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Tomita H, Shimojima N, Sasaki H, Shimotakahara A, Yamada Y, Kuroda T, Nio M, Hirobe S. Predicting Cirrhosis and Poor Outcomes of Bile Drainage Surgery for Biliary Atresia: A Multicentric Observational Study in Japan. Ann Surg 2024; 279:692-698. [PMID: 37548366 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000006075] [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: 08/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify patients with biliary atresia (BA) with extremely poor outcomes of bile drainage surgery using the infant BA liver fibrosis (iBALF) score, a liver fibrosis marker based on standard blood analysis. BACKGROUND Although primary liver transplantation is beginning to be considered as an alternative to bile drainage surgery in patients with BA, those most likely to benefit from this procedure have not yet been identified. METHODS The medical records of 380 patients with BA with bile drainage surgery between 2015 and 2019 were collected for retrospective analysis from 60 participating hospitals. To predict native liver survival at age 1 year, a receiver operating characteristic curve was drawn for the iBALF score. The cutoff value was determined as the point indicating >99% sensitivity. RESULTS The median age at surgery was 56 days (range: 4-183 days), and native liver survival at age 1 year was achieved in 258 (67.9%) patients. An iBALF score of 5.27 was chosen as the cutoff, and 18 patients (4.7%) were found to have an iBALF score >5.27; of these, only 2 (95% CI: 1.4%-34.7%) had native liver survival at age 1 year, indicating a significantly poorer outcome than in the other patients (95% CI: 65.7%-75.4%). Moreover, patients with an iBALF score >5.27 had significantly higher mortality and younger age at salvage liver transplantation. CONCLUSIONS Patients with BA having a preoperative iBALF score >5.27 had extremely poor outcomes of bile drainage surgery and may be considered candidates for primary LTx.
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- Hirofumi Tomita
- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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Kawamura H, Imuta N, Ooka T, Shigemi A, Nakamura M, Mougi K, Obama Y, Fukuyama R, Arimura S, Murata N, Tominaga H, Sasaki H, Nagano S, Taniguchi N, Nishi J. Impact of control measures including decolonization and hand hygiene for orthopaedic surgical site infection caused by MRSA at a Japanese tertiary-care hospital. J Hosp Infect 2024; 146:151-159. [PMID: 37516280 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most common pathogen in orthopaedic surgical site infections (SSIs). However, few studies have investigated the transmission process of orthopaedic MRSA SSI. AIM To investigate the transmission process of orthopaedic MRSA SSI using epidemiological and molecular analyses and to determine a method to prevent MRSA SSI in nosocomial orthopaedic surgery. METHODS Active MRSA surveillance, preoperative decolonization and contact precautions for MRSA-positive cases was performed at our institution. Changes in epidemic strains were evaluated and the possibility of transmission from patients in an orthopaedic ward of a Japanese tertiary-care hospital was assessed by genotyping stored MRSA strains. In addition, data on the prevalence of MRSA SSI, MRSA colonization, and use of an alcohol antiseptic agent (mL/patient-days) during 2005-2022 were retrospectively assessed. FINDINGS SCCmec type II strain in the SSI group decreased over time, associated with fewer outbreaks. Even during a period of high infection rates, no cases of transmission-induced SSI from nasal MRSA carriers were identified. The infection rate correlated negatively with the use of an alcohol antiseptic agent (r = -0.82; P < 0.0001). Two cases among five nasal carriers developed MRSA SSI caused by strains different from those related to nasal colonization. CONCLUSION The infection control measures for transmission from the hospital reservoirs including strict adherence to hand hygiene and decolonization of carriers is likely to be important for the prevention of orthopaedic MRSA SSI. However, the need for contact precautions for decolonized nasal carriers might be low.
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- H Kawamura
- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan; Clinical Laboratory, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan; Clinical Laboratory, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Clinical Laboratory, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Clinical Laboratory, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan; Department of Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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Sakurai T, Nakamura M, Sasaki H, Fukuzawa T, Kudo H, Ando R, Okubo R, Hashimoto M, Tada K, Wada M. Risk factors for catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with intestinal failure undergoing home parenteral nutrition: a single-center study. Pediatr Surg Int 2023; 39:283. [PMID: 37847289 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-023-05555-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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PURPOSE The incidence and risk factors of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) in patients with intestinal failure (IF) have not been established, partly because catheter management methods vary from different facilities. This study aimed to identify the risk factors and incidence rate of CRBSIs in patients with IF who were given prophylactic treatment. METHODS Sixteen patients with IF who required home parenteral nutrition were enrolled in this study. Prophylactic management of CRBSI included monthly ethanol lock therapy and standardized infection prevention education. The outcomes included the incidence and risk factors of CRBSI. RESULTS The median incidence rate of CRBSI was 1.2 per 1000 catheter days. Univariate analysis showed that the risk of developing CRBSI was significantly associated with short bowel syndrome (< 30 cm) (p = 0.016). Other relevant findings included a significant negative correlation between serum albumin and CRBSI rate (r = - 0.505, p = 0.046), and past history of mixed bacterial infections was significantly associated with increased CRBSI rate (p = 0.013). CONCLUSION CRBSIs can still develop despite undergoing prophylactic management. Risk factors for CRBSI include the residual intestinal length, nutritional status, and susceptibility to certain microorganisms.
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- Tsuyoshi Sakurai
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
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Morita S, Sasaki H, Kaneda Y, Rogi T, Izumo T, Nakai M. Effects of Combining Docosahexaenoic Acid and Eicosapentaenoic Acid with Sesame Lignan on Vascular Endothelial Function. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2023; 69:370-376. [PMID: 37940577 DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.69.370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Vascular endothelial cells produce vasoactive substances, such as nitric oxide (NO), to regulate vascular relaxation and contraction. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) enhance NO production in endothelial cells, and sesamin, a sesame lignan contained in sesame seeds, also promotes NO production. This study examined DHA, EPA, and sesamin's combined effects since it was expected that combining them would further enhance NO production in endothelial cells. Using a human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC), the NO amount secreted in the culture supernatant was analyzed. Sesamin metabolite (SC1) was used in the experiments because it is a major metabolite in human blood after sesamin absorption. When cells were treated with DHA or EPA alone, they increased NO production in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas no change in NO production was observed for SC1. NO production increased when DHA and EPA were treated in combination with SC1, although the low DHA and EPA concentrations showed no difference in NO production. In the concentrations in which the combined effect was observed, SC1 activated eNOS via calcium signaling, whereas DHA and EPA activated eNOS via alterations in the membrane lipid environment. The combined effect of the two pathways was considered to have enhanced the eNOS activity. These results suggested that combining DHA, EPA, and sesamin might improve vascular endothelial function.
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd
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Fukuzawa T, Endo Y, Irie M, Sasaki H, Kudo H, Nakamura M, Ando R, Okubo R, Sakurai T, Hashimoto M, Tada K, Nakajima Y, Sato K, Endo R, Aoki H, Katayama S, Nakano T, Wada M. Type II pleuropulmonary blastoma with DICER1 mutation. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2022.102468] [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: 11/09/2022] Open
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Mori K, Sasaki H, Urabe F, Honda M, Yanagisawa T, Aoki M, Miki K, Shariat S, Kimura T. Radical prostatectomy versus high-dose-rate brachytherapy and hypo-fractionated external beam radiation combined with long-term androgen deprivation for high-risk prostate cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)02507-1] [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: 11/11/2022] Open
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Asai A, Wu JF, Wang KS, Yamataka A, Nio M, Su DJ, Short C, Tsuboi K, Ochi T, Sasaki H, Okubo R, Yodoshi T, Konishi K, Rogers ME, Tiao GM. The Outcome of Patients With Cystic Biliary Atresia With Intact Proximal Hepatic Ducts Following Hepatic-Cyst-Jejunostomy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2022; 75:131-137. [PMID: 35653389 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000003485] [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: 12/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the outcomes of patients with cystic biliary atresia by correlating the anatomy of the hepatic ducts with the choice of biliary reconstruction surgery. BACKGROUND The Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (Kasai) is the initial surgical procedure offered to most patients with biliary atresia. In contrast, a hepatic-cyst-jejunostomy has been reported to be effective in patients with the cystic form of biliary atresia. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed an international multicenter retrospective review. Two hundred eighty-seven patients were included, and 33 cases of cystic biliary atresia were identified. Outcomes were the serum total bilirubin level 3 months post-surgery and native liver survival at 2 years of age and were compared between cases who received the Kasai versus hepatic-cyst-jejunostomy in correlation to the anatomy of proximal hepatic ducts. The patients were categorized into 3 anatomical groups: patent intact hepatic ducts (n = 10), patent hypoplastic hepatic ducts (n = 13), and obliterated hepatic ducts (n = 10). All 10 patients with patent intact hepatic duct group underwent hepatic-cyst-jejunostomy, and 9 experienced bile drainage and native liver survival. Among the 13 patients with hypoplastic hepatic ducts, 11 underwent the Kasai procedure, and 9 had bile drainage, whereas 2 underwent hepatic-cyst-jejunostomy, and one survived with the native liver. All of the patients with obliterated hepatic ducts underwent the Kasai procedure; 5 established biliary drainage and survived with the native liver. Of 5 who did not drain, 3 underwent liver transplantation. CONCLUSIONS In patients with cystic biliary atresia, the subset with a connection between cyst and intrahepatic bile ducts via intact proximal hepatic ducts had favorable clinical outcomes following hepatic-cyst-jejunostomy.
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- Akihiro Asai
- From the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
- the College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- the Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- the Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- the Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- the Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- the Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- the Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- the Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- the Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- From the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- From the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- From the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
- the College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- the Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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Arichi A, Yorimitu T, Omura N, Ito K, Komine H, Kudo Y, Shimizu Y, Kawamura T, Ohara M, Sasaki H, Honma S, Hasui M, Takemura Y, Teraoka K, Ishikawa T. P-205 Blastocyst derived from oocytes with smooth endoplasmic reticulum aggregates (SERa) has similar clinical and perinatal outcomes with those of oocytes without SER. Hum Reprod 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac107.198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
Study question
This study was to investigate effect of SERa on the fertilization rate, embryonic development after ICSI, and clinical and perinatal outcomes after single blastocyst transfer.
Summary answer
SERa (+) derived embryo can be selected as embryos for transfer when no available SERa (-) derived embryos.
What is known already
Based on findings that the risk of congenital abnormalities in the newborn is higher in ovum with SERa in the cytoplasm, the Istanbul consensus workshop at the 2011 meeting of the ESHRE recommended against fertilizing ovum with SERa due to these risks. However, there have been several reports of healthy infants born from embryos derived from SERa, suggesting that, while more long-term follow-up is necessary, healthy births are possible from such embryos. In 2017, the 2011 recommendations were reviewed in the Alpha/ESHRE consensus (Vienna), which said the approach should be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Study design, size, duration
We retrospectively investigated 23,007 oocytes which was retrieved between January 2016 and March 2020. Of these, 1,038 oocytes (4.5%) with visible SERa comprised SERa (+), while 21,969 oocytes (95.5%) without SERa comprised SERa (-).
Participants/materials, setting, methods
SERa were observed under the microscopy after denudation. The rate of fertilization, good-quality day-3 embryos, good-quality day-5 blastocysts, and day-5, 6 or 7 blastocysts were evaluated for both groups. We also compared the rate of clinical pregnancy, live birth, miscarriage, and birth defects in single blastocyst transfer between SERa (+) derived 114 blastocysts and SERa (-) derived 6,290 blastocysts from January 2016 and December 2018.
Main results and the role of chance
The results are shown. 2PN fertilization rate outcomes after ICSI (SERa(-) eggs vs. SERa(+)eggs),81.4%(17,873/21,969) vs.79.4% (823/1,038),and good-quality day3 rate was 61.1%(10,927/17,873)vs.60.9% (501/823) which was not significantly different. Good-quality day5 blastocyst rate was 46.5% (7,876/16,955) vs. 39.8%(304/763), and day 5 blastocyst success rate was 60.8% (10,317/16,955) vs.54.3% (414/763), which were both significantly lower with SERa(+). (P < 0.001) The day 6 blastocyst success rate was 69.9% (11,849/16,955) vs. 65.5% (500/763) (P = 0.01), and the day 7 blastocyst success rate was 70.9% (12,024/16,955) vs. 67.5% (515/763) (P = 0.04), which were all significantly lower with SERa(+).The clinical pregnancy rate was 39.4% (2,481/6,290) vs. 35.1% (40/114), the live birth rate was 27.7% (1,745/6,290) vs. 26.3% (30/114), and the miscarriage rate was 27.5% (683/2,481) vs. 20.0% (8/40) and the congenital abnormality rate was 1.6% (29/1,757) vs. 0% (0/30) for SERa(-) embryos and SERa(+) embryos, respectively, which were not significantly different. Blastocyst derived from oocytes with SERa has similar clinical and perinatal outcomes with those of oocytes without SERa. Significant differences were examined using the chi-squared test, with p < 0.05, indicating a significant difference.
Limitations, reasons for caution
Embryos derived SERa (+) were transferred when the patient did not want any more oocytes retrievals, no embryos derived SERa (-) were available, and only if the couple desired embryo transfer after the problems associated with SERa (+) embryos were fully explained.
Wider implications of the findings
To the best of our knowledge, this study is the largest number of live births investigating the outcome of SERa (+) derived embryos. SERa (+) derived embryo can be selected as embryos for transfer when no available SERa (-) derived embryos.
Trial registration number
Not Applicable
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- A Arichi
- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, ART labo , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, ART labo , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, ART labo , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, ART labo , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, ART labo , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- Denentoshi Ladies Clinic, reproductive medicine , yokohama, Japan
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- tokyo medical and dental univ, Perinatal and maternal medicine , tokyo, Japan
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Kamiya M, Mizoguchi F, Sasaki H, Umezawa N, Yasuda S. POS0472 AGONISTIC STIMULATION OF GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 RECEPTOR AMELIORATED INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES THROUGH SUPPRESSING MUSCLE FIBER NECROPTOSIS. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.1437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BackgroundWhile glucocorticoids (GC) are the cornerstone of the treatment for polymyositis (PM), GC-induced myopathy is inevitable, which further deteriorates muscle weakness. Therefore, novel therapeutic strategy that not only suppresses muscle inflammation but also improves muscle strength is awaited. We recently found that injured muscle fibers in PM undergo FASLG-mediated necroptosis1, a form of regulated cell death accompanied with release of pro-inflammatory mediators such as HMGB1, which contributes to accelerate muscle inflammation and muscle weakness. We also showed that inhibition of necroptosis or HMGB1 ameliorated the muscle weakness and muscle inflammation1 in C protein-induced myositis (CIM), a murine model of PM. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists, which have been developed as an anti-diabetic therapy, have pleiotropic actions including anti-inflammatory effects2, suppression of muscle wasting3, and inhibition of cell death4. Accordingly, we hypothesized that GLP-1R agonists have beneficial effects on PM to recover muscle strength and to suppress muscle inflammation.ObjectivesThe aims of this study are to examine the role of GLP-1R in PM and the effect of a GLP-1R agonist on in vivo and in vitro models of PM.MethodsMuscle specimens of PM patients and CIM were examined with immunofluorescence staining for the expression of GLP-1R. The effect of PF1801, a GLP-1R agonist, on CIM was examined in monotherapy or in combination with prednisolone (PSL). As an in vitro model of PM, C2C12-derived myotubes were treated with FAS ligand (FASLG) to induce necroptosis. The levels of HMGB1, TNF-α, and IL-6 in the serum of CIM and in the culture supernatant of the in vitro model were measured by ELISA. The effect of PF1801 on the myotube necroptosis was examined using time lapse imaging 5 and its effect on the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), the expression of PGAM5, and ubiquitination of PGAM5 was assessed with immunoblotting. The levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the myotubes were analyzed with CellROX assay. The effect of PF1801 on the expression of antioxidant molecules in the myotubes was analyzed with quantitative real-time PCR.ResultsGLP-1R was expressed on the inflamed muscle fibers of PM and CIM. The treatment with PF1801 in monotherapy or in combination with PSL suppressed CIM-induced muscle weakness and the muscle weight loss as well as the severity of histological myositis while the monotherapy with PSL did not suppress muscle weakness and muscle weight loss. PF1801 decreased the levels of inflammatory mediators such as HMGB1, TNF-α, and IL-6 in the serum of CIM. In vitro, PF1801 inhibited FASLG-induced myotube necroptosis and decreased the levels of HMGB1, TNF-α, and IL-6 in the supernatant. PF1801 activated AMPK and decreased the levels of PGAM5, which was crucial for FASLG-induced necroptosis of the myotubes. The inhibitory effect of PF1801 on myotube necroptosis was cancelled by compound C, an AMPK-kinase inhibitor, or MG132, a proteasome inhibitor, suggesting that PF1801 promoted ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated PGAM5 degradation through the activation of AMPK. Furthermore, PF1801 suppressed FASLG-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation in myotubes, which was also crucial for the execution of necroptosis, thorough up-regulating the antioxidant molecules such as Nfe2l2, Hmox1, Gclm, and Nqo1.ConclusionGLP-1R agonist could be a novel therapy for PM that restores muscle strength as well as suppresses muscle inflammation through inhibiting muscle fiber necroptosis.References[1]Kamiya M, et al. Nat Commun. 2022;13:166[2]Du X, et al. Int Immunopharmacol. 2019;75:105732.[3]Hong Y, et al. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2019;10:903–918.[4]Younce CW, et al. Am J Physiol - Cell Physiol. 2013;304:508–518.[5]Kamiya M, et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020; 59:224-232AcknowledgementsWe thank Katsuko Yamasaki for the histological analysis.Disclosure of InterestsMari Kamiya Speakers bureau: Pfizer and Ono Pharmaceutical, Grant/research support from: GlaxoSmithKline, Fumitaka Mizoguchi Speakers bureau: AbbVie, Asahi Kasei Pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Eizai, Eli Lilly and Company, Glaxo Smith Kline, Ono Pharmaceutical, and Pfizer., Consultant of: Asahi Kasei Pharma and ImmunoForge., Grant/research support from: AbbVie, Astellas Pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo Company, Eisai, Eli Lilly and Company, ImmunoForge, Japan Blood Products Organization, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Novartis Pharma Japan, Ono Pharmaceutical, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Pfizer, Sanofi, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and Teijin, Hirokazu Sasaki: None declared, Natsuka Umezawa: None declared, Shinsuke Yasuda Speakers bureau: Abbvie, Asahi Kasei Pharma, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Eisai, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Ono pharmaceutical, and Pfizer., Consultant of: ImmunoForge, Grant/research support from: Abbvie, Asahi Kasei Pharma, Chugai Pharmaceutical, CSL Behring, Eisai, ImmunoForge, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, and Ono pharmaceutical.
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Endo Y, Fukuzawa T, Irie M, Sasaki H, Kudo H, Ando R, Okubo R, Katayama S, Hashimoto M, Sato K, Tachibana M, Aoki H, Araya M, Hirabayashi K, Saito S, Masaki H, Nakazawa Y, Sasahara Y, Wada M. Intraoperative Placement of an Absorbable Spacer Prior to Radiation Therapy for a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor. Case Rep Oncol 2022; 15:541-546. [PMID: 35813702 PMCID: PMC9214486 DOI: 10.1159/000524824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A 7-year-6-month-old female was diagnosed with a pelvic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and lymph node metastases. Tumorectomy was performed after four cycles of chemotherapy. A 33-mm cystic lesion was observed around the left iliac muscle after three cycles of postoperative chemotherapy, and proton beam therapy (PBT) was recommended. She was referred for absorbable spacer (AS) placement. The left ovarian appendage (OA) was resected due to the direct tumor infiltration. The right OA was fixed to the uterosacral ligament. The AS was fixed to the lateral pelvis. The PBT (70.3 Gy relative biological effectiveness) was performed successfully with the AS, and she also had the reproducing possibility due to prevention of severe irradiation damage of the right OA. AS eliminated the surgical removal of spacers and enabled us high-dose PBT for residual tumor without severe irradiation damage including infertility.
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- Yuki Endo
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan
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Hayashi K, Sasaki H, Mugita T, Tomiyama T, Koizumi S, Kurokawa I, Matsubara E, Saito K, Fuji K, Ishikawa K, Fukagai T. Effect of long-term administration of Tadalafil on arteriosclerosis: A prospective cohort study. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hayashi K, Sasaki H, Mugita T, Tomiyama T, Koizumi S, Kurokawa I, Saito K, Fuji K, Ishikawa K, Fukagai T. Association between vascular lesion and penile erection hardness in Japanese patients with erectile dysfunction. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ishikawa K, Sasaki H, Ogushi Y, Niikura A, Ota T, Ichimura Y, Hashimoto Y, Kurokawa I, Sugishita H, Tanifuji S, Yamagishi M, Shimoyama H, Ota M, Oshinomi K, Hayashi K, Morita J, Shichijo T, Fukagai T, Sugawara S. Lipid abnormality, current diabetes and age affect erectile hardness ∼ An analysis of data from complete medical checkups performed at a single hospital in Japan. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.421] [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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Yamagishi M, Sasaki H, Ogushi Y, Niikura A, Ota T, Ichimura Y, Hashimoto Y, Sugishita H, Kurokawa I, Tanifuji S, Imamura Y, Shimoyama H, Ota M, Ishikawa K, Hayashi K, Fukagai T. A study of erectile dysfunction in men 40 years of age or younger. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.422] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Shimoyama H, Sasaki H, Ogushi Y, Niikura A, Ota T, Ichimura Y, Hshimoto Y, Kurokawa I, Sugishita H, Tanifuji S, Yamagishi M, Imamura Y, Ota M, Ishikawa K, Hayashi K. Clinical analysis on the pharmaceutical formulation of VIAGRA OD Film. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sakaguchi H, Konishi KI, Yasuda R, Sasaki H, Yoshimaru K, Tainaka T, Fukahori S, Sanada Y, Iwama I, Shoji H, Kinoshita M, Matsuura T, Fujishiro J, Uchida H, Nio M, Yamashita Y, Mizuochi T. Serum matrix metalloproteinase-7 in biliary atresia: A Japanese multicenter study. Hepatol Res 2022; 52:479-487. [PMID: 35106887 DOI: 10.1111/hepr.13753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Biliary atresia (BA) is among the commonest indications for liver transplantation (LT) in children. We examined whether serum matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) is useful for diagnosis of BA in Japanese infants, and whether serum MMP-7 concentrations before and after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) predicted LT within a year. METHODS Subjects under 6 months old at eight pediatric centers in Japan were enrolled retrospectively, including patients with cholestasis and normal controls (NC) without liver disease. Patients with cholestasis were divided into groups representing BA versus cholestasis from other causes (non-BA). Serum samples were collected from patients with BA at diagnosis and 1 and 4 weeks after KP, as well as from non-BA and NC. RESULTS Serum MMP-7 concentrations were significantly higher in BA at diagnosis (median, 89.1 ng/ml) than in non-BA (11.0; p < 0.001) or NC (10.3; p < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis of MMP-7 for BA versus non-BA yielded an area under the ROC curve of 0.99 (95% confidence interval, 0.96-1.00). An optimal cut-off value of 18.6 ng/ml for serum MMP-7 in diagnosing BA demonstrated sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 90%, respectively. Serum MMP-7 before and 1 week and 4 weeks after KP did not differ significantly between BA requiring only KP and BA requiring LT after KP. CONCLUSION Serum MMP-7 is a useful marker for diagnosis of BA in Japanese infants, but it could not predict LT within a year.
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- Hirotaka Sakaguchi
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.,Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastroenterological, General and Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Fukuzawa T, Yamaki S, Irie M, Sasaki H, Kudo H, Nakamura M, Ando R, Okubo R, Endo Y, Hashimoto M, Tada K, Nakajima Y, Sato K, Endo R, Aoki H, Wada M. Immature ovarian teratoma with pseudo-Meigs syndrome and gliomatosis peritonei. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2022.102265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Urabe F, Kimura T, Sasaki H, Iwatani K, Aikawa K, Tashiro K, Tsutsumi Y, Morikawa M, Sato S, Takahashi H, Aoki M, Miki K, Egawa S. Comparison between long-term outcomes of low-dose-rate brachytherapy and radical prostatectomy in patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer: Propensity match scoring analysis. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)01031-4] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Sakamoto S, Hashizume N, Yagi M, Sasaki H, Nio M. Postoperative pharmacotherapy for patients with biliary atresia in Japan. Pediatr Int 2022; 64:e14990. [PMID: 34528345 DOI: 10.1111/ped.14990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Members of the Japanese Biliary Atresia Society were surveyed using questionnaires that assess their current practice regarding postoperative pharmacotherapy for outpatients with biliary atresia (BA). METHODS In September 2018, questionnaires were sent to 100 member institutions of the Japanese Biliary Atresia Society. Questionnaires included the number of BA outpatients per institution and pharmacotherapy for outpatients with native liver. Pharmacotherapies were categorized into antibiotics, cholagogues, hepatoprotective agents, branched-chain amino acid supplement, Japanese Kampo medicine, probiotics, laxative, glycerin enema, and "others." In each category, the questionnaires asked about the medicine's details and the time of withdrawal of administration. RESULTS Responses were collected from 58 of the 100 institutions. Fifty-four institutions (94.7%) had prescribed one or more medicines as postoperative pharmacotherapy, and three institutions (5.3%) did not prescribe any medicines. Fifty-three institutions (93.0%) had prescribed ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), and 32 (60.4%) of these continued prescribing UDCA as long as the condition of patients remained unchanged. Twenty-nine (50.9%) had prescribed Japanese Kampo medicines ("Inchinkoto" in all cases). Twenty-four (42.1%) had prescribed antibiotics, mainly trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, in 21 (87.5%). Twenty-three (40.4%) had prescribed probiotics. CONCLUSIONS There were many variations of pharmacotherapy in BA outpatients with native liver in Japan, including antibiotic, probiotic, and Inchinkoto prescriptions. Of the various drugs, the most commonly administered was UDCA.
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- Saki Sakamoto
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Zhu G, Ueda K, Hashimoto M, Zhang M, Sasaki M, Kariya T, Sasaki H, Kaludercic N, Lee DI, Bedja D, Gabrielson M, Yuan Y, Paolocci N, Blanton RM, Karas RH, Mendelsohn ME, O’Rourke B, Kass DA, Takimoto E. The mitochondrial regulator PGC1α is induced by cGMP-PKG signaling and mediates the protective effects of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibition in heart failure. FEBS Lett 2022; 596:17-28. [PMID: 34778969 PMCID: PMC9199229 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibition (PDE5i) activates cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) and ameliorates heart failure; however, its impact on cardiac mitochondrial regulation has not been fully determined. Here, we investigated the role of the mitochondrial regulator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ co-activator-1α (PGC1α) in the PDE5i-conferred cardioprotection, utilizing PGC1α null mice. In PGC1α+/+ hearts exposed to 7 weeks of pressure overload by transverse aortic constriction, chronic treatment with the PDE5 inhibitor sildenafil improved cardiac function and remodeling, with improved mitochondrial respiration and upregulation of PGC1α mRNA in the myocardium. By contrast, PDE5i-elicited benefits were abrogated in PGC1α-/- hearts. In cultured cardiomyocytes, PKG overexpression induced PGC1α, while inhibition of the transcription factor CREB abrogated the PGC1α induction. Together, these results suggest that the PKG-PGC1α axis plays a pivotal role in the therapeutic efficacy of PDE5i in heart failure.
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- Guangshuo Zhu
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan,Molecular Cardiology Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA,Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Fukuzawa T, Yamaki S, Irie M, Sasaki H, Kudo H, Nakamura M, Ando R, Okubo R, Endo Y, Hashimoto M, Tada K, Nakajima Y, Sato K, Endo R, Aoki H, Kuniyoshi S, Saito K, Wada M. Retroperitoneal paraganglioma with hypertensive crisis during laparoscopic surgery. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2021.102029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Endo Y, Wada M, Sasaki H, Fukuzawa T, Kudo H, Ando R, Yamaki S, Okubo R, Hashimoto M, Nakajima Y, Sato K, Aoki H, Ota H, Takase K, Nio M. Pancreatic foregut cystic malformation with a bifid pancreatic tail. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2021.101963] [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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Kudo H, Wada M, Sasaki H, Fukuzawa T, Ando R, Okubo R, Hashimoto M, Endo Y, Tada K, Nakajima Y, Nakamura M, Yamaki S, Nio M. Intestinal Transplantation at a Single Institution in Japan. Transplant Proc 2021; 53:2040-2045. [PMID: 34266655 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of intestinal transplantation (ITX) between 2 groups by using medications for induction treatment and assess the utility of the current protocol. METHODS From 2003 to 2020, 11 patients underwent ITX. Recipients were classified into 2 groups: group IL-2Ra (interleukin-2 receptor antagonist therapy, n = 6) and ATG (rabbit antithymocyte globulin therapy, n = 5). We conducted a retrospective review of patient and graft survival rates and the postoperative course. RESULTS The 1-, 5-, and 10-year patient and graft survival rates of the 11 primary grafts in the 11 recipients were 100%, 88.9%, 62.2% and 90.0%, 78.8%, 56.3%, respectively. The median duration of follow-up for the IL-2Ra and ATG groups was 197.3 and 87.3 months, respectively. The 1-, 5-, and 10-year patient survival rates were 100%, 83.3%, 50% and 100%, 100%, 100% for the IL-2Ra and ATG groups, respectively (P = .25) and 83.3%, 66.7%, 33.3% and 100%, 100%, 100% for graft survival in the IL-2Ra and ATG groups, respectively (P = .08). The incidence of moderate and severe acute rejection was 100% and 20% in the IL-2Ra and ATG groups, respectively (P = .02). The 1- and 5-year moderate and severe rejection-free survival rates were 33.3%, 0% and 80%, 80% in the IL-2Ra and ATG groups, respectively (P = .04). CONCLUSIONS ATG significantly suppressed moderate and severe acute rejection compared with IL-2Ra, thereby showing better short- and mid-term rejection-free survival rates. Additional clinical experience is needed to determine the optimal regimen for the management of ITX recipients.
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- Hironori Kudo
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Sasaki H, Nio M, Ando H, Kitagawa H, Kubota M, Suzuki T, Taguchi T, Hashimoto T. Anatomical patterns of biliary atresia including hepatic radicles at the porta hepatis influence short- and long-term prognoses. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2021; 28:931-941. [PMID: 34110698 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The biliary atresia (BA) inflammatory process leads to various obstructive patterns of extrahepatic biliary trees. The significance of the various BA obstructive patterns is unclear. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the anatomical patterns of the biliary tract and short- and long-term prognoses in BA. METHODS Between 1989 and 2018, 3483 patients were registered in the Japanese Biliary Atresia Registry. For this study, we selected 2649 patients who underwent Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) between the ages of 31 and 90 days to eliminate the influence of age at KP as much as possible. RESULTS Regarding the main type, there were significant differences in the jaundice clearance rate (JCR; Type I: 67.9%, Type I-cyst: 79.4%, Type II: 74.5%, Type III: 60.9%; P < .0001) and the native liver survival rate (NLSR; P < .0001). In subgroups with hepatic radicles in Types I, II, and I-cyst, there was a significant difference in JCR (P = .0004) and NLSR (P = .0026). In subgroups with hepatic radicles in Type III, there was a significant difference in JCR (P = .0148) and NLSR (P = .0421). CONCLUSIONS Anatomical patterns of obstruction influenced short- and long-term prognoses in BA. These patterns were suggested to be prognostic factors following KP.
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- Hideyuki Sasaki
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fujita Health University Graduate School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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Tohi Y, Kato T, Yokomizo A, Mitsuzuka K, Tomida R, Inokuchi J, Matsumoto R, Saito T, Sasaki H, Inoue K, Kinoshita H, Fukuhara H, Maruyama S, Sakamoto S, Tanikawa T, Egawa S, Ichikura H, Abe T, Nakamura M, Kakehi Y, Sugimoto M. Impact of health-related quality of life on repeat protocol biopsy compliance on active surveillance for favorable prostate cancer: Results from a prospective cohort in the PRIAS-JAPAN study. Eur Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(21)01410-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sato K, Fukuzawa T, Wada M, Sasaki H, Kudo H, Ando R, Okubo R, Endo Y, Nio M. Rapidly growing immature retroperitoneal teratoma in a neonate. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2021.101891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Mori K, Sasaki H, Onuma H, Miki J, Kimura T, Shariat S, Aoki M, Egawa S. High-dose-rate brachytherapy and hypo-fractionated external beam radiation combined with long-term androgen deprivation for very-high-risk prostate cancer. Eur Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(21)01572-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Konishi KI, Mizuochi T, Takei H, Yasuda R, Sakaguchi H, Ishihara J, Takaki Y, Kinoshita M, Hashizume N, Fukahori S, Shoji H, Miyano G, Yoshimaru K, Matsuura T, Sanada Y, Tainaka T, Uchida H, Kubo Y, Tanaka H, Sasaki H, Murai T, Fujishiro J, Yamashita Y, Nio M, Nittono H, Kimura A. A Japanese prospective multicenter study of urinary oxysterols in biliary atresia. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4986. [PMID: 33654186 PMCID: PMC7925559 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84445-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Diagnosis of biliary atresia (BA) can involve uncertainties. In the present prospective multicenter study, we considered whether urinary oxysterols represent a useful marker for diagnosis of BA in Japanese children. Subjects under 6 months old at 7 pediatric centers in Japan were prospectively enrolled, including patients with cholestasis and healthy controls (HC) without liver disease. Patients with cholestasis constituted 2 groups representing BA patients and others with cholestasis from other causes (non-BA). We quantitatively analyzed 7 oxysterols including 4β-, 20(S)-, 22(S)-, 22(R)-, 24(S)-, 25-, and 27-hydroxycholesterol by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Enrolled subjects included 14 with BA (median age 68 days; range 26-170) and 10 non-BA cholestatic controls (59; 14-162), as well as 10 HC (57; 25-120). Total urinary oxysterols were significantly greater in BA (median, 153.0 μmol/mol creatinine; range 24.1-486.7; P < 0.001) and non-BA (36.2; 5.8-411.3; P < 0.05) than in HC (2.7; 0.8-7.6). In patients with BA, urinary 27-hydroxycholesterol (3.61; 0.42-11.09; P < 0.01) was significantly greater than in non-BA (0.71; 0-5.62). In receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for distinguishing BA from non-BA, the area under the ROC curve for urinary 27-hydroxycholesterol was 0.83. In conclusion, this first report of urinary oxysterol analysis in patients with BA indicated that 27-hydroxycholesterol may be a useful marker for distinguishing BA from other causes of neonatal cholestasis.
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- Ken-Ichiro Konishi
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan.
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- Junshin Clinic Bile Acid Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastroenterological, General and Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 8300011, Japan
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Sasaki H, Takatsuna H, Inoue T, Matsui D, Sakoda H, Yokoyama M, Shiosakai K, Seki H, Uetake Y, Okuizumi K. A Cross-sectional Survey of Patients with Suspected Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain in Japan. Intern Med 2021; 60:357-365. [PMID: 32921690 PMCID: PMC7925283 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.5512-20] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Objective The burden of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) is poorly understood. The present study reported on the current status of DPNP in Japan, to improve our understanding of this condition among healthcare providers and inform future clinical research on its prevalence, diagnosis, and management. Methods A cross-sectional, observational study (UMIN000037023) was conducted via a web-based survey. The primary endpoints were the frequency of patients with bilateral foot symptoms, consulting a doctor, understanding DPNP, and reporting problems in daily life, as well as the treatment awareness of patients. Patients Adults ≥20 years old who were registered in the Rakuten Insight Disease Panel and receiving anti-diabetic therapy in Japan were included. Results Bilateral foot pain symptoms were reported by 1,768/7,754 (22.8%) respondents, most commonly intense numbness (13.0%). Of those with symptoms, 55.3% consulted a doctor; the most common reason for not seeking consultation was feeling that symptoms were insufficiently severe to bother their doctor (89.4%). Nearly 60% reported understanding the causes of their symptoms, with diabetes-associated neurologic deficits (58.8%) most commonly identified. About one-quarter reported daily life problems, including an inability to walk for long periods (58.3%) and feeling anxious (58.1%). Treatment awareness was reported by 18.2%; oral medications were commonly recognized (64.6%). Conclusion In Japan, 22.8% of patients with diabetes have bilateral foot pain symptoms; some experience problems in their daily life without understanding the causes of their symptoms. This supports the importance of actions to increase awareness and minimize DPNP-associated impairment of daily life in patients with diabetes.
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- Hideyuki Sasaki
- Division of Diabetes and Metabolism, Satellite Clinic for Integrative and Anti-Aging Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Japan
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- Medical Affairs Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan
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- Medical Affairs Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan
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- Digital Transformation Management Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan
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- Medical Affairs Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan
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Okubo R, Nio M, Sasaki H. Impacts of Early Kasai Portoenterostomy on Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes of Biliary Atresia. Hepatol Commun 2021; 5:234-243. [PMID: 33553971 PMCID: PMC7850309 DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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There are discrepancies regarding the clinical impact of age at Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) on surgical outcomes. Hence, we re-assessed the clinical significance of age at KP. We analyzed 224 patients with type III (atresia of bile duct at the porta hepatis) biliary atresia at Tohoku University Hospital. We classified patients into two groups: KP at ≤60 days of age (group TE) and >60 days of age (group TL). Group TE was subdivided into three groups (TE1, TE2, and TE3) according to age at time of surgery. Subsequently, 2,643 patients in the Japanese Biliary Atresia Registry were classified similarly. Background and surgical outcomes were compared. Of the 2,643 cases, 323 patients who underwent revision KP were analyzed separately. The jaundice clearance rates (JCRs) were 81.4%, 100%, 64.7%, 83.0%, and 65.2% of patients in the TE, TE1, TE2, TE3, and TL groups, respectively. The 15-year native liver survival rates of patients in the TE, TE1, TE2, TE3, and TL groups were 62.2%, 88.9%, 33.9%, 64.4%, and 42.9%, respectively. The 30-year native liver survival rates of patients in the TE, TE1, TE2, TE3, and TL groups were 38.6%, 74.1%, 25.4%, 35.8%, and 31.7%, respectively. The JCRs were 66.2%, 69.4%, 64.1%, 66.7%, and 59.7% for patients in groups JE, JE1, JE2, JE3, and JL, respectively. The 15-year native liver survival rates were 48.1%, 56.7%, 43.9%, 48.9%, and 37.2% for patients in groups JE, JE1, JE2, JE3, and JL, respectively. The JCRs following revision KP were higher in the JE1 group than in the other groups. Conclusion: Early KP was associated with favorable outcomes except in patients aged 31-45 days.
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- Ryuji Okubo
- Department of Pediatric SurgeryTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineSendaiMiyagiJapan.,The Japanese Biliary Atresia SocietyOffice of the Japanese Biliary Atresia SocietyDepartment of Pediatric SurgeryTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineSendaiMiyagiJapan
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- Department of Pediatric SurgeryTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineSendaiMiyagiJapan.,The Japanese Biliary Atresia SocietyOffice of the Japanese Biliary Atresia SocietyDepartment of Pediatric SurgeryTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineSendaiMiyagiJapan
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- Department of Pediatric SurgeryTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineSendaiMiyagiJapan.,The Japanese Biliary Atresia SocietyOffice of the Japanese Biliary Atresia SocietyDepartment of Pediatric SurgeryTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineSendaiMiyagiJapan
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Sasaki H, Kishimoto S. Diagnostic strategy for diabetic polyneuropathy: Focus on nerve fiber type and magnetic resonance neurography. J Diabetes Investig 2021; 12:140-142. [PMID: 32681709 PMCID: PMC7858112 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13364] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Recently, various neurological tests for evaluating small-fiber neuropathy have been developed. Magnetic resonance neurography has also developed as a novel method to visualize diabetic neuropathy. The current status of diabetic polyneuropathy diagnosis focusing on the types of nerve fiber and magnetic resonance neurography is summarized.
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- Hideyuki Sasaki
- Division of Diabetes and MetabolismSatellite Clinic for Integrative and Anti‐Aging Medicine, Wakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
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- First Department of MedicineWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
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Sasaki H, Kishimoto S. Response to 'Focus on nerve fiber type: A diagnostic strategy for diabetic polyneuropathy'. J Diabetes Investig 2021; 12:461. [PMID: 33393226 PMCID: PMC7926242 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13473] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Hideyuki Sasaki
- Division of Diabetes and Metabolism, Satellite Clinic for Integrative and Anti-Aging Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Kusunoki K, Toiyama Y, Okugawa Y, Yamamoto A, Omura Y, Kusunoki Y, Yin C, Kondo S, Okita Y, Ohi M, Sasaki H, Bando T, Uchino M, Ikeuchi H, Kusunoki M. The advanced lung cancer inflammation index predicts outcomes in patients with Crohn's disease after surgical resection. Colorectal Dis 2021; 23:84-93. [PMID: 32644245 DOI: 10.1111/codi.15248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AIM Precise biomarkers for predicting prognosis could help to identify high-risk Crohn's disease (CD) patients to facilitate better follow-up during the postoperative course. In this study, the primary aim is the identification of the most reliable nutrition marker that predicts surgical relapse in CD patients. METHOD We first evaluated the predictive value of various nutrition markers for postoperative surgical relapse in CD patients and identified the advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) as a promising biomarker. Then, we assessed the clinical significance of preoperative ALI in CD patients using two cohorts. RESULTS Preoperative ALI showed the highest correlation with reoperation rate compared with other nutritional parameters in CD patients receiving surgical resection (sensitivity 53%, specificity 86%, area under the curve 0.71). Lower levels of preoperative ALI were significantly correlated with the presence of perianal disease. A lower level of preoperative ALI was an independent prognostic factor for reoperation rate after an intestinal resection (hazard ratio 3.37, 95% CI 1.38-10.12, P = 0.006), and the prognostic impact of preoperative ALI was successfully validated in an independent cohort using the same cut-off value. CONCLUSION Preoperative ALI might be useful for postoperative management of CD patients.
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- K Kusunoki
- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.,Department of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Division of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.,Department of Genomic Medicine, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Division of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Division of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Division of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Division of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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Kondo Y, Sakakibara T, Furuta M, Kato J, Kato A, Mase S, Sasaki H, Miyake Y. 333MO Cost-utility analysis of olanzapine in Japanese patients treated with cisplatin-containing highly emetogenic chemotherapy. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.10.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Iwanaga T, Aoki T, Ogo T, Tsuji A, Ueda J, Hirakawa K, Nakayama S, Asano R, Inoue Y, Uehara K, Sasaki H, Matsuda H, Yasuda S. Beneficial effects of balloon pulmonary angioplasty on clinical outcomes in patients with residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary endarterectomy. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.2259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Although pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is an established surgical treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), a part of patients after PEA show residual pulmonary hypertension, leading to limited exercise capacity. Recently, several studies have indicated that balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) improves hemodynamics, exercise capacity and prognosis in inoperable CTEPH patients. However, the effects of BPA in patients with residual pulmonary hypertension after PEA remain to be elucidated.
Aim
In the present study, we investigated comprehensive efficacy of BPA on hemodynamics, exercise capacity and right ventricular function in those with residual pulmonary hypertension after PEA.
Methods
From October 2010 to February 2019, 227 patients with CTEPH underwent PEA in our institution. Right heart catheterization after PEA (median follow up period from PEA to right heart catheterization 39 [10.5, 90] months) showed that 55 patients showed residual PH (mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP)≥25mmHg), and 38 of them referred to BPA (mean age 57 years old, male 8 (21%)) due to residual symptoms. In 29 out of 38 patients (76%) who completed BPA and underwent follow-up right heart catheterization, we examined hemodynamics, exercise capacity and right ventricular function before and after BPA. Follow-up examination was performed 3 months after last BPA session.
Results
In this study population (N=29), PEA significantly improved mPAP (47±7 to 38±10 mmHg), pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR, 14.6±4.6 to 9.2±4.6 WU) and right ventricular ejection fraction measured by magnetic resonance imaging (26.6±11.3 to 38.4±6.8%) (Figure). Median period from PEA to first BPA procedure was 42 [13.5, 94] months. Total session number during study period was 160 sessions, and mean session number of BPA was 5.5±1.5 per patient. Follow-up study revealed that BPA additionally improved mPAP (38±10 to 27±8 mmHg) and PVR (9.2±4.6 to 5.1±2.2 WU) (Figure). Similarly, 6-minute walk distance (393±125 to 452±125 m) and peak VO2 (16.4±3.8 to 18.1±4.6 ml/min/kg, p<0.05) were increased, and WHO functional class also significantly improved by BPA (I/II/III/IV, 0/21/8/ 0 to 1/27/1/0, p<0.01). In addition, right ventricular ejection fraction (38.4±6.8 to 44.2±7.1%) was increased after BPA (Figure). There were no procedure-related deaths and major lung injuries requiring oral intubation during study period. 3-year survival in patients after BPA was 100% (median follow-up period after last BPA session, 32 [18, 46] months).
Conclusion
In CTEPH patients with residual pulmonary hypertension after PEA, additional BPA significantly improved hemodynamics, right ventricular function, exercise capacity and residual symptoms without severe complications, leading to good prognosis. These results suggest that combination therapy of PEA and BPA could be an effective therapeutic option for post PEA patients with residual symptoms and exercise limitation.
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Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- T Iwanaga
- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Suita, Japan
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- National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Center, Cardiovascular Department, Suita, Japan
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Mawson T, Nakamura A, Petersen TC, Shibata N, Sasaki H, Paganin DM, Morgan MJ, Findlay SD. Suppressing dynamical diffraction artefacts in differential phase contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy of long-range electromagnetic fields via precession. Ultramicroscopy 2020; 219:113097. [PMID: 32905857 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.113097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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It is well known that dynamical diffraction varies with changes in sample thickness and local crystal orientation (due to sample bending). In differential phase contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy (DPC-STEM), this can produce contrast comparable to that arising from the long-range electromagnetic fields probed by this technique. Through simulation we explore the scale of these dynamical diffraction artefacts and introduce a metric for the magnitude of their contribution to the contrast. We show that precession over an angular range of a few milliradian can suppress this contribution to the contrast by one-to-two orders of magnitude. Our exploration centres around a case study of GaAs near the [011] zone-axis orientation using a probe-forming aperture semiangle on the order of 0.1 mrad at 300 keV, but the trends found and methodology used are expected to apply more generally.
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- T Mawson
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- JEOL Ltd., Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia; Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; Nanostructures Research Laboratory, Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya 456-8587, Japan
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- Furukawa Electric Ltd., Yokohama 220-0073, Japan
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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Kishimoto S, Sasaki H, Kurisu S, Ogawa K, Matsuno S, Furuta H, Arita M, Naka K, Nanjo K, Akamizu T. Bilateral atrophy of the extensor digitorum brevis muscle might be a useful sign for diagnosing diabetic polyneuropathy in Japanese men who do not sit in the traditional "seiza" style. J Diabetes Investig 2020; 12:398-408. [PMID: 33481342 PMCID: PMC7926247 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13367] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Aims/Introduction As the extensor digitorum brevis muscle is a small muscle in the most distal part of the legs, its atrophy (EDBA) might reflect symmetric polyneuropathy (SPN). We aimed to clarify the EDBA‐related factors and the usefulness of bilateral EDBA detection for diagnosing SPN, especially diabetic SPN (DSPN). Materials and Methods In 1,893 participants from the Japanese general population (investigation I) and 133 established diabetes patients (investigation II), relationships between EDBA and various factors including the traditional sitting style called “seiza’” (kneeling and sitting on one’s heels) were investigated. Analyses were carried out by univariate and multivariate analysis, and SPN or DSPN was diagnosed by the criteria of “Probable DSPN” of the Toronto Consensus. The validity of EDBA detection for diagnosing SPN/DSPN was also evaluated. Results Investigation I: EDBA was more prevalent in women than men (44% vs 20%). Significant EDBA‐related factors were aging and seiza habit regardless of sex. Male‐specific EDBA‐related factors were SPN and known diabetes. In men without seiza habit, EDBA was significantly associated with SPN regardless of diabetes, so EDBA seemed to be a useful sign for diagnosing SPN/DSPN. Investigation II: In men, DSPN was more prevalent in the EDBA group than the non‐EDBA group (71% vs 33%). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and kappa coefficient of EDBA detection for diagnosing DSPN were 44, 87, 67% and 0.323, showing fair agreement. Conclusions EDBA detection might be a useful method to screen for distal symmetric polyneuropathy, such as DSPN in men, although the exclusion of individuals with seiza habit is necessary to improve accuracy.
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- Shohei Kishimoto
- First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes and Metabolism, Satellite Clinic for Integrative and Anti-Aging Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Health-promotion Research Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Wakayama Rosai Hospital, Wakayama, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Takuma K, Sugimoto M, Kakehi Y, Matsumoto R, Shinohara N, Nakamura M, Kume H, Sasaki H, Egawa S, Hashine K. Outcomes of active surveillance patients older than 75 years with early stage prostate cancer: From the PRIAS-JAPAN study. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33894-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Kawakami T, Saitoh N, Asukai Y, Wada S, Sasaki H, Takahashi H, Hatori K, Itou N, Fukunaga H, Toubaru T. P377Zero-fluoroscopy ablation with ultrasound-guided sheath insertion. Europace 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euaa162.195] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Radiation exposure during catheter ablation procedures is a risk for both the patient and electrophysiology staff. Recently, the feasibility and effectiveness of zero-fluoroscopy ablation have been shown. However, ensuring a safe sheath insertion through the venous system toward the heart is a concern in catheter ablation using the zero-fluoroscopy technique.
Purpose
The objective of this study was to confirm feasibility and safety for zero-fluoroscopy ablation using ultrasound-guided sheath insertion.
Methods
Zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation was performed in 220 patients (185 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), 26 patients with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), and nine patients with ventricular arrhythmias (VA)) using a 3-dimensional electro-anatomical mapping system, contact force monitoring, and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) imaging. In all cases, ultrasound-guided sheath insertion was performed through the femoral vein. In 6 cases of VA, the retrograde approach through the femoral artery was performed with ICE imaging and contact-force monitoring. The endpoint of ablation for AF was pulmonary vein ablation in all cases and addition of left atrial posterior wall isolation in persistent AF cases. The endpoint of ablation for SVT and VA was noninducibility after ablation.
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The endpoints of ablation were achieved in all cases. The fluoroscopic time during ablation procedures was 0 seconds. There were two complications (one cardiac tamponade and one acute heart failure). There were no complications related to sheath insertion.
Conclusions
Zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation with ultrasound-guided sheath insertion may be feasible and can be performed safely. This method eliminates exposure radiation safely, which is a concern of zero-fluoroscopy endocardial catheter ablation.
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
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The diabetic state results in neuropathy. The main causative mechanism is hyperglycemia, although microvascular involvement, hypertriglyceridemia, as well as genetic and immune mechanisms may be contributory. There is a growing spectrum of types of diabetic neuropathies that differ based on the type of fibers involved (e.g. myelinated, unmyelinated, autonomic, somatic), distribution of nerves involved, and mechanisms of neuropathy. The most common type is distal sensory neuropathy (DSN), which affects the distal ends of large myelinated fibers, more often sensory than motor, and is often asymptomatic. The next-most common is distal small fiber neuropathy (DSFN), which largely affects the unmyelinated fibers and carries the phenotype of burning feet syndrome. Diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DAN) occurs when widespread involvement of autonomic unmyelinated fibers occurs, and patients can be incapacitated with orthostatic hypotension as well as neurogenic bladder and bowel involvement. Radiculoplexus diabetic neuropathy causes proximal weakness and pain, usually in the lower extremity, and has a combination of immune, inflammatory, and vascular mechanisms. The nerve roots and plexus are involved. These patients present with proximal weakness of a subacute onset, often with severe pain and some autonomic failure. Finally, rapid and sustained reduction of blood glucose can result in treatment-induced diabetic neuropathy (TIND), which largely affects the sensory and autonomic fibers. This occurs if HbA1c is rapidly reduced within 3 months, and the likelihood is proportional to the original A1c and the size of the reduction.
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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Sasaki H, Kotaki T, Fujimori A, Tsukamoto T, Suzuki E, Oishi Y, Shibasaki Y. Excellent performance of aromatic polyguanamines induced by multiple hydrogen bondable tetraazacalix[2]arene[2]-triazine ring in their main chain. RSC Adv 2020; 10:1361-1370. [PMID: 35494688 PMCID: PMC9047533 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra09136j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A series of poly(guanamine) (c-PG)s containing tetraazacalix[2]arene[2]-triazine (mPDA2CyC2) were successfully prepared by solution polycondensation of mPDA2CyC2 with various aromatic diamines in an aprotic organic solvent with a lithium chloride additive (5 wt%) at 150 °C for 6 hours. The number-average molecular weights (Mn)s of these c-PG polymers reached up to 31 500, with a relatively broad molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 5.3. They showed good solubility in aprotic organic solvents, such as N-methylpyrrolidone and N,N-dimethylacetamide at a concentration of 2 mg mL−1. The glass transition temperatures (Tg) of the c-PG polymers were in the range 359 °C–392 °C, approximately 160 °C higher than those of counterpart polymers (i.e., with no aza-calixarene-based PG (l-PG)). The coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs) of the c-PG polymers were 29.7–48.1 ppm K−1 (at 100 °C–150 °C), much lower than those of l-PG samples, i.e., 59.1–85.1 ppm K−1. Transparent and almost colorless c-PG films were successfully prepared by a solution casting method, showing maximum tensile strength (σS), modulus (Eγ), and elongation at break (Eb) values of 151 MPa, 6.3 GPa, and 4.4%, respectively, for the c-PG polymer from mPDA2CyC2 and 4,4′-oxydianiline monomers. The corresponding l-PG film exhibited σS, Eγ, and Eb values of just 76 MPa, 5.4 GPa, and 1.6%, respectively. These outstanding thermal and mechanical properties of the c-PG polymers can be attributed to their multiple hydrogen bonding interaction between mPDA2CyC2 residues in the polymer backbone. This interaction was identified by infrared spectroscopy measurements at the broad absorption band around 3000–3400 cm−1. Poly(guanamine)s containing tetraazacalix[2]arene[2]triazine ring within the polymer main-chain show outstanding thermal and mechanical properties arisen from the multiple-hydrogen bond.![]()
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- Department of Chemistry & Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Iwate University 4-3-5 Ueda Morioka Iwate 020-8551 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Iwate University 4-3-5 Ueda Morioka Iwate 020-8551 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku Saitama 338-8570 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Iwate University 4-3-5 Ueda Morioka Iwate 020-8551 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Iwate University 4-3-5 Ueda Morioka Iwate 020-8551 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Iwate University 4-3-5 Ueda Morioka Iwate 020-8551 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Iwate University 4-3-5 Ueda Morioka Iwate 020-8551 Japan
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Nio M, Wada M, Sasaki H, Tanaka H, Hashimoto M, Nakajima Y. Correctable biliary atresia and cholangiocarcinoma: a case report of a 63-year-old patient. Surg Case Rep 2019; 5:185. [PMID: 31784849 PMCID: PMC6884610 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-019-0748-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Although cancer occurrence following surgery for biliary atresia has gradually increased, the development of cholangiocarcinoma in a native liver survivor of biliary atresia is extremely rare. Case presentation A 3-month-old female patient with the correctable type of biliary atresia underwent a cystoduodenostomy. At 16 years of age, she underwent multiple surgeries including lysis of intestinal adhesions, ileostomy, and gastrojejunostomy at another hospital. At 54 years of age, she underwent lithotomy at the porta hepatis, resection of the residual cystic bile duct with gallbladder, and hepaticojejunostomy in Roux-en-Y fashion. As she approached the age of 63, her computed tomography scan showed no liver tumors. In the following year, she developed cholangiocarcinoma at the porta hepatis and underwent chemotherapy. However, the cancer progressed, and she died before she reached the age of 64 years. Conclusions Cholangiocarcinoma is extremely rare in patients with biliary atresia. However, physicians should follow up patients with biliary atresia as closely as possible, as malignant tumors secondary to biliary atresia may increase in number in the near future because of the growing number of long-term survivors with biliary atresia.
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- Masaki Nio
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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Kurisu S, Sasaki H, Kishimoto S, Hirayasu K, Ogawa K, Matsuno S, Furuta H, Arita M, Naka K, Nanjo K, Akamizu T. Clinical polyneuropathy does not increase with prediabetes or metabolic syndrome in the Japanese general population. J Diabetes Investig 2019; 10:1565-1575. [PMID: 30980464 PMCID: PMC6825938 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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AIMS/INTRODUCTION The prevalence of clinical polyneuropathies (ClinPNs) or nerve conduction abnormality (NCA) in the groups stratified by glucose tolerance, individual components of metabolic syndrome (metabolic syndrome [MetS] components: hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity) and MetS defined by the International Diabetes Federation consensus was investigated in the Japanese general population. Factors associated with ClinPN and NCA were also identified. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 625 examinees of regional medical checkup programs were recruited to this cross-sectional study. ClinPNs were diagnosed by the Toronto Consensus. NCA was judged by at least one bilateral abnormality of sural nerve action potential amplitude or conduction velocity measured by a point-of-care nerve conduction device (DPNCheck). Clinical factors associated with ClinPNs or NCA were examined by multiple logistic regression analysis. Deteriorating factors of sural nerve action potential amplitude or conduction velocity values were also investigated in participants without diabetes (n = 550). RESULTS As for glucose tolerance, ClinPNs or NCA significantly increased only in known diabetes patients compared with other groups. There was no difference between prediabetes and the normal group. The prevalence of ClinPNs and NCA was not significantly related to MetS or MetS' components, except for frequent NCA in obesity. The factors significantly associated with both NCA and ClinPNs were smoking and known diabetes. In non-diabetic participants, aging, tall height and hypertension were significant deteriorating factors of nerve conduction functions. CONCLUSIONS In Japan, ClinPNs and NCA were increased in known diabetes patients, but did not increase in participants with prediabetes, MetS and MetS' components. Smoking and known diabetes were factors significantly associated with ClinPNs or NCA. Hypertension might be a modifiable deteriorating factor of nerve function.
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- Seigo Kurisu
- Department of MedicineKihoku HospitalWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
- First Department of MedicineWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
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- Division of Diabetes and MetabolismSatellite Clinic for Integrative and Anti‐Aging MedicineWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
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- First Department of MedicineWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
- Wakayama Rosai HospitalWakayamaJapan
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- Department of MedicineKihoku HospitalWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
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- First Department of MedicineWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
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- First Department of MedicineWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
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- Health‐promotion Research CenterWakayamaJapan
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- First Department of MedicineWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan
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Uto K, Inomata Y, Sakamoto S, Hibi T, Sasaki H, Nio M. A multicenter study of primary liver transplantation for biliary atresia in Japan. Pediatr Surg Int 2019; 35:1223-1229. [PMID: 31535197 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-019-04553-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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PURPOSE Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) is the primary procedure for biliary atresia (BA). However, due to reports of poor outcomes of KP, primary liver transplantation (LT) is preferred in selected cases. In Japan, primary LT is limited with no study reports details, particularly regarding the indications. We conducted the first nationwide survey to assess the status of primary LT in Japan. METHODS Questionnaires were sent to institutions where procedures other than KP were performed as the initial procedure for BA and registered to the Japan Biliary Atresia Registry. Parameters related to procedure selection were analyzed. RESULTS Of 2895 patients registered (1989-2013), primary LT (n = 15) or exploratory laparotomy (EL) followed by LT (n = 9) without KP was performed in 24 cases (0.8%). The main reason for primary LT was late diagnosis, and for EL followed by LT, lack of fibrous tissue at the porta hepatis (ο-type). The prognoses of LT without KP was good. CONCLUSION Non-KP initial procedures were limited. Clear criteria regarding the timing of diagnosis or patient condition could not be determined. Reasons for not initially selecting KP varied, but late diagnosis was predominant. Further study is needed to create guidelines for the initial treatment of BA patients.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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Tamakuma Y, Yamada R, Suzuki T, Kuroki T, Saga R, Mizuno H, Sasaki H, Iwaoka K, Hosoda M, Tokonami S. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION MONITORS. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2019; 184:307-310. [PMID: 31330024 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncz104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, the radiation dose for first responders was not evaluated accurately due to lack of the monitoring data. It has been important to evaluate a radiation dose for workers in emergency response at a nuclear accident. In this study, a new device which can evaluate both of external and internal exposure doses was developed and the performance of various environmental radiation monitors including commercially available monitors were tested and compared from the viewpoint of an environmental monitoring at emergency situation. Background counts of the monitors and the ambient dose equivalent rate were measured in Fukushima Prefecture. The detection limit for beta particles was evaluated by the method of ISO11929. The sensitivity for gamma-rays of the dust monitor using a ZnS(Ag) and a plastic scintillator was high, but that of the external exposure monitor using a silicon photodiode with CsI(Tl) crystal was relatively low. The detection limit ranged 190-280 Bq m-3 at 100 μSv h-1, exceeding the detection limit of 100 Bq m-3 in the minimum requirement by the National Regulation Authority in Japan. Use of the shielding with lead is necessary to achieve the minimum requirement. These results indicate that the dust monitor using a ZnS(Ag) scintillator and a plastic scintillator is suitable for the external exposure monitor and the developed internal exposure monitor is for the internal exposure monitor at emergency situation among the evaluated monitors. In the future study, the counting efficiency, the relative uncertainty and the performance of the detection for alpha particles will be evaluated, and it will be considered which type of a monitor is suitable after taking the portability into account.
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- Departmenet of Radiation Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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- Departmenet of Radiation Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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- Departmenet of Radiation Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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- Fuji Electric Co. Ltd., 11-2 Osaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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- Fuji Electric Co. Ltd., 11-2 Osaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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- Fuji Electric Co. Ltd., 11-2 Osaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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- Fuji Electric Co. Ltd., 11-2 Osaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba, Japan
- Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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- Departmenet of Radiation Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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- Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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Sasaki H, Sueyasu T, Tokuda H, Ito M, Kaneda Y, Rogi T, Kawashima H, Horiguchi S, Kawabata T, Shibata H. Aging and FADS1 polymorphisms decrease the biosynthetic capacity of long-chain PUFAs: A human trial using [U- 13C]linoleic acid. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2019; 148:1-8. [PMID: 31492428 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2019.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) are important constituents of biomembranes. Observation of blood fatty acids indicated that LCPUFA biosynthesis is affected by aging and FADS polymorphisms. This study examined the effects of aging and FADS polymorphisms on LCPUFA biosynthetic capacity via direct quantification using [U-13C]linoleic acid. Healthy young (25-34 years) and elderly (65-74 years) participants were administered [U-13C]linoleate, and its metabolites were monitored for 14 days. The time of maximum plasma concentration of 13C-arachidonic acid (ARA) was 4-5 days. The area under the curve of the 13C-ARA concentration differed by FADS1 rs174547 polymorphism (TT [100%] > TC [57%] > CC [37%]). Among C allele carriers, 13C-ARA formation was 32% lower in elderly than in young participants. This is the first report to directly demonstrate that LCPUFA biosynthetic capacity is regulated by FADS1 polymorphisms and decreased by aging in FADS1 C allele carriers.
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd., 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan.
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd., 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd., 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd., 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd., 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd., 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
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- Research Institute, Suntory Global Innovation Center Ltd., 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
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- Faculty of Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, 3-9-21 Chiyoda, Sakado, Saitama 350-0288, Japan
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- Faculty of Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, 3-9-21 Chiyoda, Sakado, Saitama 350-0288, Japan
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- Institute for Health Care Science, Suntory Wellness Ltd., 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0284, Japan
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Oue N, Naito Y, Hayashi T, Takigahira M, Kawano-Nagatsuma A, Sentani K, Sakamoto N, Oo HZ, Uraoka N, Yanagihara K, Ochiai A, Sasaki H, Yasui W. Correction: Signal peptidase complex 18, encoded by SEC11A, contributes to progression via TGF-α secretion in gastric cancer. Oncogene 2019; 38:5748. [DOI: 10.1038/s41388-019-0837-z] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Hirose T, Iwami D, Hotta K, Sasaki H, Higuchi H, Shinohara N. Percentage of CD19 + Cells in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes After Rituximab-Based Desensitization as a Predictor of Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:1382-1386. [PMID: 31027828 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.127] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rituximab (RIT) is effective as a part of the desensitization therapy before ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation (ABOi-KTx), and a single dose of RIT at 375 mg/m2 or less is recommended. However, adequate RIT dose recommendations have not yet been established for individual recipients. Therefore, we evaluated the relationship between the proportion of B cells in peripheral blood and acute antibody-mediated rejection (AAMR). METHODS Forty-four consecutive ABOi-KTx recipients were enrolled in this retrospective study. Before transplantation, subjects were treated with RIT at various doses, ranging from 65 to 400 mg/body (46-263 mg/m2), followed by plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin as a desensitization therapy. The percentage of CD19+ cells in the total peripheral blood lymphocytes population (%CD19) was determined the day before transplantation. Transplant recipients were divided into 2 groups according to pretransplant %CD19, as follows: low %CD19 group, ≤ 1.2% (n = 35) and high %CD19 group, > 1.2% (n = 9). The relationship between %CD19 and incidence of AAMR was evaluated, and the predicting factors for AAMR incidence were determined by univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS The incidence of AAMR was significantly higher in the high %CD19 group than in the low %CD19 group (44.4% vs 5.7%, P = .006). Furthermore, multivariate analysis showed that %CD19 > 1.2% was the only independent factor to predict AAMR, with an odds ratio of 14.31 (P = .038). CONCLUSION High %CD19 values after rituximab administration in ABOi-KTx recipients implies insufficient depletion of B cells, which can lead to AAMR.
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- T Hirose
- Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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- Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Mori M, Izawa T, Sasaki H, Sonoyama J, Nishimura S, Shimamura S, Shimada T, Hasegawa T, Kuwamura M, Yamate J. A Case of Feline T-cell Lymphoma with Tropism for Striated Muscle and Peripheral Nerve. J Comp Pathol 2019; 168:8-12. [PMID: 31103059 PMCID: PMC7094551 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An 11-year-old female American shorthair cat was presented with a 3-month history of hindlimb ataxia and knuckling of the left forelimb. Clinical abnormalities included weight loss, hyperaesthesia of the neck and back, cardiac murmur and systemic muscle atrophy. The cat died 10 days after the initial presentation and a necropsy examination was performed. Grossly, extensive pale lesions were seen in the wall of the left ventricle and the septum of the heart. There were no detectable masses in the heart, skeletal muscles or peripheral nerves. Histopathological examination revealed diffuse, extensive infiltration of atypical lymphoid cells in the heart; the cardiac muscles were markedly degenerate and atrophic and were replaced by the neoplastic cells. Neoplastic cells with similar morphology were seen in all specimens of the skeletal muscles and peripheral nerves. Clonality analysis of the paraffin wax-embedded heart tissue revealed a monoclonal rearrangement of the gene encoding the T-cell receptor γ chain. Based on these findings, the case was diagnosed as T-cell lymphoma with tropism for striated muscle and peripheral nerve.
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- M Mori
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Osaka, Japan.
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- Veterinary Medical Center, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku Orai Kita, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
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- Veterinary Medical Center, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku Orai Kita, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
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- Veterinary Medical Center, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku Orai Kita, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
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- Veterinary Medical Center, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku Orai Kita, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
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- Veterinary Medical Center, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku Orai Kita, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
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- Veterinary Medical Center, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku Orai Kita, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Osaka, Japan
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Hirai K, Furusho H, Kawashima N, Xu S, de Beer M, Battaglino R, Van Dyke T, Stashenko P, Sasaki H. Serum Amyloid A Contributes to Chronic Apical Periodontitis via TLR2 and TLR4. J Dent Res 2019; 98:117-125. [PMID: 30189157 PMCID: PMC6304714 DOI: 10.1177/0022034518796456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In the current concept of bacterial infections, pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) derived from pathogens and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) released from damaged/necrotic host cells are crucial factors in induction of innate immune responses. However, the implication of DAMPs in apical and marginal periodontitis is unknown. Serum amyloid A (SAA) is a DAMP that is involved in the development of various chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis. In the present study, we tested whether SAA is involved in the pathogenesis of periapical lesions, using human periapical surgical specimens and mice deficient in SAA and Toll-like receptors (TLR). SAA1/2 was locally expressed in human periapical lesions at the mRNA and protein levels. The level of SAA protein appeared to be positively associated with the inflammatory status of the lesions. In the development of mouse periapical inflammation, SAA1.1/2.1 was elevated locally and systemically in wild-type (WT) mice. Although SAA1.1/2.1 double-knockout and SAA3 knockout mice had redundant attenuation of the extent of periapical lesions, these animals showed strikingly improved inflammatory cell infiltration versus WT. Recombinant human SAA1 (rhSAA1) directly induced chemotaxis of WT neutrophils in a dose-dependent manner in vitro. In addition, rhSAA1 stimulation significantly prolonged the survival of WT neutrophils as compared with nonstimulated neutrophils. Furthermore, rhSAA1 activated the NF-κB pathway and subsequent IL-1α production in macrophages in a dose-dependent manner. However, TLR2/TLR4 double deficiency substantially diminished these SAA-mediated proinflammatory responses. Taken together, the SAA-TLR axis plays an important role in the chronicity of periapical inflammation via induction of inflammatory cell infiltration and prolonged cell survival. The interactions of PAMPs and DAMPs require further investigation in dental/oral inflammation.
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- K. Hirai
- Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences
and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Immunology and Infectious
Diseases, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Pathobiology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Pulp Biology and Endodontics,
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious
Diseases, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA,
USA
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and
Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious
Diseases, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and
Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Endodontics, Goldman School of
Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences
and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Immunology and Infectious
Diseases, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and
Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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