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Elgendy M, Tamada H, Taira T, Iio Y, Kawamura A, Kunogi A, Mizutani Y, Kiyama H. Dynamic changes in endoplasmic reticulum morphology and its contact with the plasma membrane in motor neurons in response to nerve injury. Cell Tissue Res 2024; 396:71-84. [PMID: 38311679 PMCID: PMC10997708 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-024-03858-x] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) extends throughout a cell and plays a critical role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. Changes in ER shape could provide a clue to explore the mechanisms that underlie the fate determination of neurons after axon injury because the ER drastically changes its morphology under neuronal stress to maintain cellular homeostasis and recover from damage. Because of their tiny structures and richness in the soma, the detailed morphology of the ER and its dynamics have not been well analysed. In this study, the focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) analysis was performed to explore the ultra-structures of the ER in the somata of motor neuron with axon regenerative injury models. In normal motor neurons, ER in the somata is abundantly localised near the perinucleus and represents lamella-like structures. After injury, analysis of the ER volume and ER branching points indicated a collapse of the normal distribution and a transformation from lamella-like structures to mesh-like structures. Furthermore, accompanied by ER accumulation near the plasma membrane (PM), the contact between the ER and PM (ER-PM contacts) significantly increased after injury. The accumulation of extended-synaptotagmin 1 (E-Syt1), a tethering protein of the ER and PM that regulates Ca2+-dependent lipid transfer, was also identified by immunohistochemistry and quantitative Real-time PCR after injury. These morphological alterations of ER and the increase in ER-PM contacts may be crucial events that occur in motor neurons as a resilient response for the survival after axonal injury.
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- Mahmoud Elgendy
- Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22511, Egypt
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- Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
- Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicines, University of Fukui, Matsuokashimoaizuki, Eiheiji-Cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan.
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- Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan
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- Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan
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- Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan
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- Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan
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- Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan
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- Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
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Miura I, Horisawa S, Kawamata T, Taira T. Biplane fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous spinal cord stimulation. Neurochirurgie 2023; 69:101467. [PMID: 37442340 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2023.101467] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Fluoroscopy is useful for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) lead placement. We employed biplane fluoroscopy for SCS lead placement. In this study, we sought to confirm the validity of using biplane fluoroscopy for SCS lead placement and to establish whether biplane fluoroscopy safely reduces the duration of surgery. METHODS Clinical data were retrospectively collected from the medical records of patients who underwent SCS lead placement under local anesthesia from 2015 to 2022. The duration of the surgical phase and the total radiation exposure time per case were recorded. RESULTS Forty-six patients underwent percutaneous SCS lead implantation. Recording was completed in 41 cases: one lead was placed in 13 cases and two leads were placed in 28 cases. Monoplane and biplane fluoroscopy was used in 15 and 26 patients, respectively. Although the type of fluoroscopy did not significantly affect the mean duration of the surgical phase in patients in which one lead was placed, biplane fluoroscopy was associated with a significant reduction in the mean duration of the surgical phase in patients that underwent placement of two leads (P=0.002). No significant differences in the total radiation exposure time were observed between patients in the monoplane and biplane fluoroscopy groups that were implanted with one (P=0.21) or two leads (P=0.62). CONCLUSIONS The use of biplane fluoroscopy reduced the duration of surgery necessary for the placement of two SCS leads. Biplane fluoroscopy represents a practical and safe adjustment to the current practice of SCS lead implantation.
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- I Miura
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Sheng Y, Mordret A, Brenguier F, Boué P, Vernon F, Takeda T, Aoki Y, Taira T, Ben‐Zion Y. Seeking Repeating Anthropogenic Seismic Sources: Implications for Seismic Velocity Monitoring at Fault Zones. J Geophys Res Solid Earth 2023; 128:e2022JB024725. [PMID: 37035576 PMCID: PMC10078280 DOI: 10.1029/2022jb024725] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Seismic velocities in rocks are highly sensitive to changes in permanent deformation and fluid content. The temporal variation of seismic velocity during the preparation phase of earthquakes has been well documented in laboratories but rarely observed in nature. It has been recently found that some anthropogenic, high-frequency (>1 Hz) seismic sources are powerful enough to generate body waves that travel down to a few kilometers and can be used to monitor fault zones at seismogenic depth. Anthropogenic seismic sources typically have fixed spatial distribution and provide new perspectives for velocity monitoring. In this work, we propose a systematic workflow to seek such powerful seismic sources in a rapid and straightforward manner. We tackle the problem from a statistical point of view, considering that persistent, powerful seismic sources yield highly coherent correlation functions (CFs) between pairs of seismic sensors. The algorithm is tested in California and Japan. Multiple sites close to fault zones show high-frequency CFs stable for an extended period of time. These findings have great potential for monitoring fault zones, including the San Jacinto Fault and the Ridgecrest area in Southern California, Napa in Northern California, and faults in central Japan. However, extra steps, such as beamforming or polarization analysis, are required to determine the dominant seismic sources and study the source characteristics, which are crucial to interpreting the velocity monitoring results. Train tremors identified by the present approach have been successfully used for seismic velocity monitoring of the San Jacinto Fault in previous studies.
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- Y. Sheng
- University Grenoble AlpesUniversity Savoie Mont BlancCNRSIRDUniversity Gustave EiffelGrenobleFrance
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- University Grenoble AlpesUniversity Savoie Mont BlancCNRSIRDUniversity Gustave EiffelGrenobleFrance
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- University Grenoble AlpesUniversity Savoie Mont BlancCNRSIRDUniversity Gustave EiffelGrenobleFrance
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- University Grenoble AlpesUniversity Savoie Mont BlancCNRSIRDUniversity Gustave EiffelGrenobleFrance
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsUniversity of California San DiegoSan DiegoCAUSA
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- National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster ResilienceTsukubaJapan
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- Earthquake Research InstituteUniversity of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Berkeley Seismological LaboratoryUniversity of California BerkeleyBerkeleyCAUSA
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- Department of Earth Sciences and Southern California Earthquake CenterUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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Nagamoto Y, Miyamoto M, Togashi N, Taira T, Jimbo T, Isoyama T, Takahashi M, Takeuchi K, Yoshida KI, Higuchi S, Seki T, Abe Y. 11P Preclinical evaluation of DS-2087b, a novel and selective inhibitor of EGFR/HER2 exon 20 insertions. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Darby A, Martinez M, Orozco N, Perez M, Taira T. 78 Implementation of a Resident-Driven Diversity Committee at an Urban County Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.082] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Naganuma A, Tateyama Y, Taira T, Shibasaki E, Murakami T, Masuda T, Uehara S, Yasuoka H, Hoshino T, Kudo T, Ishihara H, Ogawa Y, Shimizu T, Ishii K, Inagawa M, Tanaka T, Ogawa T, Oishi H. SUN-PO265: Usefulness of Nutrition Management by Percutaneous Trans-Esophageal Gastro-Tubing. Clin Nutr 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(19)32895-x] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Horisawa S, Oka M, Kawamata T, Taira T. Bilateral pallidotomy for embouchure dystonia. Eur J Neurol 2018; 25:e108-e109. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.13706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- S. Horisawa
- Department of Neurosurgery; Neurological Institute; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery; Neurological Institute; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery; Neurological Institute; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery; Neurological Institute; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo Japan
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Shrestha R, Taira T, Shrestha P, Rajbhandari P, Acharya S, Pant B. Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinsons Disease in Nepal. Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 2018; 16:220-224. [PMID: 31719310] [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: 06/10/2023]
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Background Parkinsons disease is a central nervous system degenerative disorder affecting motor system and characterized by progressive tremor, rigidity, gait abnormalities. Surgical treatment of Parkinsons disease is based on the changes in the basal gangliothalamocortical circuits which is altered in Parkinsons disease. Currently pallidotomy and Deep Brain Stimulation are available modes of surgical treatment of Parkinsons disease. Objective To know efficacy of deep brain stimulation in Parkinsons Disease in Nepal. Method All patients of idiopathic Parkinsons disease who underwent Deep Brain Stimulation in Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied sciences since 2014 were included. The standard functional coordinates for Subthalamic nucleus and Globus pallidus internus was used. We used Zamarano-Dujovny (ZD) Fisher Frame with its software. Patients' Unified Parkinsons disease rating score, Modified Hoehn and Yahr Staging and Schwab and England Activities of daily living Scale were evaluated preoperativelyv as well as postoperatively. Result Ten patients underwent Deep Brain Stimulation. The male is to female ratio was 2:1. The mean age was 55.4±8.9 years and duration of illness was 5.5±2 years. There was a significant improvement in the scores for the main motor manifestations of the disease between the preoperative off-dopa and postoperative off-dopa/on-stim conditions. There was a significant improvement in Schwab and England Activities of daily living scale scores in the off-dopa condition between the preoperative score and the postoperative M6 score. Conclusion Our result of Deep Brain Stimulation is quite promising. However, it is very expensive and requires frequent follow-up for neuromodulation.
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- R Shrestha
- Department of Neurosurgery, Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Womens Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Bie P, Brandes RP, Deuchars SA, Eisner DA, Fandrey J, Hecker M, Louch WE, Taira T, Yilmaz B. Bringing European physiologists together. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2018; 222:e13043. [PMID: 29377580 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- P. Bie
- Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research; Institute of Molecular Medicine; University of Southern Denmark; Odense Denmark
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- Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Physiologie; Goethe-University Frankfurt; Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- School of Biomedical Sciences; University of Leeds; Leeds UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology; University of Manchester; Manchester UK
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- Institut für Physiologie; Universität Duisburg-Essen; Essen Germany
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology; Heidelberg University; Heidelberg Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Research; University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital; Ullevål Oslo Norway
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- Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Neuroscience Center; University of Helsinki; Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Physiology; Medical School; Yeditepe University; Istanbul Turkey
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Kawahara A, Fukumitsu C, Azuma K, Taira T, Abe H, Takase Y, Murata K, Sadashima E, Hattori S, Naito Y, Akiba J. Cover Image. Cytopathology 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12543] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Kawahara A, Fukumitsu C, Azuma K, Taira T, Abe H, Takase Y, Murata K, Sadashima E, Hattori S, Naito Y, Akiba J. A Combined test using both cell sediment and supernatant cell-free DNA in pleural effusion shows increased sensitivity in detecting activating EGFR mutation in lung cancer patients. Cytopathology 2018; 29:150-155. [PMID: 29363841 DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to examine whether a combined test using both cell sediment and supernatant cytology cell-free DNA (ccfDNA) is more useful in detecting EGFR mutation than using cell sediment DNA or supernatant ccfDNA alone in pleural effusion of lung cancer patients. METHODS A total of 74 lung adenocarcinoma patients with paired samples between primary tumour and corresponding metastatic tumour with both cell sediment and supernatant ccfDNA of pleural effusion cytology were enrolled in this study. Cell sediment and supernatant ccfDNA were analysed separately for EGFR mutations by polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS Out of 45 patients with mutant EGFR in primary tumours, EGFR mutations were detected in 23 cell sediments of corresponding metastases (sensitivity; 51.1%) and 20 supernatant ccfDNA corresponding metastases (sensitivity; 44.4%). By contrast, the combined test detected EGFR mutations in 27 corresponding metastases (sensitivity; 60.0%), and had a higher sensitivity than the cell sediment or the supernatant ccfDNA alone (P < .05). Out of 45 patients with mutant EGFR, 24, three and 18 were cytologically diagnosed as positive, atypical or negative, respectively. The detection rate in the combined test was highest (95.8%) in the positive group, and mutant EGFR was also detected in four of 18 samples (22.2%) in the negative group. CONCLUSIONS A combined test using both cell sediment DNA and supernatant ccfDNA samples increases the concordance rate of EGFR mutations between primary tumour and corresponding metastases. Our findings indicate that supernatant ccfDNA is useful even in cases where the cytological diagnosis is negative.
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- A Kawahara
- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tenjinkai Shin-Koga Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Medicine, Biomedical Statistics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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Koyama Y, Ihsan AB, Taira T, Imura T. Fluorinated polymer surfactants bearing an alternating peptide skeleton prepared by three-component polycondensation. RSC Adv 2018; 8:7509-7513. [PMID: 35539137 PMCID: PMC9078376 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra00581h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A new species of fluorinated polymer surfactant was developed by three component polycondensation analogous to Ugi four-component condensation. The surfactant exhibited unique surface properties, which made cellulose-based materials hydrophobic and decreased the surface tension of CHCl3. It turned out that the polymer forms micelles in CHCl3. A new species of fluorinated polymer surfactant was developed by three component polycondensation analogous to Ugi four-component condensation.![]()
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- Y. Koyama
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Faculty of Engineering
- Toyama Prefectural University
- Imizu
- Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Faculty of Engineering
- Toyama Prefectural University
- Imizu
- Japan
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- Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Tsukuba
- Japan
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- Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Tsukuba
- Japan
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Horisawa S, Sumi M, Akagawa H, Kawamata T, Taira T. Thalamotomy for paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesias in a multiplex family. Eur J Neurol 2017; 24:e71-e72. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.13379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- S. Horisawa
- Department of Neurosurgery Neurological Institute Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery Neurological Institute Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan
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- Tokyo Women's Medical University Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery Neurological Institute Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery Neurological Institute Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan
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Kenmotsu H, Imamura C, Kawamura T, Oyakawa T, Omori S, Nakashima K, Wakuda K, Ono A, Taira T, Naito T, Murakami H, Yamamoto N, Takahashi T, Tanigawara Y. Prospective evaluation of the relationship between erlotinib concentration and efficacy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR-activating mutations. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx380.059] [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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Jimbo T, Taira T, Komatsu T, Kumazawa K, Maeda N, Haginoya N, Suzuki T, Ota M, Totoki Y, Wada C, Inaki K, Isoyama T, Uno M. DS-1205b, a novel, selective, small-molecule inhibitor of AXL, delays the onset of resistance and overcomes acquired resistance to EGFR-TKIs in a human EGFR-mutant NSCLC (T790M-negative) xenograft model. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx367.029] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S Horisawa
- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Norimatsu Y, Yamaguchi T, Taira T, Abe H, Sakamoto H, Takenaka M, Yanoh K, Yoshinobu M, Irino S, Hirai Y, Kobayashi TK. Inter-observer reproducibility of endometrial cytology by the Osaki Study Group method: utilising the Becton Dickinson SurePath ™ liquid-based cytology. Cytopathology 2016; 27:472-478. [PMID: 27109167 DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the reproducibility of the cytological diagnosis of endometrial lesions by the Osaki Study Group (OSG) method of new cytological diagnostic criteria using BD SurePath™ (SP)-liquid-based cytology (LBC). METHODS This cytological classification using the OSG method consists of six categories: (i) normal endometrium (NE), (ii) endometrial glandular and stromal breakdown (EGBD), (iii) atypical endometrial cells, cannot exclude atypical endometrial hyperplasia or more (ATEC-A), (iv) adenocarcinoma including atypical endometrial hyperplasia or malignant tumour (Malignancy), (v) endometrial hyperplasia without atypia (EH) and (vi) atypical endometrial cells of undetermined significance (ATEC-US). For this study, a total 244 endometrial samplings were classified by two academic cytopathologists as follows: 147 NE cases , 36 EGBD cases , 47 Malignant cases, eight ATEC-A cases, two EH cases and four ATEC-US cases. To confirm the reproducibility of the diagnosis and to study the inter- and intra-observer agreement further, a second review round followed at 3-month intervals, which included three additional cytopathologists. RESULTS The inter-observer agreement of NE classes improved progressively from 'good to fair' to 'excellent', with values increasing from 0.70 to 0.81. Both EGBD and Malignancy classes improved progressively from 'good to fair' to 'excellent', with values increasing from 0.62-0.63 to 0.84-0.95, respectively. The overall intra-observer agreement between the first and the second rounds was 'good to fair' to 'excellent', with values changing from 0.79 to 0.85. All kappa improvements were significant (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION In this study, it seemed that the use of the OSG method as the new diagnostic criteria for SP-LBC preparation, may be a valid method to improve the precision (reproducibility) of endometrial cytology.
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- Y Norimatsu
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Technology, Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cytology, The Tohkai Cytopathology Institute, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Cytology, The Tohkai Cytopathology Institute, Gifu, Japan
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology, JA Suzuka General Hospital, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Cancer Education and Research Center, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Huupponen J, Atanasova T, Taira T, Lauri SE. GluA4 subunit of AMPA receptors mediates the early synaptic response to altered network activity in the developing hippocampus. J Neurophysiol 2016; 115:2989-96. [PMID: 26961102 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00435.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Development of the neuronal circuitry involves both Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity mechanisms that orchestrate activity-dependent refinement of the synaptic connectivity. AMPA receptor subunit GluA4 is expressed in hippocampal pyramidal neurons during early postnatal period and is critical for neonatal long-term potentiation; however, its role in homeostatic plasticity is unknown. Here we show that GluA4-dependent plasticity mechanisms allow immature synapses to promptly respond to alterations in network activity. In the neonatal CA3, the threshold for homeostatic plasticity is low, and a 15-h activity blockage with tetrodotoxin triggers homeostatic upregulation of glutamatergic transmission. On the other hand, attenuation of the correlated high-frequency bursting in the CA3-CA1 circuitry leads to weakening of AMPA transmission in CA1, thus reflecting a critical role for Hebbian synapse induction in the developing CA3-CA1. Both of these developmentally restricted forms of plasticity were absent in GluA4(-/-) mice. These data suggest that GluA4 enables efficient homeostatic upscaling and responsiveness to temporal activity patterns during the critical period of activity-dependent refinement of the circuitry.
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- J Huupponen
- Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and
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- Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and
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- Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and
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Chaitanya Kumar S, Wei J, Debray J, Kemlin V, Boulanger B, Ishizuki H, Taira T, Ebrahim-Zadeh M. High-power, widely tunable, room-temperature picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on cylindrical 5%MgO:PPLN. Opt Lett 2015; 40:3897-3900. [PMID: 26274688 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.003897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report a high-power picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on cylindrical MgO:PPLN synchronously pumped by an Yb-fiber laser. The singly resonant OPO is tunable in the near-infrared signal across 1413-1900 nm and mid-infrared idler over 2418-4307 nm by angle tuning of the crystal at room temperature. With non-optimized output coupling of ∼10%, the OPO simultaneously delivers 2.4 W of signal at 1664 nm and 1.7 W of idler at 2950 nm at an overall extraction efficiency of ∼45% with high beam-pointing stability <30 μrad and <14 μrad for the signal and idler, respectively. The generated signal and idler exhibit passive power stability better than 1% rms and 0.8% rms over 15 h, respectively, in high beam quality with TEM(00) profile. The extracted signal pulses from the OPO have duration of 15.2 ps with a spectral bandwidth of 0.7 nm, corresponding to a time-bandwidth product of ΔυΔτ∼1.2.
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Yoshimura A, Sugenoya Y, Uda S, Inui K, Iwasaki S, Taira T, Ideura T. Expression of apoptosis-preventing Bcl-2 protein and -inducing Fas antigen in glomeruli of IgA nephropathy. Contrib Nephrol 2015; 118:48-53. [PMID: 8744039 DOI: 10.1159/000425075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- A Yoshimura
- Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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Ono A, Murakami H, Wakuda K, Taira T, Kenmotsu H, Naito T, Ohde Y, Endo M, Nakajima T, Takahashi T. Dramatic response to ASP-3026 in patient with highly aggressive pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor harboring ALK rearrangement. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv095.1] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Koriyama S, Masayuki N, Muragaki Y, Maruyama T, Tamura M, Ikuta S, Takeda N, Komori T, Shioyama T, Taira T, Iseki H, Okada Y. CB-10 * INTRAOPERATIVE FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS OF GLIOMA TISSUE FOR RAPID DETERMINATION OF TUMOR PRESENCE AND ITS HISTOPATHOLOGICAL GRADE. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou241.9] [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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Nagafuku M, Sato T, Sato S, Shimizu K, Taira T, Inokuchi JI. Control of homeostatic and pathogenic balance in adipose tissue by ganglioside GM3. Glycobiology 2014; 25:303-18. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwu112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hisamatsu Y, Kenmotsu H, Akamatsu H, Serizawa M, Wakuda K, Imai H, Ono A, Taira T, Naito T, Murakami H, Endo M, Fukuda Y, Yamasaki K, Umehara R, Yamamoto N, Takahashi T, Koh Y. Plasma Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation Analyses in Japanese Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Horboring Egfr Mutation By Rnase H-Dependent Pcr and Blocking Oligo Dependent Pcr Methods. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu326.77] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Yokota T, Tsushima T, Kenmotsu H, Watanabe J, Endo M, Hirashima Y, Takahashi T, Murakami H, Naito T, Taira T, Ono A, Wakuda K, Todaka A, Kunieda K, Jikoh T, Nakao Y, Shiga R, Yasui H. Phase I Clinical Trial of Ds-7423, an Oral Pi3K/Mtor Dual Inhibitor, in Japanese Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu331.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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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Taira T, Kenmotsu H, Serizawa M, Wakuda K, Akamatsu H, Shukuya T, Ono A, Imai H, Naito T, Murakami H, Endo M, Nakajima T, Ohde Y, Yamamoto N, Koh Y, Takahashi T. Concurrent Genetic Alterations in Lung Cancer: a Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in a Japanese Cohort. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu357.10] [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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Ono A, Kenmotsu H, Watanabe M, Serizawa M, Mori K, Imai H, Taira T, Naito T, Murakami H, Nakajima T, Ohde Y, Endo M, Yamamoto N, Koh Y, Takahashi T. Mutant allele frequency predicts the efficacy of EGFR-TKIs in lung adenocarcinoma harboring the L858R mutation. Ann Oncol 2014; 25:1948-1953. [PMID: 25009007 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Whether the mutant allele frequency (MAF) may also have predictive implications for tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy in patients with advanced epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated lung adenocarcinoma (AELAd) remains unknown. PATIENTS AND METHODS Based on a biobanking system in conjunction with our institution, we assessed EGFR mutation status using pyrosequencing (Py) and by outsourcing laboratory tests, such as the Cycleave (Cy) and the Scorpion ARMS (A). RESULTS Out of 705 patients enrolled in the Shizuoka Lung Cancer Mutation Study between July 2011 and March 2013, 102 AELAd patients were identified as carrying the L858R mutation (L858Rm) using Py to analyze histological specimens. Of these 102 patients, the EGFR mutation status was assessed using both Py and Cy in 48 patients: the median MAF of L858R (MAFLR) was 18.5% (range: 8%-82%), and 45 patients (94%) were identified as having an L858Rm using both Py and Cy. Three patients (6%) with discrepant L858Rm findings were only identified using Py. The plotting of a receiver operating characteristic curve to identify the discordance in L858Rm findings showed that the area under the curve for MAFLR was 0.967 (95% confidence interval: 0.91-1) and that an MAFLR of 9% resulted in high sensitivity (100%) and specificity (99%). Also, 29 patients with AELAd, excluding those with postoperative recurrences, had their L858R status assessed using Cy or A. The median age, 69 years (range: 47-84 years); male/female, 14 (48%)/15 (52%); smokers/never-smokers 13 (45%)/16 (55%); ECOG PS 0-1/2-3, 26 (90%)/3 (10%); stage IIIB/IV, 4 (14%)/25 (86%); median MAFLR, 18% (range: 8%-63%). Patients with an MAFLR of ≤9% had a significantly shorter progression-free survival (PFS) period after TKI therapy than those with an MAFLR of >9% (mPFS: 92 versus 284 days, P = 0.0027). CONCLUSION The MAF may be a potential predictive factor of TKI treatment efficacy in patients with AELAd carrying the L858Rm.
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Drug Discovery and Development, Shizuoka Cancer Center Research Institute, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Drug Discovery and Development, Shizuoka Cancer Center Research Institute, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Clinical Trial Coordination Office, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Division of Drug Discovery and Development, Shizuoka Cancer Center Research Institute, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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Yamaguchi T, Kawahara A, Hattori S, Taira T, Abe H, Sanada S, Akiba J, Nishio S, Ushijima K, Kamura T, Kage M. Cytological nuclear atypia classification can predict prognosis in patients with endometrial cancer. Cytopathology 2014; 26:157-66. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- T. Yamaguchi
- Department of Diagnostic Pathology; Kurume University Hospital; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology; Kurume University Hospital; Kurume Japan
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- Biostatistics Center; Kurume University; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology; Kurume University Hospital; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology; Kurume University Hospital; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Pathology; Kurume University School of Medicine; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Pathology; Kurume University School of Medicine; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Kurume University School of Medicine; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Kurume University School of Medicine; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Kurume University School of Medicine; Kurume Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology; Kurume University Hospital; Kurume Japan
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Wheeler DC, Abdalla S, Chertow G, Parfrey P, Herzog C, Mikolasevic I, Racki S, Lukenda V, Milic S, Devcic B, Orlic L, Suttorp MM, Hoekstra T, Ocak G, Van Diepen ATN, Ott I, Mittelman M, Rabelink TJ, Krediet RT, Dekker FW, Simone S, Dell'Oglio MPS, Ciccone M, Corciulo R, Castellano G, Balestra C, Grandaliano G, Gesualdo L, Pertosa G, Nishida M, Ando M, Karasawa K, Iwamoto Y, Tsuchiya K, Nitta K, Krzanowski M, Janda K, Gajda M, Dumnicka P, Fedak D, Lis G, Ja kowski P, Litwin JA, Su owicz W, Freitas GR, Silva VB, Abensur H, Luders C, Pereira BJ, Castro MC, Oliverira RB, Moyses RM, Elias RM, Silva BC, Tekce H, Ozturk S, Aktas G, Kin Tekce B, Erdem A, Ozyasar M, Taslamacioglu Duman T, Yazici M, Kirkpantur A, Balci MM, Turkvatan A, Afsar B, Alkis M, Mandiroglu F, Voroneanu L, Siriopol D, Nistor I, Apetrii M, Hogas S, Onofriescu M, Covic A, An WS, Kim SE, Son YK, Oh YJ, Gelev S, Toshev S, Trajceska L, Selim G, Dzekova P, Shikole A, Park J, Lee JS, Shin ES, Ann SH, Kim SJ, Chung HC, Janda K, Krzanowski M, Gajda M, Dumnicka P, Fedak D, Lis G, Litwin JA, Sulowicz W, Elewa U, Bichari W, Abo-Seif K, Seferi S, Rroji M, Likaj E, Spahia N, Barbullushi M, Thereska N, Kopecky CM, Genser B, Maerz W, Wanner C, Saemann MD, Weichhart T, Sezer S, Gurlek Demirci B, Tutal E, Bal Z, Erkmen Uyar M, Ozdemir Acar FN, Macunluoglu B, Atakan A, Ari Bakir E, Georgianos P, Sarafidis PA, Stamatiadis DN, Liakopoulos V, Zebekakis PE, Papagianni A, Lasaridis AN, Eftimovska - Otovic N, Babalj-Banskolieva E, Kostadinska-Bogdanoska S, Grozdanovski R, Aono M, Sato Y, El Amrani M, Asserraji M, Benyahia M, Lee YK, Choi SR, Cho A, Kim JK, Choi MJ, Kim SJ, Yoon JW, Koo JR, Kim HJ, Noh JW, Inagaki H, Yokota N, Sato Y, Chiyotanda S, Fukami K, Fujimoto S, Kendi Celebi Z, Kutlay S, Sengul S, Nergizoglu G, Erturk S, Ates K, Vishnevskii KA, Rumyantsev AS, Zemchenkov AY, Smirnov AV, Reinhardt B, Knaup R, Esteve Simo V, Carneiro Oliveira J, Moreno Guzman F, Fulquet Nicolas M, Pou Potau M, Saurina Sole A, Duarte Gallego V, Ramirez De Arellano Serna M, Turkmen K, Demirtas L, Akbas EM, Bakirci EM, Buyuklu M, Timuroglu A, Georgianos PI, Sarafidis PA, Karpetas A, Liakopoulos V, Stamatiadis DN, Papagianni A, Lasaridis AN, Taira T, Nohtomi K, Takemura T, Chiba T, Hirano T, Chang CT, Huang CC, Chen CJ, El Amrani M, Mohamed A, Benyahia M, Kanai H, Tamura Y, Kaizu Y, Kali A, Yayar O, Erdogan B, Eser B, Ercan Z, Buyukbakkal M, Merhametsiz O, Haspulat A, Yildirim T, Bozkurt B, Ayli MD, Bal Z, Erkmen Uyar M, Gokustun D, Gurlek Demirci B, Tutal E, Sezer S, Markaki A, Grammatikopoulou M, Fragkiadakis G, Stylianou K, Venyhaki M, Chatzi V, Selim G, Stojceva-Taneva O, Tozija L, Dzekova-Vidimliski P, Trajceska L, Gelev S, Petronievic Z, Sikole A, Moyseyenko V, Nykula T, Fernandes RT, Barreto DV, Rodrigues GGC, Misael A, Branco-Martins CT, Barreto FC, Yayar O, Ercan Z, Eser B, Merhametsiz O, Haspulat A, Buyukbakkal M, Erdogan B, Yildirim T, Bozkurt B, Ayli MD. DIALYSIS CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS 1. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu155] [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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Imai H, Takahashi T, Mori K, Ono A, Akamatsu H, Shukuya T, Taira T, Kenmotsu H, Naito T, Murakami H, Endo M, Nakajima T, Yamamoto N. Individual-level data on the relationships of progression-free survival, post-progression survival, and tumor response with overall survival in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. Neoplasma 2014; 61:233-40. [DOI: 10.4149/neo_2014_030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bhandari R, Tsuji N, Suzuki T, Nishifuji M, Taira T. Efficient second to ninth harmonic generation using megawatt peak power microchip laser. Opt Express 2013; 21:28849-28855. [PMID: 24514398 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.028849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report the design and use of a megawatt peak power Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser for efficient second to ninth harmonic generation. We show that the sub-nanosecond pulse width region, between 100 ps and 1 ns, is ideally suited for efficient wavelength conversion. Using this feature, we report 85% second harmonic generation efficiency using lithium triborate (LBO), 60% fourth harmonic generation efficiency usingß-barium borate, and 44% IR to UV third harmonic generation efficiency using Type I and Type II LBO. Finally, we report the first demonstration of 118 nm VUV generation in xenon gas using a microchip laser.
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Akamatsu H, Mori K, Harada H, Imai H, Ono A, Taira T, Kenmotsu H, Naito T, Murakami H, Takahashi T. Surrogate Markers of Survival in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Meta-Analysis from Randomized Trials. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt459.147] [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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Shukuya T, Takahashi T, Harada H, Ono A, Akamatsu H, Taira T, Kenmotsu H, Naito T, Murakami H, Endo M, Takahashi K, Yamamoto N. Chemoradiotherapy for Limited-disease Small-cell Lung Cancer in Elderly Patients Aged 75 Years or Older. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2013; 43:176-183. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Taira T, Roberts N, Santen S. 11 Defining Professionalism Issues Among “Problem Residents”. Ann Emerg Med 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.07.034] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Santen S, Taira T, Roberts N. 10 How Do We Remediate the Problem Resident? Ann Emerg Med 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.07.033] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Taira T, Santen S, Roberts N. 17 Developing a Taxonomy of “Problem Residents”. Ann Emerg Med 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.07.040] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Kosumi D, Kita M, Fujii R, Sugisaki M, Oka N, Takaesu Y, Taira T, Iha M, Hashimoto H. Excitation Energy-Transfer Dynamics of Brown Algal Photosynthetic Antennas. J Phys Chem Lett 2012; 3:2659-2664. [PMID: 26295888 DOI: 10.1021/jz300612c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 06/04/2023]
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Fucoxanthin-chlorophyll-a/c protein (FCP) complexes from brown algae Cladosiphon okamuranus TOKIDA (Okinawa Mozuku in Japanese) contain the only species of carbonyl carotenoid, fucoxanthin, which exhibits spectral characteristics attributed to an intramolecular charge-transfer (ICT) property that arises in polar environments due to the presence of the carbonyl group in its polyene backbone. Here, we investigated the role of the ICT property of fucoxanthin in ultrafast energy transfer to chlorophyll-a/c in brown algal photosynthesis using femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopic measurements. The observed excited-state dynamics show that the ICT character of fucoxanthin in FCP extends its absorption band to longer wavelengths and enhances its electronic interaction with chlorophyll-a molecules, leading to efficient energy transfer from fucoxanthin to chlorophyll-a.
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- D Kosumi
- †The Osaka City University Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA), 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
- ‡JST/CREST, 4-1-8 Hon-chou, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- ‡JST/CREST, 4-1-8 Hon-chou, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- §Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- †The Osaka City University Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA), 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
- ⊥JST/PRESTO, 4-1-8 Hon-chou, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- ‡JST/CREST, 4-1-8 Hon-chou, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- §Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- #South Product Co. Ltd., 12-75 Suzaki, Uruma-shi, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- #South Product Co. Ltd., 12-75 Suzaki, Uruma-shi, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- #South Product Co. Ltd., 12-75 Suzaki, Uruma-shi, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- #South Product Co. Ltd., 12-75 Suzaki, Uruma-shi, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- †The Osaka City University Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA), 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
- ‡JST/CREST, 4-1-8 Hon-chou, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- §Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Ono A, Takahashi T, Akamatsu H, Taira T, Shukuya T, Kenmotsu H, Naito T, Murakami H, Endo M, Yamamoto N. Prognostic Impact of Serum Cyfra 21-1 In Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)33909-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Fusaro M, Fusaro M, Noale M, Tripepi G, D'angelo A, Miozzo D, Gallieni M, Study Group PV, Tsamelesvili M, Dimitriadis C, Papagianni A, Raidis C, Efstratiadis G, Memmos D, Mutluay R, Konca Degertekin C, Derici U, Deger SM, Akkiyal F, Gultekin S, Gonen S, Tacoy G, Arinsoy T, Sindel S, Sanchez-Perales C, Vazquez E, Merino E, Perez Del Barrio P, Borrego FJ, Borrego MJ, Liebana A, Krzanowski M, Janda K, Dumnicka P, Krasniak A, Sulowicz W, Kim YO, Yoon SA, Yun YS, Song HC, Kim BS, Cheong MA, Pasch A, Farese S, Floege J, Jahnen-Dechent W, Ohtake T, Ohtake T, Furuya R, Iwagami M, Tsutsumi D, Mochida Y, Ishioka K, Oka M, Maesato K, Moriya H, Hidaka S, Kobayashi S, Guedes A, Malho Guedes A, Pinho A, Fragoso A, Cruz A, Mendes P, Morgado E, Bexiga I, Silva AP, Neves P, Oyake N, Suzuki K, Itoh S, Yano S, Turkmen K, Kayikcioglu H, Ozbek O, Saglam M, Toker A, Tonbul HZ, Gelev S, Trajceska L, Srbinovska E, Pavleska S, Amitov V, Selim G, Dzekova P, Sikole A, Bouarich H, Lopez S, Alvarez C, Arribas I, DE Sequera P, Rodriguez D, Fusaro M, Fusaro M, Noale M, Tripepi G, D'angelo A, Miozzo D, Gallieni M, Study Group PV, Tanaka S, Kanemitsu T, Sugahara M, Kobayashi M, Uchida L, Ishimoto Y, Kotera N, Tanimoto S, Tanabe K, Hara K, Sugimoto T, Mise N, Goldstein B, Turakhia M, Arce C, Winkelmayer W, Zayed BED, Said K, Nishimura M, Nishimura M, Okamoto Y, Tokoro T, Nishida M, Hashimoto T, Iwamoto N, Takahashi H, Ono T, Nishimura M, Okamoto Y, Tokoro T, Sato N, Nishida M, Hashimoto T, Iwamoto N, Takahashi H, Ono T, Guedes A, Malho Guedes A, Cruz A, Morgado E, Pinho A, Fragoso A, Mendes P, Bexiga I, Silva AP, Neves P, Raimann J, Usvyat LA, Sands J, Levin NW, Kotanko P, Iwasaki M, Joki N, Tanaka Y, Ikeda N, Hayashi T, Kubo S, Imamura TA, Takahashi Y, Hirahata K, Imamura Y, Hase H, Claes K, Meijers B, Bammens B, Kuypers D, Naesens M, Vanrenterghem Y, Evenepoel P, Boscutti G, Calabresi L, Bosco M, Simonelli S, Boer E, Vitali C, Martone M, Mattei PL, Franceschini G, Baligh E, Zayed BED, Said K, El-Shafey E, Ezaat A, Zawada A, Rogacev K, Hummel B, Grun O, Friedrich A, Rotter B, Winter P, Geisel J, Fliser D, Heine GH, Makino JI, Makino KS, Ito T, Genovesi S, Santoro A, Fabbrini P, Rossi E, Pogliani D, Stella A, Bonforte G, Remuzzi G, Bertoli S, Pozzi C, Gallieni M, Pasquali S, Cagnoli L, Conte F, Santoro A, Buzadzic I, Tosic J, Dimkovic N, Djuric Z, Popovic J, Pejin Grubisa I, Barjaktarevic N, DI Napoli A, DI Lallo D, Salvatori MF, Franco F, Chicca S, Guasticchi G, Onofriescu M, Hogas S, Luminita V, Mugurel A, Gabriel V, Laura F, Irina M, Adrian C, Bosch E, Baamonde E, Culebras C, Perez G, El Hayek B, Ramirez JI, Ramirez A, Garcia C, Lago M, Toledo A, Checa MD, Taira T, Hirano T, Nohtomi K, Hyodo T, Chiba T, Saito A, Kim YK, Song HC, Choi EJ, Yang CW, Kim YS, Lim PS, Ming Ying W, Ya-Chung J, Zaripova I, Kayukov I, Essaian A, Nimgirova A, Young H, Dungey M, Watson EL, Baines R, Burton JO, Smith AC, Joki N, Iwasaki M, Tanaka Y, Kubo S, Hayashi T, Ikeda N, Yamazaki K, Hase H, Bossola M, Colacicco L, Scribano D, Vulpio C, Tazza L, Okada T, Okada N, Michibata I, Yura T, Montero N, Soler M, Pascual M, Barrios C, Marquez E, Rodriguez E, Orfila MA, Cao H, Arcos E, Comas J, Pascual J, Ferrario M, Garzotto F, Sironi T, Monacizzo S, Basso F, Garzotto F, Cruz DN, Moissl U, Tetta C, Signorini MG, Cerutti S, Ronco C, Mostovaya I, Grooteman M, Van den Dorpel M, Penne L, Van der Weerd N, Mazairac A, Den Hoedt C, Levesque R, Nube M, Ter Wee P, Bots M, Blankestijn P, Liu J, MA KL, Zhang X, Liu BC, Vladu ID, Mustafa R, Cana-Ruiu D, Vaduva C, Grauntanu C, Mota E, Singh R, Abbasian N, Stover C, Brunskill N, Burton J, Abbasian N, Herbert K, Bevington A, Brunskill N, Burton J, Wu M, Tang RN, Gao M, Liu H, Chen L, LV LL, Liu BC, Nikodimopoulou M, Liakos S, Kapoulas S, Karvounis C, Fedak D, Kuzniewski M, Paulina D, Kusnierz-Cabala B, Kapusta M, Solnica B, Sulowicz W, Junque A, Vicent ES, Moreno L, Fulquet M, Duarte V, Saurina A, Pou M, Macias J, Lavado M, Ramirez de Arellano M, Ryuzaki M, Nakamoto H, Kinoshita S, Kobayashi E, Takimoto C, Shishido T, Enia G, Torino C, Tripepi R, Panuccio V, Postorino M, Clementi A, Garozzo M, Bonanno G, Boito R, Natale G, Cicchetti T, Chippari A, Logozzo D, Alati G, Cassani S, Sellaro A, Zoccali C, Quiroga B, Verde E, Abad S, Vega A, Goicoechea M, Reque J, Lopez-Gomez JM, Luno J, Cabre Menendez C, Moles V, Vives JP, Villa D, Vinas J, Compte T, Arruche M, Diaz C, Soler J, Aguilera J, Martinez Vea A, De Mauri A, David P, Conte MM, Chiarinotti D, Ruva CE, De Leo M, Bargnoux AS, Morena M, Jaussent I, Chalabi L, Bories P, Dion JJ, Henri P, Delage M, Dupuy AM, Badiou S, Canaud B, Cristol JP, Fabbrini P, Sironi E, Pieruzzi F, Galbiati E, Vigano MR, Stella A, Genovesi S, Anpalakhan S, Anpalakhan S, Rocha S, Chitalia N, Sharma R, Kaski JC, Chambers J, Goldsmith D, Banerjee D, Cernaro V, Lacquaniti A, Lupica R, Lucisano S, Fazio MR, Donato V, Buemi M, Segalen I, Segalen I, Vinsonneau U, Tanquerel T, Quiniou G, Le Meur Y, Seibert E, Girndt M, Zohles K, Ulrich C, Kluttig A, Nuding S, Swenne C, Kors J, Werdan K, Fiedler R, Van der Weerd NC, Grooteman MP, Bots M, Van den Dorpel MA, Den Hoedt C, Nube MJ, Wetzels J, Swinkels DW, Blankestijn P, Ter Wee PM, Khandekar A, Khandge J, Lee JE, Moon SJ, Choi KH, Lee HY, Kim BS, Morena M, Tuaillon E, Jaussent I, Rodriguez A, Chenine L, Vendrell JP, Cristol JP, Canaud B, Sue YM, Tang CH, Chen YC, Sanchez-Perales C, Vazquez E, Segura P, Garcia Cortes MJ, Gil JM, Biechy MM, Liebana A, Poulikakos D, Shah A, Persson M, Banerjee D, Dattolo P, Amidone M, Amidone M, Michelassi S, Moriconi L, Betti G, Conti P, Rosati A, Mannarino A, Panichi V, Pizzarelli F, Klejna K, Naumnik B, Koc-Zorawska E, Mysliwiec M, Dimitrie S, Simona H, Mihaela O, Mugurel A, Gabriela O, Radu S, Octavian P, Adrian C, Akdam H, Akar H, Yenicerioglu Y, Kucuk O, Kurt Omurlu I, Goldsmith D, Thambiah S, Roplekar R, Manghat P, Manghat P, Fogelman I, Fraser W, Hampson G, Likaj E, Likaj E, Caco G, Seferi S, Rroji M, Barbullushi M, Thereska N, Onofriescu M, Hogas S, Luminita V, Mugurel A, Serban A, Carmen V, Cristian S, Silvia L, Covic A. Cardiovascular complications in CKD 5D. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs225] [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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Kawahara A, Harada H, Abe H, Yamaguchi T, Taira T, Mihashi H, Naito Y, Akiba J, Kage M. Fine needle aspiration cytology of metastatic polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of the palate in a cervical lymph node. Cytopathology 2011; 24:63-5. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2011.00921.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ito Y, Hirano T, Nohtomi K, Nakanishi N, Watanabe T, Hyodo T, Taira T. 203 EFFECT OF EZETIMIBE ON COMPONENTS OF HDL SUBCLASS IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(11)70204-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Pavel N, Tsunekane M, Taira T. Enhancing performances of a passively Q-switched Nd:YAGCr(4+):YAG microlaser with a volume Bragg grating output coupler. Opt Lett 2010; 35:1617-1619. [PMID: 20479827 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.001617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 05/29/2023]
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A diode end-pumped Nd:YAG microlaser passively Q-switched by Cr(4+):YAG with performances controlled by a volume Bragg grating (VBG) output coupler has been developed. Compared with operation at room temperature, the Q-switched laser pulse energy was increased, by a factor of 2 or more, by elevating the Nd:YAG temperature and locking the wavelength of emission with the VBG. Furthermore, the emission wavelength was tuned over 0.7 nm bandwidth by changing the VBG temperature while maintaining laser pulses of millijoule-level energy and short (less than 4 ns) duration.
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Laser Research Center, 38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
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Naito Y, Okabe Y, Morimitsu Y, Taira T, Kawahara A, Yano H, Kage M. A case of invasive carcinoma derived from intraductal papillary-mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas producing a signet ring-type appearance on pancreatic duct brushing cytology. Cytopathology 2009; 20:406-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2008.00608.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Nakajima T, Akagawa H, Ochiai T, Hayashi M, Goto S, Taira T, Okada Y. [Intrathecal baclofen therapy for spastic paraparesis due to aortic dissecting aneurysm; recent progress in treatment strategy]. Kyobu Geka 2009; 62:1039-1042. [PMID: 19894566] [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: 05/28/2023]
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A 48-year-old man suffered from acute dissection of thoracic aortic aneurysm which eventually led to replacement of the ascending aorta with a tube graft. During this clinical course, circulatory failure in intercostal artery resulted in spinal cord infarction followed by moto-sensory disturbance below Th7 dermatomic area. Seven months later, spasticity with pain in both lower extremities became conspicuous that was uncontrollable by any oral medication. Eventually the patient underwent the implantation of continuous infusion pump for intrathecal baclofen therapy (ITB). The clinical condition was remarkably improved and now has been well controlled. ITB, authorized by Japanese Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare in 2006, has notable therapeutic effects on spasticity derived from any sort of central nervous disorder. More promotive enlightenment if ITB is indispensable for enhancement of its medical benefit in Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Diaphragm pacing with electrical stimulation of the phrenic nerve is an established treatment for central hypoventilation syndrome. The device, however, is not readily available. We tested the same spinal cord stimulator we use for pain control in phrenic nerve stimulation. We implanted a spinal cord stimulator (Itrel 3 or X-trel, Medtronic, MN) in 6 patients with chronic hypoventilation because of brainstem or high cervical cord dysfunction. The stimulation electrode was placed along the right phrenic nerve in the neck, and the device was implanted in the anterior chest. We used the cyclic mode, and set the parameters at I second ramp up, 2 seconds on, 3 seconds off. The pulse width and the frequency were set at 150 microseconds and 21 Hz, respectively. The amplitude of the output was adjusted to obtain sufficient tidal volume and to maintain PaCO2 at around 40 mm Hg. During a follow-up period up to four years, stable and sufficient ventilation was observed in all patients without any complications. Although further long follow-up is necessary, diaphragm pacing with the spinal cord stimulator is feasible and effective for the treatment of the central hypoventilation syndrome.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Taira T, Matsuyama W, Mitsuyama H, Kawahara KI, Higashimoto I, Maruyama I, Osame M, Arimura K. Increased serum high mobility group box-1 level in Churg-Strauss syndrome. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 148:241-7. [PMID: 17437420 PMCID: PMC1868872 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03347.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare form of systemic vasculitis occurring in patients with asthma and hypereosinophilia; however, its mechanisms involved in the severe tissue inflammation with vasculitis are poorly understood. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein, originally identified as a DNA binding protein, also has potent pro-inflammatory and proangiogenic properties. In this study, we hypothesized that HMGB1 might be associated with CSS, and examined serum HMGB1 levels and compared those of asthma patients and healthy volunteers. We also investigated HMGB1 expression in the lesion, and eosinophil HMGB1 amount in CSS patients. We found that the serum HMGB1 levels in CSS patients were significantly higher than those of asthma patients and healthy volunteers. Eosinophils in the CSS lesion expressed HMGB1 and HMGB1 level in eosinophils from CSS patients was significantly higher than that of asthma patients, while there was no significant difference in HMGB1 levels in peripheral mononuclear cells. The serum HMGB1 level in CSS patients decreased after the steroid therapy, and showed significant positive correlations with several molecules, including soluble interleukin-2 receptor, soluble thrombomodulin, and eosinophil cationic protein in sera. We propose that HMGB1 might contribute to the pathogenesis of CSS.
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- T Taira
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory and Stress Care Center, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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Huupponen J, Molchanova SM, Taira T, Lauri SE. Susceptibility for homeostatic plasticity is down-regulated in parallel with maturation of the rat hippocampal synaptic circuitry. J Physiol 2007; 581:505-14. [PMID: 17347263 PMCID: PMC2075179 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.130062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Homeostatic regulation, i.e. the ability of neurons and neuronal networks to adjust their output in response to chronic alterations in electrical activity is a prerequisite for the pronounced functional plasticity in the developing brain. Cellular mechanisms of homeostatic plasticity have mainly been studied in cultured preparations. To understand the developmental time frame and properties of homeostatic plasticity under more physiological conditions, we have here compared the effects of activity deprivation on synaptic transmission in acutely isolated and cultured hippocampal slices at different stages of development. We find that transmission at both glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses is strongly and rapidly (15 h) regulated in the opposite directions in response to inactivity during narrow, separated time windows early in development. Following this critical period of synaptic development, induction of the homeostatic response requires longer periods (40 h) of inactivity. At glutamatergic synapses, activity blockade led to an increase in the amplitude and frequency of mEPSCs, and the threshold for induction of this response was increased during development. In contrast, homeostatic regulation at GABAergic synapses was expressed in a qualitatively distinct manner at different developmental stages. Immature neurons responded rapidly to inactivity by regulating mIPSC frequency, while longer activity blockade led to a decrease in the mIPSC amplitude independent of the neuronal maturation. The susceptibility of immature networks to homeostatic regulation may serve as a safety mechanism against rapid runaway destability during the time of intense remodelling of the synaptic circuitry.
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- Neuroscience Center and Department of Bio- and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) administration is a fully established treatment for severe spasticity. However, it is not widely known that baclofen, an agonist of the GABA-B receptor, has additional beneficial effects in other conditions such as chronic pain, coma, dystonia, tetanus, and hyypothalamic storm. Sporadic cases of dramatic recovery from persistent vegetative state after intrathecal administration of baclofen have been reported. There have been also reports on the use of baclofen for control of dystonia due to cerebral palsy, neuropathic central pain syndrome or reflex sympathetic dystrophy. On the other hand, epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been used in the management not only of pain but also of spasticity, dystonia, and in order to improve deteriorated consciousness, but the effects so far have been modest and variable. Similarities between ITB and SCS are interesting as both involve the spinal GABAergic system. Based on a 15-year personal experience of intrathecal baclofen, I would stress the importance of this treatment not only for spasticity but also for other difficult neurological disorders.
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- T Taira
- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Saikawa J, Fujii M, Ishizuki H, Taira T. 52 mJ narrow-bandwidth degenerated optical parametric system with a large-aperture periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 device. Opt Lett 2006; 31:3149-51. [PMID: 17041664 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.003149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 05/12/2023]
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We have demonstrated efficient, high-energy, narrow-spectral-bandwidth 2.128 microm pulse generation by use of periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 devices with a 36 mm length and a 5 mm x 5 mm large aperture. A free-running degenerated optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped with a Q-switched 1.064 microm Nd:YAG laser exhibits a high slope efficiency of 75% and an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 70% with a broad spectral bandwidth (>100 nm). In a configuration with a spectrally narrowed master oscillator followed by a power amplifier, we have achieved an output pulse energy of 52 mJ with a spectral bandwidth of less than 2 nm at the degeneracy point. The total optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of the system reached 50%.
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- J Saikawa
- Chemical Spectroscopy Division, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
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Shinbo Y, Niki T, Taira T, Ooe H, Takahashi-Niki K, Maita C, Seino C, Iguchi-Ariga SMM, Ariga H. Proper SUMO-1 conjugation is essential to DJ-1 to exert its full activities. Cell Death Differ 2006; 13:96-108. [PMID: 15976810 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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DJ-1 is a multifunctional protein that plays roles in transcriptional regulation and antioxidative stress, and loss of its function is thought to result in the onset of Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we report that DJ-1 was sumoylated on a lysine residue at amino-acid number 130 (K130) by PIASxalpha or PIASy. The K130 mutation abrogated all of the functions of DJ-1, including ras-dependent transformation, cell growth promotion and anti-UV-induced apoptosis activities. Sumoylation of DJ-1 was increased after UV irradiation concomitant with a pI shift to an acidic point of DJ-1. Furthermore, L166P, a mutant DJ-1 found in PD patients, and K130RX, an artificial mutant containing four mutations in DJ-1, were improperly sumoylated, and they became insoluble, partly localized in the mitochondria and degraded by the proteasome system. Both L166P-expressing cells and DJ-1-knockdown cells were found to be highly susceptible to UV-induced cell apoptosis.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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