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Konno S, Fujioka T. Serum immunoglobulin G level reduction is a predictor of short-term improvement in patients with myasthenia gravis undergoing plasmapheresis. Ther Apher Dial 2024; 28:131-140. [PMID: 37731293 DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.14065] [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: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate the serological factors in predicting symptom improvement in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients who underwent plasmapheresis (PP). METHODS The relationship between symptom improvement and change in immunoglobin G (IgG) and acetylcholine receptor antibody (AchR-Ab) levels in 21 MG patients after PP was analyzed. RESULTS Patients were divided into two groups: the favorable (n = 11) or unfavorable (n = 10) response groups around the median MG composite improvement rate (50 [29, 56]%) 2 weeks after a PP course. In all patients, the IgG reduction rate before and after PP was higher in the favorable than the unfavorable response group. In AChR-Ab-positive patients, IgG and AChR-Ab reduction rates were higher in the favorable than the unfavorable response group. CONCLUSION IgG reduction rate is a predictor of symptom improvement in MG patients who underwent PP.
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- Shingo Konno
- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Kihara H, Konno S, Uchi T, Isonishi J, Sugimoto H, Fujioka T. Anti-leucine-rich Glioma-inactivated 1 Protein-antibody Positive Encephalitis with Extensive Unilateral Cerebral Cortex and White Matter Lesions. Intern Med 2024; 63:319-322. [PMID: 37225479 PMCID: PMC10864059 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.1942-23] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Encephalitis caused by antibodies targeting the leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 protein receptor, which belongs to the anti-voltage-gated potassium channel receptor complex, is characterized by hyponatremia, progressive cognitive impairment, seizures, and psychiatric disorders. The patient initially presented with faciobrachial dystonic seizures and subsequently developed encephalopathy. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed atypical unilateral hyperintense signals in the cerebral cortex and white matter. Intravenous corticosteroid pulse therapy effectively improved faciobrachial dystonic seizures and brain lesions.
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- Hideo Kihara
- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Japan
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Kitano S, Awaya T, Moroi M, Hara H, Itaya H, Matsushima M, Takahashi K, Fujioka T, Nakamura M. Two Cases of Giant Cell Myocarditis With Ocular Symptoms. Can J Cardiol 2023; 39:985-987. [PMID: 36965669 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/27/2023] Open
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- Shoma Kitano
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Uchi T, Konno S, Kihara H, Fujioka T. Siponimod ameliorates experimental autoimmune neuritis. J Neuroinflammation 2023; 20:35. [PMID: 36788526 PMCID: PMC9926865 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-023-02706-z] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) are human autoimmune peripheral neuropathy. Besides humoral immunity, cellular immunity is also believed to contribute to these pathologies, especially CIDP. Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1PR1) regulates the maturation, migration, and trafficking of lymphocytes. As of date, the therapeutic effect of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) agonists on patients with GBS or CIDP remains unclear. METHODS To evaluate the effect of siponimod, an agonist of S1PR1 and S1PR5, on experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN), an animal model of autoimmune peripheral neuropathy, was used. Lewis rats were immunized with 125 μg of synthetic peptide from bovine P2 protein. Rats in the siponimod group were orally administered 1.0 mg/kg siponimod and those in the EAN group were administrated the vehicle on days 5-27 post-immunization (p.i.) daily. The symptom severity was recorded daily. The changes in the expression of cytokines and transcription factors in the lymph nodes and cauda equina (CE) which correlate with the pathogenesis of EAN and recovery of injured nerve were measured using reverse transcription quantitative PCR. Histological study of CE was also performed. RESULTS Flaccid paralysis developed on day 11 p.i. in both groups. Siponimod relieved the symptom severity and decreased the expression of interferon-gamma and IL-10 mRNAs in lymph nodes and CE compared with that in the EAN group. The expression of Jun proto-oncogene (c-Jun) mRNA increased from the peak to the recovery phase and that of Sonic hedgehog signaling molecule (Shh) and Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (Gdnf) increased prior to increase in c-Jun with no difference observed between the two groups. Histologically, siponimod also reduced demyelinating lesions and inflammatory cell invasion in CE. CONCLUSIONS Siponimod has a potential to ameliorate EAN. Shh and Gdnf, as well as C-Jun played a significant role during the recovery of injured nerves.
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- Takafumi Uchi
- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDivision of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan ,grid.470115.6Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-22-36 Ohashi, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 153-8515 Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. .,Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-22-36 Ohashi, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 153-8515, Japan.
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDivision of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan ,grid.470115.6Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-22-36 Ohashi, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 153-8515 Japan
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDivision of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan ,grid.470115.6Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-22-36 Ohashi, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 153-8515 Japan
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Uchi T, Konno S, Kihara H, Matsushima M, Sugimoto H, Oharaseki T, Takahashi K, Fujioka T. Myasthenia Gravis Complicated by Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Case Report. Case Rep Neurol 2022; 14:314-319. [PMID: 36160656 PMCID: PMC9386410 DOI: 10.1159/000525702] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A 55-year-old woman with a history of allergic sinusitis was being administered cyclosporine for ptosis and diplopia due to myasthenia gravis since age 46 years. She developed painful dysesthesia that began in her feet and later spread to her palms, leading to difficulty in walking. Eosinophils were markedly increased in the peripheral blood. Nerve conduction studies revealed mononeuritis multiplex. Nerve biopsy showed the infiltration of eosinophils in the superior neurovasculature. Based on these findings, eosinophilic granulomatous polyangiitis was diagnosed. Methylprednisolone pulse therapy was followed by oral prednisolone. Two weeks after treatment, the patient could do normal daily activities without assistance. In patients with myasthenia gravis having a history of allergic diseases, considering EGPA as a complication and monitoring prior changes in blood data are necessary for early detection before apparent tissue damage.
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- Takahumi Uchi
- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Fujioka T, Nakamura K, Minamoto T, Tsuzuki N, Yamaguchi J, Hidaka Y. Ultrasonographic evaluation of the caudal vena cava in dogs with right-sided heart disease. J Vet Cardiol 2021; 34:80-92. [PMID: 33626419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2021.01.005] [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: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES In humans with impaired right-sided cardiac function, the caudal vena cava (CVC) diameter serves as a marker of venous congestion. This study aimed to investigate whether ultrasonographic CVC variables could identify the presence of right-sided congestive heart failure (R-CHF) in dogs with right-sided heart disease (RHD). ANIMALS Fifty client-owned control dogs and 67 dogs with RHD were enrolled. The dogs with RHD were subdivided into the non-R-CHF (n = 43) and R-CHF (n = 24) groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS We measured and compared the ultrasonographic CVC variables and echocardiographic variables among the groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of the variables at optimal cutoff values. RESULTS We obtained the highest accuracies of the ratio of the shortest diameter (SD) of the minimal CVC area to the aorta diameter (Ao) during inspiration [SD(min)/Ao] and of the ratio of SD(min) to the longest diameter of the minimal CVC area during inspiration [LD(min),SD/LD(min)], with high sensitivities, specificities, and an area under the ROC curve greater than 0.925. CONCLUSIONS In addition to the echocardiographic assessment of right-sided cardiac function, the CVC variables in this study, especially SD(min)/Ao and SD/LD(min), would be useful diagnostic indices for identifying R-CHF in dogs with RHD.
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- T Fujioka
- Asap Animal Clinic, 3597-1 Ganda, Nogata, Fukuoka 822-0001, Japan; Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Organization for Promotion of Tenure Track, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen, Kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Evergreen Vet Research & Publication, 2-10-2 Hanaike, Ichinomiya, Aichi 491-0914, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Asap Animal Clinic, 3597-1 Ganda, Nogata, Fukuoka 822-0001, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan.
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Fülöp RH, Codilean AT, Wilcken KM, Cohen TJ, Fink D, Smith AM, Yang B, Levchenko VA, Wacker L, Marx SK, Stromsoe N, Fujioka T, Dunai TJ. Million-year lag times in a post-orogenic sediment conveyor. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eaaz8845. [PMID: 32596449 PMCID: PMC7304991 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz8845] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Understanding how sediment transport and storage will delay, attenuate, and even erase the erosional signal of tectonic and climatic forcings has bearing on our ability to read and interpret the geologic record effectively. Here, we estimate sediment transit times in Australia's largest river system, the Murray-Darling basin, by measuring downstream changes in cosmogenic 26Al/10Be/14C ratios in modern river sediment. Results show that the sediments have experienced multiple episodes of burial and reexposure, with cumulative lag times exceeding 1 Ma in the downstream reaches of the Murray and Darling rivers. Combined with low sediment supply rates and old sediment blanketing the landscape, we posit that sediment recycling in the Murray-Darling is an important and ongoing process that will substantially delay and alter signals of external environmental forcing transmitted from the sediment's hinterland.
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- R.-H. Fülöp
- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Ion Beam Physics, ETH-Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- College of Engineering, IT and Environment, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia
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- Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Cologne 50674, Germany
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Moroi M, Nagayama D, Hara F, Saiki A, Shimizu K, Takahashi M, Sato N, Shiba T, Sugimoto H, Fujioka T, Chiba T, Nishizawa K, Usui S, Iwasaki Y, Tatsuno I, Sugi K, Yamasaki J, Yamamura S, Shirai K. Outcome of pitavastatin versus atorvastatin therapy in patients with hypercholesterolemia at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Int J Cardiol 2020; 305:139-146. [PMID: 31987664 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND There has been no report about outcome of pitavastatin versus atorvastatin therapy in high-risk patients with hypercholesterolemia. METHODS Hypercholesterolemic patients with one or more risk factors for atherosclerotic diseases (n = 664, age = 65, male = 54%, diabetes = 76%, primary prevention = 74%) were randomized to receive pitavastatin 2 mg/day (n = 332) or atorvastatin 10 mg/day (n = 332). Follow-up period was 240 weeks. The primary end point was a composite of cardiovascular death, sudden death of unknown origin, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, transient ischemic attack, or heart failure requiring hospitalization. The secondary end point was a composite of the primary end point plus clinically indicated coronary revascularization for stable angina. RESULTS The mean low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level at baseline was 149 mg/dL. The mean LDL-C levels at 1 year were 95 mg/dL in the pitavastatin group and 94 mg/dL in the atorvastatin group. There were no differences in LDL-C levels between both groups, however, pitavastatin significantly reduced the risk of the primary end point, compared to atorvastatin (pitavastatin = 2.9% and atorvastatin = 8.1%, HR, 0.366; 95% CI 0.170-0.787; P = 0.01 by multivariate Cox regression) as well as the risk of the secondary end point (pitavastatin = 4.5% and atorvastatin = 12.9%, HR = 0.350; 95%CI = 0.189-0.645, P = 0.001). The results for the primary and secondary end points were consistent across several prespecified subgroups. There were no differences in incidence of adverse events between the statins. CONCLUSION Pitavastatin therapy compared with atorvastatin more may prevent cardiovascular events in hypercholesterolemic patients with one or more risk factors for atherosclerotic diseases despite similar effects on LDL-C levels.
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- Masao Moroi
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Ohashi), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Omori), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Sakura), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Sakura), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Sakura), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Chiba, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Unit, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Metabolism (Ohashi), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology (Ohashi), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology (Ohashi), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Omori), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology (Omori), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Sakura), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Ohashi), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Omori), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai International University, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Sakura), Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Chiba, Japan
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Fujioka T, Fujisawa TX, Inohara K, Okamoto Y, Matsumura Y, Tsuchiya KJ, Katayama T, Munesue T, Tomoda A, Wada Y, Kosaka H. Attenuated relationship between salivary oxytocin levels and attention to social information in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder: a comparative study. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2020; 19:38. [PMID: 32518579 PMCID: PMC7275403 DOI: 10.1186/s12991-020-00287-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous research studies have assessed the relationship between attention to social information and peripheral (e.g., plasma and salivary) oxytocin (OT) levels in typically developing (TD) children and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A relationship between them was observed in TD children, but not in children with ASD. However, this relationship remains unexamined in other age groups. To clarify whether this lack of association is maintained throughout development in individuals with ASD, we aimed to assess the relationship between salivary OT levels and attention to social information in adolescents and adults with and without ASD. METHODS We recruited male adolescents and adults with ASD (n = 17) and TD participants (n = 24). Using the all-in-one eye-tracking system Gazefinder, we measured the percentage fixation time allocated to social information. We also measured the salivary OT levels and Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) of participants. Subsequently, we confirmed group differences and conducted a correlation analysis to investigate the relationships between these three measures. RESULTS Salivary OT levels did not show any significant difference between the ASD and TD groups and were negatively correlated with the AQ in the whole-group analysis, but not in within-group analysis. Individuals with ASD had significantly lower percentage fixation times than did TD individuals for eye regions in human faces with/without mouth motion, for upright biological motion, and for people regions in the people and geometry movies. The percentage of fixation for geometric shapes in the people and geometry movies was significantly higher in the ASD than in the TD group. In the TD group, salivary OT levels were positively correlated with percentage fixation times for upright biological motion and people and negatively correlated with inverted biological motion and geometry. However, no significant correlations were found in the ASD group. CONCLUSIONS Our exploratory results suggest that salivary OT levels in adolescents and adults with ASD are less indicative of attention to social stimuli than they are in TD adolescents and adults. It is suggested that their association is slightly weaker in adolescents and adults with ASD and that this attenuated relationship appears to be maintained throughout development.
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- T Fujioka
- Faculty of Education, University of Fukui, Fukui, Fukui Japan.,Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Suita, Osaka Japan.,Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan
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- Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Suita, Osaka Japan.,Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan
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- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan
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- Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Suita, Osaka Japan.,Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan.,Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan
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- Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Suita, Osaka Japan.,Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Japan.,Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Japan
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- Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Suita, Osaka Japan
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- Kaga Mental Hospital, Kaga, Ishikawa Japan
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- Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Suita, Osaka Japan.,Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan.,Kaga Mental Hospital, Kaga, Ishikawa Japan
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- Department of Child Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Suita, Osaka Japan.,Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui Japan
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Akazawa Y, Fujioka T, Kuhn A, Hui W, Slorach C, Roehlig C, Mertens L, Vogt M, Friedberg M. 1159 Right ventricular electromechanical dyssynchrony in relation to right ventricular remodeling, dysfunction and exercise capacity in Ebstein anomaly. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Abnormal atrioventricular conduction and functional right ventricular (fRV) dysfunction are common in patients with Ebstein anomaly (EA). However, the relation of fRV dyssynchrony to fRV function in EA has not been studied.
Purpose
We hypothesized that fRV electromechanical dyssynchrony is associated with fRV remodeling, dysfunction and exercise intolerance in EA patients.
Methods
Non-operated EA patients and age-matched controls prospectively underwent echocardiography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) and cardiopulmonary exercise testing to quantify RV remodeling, dysfunction and exercise capacity, respectively. The relation of these to fRV dyssynchrony was investigated. RV mechanical dyssynchrony was defined by early septal activation (right-sided septal flash), RV lateral wall prestretch/late contraction, postsystolic shortening, and the maximal intra-RV delay (difference in time to peak of lateral basal RV and apical septal segments) using 2-dimensional strain echocardiography.
Results
Thirty-five EA patients (age 31.6 ± 17.3 years, 19 female) and 35 age-matched controls were studied. QRS duration and intra-fRV mechanical delay were significantly longer in EA compared with controls. 19/35(54%) of EA patients had early activation of septal segments with simultaneous stretching and consequent late activation and post-systolic shortening of RV lateral segments. QRS duration correlated with fRV end-diastolic (fRVEDVI, r = 0.46, P <0.01) and end-systolic indexed volumes (fRVESVIr = 0.57, P <0.001). Intra-fRV delay correlated with RV global longitudinal strain (GLS, r=-0.45,P <0.05) and RV fractional area change (r=-0.56, P <0.01). Intra-fRV delay was also associated with fRVEDVI (r = 0.43, P <0.05), fRVESVI (r = 0.63, P <0.001), fRVEF (r=-0.46,P <0.05) and predicted peak VO2 (r=-0.39, P < 0.05). EA patients with versus without a septal flash had lower fRVEF (45 ± 11 vs. 54 ± 8%, p < 0.05) and predicted peak VO2 (0.71 ± 0.19 vs. 0.92 ± 0.33, p < 0.05).
Conclusions
In EA, fRV electromechanical dyssynchrony is associated with fRV remodeling, dysfunction and impaired exercise capacity and may constitute a therapeutic target.
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- Y Akazawa
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universituät München, Munich, Germany
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universituät München, Munich, Germany
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universituät München, Munich, Germany
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Nishida Y, Takahashi YK, Kanai T, Nose Y, Ishibashi S, Sanjo N, Uzawa A, Oda F, Ozawa Y, Kuwabara S, Noguchi E, Suzuki S, Nakahara J, Suzuki N, Ogawa T, Yokoyama K, Hattori N, Konno S, Fujioka T, Kawaguchi N, Hatanaka Y, Sonoo M, Kaneko J, Ogino M, Nishiyama K, Nomura K, Yokota T. Safety of tapering tacrolimus dose in patients with well-controlled anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive myasthenia gravis. Eur J Neurol 2019; 27:100-104. [PMID: 31309642 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Tapering immunosuppressants is desirable in patients with well-controlled myasthenia gravis (MG). However, the association between tapering of calcineurin inhibitor dosage and reduction-associated exacerbation is not known. The aim of this study was to clarify the frequency of reduction-associated exacerbation when tacrolimus is tapered in stable patients with anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive MG, and to determine the factors that predict exacerbations. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 115 patients in whom tacrolimus dosage was tapered. The reduction-associated exacerbation was defined as the appearance or worsening of one or more MG symptoms <3 months after the reduction. RESULTS Tacrolimus dosage was successfully tapered in 110 patients (96%) without any exacerbation. Five patients (4%) experienced an exacerbation, but symptoms were reversed in all patients when the tacrolimus dose was increased to the previous maintenance level. No patient developed an MG crisis. The age at onset was significantly earlier (30 vs. 56 years, P = 0.025) and the reduction in dosage was significantly larger (2.0 vs. 1.0 mg/day, P = 0.002) in patients with reduction-associated exacerbation than in those without exacerbation. The cut-off values determined in a receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis were 52 years (sensitivity, 57%; specificity, 100%) for the age at onset and 1.5 mg (sensitivity, 80%; specificity, 100%) for the dose reduction. CONCLUSION Tapering of tacrolimus was possible in most patients with well-controlled anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive MG. Early age at onset and a large reduction from maintenance dosage were associated with exacerbation. Reductions ≤1.5 mg/day from the maintenance dosage should be considered for patients with late-onset disease.
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- Y Nishida
- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- School of Medicine, Center for Medical Education, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Uchida Y, Terada K, Madokoro Y, Fujioka T, Mizuno M, Toyoda T, Kato D, Matsukawa N. Stiripentol for the treatment of super-refractory status epilepticus with cross-sensitivity. Acta Neurol Scand 2018; 137:432-437. [PMID: 29313881 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cross-sensitivity of rash has been reported between various antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). However, few studies have determined the frequency and management of cross-sensitivity in patients with super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE). AIMS OF THE STUDY To examine the optimal AED for treating SRSE with cross-sensitivity. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of adult patients with SRSE treated at Nagoya City University Hospital, in which we investigated the frequency of cross-sensitivity among patients with SRSE and their clinical and medical profiles. RESULTS We identified 10 adult patients with SRSE, 5 of whom had cross-sensitivity. Stiripentol (STP) was administered when previously used AEDs had demonstrated cross-sensitivity and failed to control seizures. After initiation of STP, the dose of general anaesthetics was reduced, and status epilepticus (SE) eventually ceased with co-administered AEDs without additional adverse effects. The mean time to SE cessation after initiation of STP was 30.8 days (range, 18-46 days), mean duration of general anaesthesia was 101.2 days (range, 74-128 days), and mean number of AEDs was 9.0 (range, 6-11). CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that cross-sensitivity between AEDs is common in adults with SRSE and that STP may be useful for treating SRSE with cross-sensitivity.
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- Y. Uchida
- Department of Neurology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Epileptology; National Epilepsy Center; Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders; Shizuoka Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Nagoya Japan
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Uchida Y, Terada K, Madokoro Y, Fujioka T, Mizuno M, Toyoda T, Kato D, Matsukawa N. Cover Image. Acta Neurol Scand 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ane.12933] [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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Imamura T, Konno S, Murata M, Inoue M, Matsumoto M, Kobayashi M, Kihara H, Sugimoto H, Fujioka T. High serum osmotic pressure on admission suggests hidden malnutrition in patients with neurological disease. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.1714] [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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Uchida Y, Terada K, Adachi K, Madokoro Y, Yamada G, Kondo Y, Fujioka T, Mizuno M, Kawashima S, Toyoda T, Oomura M, Ueki Y, Okita K, Kato D, Matsukawa N. Stiripentol for the treatment of super-refractory status epilepticus with cross-sensitivity. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.1950] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Obara W, Eto M, Mimata H, Kohri K, Mitsuhata N, Miura I, Shuin T, Miki T, Koie T, Fujimoto H, Minami K, Enomoto Y, Nasu T, Yoshida T, Fuse H, Hara I, Kawaguchi K, Arimura A, Fujioka T. A phase I/II study of cancer peptide vaccine S-288310 in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Ann Oncol 2017; 28:798-803. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Konno S, Imamura T, Inoue M, Murata M, Sugimoto H, Fujioka T. Severe ileus and urinary retention in a patient with tuberculous meningitis. Clin Case Rep 2017; 5:290-295. [PMID: 28265393 PMCID: PMC5331253 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.804] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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An acute ileus and/or urinary retention are recognized as emergent complications requiring appropriate depressurizing treatments. Meningitis should be suspected as a cause of these autonomic disturbances.
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- Shingo Konno
- Department of Neurology; Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Neurology; Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo Japan
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Kosaka H, Okamoto Y, Munesue T, Yamasue H, Inohara K, Fujioka T, Anme T, Orisaka M, Ishitobi M, Jung M, Fujisawa TX, Tanaka S, Arai S, Asano M, Saito DN, Sadato N, Tomoda A, Omori M, Sato M, Okazawa H, Higashida H, Wada Y. Oxytocin efficacy is modulated by dosage and oxytocin receptor genotype in young adults with high-functioning autism: a 24-week randomized clinical trial. Transl Psychiatry 2016; 6:e872. [PMID: 27552585 PMCID: PMC5022092 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Recent studies have suggested that long-term oxytocin administration can alleviate the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, factors influencing its efficacy are still unclear. We conducted a single-center phase 2, pilot, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, clinical trial in young adults with high-functioning ASD, to determine whether oxytocin dosage and genetic background of the oxytocin receptor affects oxytocin efficacy. This trial consisted of double-blind (12 weeks), open-label (12 weeks) and follow-up phases (8 weeks). To examine dose dependency, 60 participants were randomly assigned to high-dose (32 IU per day) or low-dose intranasal oxytocin (16 IU per day), or placebo groups during the double-blind phase. Next, we measured single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR). In the intention-to-treat population, no outcomes were improved after oxytocin administration. However, in male participants, Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) scores in the high-dose group, but not the low-dose group, were significantly higher than in the placebo group. Furthermore, we examined whether oxytocin efficacy, reflected in the CGI-I scores, is influenced by estimated daily dosage and OXTR polymorphisms in male participants. We found that >21 IU per day oxytocin was more effective than ⩽21 IU per day, and that a SNP in OXTR (rs6791619) predicted CGI-I scores for ⩽21 IU per day oxytocin treatment. No severe adverse events occurred. These results suggest that efficacy of long-term oxytocin administration in young men with high-functioning ASD depends on the oxytocin dosage and genetic background of the oxytocin receptor, which contributes to the effectiveness of oxytocin treatment of ASD.
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- H Kosaka
- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuokashimoaizuki, Eiheiji 910-1193, Fukui, Japan. E-mail:
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Department of Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- International Community Care and Lifespan Development, Empowerment Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Department of Cerebral Research, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Faculty of Nursing and Social Welfare Sciences, Fukui Prefectural University, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan,Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Suita, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan,Division of Developmental Higher Brain Functions, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Japan
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Suzuki Y, Fujioka T, Sato F, Matsumoto K, Muraya N, Tanaka R, Sato Y, Ohno K, Mimata H, Kishino S, Itoh H. CYP3A5 Polymorphism affects the increase in CYP3A activity after living Kidney transplantation in patients with end stage renal disease. Clin Ther 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.05.152] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Imamura T, Konno S, Inoue M, Murata M, Nakazora H, Sugimoto H, Fujioka T. Convulsion and cerebellar ataxia associated with maternally inherited diabetes and deafness: a case report. Clin Case Rep 2015; 3:656-9. [PMID: 26273464 PMCID: PMC4527818 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Revised: 04/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Convulsion in diabetics is often considered as a result from fluctuation of blood glucose level. However, if a diabetic patient also presents abnormal neurological signs, mitochondrial diseases need to be considered in the differential diagnosis.
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- Tomomi Imamura
- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Tokyo, Japan
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Konno S, Suzuki S, Masuda M, Nagane Y, Tsuda E, Murai H, Imai T, Fujioka T, Suzuki N, Utsugisawa K. Association between Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis and Myasthenia Gravis: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126579. [PMID: 25965387 PMCID: PMC4428766 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate the association between glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis and myasthenia gravis (MG) using a cross-sectional survey in Japan. Methods We studied 363 patients with MG (female 68%; mean age, 57 ± 16 years) who were followed at six Japanese centers between April and July 2012. We evaluated the clinical information of MG and fractures, bone markers, and radiological assessment. Quality of life was measured using an MG-specific battery, MG-QOL15. Results Glucocorticoids were administered in 283 (78%) of 363 MG patients. Eighteen (6%) of 283 MG patients treated with prednisolone had a history of osteoporotic fractures. The duration of glucocorticoid therapy, but not the dose of prednisolone, was associated with the osteoporotic fractures in MG patients. Bone mineral density was significantly decreased in the MG patients with fractures. The multivariate analyses showed that the total quantitative MG score was the only independent factor associated with osteoporotic fractures (OR = 1.30, 95% CI 1.02–1.67, p = 0.03). MG patients who had experienced fractures reported more severe difficulties in activities of daily living. Conclusion Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis aggravates quality of life in patients with MG.
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- Shingo Konno
- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Hanamaki General Hospital, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Matsuoka Y, Sumide K, Kawamura H, Nakatsuka R, Fujioka T, Sasaki Y, Sonoda Y. Human cord blood-derived primitive CD34-negative hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are myeloid-biased long-term repopulating HSCs. Blood Cancer J 2015; 5:e290. [PMID: 25768404 PMCID: PMC4382663 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2015.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Y Matsuoka
- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- 1] Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan [2] Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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Sugimoto H, Konno S, Nomoto N, Nakazora H, Murata M, Kitazono H, Imamura T, Inoue M, Sasaki M, Fuse A, Hagiwara W, Kobayashi M, Fujioka T. The long-term effects of pitavastatin on blood lipids and platelet activation markers in stroke patients: impact of the homocysteine level. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113766. [PMID: 25409188 PMCID: PMC4237495 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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To examine the impact of the plasma homocysteine level on the anti-atherosclerotic effects of pitavastatin treatment, we retrospectively examined 59 patients who had a history of stroke and had been prescribed pitavastatin for the treatment of dyslipidemia at the Neurology department of Toho University Ohashi Medical Center Hospital. The patients were classified into two groups according to their homocysteine levels. Carotid artery plaque progression was determined before and after pitavastatin treatment. Plasma levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, platelet molecular markers, and von Willebrand factor were measured. Pitavastatin treatment had beneficial effects on the lipid profiles of these patients and slowed atherosclerosis progression. These effects were observed in both the high and low homocysteine groups. Proactive lipid intervention using pitavastatin may inhibit the progression of atherosclerosis and contribute to secondary prevention of stroke in high-risk patients. We conclude that this statin could inhibit progression at any stage of disease and should therefore be proactively administered to these patient groups, regardless of disease severity.
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- Hideki Sugimoto
- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi, Tokyo, Japan
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Hagiwara W, Inoue M, Konno S, Fujioka T. The effects of cilostazol on experimental autoimmune neuritis in Lewis rats. J Neuroimmunol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.08.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fujioka T. [Myasthenia gravis and acetylcholine]. Brain Nerve 2014; 66:517-525. [PMID: 24807368] [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: 06/03/2023]
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A century has passed since the discovery of the first neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, in 1914. Extensive research on acetylcholine and its function has provided us with important options to treat the formerly intractable neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis (MG). In the first days of treatment for MG, acetylcholine esterase inhibitors are administered, which is only a symptomatic therapy. After overwhelming developments in immunology, the immunological mechanisms of MG at the molecular or genetic level were recognized. Destruction of the acetylcholine receptors through autoimmune attacks plays a pivotal role in the evolution of MG. Thus, a mainstay of the newly developing treatments for MG are effective immunosuppression or immunomodulation. However, these therapeutic approaches are still "symptomatic", and target immunological rather than specific myasthenic symptoms. Immunomodulation may result in fatal immunodeficiency. From this point of view, although they are somewhat removed from first-line MG treatment (cholinesterase inhibitors), future drug development should focus on the cancellation of autoimmunity in MG patients.
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- Toshiki Fujioka
- Division of Neurology (Ohashi), Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Toho University
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Davids MR, Marais N, Jacobs J, Cohen E, Krause I, Goldberg E, Garty M, Krause I, Dursun B, Sahan Y, Tanriverdi H, Rota S, Uslu S, Senol H, Minutolo R, Gabbai FB, Agarwal R, Chiodini P, Borrelli S, Stanzione G, Nappi F, Bellizzi V, Conte G, De Nicola L, Van De Walle J, Johnson S, Fremeaux-Bacchi V, Ardissino G, Ariceta G, Beauchamp J, Cohen D, Greenbaum LA, Ogawa M, Schaefer F, Licht C, Scalzotto E, Nalesso F, Zaglia T, Corradi V, Neri M, Martino F, Zanella M, Brendolan A, Mongillo M, Ronco C, Chinnappa S, Mooney A, El Nahas AM, Tu YK, Tan LB, Jung JY, Kim AJ, Ro H, Lee C, Chang JH, Lee HH, Chung W, Clarke AL, Young HM, Hull KL, Hudson N, Burton JO, Smith AC, Marx S, Petrilla A, Filipovic I, Lee WC, Meijers B, Poesen R, Storr M, Claes K, Kuypers D, Evenepoel P, Aukland M, Clarke AL, Hull KL, Burton JO, Smith AC, Betriu A, Martinez-Alonso M, Arcidiacono MV, Cannata-Andia J, Pascual J, Valdivielso JM, Fernandez-Giraldez E, Kingswood JC, Zonnenberg B, Sauter M, Zakar G, Biro B, Besenczi B, Varga A, Pekacs P, Pizzini P, Pisano A, Leonardis D, Panuccio V, Cutrupi S, Tripepi G, Mallamaci F, Zoccali C, Arnold J, Baharani J, Rayner H, So BH, Blackwell S, Jardine AG, Macgregor MS, Cunha C, Barreto P, Pereira S, Ventura A, Mota M, Seabra J, Sakaguchi T, Kobayashi S, Yano T, Yoshimoto W, Bancu I, Bonal Bastons J, Cleries Escayola M, Vela Vallespin E, Bustins Poblet M, Magem Luque D, Pastor Fabregas M, Chen JH, Chen SC, Chang JM, Hwang SJ, Chen HC, Ahbap E, Kara E, Basturk T, Sahutoglu T, Koc Y, Sakaci T, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Ozagari AA, Unsal A, Minami S, Hesaka A, Yamaguchi S, Iwahashi E, Sakai S, Fujimoto T, Sasaki K, Fujita Y, Yokoyama K, Marks A, Fluck N, Prescott G, Robertson L, Smith WC, Black C, Ohsawa M, Fujioka T, Omori S, Isurugi T, Tanno K, Onoda T, Omama S, Ishibashi Y, Makita S, Okayama A, Garland JS, Simpson CS, Metangi MF, Parfrey B, Johri AM, Sloan L, McAuley J, Cunningham R, Mullan R, Quinn M, Harron C, Chiu H, Murphy-Burke D, Werb R, Jung B, Chan-Yan C, Duncan J, Forzley B, Lowry R, Hargrove G, Carson R, Levin A, Karim M, Reznik EV, Storozhakov GIV, Rollino C, Troiano M, Bagatella M, Liuzzo C, Quarello F, Roccatello D, Blaslov K, Bulum T, Prka In I, Duvnjak L, Heleniak Z, Ciepli ska M, Szychli ski T, Pryczkowska M, Bartosi ska E, Wiatr H, Kot owska H, Tylicki L, Rutkowski B, Song YR, Kim SGK, Kim HJ, Noh JW, Tong A, Jesudason S, Craig JC, Winkelmayer WC, Hung PH, Huang YT, Hsiao CY, Sung PS, Guo HR, Tsai KJ, Wu CC, Su SL, Kao SY, Lu KC, Lin YF, Lin WH, Lee HM, Cheng MF, Wang WM, Yang LY, Wang MC, Vukovic Lela I, Sekoranja M, Poljicanin T, Karanovic S, Abramovic M, Matijevic V, Stipancic Z, Leko N, Cvitkovic A, Dika Z, Kos J, Laganovic M, Grollman AP, Jelakovic B, Dryl-Rydzynska T, Prystacki T, Malyszko J, Trifiro G, Sultana J, Giorgianni F, Ingrasciotta Y, Muscianisi M, Tari DU, Perrotta M, Buemi M, Canale V, Arcoraci V, Santoro D, Rizzo M, Iheanacho I, Van Nooten FE, Goldsmith D, Grandtnerova B, Berat ova Z, ErvenOva M, cErven J, Markech M, tefanikova A, Engelen W, Elseviers M, Gheuens E, Colson C, Muyshondt I, Daelemans R. CKD GENERAL AND CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu167] [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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Konno S, Hagiwara W, Sasaki M, Fuse A, Imamura T, Inoue M, Kitazono H, Fujioka T. The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report. Case Rep Neurol 2014; 6:88-91. [PMID: 24761144 PMCID: PMC3995389 DOI: 10.1159/000362117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A 69-year-old woman presented with generalized myasthenia gravis and a left orbital cavernous hemangioma (OCH), which elevated the optic nerve and displaced the external eye muscles. Cyclosporine treatment induced a gradual size reduction in the OCH, and consequently contributed to improved external ocular symptoms in combination with immunosuppressant effects.
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- Shingo Konno
- *Shingo Konno, MD, Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-17-6 Ohashi, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8515 (Japan), E-Mail
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Nakagawa Y, Yamauchi M, Ogawa R, Watada M, Mizukami K, Okimoto T, Kodama M, Murakami K, Fujioka T. Complete pancreas divisum with patulous minor papilla complicated by multifocal branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Endoscopy 2014; 45 Suppl 2 UCTN:E199-200. [PMID: 23832506 DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1344160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- Y Nakagawa
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan.
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Bhopale MK, Hilliard B, Constantinescu CS, Fujioka T, Ventura E, Phillips SM, Rostami A. DAB389IL-2 suppresses autoimmune inflammation in the CNS and inhibits T cell-mediated lysis of glial target cells. Exp Mol Pathol 2014; 96:108-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2013.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Takahashi M, Matsuoka Y, Sumide K, Nakatsuka R, Fujioka T, Kohno H, Sasaki Y, Matsui K, Asano H, Kaneko K, Sonoda Y. CD133 is a positive marker for a distinct class of primitive human cord blood-derived CD34-negative hematopoietic stem cells. Leukemia 2013; 28:1308-15. [PMID: 24189293 PMCID: PMC4051213 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2013.326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The identification of human CD34-negative (CD34(-)) hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) provides a new concept for the hierarchy in the human HSC compartment. Previous studies demonstrated that CD34(-) severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)-repopulating cells (SRCs) are a distinct class of primitive HSCs in comparison to the well-characterized CD34(+)CD38(-) SRCs. However, the purification level of rare CD34(-) SRCs in 18 lineage marker-negative (Lin(-)) CD34(-) cells (1/1000) is still very low compared with that of CD34(+)CD38(-) SRCs (1/40). As in the mouse, it will be necessary to identify useful positive markers for a high degree of purification of rare human CD34(-) SRCs. Using 18Lin(-)CD34(-) cells, we analyzed the expression of candidate positive markers by flow cytometric analysis. We finally identified CD133 as a reliable positive marker of human CB-derived CD34(-) SRCs and succeeded in highly purifying primitive human CD34(-) HSCs. The limiting dilution analysis demonstrated that the incidence of CD34(-) SRCs in 18Lin(-)CD34(-)CD133(+) cells was 1/142, which is the highest level of purification of these unique CD34(-) HSCs to date. Furthermore, CD133 expression clearly segregated the SRC activities of 18Lin(-)CD34(-) cells, as well as 18Lin(-)CD34(+) cells, in their positive fractions, indicating its functional significance as a common cell surface maker to isolate effectively both CD34(+) and CD34(-) SRCs.
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- M Takahashi
- 1] Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan [2] Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Fukuda Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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- School of Nursing, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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Hatano T, Hattori N, Kawanabe T, Terayama Y, Suzuki N, Iwasaki Y, Fujioka T. An exploratory study of the efficacy and safety of yokukansan for neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2013; 121:275-81. [PMID: 24169925 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-013-1105-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The present study examined the efficacy and safety of yokukansan (YKS) in neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) using the neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI). Twenty-five patients with PD (M:F 14:11; age 72 years) were enrolled and treated with YKS (7.5 g/day) for 12 weeks. The NPI was assessed at 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 weeks. The patient's motor function and progression were evaluated using the Unified PD Rating Scale part III (UPDRS-III) and Hoehn and Yahr scale, respectively. The serum potassium concentration (sK) and all adverse events were recorded. The median NPI total score significantly decreased from 12 points at baseline to 4.0 points at 12 weeks (p = 0.00003). Within each NPI subscale, significant improvements were observed in hallucinations, anxiety and apathy. These symptoms tended to worsen after the completion of YKS treatment. Delusions, agitation, depression, euphoria, disinhibition, aberrant motor activity tended to improve but irritability showed no change. The median NPI subtotal scores, positive symptoms (delusions-hallucinations-irritability) significantly decreased (p = 0.01660) and negative symptoms (anxiety-apathy) significantly decreased (p = 0.00391). Both UPDRS-III and the Hoehn and Yahr scale showed no significant change. sK decreased mildly from 4.26 ± 0.30 to 4.08 ± 0.33 mEq/L. Two patients showed hypokalemia lower than 3.5 mEq/L without any corresponding symptoms; two patients showed listlessness and one patient showed drug eruption. Each recovered after discontinuation of YKS. YKS improved neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with PD, including hallucinations, anxiety and apathy without severe adverse events and worsening of Parkinsonism.
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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Tan CW, Lee YH, Choolani M, Tan HH, Griffith L, Chan J, Chuang PC, Wu MH, Lin YJ, Tsai SJ, Rahmati M, Petitbarat M, Dubanchet S, Bensussan A, Chaouat G, Ledee N, Bissonnette L, Haouzi D, Monzo C, Traver S, Bringer S, Faidherbe J, Perrochia H, Ait-Ahmed O, Dechaud H, Hamamah S, Ibrahim MG, de Arellano MLB, Sachtleben M, Chiantera V, Frangini S, Younes S, Schneider A, Plendl J, Mechsner S, Ono M, Hamai H, Chikawa A, Teramura S, Takata R, Sugimoto T, Iwahashi K, Ohhama N, Nakahira R, Shigeta M, Park IH, Lee KH, Sun HG, Kim SG, Lee JH, Kim YY, Kim HJ, Jeon GH, Kim CM, Bocca S, Wang H, Anderson S, Yu L, Horcajadas J, Oehninger S, Bastu E, Mutlu MF, Celik C, Yasa C, Dural O, Buyru F, Quintana F, Cobo A, Remohi J, Ferrando M, Matorras R, Bermejo A, Iglesias C, Cerrillo M, Ruiz M, Blesa D, Simon C, Garcia-Velasco JA, Chamie L, Ribeiro DMF, Riboldi M, Pereira R, Rosa MB, Gomes C, de Mello PH, Fettback P, Domingues T, Cambiaghi A, Soares ACP, Kimati C, Motta ELA, Serafini P, Hapangama DK, Valentijn AJ, Al-Lamee H, Palial K, Drury JA, von Zglinicki T, Saretzki G, Gargett CE, Liao CY, Lee KH, Sung YJ, Li HY, Morotti M, Remorgida V, Venturini PL, Ferrero S, Nabeta M, Iki A, Hashimoto H, Koizumi M, Matsubara Y, Hamada K, Fujioka T, Matsubara K, Kusanagi Y, Nawa A, Zanatta A, Riboldi M, da Rocha AM, Guerra JL, Cogliati B, Pereira R, Motta ELA, Serafini P, Bianchi PDM, Zanatta A, Riboldi M, da Rocha AM, Cogliati B, Guerra JL, Pereira R, Motta ELA, Serafini P, Prieto B, Exposito A, Mendoza R, Rabanal A, Matorras R, Bedaiwy M, Yi L, Dahoud W, Liu J, Hurd W, Falcone T, Biscotti C, Mesiano S, Sugiyama R, Nakagawa K, Nishi Y, Kuribayashi Y, Akira S, Germeyer A, Rosner S, Jauckus J, Strowitzki T, von Wolff M, Khan KN, Kitajima M, Fujishita A, Nakashima M, Masuzaki H, Kajihara T, Ishihara O, Brosens J, Ledee N, Petitbarat M, Rahmati M, Vezmar K, Savournin V, Dubanchet S, Chaouat G, Balet R, Bensussan A, Chaouat G, Lee YH, Loh SF, Tannenbaum SR, Chan JKY, Scarella A, Chamy V, Devoto L, Abrao M, Sovino H, Krasnopolskaya K, Popov A, Kabanova D, Beketova A, Ivakhnenko V, Shohayeb A, Wahba A, Abousetta A, al-inany H, Wahba A, El Daly A, Zayed M, Kvaskoff M, Han J, Missmer SA, Navarro P, Meola J, Ribas CP, Paz CP, Ferriani RA, Donabela FC, Tafi E, Maggiore ULR, Scala C, Remorgida V, Venturini PL, Ferrero S, Hackl J, Strehl J, Wachter D, Dittrich R, Cupisti S, Hildebrandt T, Lotz L, Attig M, Hoffmann I, Renner S, Hartmann A, Beckmann MW, Urquiza F, Ferrer C, Incera E, Azpiroz A, Junovich G, Pappalardo C, Guerrero G, Pasqualini S, Gutierrez G, Corti L, Sanchez AM, Bordignon PP, Santambrogio P, Levi S, Persico P, Vigano P, Papaleo E, Ferrari S, Candiani M, van der Houwen LEE, Schreurs AMF, Lambalk CB, Schats R, Hompes PGA, Mijatovic V, Xu SY, Li J, Chen XY, Chen SQ, Guo LY, Mathew D, Nunes Q, Lane B, Fernig D, Hapangama D, Lind T, Hammarstrom M, Golmann D, Rodriguez-Wallberg K, Hestiantoro A, Cakra A, Aulia A, Al-Inany H, Houston B, Farquhar C, Abousetta A, Tagliaferri V, Gagliano D, Immediata V, Tartaglia C, Zumpano A, Campagna G, Lanzone A, Guido M, Matsuzaki S, Darcha C, Botchorishvili R, Pouly JL, Mage G, Canis M, Shivhare SB, Bulmer JN, Innes BA, Hapangama DK, Lash GE, de Graaff AA, Zandstra H, Smits LJ, Van Beek JJ, Dunselman GAJ, Bozdag G, Calis PT, Demiralp DO, Ayhan B, Igci N, Yarali H, Acar N, Er H, Ozmen A, Ustunel I, Korgun ET, Kuroda K, Kuroda M, Arakawa A, Kitade M, Brosens AI, Brosens JJ, Takeda S, Yao T. Endometriosis, endometrium, implantation and fallopian tube. Hum Reprod 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det211] [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] Open
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Nomoto N, Orimo S, Uchihara T, Takahashi K, Fujioka T. Lewy pathology in an autopsy case of FTLD-MND with reduced cardiac MIBG uptake and depletion of cardiac sympathetic fibers. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.10.011] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hagiyama Y, Hashimoto H, Hamada K, Matsubara K, Fujioka T, Nawa A. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterus in a 35-year-old woman: case report and review of the literature. EUR J GYNAECOL ONCOL 2013; 34:332-335. [PMID: 24020141] [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: 06/02/2023]
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Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare sarcoma that characteristically occurs in children. The current treatment protocols are based on trials performed in patients under 21 years of age. Embryonal RMS in women over 20 years of age is rare, and studies on treatments and outcomes are limited. The authors here in report a case of a 35-year-old woman with ectocervical RMS who was treated with radical hysterectomy followed by chemotherapy. She is currently disease-free. Based on a literature review, the authors recommend a surgical approach in combination with chemotherapy for treatment of embryonal RMS in adult patients.
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- Y Hagiyama
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toh-on, Ehime, Japan.
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Iwasaki K, Obara W, Kato Y, Takata R, Tanji S, Fujioka T. Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine Plus Carboplatin for Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2012; 43:193-9. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fujioka T, Tamaki H, Ikegame K, Yoshihara S, Taniguchi K, Kaida K, Kato R, Inoue T, Nakata J, Ishii S, Soma T, Okada M, Ogawa H. Frequency of CD4+FOXP3+ regulatory T-cells at early stages after HLA-mismatched allogeneic hematopoietic SCT predicts the incidence of acute GVHD. Bone Marrow Transplant 2012; 48:859-64. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2012.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nakagawa Y, Murakami K, Hirashita Y, Ogawa R, Hisamatsu A, Mizukami K, Uchida M, Okimoto T, Kodama M, Urabe S, Kashima K, Fujioka T. A case of Good syndrome with refractory gastrointestinal ulcers. Endoscopy 2012; 44 Suppl 2 UCTN:E246-7. [PMID: 22715016 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1309749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- Y Nakagawa
- Department of General Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan.
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Altenmüller E, Demorest SM, Fujioka T, Halpern AR, Hannon EE, Loui P, Majno M, Oechslin MS, Osborne N, Overy K, Palmer C, Peretz I, Pfordresher PQ, Särkämö T, Wan CY, Zatorre RJ. Introduction to The neurosciences and music IV: learning and memory. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2012; 1252:1-16. [PMID: 22524334 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06474.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The conference entitled "The Neurosciences and Music-IV: Learning and Memory'' was held at the University of Edinburgh from June 9-12, 2011, jointly hosted by the Mariani Foundation and the Institute for Music in Human and Social Development, and involving nearly 500 international delegates. Two opening workshops, three large and vibrant poster sessions, and nine invited symposia introduced a diverse range of recent research findings and discussed current research directions. Here, the proceedings are introduced by the workshop and symposia leaders on topics including working with children, rhythm perception, language processing, cultural learning, memory, musical imagery, neural plasticity, stroke rehabilitation, autism, and amusia. The rich diversity of the interdisciplinary research presented suggests that the future of music neuroscience looks both exciting and promising, and that important implications for music rehabilitation and therapy are being discovered.
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- E Altenmüller
- Institute of Music Physiology and Musician's Medicine, Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hannover, Germany
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Nakagawa Y, Abe T, Uchida M, Inoue K, Ogawa R, Mizukami K, Okimoto T, Kodama M, Murakami K, Fujioka T. Hemorrhagic pseudoaneurysm in a pancreatic pseudocyst after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for pancreatolithiasis. Endoscopy 2012; 43 Suppl 2 UCTN:E310-1. [PMID: 21915842 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- Y Nakagawa
- Department of General Medicine and Gastroenterology, Oita University, Yufu, Japan.
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Ooka M, Iizuka Y, Nomoto N, Fujioka T, Shimizu N, Sekine T, Kohda E. Fabry Disease Presenting with Multiple Hemorrhagic Cerebral Infarction. Neuroradiol J 2012; 25:30-5. [DOI: 10.1177/197140091202500104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We describe a 57-year-old woman, a heterozygote for Fabry disease who had multiple hemorrhagic cerebral infarctions. Her clinical course and radiological findings suggested cardiogenic cerebral embolus, but distinction from multiple cerebral infarction associated with Fabry disease seemed necessary. Our present case is reported with reference to the literature to introduce various types of stroke, which can develop in patients with Fabry disease.
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- M. Ooka
- Department of Radiology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo, Japan
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Nakagawa Y, Nagai T, Okawara H, Nakashima H, Hisamatsu A, Shuto M, Yamauchi M, Kai S, Yokoyama S, Murakami K, Fujioka T. Acute hemorrhagic colitis induced by the oral administration of oseltamivir used for influenza A treatment. Endoscopy 2011; 43 Suppl 2 UCTN:E261. [PMID: 21837605 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- Y Nakagawa
- Department of Gastroenterology, Oita Kouseiren Tsurumi Hospital, Beppu, Japan.
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Hoo WT, Fifield LK, Tims SG, Fujioka T, Mueller N. Using fallout plutonium as a probe for erosion assessment. J Environ Radioact 2011; 102:937-942. [PMID: 20638160 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2009] [Revised: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A study has been carried out to assess the potential of using fallout plutonium (Pu), which originated from atmospheric nuclear-weapons tests, as a tool to investigate recent erosional processes within the lower Cotter water-supply catchment in the Australian Capital Territory. This catchment, which was predominantly pine plantation, was severely affected by a major bush fire in 2003. Accelerator mass spectrometry has been used to measure Pu in soil samples collected from a number of sites across the catchment. The results indicate that less than 1cm of surface soil had been lost since the early 1960s over much of the catchment. Areas of more erodible soil have, however, lost 2-4cm of topsoil, and a loss of ∼6cm of soil was identified at one particular site.
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- W T Hoo
- Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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Nakagawa Y, Nagai T, Okawara H, Nakashima H, Hisamatsu A, Syutou M, Yamauchi M, Kai S, Nakayama T, Yokoyama S, Murakami K, Fujioka T. Minute primary extramedullary plasmacytomas of the large intestine. Endoscopy 2011; 43 Suppl 2 UCTN:E105-6. [PMID: 21424997 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Y Nakagawa
- Department of Gastroenterology, Oita Kouseiren Tsurumi Hospital, Tsurumi, Beppu, Japan.
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Yoshihara S, Maruya E, Taniguchi K, Kaida K, Kato R, Inoue T, Fujioka T, Tamaki H, Ikegame K, Okada M, Soma T, Hayashi K, Fujii N, Onuma T, Kusunoki Y, Saji H, Ogawa H. Risk and prevention of graft failure in patients with preexisting donor-specific HLA antibodies undergoing unmanipulated haploidentical SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 2011; 47:508-15. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2011.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Konda R, Osawa T, Nozawa T, Sugimura J, Fujioka T, Ishimoto Y, Ohki T, Uchida L, Kotera N, Tanaka M, Tanaka S, Sugimoto T, Mise N, Wu HY, Ko MJ, Yang JY, Hu FC, Chen SI, Jee SH, Chiu HC, Zumrutdal A, Hur E, Toz H, Ozkahya M, Usta M, Kayikcioglu LM, Sezis M, Asci G, Kahvecioglu S, Duman S, Ok E, Sakaguchi Y, Sonoda M, Kawabata H, Niihata K, Suzuki A, Shoji T, Tsubakihara Y, Emami Naini A, Moradi M, Mortazavi M, Shirani F, Gholamrezaei A, Demir S, San M, Koken T, Seok SJ, Gil HW, Yang JO, Lee EY, Hong SY, Stavroulopoulos A, Kossivakis A, Aresti V, Stamogiannos G, Kalliaropoulos A, Mentis A, Azak A, Huddam B, Kocak G, Altas AB, Sakaci M, Yalcin F, Ortabozkoyun L, Duranay M, Korukluoglu G, Eitner F, Scheithauer S, Mankartz J, Haefner H, Nowicki K, Floege J, Lemmen S, Hara S, Tanaka K, Suwabe T, Ubara Y, Takaichi K, Deleuze S, Bargnoux AS, Rivory JP, Rouanet C, Maurice F, Selcer I, Cristol JP, Dou Y, Thijssen S, Ouellet G, Kruse A, Rosales L, Kotanto P, Levin NW, Shahidi S, Sajjadieh S, Gholamrezaei A, Scholmann T, Straub M, Wagner D, Fliser D, Sester M, Sester U, Sikole A, Trajceska L, Selim G, Gelev S, Dzekova P, Amitov V, Arsov S, Strempska B, Bilinska M, Weyde W, Koszewicz M, Madziarska K, Golebiowski T, Klinger M, Ochi A, Ishimura E, Tsujimoto Y, Kakiya R, Tabata T, Mori K, Shoji T, Yasuda H, Nishizawa Y, Inaba M, Ezeonyeji A, Borg F, Harnett P, Dasgupta B, Raikou VD, Kyriaki D, Zeggos N, Skalioti C, Tzanatou H, Boletis JN, Viaene L, Meijers B, Bammens B, Vanrenterghem Y, Vanderschueren D, Evenepoel P, Ryu DR, An HR, Ryu JH, Yu M, Kim SJ, Kang DH, Choi KB, Miyamoto T, Rashid Qureshi A, Anderstam B, Yamamoto T, Alvestrand A, Stenvinkel P, Lindholm B, Axelsson J, Zitt E, Manamley N, Vervloet M, Georgianos P, Sarafidis P, Kanaki A, Divani M, Haidich AB, Sioulis A, Liakopoulos V, Papagianni A, Nikolaidis P, Lasaridis A, Morgado E, Pinho A, Guedes A, Guerreiro R, Mendes P, Bexiga I, Silva A, Marques J, Neves P. Pathophysiology and clinical studies in CKD 5D. Clin Kidney J 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/4.s2.57] [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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Fujishima Y, Ohsawa M, Itai K, Kato K, Tanno K, Turin TC, Onoda T, Endo S, Okayama A, Fujioka T. Serum selenium levels are inversely associated with death risk among hemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2011; 26:3331-8. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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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Ide H, Kikuchi E, Yasumizu Y, Hattori S, Hasegawa M, Miyajima A, Oya M, Kim SY, Song SY, Kim MS, Lee JY, Lee HM, Choi HY, Yoo NJ, Lee SH, Obara W, Tsunoda T, Yoshida K, Takata R, Togashi A, Katagiri T, Nakamura Y, Fujioka T. BASIC SCIENCE. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyq253] [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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Nemoto H, Konno S, Sugimoto H, Nakazora H, Nomoto N, Murata M, Kitazono H, Fujioka T. Anti-TNF therapy using etanercept suppresses degenerative and inflammatory changes in skeletal muscle of older SJL/J mice. Exp Mol Pathol 2011; 90:264-70. [PMID: 21324312 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2010] [Revised: 02/06/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B and Miyoshi myopathy are characterized by muscle fiber necrosis caused by a defect in dysferlin and inflammatory changes. SJL/J mice are deficient in dysferlin and display severe inflammatory changes, most notably the presence of cytokines, which may be related to destruction of the sarcolemma. We tested the hypothesis that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) contributes to myofibril necrosis. Administration of etanercept, an agent that blocks TNF, resulted in dose-dependent reductions in inflammatory change, necrosis, and fatty/fibrous change. These findings indicate that TNF does indeed play a role in the damage to muscle in SJL/J mice and that etanercept has the potential to reduce such damage.
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- Hiroshi Nemoto
- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-17-6 Ohashi, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
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Ikegame K, Yoshihara S, Kaida K, Taniguchi K, Inoue T, Kato R, Fujioka T, Tamaki H, Okada M, Soma T, Taniguchi Y, Ogawa H. Unmanipulated Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation Using Myeloablative or Reduced-Intensity Preconditioning Regimen. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.12.061] [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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A 48-year-old-man had intense pain in the neck and muscle weakness in the left upper limb after he presented low grade fever and appetite loss for a week. Several days later, he developed intense pain and severe muscle weakness in bilateral upper limbs. Laboratory examination showed elevated liver enzyme levels. His muscle weakness was severe in the right upper limb and was moderate in the left upper limb. Deep tendon reflexes were decreased in the bilateral upper limbs. CSF showed albuminocytologic dissiciation. A diagnosis of neuralgic amyotrophy was made. His liver dysfunction improved gradually. IgM and IgG anti-GT1a antibodies were positive. Future studies are required to elucidate whether anti-GT1a antibody is associated with the primary pathophysiology of neuralgic amyotrophy.
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- Nobuatsu Nomoto
- Division of Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center
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