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Itoi-Ochi S, Kurosaki Y, Ota A, Miyazaki A, Hosokawa A, Nakano M, Takahashi T, Umegaki-Arao N, Fujimoto M. Histological analysis of psoriasiform eruption associated with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease. JAAD Case Rep 2024; 46:1-4. [PMID: 38445191 PMCID: PMC10909948 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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- Saori Itoi-Ochi
- Department of Dermatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Yonezawa National Hospital, Yonezawa, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Adachi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Kurokami Y, Kurosaki Y, Yamashita C, Yokoi K, Tonomura K, Kiyohara E, Ishitsuka Y, Fujimoto M, Tanemura A. Instantly evaluating bacterial infections on skin ulcers in an Asian population using a fluorescence‐emitting device. J Cutaneous Imm & Allergy 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/cia2.12293] [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: 03/06/2023] Open
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- Yu Kurokami
- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Suita Japan
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Kurosaki Y, Itoi-Ochi S, Ota A, Miyazaki A, Kato H, Nojima S, Morii E, Yokoi K, Fujimoto M, Tanemura A. Basal cell carcinoma of the umbilicus associated with sweat gland structures: Two case reports. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e33128. [PMID: 36827001 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000033128] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) arising in the umbilicus is relatively rare, and in particular, there have been few reports mentioning peritumoral sweat gland structures histopathologically. We herein, report 2 cases of umbilical BCC with sweat gland structures within and around the tumor. PATIENT CONCERNS A 61-year-old woman had a 2-year history of black exudative plaque in her umbilicus, and an 80-year-old woman had a 6-month history of dark brownish plaque in the umbilicus, with exudation 2 months prior to her first visit. DIAGNOSES Based on the histopathological finding, both cases were confirmed as BCC. The results of immunohistochemical staining showed that the tumor cells were Ber-EP4 positive. In addition, EMA-positive glandular structures were seen within and around the tumor. INTERVENTIONS Curative resection at the level of the linea alba on the bottom side was performed. OUTCOMES No relapse has been observed since resection in either patient. LESSONS We herein report 2 cases of umbilical BCC with sweat glands and ducts. Although whether peri- and/or intra-tumor sweat gland structures are the source of the tumor or arise by transdifferentiation from tumor cells remains unclear, these findings may provide clues to help understand the morphopathogenesis of umbilical BCC in the future.
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- Yukiho Kurosaki
- Department of Dermatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Advanced Cosmetic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Kurosaki Y, Ishitsuka Y, Kato Y, Arase N, Fujimoto M. Blistering Papulosquamous Erythema with Arthralgia: A Quiz. Acta Derm Venereol 2022; 102:adv00690. [PMID: 35356998 PMCID: PMC9631277 DOI: 10.2340/actadv.v102.936] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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Yoshida T, Kurosaki Y, Mine A, Kimura-Ono A, Mino T, Osaka S, Nakagawa S, Maekawa K, Kuboki T, Yatani H, Yamashita A. Fifteen-year survival of resin-bonded vs full-coverage fixed dental prostheses. J Prosthodont Res 2019; 63:374-382. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpor.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kawabe K, Ebina J, Yanagihashi M, Hirayama T, Kyuzen M, Masahiro S, Nagasawa J, Ken M, Takazawa T, Kano O, Shikano K, Isobe K, Suzuki M, Kurosaki Y, Nishino I, Ikeda K, Iwasaki Y. Muscle disturbance following nivolmab treatment in lung cancer patients. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.1814] [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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Kurosaki Y, Magassouba N, Oloniniyi O, Yasuda J. Deployment of rapid and portable diagnostic test for field surveillance of Ebola virus disease in Guinea. Int J Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.270] [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: 10/20/2022] Open
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Five patients with solitary fatty mass of the pancreas examined with CT and ultrasound (US) were evaluated. The areas of fat replacement were located in the pancreatic neck, body or tail. The size ranged from 4 to 30 mm in the longest diameter. The shape varied from roundish, to ovoid to semicircular, and the contour was universally well defined. The internal structure was homogeneous in 3 patients, but in one case there were thin septa and, in another, a slightly hyperdense part in the peripheral portion. All the masses except the smallest one were in part contact with pancreatic fat. CT showed fat with the same density as the peripancreatic fat and low HU units. The mass was hypoechoic in 2 cases and hyperechoic in one. The masses in the tail of the pancreas were not detected by US.
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Martí X, Park BG, Wunderlich J, Reichlová H, Kurosaki Y, Yamada M, Yamamoto H, Nishide A, Hayakawa J, Takahashi H, Jungwirth T. Electrical measurement of antiferromagnetic moments in exchange-coupled IrMn/NiFe stacks. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:017201. [PMID: 22304281 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.017201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We employ antiferromagnetic tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance to study the behavior of antiferromagnetically ordered moments in IrMn exchange coupled to NiFe. Experiments performed by common laboratory tools for magnetization and electrical transport measurements allow us to directly link the broadening of the NiFe hysteresis loop and its shift (exchange bias) to the rotation and pinning of antiferromagnetic moments in IrMn. At higher temperatures, the broadened loops show zero shift, which correlates with the observation of fully rotating antiferromagnetic moments inside the IrMn film. The onset of exchange bias at lower temperatures is linked to a partial rotation between distinct metastable states and pinning of the IrMn antiferromagnetic moments in these states. The observation complements common pictures of exchange bias and reveals an electrically measurable memory effect in an antiferromagnet.
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- X Martí
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Park BG, Wunderlich J, Martí X, Holý V, Kurosaki Y, Yamada M, Yamamoto H, Nishide A, Hayakawa J, Takahashi H, Shick AB, Jungwirth T. A spin-valve-like magnetoresistance of an antiferromagnet-based tunnel junction. Nat Mater 2011; 10:347-351. [PMID: 21399629 DOI: 10.1038/nmat2983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A spin valve is a microelectronic device in which high- and low-resistance states are realized by using both the charge and spin of carriers. Spin-valve structures used in modern hard-drive read heads and magnetic random access memoriescomprise two ferromagnetic electrodes whose relative magnetization orientations can be switched between parallel and antiparallel configurations, yielding the desired giant or tunnelling magnetoresistance effect. Here we demonstrate more than 100% spin-valve-like signal in a NiFe/IrMn/MgO/Pt stack with an antiferromagnet on one side and a non-magnetic metal on the other side of the tunnel barrier. Ferromagneticmoments in NiFe are reversed by external fields of approximately 50 mT or less, and the exchange-spring effect of NiFe on IrMn induces rotation of antiferromagnetic moments in IrMn, which is detected by the measured tunnelling anisotropic magnetoresistance. Our work demonstrates a spintronic element whose transport characteristics are governed by an antiferromagnet. It demonstrates that sensitivity to low magnetic fields can be combined with large, spin-orbit-coupling-induced magnetotransport anisotropy using a single magnetic electrode. The antiferromagnetic tunnelling anisotropic magnetoresistance provides a means to study magnetic characteristics of antiferromagnetic films by an electronic-transport measurement.
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- B G Park
- Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.
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Ueshima S, Aiba T, Ishikawa N, Sato T, Kawasaki H, Kurosaki Y, Ohtsuka Y, Sendo T. Poor applicability of estimation method for adults to calculate unbound serum concentrations of valproic acid in epileptic neonates and infants. J Clin Pharm Ther 2009; 34:415-22. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2009.01022.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kurosaki Y, Sakuma T, Fukuma A, Fujinami Y, Kawamoto K, Kamo N, Makino SI, Yasuda J. A simple and sensitive method for detection of Bacillus anthracis by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 107:1947-56. [PMID: 19493277 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04379.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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]
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AIMS To develop a rapid and simple system for detection of Bacillus anthracis using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method and determine the suitability of LAMP for rapid identification of B. anthracis infection. METHODS AND RESULTS A specific LAMP assay targeting unique gene sequences in the bacterial chromosome and two virulence plasmids, pXO1 and pXO2, was designed. With this assay, it was possible to detect more than 10 fg of bacterial DNA per reaction and obtain results within 30-40 min under isothermal conditions at 63 degrees C. No cross-reactivity was observed among Bacillus cereus group and other Bacillus species. Furthermore, in tests using blood specimens from mice inoculated intranasally with B. anthracis spores, the sensitivity of the LAMP assay following DNA extraction methods using a Qiagen DNeasy kit or boiling protocol was examined. Samples prepared by both methods showed almost equivalent sensitivities in LAMP assay. The detection limit was 3.6 CFU per test. CONCLUSIONS The LAMP assay is a simple, rapid and sensitive method for detecting B. anthracis. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The LAMP assay combined with boiling extraction could be used as a simple diagnostic method for identification of B. anthracis infection.
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- Y Kurosaki
- First Department of Forensic Science, National Research Institute of Police Science, Kashiwa, Japan
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Sakuma T, Kurosaki Y, Fujinami Y, Takizawa T, Yasuda J. Rapid and simple detection of Clostridium botulinum types A and B by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 106:1252-9. [PMID: 19187148 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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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AIMS To develop a convenient and rapid detection method for toxigenic Clostridium botulinum types A and B using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method. METHODS AND RESULTS The LAMP primer sets for the type A or B botulinum neurotoxin gene, BoNT/A or BoNT/B, were designed. To determine the specificity of the LAMP assay, a total of 14 C. botulinum strains and 17 other Clostridium strains were tested. The assays for the BoNT/A or BoNT/B gene detected only type A or B C. botulinum strains, respectively, but not other types of C. botulinum or strains of other Clostridium species. Using purified chromosomal DNA, the sensitivity of LAMP for the BoNT/A or BoNT/B gene was 1 pg or 10 pg of DNA per assay, respectively. The assay times needed to detect 1 ng of DNA were only 23 and 22 min for types A and B, respectively. In food samples, the detection limit per reaction was one cell for type A and 10 cells for type B. CONCLUSIONS The LAMP is a sensitive, specific and rapid detection method for C. botulinum types A and B. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The LAMP assay would be useful for detection of C. botulinum in environmental samples.
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- T Sakuma
- First Department of Forensic Science, National Research Institute of Police Science, Kashiwa, Japan
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Ueshima S, Aiba T, Makita T, Nishihara S, Kitamura Y, Kurosaki Y, Kawasaki H, Sendo T, Ohtsuka Y, Gomita Y. Characterization of non-linear relationship between total and unbound serum concentrations of valproic acid in epileptic children. J Clin Pharm Ther 2008; 33:31-8. [PMID: 18211614 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.00885.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To establish a regression equation to properly estimate the unbound serum concentration of valproic acid (VPA) from its total serum concentration; the relationship between total and unbound serum VPA concentrations was retrospectively characterized. METHODS Data were obtained from the clinical examination records that were routinely archived during therapeutic drug monitoring. The screening encompassed 342 records of 108 paediatric patients whose total and unbound VPA concentrations had been determined. The relationship between total and unbound VPA concentrations was characterized according to the Langmuir equation by taking account of inter-individual variability with the nonmem program. RESULTS The total VPA concentration (C(t)) in the screened patients ranged from 5.5 to 179.8 microg/mL, and the unbound VPA concentration (C(f)) increased in a non-linear manner as the total VPA concentration increased. Taking account of the effects of antiepileptics concurrently administered, the VPA dissociation constant (K(d)) and maximum binding site concentration (B(m)) were 7.8 +/- 0.7 and 130 +/- 4.5 microg/mL respectively, for the regression equation, C(t) = C(f) + B(m) x C(f)/(K(d) + C(f)). An alteration in the unbound concentration was seen in patients who were treated with the combination of VPA and ethosuximide and in those who received two additional antiepileptics. CONCLUSIONS A regression equation for estimation of the unbound VPA concentration, based on total VPA concentration collected during routine therapeutic drug monitoring was established. Use of two additional antiepileptics and ethosuximide treatment was considered as potential factors affecting unbound VPA concentration.
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- S Ueshima
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Shinagawa J, Kurosaki Y, Zhang F, Parker C, Brown SE, Jérome D, Christensen JB, Bechgaard K. Superconducting state of the organic conductor (TMTSF)2ClO4. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 98:147002. [PMID: 17501305 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.147002] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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(TMTSF)2ClO4 is a quasi-one-dimensional organic conductor and superconductor with Tc=1.4 K, and one of at least two Bechgaard salts observed to have upper critical fields far exceeding the paramagnetic limit. Nevertheless, the 77Se NMR Knight shift at low fields reveals a decrease in spin susceptibility chi(s) consistent with singlet spin pairing. The field dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation rate at 100 mK exhibits a sharp crossover (or phase transition) at a field Hs approximately 15 kOe, to a regime where chi(s) is close to the normal state value, even though Hc2>> Hs.
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- J Shinagawa
- Department of Physics Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Kurosaki Y, Shimizu Y, Miyagawa K, Kanoda K, Saito G. Mott transition from a spin liquid to a Fermi liquid in the spin-frustrated organic conductor kappa-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 95:177001. [PMID: 16383857 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.177001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2004] [Revised: 04/06/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The pressure-temperature phase diagram of the organic Mott insulator kappa-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3, a model system of the spin liquid on triangular lattice, has been investigated by 1H NMR and resistivity measurements. The spin-liquid phase is persistent before the Mott transition to the metal or superconducting phase under pressure. At the Mott transition, the spin fluctuations are rapidly suppressed and the Fermi-liquid features are observed in the temperature dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation rate and resistivity. The characteristic curvature of the Mott boundary in the phase diagram highlights a crucial effect of the spin frustration on the Mott transition.
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- Y Kurosaki
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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Shimoji K, Shiraishi R, Kuwatsuru A, Maehara T, Matsumoto T, Kurosaki Y. Spontaneous subacute intratumoral hemorrhage of hepatic cavernous hemangioma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 29:443-5. [PMID: 14716453 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0127-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Received: 09/03/2003] [Accepted: 10/08/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We report a case of giant hepatic cavernous hemangioma associated with spontaneous subacute intratumoral hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an oval, homogeneous, high-intensity lesion with a low-intensity rim in the original high-intensity tumor on T2-weighted images. On T1-weighted images, this oval lesion showed heterogeneous high intensity with peripheral higher intensity. The histologic specimen confirmed hepatic hemangioma with intratumoral hemorrhage.
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- K Shimoji
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 3-1-3 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8431, Japan
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Fujikawa A, Tsuchiya K, Katase S, Kurosaki Y, Hachiya J. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of Carmofur-induced leukoencephalopathy. Eur Radiol 2002; 11:2602-6. [PMID: 11734966 DOI: 10.1007/s003300100955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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: 12/05/2000] [Revised: 03/27/2001] [Accepted: 04/02/2001] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Carmofur (1-hexylcarbamyl-5-fluorouracil), a derivative of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), has been widely used in Japan as a postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy agent for colorectal and breast cancer. Periventricular hyperintensity on T2-weighted MR images in carmofur-induced leukoencephalopathy confront the physician with a broad range of differential diagnoses. We describe two cases of carmofur-induced leukoencephalopathy in which diffusion-weighted MR imaging revealed periventricular hyperintensity. We compared their findings with those of age-related periventricular hyperintensity in five patients and found discrepancies in signal intensity of periventricular areas. Our results suggest that diffusion-weighted MR imaging may be useful to differentiate carmofur-induced leukoencephalopathy from age-related periventricular hyperintensity.
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- Department of Radiology, Kyorin University, 6-20-2, Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan.
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The vascular effects of bradykinin were studied in rat perfused mesenteric vascular beds with active tone. Bolus injections of bradykinin (1-1000 pmol) but not des-Arg(9)-bradykinin (bradykinin B(1) receptor agonist) induced triphasic vascular responses: the initial sharp vasodilation followed by transient vasoconstriction and subsequent gradual vasodilation. The triphasic vascular responses to bradykinin were abolished by FR 172357 (3-bromo-8-[2,6-dichloro-3-[N-[(E)-4-(N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl) cinnamidoacetyl]-N-methylamino]benzyloxy]-2-metylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine) (bradykinin B(2) receptor antagonist, 0.1 microM). Endothelium removal with sodium deoxycholate and N(w)-nitro-L-arginine (300 microM) abolished the bradykinin-induced initial sharp vasodilation. Indomethacin (0.5 microM) and seratrodast (thromboxane A(2) receptor antagonist, 0.5 and 5 microM) abolished the bradykinin-induced second vasoconstriction. The bradykinin-induced third vasodilation was abolished by capsaicin (1 microM) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-(8-37) (CGRP receptor antagonist, 0.5 microM). These findings suggest that the bradykinin-induced initial sharp vasodilation is endothelium dependent, that endogenous thromboxane A(2) is involved in the second vasoconstriction, and that the third slow vasodilation is produced by activation of capsaicin-sensitive CGRP-containing nerves.
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- H Nawa
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Ohkawa Y, Kiyohara Y, Asoh T, Maeda H, Kurumi M, Sasaki K, Kurosaki Y, Matsumura M, Nakayama T. Application of 4-hydroxyantipyrine and acetaminophen O-sulfate as biodistribution promoter. Biol Pharm Bull 2001; 24:1404-10. [PMID: 11767111 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.24.1404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of 4-hydroxyantipyrine (4-OH), a major metabolite of antipyrine and its sulfate, 4-hydroxyantipyrine O-sulfate (4-S), on the pharmacokinetics of citicoline and thiopental sodium were investigated in rats. The concomitant use of 4-OH increased significantly the tissue-to-plasma concentration ratio (Kp) of citicoline in the brain and liver and that of thiopental sodium in the brain, liver, and heart, while 4-S did not affect them. The permeability clearance of blood-brain barrier (BBB) (Kin) and the total distribution volume (Vdbr) of citicoline were not affected by either 4-OH or 4-S. However, those of thiopental sodium were significantly increased by not only 4-OH but also by 4-S. On the other hand, the plasma concentration of antipyrine was significantly decreased by the intravenous bolus coadministration of N-acetyl-p-aminophenyl O-sulfate (APAPS) at steady-state plasma concentration of antipyrine. A similar reduction was not observed with the intravenous coadministration of acetaminophen (APAP). The Kp value of antipyrine was significantly increased in the brain by the coadministration of APAPS, but was not affected by APAP. The increment in the drug distribution to the brain with the concomitant use of 4-OH (or APAPS) observed in this study is useful information for the application of drug combinations as biodistribution promoters.
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- Y Ohkawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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Shiraishi A, Kuwatsuru R, Kurosaki Y, Maehara T, Fujita H, Miyano T, Matsumoto T. Papillonodular type of cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma: a case report. Radiat Med 2001; 19:313-6. [PMID: 11837583] [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: 02/23/2023]
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We report a case of the papillonodular type of cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma (CPDN), an extremely rare renal neoplasm that occurs in newborns and infants. The papillonodular type of CPDN is a variant of the conventional form of CPDN. MRI clearly demonstrated the gross pathologic features, distinguishing it from other renal multilocular cystic tumors.
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- A Shiraishi
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Akiyama S, Kawasaki H, Shimogai A, Kurosaki Y. Adrenomedullin inhibits neurotransmission of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-containing vasodilator nerves in rat mesenteric resistance arteries. Peptides 2001; 22:1887-93. [PMID: 11754977 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(01)00511-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have reported that the rat mesenteric resistance artery has innervation of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-containing vasodilator nerves (CGRPergic nerves). We also demonstrated that adrenomedullin (AM) causes mesenteric vasodilation through activation of CGRP receptors. The present study was designed to examine the effect of AM on neurotransmission of CGRPergic nerves in rat mesenteric arteries. In preconstricted preparations without endothelium, periarterial nerve stimulation (PNS, 1 and 2 Hz) induced a frequency-dependent vasodilation. A bolus injection of CGRP (10 pmol) into the perfusate also caused a vasodilation. AM (0.1 to 10 nM) concentration-dependently caused 40% to 60% inhibition of the PNS-induced vasodilation, but AM did not attenuate vasodilation induced by exogenous CGRP injection. The inhibitory effect of AM (10 nM) on PNS-induced vasodilation was further potentiated by CGRP [8-37] (CGRP receptor antagonist, 50 nM), which attenuated the vasodilator response to the CGRP injection. Combined perfusion of AM [22-52] (AM receptor antagonist, 10 to 100 nM) resulted in further inhibition of PNS-induced neurogenic vasodilation without affecting the vasodilator response to the CGRP injection. CGRP [8-37] but not AM [22-52] antagonized vasodilation induced by AM perfusion. These findings suggest that AM presynaptically inhibits neurotransmission of CGRPergic nerves, probably decreasing CGRP release, via receptors different from CGRP receptors.
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- S Akiyama
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, 700-8530, Okayama, Japan
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Yamaga N, Kawasaki H, Inaizumi K, Shimizu M, Nakamura A, Kurosaki Y. Age-Related decrease in calcitonin gene-related peptide mRNA in the dorsal root ganglia of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Jpn J Pharmacol 2001; 86:448-50. [PMID: 11569619 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.86.448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Age-related changes in levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) mRNA of the dorsal root ganglia was studied in 8-, 12- and 15-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and age-matched normotensive Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY). CGRP mRNA levels in SHR but not in WKY decreased with age. The contents of CGRP-like immunoreactivities in the atrium and mesenteric artery of 15-week-old SHR were greater than those in age-matched WKY. These results suggest that the outflow of CGRP-containing nerves from the spinal cord and CGRP release from CGRP nerve terminals decreases in SHR.
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- N Yamaga
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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Kurosaki Y, Kimura T. Regional variation in oral mucosal drug permeability. Crit Rev Ther Drug Carrier Syst 2001; 17:467-508. [PMID: 11108157] [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 purpose of this article is to review regional variation in oral mucosal drug permeability. The structure and composition of the mucosa at different sites in the oral cavity, factors affecting mucosal permeability, selection of appropriate experimental systems for studying mucosal permeability, and formulation factors including penetration enhancement relevant to the design of systems for oral mucosal delivery are reviewed.
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- Y Kurosaki
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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Shiraki H, Kawasaki H, Tezuka S, Nakatsuma A, Nawa H, Araki H, Gomita Y, Kurosaki Y. Adrenergic nerves mediate acetylcholine-induced endothelium-independent vasodilation in the rat mesenteric resistance artery. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 419:231-42. [PMID: 11426846 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)00981-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Mechanisms underlying acetylcholine-induced endothelium-independent vasodilation were studied in the rat mesenteric vascular bed isolated from Wistar rats. In preparations without endothelium, and contracted by perfusion with Krebs solution containing methoxamine (2-7 microM), perfusion of acetylcholine (1-100 microM) for 1 min produced a concentration-dependent vasodilation. Denervation of denuded preparations by cold storage (4 degrees C for 72 h) abolished the acetylcholine-induced vasodilation; 10 and 100 nM atropine abolished 1 and 10 microM acetylcholine-induced vasodilation, but it inhibited only 20% of vasodilation by 100 microM acetylcholine. The acetylcholine-induced atropine-resistant vasodilation was inhibited by 10 and 100 microM hexamethonium, 5 microM guanethidine, 50 microM bretylium, in vitro 6-hydroxydopamine (2 mM for 20 min, twice), 1 microM capsaicin and 0.5 microM calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-(8-37) (CGRP receptor antagonist). These findings suggest that the acetylcholine-induced endothelium-independent nicotinic vasodilation requires the presence of intact adrenergic nerves, and is mediated by endogenous CGRP released from CGRP-containing nerves.
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- H Shiraki
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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Ohkawa Y, Matsumura M, Kurosaki Y, Kurumi M, Sasaki K, Nakayama T. Effects of 4-hydroxyantipyrine and its 4-O-sulfate on antipyrine as biodistribution promoter. Biol Pharm Bull 2001; 24:529-34. [PMID: 11379775 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.24.529] [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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The effects of 4-hydroxyantipyrine (4-OH), a major metabolite of antipyrine, and its 4-O-sulfate (4-S) on the pharmacokinetics of antipyrine were investigated in rats. Plasma elimination of intravenously administered antipyrine was significantly decelerated under a steady-state concentration of 4-OH but not under that of 4-S. Tissue-to-plasma concentration ratio (Kp) of antipyrine under its steady-state concentration was significantly increased in the brain and heart by the concomitant use of 4-OH, while similar use of 4-S had no effect. The enhancement of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability of antipyrine caused by the concomitant use of 4-OH was believed to be concerned with the increase of the Kp value of antipyrine in the brain. These results suggested that 4-OH could be used as a biodistribution promoter.
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- Y Ohkawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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- Y Kurosaki
- Self Defense Forces Central Hospital Tokyo 154-8532, Japan
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Kawasaki H, Nuki Y, Yamaga N, Kurosaki Y, Taguchi T. Decreased depressor response mediated by calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-containing vasodilator nerves to spinal cord stimulation and levels of CGRP mRNA of the dorsal root ganglia in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertens Res 2000; 23:693-9. [PMID: 11131283 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.23.693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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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The depressor response to electrical stimulation of the spinal cord and the level of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) mRNA in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) was compared with the normotensive Wistar Kyoto rat (WKY) and Wistar rat (WR). The animals were pithed by inserting a stainless-steel rod into the spinal cord. Pithed rats were treated with hexamethonium (2 mg/kg/min i.v.) to block autonomic outflow, and mean arterial blood pressure (MBP) was maintained at approximately 100 mmHg with continuous infusion of methoxamine (10 to 15 microg/kg/min i.v.). Electrical stimulation (2 and 4 Hz for 30 s) of the lower thoracic spinal cord (T9-12) via the pithing rod caused a frequency-dependent depressor response without a change in heart rate. The depressor response to spinal cord stimulation was significantly smaller in SHR than in WKY and WR. Long-term treatment of 8 week-old SHR with captopril (0.1% in drinking water) for 7 weeks restored the reduced depressor response to spinal cord stimulation. The level of CGRP mRNA in DRG of SHR was significantly lower than that in WKY. These results suggest that the function of CGRP-containing nerves from the spinal cord decreases in SHR and captopril treatment prevents its reduction.
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- H Kawasaki
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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Nakatsuma A, Kawasaki H, Kurosaki Y, Futagami K, Araki H, Gomita Y. Effects of long-term treatment with calcium antagonists on periarterial nerve function in the mesenteric artery of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Jpn J Pharmacol 2000; 84:156-62. [PMID: 11128038 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.84.156] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effect of long-term treatment with dihydropyridine calcium antagonists (amlodipine, pranidipine, nicardipine) on the periarterial nerve function was investigated in the perfused mesenteric vascular bed isolated from spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). Male 8-week-old SHR received amlodipine (0.01% and 0.02%) and nicardipine (0.1%) in drinking water and pranidipine (0.0035% and 0.035%) in rat chow for 7 weeks. Mean blood pressure in SHR was significantly lowered by long-term treatment with each calcium antagonist. In mesenteric vascular preparations treated with each calcium antagonist, vasoconstriction induced by periarterial nerve stimulation (PNS; 4, 8 and 12 Hz) was significantly smaller than that in non-treated SHR. The PNS (8 Hz)-evoked norepinephrine (NE) overflow in the perfusate was significantly decreased by amlodipine and pranidipine treatment, whereas nicardipine-treatment significantly enhanced the overflow of NE. In preparations with active tone produced by methoxamine and guanethidine, the PNS-induced vasodilation mediated by calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-containing (CGRPergic) vasodilator nerves was not affected by these drugs. These results suggest that long-term treatment of SHR with long-acting drugs, amlodipine and pranidipine, reduces sympathetic adrenergic nerve function but calcium antagonists have no effect on CGRPergic nerve function.
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- A Nakatsuma
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan
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Shiraki H, Kawasaki H, Tezuka S, Nakatsuma A, Kurosaki Y. Endogenous calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) mediates adrenergic-dependent vasodilation induced by nicotine in mesenteric resistance arteries of the rat. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 130:1083-91. [PMID: 10882393 PMCID: PMC1572151 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. The mechanisms underlying vasodilator effect of nicotine on mesenteric resistance blood vessels and the role of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-containing (CGRPergic) vasodilator nerves were studied in the rat. 2. Mesenteric vascular beds isolated from Wistar rats were perfused with Krebs solution, and perfusion pressure was measured with a pressure transducer. 3. In preparations with intact endothelium and contracted by perfusion with Krebs solution containing methoxamine, perfusion of nicotine (1 - 100 microM) for 1 min caused a concentration-dependent vasodilator response without vasoconstriction. 4. The nicotine-induced vasodilation was markedly inhibited by hexamethonium (nicotinic cholinoceptor antagonist, 10 microM) and blocked by guanethidine (adrenergic neuron blocker, 5 microM). 5. Either denervation by cold storage (4 degrees C for 72 h) or adrenergic denervation by 6-hydroxydopamine (toxin for adrenergic neurons, 2 mM for 20 min incubation, twice) blocked the nicotine-induced vasodilation. 6. Neither endothelium removal with perfusion of sodium deoxycholate (1.80 mg ml(-1), for 30 s) nor treatment with N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine (nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, 100 microM), atropine (muscarinic cholinoceptor antagonist, 10 nM) or propranolol (beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, 100 nM) affected the nicotine-induced vasodilation. 7. In preparations without endothelium, treatment with capsaicin (depleting CGRP-containing sensory nerves, 1 microM) or human CGRP[8 - 37] (CGRP receptor antagonist, 0.5 microM) markedly inhibited the nicotine-induced vasodilation. 8. These results suggest that, in the mesenteric resistanc artery of the rat, nicotine induces vasodilation, which is independent of the function of the endothelium and is involved in activation of CGRPergic nerves. It is also suggested that nicotine stimulates presynaptic nicotinic cholinoceptors on adrenergic nerves to release adrenergic neurotransmitters, which then act on CGRPergic nerves to release endogenous CGRP from the nerve.
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- H Shiraki
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. . okayama-u.ac.jp
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Balucani N, Alagia M, Cartechini L, Casavecchia P, Volpi GG, Sato K, Takayanagi T, Kurosaki Y. Cyanomethylene Formation from the Reaction of Excited Nitrogen Atoms with Acetylene: A Crossed Beam and ab Initio Study. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja993448c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- N. Balucani
- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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Kurosaki Y, Ohkawa Y, Sasaki K, Nakayama T. Biopharmaceutical studies on drug/conjugated metabolite interactions: application of organic sulfonic compounds as biodistribution promoters. Pharmazie 2000; 55:243. [PMID: 10756549] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Y Kurosaki
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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Ohara K, Tatsuzaki H, Kurosaki Y, Fuji H, Itai Y, Hara A, Kusakari J, Ogata T. Metastatic lymph-node clearance from head and neck epidermoid carcinomas following radiotherapy. Acta Oncol 1999; 38:261-6. [PMID: 10227450 DOI: 10.1080/028418699431708] [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: 10/16/2022]
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Although tumor clearance is a common criterion in assessing the impact of radiotherapy (RT), it is not always reliable. Patterns of tumor clearance were determined using 91 metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) from 51 patients with head and neck tumors treated by definitive RT (61-80 Gy) or preoperative RT (43-65 Gy). Clearance rate (CR) was estimated as a daily volume decrement expressed as a ratio to the pre-RT LN volume. CR was greater for the so-called radioresponsive nasopharyngeal subgroups and more poorly differentiated than those of oral cavity and well-differentiated, respectively. Histologically, LNs that were removed following RT consisted mainly of fibrous tissues, necrotic tissues, and few cancer cells. There was no difference in CR between the cancer-cell-positive group (n = 21) and the cancer-cell-negative group (n = 31). Although the CR may reflect inherent radiosensitivity of tumor cells, tumor persistence predicts the amount of oncologically inactive materials rather than that of remaining cancer cells.
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- K Ohara
- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba City, Japan.
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Kurosaki Y, Asada T, Yasumoto N, Nakamura T, Masada M, Kawasaki H. A modified fluorescence polarization immunoassay method incorporating fat emulsion (FE-FPIA) to determine cyclosporin A concentrations in rat skin. Biol Pharm Bull 1999; 22:539-42. [PMID: 10375179 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.22.539] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have developed a simple, sensitive and reliable assay procedure for cyclosporin A (CyA), a modified fluorescence polarization immunoassay method incorporating fat emulsion (FE-FPIA), to determine the CyA content in rat skin. The conventional fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) method for CyA using a commercially available FPIA kit, TDX cyclosporine monoclonal whole blood, was modified. A fat emulsion for intravenous infusion, Intralipos, was incorporated for dissolving the CyA extracted from the skin tissue, and a mixture of MeOH/purified water was used as the sample pretreatment medium instead of the precipitation reagent in the conventional FPIA kit intended for whole blood samples. These modifications enabled us to produce a reliable and the sensitive assay of CyA in skin tissue. The reproducibility (coefficient of variation), detection limit, and assay time for FE-FPIA were below 2%, 25 ng/ml, and about 24 min/24 samples, respectively, and were comparable with those for the whole blood samples determined by the conventional FPIA. Pre-purification of samples required by the HPLC assay is not needed in the FE-FPIA method. The usefulness of the FE-FPIA method in evaluating the topical pharmacokinetics of CyA in skin is discussed.
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- Y Kurosaki
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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Although multilocular cystic gynaecological masses in which the loculi show variable signal intensity on both T1 and T2 weighted images have been considered to be mucinous cystadenoma or adenocarcinoma, other gynaecological tumours can demonstrate this "stained glass" appearance. These include mature cystic teratoma, fibrothecoma, endometrioma, Brenner's tumour of the ovary and degenerated leiomyoma of the uterus, all of which may mimic mucinous tumours of the ovaries.
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- Y O Tanaka
- Department of Radiology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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PURPOSE The purpose of our study was to assess the role of MR in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with testicular feminization (TF). METHOD MR scans of seven patients with TF were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS MR could diagnose uterus agenesis in all cases. Undescended testes were depicted within or just below the inguinal canal in four cases. They were smaller and more hypointense than those in normal males. Testes that we could not find by MR were found during surgery in two cases. They were just below the inguinal canal where we had not scanned caudally enough in one and they were too small to be detected in the other. CONCLUSION MR can demonstrate both uterine agenesis and undescended testes in TF. The latter tend to be missed because they are small and can be anywhere in the abdomen and inguinal canal. Radiologists should perform careful MR examination to detect testes in patients suspected having TF, as these organs are more likely to undergo malignant neoplasia.
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- Y O Tanaka
- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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Luo TY, Itai Y, Yamaguchi M, Kurosaki Y, Saida Y. Gamna-gandy bodies of the spleen depicted by unenhanced CT: report of two cases. Radiat Med 1998; 16:473-6. [PMID: 9929149] [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: 02/10/2023]
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We report two cases of Gamna-Gandy bodies (GGB) of the spleen, confirmed by MRI, in which unenhanced CT depicted multiple faint high-attenuation spots in the spleens. These spots were considered to represent the calcifications in GGB. CT and MRI reflect the different compositions of GGB. In a very limited number of patients with portal hypertension, unenhanced CT may detect GGB, and this entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of calcified foci of the spleen.
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- T Y Luo
- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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Yagi S, Nakayama K, Kurosaki Y, Higaki K, Kimura T. Factors determining drug residence in skin during transdermal absorption: studies on beta-blocking agents. Biol Pharm Bull 1998; 21:1195-201. [PMID: 9853412 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.21.1195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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 factors determining drug residence in skin during penetration across rat abdominal skin were investigated using five beta-blocking agents with different lipophilicities as model drugs in vivo and in vitro. The amount of beta-blocking agent in the skin at steady state correlated well with lipophilicity. The distribution of beta-blocking agents to the stratum corneum and the contribution of intercellular lipids in the stratum corneum to their skin distribution were also correlated with their lipophilicity, suggesting that the stratum corneum, especially intercellular lipids in the stratum corneum, would be responsible for the residence of beta-blocking agents in the skin. Furthermore, cholesterol-3-sulfate, palmitic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid were found to interact with the beta-blocking agents, which are cationized under the physiological condition, and were assumed to play an important role in the skin accumulation. On the other hand, the binding to keratinocyte was so small that keratinocyte might have little effect on the skin accumulation of the beta-blocking agents. Drug transport from the stratum corneum to viable skin was suggested to be regulated by the lipophilicity of these agents. To investigate the residence of these drugs in viable skin, in vitro transport studies using stripped skin were performed. The transport rate constant across viable skin to receptor cells (k23) was inversely correlated with the lipophilicity of the drugs. The elimination rate constants from viable skin (k(vs)) obtained in the in vivo study were much smaller than the values of k23 obtained in the in vitro study, and they were inversely correlated with the binding to cytosol components of viable skin but not the lipophilicity. The viable skin-to-muscle concentration ratio of these drugs, obtained at the beta-phase of the plasma concentration-time curve after intravenous administration, was also inversely correlated with the binding to the cytosol components of viable skin. These results suggest that k(vs) reflects the transport from viable skin to muscle rather than to blood circulation and that the binding of drugs to cytosol components in viable skin would be one of the important factors determining the residence in viable skin.
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- S Yagi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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Kurosaki Y, Tanaka YO, Itai Y. Malleus bar as a rare cause of congenital malleus fixation: CT demonstration. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1998; 19:1229-30. [PMID: 9726459 PMCID: PMC8332216] [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: 02/08/2023]
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Among congenital ossicular anomalies without external ear atresia, malleus fixation is least common. We report a case of congenital malleus fixation by a bony bar connecting the malleus neck to the posterior tympanic wall, which was depicted on thin-section CT scans.
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- Y Kurosaki
- Department Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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Tanaka YO, Kurosaki Y, Kobayashi T, Eguchi N, Mori K, Satoh Y, Nishida M, Kubo T, Itai Y. Uterus didelphys associated with obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis: MR findings in seven cases. Abdom Imaging 1998; 23:437-41. [PMID: 9663283 DOI: 10.1007/s002619900375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although a specific syndrome of the uterus didelphys, obstructive hemivagina, and ipsilateral renal agenesis had been reported in gynecologic literatures, it is not familiar to radiologists. We introduce this syndrome with radiological, especially MR findings. METHODS Imaging findings and medical records of seven patients with this syndrome were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS MR clearly demonstrated uterus didelphys with obstructed hemivagina in six of the seven patients. A remaining one showed uterus didelphys with left-sided hematometra and hematosalpinx who had undergone vaginal septum incision prior to the MR. We could also recognize ipsilateral renal agenesis in all five patients, in whom renal areas were examined on MR. After vaginal septum resection, symptoms disappeared in six patients. We could observe the disappearance of the obstructive complications with MR in three patients. CONCLUSIONS MR can do much for the early diagnosis and the prevention against further complications of this condition because it can demonstrate the müllerian duct anomaly complicated with obstructed hemivagina in detail and even ipsilateral renal agenesis.
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- Y O Tanaka
- Department of Radiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan
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We report a case of retroperitoneal liposarcoma with a fat-fluid level that has not been previously described. A 36-year-old man presented with abdominal distension. Ultrasonography, CT, and MR imaging showed a tumor with a fat-fluid level; nondependent fluid was characteristic of fat. Liposarcoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of tumors exhibiting a fat-fluid level.
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- Y Kurosaki
- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305, Japan
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PURPOSE Our purpose was to present imaging findings of six cases proven or supposed to be von Meyenburg complexes (VMCs) with a basis of reviewing the pathologic literature and to describe imaging points for the diagnosis of typical VMC along with its differential diagnosis. METHOD Six cases were diagnosed as VMC of the liver with imaging modalities (one had histopathologic proof). Both ultrasound (US) and CT were available for all cases, and MRI was used for three cases. Follow-up with US, CT and/or MRI was performed in five cases. RESULTS US detected varying abnormalities of the livers in four cases. CT and MRI revealed multiple or numerous intrahepatic tiny (usually < 5 mm) cystoid lesions in all of the cases. The lesions were scattered throughout the livers, and some of them were located more frequently adjacent to the medium-sized portal veins than to the hepatic veins of similar size on CT. Moreover, some lesions were apparently located in the subcapsular areas (up to the hepatic capsules). They were usually irregular in shape and showed no enhancement but increased in number by approximately 80-150% after administration of intravenous contrast medium. The T2-weighted MR images and MR cholangiopancreatography showed the lesions to be much more apparent and to be more numerous than T1-weighted images did. Follow-up of five cases with imaging modalities did not show remarkable change of the lesions. CONCLUSION Despite our limited experience, VMC lesions seem to show some CT and MR features different from those of other multiple small hepatic lesions. They presented as multiple or numerous intrahepatic tiny cystoid lesions usually with irregular contour, scattered throughout the liver up to the subcapsular areas, and were detected in far greater number by enhanced CT or T2-weighted MR images than by unenhanced CT or T1-weighted images. They showed no remarkable change on long term follow-up imaging. We propose that a diagnosis of typical VMC could be made after analyzing CT or MR images carefully with good understanding of its pathologic basis, but imaging follow-up is necessary in oncology patients.
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- T Y Luo
- Department of Radiology, Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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Kurosaki Y, Yano K, Kimura T. Perfusion cells for studying regional variation in oral mucosal permeability in humans. 2. A specialized transport mechanism in D-glucose absorption exists in dorsum of tongue. J Pharm Sci 1998; 87:613-5. [PMID: 9572913 DOI: 10.1021/js9703028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/07/2023]
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To clarify the site of d-glucose absorption in human oral cavity, newly designed perfusion cells were applied to five different sites in the human oral cavity, i.e., the dorsum of the tongue, the ventral surface of the tongue, the labial mucosa, the floor of the mouth, and the buccal mucosa. The solution of D-glucose was perfused for 1 h and the rate of absorption was calculated from the amount that disappeared from the perfusate. D-Glucose was absorbed rapidly from the dorsum of the tongue and the absorption was saturable. The saturable absorption was also observed in the ventral surface of the tongue, but not in the other three sites. The rate of D-glucose absorption in the dorsum and the ventral surface of the tongue was significantly larger than that of L-glucose, while in the other sites they were not significantly different. The presence of a specialized transport system for D-glucose absorption in the dorsum of human tongue was suggested.
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- Y Kurosaki
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka 1-1-1, Okayama 700, Japan
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The vast majority of germ cell tumors in the thorax arise at or near the thymus. We report a case of a 41-year-old man with mature teratoma of the posterior mediastinum. He was asymptomatic and was incidentally found to have a posterior mediastinal mass. Computed tomography was helpful in suggesting a diagnosis of mature teratoma by demonstrating the presence of fat and calcification. The differential diagnosis included neurogenic tumors, liposarcoma, and extramedullary hematopoiesis.
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- Y Kurosaki
- Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305, Japan
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Kurosaki Y, Nakamura S, Shiojiri Y, Kawasaki H. Lipo-microdialysis: a new microdialysis method for studying the pharmacokinetics of lipophilic substances. Biol Pharm Bull 1998; 21:194-6. [PMID: 9514621 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.21.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A new microdialysis method (Lipo-MD) using a lipid emulsion as the perfusate instead of Ringer's solution as in conventional microdialysis (MD) was designed. Recovery profiles of the alkylparabens (APBs) dissolved in Ringer' s solution by Lipo-MD were compared with those by MD in vitro. Recovery of APBs in the perfusate in MD decreased with the increasing lipophilicity of APBs, whereas that in Lipo-MD increased. The enhancement of the relative recovery of APBs by Lipo-MD to MD for methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, and butylparaben were 2.03, 5.24, 77.0, and 390.7, respectively. The utility of Lipo-MD for determination of lipophilic substances to perform pharmacokinetic study was suggested.
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- Y Kurosaki
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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We present an infant with the lethal Ellis-van Creveld syndrome who was diagnosed prenatally from the sonographic detection of a narrow chest, postaxial hexadactyly of the hands and feet, short limbs and a single atrium. The postnatal radiographic features of the skeleton favoured the diagnosis of Verma-Naumoff type or Saldino-Noonan type short rib-polydactyly syndrome (SRPS). We discuss the criteria for the differential diagnosis of patients with SRPS, which can be difficult because of the overlap of the various phenotypes.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305, Japan
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Higaki K, Matsumoto Y, Fujimoto R, Kurosaki Y, Kimura T. Pharmacokinetics of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I in diabetic rats. Drug Metab Dispos 1997; 25:1324-7. [PMID: 9351911] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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Pharmacokinetics of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I (rhIGF-I) was investigated after iv administration (0.32, 1.0, and 3. 2 mg/kg) to normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. rhIGF-I was eliminated from plasma biexponentially in both normal and diabetic rats. Plasma concentrations of rhIGF-I were lower at almost all the time points examined in diabetic rats than in normal rats. The pharmacokinetic parameters of total body clearance (CLtotal), mean residence time (MRT), and elimination rate constant (kel) indicated that rhIGF-I disappeared more rapidly in diabetic rats than in normal rats at any dosage. The amounts of IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) in plasma were assessed by determining the endogenous IGF-I and. Levels of the 150 kDa complex, a ternary complex of IGF-I with IGFPB-3 and an acid-labile subunit, the 50 kDa complex, a complex of IGF-I with IGFBP-2, were found to be lower in diabetic rats than in normal rats. Fractions of rhIGF-I free and bound to the binding proteins were estimated by gel chromatographic separation of rhIGF-I in plasma after iv administration, and the pharmacokinetics of free and bound rhIGF-I was analyzed independently. Plasma concentrations of free and bound rhIGF-I were lower in diabetic rats than in normal rats, especially the concentrations of the 150 kDa complex were much lower. The reduced IGFBP-3 would be responsible for the faster elimination of rhIGF-I in diabetic rats.
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- K Higaki
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
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