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Yamada K, Sakai T, Mizushima I, Hoshiba R, Suzuki F, Mizutomi K, Kawano M, Masaki Y. POS0615 CLINICAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND FACTORS AFFECTING DRYNESS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.3509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BackgroundSjogren’s syndrome (SS) is known to coexist with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the prevalence of RA with SS varies widely, from 2.4% to 30%, and some patients with RA without SS also show dryness. The prevalence and clinical demographics of dryness in patients with RA are not well recognized.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to clarify the prevalence, clinical demographics, and related factors of dryness in patients with RA who have not been diagnosed with (SS).MethodsWe enrolled 166 patients with RA (129 females, 37 males; mean age 65.8±14.3 years; disease duration 14.1±10.9 years; DAS28-CRP 2.30±0.92) who were not diagnosed with SS. We analyzed CRP, the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), RF, anti-CCP antibody, antinuclear antibody, anti-SS-A antibody (SSA), and disease activity score (DAS) 28-CRP, and identified treatments for RA. We used each question item of the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI) to clarify dryness, somatic and mental fatigue, and pain. History of smoking, comorbidities, such as interstitial pneumonia, fibromyalgia, and psychiatric disorders, and narcotic and/or psychotropic medication use were determined from the medical records. We defined patients with dryness as greater than or equal to one point, and those with severe dryness as greater than or equal to five points, of the visual analog scale (VAS).ResultsDryness was observed in 93/166 (56.0%) patients and severe dryness was identified in 57/166 (34.4%) patients, and SSA was positive in 23/139 patients(13.9%). We divided our patients into dryness and non-dryness groups and compared their clinical demographics. The dryness group was relatively younger (64.0±14.5 vs. 68.1±13.8 years, p=0.052), had a female predominance (89.2% vs. 63.0%, p<0.001), had severe fatigue (4.06±2.59 vs 2.60±2.78, p<0.001), and had severe pain (3.52±2.41 vs. 2.73±2.32, p=0.020). However, the prevalence of SSA did not significantly differ in this cohort, compared with the non-dryness group (19.3% vs. 11.8%, p=0.248). Next, we analyzed the clinical characteristics of the patients with severe dryness. The severe dryness group was younger (61.9±15.5 vs. 67.9±13.2 years, p=0.022), had higher eGFR (76.1±15.5 vs. 68.9±22.7, p=0.020), had more severe fatigue (4.89±2.42 vs. 2.85±2.63), p<0.001), and had more severe pain (4.16±2.51 vs. 2.65±2.18, p<0.001), compared with non-severe dryness group. The prevalence of SSA was also significantly higher in the severe dryness group (91.2% vs. 70.6%, p=0.002). We then performed a multifactorial analysis using logistic regression analysis with a stepwise method. Female sex (OR 3.739, 1.247-11.207) and VAS of fatigue (OR 1.269, 1.054-1.526) were found to independently relate to dryness.ConclusionMore than half of the patients with RA had dryness, although only 13.9% of patients were SSA positive. Dryness was related to female predominance and fatigue. Simon et al. reported that SS was found in 2.42% of patients with RA (1). On the other hand, Harrold et al. reported that SS was found in 30% of patients with RA, and the prevalence of SS increased with duration of RA (2). Our data indicate that patients with fatigue, regardless of pain, tend to have dryness, which may be a key factor in diagnosing SS in patients with RA.References[1]Simon TA, Kawabata H, Ray N, et.al. Prevalence of Co-existing Autoimmune Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study. Adv Ther. 2017 Nov;34(11):2481-2490.[2]Harrold LR, Shan Y, Rebello S, et al. Prevalence of Sjögren’s syndrome associated with rheumatoid arthritis in the USA: an observational study from the Corrona registry. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Jun;39(6):1899-1905.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared
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Akatsu H, Kawade Y, Arakawa K, Masaki Y, Tanaka H, Kanematsu T, Hashizume Y, Tsuneyama K, Manabe T, Ohohara T, Maruyama M. MON-PO634: How Risky of Intravenous Iron Administration? (Analysis of Iron Deposition by 157 Pathological Liver Tissues). Clin Nutr 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(19)32467-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kanno M, Miura K, Masaki Y, Tsujimura H, Iino M, Takizawa J, Maeda Y, Yamamoto K, Tamura S, Yoshida A, Yagi H, Yoshida I, Kitazume K, Masunari T, Choi I, Kakinoki Y, Suzuki R, Yoshino T, Nakamura S, Yoshida T. CONSOLIDATION THERAPY USING 90
Y-IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN AFTER BENDAMUSTINE AND RITUXIMAB FOR RELAPSED FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; A MULTICENTER, PHASE II STUDY (BRiZ2012). Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.61_2631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- M. Kanno
- Oncology Center; Nara Medical University Hospital; Kashihara Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology; Nihon University School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Immunology; Kanazawa Medical University; Ishikawa Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology; Chiba Cancer Center; Chiba Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital; Kofu Japan
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- Department of Hematology; Endocrinology and Metabolism, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology; Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Okayama Japan
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- Department of Hematology; Okayama City Hospital; Okayama Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology; Kinan Hospital; Tanabe Japan
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- Department of Hematology; Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital; Toyama Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology; Nara Prefecture General Medical Center; Nara Japan
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology; National Hospital Organization, Shikoku Cancer Center; Matsuyama Japan
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- Department of Hematology; Showa General Hospital; Kodaira Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases; Chugoku Central Hospital; Fukuyama Japan
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- Department of Hematology; National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Cancer Center; Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Hematology; Asahikawa City Hospital; Ashikawa Japan
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- Department of Oncology/Hematology, Innovative Cancer Center; Shimane University Hospital; Izumo Japan
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- Department of Pathology; Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Okayama Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Biological Response; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Nagoya Japan
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- Member; Society of Lymphoma Treatment in Japan (SoLT-J); Kanazawa Japan
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Yamaguchi M, Suzuki R, Oguchi M, Miyazaki K, Taguchi S, Amaki J, Maeda T, Kubota N, Maruyama D, Terui Y, Sekiguchi N, Takizawa J, Tsukamoto H, Murayama T, Ando T, Matsuoka H, Hasegawa M, Wada H, Sakai R, Kameoka Y, Tsukamoto N, Choi I, Masaki Y, Shimada K, Fukuhara N, Utsumi T, Uoshima N, Kagami Y, Asano N, Katayama N. CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND DIAGNOSIS-TO-TREATMENT INTERVAL IN PATIENTS WITH NK/T-CELL LYMPHOMA: 7-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE NKEA STUDY. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.86_2630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology; Mie University Graduate School of Medicine; Tsu Japan
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- Oncology and Hematology; Shimane University Hospital; Izumo Japan
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- Radiation Oncology; Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology; Mie University Graduate School of Medicine; Tsu Japan
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- Radiation Oncology; Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; Tokyo Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Tokai University School of Medicine; Kanagawa Japan
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- Hematology; Kurashiki Central Hospital; Kurashiki Japan
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- Hematology; Saitama Cancer Center; Ina Japan
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- Hematology; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Hematology Oncology; Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; Tokyo Japan
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- Comprehensive Cancer Therapy; Shinshu University School of Medicine; Matsumoto Japan
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- Hematology; Endocrinology and Metabolism, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine; Niigata Japan
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- Hematology; Showa University School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Hematology; Hyogo Cancer Center; Akashi Japan
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- Hematology; Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Saga University; Saga Japan
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- Medical Oncology/Hematology; Kobe University; Kobe Japan
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- Radiation Oncology; Nara Medical University; Kashihara Japan
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- Hematology; Kawasaki Medical School; Kurashiki Japan
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- Medical Oncology; Kanagawa Cancer Center; Yokohama Japan
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- Hematology; Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University; Akita Japan
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- Oncology Center; Gunma University Hospital; Maebashi Japan
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- Hematology; National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center; Fukuoka Japan
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- Hematology and Immunology; Kanazawa Medical University; Kanazawa Japan
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- Hematology and Oncology; Nagoya University School of Medicine; Nagoya Japan
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- Hematology & Rheumatology; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Sendai Japan
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- Hematology; Shiga Medical Center for Adults; Moriyama Japan
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- Hematology; Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital; Kyoto Japan
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- Hematology; Toyota Kosei Hospital; Toyota Japan
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- Molecular Diagnostics; Shinshu Medical Center; Suzaka Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology; Mie University Graduate School of Medicine; Tsu Japan
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Kanno M, Miura K, Masaki Y, Tsujimura H, Iino M, Takizawa J, Maeda Y, Yamamoto K, Tamura S, Yoshida A, Yagi H, Yoshida I, Kitazume K, Masunari T, Choi I, Kakinoki Y, Yoshino T, Nakamura S, Yoshida T. Bendamustine and rituximab followed by 90Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan for relapsed follicular lymphoma: A preliminary analysis of a multicenter, prospective phase II study (BRiZ2012). Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy286.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Akatsu H, Arai S, Tanaka T, Kamiya A, Arakawa K, Masaki Y, Tanaka H, Kanematsu T, Ohara H, Inoue K, Xia JZ, Maruyama M. SUN-P301: Investigation on the Effect of Aminolevulinic Acid on Intestinal Environment of Aging Mice. Clin Nutr 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(17)30330-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kondo E, Yamamoto K, Masunari T, Takizawa J, Miura K, Masaki Y, Matsumura T, Hiramatsu Y, Murakam J, Tsujimura H, Tomita N, Maeda Y, Kanno M. Final results of a phase II trial of R-IDEA as salvage therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw375.26] [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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Masaki Y, Horiguchi T, Kawamura K, Nishikawa T. Abstract PR448. Anesth Analg 2016. [DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000492835.52285.ab] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Khosroshahi A, Wallace ZS, Crowe JL, Akamizu T, Azumi A, Carruthers MN, Chari ST, Della-Torre E, Frulloni L, Goto H, Hart PA, Kamisawa T, Kawa S, Kawano M, Kim MH, Kodama Y, Kubota K, Lerch MM, Löhr M, Masaki Y, Matsui S, Mimori T, Nakamura S, Nakazawa T, Ohara H, Okazaki K, Ryu JH, Saeki T, Schleinitz N, Shimatsu A, Shimosegawa T, Takahashi H, Takahira M, Tanaka A, Topazian M, Umehara H, Webster GJ, Witzig TE, Yamamoto M, Zhang W, Chiba T, Stone JH. International Consensus Guidance Statement on the Management and Treatment of IgG4-Related Disease. Arthritis Rheumatol 2015; 67:1688-99. [PMID: 25809420 DOI: 10.1002/art.39132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 589] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga
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- Wakayama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kobe Kaisei Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- The Ohio State University Medical College and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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- University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Yokohama City University and Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- University of Greifswald Medical School, Greifswald, Germany
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- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kyushu University and Kyushu University Dental Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan
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- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
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- Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- University College London and University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Amgen, and Genetech
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Kondo E, Yamamoto K, Masunari T, Miura K, Takizawa J, Masaki Y, Matsumura T, Hiramatsu Y, Murakami J, Tsujimura H, Tomita N, Maeda Y, Kanno M. Interim Analysis of an Ongoing Phase Ii Trial Assessing Safety and Efficacy of R-Idea As Salvage Therapy in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Dlbcl: an Intergroup Study of the Society of Lymphoma Treatment in Japan (Solt-J) and the West Japan Hematology/Oncology Group (Westjhog). Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu339.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zhu L, Masaki Y, Tatsuke T, Li Z, Mon H, Xu J, Lee JM, Kusakabe T. A MC motif in silkworm Argonaute 1 is indispensible for translation repression. Insect Mol Biol 2013; 22:320-330. [PMID: 23521747 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Small RNA-mediated gene silencing is a fundamental gene regulatory mechanism, which is conserved in many organisms. Argonaute (Ago) family proteins in the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) play crucial roles in RNA interference (RNAi) pathways. In the silkworm Bombyx mori, four Ago proteins have been identified, named as Ago1, Ago2, Ago3 and Siwi. Ago2 participates in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-induced RNAi, whereas Ago3 and Siwi are involved in the Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway. However, there is no experimental evidence concerning silkworm Ago1 (BmAgo1) in the RNAi mechanism. In the present study, we analysed the function of BmAgo1 in the microRNA (miRNA)-mediated RNAi pathway using tethering and miRNA sensor reporter assays. These results clearly demonstrate that BmAgo1 plays an indispensable role in translation repression in silkworm. Moreover, coimmunoprecipitation data indicated that BmAgo1 interacts with BmDcp2, an orthologue of mRNA-decapping enzyme 2 (Dcp2) protein in the Drosophila processing-bodies (P-bodies). Substitutions of two conserved phenylalanines (F522 and F557) by valines in the MC motif strongly impaired the function of BmAgo1 in translation repression and its localization in P-bodies, suggesting that these two amino acid residues in the MC motif of BmAgo1 are prerequisites for mRNA translation repression in B. mori.
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- Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Sato K, Kimura T, Nishikawa T, Tobe Y, Masaki Y. Neuroprotective effects of a combination of dexmedetomidine and hypothermia after incomplete cerebral ischemia in rats. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2010; 54:377-82. [PMID: 19860751 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02139.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dexmedetomidine and hypothermia are known to reduce neuronal injury following cerebral ischemia. We examined whether a combination of dexmedetomidine and hypothermia reduces brain injury after transient forebrain ischemia in rats to a greater extent than either treatment alone. METHODS Thirty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized with fentanyl and nitrous oxide in oxygen. Four groups were tested: group C (saline 1 ml/kg, temporal muscle temperature 37.5 degrees C); group H (saline 1 ml/kg, 35.0 degrees C); group D (dexmedetomidine 100 microg/kg, 37.5 degrees C); and group DH (dexmedetomidine 100 microg/kg, 35.0 degrees C). Dexmedetomidine or saline was administered intraperitoneally 30 min before ischemia. Cerebral ischemia was produced by right carotid artery ligation with hemorrhagic hypotension (mean arterial pressure 40 mmHg) for 20 min. Neurologic outcome was evaluated at 24, 48, and 72 h after ischemia. Histopathology was evaluated in the caudate and hippocampus at 72 h after ischemia. RESULTS Neurologic outcome was significantly better in the group DH than the group C (P<0.05), whereas it was similar between the group DH and the groups D or H. Survival rate of the hippocampal CA1 neurons was significantly greater in groups D, H, and DH than group C (P<0.05). Histopathologic injury in the caudate section was significantly less in groups H and DH than group C (P<0.05). CONCLUSION The combination of dexmedetomidine and hypothermia improved short-term neurologic outcome compared with the control group, whereas the combination therapy provided comparable neuroprotection with either of the two therapies alone.
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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Goyagi T, Nishikawa T, Tobe Y, Masaki Y. The combined neuroprotective effects of lidocaine and dexmedetomidine after transient forebrain ischemia in rats. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2009; 53:1176-83. [PMID: 19388884 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01976.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated whether coadministration of lidocaine and dexmedetomidine would reduce brain injury following transient forebrain ischemia in rats to a greater extent than either drug alone. METHODS Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized with halothane to maintain normocapnia and normoxia. Rats received subcutaneous injection of saline 1 ml/kg, lidocaine 10 mg/kg, dexmedetomidine 3 microg/kg, or lidocaine 10 mg/kg plus dexmedetomidine 3 microg/kg. Thirty minutes after the drug injection, forebrain ischemia was induced by hemorrhagic hypotension and occlusion of the bilateral carotid arteries, and was confirmed by isoelectric EEG. At the end of 10-min ischemia, rats were reperfused. The same dose of drugs was administered 3, 24, and 48 h after ischemia. Neurological examination was done at 1, 2, and 7 days after ischemia. Seven days after ischemia, the brain was stained with hematoxylin and eosin. We counted ischemic cells in the CA1 hippocampal region, striatum, and cerebral cortex. We also measured extracellular glutamate and norepinephrine concentration in hippocampal CA1 in the four groups. RESULTS As compared with saline-treated rats, rats receiving dexmedetomidine plus lidocaine showed less than neurological deficit scores at 2 and 7 days after ischemia, and had less ischemic cells in the CA1 region. However, administration of dexmedetomidine plus lidocaine did not alter the area under the glutamate concentration curve and norepinephrine concentration during ischemia in the CA1 region, compared with saline-treated rats. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest coadministration of lidocaine and dexmedetomidine improves the neurological outcome without alteration of glutamate and norepinephrine concentrations during forebrain ischemia in rats.
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
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Usuda K, Sagawa M, Aikawa H, Ueno M, Tanaka M, Machida Y, Tsuchihara K, Masaki Y, Kinoshita E, Sakuma T. [Complete resection of an advanced mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor with multiple distant metastases after down-staging by chemotherapy]. Kyobu Geka 2009; 62:545-551. [PMID: 19588824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor was completely resected after down-staging by chemotherapy despite the presence of multiple distant metastases. A 22-year-old female was admitted for superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. Her SVC was obstructed by a large anterior mediastinal tumor; she also exhibited distant metastases on a left rib, in the liver, and multiple in the lung. The blood alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level was extremely elevated to 57,530 ng/ml. Four courses of BEP therapy [cisplatin (CDDP), bleomycin (BLM), etoposide (VP-16)] and a high dose chemotherapy followed by a peripheral blood stem cell transplantation made the tumor become smaller and effected its down-staging. Residual mediastinal tumor with an intravascular tumor in SVC was completely resected. The SVC was reconstructed by an artificial vessel graft. A mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor, even though it has multiple distant metastases, can achieve down-staging and complete resection by a chemotherapy based on scientific evidence.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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Fukaya H, Niwano S, Niwano H, Masaki Y, Kiryu M, Sato D, Moriguchi M, Izumi T. Angiotensin II receptor blocker suppresses the Oxidative Stress, Tissue Inflammation, and Atrial Electrical Remodeling in the Canine Experimental Model. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.09.633] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Masaki Y, Dong L, Kurose N, Kitagawa K, Morikawa Y, Yamamoto M, Takahashi H, Shinomura Y, Imai K, Saeki T, Azumi A, Nakada S, Sugiyama E, Matsui S, Origuchi T, Nishiyama S, Nishimori I, Nojima T, Yamada K, Kawano M, Zen Y, Kaneko M, Miyazaki K, Tsubota K, Eguchi K, Tomoda K, Sawaki T, Kawanami T, Tanaka M, Fukushima T, Sugai S, Umehara H. Proposal for a new clinical entity, IgG4-positive multiorgan lymphoproliferative syndrome: analysis of 64 cases of IgG4-related disorders. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 68:1310-5. [PMID: 18701557 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.089169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mikulicz's disease (MD) has been considered as one manifestation of Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Recently, it has also been considered as an IgG(4)-related disorder. OBJECTIVE To determine the differences between IgG(4)-related disorders including MD and SS. METHODS A study was undertaken to investigate patients with MD and IgG(4)-related disorders registered in Japan and to set up provisional criteria for the new clinical entity IgG(4)-positive multiorgan lymphoproliferative syndrome (IgG(4)+MOLPS). The preliminary diagnostic criteria include raised serum levels of IgG(4) (>135 mg/dl) and infiltration of IgG(4)(+) plasma cells in the tissue (IgG(4)+/IgG+ plasma cells >50%) with fibrosis or sclerosis. The clinical features, laboratory data and pathologies of 64 patients with IgG(4)+MOLPS and 31 patients with typical SS were compared. RESULTS The incidence of xerostomia, xerophthalmia and arthralgia, rheumatoid factor and antinuclear, antiSS-A/Ro and antiSS-B/La antibodies was significantly lower in patients with IgG(4)+MOLPS than in those with typical SS. Allergic rhinitis and autoimmune pancreatitis were significantly more frequent and total IgG, IgG(2), IgG(4) and IgE levels were significantly increased in IgG(4)+MOLPS. Histological specimens from patients with IgG(4)+MOLPS revealed marked IgG(4)+ plasma cell infiltration. Many patients with IgG(4)+MOLPS had lymphocytic follicle formation, but lymphoepithelial lesions were rare. Few IgG(4)+ cells were seen in the tissue of patients with typical SS. Thirty-eight patients with IgG(4)+MOLPS treated with glucocorticoids showed marked clinical improvement. CONCLUSION Despite similarities in the involved organs, there are considerable clinical and pathological differences between IgG(4)+MOLPS and SS. Based on the clinical features and good response to glucocorticoids, we propose a new clinical entity: IgG(4)+MOLPS.
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- Y Masaki
- Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan.
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Fukushima T, Dong L, Sakai T, Sawaki T, Miki M, Tanaka M, Masaki Y, Hirose Y, Kuwana M, Umehara H. Successful treatment of amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia with anti-CD20 antibody (rituximab) in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 2008; 17:210-4. [PMID: 18372362 DOI: 10.1177/0961203307086032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia is an extremely rare disorder in systemic lupus erythematosus, and its mechanism and treatment are still largely unknown. We describe a 42-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus who presented various clinical manifestations of life-threatening amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (10,000 platelets/mm3 with a marked decrease of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow), proteinuria, psychosis, refractory chylothorax, ascites, and type II diabetes caused by the anti-insulin receptor autoantibody. She was initially treated with prednisolone (25-50 mg/day) and cyclosporine A (200 mg/day) without any improvement in severe thrombocytopenia. However, her clinical symptoms, including platelet counts, dramatically improved, with a concurrent decrease in the anti-c-Mpl antibody, an autoantibody against the thrombopoietin receptor, after a subsequent treatment with rituximab (375 mg/m2 intravenously, weekly, for two consecutive weeks). Our case suggested that amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus might be mediated by the anti-c-Mpl antibody and could be treated with rituximab through elimination of pathogenic B cells producing autoimmune antibodies.
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- T Fukushima
- Division of Hematology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Kimura T, Sato K, Nishikawa T, Tobe Y, Masaki Y. Effect of mivazerol, a alpha-agonist, on striatal norepinephrine concentration during transient forebrain ischemia in rats. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2008; 52:997-1002. [PMID: 18494845 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01683.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have previously reported that mivazerol, a alpha(2)-agonist, possibly provides neuroprotection against transient forebrain ischemia in rats. This study was designed to investigate the ability of mivazerol to attenuate ischemia-induced increase in striatal norepinephrine concentration after transient forebrain ischemia in rats. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats, anesthetized with halothane, were assigned to one of three groups (n=10 each); control (C, normal saline 1 ml/kg), mivazerol 20 microg/kg (M20), and 40 microg/kg (M40) groups. Monitored variables included temporal muscle temperature (maintained at 37.5+/-0.1 degrees C), electroencephalogram, systolic/diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, arterial blood gases, and blood glucose concentrations. Thirty minutes after subcutaneous drug administration, forebrain ischemia was induced with hemorrhagic hypotension (systolic arterial pressure: 40-50 mmHg) and bilateral carotid artery occlusion for 10 min, and then the brain was reperfused. Norepinephrine concentration in the interstitial fluids in the striatum was analyzed using in vivo microdialysis in combination with high-performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS Ischemia resulted in a prompt increase in norepinephrine concentrations in the striatum in all groups. However, there were no significant differences in norepinephrine concentrations in the striatum between the three groups at any period. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that mivazerol did not attenuate ischemia-induced increase in striatal norepinephrine concentration. This suggests that the possible neuroprotective property of mivazerol is not related to inhibition of norepinephrine release in the brain.
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- T Kimura
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
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Dong L, Masaki Y, Takegami T, Jin ZX, Huang CR, Fukushima T, Sawaki T, Kawanami T, Saeki T, Kitagawa K, Sugai S, Okazaki T, Hirose Y, Umehara H. Clonality analysis of lymphoproliferative disorders in patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 150:279-84. [PMID: 17937678 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03486.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to clarify the nature of the clonal lymphocyte infiltration in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) patients associated with lymphoproliferative disorders. We examined B cell clonality in lymphoproliferative tissues from six primary SS patients associated with lymphoproliferative disorders or lymphoma by cloning and sequencing of the gene rearrangement of the immunoglobulin heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (IgVH-CDR3). Three patients with sequential observation showed progressional clonal expansion with the presence of the same subclone in different tissues during the course of disease. Among them, one patient developed mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma in glandular parotid. The other three SS patients concomitant with malignant B cells lymphomas showed different clonal expansion of B cells between nodal sites and salivary glands. The cloanality analysis indicated that monoclonal B cell population could spread from one glandular site to another site during the course of SS, suggesting that the malignant clone may arise from the general abnormal microenvironment, not restricted to the glandular tissue, in some SS patients.
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- L Dong
- Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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Ebata K, Masaki Y, Karasawa H, Okada J, Kim CG, Tsuka M, Ogawa N, Wano Y, Hirose Y, Sugai S. [Marginal zone lymphoma associated with Sjögren's syndrome and hepatitis C virus infection]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 24:160-7. [PMID: 16578967 DOI: 10.2177/jsci.24.160] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A 64-year-old female was admitted in May 1997, because of salivary gland swelling. Histology of the right parotid gland revealed malignant lymphoma, diffuse medium-sized B-cell type, and she was treated with local radiotherapy and chemotherapy. She was rehospitalized in April 1998, because of recurrence of lymphoma in the stomach and the sigmoid colon. She had splenomegaly and lymphadenopathy (neck and inguinal). Laboratory findings revealed marked elevation of rheumatoid factor and RNA of hepatitis C virus. A diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome was made by dryness and the histological findings of labial biopsy. Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma mainly consisted of centrocyte-like cells and lymphoepithelial lesions, and CD 20 and IgM-kappa were positive with immunohistochemical staining. Lymphoma involved the gut and spleen. We discuss the correlation of malignant lymphoma with Sjogren's syndrome and HCV infection.
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- K Ebata
- Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University
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Kimura T, Sato M, Nishikawa T, Tanaka M, Tobe Y, Masaki Y. Neuroprotective effect of mivazerol, an alpha 2-agonist, after transient forebrain ischemia in rats. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2005; 49:1117-23. [PMID: 16095453 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00794.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND We examined whether mivazerol, an alpha2-agonist, had neuroprotective effects after transient forebrain ischemia in rats. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats, anesthetized with halothane, were assigned to one of four groups (n=10 each): control (C, normal saline) and mivazerol 10 microg/kg (M10), 20 microg/kg (M20) and 40 microg/kg (M40) groups. Thirty minutes after drug administration, forebrain ischemia was induced with hemorrhagic hypotension and bilateral carotid artery occlusion for 10 min, and then the brain was reperfused. The neurologic outcome was evaluated 24 h, 48 h and 7 days after ischemia, followed by histologic evaluation. RESULTS The survival rate during 7 days was significantly lower in group M40 than in groups M10 and M20 (P<0.05). The neurologic outcome was significantly better in groups M10 and M20 than in group M40 7 days after ischemia (P<0.05). The number of intact neurons in hippocampal CA1 was significantly greater in group M20 than in the other groups (P<0.05). Neuronal injury in the neocortex was significantly less in group M20 than in groups C and M40 (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that mivazerol, up to 20 microg/kg, provides neuroprotective effects, whereas 40 microg/kg may exaggerate neuronal injury after transient forebrain ischemia in rats.
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- T Kimura
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
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Aoi Y, Masaki Y, Tsuneda S, Hirata A. Quantitative analysis of amoA mRNA expression as a new biomarker of ammonia oxidation activities in a complex microbial community. Lett Appl Microbiol 2004; 39:477-82. [PMID: 15548298 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2004.01585.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS To quantitatively analyse the changes to amoA mRNA (ammonia mono-oxygenase encoding mRNA) profiles in response to a change in ammonia oxidation activity in a complex microbial community. METHODS AND RESULTS The amoA mRNA levels in both a batch-mode incubation and a continuously fed nitrification reactor were determined by real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis. The amoA mRNA level changed rapidly in response to the change in environmental conditions which affect ammonia oxidation activity. CONCLUSION An increase in amoA mRNA level can be detected within 1-2 h in response to an initiation of cell activity whereas a decrease in amoA mRNA level is detected within 24 h in response to a cessation of activity. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY amoA mRNA, which shows sensitive response to ammonia oxidation activity, can be used as a biomarker of ammonia oxidation activity in wastewater treatment processes where many bacterial species exist.
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- Y Aoi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Arai Y, Ueda K, Xie J, Masaki Y. 1,6-Asymmetric induction during the conjugate addition of arylcopper reagents to a chiral sulfinyl-substituted pyrrolyl alpha,beta-unsaturated amide. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2001; 49:1609-14. [PMID: 11767082 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.49.1609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The asymmetric conjugate addition of arylcopper reagents derived from aryl Grignard reagents and copper(I) iodide to a chiral 1-[2-(p-tolylsulfinyl)]pyrrolyl cinnamide proceeded smoothly to give (3R)-adducts with high diastereoselectivities (> or =92% de) in high yields. Conjugate additions either of the cinnamide with the alkyl Grignard reagent-copper(l) iodide combination or of the crotonamide derivative with aryl Grignard reagent-copper(l) iodide gave moderate to good diastereoselectivities. With these sulfinyl pyrrolyl alpha,beta-unsaturated amides, the chiral auxiliary was efficiently recovered without any loss of optical purity after asymmetric conjugate addition.
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- Y Arai
- Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
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Masaki Y, Ogasawara K, Atumi K, Watanabe M, Furukawa T, Isikawa M, Ichikawa G. [A study on cervical reflex induced by click stimuli in cats]. Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho 2001; 104:1001-9. [PMID: 11710148 DOI: 10.3950/jibiinkoka.104.1001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED The effects of click stimuli on the cervical muscle have been wildly studied, but no information is available on what reaction click stimuli elicit from the cervical cord. We studied the effects of click stimuli on the cervical cord in cats. PURPOSE To determine the response of the cervical cord to click stimuli in cats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects were ten adult cats confirmed to have normal tympanic membranes. Cats were placed on artificial ventilation by tracheal incision. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) of both ears was measured to determine its threshold. Following the cervical incision, the dorsal vertebrae were removed, the cervical cord was exposed at C3 to C6, and bipolar needle electrodes were inserted. The reference electrode was attached to the forehead. Click stimuli were presented using 1-20 Hz clicks. RESULTS Responses peaking at 4.89-5.10 ms were induced by click stimuli of 105 dBSPL (1 Hz) at C3. Latencies tended to be prolonged with decreasing sound pressure. No response was confirmed at of C4 to C6. The responses to clicks of 20 Hz or more disappeared when 100 responses were summed. After the experiment, we confirmed that accessory nerves showed a response to electrical stimuli applied by bipolar needle electrodes. The cervical cord was removed to make sure that the electrode had been passed into the spinal nucleus of the accessory nerve. DISCUSSION Spinal nuclei of accessory nerves exist at C3 to C5 of the cervical cord, and are associated with the movement of the sternocleidomastoid muscle at C3 in particular. Click stimuli are reported to affect the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The results of our study appear to reflect the response of the spinal nucleus of the accessory nerve to click stimuli. The fact that responses to clicks of 20 Hz or more disappeared when 100 responses were summed suggests that the response was induced via a pathway other than the auditory pathway.
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- Y Masaki
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo Izu-Nagaoka Hospital, Shizuoka
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Hirose Y, Masaki Y, Shimoyama K, Sugai S, Nojima T. Granulocytic sarcoma of megakaryoblastic differentiation in the lymph nodes terminating as acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in a case of chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis persisting for 16 years. Eur J Haematol 2001; 67:194-8. [PMID: 11737254 DOI: 10.1046/j.0902-4441.2001.492umedoc.492.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A 43-yr-old Japanese woman presented with mild anemia, leukocytosis and splenomegaly in May 1984. Splenomegaly and anemia gradually progressed. Sixteen years later, in October 2000, she developed inguinal lymphadenopathy. Biopsy of the lymph node revealed infiltration of blasts, megakaryocytes, fibroblasts and myeloid cells. Large blasts with basophilic cytoplasm with cytoplasmic projections appeared in the peripheral blood. These blasts were negative in peroxidase stain, positive in acid phosphatase and weakly positive in periodic acid-Schiff stain. Immunohistochemical staining with monoclonal antibodies revealed that these blasts were positive with anti-CD41 (glycoprotein IIb/IIIa) and negative with other monoclonal antibodies. So diagnosis of granulocytic sarcoma in megakaryoblastic transformation from chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis was made. A cytogenetic study revealed that bone marrow cells were 46,XX del(13)(q?) initially and additional abnormalities including der(5,5,11)(q11;q13)ins(5;?)(q11;?) were found when she developed megakaryoblastic transformation. Granulocytic sarcoma of megakaryoblastic transformation from chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis is a rare event. Immunophenotyping with monoclonal antibody for CD41(glycoprotein IIb/IIIa) confirmed the diagnosis.
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- Y Hirose
- Division of Hematology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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Itoh A, Kodama T, Inagaki S, Masaki Y. Oxidative transformation of arylmethyl bromides and alcohols with a combination of mesoporous silica FSM-16 and alkali iodides under photoirradiation. Org Lett 2001; 3:2653-6. [PMID: 11506601 DOI: 10.1021/ol016210d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 11/30/2022]
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[reaction: see text]. A mesoporous silica FSM-16 was found to be a selective and recyclable promoter for the oxidative dehalogenation of arylmethyl bromides to provide the corresponding alcohols and for the oxidation of arylmethyl alcohols to provide the corresponding aldehydes with a combination of alkali iodides and solvents under photoirradiation conditions.
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- A Itoh
- Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 5-6-1 Mitahora-higashi, Gifu 502-8585, Japan.
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Miyagi Y, Yamauchi S, Suzuki S, Kitagawa A, Masaki Y, Gomibuchi M, Tanaka S. Investigation of coronary artery bypass grafting for a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001; 7:250-3. [PMID: 11578269] [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: 02/21/2023] Open
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A 79-year-old male with unstable angina, who had myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), was treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). MDS causes refractory anemia accompanied by various degrees of granulocytopenia and thrombocytopenia. Pancytopenia caused by MDS may complicate patients with major infections and bleeding during cardiac surgery. There were very few patients with MDS who had undergone open-heart surgery. Three case studies, including this study, had reported successful cases of CABG in patients with MDS and the analogous diseases of MDS. We used granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), red blood cells (RBCs) and platelets transfusions in peri-operative state. We did not need a large amount of transfusion of RBCs and platelets in intra-operative and postoperative states. We had prevented major bleeding and severe wound infections in the acute postoperative state.
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- Y Miyagi
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Chiba 270-1694, Japan
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Kai S, Hiramitsu S, Suzuki M, Masaki Y. Synthesis and photodynamic activity of a cationic zinc monoazaporphyrin bearing a nitrogen atom at the peripheral position. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2001; 11:363-5. [PMID: 11212111 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00663-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A new cationic monoazaporphyrin, zinc 2-aza-8,12,13,17-tetraethyl-2,3,7,18-tetramethylporphyrinium iodide 3 was synthesized. Photodynamic activity of 3 in degradation of 2',3'-isopropylideneguanosine 4 was compared with 2-aza-8,12,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,18-trimethylporphyrin 1, zinc 2-aza-8,12,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,18-trimethylporphyrin 2, and hematoporphyrin 5. The quarternary ammonium 3 showed a remarkable increase of photodynamic activity compared with 5, although no appreciable difference in the activity was observed between 1 and 5.
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- S Kai
- Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
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Hirose Y, Masaki Y, Ebata K, Okada J, Kim CG, Ogawa N, Wano Y, Sugai S. T-Cell Type Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Following Cyclosporin A Therapy for Aplastic Anemia. Int J Hematol 2001; 73:226-9. [PMID: 11372736 DOI: 10.1007/bf02981942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cyclosporin A (CsA) is used to prevent rejection in transplantation and to treat autoimmune and hematologic diseases such as aplastic anemia. However, the tumor growth-promoting effect of CsA remains controversial. We report the case of a 24-year-old man who developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia of precursor-T-cell origin after 75 months of treatment with CsA for aplastic anemia. The surface antigen phenotype of his leukemic cells was CD2+, CD3+, CD5+, CD7+, CD4-, CD8-, CD10-, CD20-, CD34-, CD41-, and CD56-. Southern blot analysis revealed a monoclonal rearrangement of T-cell receptor-Jgamma nongermline fragments in HindIII digestion.
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- Y Hirose
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Fukumura A, Ogawa N, Simoyama K, Karasawa H, Okada J, Kim CG, Kawabata H, Masaki Y, Wano Y, Sugai S. [A case of Sjögren's syndrome with dermatomyositis who died of rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia]. Ryumachi 2001; 41:37-43. [PMID: 11296454] [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: 02/19/2023]
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We report a case of 55 year-old woman with six year history of Sjögren's syndrome developed fatal rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia. She had been well until February 1999. She developed swelling and erythematous lesions in the cheek and hands in spring 1999. She was admitted to our hospital for investigations of skin lesions in May 1999. Physical examination on admission revealed small hemorrhagic lesions in the nailfold. Serum CK level was slightly elevated. Electromyogram and MRI suggested mild myositis in the proximal upper extremities. She was suspected to have dermatomyositis along with Sjögren's syndrome. Prednisolone 10 mg/day had been given for her skin problems since March 1999. Suddenly, dyspnea on exertion was appeared on 34th day of admission. Chest X-ray film showed an acute worsening of interstitial pneumonia. Methylprednisolone pulse therapy (1000 mg for 3 days) and cyclophosphamide pulse therapy (500 mg for a day) were started, and she was subsequently treated with 60 mg/day of prednisolone and 250 mg/day of Cyclosporin A. However, interstitial pneumonia did not respond to the treatment, and pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax have developed. She died of respiratory failure on 55th day. We consider that most likely explanation for fatal interstitial pneumonia is concomitantly occurred dermatomyositis.
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- A Fukumura
- Division of Hematology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Kahokugun, Ishikawa
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Masaki Y, Suzuki K, Yan H, Li XK, Kitazawa Y, Amemiya H, Suzuki S, Goto T, Kimura H. Quantitative aspects of microchimerism after rat small bowel and pancreaticoduodenal transplantation. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2483-4. [PMID: 11120257 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01756-5] [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] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Y Masaki
- Department of Research Surgery, National Children's MRC, Tokyo, Japan
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Masaki Y, Tamura A, Endo T, Yoshida K, Okubo M, Baba S. Effect on rat kidney preservation in the cold of various sugars added to Euro-Collins solution to adjust osmolarity. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1623-5. [PMID: 11119865 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01445-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Y Masaki
- Departments of Animal Experiment and Urology, Kitasat University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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Watanabe K, Ito K, Otani F, Masaki Y, Maruyama S, Endo T, Sato K, Kaneko T, Zhang F. Donor bone marrow cell infusion is effective in inducing tolerance in dogs treated with fractionated lymphoid irradiation and FK506. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2544-7. [PMID: 11120286 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01784-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- K Watanabe
- Department of Immunology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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Moriguchi M, Niwano S, Yoshizawa N, Kitano Y, Masaki Y, Maruyama S, Izumi T. Quantitative evaluation of a directly depolarized area induced by high-output pacing on the cardiac muscle. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64:876-82. [PMID: 11110434 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Quantitative information is needed on the directly depolarized area (DDA) induced by high-output energy during a precise mapping procedure to detect the origin of a tachycardia. In the present study, a DDA caused by high-output energy was quantitatively evaluated in the exposed canine heart. In 8 dogs, the right atrial and ventricular surfaces were exposed through a right thoracotomy and pacing with various outputs was delivered from the epicardial surface. A comb-shaped 16 polar electrode array and/or a 224 polar mat electrode array were used for recording the epicardial electrograms. The local activation time was measured at each electrode site, and the relationship of the distance between the electrode location from the pacing site and the local activation time was plotted and fitted to a primary regression line. The intercept of the regression line on the horizontal axis was defined as the radius of the 'DDA' and this was evaluated at each pacing output. The radius of the DDA was 0.6+/-0.1 mm with a 2 V and 3.8+/-0.2 mm with a 10 V output when it was evaluated in a direction perpendicular to the fiber orientation of the pectinate muscle, 0.8+/-0.1 mm with a 2 V and 4.1+/-0.3 mm with a 10 V output in a direction parallel to the pectinate muscle fiber orientation, and 0.9+/-0.3 mm with a 2 V and 3.6+/-0.5 mm with a 10 V output in the right ventricle. The DDA extended according to the increase in stimulation outputs at all sites, and there was no significant difference in the pacing site or the direction of the stimulation propagation. The DDA caused by high-output energy is a purely physical phenomenon that depends only on stimulation output and tissue resistance. The diameter of the DDA exceeded 4 mm (ie, the size of a standard tip electrode for catheter ablation) when pacing was delivered with an output greater than 6 V.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
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Masaki Y, Suzuki K, Yan H, Li XK, Kitazawa Y, Amemiya H, Suzuki S, Kimura H. Evidence for radiosensitive regulatory T cells that constitute peripheral microchimerism after pancreaticoduodenal transplantation. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2481-2. [PMID: 11120256 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01755-3] [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] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Y Masaki
- Department of Research Surgery, National Children's MRC, Tokyo, Japan
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Hirose Y, Masaki Y, Kurose N. Frequency of a 30-base pair deletion in the latent membrane protein-1 gene in Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphomas in Japan. Int J Hematol 2000; 72:210-5. [PMID: 11039671] [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: 02/18/2023]
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The association of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) with various lymphoid malignancies has been reported. The precise pathogenesis of EBV in malignancies has not yet been elucidated. Latent membrane protein-1 (LMP-1) and Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen-2 (EBNA-2) genes are suspected to be tumorigenic genes. Previous studies suggest that a deletion within the LMP-1 gene may increase the oncogenic potential of EBV. In this study, we analyzed the sequence within the carboxy terminal end of the LMP-1 gene in paraffin-embedded specimens from T-cell lymphomas, Hodgkin's disease (HD), and the buffy coat of peripheral blood from healthy individuals in Japan. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed using primers spanning the carboxy terminal region of the LMP-1 gene, and sequence analysis was performed to show the exact location of the deletion. The PCR product of the Raji cell line was 161 base pairs (bp), and the LMP-1 gene with deletion was 30 bp shorter in a direct sequence of PCR products. The 30-bp deletion was located in position 168285-168256 of the Raji cell. A deletion within the LMP-1 gene was found in 4 of 25 cases (16%) of EBV-positive T-cell lymphomas, 4 of 10 cases (40%) of EBV-positive HD cases, and 2 of 13 specimens (15%) with amplified PCR products from 49 healthy individuals. The incidence of the 30-bp deletion within the LMP-1 gene in HD was comparable to that of subjects in the United States and Brazil, but the deletion was not found in a high proportion of EBV-positive T-cell lymphoid malignancies. No statistical significance was found regarding the clinical outcome between patients with a deletion within the LMP-1 gene and patients with wild-type LMP. This deletion cannot be considered as simply causing the pathogenesis of EBV-associated lymphoid malignancies in Japan.
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- Y Hirose
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Ditzel HJ, Masaki Y, Nielsen H, Farnaes L, Burton DR. Cloning and expression of a novel human antibody-antigen pair associated with Felty's syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:9234-9. [PMID: 10922075 PMCID: PMC16851 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.16.9234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An increasing number of studies suggest the importance of antibodies in the pathogenesis of most systemic and organ-specific autoimmune diseases, although there is considerable controversy over the precise role of the autoantibodies involved. In humans, a major obstacle to progress is the identification and cloning of the relevant autoantibodies and autoantigens. Here, an approach based on the sequential use of antibody phage display and antigen expression libraries is developed and applied to a donor suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA), splenomegaly, and peripheral destruction of neutrophils leading to neutropenia (Felty's syndrome). An antibody phage display library was constructed from bone marrow from the donor and a high-affinity human mAb, ANA15, selected by panning against fresh neutrophils and independently by panning against a fixed cell line. The antibody showed strong staining of neutrophils and a number of cell lines. Probing of a lambdagt11 expression library from an induced myelomonocytic cell line with the mAb ANA15 identified the eukaryotic elongation factor 1A-1 (eEF1A-1) as a novel autoantigen. The specificity of ANA15 was confirmed by reactivity with both purified and recombinant eEF1A-1. Screening of a large panel of sera revealed that 66% of patients with Felty's syndrome had elevated levels of anti-eEF1A-1 antibodies. The cloning of this antibody-antigen pair should permit rational evaluation of any pathogenicity resulting from the interaction and its significance in neutropenia.
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- H J Ditzel
- Departments of Immunology and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Tanaka N, Miura T, Masaki Y. Polymer-Supported dicyanoketene acetal as a pi-acid catalyst: monothioacetalization and carbon-carbon bond formation of acetals. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2000; 48:1010-6. [PMID: 10923832 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.48.1010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Polymeric dicyanoketene acetals (DCKA) were synthesized by copolymerization of styrene and divinylbenzene or ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. These novel polymers could be used successfully as recyclable pi-acid catalysts in monothioacetalization or carbon-carbon bond forming reaction of acetals.
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- Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Y Arai
- Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 5-6-1 Mitahora-Higashi, Gifu 502-8585, Japan.
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Sano T, Hiki Y, Kokubo T, Iwase H, Hotta K, Masaki Y, Tanaka A, Hisatani K, Shigematsu H, Kobayashi Y. Definite accumulation of enzymatically under-glycosylated IgA1 in rat glomeruli. Nephrology (Carlton) 2000. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1797.1999.00088.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mitaka C, Hirata Y, Masaki Y, Takei T, Yokoyama K, Imai T. S-Methylisothiourea sulfate improves renal, but not hepatic dysfunction in canine endotoxic shock model. Intensive Care Med 2000; 26:117-24. [PMID: 10663292 DOI: 10.1007/s001340050023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Excess production of nitric oxide (NO) by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of septic shock. This study was designed to see whether S-methylisothiourea sulfate (SMT), a selective inhibitor for iNOS, prevents cardiovascular changes and multiple organ damage in the canine endotoxic shock model. DESIGN Prospective, comparable, experimental study. SETTING Laboratory at a university hospital. SUBJECTS Twenty male mongrel dogs were studied under pentobarbital anesthesia. INTERVENTIONS Dogs were divided into three groups: bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) group (n = 7) receiving continuous infusion of LPS (2 mg/kg/h for 1 h); LPS plus SMT group (n = 7) receiving LPS and SMT (1 mg/kg, bolus i. v., followed by continuous infusion of 1 mg/kg/h for 1 h); and vehicle plus SMT group (n = 6). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Hemodynamics, blood gas parameters, and urine output were measured during 6 h observation periods. Serum levels of lactate, transaminases, and bilirubin were measured at baseline, 1 and 6 h. Creatinine and free water clearance, urine sodium excretion and fractional excretion of sodium were calculated. LPS caused a profound hypotension associated with decreases in cardiac output and oxygen delivery, lactic acidosis, renal and liver dysfunction, and thrombocytopenia. SMT prevented the LPS-induced hypotension and renal dysfunction, whereas it did not affect the LPS-induced decreases in cardiac output or oxygen delivery, hyperlactatemia, liver dysfunction, or thrombocytopenia. SMT alone had no appreciable effects on hemodynamics, blood gases, liver or renal functions. CONCLUSIONS These findings show that SMT improves renal, but not hepatic dysfunction, in dogs with endotoxic shock, suggesting that iNOS-derived NO plays differential roles in sepsis-associated multiple organ dysfunction.
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.
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Wano Y, Ebata K, Masaki Y, Takeshita S, Ogawa N, Kim CG, Okada J, Saito H, Hirose Y, Tohyama T, Sugai S. [Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease) accompanied by hemophagocytosis and salivary gland swelling in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2000; 41:54-60. [PMID: 10695400] [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: 02/15/2023]
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After 2 years of steroid therapy that had effectively controlled her systemic lupus erythematosus, a 37-year-old woman presented with fever, erythema (face, upper chest), and low CH50. Increased oral steroid (prednisolone from 15 mg to 40 mg) and intravenous methylprednisolone (mPSL) (80 mg for 3 days) alleviated these symptoms except for the fever. Subsequently, the patient's fever worsened and leukocytopenia, abnormal liver function, lymphadenopathy (neck, axilla), and salivary gland swelling developed. Lymph node histology revealed features characteristic of Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease (KFD). Laboratory examinations showed WBC 600/microliter, Hb 9.5 g/dl, platelets 90,000/microliter, GOT 766 IU/l, GPT 646 IU/l, LDH 4,228 IU/l, TG 1,622 mg/dl, and ferritin 6,330 ng/ml. Serum interferon gamma was also elevated (673 U/ml). Because a bone marrow smear revealed hemophagocytosis, mPSL pulse therapy (1 g for 3 days) was started for treatment of hemophagocytic syndrome. The fever promptly disappeared, and the patient's clinical symptoms resolved within 2 weeks. The abnormal laboratory data related to KFD and hemophagocytosis returned to normal within 4 weeks after the initiation of mPSL pulse therapy. We speculated that the hemophagocytosis and salivary gland involvement in this patient were also symptoms of KFD. This case indicated that corticosteroid pulse therapy is effective for KFD with serious clinical symptoms.
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- Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University
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Akiyama H, Yamashita K, Nishimura H, Yamamoto M, Haraguchi S, Hirata T, Hisayoshi T, Masaki Y, Gomibuchi M, Matsushima S, Fujisaki T, Mukai S, Enomoto Y, Okada D, Fukushima M, Kubokura H, Mikami I, Koizumi K, Tanaka S. [A case of mediastinal lymphangioma with chylothorax and chylopericardium]. Nihon Ika Daigaku Zasshi 1999; 66:346-9. [PMID: 10548008 DOI: 10.1272/jnms.66.346] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- H Akiyama
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center
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Terada H, Ohta S, Nishikawa T, Mizunuma T, Iwasaki Y, Masaki Y. The effect of intravenous or subarachnoid lidocaine on glutamate accumulation during transient forebrain ischemia in rats. Anesth Analg 1999; 89:957-61. [PMID: 10512271 DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199910000-00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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UNLABELLED We studied whether IV or subarachnoid (SA) lidocaine would influence the increase in extracellular glutamate concentration in the hippocampal CA1 and the cerebral cortex during transient forebrain ischemia in rats by using the dialysis electrode method. Fifty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to one of six treatment groups: IV lidocaine 5 mg/kg, IV lidocaine 10 mg/kg, IV 0.9% saline 0.5 mL/kg, SA lidocaine 5 mg/kg, SA lidocaine 10 mg/kg, and SA 0.9% saline 0.5 mL/kg (n = 9 in each group). Transient forebrain ischemia was induced by hemorrhagic hypotension and carotid artery occlusion, 15 min after administration of lidocaine or saline. The maximal values of glutamate concentration and the areas under glutamate concentration curves in the CA1 were significantly less in the IV lidocaine 10 mg/kg group than the IV saline group, whereas those in the CA1 and the cortex were significantly less in the SA lidocaine 5 and 10 mg/kg groups than the SA saline group. The accumulation of glutamate in the CA1 or the cortex during transient forebrain ischemia was attenuated by IV or SA lidocaine. We conclude that the neuroprotective effect of lidocaine against transient cerebral ischemia involves the suppression of the increase in extracellular glutamate concentration. IMPLICATIONS IV or subarachnoid lidocaine was demonstrated to suppress glutamate accumulation in the hippocampus and the cortex during transient forebrain ischemia in rats by using the dialysis electrode method. Lidocaine can have a neuroprotective effect through the suppression of the increase in extracellular glutamate concentration.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Masaki Y, Oka M, Ogura Y, Ueno T, Nishihara K, Tangoku A, Takahashi M, Yamamoto M, Irimura T. Sialylated MUC1 mucin expression in normal pancreas, benign pancreatic lesions, and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Hepatogastroenterology 1999; 46:2240-5. [PMID: 10521973] [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: 02/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Pancreatic cancer has the poorest prognosis of all gastrointestinal cancers. Because sialylated mucin influences the biologic behavior of carcinoma cells, we investigated sialylated MUC1 mucin expression in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. METHODOLOGY The expression of sialylated MUC1 mucin was examined in 55 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas, 2 normal pancreas specimens, 3 chronic pancreatitis specimens, 1 ductal hyperplasia of the pancreas, 3 mucinous cystadenomas, and 2 liver metastases from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry with a new monoclonal antibody (mAb) (MY.1E12). RESULTS Sialylated MUC1 mucin was expressed in the cancer cell membrane in all the ductal carcinomas. The reaction product was seen at the apical aspect of cells when these were in tubule formation. This pattern was also detected in mucinous cystadenomas. However, it was seen diffusely in the cell membrane in single cancer cells or small clusters of cells without tubule formation and in metastatic liver tumors. Namely, invading or metastatic cancer cells expressed this type of mucin throughout the entire cell membrane. The expression of sialylated MUC1 mucin was not observed in specimens from normal pancreas, chronic pancreatitis, or ductal hyperplasia of the pancreas. In normal pancreas and these lesions, expression of sialylated Mession of sialylated MUC1 was limited to acini and secreted mucin. CONCLUSIONS Sialylated MUC1 mucin, which is expressed throughout the cancer cell membrane, may be a factor in the metastatic potential of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
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- Department of Surgery II, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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INTRODUCTION Dizziness or syncope may occur during treatment of nasal disease. These symptoms are considered imputable to the vagovagal reflex, which is partly involved in neurogenic syncope. In response to trigeminal nerve stimulation, the vagus nerve causes a sudden fall in heart rate and blood pressure. Elevation in blood adrenaline level during pain or tension was noted, and its effects on vagovagal reflexes were studied. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten cats were used in the experiment. The vagus nerve was exposed on the right side of the neck by making an incision in the trachea, and a platinum electrode was attached to the vagus nerve on nerve's distal side. The head was tilted a 30 degree angle. The cats were divided into control and adrenaline-treated groups, and changes in cerebral blood flow, heart rate, and arterial pressure were compared between the two groups after electric stimulation of the vagus nerve. Cerebral blood flow was measured by the hydrogen clearance method. 1) Control group The vagus nerve was electrically stimulated for 1 minute. 2) Adrenaline-treated group The vagus nerve was electrically stimulated for 1 minute following 30 seconds of intravenous administration of adrenaline. RESULTS Cerebral blood flow was significantly decreased in both the control and adrenaline-treated groups after electric stimulation, but the decrease was significantly greater in the latter group at all sites of measurement. Whereas heart rate and arterial pressure were significantly decreased in the control group, these variables in the adrenaline-treated group showed no significant change despite the greater decrease in cerebral blood flow. DISCUSSION Heart rate, blood pressure, and cerebral blood flow were all significantly decreased after electric stimulation of the vagus nerve. These changes were considered owing to a fall in blood pressure due to vasodilation resulting from bradycardia and a relative decrease in sympathetic nervous tension resulting from electric stimulation. On the other hand, in the adrenaline-treated group, neither heart rate nor blood pressure showed any significant change, but cerebral blood flow was significantly decreased at all sites of measurement despite an adrenaline load. This contradictory results may be accounted for by the powerful beta 2-activity of adrenaline. The greater decrease in cerebral blood flow in the adrenaline-treated than in the control group can be attributed to decreased peripheral vascular resistance by its beta 2-activity. In the field of otorhinolaryngology the trigeminal region is often involved in the treatment of nasal disorders so that vagovagal reflexes are often encountered. The results of this study counsels caution in the treatment involving the trigeminal region.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo
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We measured nasal resistance (Rn) while awake, during midazolam-induced sedation and after antagonism with flumazenil (n = 9). Nasal and oral airflow were measured. Rn was calculated by dividing the difference between maximal nasal mask and oropharyngeal pressures by inspiratory airflow at minimum pharyngeal pressure. During sedation, two subjects developed obstructive apnoeic events and four subjects had snoring events. Each apnoea was ended by mechanisms other than a change in breathing route. After antagonism with flumazenil, apnoeic and snoring events were abolished. Rn during midazolam sedation (median 1.46 (25th percentile 1.00, 75th 2.61) kPa litre-1 s) was significantly greater than before midazolam (0.29 (0.25, 0.48) kPa litre-1 s) and after flumazenil (0.41 (0.25, 0.58) kPa litre-1 s) (P < 0.01 in each subject). We conclude that midazolam increased Rn, sometimes leading to obstruction, and flumazenil abolished this increase in Rn.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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Hiki Y, Kokubo T, Iwase H, Masaki Y, Sano T, Tanaka A, Toma K, Hotta K, Kobayashi Y. Underglycosylation of IgA1 hinge plays a certain role for its glomerular deposition in IgA nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 1999; 10:760-9. [PMID: 10203360 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v104760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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This study was performed to isolate and investigate the IgA1 that could accumulate in glomeruli (glomerulophilic IgA1). IgA1 was fractionated by the electric charge and the reactivity to Jacalin. Serum IgA1 of IgA nephropathy patients was separated and fractionated using a Jacalin column and subsequent ion-exchange chromatography. The fractions were divided into three groups of relatively cationic (C), neutral (N), and anionic (A). IgA1 was also divided into Jacalin low (L), intermediate (I), and high (H) affinity fractions by serial elution using 25, 100, and 800 mM galactose. The left kidneys of Wistar rats were perfused with 2, 5, or 10 mg of each group of IgA1. The rats were sacrificed 15 min, 30 min, 3 h, or 24 h after the perfusion. The accumulation of each IgA1 in the glomeruli was then observed by immunofluorescence. The IgA1 of the fractions N and H separated by the two methods was definitely accumulated in the rat glomeruli with a similar pattern. The electrophoresis revealed that the macromolecular IgA1 was increased in fraction H compared with other fractions. Therefore, Jacalin high-affinity IgA1(fraction H) was applied on a diethylaminoethyl column and divided into electrically cationic (HC), neutral (HN), and anionic (HA). Only the asialo-Galbeta1,3GalNAc chain was identified in the fraction HN IgA1 by gas-phase hydrazinolysis. Furthermore, the IgA1 fraction was strongly recognized by peanut agglutinin, Vicia Villosa lectins, and antisynthetic hinge peptide antibody. These results indicated that the IgA1 molecules having the underglycosylated hinge glycopeptide played a certain role in the glomerular accumulation of IgA1 in IgA nephropathy.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Nursing and Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan.
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