemical Management Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Tokyo, Japan.
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