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Ueki T, Sanematsu E, Furuya Y, Shinohara Y, Murakami Y, Miyazaki A, Sakamoto Y, Nakashima MN, Nakashima M. Relationship between vancomycin-associated nephrotoxicity and the number of combined nephrotoxic agents. Pharmazie 2021; 75:279-283. [PMID: 32539926 DOI: 10.1691/ph.2020.0393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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Vancomycin is associated with nephrotoxicity; however, the influence of the number of combined nephrotoxic agents on the incidence of vancomycin nephrotoxicity has not been clarified. We investigated patient backgrounds in 148 inpatients who received vancomycin treatment. The patients were divided into nephrotoxicity (n=35) and non-nephrotoxicity (n=113) groups. A comparison of the patient backgrounds in the two groups revealed significant differences in weight, changes in serum creatinine before vancomycin administration, blood urea nitrogen to serum creatinine ratio, length of vancomycin therapy, vancomycin trough concentration, and number of combined nephrotoxic agents. Multiple logistic regression analysis using these six factors as autonomous variables showed that the highest vancomycin trough concentration (odds ratio, 1.080; 95% confidence interval, 1.030-1.140; p = 0.003) and the number of combined nephrotoxic agents (odds ratio, 1.590; 95% confidence interval, 1.120-2.260; p = 0.010) were significantly related to nephrotoxicity.
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- T Ueki
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan; Department of Pharmacy, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Sojo University, Japan; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sojo University, Japan;,
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Sojo University, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Sojo University, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Sojo University, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sojo University, Japan
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Crawford JM, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Aifantis I, Cadoff EM, Cangiarella JF, Cordon-Cardo C, Cushing M, Firpo-Betancourt A, Fox AS, Furuya Y, Hacking S, Jhang J, Leonard DGB, Libien J, Loda M, Mendu DR, Mulligan MJ, Nasr MR, Pecora ND, Pessin MS, Prystowsky MB, Ramanathan LV, Rauch KR, Riddell S, Roach K, Roth KA, Shroyer KR, Smoller BR, Spitalnik SL, Spitzer ED, Tomaszewski JE, Waltman S, Willis L, Sumer-King Z. The New York State SARS-CoV-2 Testing Consortium: Regional Communication in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Acad Pathol 2021; 8:23742895211006818. [PMID: 34013020 PMCID: PMC8107494 DOI: 10.1177/23742895211006818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, created an unprecedented need for comprehensive laboratory testing of populations, in order to meet the needs of medical practice and to guide the management and functioning of our society. With the greater New York metropolitan area as an epicenter of this pandemic beginning in March 2020, a consortium of laboratory leaders from the assembled New York academic medical institutions was formed to help identify and solve the challenges of deploying testing. This report brings forward the experience of this consortium, based on the real-world challenges which we encountered in testing patients and in supporting the recovery effort to reestablish the health care workplace. In coordination with the Greater New York Hospital Association and with the public health laboratory of New York State, this consortium communicated with state leadership to help inform public decision-making addressing the crisis. Through the length of the pandemic, the consortium has been a critical mechanism for sharing experience and best practices in dealing with issues including the following: instrument platforms, sample sources, test performance, pre- and post-analytical issues, supply chain, institutional testing capacity, pooled testing, biospecimen science, and research. The consortium also has been a mechanism for staying abreast of state and municipal policies and initiatives, and their impact on institutional and laboratory operations. The experience of this consortium may be of value to current and future laboratory professionals and policy-makers alike, in dealing with major events that impact regional laboratory services.
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- James M. Crawford
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Larner MD College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Pathology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Hospital Association of New York, Renssaeler, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, in partnership with Kaleida Health Laboratories, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Greater New York Hospital Association, New York, NY, USA
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Sutherland L, Hastie J, Takayama H, Furuya Y, Hochman B, Kelley N, Kurlansky P, McLaughlin D, Raza ST, Scully B. Low rate of health care-associated transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the epicenter. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 161:e235-e237. [PMID: 33218758 PMCID: PMC7428777 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.07.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Lauren Sutherland
- Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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Brown TS, Dubowski K, Plitt M, Falci L, Lee E, Huynh M, Furuya Y, Vora NM. Erroneous Reporting of Deaths Attributed to Pneumonia and Influenza at 2 New York City Teaching Hospitals, 2013-2014. Public Health Rep 2020; 135:796-804. [PMID: 33031711 PMCID: PMC7649996 DOI: 10.1177/0033354920953209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Cause-of-death information, reported by frontline clinicians after a patient's death, is an irreplaceable source of public health data. However, systematic bias in cause-of-death reporting can lead to over- or underestimation of deaths attributable to different causes. New York City consistently reports higher rates of deaths attributable to pneumonia and influenza than many other US cities and the country. We investigated systematic erroneous reporting as a possible explanation for this phenomenon. METHODS We reviewed all deaths from 2 New York City hospitals during 2013-2014 in which pneumonia or influenza was reported as the underlying cause of death (n = 188), and we examined the association between erroneous reporting and multiple extrinsic factors that may influence cause-of-death reporting (patient demographic characteristics and medical comorbidities, time and hospital location of death, type of medical provider reporting the death, and availability of certain diagnostic information). RESULTS Pneumonia was erroneously reported as the underlying cause of death in 163 (86.7%) reports. We identified heart disease and dementia as the more likely underlying cause of death in 21% and 17% of erroneously reported deaths attributable to pneumonia, respectively. We found no significant association between erroneous reporting and the multiple extrinsic factors examined. CONCLUSIONS Our results underscore how erroneous reporting of 1 condition can lead to underreporting of other causes of death. Misapplication or misunderstanding of procedures by medical providers, rather than extrinsic factors influencing the reporting process, are key drivers of erroneous cause-of-death reporting.
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- Tyler S. Brown
- Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Furuya Y, Goto Y, Tsugawa K, Kanemaki Y. Evaluation of synthesized 2D mammography visibility with same pixel pitch as full-field digital mammography. Eur J Cancer 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(20)30793-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Furuya Y, Wakahara T, Furuya A, Yanagie H, Yasuhara H. Rare bowel emphysema with superior mesenteric artery syndrome after surgery. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2019; 102:e26-e28. [PMID: 31418283 DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Superior mesenteric artery syndrome, a rare cause of duodenal obstruction, occasionally requires surgery. Bowel emphysema might also require surgery and might be an ominous sign of a serious condition. We report the case of a 69-year-old Japanese man with left pneumothorax who was also diagnosed as having bowel emphysema and superior mesenteric artery syndrome simultaneously without serious infection after surgery for the pneumothorax. Following gastric decompression via a nasogastric tube, his general condition resolved quickly with no need for surgical intervention. Prompt and precise diagnosis by computed tomography and both adequate judgment and treatment can avoid surgery in such cases.
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- Y Furuya
- Department of Surgery, Sodegaura Satsukidai Hospital, Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Sodegaura Satsukidai Hospital, Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Medical Research, Sodegaura Satsukidai Hospital, Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Institute of Healthy Living, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Akiba, Niigata, Japan
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- Surgical Center, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Furuya Y, Witt C, Trulock E, Byers D, Kulkarni H, Tague L, Aguilar P, Kreisel D, Puri V, Gelman A, Hachem R. Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) in the Management of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.397] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aliyu S, Furuya Y, Larson E. Risk of subsequent health care-associated infection among patients with a bloodstream infection present on hospital admission. Am J Infect Control 2019; 47:196-200. [PMID: 30709483 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The risks and outcomes of acquiring a health care-associated infection (HAI) among patients with a bloodstream infection present on hospital admission (BSI-POA) have not been well described. The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of and risk factors for developing a subsequent HAI and to compare length of stay and mortality between patients with a BSI-POA who develop an HAI and those who do not. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of patients aged ≥18 years discharged with a BSI-POA from 3 hospitals in New York City between 2006 and 2014. RESULTS There were 761 HAIs among the 11,436 patients with a BSI-POA. Incidence rates were: catheter-associated urinary tract infections, 5.03 infections per 1,000 catheter days; pneumonia, 2.7% among BSI-POA patients; surgical site infections, 9.2% among BSI-POA patients. Length of stay was longer among patients who developed an HAI (mean ± SD, 35.0 ± 29.8 vs 12.4 ± 11.9, P < .001). Mortality was higher in patients who developed an HAI (23.9% vs 11.6%, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Risk factors for those who developed an HAI differed by infection type. Overall, HAI was associated with longer hospitalization, and pneumonia was associated with increased mortality.
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Kamboj M, Brite J, Aslam A, Kennington J, Babady NE, Calfee D, Furuya Y, Chen D, Augenbraun M, Ostrowsky B, Patel G, Mircescu M, Kak V, Tuma R, Karre TA, Fry DA, Duhaney YP, Moyer A, Mitchell D, Cantu S, Hsieh C, Warren N, Martin S, Willson J, Dickman J, Knight J, Delahanty K, Flood A, Harrington J, Korenstein D, Eagan J, Sepkowitz K. Artificial Differences in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing. Emerg Infect Dis 2019; 24:584-587. [PMID: 29460760 PMCID: PMC5823336 DOI: 10.3201/eid2403.170961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In 2015, Clostridium difficile testing rates among 30 US community, multispecialty, and cancer hospitals were 14.0, 16.3, and 33.9/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Pooled hospital onset rates were 0.56, 0.84, and 1.57/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Higher testing rates may artificially inflate reported rates of C. difficile infection. C. difficile surveillance should consider testing frequency.
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Liu Z, Furuya Y, Ibrahim M, Kreisel D, Huang H, Hachem R, Gelman A. Extracorporeal Photophoresis Promotes Alveolar Macrophage Production of Anti-fibrogenic Mediators and Prevents Airway Obliteration in a Mouse Lung Allograft Model. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.507] [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: 10/17/2022] Open
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Furuya Y, Cherikh W, Kucheryavaya A, Trulock E, Witt C, Byers D, Yusen R, Aguilar P, Kulkarni H, Gelman A, Kreisel D, Hachem R. Outcomes After Lung Transplantation in the Elderly. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.596] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
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Tsui K, Aguilar P, Byers D, Yusen R, Furuya Y, Tague L, Gelman A, Puri V, Kreisel D, Trulock E, Hachem R. Risk Factors for the Development of Donor-specific Antibodies and Their Impact on Outcomes After Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.016] [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: 10/17/2022] Open
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Furuya Y, Witt C, Trulock E, Byers D, Yusen R, Hachem R. Histoplasmosis in Adult Lung Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.01.638] [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: 10/19/2022] Open
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Furuya Y, Jayarajan SN, Taghavi S, Cordova FC, Patel N, Shiose A, Leotta E, Criner GJ, Guy TS, Wheatley GH, Kaiser LR, Toyoda Y. The Impact of Alemtuzumab and Basiliximab Induction on Patient Survival and Time to Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Double Lung Transplantation Recipients. Am J Transplant 2016; 16:2334-41. [PMID: 26833657 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We examined the effect of alemtuzumab and basiliximab induction therapy on patient survival and freedom from bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in double lung transplantation. The United Network for Organ Sharing database was reviewed for adult double lung transplant recipients from 2006 to 2013. The primary outcome was risk-adjusted all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes included time to BOS. There were 6117 patients were identified, of whom 738 received alemtuzumab, 2804 received basiliximab, and 2575 received no induction. Alemtuzumab recipients had higher lung allocation scores compared with basiliximab and no-induction recipients (41.4 versus 37.9 versus 40.7, p < 0.001) and were more likely to require mechanical ventilation before to transplantation (21.7% versus 6.5% versus 6.2%, p < 0.001). Median survival was longer for alemtuzumab and basiliximab recipients compared with patients who received no induction (2321 versus 2352 versus 1967 days, p = 0.001). Alemtuzumab (hazard ratio 0.80, 95% confidence interval 0.67-0.95, p = 0.009) and basiliximab induction (0.88, 0.80-0.98, p = 0.015) were independently associated with survival on multivariate analysis. At 5 years, alemtuzumab recipients had a lower incidence of BOS (22.7% versus 55.4 versus 55.9%), and its use was independently associated with lower risk of developing BOS on multivariate analysis. While both induction therapies were associated with improved survival, patients who received alemtuzumab had greater median freedom from BOS.
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- Y Furuya
- Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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Furuya Y, Müllbacher A. Type I IFN exhaustion is a host defence protecting against secondary bacterial infections. Scand J Immunol 2014; 78:395-400. [PMID: 24006947 PMCID: PMC7169485 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 07/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Type I interferons (IFN‐I) have been known for decades for their indispensable role in curtailing viral infections. It is, however, now also increasingly recognized that IFN‐I is detrimental to the host in combating a number of bacterial infections. We have previously reported that viral infections induce partial lymphocyte activation, characterized by significant increases in the cell surface expression of CD69 and CD86, but not CD25. This systemic partial activation of lymphocytes, mediated by IFN‐I, is rapid and is followed by a period of IFN‐I unresponsiveness. Here we propose that IFN‐I exhaustion that occurs soon after a primary viral infection may be a host response protecting it from secondary bacterial infections.
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- Y Furuya
- Department of Emerging Pathogens and Vaccines, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Furuya Y, Kondo N, Yamagata Z, Hashimoto H. Health literacy, socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Japan. Health Promot Int 2013; 30:505-13. [DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dat071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [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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Furuya Y, Nakamura M. PP087-MON CHANGES OF THE FAT INTAKES AND BLOOD LIPID LEVELS IN PATIENTS AFTER GASTRECTOMY. Clin Nutr 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(13)60398-2] [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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Sazuka S, Takahashi Y, Kawaguchi T, Sato T, Nakagawa T, Furuya Y, Saito M, Saito K, Katsuno T, Nakaseko C, Yokosuka O. Endoscopic findings of small-intestinal Epstein-Barr virus-associated T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. Endoscopy 2012; 44 Suppl 2 UCTN:E30-1. [PMID: 22396263 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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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- S Sazuka
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba-shi, Japan
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Neidell MJ, Cohen B, Furuya Y, Hill J, Jeon CY, Glied S, Larson EL. Costs of healthcare- and community-associated infections with antimicrobial-resistant versus antimicrobial-susceptible organisms. Clin Infect Dis 2012; 55:807-15. [PMID: 22700828 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We compared differences in the hospital charges, length of hospital stay, and mortality between patients with healthcare- and community-associated bloodstream infections, urinary tract infections, and pneumonia due to antimicrobial-resistant versus -susceptible bacterial strains. METHODS A retrospective analysis of an electronic database compiled from laboratory, pharmacy, surgery, financial, and patient location and device utilization sources was undertaken on 5699 inpatients who developed healthcare- or community-associated infections between 2006 and 2008 from 4 hospitals (1 community, 1 pediatric, 2 tertiary/quaternary care) in Manhattan. The main outcome measures were hospital charges, length of stay, and mortality among patients with antimicrobial-resistant and -susceptible infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii. RESULTS Controlling for multiple confounders using linear regression and nearest neighbor matching based on propensity score estimates, resistant healthcare- and community-associated infections, when compared with susceptible strains of the same organism, were associated with significantly higher charges ($15,626; confidence interval [CI], $4339-$26,913 and $25,573; CI, $9331-$41,816, respectively) and longer hospital stays for community-associated infections (3.3; CI, 1.5-5.4). Patients with resistant healthcare-associated infections also had a significantly higher death rate (0.04; CI, 0.01-0.08). CONCLUSIONS With careful matching of patients infected with the same organism, antimicrobial resistance was associated with higher charges, length of stay, and death rates. The difference in estimates after accounting for censoring for death highlight divergent social and hospital incentives in reducing patient risk for antimicrobial resistant infections.
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Apte M, Landers T, Furuya Y, Hyman S, Larson E. Comparison of two computer algorithms to identify surgical site infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2011; 12:459-64. [PMID: 22136489 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Surgical site infections (SSIs), the second most common healthcare-associated infections, increase hospital stay and healthcare costs significantly. Traditional surveillance of SSIs is labor-intensive. Mandatory reporting and new non-payment policies for some SSIs increase the need for efficient and standardized surveillance methods. Computer algorithms using administrative, clinical, and laboratory data collected routinely have shown promise for complementing traditional surveillance. METHODS Two computer algorithms were created to identify SSIs in inpatient admissions to an urban, academic tertiary-care hospital in 2007 using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnosis codes (Rule A) and laboratory culture data (Rule B). We calculated the number of SSIs identified by each rule and both rules combined and the percent agreement between the rules. In a subset analysis, the results of the rules were compared with those of traditional surveillance in patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). RESULTS Of the 28,956 index hospital admissions, 5,918 patients (20.4%) had at least one major surgical procedure. Among those and readmissions within 30 days, the ICD-9-CM-only rule identified 235 SSIs, the culture-only rule identified 287 SSIs; combined, the rules identified 426 SSIs, of which 96 were identified by both rules. Positive and negative agreement between the rules was 36.8% and 97.1%, respectively, with a kappa of 0.34 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.27-0.41). In the subset analysis of patients who underwent CABG, of the 22 SSIs identified by traditional surveillance, Rule A identified 19 (86.4%) and Rule B identified 13 (59.1%) cases. Positive and negative agreement between Rules A and B within these "positive controls" was 81.3% and 50.0% with a kappa of 0.37 (95% CI 0.04-0.70). CONCLUSION Differences in the rates of SSI identified by computer algorithms depend on sources and inherent biases in electronic data. Different algorithms may be appropriate, depending on the purpose of case identification. Further research on the reliability and validity of these algorithms and the impact of changes in reimbursement on clinician practices and electronic reporting is suggested.
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- Mandar Apte
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antibiotic Resistance, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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Bernstein P, Furuya Y, Steinberg S, Scully B, Larussa P, Gershon AA. Vaccine-related varicella-zoster rash in a hospitalized immunocompetent patient. Am J Infect Control 2011; 39:247-9. [PMID: 21269735 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.06.027] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2010] [Revised: 06/13/2010] [Accepted: 06/16/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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An immunocompetent health care worker with no known history of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) disease was exposed to a patient with herpes zoster and was immunized 2 days later. Twenty-seven days after receiving the varicella vaccine, while hospitalized, she developed a disseminated rash. This exposure and subsequent development of symptoms posed infection control challenges. A polymerase chain reaction analysis of her vesicular fluid was positive for vaccine-type VZV, and a blood specimen collected before vaccination demonstrated a positive VZV titer by the fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen test. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no previous reports of an immunocompetent seropositive person developing vaccine-type VZV after receiving the vaccine.
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- Paul Bernstein
- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY 10032, USA.
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BACKGROUND The use of electronic medical records to identify common health care-associated infections (HAIs), including pneumonia, surgical site infections, bloodstream infections, and urinary tract infections (UTIs), has been proposed to help perform HAI surveillance and guide infection prevention efforts. Increased attention on HAIs has led to public health reporting requirements and a focus on quality improvement activities around HAIs. Traditional surveillance to detect HAIs and focus prevention efforts is labor intensive, and computer algorithms could be useful to screen electronic data and provide actionable information. METHODS Seven computer-based decision rules to identify UTIs were compared in a sample of 33,834 admissions to an urban academic health center. These decision rules included combinations of laboratory data, patient clinical data, and administrative data (for example, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Ninth Revision [ICD-9] codes). RESULTS Of 33,834 hospital admissions, 3,870 UTIs were identified by at least one of the decision rules. The use of ICD-9 codes alone identified 2,614 UTIs. Laboratory-based definitions identified 2,773 infections, but when the presence of fever was included, only 1,125 UTIs were identified. The estimated sensitivity of ICD-9 codes was 55.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 52.5%-58.5%) when compared with a culture- and symptom-based definition. Of the UTIs identified by ICD-9 codes, 167/1,125 (14.8%) also met two urine-culture decision rules. DISCUSSION Use of the example of UTI identification shows how different algorithms may be appropriate, depending on the goal of case identification. Electronic surveillance methods may be beneficial for mandatory reporting, process improvement, and economic analysis.
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- Timothy Landers
- School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.
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Hayashi M, Okamura K, Koychev E, Furuya Y, Sugeta A, Ota T, Ebisu S. Effects of Rehydration on Dentin Strengthened by Heating or UV Irradiation. J Dent Res 2009; 89:154-8. [DOI: 10.1177/0022034509354564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Type I collagen, the major organic component of human dentin, plays an important role in regulating the mechanical strength of dentin. Collagen in dentin can be strengthened by heating. We hypothesized that UV irradiation could produce similar strengthening effects and might maintain the strength of dentin after rehydration. Beam-shaped dentin specimens from the crowns of human third molars were subjected to flexural testing. Flexural strengths were two and three times greater than those in the control group after 5 minutes’ UV irradiation and heating to 140°C, respectively. After 30 days of rehydration, the heated specimens reverted to their original strength, whereas the UV specimens were 69% stronger than the original. Raman spectra of dental collagen were unchanged after heating, whereas several peaks, including a C-C bond in a proline ring, were amplified by UV irradiation. It is concluded that dentin strengthened by UV irradiation retains strength after rehydration because of chemical changes in collagen.
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- M. Hayashi
- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
- Nanophoton, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
- Nanophoton, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
- Nanophoton, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
- Nanophoton, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
- Nanophoton, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
- Nanophoton, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
- Nanophoton, Osaka, Japan
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Koyama Y, Yamazaki K, Yamada M, Asou A, Furuya Y, Ishida Y. Cytological and cytogenetic approaches to diagnosis of primary intrapelvic Burkitt lymphoma involving the urinary bladder. Cytopathology 2009; 20:261-3. [PMID: 19416312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2009.00642.x] [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: 11/28/2022]
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- Y Koyama
- Department of Pathology, Teikyo University, Chiba Medical Centre, Ichihara, Japan
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Yanagie H, Kumada H, Sakurai Y, Nakamura T, Furuya Y, Sugiyama H, Ono K, Takamoto S, Eriguchi M, Takahashi H. Dosimetric evaluation of neutron capture therapy for local advanced breast cancer. Appl Radiat Isot 2009; 67:S63-6. [PMID: 19427224 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Local recurrence breast cancer is one of the most difficult conditions to cure and there is a need for new therapy. If sufficient boron compound can be targeted to the tumor, boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) can be applied to local recurrent breast cancer. In this study, we performed a preliminary dosimetry with a phantom model of the mammary gland at Kyoto University Research Reactor (KUR), and a feasibility dosimetry with JAERI Computational Dosimetry System (JCDS) at JRR4 reactor of Japan Atomic Research Institute. We performed preliminary dosimetry of a phantom model of the mammary gland with thermal neutron irradiation (OO-0011 mode) on LiF collimation at KUR. The thermal neutron flux was 5.16 E+08 cm(-2)s(-1) at the surface of phantom. The blood boron concentration is estimated to be 30 ppm; tumor boron concentration is also estimated to be 90 ppm according to tumor/blood ratio 3 and skin/blood ratio 1.2. Tumor RBE dose is estimated to be 47 Gy/h, and skin RBE dose is 12.4 Gy/h. In case of advanced breast cancer, we performed the feasibility estimation of 3D construction of tumor according to the MRI imaging of a patient with epithermal neutron mode at JRR4. The blood boron concentration (ppm) and tumor/normal tissue ratio are estimated to be 24 and 3.5, respectively. Skin RBE dose is restricted to 10 Gy/h, the maximum tumor RBE dose, minimum tumor RBE dose, and mean tumor RBE dose are 42.2, 11.3, and 28.9 Gy-Eq, respectively, in half hour irradiation. In this study, we showed the possibility to apply BNCT to local recurrent breast cancer. We can irradiate tumors selectively and as safely as possible, reducing the effects on neighboring healthy tissues.
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- H Yanagie
- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Furuya Y, Ozeki T, Takayanagi R, Yokoyama H, Okuyama K, Yamada Y. Theory based analysis of anti-inflammatory effect of infliximab on Crohn's disease. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2007; 22:20-5. [PMID: 17329907 DOI: 10.2133/dmpk.22.20] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, a primary mediator of inflammatory responses, is increased in patients with active Crohn's disease (CD) and considered to play an important role in the regulation of inflammation in CD. Infliximab (IFX) is a chimeric murine-human monoclonal IgG1 antibody that targets TNF-alpha and is used as a therapeutic agent for CD. Although that dosage regimen has been established through clinical trial experience, it has not been analyzed theoretically. We analyzed of sequential changes of the Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) using a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model integrating the pharmacokinetics of IFX and turnover rate of TNF-alpha. The time course effects of IFX derived from the present model were matched to reported data regarding CDAI ratios, and we found that the clinical effect of IFX reached a maximum value 2 to 4 weeks after administration and was maintained for the next several weeks. Our results suggested that the standard dosage regimen of IFX is theoretically appropriate. Further, based on the results of various dosage regimens, a second administration of IFX 2 weeks after the first dose was shown to achieve remission in the early stage of active CD, when IFX was given as a repeated treatment.
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- Yoko Furuya
- Department of Clinical Evaluation of Drug Efficacy, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan
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Ozeki T, Furuya Y, Nagano C, Matsui C, Takayanagi R, Yokoyama H, Yamada Y. Analysis of linkage between lymphotoxin alpha haplotype and polymorphisms in 5'-flanking region of tumor necrosis factor alpha gene associated with efficacy of infliximab for Crohn's disease patients. Mutat Res 2006; 602:170-4. [PMID: 17049565 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2006.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2006] [Revised: 09/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/07/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha is increased in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and considered to play an important role in the inflammation. Infliximab (IFX) is used as a therapeutic agent for CD. Recently, it was reported that homozygosity for a lymphotoxin alpha (LTA) haplotype (LTA 1-1-1-1) may identify subgroups with a poor response to IFX. In the present study, we characterized the linkage of the LTA haplotype with SNPs in the 5'-flanking region of the TNFalpha gene. In subjects who had homozygosity for each LTA haplotype, 6 nucleotide variations, -857C > T, -522C > G, -357A > C, -261C > G, -159G > T and -96G > T, were found in the 5'-flanking region of the TNFalpha gene. As for linking with the allele, only -857T met the LTA haplotype 1-1-1-1. We concluded that the differences in therapeutic effects of IFX among patients with CD may be explained in part by the induction ability of TNFalpha via the -857C > T polymorphism.
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- Takeshi Ozeki
- Department of Clinical Evaluation of Drug Efficacy, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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Lan NT, Yamaguchi R, Inomata A, Furuya Y, Uchida K, Sugano S, Tateyama S. Comparative analyses of canine distemper viral isolates from clinical cases of canine distemper in vaccinated dogs. Vet Microbiol 2006; 115:32-42. [PMID: 16504421 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2005] [Revised: 01/13/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of three isolates of canine distemper virus (CDV) isolated from three dogs with a vaccination history were compared with the same analyses of vaccine virus isolated from a vaccine used for dogs. The three dogs showed clinical signs of a recent major type of CD in Japan, including oculonasal discharge and diarrhea, and pathological findings including non-suppurative encephalitis, pneumonia, mild gastroenteritis and lymphoid depletion. Inclusion bodies were in the stomach without inflammation and encephalitis was without clinical signs. One of the highest titers of CDV in different organs of the three dogs was commonly systemic lymphatic organs, including the spleen, lymph nodes and tonsils. New isolates of CDV joined to the clades of the Asia 1 group that is far from the vaccine group. These results surely indicate that wild strains of CDV from dogs with a vaccination history were not reversed vaccine virus, and that the dogs showed characteristics of recent CD in Japan.
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- N T Lan
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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Lan NT, Yamaguchi R, Furuya Y, Inomata A, Ngamkala S, Naganobu K, Kai K, Mochizuki M, Kobayashi Y, Uchida K, Tateyama S. Pathogenesis and phylogenetic analyses of canine distemper virus strain 007Lm, a new isolate in dogs. Vet Microbiol 2005; 110:197-207. [PMID: 16144749 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2005] [Revised: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 07/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The pathogenesis of a new isolate of canine distemper virus (CDV), strain 007Lm, was investigated from lymph node tissue by using Vero cells that express canine signalling lymphocyte activation molecules with a tag (Vero-DST) in dogs. Two CDV sero-negative Beagle dogs were inoculated intranasally and intraconjunctively with a virus suspension. Both infected dogs showed clinical signs of severe bloody diarrhea, conjunctivitis, ocular discharge, nasal discharge and coughing, lymphopenia, fever and weight loss. Titers of CDV-IgM and CDV-IgG in the blood were measured. CDV was detected by using reverse transcriptase-PCR and was recovered in swabs from one dog from 9 days and from the other dogs from 10 days after inoculation. Molecular and phylogenetic analyses of H and P genes showed that nucleotide and amino acid sequences of these genes of strain 007Lm after isolation in Vero-DST cells are identical to those of the original virus from fresh tissue and that strain 007Lm joins to the Asia 2 group cluster of CDV strains that is distinct from other clusters. These results indicate that (1) CDV strain 007Lm isolated in Vero-DST cells is virulent, (2) nucleotide and amino acid sequences of H and P genes of strain 007Lm do not change after isolation in Vero-DST cells compared with the original virus from fresh tissue and (3) strain 007Lm isolated from a vaccinated dog belongs to a cluster far from the vaccine strains in the phylogenetic trees of H and P genes.
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- N T Lan
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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Komuro M, Kamiyama M, Furuya Y, Takihana Y, Araki I, Takeda M. Gene and protein expression profiles of prostaglandin E2 receptor subtypes in the human corpus cavernosum. Int J Impot Res 2005; 18:275-81. [PMID: 16239896 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901408] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Prostaglandin E1 leads to penile erection, mainly via prostaglandin E2 (EP) receptors. This study aimed to identify the expression profile of EP receptor genes in human corpus cavernosum. Using the quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, the mRNA levels of EP receptor subtypes were measured. In addition, expressions of EP receptor subtype proteins were determined by immunohistochemical method. Among the four subtypes, EP4 receptor mRNA expression was the highest, and EP2 receptor mRNA followed, whereas EP1 and EP3 receptor mRNAs were hardly observed. Expression level of EP4 receptor mRNA was significantly higher than that of EP2 receptor mRNA. Expression of both EP2 and EP4 receptor proteins were clearly detected in the cavernous smooth muscle. These results may suggest that EP4 receptor plays an important role among four EP receptor subtypes for relaxation of smooth muscle in the human corpus cavernosum.
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- M Komuro
- Department of Urology, University of Yamanashi, Faculty of Medicine, Yamanashi, Japan.
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The management of cerebral perfusion pressure is among the most controversial treatment issues. Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is normally expressed as the difference between mean arterial blood pressure and intracranial pressure and has two important physiological roles in the patient with severe head injury. First, CPP represents the pressure gradient acting across the cerebrovascular bed and hence is an important factor in the regulation of cerebral blood flow. Second, CPP contributes to the hydrostatic pressure within the intracerebral vessels, and therefore is one of the factors that determines edema formation in the injured brain. The border between adequate and inadequate CPP should be assessed individually and continuously, as it may fluctuate in time. The treatment plan that includes rapid identification of intracranial hemorrhage, rapid evacuation of extra-axial blood, treatment of intracranial hypertension, and promotion of cerebral and systemic perfusion is likely to provide the best outcome for all patients.
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- R Hlatky
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Yanagie H, Maruyama K, Takizawa T, Ishida O, Ogura K, Matsumoto T, Sakurai Y, Kobayashi T, Shinohara A, Rant J, Skvarc J, Ilic R, Kuhne G, Chiba M, Furuya Y, Sugiyama H, Hisa T, Ono K, Kobayashi H, Eriguchi M. Application of boron-entrapped stealth liposomes to inhibition of growth of tumour cells in the in vivo boron neutron-capture therapy model. Biomed Pharmacother 2005; 60:43-50. [PMID: 16260113 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2005.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2004] [Revised: 04/20/2005] [Accepted: 05/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Tumour cell destruction in boron neutron-capture therapy (BNCT) is due to the nuclear reaction between (10)B and thermal neutrons. It is necessary for effective BNCT therapy to accumulate (10)B atoms in the tumour cells. The delivery system consisted of polyethylene-glycol (PEG) binding liposomes (DPPC/cholesterol/DSPC-PEG2000) with an entrapped (10)B-compound and we evaluated the cytotoxic effects of intravenously injected (10)B-PEG-liposomes on human pancreatic carcinoma xenografts in nude mice with thermal neutron irradiation. After thermal neutron irradiation of mice injected with (10)B-PEG-liposomes, growth of AsPC-1 tumours was suppressed relative to controls. Injection of (10)B-PEG-liposomes caused the greatest tumour suppression with thermal neutron irradiation in vivo. These results suggest that intravenous injection of (10)B-PEG-liposomes can increase the retention of (10)B atoms by tumour cells, causing suppression of tumour growth in vivo, after thermal neutron irradiation.
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- H Yanagie
- Department of Intellectual Property, Incubation Project: Inhibition of Cancer Metastasis, Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Muramoto T, Takeda S, Furuya Y, Urushihara H. Reverse genetic analyses of gamete-enriched genes revealed a novel regulator of the cAMP signaling pathway in Dictyostelium discoideum. Mech Dev 2005; 122:733-43. [PMID: 15817229 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2004] [Revised: 11/19/2004] [Accepted: 11/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sexual development in Dictyostelium discoideum is initiated by the fusion of opposite mating type cells to form zygote giant cells, which subsequently gather and phagocytose surrounding cells for nutrition to form macrocysts. Here we performed the targeting of 24 highly gamete-enriched genes we previously isolated, and successfully generated knockout mutants for 16 genes and RNAi mutants for 20 genes including 6 genes without disruptants. In the knockout mutants of two genes, cell aggregation toward the giant cells was much less extensive and many cells remained around poorly formed macrocysts. We named these genes tmcB and tmcC. Although macrocyst formation of wild type cells was suppressed by the addition of exogenous cAMP, that of knockout mutants of tmcB was much less sensitive. The mRNA level of phosphodiesterase (pde) was higher and that of its inhibitor (pdi) was lower in the latter cells compared to the parental strains during sexual development. Thus, tmcB appeared to be a novel regulator of the cAMP signaling pathway specific to sexual development. Knockout mutants of tmcC were indistinguishable from the wild type cells with respect to the cAMP response, suggesting that this gene is relevant to other processes.
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- Tetsuya Muramoto
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi 305-8572, Japan
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The clinical and pathological features of metastatic prostate cancer with normal level of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) were investigated. Four patients with metastatic prostate cancer had serum PSA within the normal range at the diagnosis. All tumors were poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma. Endocrine therapy was performed as the initial therapy in all patients. Despite subsequently treatment, all cases died of prostate cancer at 2, 8, 9 and 38 months. During disease progression, 3 of 4 patients had elevated serum markers such as carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), CA19-9, CA15-3, CA125, neuron-specific enolase and pro-gastrin releasing peptide. Immunohistochemical examination of the initial biopsy specimens revealed that 4 and 3 cases were positive for CEA and chromogranin A, respectively. In advanced prostate cancer patients with low PSA level, those markers may aid in the follow up of disease.
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- R Nishio
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
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Twenty-two idiopathic infertile patients were treated with Oriental herbal medicine, Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang (Hochu-ekki-to). Seminal plasma sFas level elevated significantly after herb administration. There was an inverse correlation between seminal plasma IL-6 level and sperm concentration before treatment. After the administration of herb seminal plasma, sFas levels significantly correlated with sperm concentration. Seminal plasma IL-8 level did not change. Certain kinds of cytokine in the seminal plasma might play some role in improving semen quality with treatment.
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- Y Furuya
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani 2630, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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The seminal plasma levels of soluble Fas (sFas) and interleukins IL-6 and IL-8 were measured and their relationship with semen qualities was examined. The seminal plasma sFas level in fertile males was significantly higher than that in the infertile group. On the other hand, seminal plasma level of IL-6 was significantly lower in fertile males than in the infertile group. In the infertile group, patients with oligozoospermia had a lower seminal plasma sFas and a higher IL-6 level than those with normal sperm concentration. There was an inverse correlation between IL-6 and sperm concentration in infertile patients. Seminal plasma IL-8 was not correlated with sperm parameters. It would appear that certain kinds of cytokine in the seminal plasma might play an important role in improving semen quality.
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- Y Furuya
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani 2630, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Laparoscopy revealed a left inguinal testis and a right abdominal testis. Surgery revealed uterus-like structures. The bilateral testes showed primitive testis without ovarian tissue. Physical examination showed a normal and an empty scrotum with a nonpalpable gonad. Chromosome analysis revealed 46,XY. Pathological findings demonstrated the immature testis and the immature uterus.
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- R Nishio
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani 2630, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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Yajima Y, Noma H, Furuya Y, Nomura T, Yamauchi T, Kasahara K, Hatada K, Takano M. Quantification of telomerase activity of regions unstained with iodine solution that surround oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncol 2004; 40:314-20. [PMID: 14747063 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2003.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The aim of this study was to analyze the iodine-unstained region expanding around oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) by quantification of telomerase activity. The epithelial dysplasia often observed around SCC is considered to cause local recurrence or a second primary cancer. However these areas are hard to distinguish from normal mucosa. To clear the border of the expanding epithelial dysplasia around SCC, we stained with 3% iodine solution, and then decided the surgical margin. We measured quantification of telomerase activity in tumor, in epithelial dysplasia, and also in normal epithelium. Thirty-three primary cases of oral SCC which have iodine-unstained region around lesions were investigated. Fluorescense-based TRAP was applied to obtain quantification of telomerase activity. We obtained the following results: histological examination confirmed that every patient's unstained region consisted of various degrees of epithelial dysplasia. The quantified telomerase activities for squamous cell carcinoma, epithelial dysplasia and normal epithelium were 53.9, 39.6 and 2.7 U/microgP, respectively, and there was a significant difference between carcinoma and normal areas, and between dysplasia and normal epithelium. Therefore, these findings suggest that the areas of epithelial dysplasia unstained by iodine consist of cells that are nearly cancerous and excessively proliferative, and that epithelial dysplasia around SCC should be resected together with the tumor. Vital staining with iodine is useful for identifying epithelial dysplasia around SCC.
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- Y Yajima
- The First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College 1-2-2 Masago, Mihama Ward, Chiba City 261-8502, Japan.
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Nakamura H, Uzura M, Uchida K, Nakayama H, Furuya Y, Hayashi T, Sekino H, Ominato M, Owada S. Effects of edaravone on experimental brain injury in view of free radical reaction. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2004; 86:309-11. [PMID: 14753459 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0651-8_67] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to clarify the influence of a novel free radical scavenger edaravone on experimental brain injury. Male Wistar rats were anesthetized with 1-2% halothane. Brain injury was produced using a controlled cortical impact injury device. Experimental rats were divided into 2 groups. In the edaravone group, edaravone (3 mg/kg) was twice administered intravenously for 30 minutes. In the saline group, saline solution was administered in the same way. This administration of edaravone or saline solution made it possible to evaluate the relative effects of edaravone by assessment of free radical reaction and water content. As a result, the level of oxygen free radicals at 50 minutes after brain injury was significantly lower in the edaravone group than in the saline group. The water content in the injured brain at 180 minutes was significantly lower in the edaravone group than in the saline group. Therefore, we propose that edaravone may be effective for treatment in head injury.
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- H Nakamura
- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Nakamachi H, Suzuki H, Akakura K, Imamoto T, Ueda T, Ishihara M, Furuya Y, Ichikawa T, Igarashi T, Ito H. Clinical significance of pulmonary metastases in stage D2 prostate cancer patients. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2003; 5:159-63. [PMID: 12497007 DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Received: 08/04/2001] [Accepted: 01/07/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Several prognostic factors such as the extent of bone metastases (EOD) in advanced prostate cancer (PCa) have been reported. Metastasis of the lung is rarely a significant clinical factor in the management of prostate cancer. The present study evaluates the clinical significance of lung metastases. We retrospectively reviewed the PCa database to identify patients with pulmonary metastases at initial diagnosis. The medical records of the patients were examined with respect to age, histologic grade, EOD score, marker response to endocrine therapy and clinical outcome. We then compared several potential clinical factors between patients with and without pulmonary metastases. Next, we retrospectively reviewed autopsy records of 60 Japanese patients who died of hormone-refractory metastatic PCa with particular focus upon metastatic profiles. A comparative study of stage D(2) patients with (n=20) and without (n=77) pulmonary metastases found no significant differences in EOD score, performance status, marker response and survival. Only tumor grade was better in the group with, than without pulmonary metastases (P=0.0120, chi-square analysis). In the series of autopsies, we found pulmonary metastases in 38 cases (63%), following metastases of the bone (57 cases, 95%) and lymph nodes (52 cases, 87%). A retrospective analysis of survival showed that patients with bone or lymph node metastases had a positive relative risk. In contrast, lung metastasis could be a positive prognostic indicator, although the findings were not statistically significant. These data suggest that the presence of pulmonary metastasis has no ominous impact on clinical course and disease outcome even in patients with disseminated prostate cancer.
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- H Nakamachi
- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Kamiyama M, Furuya Y, Takihana Y, Araki I, Tanabe N, Takeda M. Anandamide and capsaicin inhibit proliferation of human prostate cancer cell via cannabinoid receptor and vanilloid receptor respectively. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-9056(03)80141-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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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This investigation analyzed 22 xenon CT cerebral blood flow (CBF) studies from 18 severely head-injured patients (Glasgow motor score < 6) who underwent xenon CT scanning while brain tissue oxygen tension (PbtO2) was being monitored. CBF was determined both in a localized region of interest around the actual or estimated location of the tip of the PbtO2 probe and in the entire corresponding CT slice. Linear regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between these CBF measurements and PbtO2 values recorded immediately prior to the xenon CT CBF study. PbtO2 varied linearly with both regional CBF (rCBF) and global CBF measurements, but the average global CBF value was significantly higher than the average rCBF value. Very low values were significantly less common for global CBF than for rCBF. Further investigation is necessary to determine how probe placement near contused areas vs. in normal tissue affects our understanding of the relationship between rCBF, global CBF, PbtO2, and cerebral oxygen consumption.
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- A B Valadka
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Nitric oxide (NO) has important regulatory functions within the central nervous system. The purpose of this study was to measure the concentration of nitric oxide in the brain after severe traumatic brain injury. NO is oxidized in vivo to nitrate and nitrite. Measurement of these products gives an index of NO production. Laboratory studies have shown a good correlation between NO measured directly with an electrode, and indirectly by microdialysis nitrate/nitrite. Using chemiluminescence method we measured nitrate/nitrite levels in 2024 microdialysate samples obtained from 24 patients during the first five days following severe head injury. We used CMA 70 probe (AB Microdialysis, Sweden) perfused by normal saline at a rate of 2 microliters/min. The median values of nitrate/nitrite for the whole group were highest on day 1 and gradually decreased over the 5 day monitoring period (day 1-19.2 mumol/l, day 5-12.7 mumol/l). Average values were lowest in the patients that died of their injury (14.3 mumol/l), and highest in patients who recovered by 3 months after injury with a moderate or severe disability (25.8 mumol/l or 31.9 mumol/l). In addition, there was a strong interaction between the severity of neurological injury and the change in dialysate nitrate/nitrite over time. The results suggest that nitric oxide may have a role in secondary injury mechanisms, but that this role is complex and varies as the injury evolves over time.
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- R Hlatky
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
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Hlatky R, Furuya Y, Valadka AB, Goodman JC, Robertson CS. Comparison of microdialysate arginine and glutamate levels in severely head-injured patient. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2003; 81:347-9. [PMID: 12168343 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6738-0_88] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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L-arginine concentrations in the brain are of interest following TBI because L-arginine is the immediate precursor of nitric oxide (NO). In addition, in vitro studies suggest that glutamate, which is a mediator of secondary injury after TBI, may stimulate release of arginine from glial cells. This study examines arginine concentrations in brain tissue using the microdialysis technique after human TBI. From 78 TBI patients, a total of 1739 microdialysate samples were collected using a CMA-70 probe perfused with normal saline at 2 microliters/min and concentrations of amino acids in microdialysate were determined. Amino acid concentrations for each patient were averaged for 8-hour periods during the first 3 days after injury, and daily for postinjury days 4 and 5. Following an initial rapid decrease in arginine, the dialysate arginine concentrations were low on days 1-3 and then increased over the days 4-5 after injury. In contrast, the microdialysate glutamate levels decreased slowly over the first 48 hours after TBI and thereafter remained low. Thirty-five episodes of jugular venous desaturation (SjvO2 < 50%) occurred during monitoring. Arginine and glutamate levels simultaneously doubled during desaturation and decreased as the clinical episode resolved. The low concentrations of arginine during the first 3 days after TBI may indicate that substrate unavailability could contribute to the decreased NO concentrations that have been observed after TBI. The simultaneous increase in glutamate and arginine during ischemic events is consistent with experimental data which has observed that glutamate induces release of arginine.
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- R Hlatky
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
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Furuya Y, Ohta S, Sato N, Kotake T, Masai M. Comparison of T1c versus T2 prostate cancers in Japanese patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. Int Urol Nephrol 2003; 33:73-6. [PMID: 12090344 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014461105701] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In order to examine the characteristics of patients with nonpalpable prostate cancer (T1c cancer) in Japan, patients treated with radical prostatectomy were compared with those with palpable (T2) cancer. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level in patients with T2b disease was significantly higher than those with T1c and T2a tumors. At the time of radical prostatectomy, 78%, 71% and 31% of patients with T1c, T2a, and T2b, respectively, had organ-confined disease. When insignificant cancer was defined as volume 0.5 ml or less and Gleason score less than 5, only 2 of 34 (5.9%) with clinical T1c disease were clinically insignificant. T1c cancers were clinically significant and clinicopathological features of Tlc tumors were similar to T2a tumors. PSA measurement could detect potentially curable prostate cancer.
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- Y Furuya
- Department of Urology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Ichihara Hospital, Japan.
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Furuya Y, Ohta S, Sato N, Kotake T, Masai M. Prostate-specific antigen, prostate volume and transition zone volume in Japanese patients with histologically proven benign prostatic hyperplasia. Int Urol Nephrol 2002; 33:645-8. [PMID: 12452619 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020539404686] [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: 11/12/2022]
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The relationship among age, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level and prostate volume in Japanese patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and histologically proven benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) was examined in order to assess the utility of PSA as a predictor of prostate volume. Two hundred eighteen patients with LUTS were confirmed to have BPH by histological examination for the reason of elevated PSA and/or abnormal digital rectal examination finding. Correlation among PSA, prostate volume and transition zone volume were analyzed in patients classified into age-stratified groups. Prostate volume increased with age. Mean serum PSA increased with age, and the correlation of PSA and prostate volume was determined to be statistically significant in each cohort of age. A correlation coefficient ranged from 0.315 to 0.439. In patients with LUTS and clinical BPH, serum PSA increased with age and was related to prostate volume. PSA might be useful for therapeutic decision making for patients with symptomatic BPH.
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- Y Furuya
- Department of Urology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Ichihara Hopsital, Ichihara, Japan.
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Furuya Y, Akakura K, Tobe T, Ichikawa T, Igarashi T, Ito H. Prognostic significance of changes in prostate-specific antigen in patients with metastasis prostate cancer after endocrine treatment. Int Urol Nephrol 2002; 32:659-63. [PMID: 11989560 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014410026495] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Patients with metastatic prostate cancer respond to androgen withdrawal therapy, but progression to androgen independence is frequently observed. To clarify the predictor of response to endocrine therapy, the role of PSA changes and the prognosis of the patients were evaluated in 115 Japanese cases of prostate cancer with distant metastases treated with androgen withdrawal therapy. When patients were divided according to the pretreatment PSA value (high, > or = 500, median; 500 > PSA > or = 100, low; 100 >), patients whose initial PSA levels were high had a worse cause-specific survival. PSA value at 3 or 6 months following endocrine treatment, PSA nadir, and percent decrease of PSA were associated with prolonged survival. Clinical relapse was observed in 68 patients. Patients with distant recurrence had shorter time to PSA elevation than those with local recurrence. In metastatic prostate cancer patients treated with androgen withdrawal, serial measurement of PSA could distinguish nonfavorable responders early in the course of treatment and assist in monitoring for disease progression.
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- Y Furuya
- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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Cheng L, Araki K, Furuya Y, Matsuoka T, Mashima K, Kobayashi M, Matsuura K. Morphological study of the regeneration mechanism of acetic acid-injured colon crypts in the rat. Med Electron Microsc 2002; 33:165-71. [PMID: 11810475 DOI: 10.1007/s007950000017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 09/04/2000] [Accepted: 11/13/2000] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The regeneration mechanism of injured rat colonic mucosa with 1% acetic acid was certified in this study. The injured colons were studied periodically on experimental days 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, and 20 with light and scanning electron microscopy. Specimens were examined in paraffin sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin; crypts were isolated with the HCl digestion method; and three-dimensional stromal collagen tissue was prepared with the NaOH cell maceration method. Damage to the mucosal and submucosal layers peaked between the 1st and 3rd days with edema, regeneration, necrosis, and inflammation. The edema and inflammation subsided, and mucosal atrophy and crypt reduction remained at around 1 week. At 2 weeks the mucosa became thick, and crypts showed many branches in their lower two-thirds; and by 3 weeks the mucosa had recovered to almost normal. The ratio of number of crypts at the base and surface was almost 1.5 on the 15th day and 1.0 on the 20th day, suggesting that each branch progresses upward to create an independent crypt. We believe that the fission mechanism plays an important role in crypt repair after acetic acid injury of the colonic mucosa. As the proliferative zone of the colonic crypt is localized at the crypt base, fission of the crypt starting at the base and progressing up to the surface is the most reasonable and efficient mechanism for repair by increasing the number of crypts.
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- L Cheng
- First Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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Yanagië H, Kobayashi H, Takeda Y, Yoshizaki I, Nonaka Y, Naka S, Nojiri A, Shinnkawa H, Furuya Y, Niwa H, Ariki K, Yasuhara H, Eriguchi M. Inhibition of growth of human breast cancer cells in culture by neutron capture using liposomes containing 10B. Biomed Pharmacother 2002; 56:93-9. [PMID: 12000141 DOI: 10.1016/s0753-3322(01)00161-5] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cell destruction in boron neutron capture therapy is effected by nuclear reaction between 10B and thermal neutrons with the release of alpha-particles (4He) and lithium-7 ions (7Li). 4He kills cells within 10 microm of the site of 4He generation, therefore it is theoretically possible to destroy tumour cells without affecting adjacent healthy tissue, given selective delivery of compounds containing 10B. Liposomes wore prepared by vortex dispersion of solutions containing 10B compounds with dried lipid films and the effects of those compounds on human breast cancer cells in culture were examined after thermal neutral irradiation. [3H]-TdR incorporation by MRKnu/nu-1 cells treated with 10B-containing liposomes showed 40% suppression compared with liposomes without 10B, at 2 x 1012 n/cm2 thermal neutron fluence. Inhibition of tumour cell growth with liposomes prepared with 100 mm 10B-compound was as significant as with those made with 500 ppm 10B solution. The concentration of 10B in liposomes was 76.5 +/- 3.4 microg/mL. Boronated liposomes can thus deliver sufficient 10B atoms to this line of breast cancer cells in culture to effect cytotoxicity and suppression of growth after thermal neutron irradiation.
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- H Yanagië
- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine Ichihara Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
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