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Nakagawa SI, Nukii Y, Mochizuki K, Uchiyama A, Maeda Y, Kurokawa T. A case of peripheral T-cell lymphoma in which therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome developed and a second autologous transplantation was performed. J Clin Exp Hematop 2024; 64:59-64. [PMID: 38417872 PMCID: PMC11079989 DOI: 10.3960/jslrt.23054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2024] Open
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We report a case of therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), which developed 9 years after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) for peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS). A 65-year-old male was diagnosed with PTCL-NOS. After 6 cycles of the CHOP (cyclophosphamide [CPA], doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) regimen, he achieved a first complete response (CR). He relapsed 33 months later and received salvage chemotherapy, which consisted of the CHASE regimen (CPA, high-dose cytarabine, dexamethasone, and etoposide). During the recovery phase of the first cycle of CHASE, his peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) were harvested and frozen in 2 bags. After 2 courses of CHASE, he underwent autologous PBSCT, which involved the use of the LEED preconditioning regimen (melphalan, CPA, etoposide, and dexamethasone) and one of the frozen bags. This resulted in a second CR. At 39 months after PBSCT, he relapsed with a tumor in his right arm. After it was resected, he received eight cycles of brentuximab vedotin and 45 Gy of involved-field irradiation concurrently and achieved a third CR. Nine years after autologous PBSCT, he was diagnosed with MDS with excess blasts 2 (MDS-EB-2). His disease progressed to acute myeloid leukemia after 2 courses of azacitidine therapy. He successfully underwent a second autologous PBSCT involving the busulfan and melphalan preconditioning regimen and the other frozen bag, which had been stored for 9 years. He has been in complete cytogenetic remission for 1 year since the second autologous PBSCT.
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Takamatsu H, Takezako N, Zheng J, Moorhead M, Carlton VEH, Kong KA, Murata R, Ito S, Miyamoto T, Yokoyama K, Matsue K, Sato T, Kurokawa T, Yagi H, Terasaki Y, Ohata K, Matsumoto M, Yoshida T, Faham M, Nakao S. Corrigendum to "Prognostic value of sequencing-based minimal residual disease detection in patients with multiple myeloma who underwent autologous stem-cell transplantation": [Annals of Oncology 28 (2017):2503-2510]. Ann Oncol 2023; 34:322. [PMID: 36075840 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- H Takamatsu
- Hematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
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- Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center of Japan, Tachikawa, Japan
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Keiju Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, Hachioji, Japan
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Kinki University School of Medicine Nara Hospital, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Toyama City Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Hematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Shibukawa Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Hematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Kawashiri A, Nakagawa SI, Ishiguro C, Mochizuki K, Maeda Y, Kurokawa T. Donor-derived diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after haploidentical stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia. J Clin Exp Hematop 2022; 62:175-180. [PMID: 36171097 PMCID: PMC9635034 DOI: 10.3960/jslrt.22014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
We report a case of donor-derived diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), which developed 5 years after stem cell transplantation from a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-haploidentical donor for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A 51-year-old male was diagnosed with AML with variant KMT2A translocation involving t(6;11)(q13;q23). After 12 cycles of azacitidine treatment, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for KMT2A split signal indicated that 94% of his bone marrow (BM) cells were positive. He underwent peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) from his HLA-haploidentical son. The preconditioning regimen consisted of fludarabine, busulfan, melphalan, and antithymocyte globulin (ATG). The graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis consisted of tacrolimus and short-term methotrexate. On day 28, KMT2A FISH analysis indicated that he had achieved a complete response (CR). He continued to receive tacrolimus for the limited type of cutaneous chronic GVHD. Five years after the transplantation, positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) showed an abdominal tumor. The tumor was diagnosed as DLBCL without Epstein-Barr virus. BM aspiration revealed the infiltration of lymphoma cells with t(8;14)(q24;q32). Chimerism analysis showed that both the peripheral blood (PB) and abdominal lymphoma cells were of donor origin. After 4 cycles of salvage chemotherapy, PET/CT showed that a CR had been achieved. He underwent a second PBSCT from an HLA-identical unrelated donor. The preconditioning regimen and GVHD prophylaxis were the same as those for the first PBSCT without ATG. The patient’s PB revealed complete second donor-type chimerism, and the patient has maintained a CR since the second transplantation.
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- Anna Kawashiri
- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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Edahiro Y, Ito T, Gotoh A, Nakamae M, Kimura F, Koike M, Kirito K, Wada H, Usuki K, Tanaka T, Mori T, Wakita S, Saito TI, Kada A, Saito AM, Shimoda K, Sugimoto Y, Kurokawa T, Tomita A, Hashimoto Y, Akashi K, Matsumura I, Takenaka K, Komatsu N. Clinical characteristics of Japanese patients with polycythemia vera: results of the JSH-MPN-R18 study. Int J Hematol 2022; 116:696-711. [PMID: 35809214 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-022-03412-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
The presence of a JAK2 V617F or JAK2 exon 12 mutation is one of the three major criteria listed for the diagnosis of polycythemia vera (PV) in the 2017 World Health Organization Classification. However, a nationwide study has not yet been conducted in Japan since the discovery of JAK2 mutations. Therefore, the Japanese Society of Hematology (JSH) retrospectively analyzed the clinical characteristics of 596 Japanese patients with PV diagnosed between April 2005 and March 2018. Among the 473 patients with complete data on JAK2 mutations available, 446 (94.3%) and 10 (2.1%) were positive for the JAK2 V617F and JAK2 exon 12 mutations, respectively. During a median follow-up of 46 months (range: 0-179 months), 47 (7.9%) deaths occurred. The major causes of death were secondary malignancies (23.4%), acute leukemia (12.8%), non-leukemic progressive disease (10.6%) and thrombotic (6.4%) and hemorrhagic complications (6.4%). Thrombotic and hemorrhagic events occurred during the clinical course in 4.0% (n = 24) and 3.5% (n = 21) of patients, respectively. These results show that the international PV prognostic score (age, venous thrombosis and leukocytosis) is applicable to Japanese patients with PV.
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- Yoko Edahiro
- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-3 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan.,Laboratory for the Development of Therapies against MPN, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Advanced Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital, Tottori, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Diabetes, and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Hematology, Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-3 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan. .,Laboratory for the Development of Therapies against MPN, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. .,Department of Advanced Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. .,PharmaEssentia Japan KK, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hashimoto Y, Ito T, Gotoh A, Nakamae M, Kimura F, Koike M, Kirito K, Wada H, Usuki K, Tanaka T, Mori T, Wakita S, Saito TI, Kada A, Saito AM, Shimoda K, Sugimoto Y, Kurokawa T, Tomita A, Edahiro Y, Akashi K, Matsumura I, Takenaka K, Komatsu N. Clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, and outcomes of patients with essential thrombocythemia in Japan: the JSH-MPN-R18 study. Int J Hematol 2021; 115:208-221. [PMID: 34727329 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-021-03253-0] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We conducted a large-scale, nationwide retrospective study of Japanese patients who were diagnosed with essential thrombocythemia based on the diagnostic criteria in the World Health Organization classification. We investigated clinical characteristics, survival rates, and the incidence of thrombohemorrhagic events as well as risk factors for these events. A total of 1152 patients were analyzed in the present study. Median age at diagnosis was 65 years, the median platelet count was 832 × 109/L, and the positive mutation rates of JAK2V617F, CALR, and MPL were 62.8, 25.1, and 4.1%, respectively. Compared with European and American patients, Japanese patients were more likely to have cardiovascular risk factors and less likely to have systemic symptoms including palpable splenomegaly. Thrombocytosis was identified as a risk factor for hemorrhagic events and prognosis, but not for thrombotic events. The prognostic factors and risk classifications reported in Europe and the United States were generally applicable to Japanese patients. Regarding transformations, secondary myelofibrosis progressed in a time-dependent manner, but progression to acute leukemia was low in "true" ET patients. Skin cancers were less common and gastrointestinal cancers more common as secondary malignancies in Japanese patients, suggesting ethnic differences.
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- Yoshinori Hashimoto
- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
- Laboratory for the Development of Therapies Against MPN, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Advanced Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital, Tottori, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Diabetes, and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Community Hematology, Mie University, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
- Laboratory for the Development of Therapies Against MPN, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Advanced Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
- Laboratory for the Development of Therapies Against MPN, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
- Department of Advanced Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
- PharmaEssentia Japan KK, Tokyo, Japan.
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Iwaki N, Mochizuki K, Ozaki J, Maeda Y, Kurokawa T. A case of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma successfully treated by HLA haploidentical stem cell transplantation. J Clin Exp Hematop 2020; 60:55-59. [PMID: 32404572 PMCID: PMC7337272 DOI: 10.3960/jslrt.20003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
We report a case of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTL) transplanted from an
HLA-haploidentical daughter. A 51-year-old man was referred due to liver function test
abnormalities and fever. He was confirmed to have γδ-type HSTL by bone marrow and liver
biopsies. He was treated with five cycles of a CHOP regimen. Although metabolic complete
response (CR), as defined by positron emission tomography, was achieved, his bone marrow
still contained tumor cells on polymerase chain reaction (PCR). He underwent
transplantation using unmanipulated peripheral blood stem cells from his
HLA-haploidentical daughter. The preconditioning regimen consisted of fludarabine,
melphalan, busulfan and antithymocyte globulin. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
prophylaxis consisted of tacrolimus and short-term methotrexate. Neutrophil engraftment
was achieved on day 14. His bone marrow exhibited a completely female phenotype by
fluorescence in situ hybridization, and no lymphoma cells were detected by
PCR on day 30. Although he developed grade II acute GVHD on day 47, it was successfully
treated by prednisolone. He has a limited type of skin chronic GVHD and still receives
oral immunosuppressive therapy. He remains in CR four years after transplantation.
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- Noriko Iwaki
- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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Nagafuji K, Miyamoto T, Eto T, Ogawa R, Okumura H, Takase K, Kawano N, Miyazaki Y, Fujisaki T, Wake A, Ohno Y, Kurokawa T, Kamimura T, Takamatsu Y, Yokota S, Akashi K. Prospective evaluation of minimal residual disease monitoring to predict prognosis of adult patients with Ph-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Eur J Haematol 2019; 103:164-171. [PMID: 31132205 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We investigated whether minimal residual disease (MRD) status in adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is useful for decision on clinical indications for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). METHODS We prospectively monitored MRD after induction and consolidation therapy in adult patients with Ph-negative ALL. RESULTS Among 103 adult ALL patients enrolled, 59 were Ph-negative, and MRD status was assessed in 51 patients. The probability of 3-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) was 69% (95%CI 54-80) and 50% (95%CI 36-63), respectively. Patients who were MRD-negative after induction therapy (n = 15) had a significantly better 3-year DFS compared with those who were MRD-positive (n = 30; 73% vs 41%, P = 0.018). Patients who were MRD-positive after induction but became MRD-negative after consolidation chemotherapy C in the first course (n = 11) showed a significantly worse 3-year DFS compared with patients who were MRD-negative after induction chemotherapy A in the first course (45% vs 73%, P = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that DFS of about 70% can be expected in MRD-negative patients after induction therapy, and the patients did not benefit from HSCT in 1CR. This study was registered with the UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR), number UMIN000001519.
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- Koji Nagafuji
- Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Kyushu Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, HaraSanshin General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kurokawa T, Onuma T, Shinagawa A, Chino Y, Kobayashi M, Yoshida Y. The ideal strategy for cervical cancer screening in Japan: Result from the Fukui Cervical Cancer Screening Study. Cytopathology 2018; 29:361-367. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- T. Kurokawa
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Fukui; Yoshida-Gun Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Fukui; Yoshida-Gun Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Fukui; Yoshida-Gun Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Fukui; Yoshida-Gun Japan
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- Department of Tumor Pathology; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Fukui; Yoshida-Gun Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Fukui; Yoshida-Gun Japan
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Takamatsu H, Takezako N, Zheng J, Moorhead M, Carlton VEH, Kong KA, Murata R, Ito S, Miyamoto T, Yokoyama K, Matsue K, Sato T, Kurokawa T, Yagi H, Terasaki Y, Ohata K, Matsumoto M, Yoshida T, Faham M, Nakao S. Prognostic value of sequencing-based minimal residual disease detection in patients with multiple myeloma who underwent autologous stem-cell transplantation. Ann Oncol 2018; 28:2503-2510. [PMID: 28945825 PMCID: PMC5834061 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Most patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are considered to be incurable, and relapse owing to minimal residual disease (MRD) is the main cause of death among these patients. Therefore, new technologies to assess deeper response are required. Patients and methods We retrospectively analyzed 125 patients with MM who underwent high-dose melphalan plus autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) to detect MRD in autograft/bone marrow (BM) cells using a next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based method and allele-specific oligonucleotide-polymerase chain reaction (ASO-PCR). Results NGS-based method was applicable to 90% and this method had at least one to two logs greater sensitivity compared to ASO-PCR. MRD negative by NGS [MRDNGS(−)] (defined as <10−6) in post-ASCT BM cases (n = 26) showed a significantly better progression-free survival (PFS) (96% at 4 years, P < 0.001) and overall survival (OS) (100% at 4 years, P =0.04) than MRDNGS(+) in post-ASCT BM cases (n = 25). When restricting the analysis to the 39 complete response cases, patients who were MRDNGS(−) (n = 24) showed a significantly better PFS than those that were MRDNGS(+) (n = 15) (P =0.02). Moreover, MRDNGS(−) in post-ASCT BM cases (n = 12) showed significantly a better PFS than MRDNGS(+) cases (n = 7) where MRD was not detected by ASO-PCR (P = 0.001). Patients whose autografts were negative by NGS-based MRD assessment (<10−7) (n = 19) had 92% PFS and 100% OS at 4 years post-ASCT. Conversely, the NGS-based MRD positive patients who received post-ASCT treatment using novel agents (n = 49) had a significantly better PFS (P = 0.001) and tended to have a better OS (P= 0.214) than those that were untreated (n = 33). Conclusions Low level MRD detected by NGS-based platform but not ASO-PCR has significant prognostic value when assessing either the autograft product or BM cells post-ASCT.
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- H Takamatsu
- Hematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa;.
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- Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center of Japan, Tachikawa, Japan
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Keiju Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka
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- Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, Hachioji
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo
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- Department of Hematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama
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- Department of Hematology, Kinki University School of Medicine Nara Hospital, Ikoma, Nara
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Toyama City Hospital, Toyama
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- Hematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa
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- Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Shibukawa Medical Center, Shibukawa
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- Department of Hematology, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., South San Francisco, USA
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- Hematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa
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Shukunami K, Kurokawa T, Kubo M, Kaneshima M, Kamitani N, Kotsuji F. Hypersensitivity Reaction to Carboplatin during Treatment for Ovarian Cancer: Successful Resolution by Replacement with Cisplatin. Tumori 2018; 85:297-8. [PMID: 10587037 DOI: 10.1177/030089169908500418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Development of hypersensitivity reactions to carboplatin (CP) during cancer treatment makes optimal chemotherapy difficult to achieve. Many approaches have previously been used following the development of reactions to CP. We report on a patient with ovarian cancer who developed a hypersensitivity reaction to CP. The patient was successfully treated following replacement of carboplatin with cisplatin.
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- K Shukunami
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fukui Medical University, Yoshida-Gun, Japan
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Takamatsu H, Wee RK, Zaimoku Y, Murata R, Zheng J, Moorhead M, Carlton VEH, Kong KA, Takezako N, Ito S, Miyamoto T, Yokoyama K, Matsue K, Sato T, Kurokawa T, Yagi H, Terasaki Y, Ohata K, Matsumoto M, Yoshida T, Faham M, Nakao S. A comparison of minimal residual disease detection in autografts among ASO-qPCR, droplet digital PCR, and next-generation sequencing in patients with multiple myeloma who underwent autologous stem cell transplantation. Br J Haematol 2017; 183:664-668. [PMID: 29270982 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hiroyuki Takamatsu
- Haematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Haematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Haematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Keiju Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Centre of Japan, Tachikawa, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, Hachioji, Japan
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- Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kameda Medical Centre, Kamogawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Haematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, Kinki University School of Medicine Nara Hospital, Ikoma, Japan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Toyama City Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Haematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, National Hospital Organization Shibukawa Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Haematology/Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Ohi T, Hayashi S, Kurokawa T, Kobayashi L, Ueda N. Clinical significance of alternating skew deviation as the diagnostic sign for the brainstem or cerebellar lesion. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.440] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Kurokawa T, Fukami T, Yoshida T, Nakajima M. Arylacetamide Deacetylase is Responsible for Activation of Prasugrel in Human and Dog. Drug Metab Dispos 2015; 44:409-16. [DOI: 10.1124/dmd.115.068221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hamai Y, Hihara J, Furukawa T, Yamakita I, Kurokawa T, Okada M. 2225 Prediction of tumor response and survival using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET in trimodality therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)31141-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ikegame K, Yoshida T, Yoshihara S, Daimon T, Shimizu H, Maeda Y, Ueda Y, Kaida K, Ishii S, Taniguchi K, Okada M, Tamaki H, Okumura H, Kaya H, Kurokawa T, Kodera Y, Taniguchi S, Kanda Y, Ogawa H. Unmanipulated Haploidentical Reduced-Intensity Stem Cell Transplantation Using Fludarabine, Busulfan, Low-Dose Antithymocyte Globulin, and Steroids for Patients in Non-Complete Remission or at High Risk of Relapse: A Prospective Multicenter Phase I/II Study in Japan. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015; 21:1495-505. [PMID: 25921715 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 01/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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This prospective, multicenter phase I/II study of unmanipulated HLA-haploidentical reduced-intensity stem cell transplantation using a low dose of anti-T lymphocyte globulin (ATG) and steroid was conducted in 5 institutions in Japan. Thirty-four patients with hematologic malignancies who were in an advanced stage or at a high risk of relapse at the time of transplantation were enrolled. Among them, 7 patients underwent transplantation as a second transplantation because of relapse after the previous allogeneic stem cell transplantation. The conditioning regimen consisted of fludarabine, busulfan, and ATG (Fresenius, 8 mg/kg), and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis consisted of tacrolimus and methylprednisolone (1 mg/kg). All patients except 1 (97.1%) achieved donor-type engraftment. Rapid hematopoietic engraftment was achieved, with neutrophils > .5 × 10(9)/L on day 11 and platelets > 20 × 10(9)/L on day 17.5. Treatment was started for ≥grade I GVHD, and the cumulative incidences of acute grade I and grade II to IV GVHD were 27.5% and 30.7%, respectively. The incidence of chronic GVHD (extensive type) was 20%. Fourteen patients (41.2%) had a relapse. The cumulative incidence of transplantation-related mortality at 1 year after transplantation was 26.5%. The survival rate at day 100 was 88.2%. The survival rates at 1 year for patients with complete remission (CR)/chronic phase (n = 8) and non-CR (n = 26) status before transplantation were 62.5% and 42.3%, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, non-CR status before transplantation was the only factor significant prognostic factor of increased relapse (P = .0424), which tended to be associated with a lower survival rate (P = .0524). This transplantation protocol is safe and feasible, if a suitable donor is not available in a timely manner. As the main cause of death was relapse and not GVHD, more intensified conditioning or attenuation of GVHD prophylaxis and/or donor lymphocyte infusion may be desirable for patients with non-CR status.
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- Kazuhiro Ikegame
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Leukemia Research Center, Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Transfusion and Hemapheresis Center, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Promotion for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
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Maeda H, Kurokawa T. Reply to the letter to the editor ‘Surrogate end points for overall survival.Festina lente (more haste, less speed)’ by Braillon. Ann Oncol 2015; 26:818-819. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nishijima K, Takahashi J, Orisaka M, Kurokawa T, Tamamura C, Yoshida A, Masuzaki H, Sekiya T, Yoshida Y, Kotsuji F. Authors' reply. BJOG 2015; 122:448-9. [PMID: 25623585 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- K Nishijima
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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Maeda H, Kurokawa T. Acceptance of surrogate end points in clinical trials supporting approval of drugs for cancer treatment by the Japanese regulatory agency. Ann Oncol 2015; 26:211-216. [PMID: 25361994 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study investigated the historic use of different end points to support approval of drugs for cancer treatment in Japan. PATIENTS AND METHODS Anticancer drugs approved between April 2001 and April 2014 were comprehensively investigated using publicly available information. RESULTS Before the revision of the guideline for oncology drugs in April 2006 in Japan, >80% of end points supporting approval were response rate and overall survival (OS) was not frequent. After the revision of the guideline in Japan, using OS in pivotal clinical trials applied for approval increased to more than approximately one-third of oncology drugs, although trials with an end point of response rate decreased. Regarding drugs for major cancers including non-small-cell lung cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, and breast cancer, survival was used as an end point in 44.0%, whereas surrogate end points were used in 56.0%. Exploration of potential factors for using surrogate end points other than survival carried out through determinations of odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals identified 'orphan drug designation in Japan' and 'accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration' as significant factors. CONCLUSIONS The revised guideline for oncology drugs in Japan requires the results of phase 3 studies with survival as an end point at the time of new drug application at least for major cancers. The regulatory agency in Japan also accepts surrogate end points as end points supporting approval besides survival; however, the number of surrogate end points has decreased after the revision of the guideline. We consider that accepting surrogate end points in the Japanese regulatory systems is important to approve oncology drugs quickly in Japan.
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- H Maeda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Tokyo; Astellas Pharma, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Tokyo
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Ota N, Tanikawa R, Hamada F, Yoshikane T, Kurokawa T, Miyazaki T, Miyata S, Oda J, Noda K, Tsuboi T, Takeda R, Kamiyama H, Tokuda S. Surgical Microanatomy of the Anterior Clinoid Process for Paraclinoid Aneurysm Surgery and Efficient Modification of Extradural Anterior Clinoidectomy. Skull Base Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1384075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Akashi Y, Oda T, Ohara Y, Miyamoto R, Kurokawa T, Hashimoto S, Enomoto T, Yamada K, Satake M, Ohkohchi N. Anticancer effects of gemcitabine are enhanced by co-administered iRGD peptide in murine pancreatic cancer models that overexpressed neuropilin-1. Br J Cancer 2014; 110:1481-7. [PMID: 24556620 PMCID: PMC3960621 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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] [Revised: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Impaired drug transport is an important factor that reduces the efficacy of anticancer agents against pancreatic cancer. Here, we report a novel combination chemotherapy using gemcitabine (GEM) and internalised-RGD (iRGD) peptide, which enhances tumour-specific drug penetration by binding neuropilin-1 (NRP1) receptor. METHODS A total of five pancreatic cancer murine models (two cell line-based xenografts (CXs) and three tumour grafts (TGs)) were treated with either GEM (100 mg kg(-1), q3d × 4) alone or GEM plus iRGD peptide (8 μmol kg(-1)). Evaluation of NRP1 expression in xenografts and 48 clinical cancer specimens was performed by immunohistochemistry (IHC). RESULTS We identified a subset of pancreatic cancer models that showed NRP1 overexpression sensitive to iRGD co-administration. Treatment with GEM plus iRGD peptide resulted in a significant tumour reduction compared with GEM monotherapy in CXs, but not remarkable in TGs. Potential targets of iRGD were characterised as cases showing NRP1 overexpression (IHC-2+/3+), and these accounted for 45.8% of the clinical specimens. CONCLUSIONS Internalised RGD peptide enhances the effects of co-administered drugs in pancreatic cancer models, its efficacy is however only appreciable in those employing cell lines. Therefore, the clinical application needs to be given careful consideration.
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- Y Akashi
- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575 Ibaraki, Japan
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Caiani E, Pellegrini A, Carminati M, Lang R, Auricchio A, Vaida P, Obase K, Sakakura T, Komeda M, Okura H, Yoshida K, Zeppellini R, Noni M, Rigo T, Erente G, Carasi M, Costa A, Ramondo B, Thorell L, Akesson-Lindow T, Shahgaldi K, Germanakis I, Fotaki A, Peppes S, Sifakis S, Parthenakis F, Makrigiannakis A, Richter U, Sveric K, Forkmann M, Wunderlich C, Strasser R, Djikic D, Potpara T, Polovina M, Marcetic Z, Peric V, Ostenfeld E, Werther-Evaldsson A, Engblom H, Ingvarsson A, Roijer A, Meurling C, Holm J, Radegran G, Carlsson M, Tabuchi H, Yamanaka T, Katahira Y, Tanaka M, Kurokawa T, Nakajima H, Ohtsuki S, Saijo Y, Yambe T, D'alto M, Romeo E, Argiento P, D'andrea A, Vanderpool R, Correra A, Sarubbi B, Calabro' R, Russo M, Naeije R, Saha SK, Warsame TA, Caelian AG, Malicse M, Kiotsekoglou A, Omran AS, Sharif D, Sharif-Rasslan A, Shahla C, Khalil A, Rosenschein U, Erturk M, Oner E, Kalkan A, Pusuroglu H, Ozyilmaz S, Akgul O, Aksu H, Akturk F, Celik O, Uslu N, Bandera F, Pellegrino M, Generati G, Donghi V, Alfonzetti E, Guazzi M, Rangel I, Goncalves A, Sousa C, Correia A, Martins E, Silva-Cardoso J, Macedo F, Maciel M, Lee S, Kim W, Yun H, Jung L, Kim E, Ko J, Enescu O, Florescu M, Rimbas R, Cinteza M, Vinereanu D, Kosmala W, Rojek A, Cielecka-Prynda M, Laczmanski L, Mysiak A, Przewlocka-Kosmala M, Liu D, Hu K, Niemann M, Herrmann S, Cikes M, Gaudron P, Knop S, Ertl G, Bijnens B, Weidemann F, Saravi M, Tamadoni A, Jalalian R, Hojati M, Ramezani S, Yildiz A, Inci U, Bilik M, Yuksel M, Oyumlu M, Kayan F, Ozaydogdu N, Aydin M, Akil M, Tekbas E, Shang Q, Zhang Q, Fang F, Wang S, Li R, Lee AP, Yu C, Mornos C, Ionac A, Cozma D, Popescu I, Ionescu G, Dan R, Petrescu L, Sawant A, Srivatsa S, Adhikari P, Mills P, Srivatsa S, Boshchenko A, Vrublevsky A, Karpov R, Trifunovic D, Stankovic S, Vujisic-Tesic B, Petrovic M, Nedeljkovic I, Banovic M, Tesic M, Petrovic M, Dragovic M, Ostojic M, Zencirci E, Esen Zencirci A, Degirmencioglu A, Karakus G, Ekmekci A, Erdem A, Ozden K, Erer H, Akyol A, Eren M, Zamfir D, Tautu O, Onciul S, Marinescu C, Onut R, Comanescu I, Oprescu N, Iancovici S, Dorobantu M, Melao F, Pereira M, Ribeiro V, Oliveira S, Araujo C, Subirana I, Marrugat J, Dias P, Azevedo A, Grillo MT, Piamonti B, Abate E, Porto A, Dell'angela L, Gatti G, Poletti A, Pappalardo A, Sinagra G, Pinto-Teixeira P, Galrinho A, Branco L, Fiarresga A, Sousa L, Cacela D, Portugal G, Rio P, Abreu J, Ferreira R, Fadel B, Abdullah N, Al-Admawi M, Pergola V, Bech-Hanssen O, Di Salvo G, Tigen MK, Pala S, Karaahmet T, Dundar C, Bulut M, Izgi A, Esen AM, Kirma C, Boerlage-Van Dijk K, Yamawaki M, Wiegerinck E, Meregalli P, Bindraban N, Vis M, Koch K, Piek J, Bouma B, Baan J, Mizia M, Sikora-Puz A, Gieszczyk-Strozik K, Lasota B, Chmiel A, Chudek J, Jasinski M, Deja M, Mizia-Stec K, Silva Fazendas Adame PR, Caldeira D, Stuart B, Almeida S, Cruz I, Ferreira A, Lopes L, Joao I, Cotrim C, Pereira H, Unger P, Dedobbeleer C, Stoupel E, Preumont N, Argacha J, Berkenboom G, Van Camp G, Malev E, Reeva S, Vasina L, Pshepiy A, Korshunova A, Timofeev E, Zemtsovsky E, Jorgensen PG, Jensen J, Fritz-Hansen T, Biering-Sorensen T, Jons C, Olsen N, Henri C, Magne J, Dulgheru R, Laaraibi S, Voilliot D, Kou S, Pierard L, Lancellotti P, Tayyareci Y, Dworakowski R, Kogoj P, Reiken J, Kenny C, Maccarthy P, Wendler O, Monaghan M, Song J, Ha T, Jung Y, Seo M, Choi S, Kim Y, Sun B, Kim D, Kang D, Song J, Le Tourneau T, Topilsky Y, Inamo J, Mahoney D, Suri R, Schaff H, Enriquez-Sarano M, Bonaque Gonzalez J, Sanchez Espino A, Merchan Ortega G, Bolivar Herrera N, Ikuta I, Macancela Quinonez J, Munoz Troyano S, Ferrer Lopez R, Gomez Recio M, Dreyfus J, Cimadevilla C, Brochet E, Himbert D, Iung B, Vahanian A, Messika-Zeitoun D, Izumo M, Takeuchi M, Seo Y, Yamashita E, Suzuki K, Ishizu T, Sato K, Aonuma K, Otsuji Y, Akashi Y, Muraru D, Addetia K, Veronesi F, Corsi C, Mor-Avi V, Yamat M, Weinert L, Lang R, Badano L, Minamisawa M, Koyama J, Kozuka A, Motoki H, Izawa A, Tomita T, Miyashita Y, Ikeda U, Florescu C, Niemann M, Liu D, Hu K, Herrmann S, Gaudron P, Scholz F, Stoerk S, Ertl G, Weidemann F, Marchel M, Serafin A, Kochanowski J, Piatkowski R, Madej-Pilarczyk A, Filipiak K, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I, Opolski G, Meimoun P, M'barek D, Clerc J, Neikova A, Elmkies F, Tzvetkov B, Luycx-Bore A, Cardoso C, Zemir H, Mansencal N, Arslan M, El Mahmoud R, Pilliere R, Dubourg O, Ikonomidis I, Lambadiari V, Pavlidis G, Koukoulis C, Kousathana F, Varoudi M, Tritakis V, Triantafyllidi H, Dimitriadis G, Lekakis I, Kovacs A, Kosztin A, Solymossy K, Celeng C, Apor A, Faludi M, Berta K, Szeplaki G, Foldes G, Merkely B, Kimura K, Daimon M, Nakajima T, Motoyoshi Y, Komori T, Nakao T, Kawata T, Uno K, Takenaka K, Komuro I, Gabric ID, Vazdar L, Pintaric H, Planinc D, Vinter O, Trbusic M, Bulj N, Nobre Menezes M, Silva Marques J, Magalhaes R, Carvalho V, Costa P, Brito D, Almeida A, Nunes-Diogo A, Davidsen ES, Bergerot C, Ernande L, Barthelet M, Thivolet S, Decker-Bellaton A, Altman M, Thibault H, Moulin P, Derumeaux G, Huttin O, Voilliot D, Frikha Z, Aliot E, Venner C, Juilliere Y, Selton-Suty C, Yamada T, Ooshima M, Hayashi H, Okabe S, Johno H, Murata H, Charalampopoulos A, Tzoulaki I, Howard L, Davies R, Gin-Sing W, Grapsa J, Wilkins M, Gibbs J, Castillo J, Bandeira A, Albuquerque E, Silveira C, Pyankov V, Chuyasova Y, Lichodziejewska B, Goliszek S, Kurnicka K, Dzikowska Diduch O, Kostrubiec M, Krupa M, Grudzka K, Ciurzynski M, Palczewski P, Pruszczyk P, Arana X, Oria G, Onaindia J, Rodriguez I, Velasco S, Cacicedo A, Palomar S, Subinas A, Zumalde J, Laraudogoitia E, Saeed S, Kokorina M, Fromm A, Oeygarden H, Waje-Andreassen U, Gerdts E, Gomez E, Vallejo N, Pedro-Botet L, Mateu L, Nunyez R, Llobera L, Bayes A, Sabria M, Antonini-Canterin F, Mateescu A, La Carrubba S, Vriz O, Di Bello V, Carerj S, Zito C, Ginghina C, Popescu B, Nicolosi G, Mateescu A, La Carrubba S, Vriz O, Di Bello V, Carerj S, Zito C, Ginghina C, Popescu B, Nicolosi G, Antonini-Canterin F, Pudil R, Praus R, Vasatova M, Vojacek J, Palicka V, Hulek P, Pradel S, Mohty D, Damy T, Echahidi N, Lavergne D, Virot P, Aboyans V, Jaccard A, Mateescu A, La Carrubba S, Vriz O, Di Bello V, Carerj S, Zito C, Ginghina C, Popescu B, Nicolosi G, Antonini-Canterin F, Doulaptsis C, Symons R, Matos A, Florian A, Masci P, Dymarkowski S, Janssens S, Bogaert J, Lestuzzi C, Moreo A, Celik S, Lafaras C, Dequanter D, Tomkowski W, De Biasio M, Cervesato E, Massa L, Imazio M, Watanabe N, Kijima Y, Akagi T, Toh N, Oe H, Nakagawa K, Tanabe Y, Ikeda M, Okada K, Ito H, Milanesi O, Biffanti R, Varotto E, Cerutti A, Reffo E, Castaldi B, Maschietto N, Vida V, Padalino M, Stellin G, Bejiqi R, Retkoceri R, Bejiqi H, Retkoceri A, Surdulli S, Massoure P, Cautela J, Roche N, Chenilleau M, Gil J, Fourcade L, Akhundova A, Cincin A, Sunbul M, Sari I, Tigen M, Basaran Y, Suermeci G, Butz T, Schilling I, Sasko B, Liebeton J, Van Bracht M, Tzikas S, Prull M, Wennemann R, Trappe H, Attenhofer Jost CH, Pfyffer M, Scharf C, Seifert B, Faeh-Gunz A, Naegeli B, Candinas R, Medeiros-Domingo A, Wierzbowska-Drabik K, Roszczyk N, Sobczak M, Plewka M, Krecki R, Kasprzak J, Ikonomidis I, Varoudi M, Papadavid E, Theodoropoulos K, Papadakis I, Pavlidis G, Triantafyllidi H, Anastasiou - Nana M, Rigopoulos D, Lekakis J, Tereshina O, Surkova E, Vachev A, Merchan Ortega G, Bonaque Gonzalez J, Sanchez Espino A, Bolivar Herrera N, Bravo Bustos D, Ikuta I, Aguado Martin M, Navarro Garcia F, Ruiz Lopez F, Gomez Recio M, Merchan Ortega G, Bonaque Gonzalez J, Bravo Bustos D, Sanchez Espino A, Bolivar Herrera N, Bonaque Gonzalez J, Navarro Garcia F, Aguado Martin M, Ruiz Lopez M, Gomez Recio M, Eguchi H, Maruo T, Endo K, Nakamura K, Yokota K, Fuku Y, Yamamoto H, Komiya T, Kadota K, Mitsudo K, Nagy AI, Manouras A, Gunyeli E, Shahgaldi K, Winter R, Hoffmann R, Barletta G, Von Bardeleben S, Kasprzak J, Greis C, Vanoverschelde J, Becher H, Hu K, Liu D, Niemann M, Herrmann S, Cikes M, Gaudron P, Knop S, Ertl G, Bijnens B, Weidemann F, Di Salvo G, Al Bulbul Z, Issa Z, Khan A, Faiz A, Rahmatullah S, Fadel B, Siblini G, Al Fayyadh M, Menting ME, Van Den Bosch A, Mcghie J, Cuypers J, Witsenburg M, Van Dalen B, Geleijnse M, Roos-Hesselink J, Olsen F, Jorgensen P, Mogelvang R, Jensen J, Fritz-Hansen T, Bech J, Biering-Sorensen T, Agoston G, Pap R, Saghy L, Forster T, Varga A, Scandura S, Capodanno D, Dipasqua F, Mangiafico S, Caggegi AM, Grasso C, Pistritto AM, Imme' S, Ministeri M, Tamburino C, Cameli M, Lisi M, D'ascenzi F, Cameli P, Losito M, Sparla S, Lunghetti S, Favilli R, Fineschi M, Mondillo S, Ojaghihaghighi Z, Javani B, Haghjoo M, Moladoust H, Shahrzad S, Ghadrdoust B, Altman M, Aussoleil A, Bergerot C, Bonnefoy-Cudraz E, Derumeaux GA, Thibault H, Shkolnik E, Vasyuk Y, Nesvetov V, Shkolnik L, Varlan G, Gronkova N, Kinova E, Borizanova A, Goudev A, Saracoglu E, Ural D, Sahin T, Al N, Cakmak H, Akbulut T, Akay K, Ural E, Mushtaq S, Andreini D, Pontone G, Bertella E, Conte E, Baggiano A, Annoni A, Formenti A, Fiorentini C, Pepi M, Cosgrove C, Carr L, Chao C, Dahiya A, Prasad S, Younger J, Biering-Sorensen T, Christensen L, Krieger D, Mogelvang R, Jensen J, Hojberg S, Host N, Karlsen F, Christensen H, Medressova A, Abikeyeva L, Dzhetybayeva S, Andossova S, Kuatbayev Y, Bekbossynova M, Bekbossynov S, Pya Y, Farsalinos K, Tsiapras D, Kyrzopoulos S, Spyrou A, Stefopoulos C, Romagna G, Tsimopoulou K, Tsakalou M, Voudris V, Cacicedo A, Velasco Del Castillo S, Anton Ladislao A, Aguirre Larracoechea U, Onaindia Gandarias J, Romero Pereiro A, Arana Achaga X, Zugazabeitia Irazabal G, Laraudogoitia Zaldumbide E, Lekuona Goya I, Varela A, Kotsovilis S, Salagianni M, Andreakos V, Davos C, Merchan Ortega G, Bonaque Gonzalez J, Sanchez Espino A, Bolivar Herrera N, Macancela Quinones J, Ikuta I, Ferrer Lopez R, Munoz Troyano S, Bravo Bustos D, Gomez Recio M. 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Takamatsu H, Ogawa Y, Kobayashi N, Obata K, Narisawa T, Nakayama K, Munemoto S, Aoki G, Ohata K, Kumano Y, Ozaki J, Murata R, Kondo Y, Terasaki Y, Kurokawa T, Miyamoto T, Shimizu N, Fukushima T, Yoshida A, Ueda T, Yoshida T, Nakao S. Detection of minimal residual disease in patients with multiple myeloma using clonotype-specific PCR primers designed from DNA extracted from archival bone marrow slides. Exp Hematol 2013; 41:894-902. [PMID: 23727584 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2012] [Revised: 05/18/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-negative molecular complete remission (mCR) can be induced by stem cell transplantation in some patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and is associated with long-term progression-free survival (PFS). The detection of molecular minimal residual disease (MRD), however, requires fresh or frozen materials for designing clone-specific primers, which are not always readily available. In this study, we used DNA extracted from archival bone marrow (BM) slides for PCR to detect MRD in 50 patients with MM who received various induction therapies and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Clonotype-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) H PCR primers were prepared for 32 of 50 cases (64%) using BM slides, and for 9 of 14 cases (64%) using fresh BM cells. DNA in peripheral blood stem cell autografts of the 22 patients who achieved at least a partial response after ASCT was subjected to PCR to amplify clonotype-specific rearranged IgH gene sequences. The median PFS of the eight patients with MRD-positive autografts was 18 months, whereas that of 14 patients with MRD-negative autografts was not reached at a median follow-up of 27 months (p = 0.012). Post-ASCT PFS of the four patients who achieved mCR was 100% at a median follow-up of 47 months. These results indicate that archival BM slides can serve as a source of DNA for preparing clonotype-specific primers for MRD monitoring in patients with MM whose cryopreserved myeloma cells are not available for DNA preparation. Our results also suggest that patients with MM who received MRD-negative autografts and achieved mCR have a long PFS.
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- Hiroyuki Takamatsu
- Cellular Transplantation Biology (Hematology/Respirology), Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Kotsuji F, Nishijima K, Kurokawa T, Yoshida Y, Sekiya T, Banzai M, Minakami H, Udagawa Y. Transverse uterine fundal incision for placenta praevia with accreta, involving the entire anterior uterine wall: a case series. BJOG 2013; 120:1144-9. [DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- F Kotsuji
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University of Fukui; Fukui; Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University of Fukui; Fukui; Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University of Fukui; Fukui; Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University of Fukui; Fukui; Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Fujita Health University School of Medicine; Toyoake; Aichi; Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Saiseikai Yamagata Hospital; Oki-machi; Yamagata; Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Hokkaido University School of Medicine; Sapporo; Hokkaido; Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Fujita Health University School of Medicine; Toyoake; Aichi; Japan
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Iwaki N, Sato Y, Kurokawa T, Maeda Y, Ohno K, Takeuchi M, Takata K, Orita Y, Nakao S, Yoshino T. B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and classical Hodgkin lymphoma without mediastinal disease: mimicking nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Med Mol Morphol 2013; 46:172-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00795-013-0038-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Takami A, Ohtake S, Morishita E, Terasaki Y, Fukushima T, Kurokawa T, Sugimori N, Matano S, Ohata K, Saito C, Yamaguchi M, Hosokawa K, Yamazaki H, Kondo Y, Nakao S. Late response to low-dose imatinib in patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia. Int J Hematol 2012; 96:357-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s12185-012-1155-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sakai K, Kurokawa T, Furui Y, Kuronuma Y, Sekiguchi M, Ando J, Inagaki Y, Tang W, Nakata M, Fujita-Yamaguchi Y. Invasion of carcinoma cells into reconstituted type I collagen gels: visual real-time analysis by time-lapse microscopy. Biosci Trends 2011; 5:10-6. [PMID: 21422595 DOI: 10.5582/bst.2011.v5.1.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Stromal-epithelial interactions play a critical role in promoting tumorigenesis and invasion. To obtain detailed information on cancer cell behaviors on the stroma and kinetics of cell migration, which cannot be observed by conventionally-used Boyden chamber assays, this study was aimed at analyzing the cell invasion process in vitro using time-lapse microscopic observation. Serum-free conditions and reconstituted type I collagen gels which provided a basal membrane-stroma-like microenvironment were used to first establish a basal condition. Time-lapse microscopic observation for 30 h of cell invasion into the collagen gel revealed kinetic parameters and individualistic behavior of cancer cells. Of breast cancer MDA-MB-231 or MCF-7 cells and colon cancer LS180 or HT29 cells examined, MDA-MB-231 cells most rapidly disappeared from the collagen gel surface under basal conditions. Estrogen-dependent MCF-7 cells disappeared at a rate approximately two times slower than that of MDA-MB-231 cells under serum- and phenol red-free conditions. By the addition of 10 nM β-estradiol to the basal medium, MCF-7 cell invasion was facilitated to a rate similar to that of MDA-MB-231 cells. Microscopic analyses of collagen gel-sections demonstrated that most of the MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells remained within 60 μm from the gel top under basal conditions, which is consistent with the observation obtained using Boyden chambers that no cells could cross the collagen I gel barrier unless 1% fetal calf serum was added to basal conditions. In summary, this study demonstrated future applicability of this method to understand the initial phase of cancer cell invasion processes.
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- K Sakai
- Department of Applied Biochemistry, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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Okubo T, Takahashi H, Kaneko Y, Kurokawa T, Kanai M. [Lung adenocarcinoma with mixed subtypes which had been followed up for 5-years]. Kyobu Geka 2011; 64:566-569. [PMID: 21766709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A 63-year-old female was admitted to our hospital for investigation of serum elevation of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). She underwent high anterior resection for a rectal cancer 5-years ago. Chest computed tomography (CT) obtained 5-years ago showed a nodule in the right S10, measuring 1.3 x 0.8 cm in size. The nodule was assessed as benign. Chest CT on admission showed the enlarged nodule with a pleural indentation, measuring 2.2 x 1.6 cm in size. Definitive diagnosis could not be established. Since it was difficult to exclude the possibility of malignancy, video-assisted partial resection was performed. Histological examination of the nodule revealed primary adenocarcinoma in frozen sections. Lobectomy with lymph node dissection was performed. The ultimate diagnosis was adenocarcinoma with mixed subtypes. The tumor was classified as stage IA with T1bN0M0. We reported this case because it was a rare slow-growing adenocarcinoma that had a 5-years clinical history before operation.
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- T Okubo
- Department of Surgery, Hakodate Medical Hospital, Hakodate, Japan
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Yamaguchi M, Kurokawa T, Ishiyama K, Aoki G, Ueda M, Matano S, Takami A, Yamazaki H, Sawazaki A, Yamauchi H, Yoshida T, Nakao S. Efficacy and safety of micafungin as an empirical therapy for invasive fungal infections in patients with hematologic disorders: a multicenter, prospective study. Ann Hematol 2011; 90:1209-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-011-1277-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Accepted: 06/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Kurokawa T, Hase M, Tokuman N, Yoshida T. Immune reconstitution of B-cell lymphoma patients receiving CHOP-based chemotherapy containing rituximab. Hematol Oncol 2011; 29:5-9. [PMID: 20552573 DOI: 10.1002/hon.947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sixty-six B-cell lymphoma patients were treated with a CHOP-based chemotherapy containing rituximab (R-CHOP-like regimen). Immune reconstitution was assessed by measuring lymphocyte subsets and immunoglobulins. Fifty-five patients (83.3%) underwent six cycles of the R-CHOP-like regimen. CD19(+) and CD20(+) cells were completely eliminated from the peripheral blood after one cycle of the R-CHOP-like regimen; they were detected again 6 months after the therapy. One year after the therapy, B-cell numbers recovered to their level at diagnosis and almost doubled 2 years after the therapy. The lowest numbers of CD3(+) , CD8(+) and CD56(+) cells were seen after three cycles of the regimen, but continued to increase until 1 year after the therapy, remaining stable thereafter. CD4(+) T-cells were at their lowest after six cycles of the regimen and recovered slowly for 2 years after the therapy; however, their numbers were still lower than that at diagnosis. Immunoglobulins decreased over six cycles of the R-CHOP-like regimen and then recovered gradually for 2 years after the therapy. The percentage of IgG, IgA and IgM 2 years after the therapy compared with those at diagnosis was 93.9%, 90.1%, 76.3%, respectively. Twelve infectious complications occurred which consisted of three febrile neutropenia, three Herpes Zoster, two tympanitis, two Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia and two hepatitis B virus reactivation. B-cells required 1 year and CD4(+) T-cells and immunoglobulins needed 2 years to recover after the therapy.
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- Toshiro Kurokawa
- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
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Kurokawa T, Kaya H, Yoshida T. Two cases of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after CHOP-based chemotherapy containing rituximab. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 50:159-62. [PMID: 21123974 DOI: 10.3960/jslrt.50.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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We report two cases of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) with CD20(+) B-cell lymphoma. They were treated by several courses of CHOP-based chemotherapy containing rituximab. We confirmed by flow cytometric analysis that both of them completely lost CD19(+) and CD20(+) B-cells from their peripheral blood after the first course of chemotherapy. They were successfully treated with Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) after the diagnosis of PCP by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We overviewed CD20(+) B-cell lymphoma patients treated with CHOP-based regimens from 1997 until 2005 in our hospital. We treated 114 patients with and 121 patients without rituximab. Five patients in the group with rituximab developed interstitial pneumonia (IP). Two of them were confirmed to have PCP and the other three were suspected cases ; however, no patients with IP were seen in the group without rituximab. We strongly suggest the necessity of PCP prophylaxis with oral TMP-SMX when treating B-cell lymphoma patients with chemotherapy containing rituximab.
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- Toshiro Kurokawa
- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
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Thyroid MALT lymphoma is an extremely rare malignancy believed to arise against a background of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody directed against B cell specific antigen CD20. Recently, there have been reports that rituximab is effective for autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Graves' disease as well as for treatment of B cell malignant lymphoma. We present the changes in thyroid autoantibodies in Hashimoto's thyroiditis after rituximab administration for 3 cases of thyroid MALT lymphoma. Case 1 had been taking levothyroxine and was diagnosed with thyroid MALT lymphoma. She was treated with rituximab monotherapy, and her thyroid enlargement improved. Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) turned negative after rituximab monotherapy, and TSH levels decreased with the same levothyroxine dosage. Case 2 was diagnosed with recurrent thyroid MALT lymphoma after chemotherapy (CHOP). He suffered from leg sensory disturbance because of vincristine sulfate. The patient was treated with rituximab. TPOAb decreased, but did not turn negative. TSH levels were within normal range during the disease course, but TSH levels were low in comparison with before rituximab therapy. Case 3 was diagnosed with thyroid MALT lymphoma after radiation therapy on the neck for laryngeal cancer. Thyroid enlargement improved after rituximab monotherapy, and thyroid autoantibody levels decreased. TSH increased transiently after radiation therapy, but TSH decreased gradually without levothyroxine after rituximab monotherapy. We report 3 cases in which thyroid autoantibody levels in Hashimoto's thyroiditis decreased after rituximab monotherapy for thyroid MALT lymphoma, but it is controversial whether thyroid dysfunction due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis is restored.
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- Toshio Kahara
- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-2-78 Nishinagae, Toyama, Japan.
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Kurokawa T, Ishiyama K, Ozaki J, Yamashita Y, Iwaki N, Saito C, Arahata M, Kaya H, Yoshida T. Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to adults with hematologic malignancies: analysis of 66 cases at a single Japanese center. Int J Hematol 2010; 91:661-9. [PMID: 20390388 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-010-0561-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Revised: 03/12/2010] [Accepted: 03/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sixty-six adult patients with hematologic malignancies underwent haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT) without T cell depletion. The patients were preconditioned with a reduced intensity regimen, and tacrolimus was used for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. Successful engraftment occurred in 60 patients (90.1%) and graft rejection in only 4 patients (6.1%). Among the 60 engrafted patients, only 5 developed severe (grade III or IV) acute GVHD. Twenty patients, including 19 relapse-free patients were alive at a median follow-up of 48 months (range 6-77 months). The overall survival (OS) at 6 years was 29.3%. The OS of 45 patients < 60 years of age was 43.6%, which was superior to that of 21 patients who were 60 years of age and older (9.5%) (P < 0.01). The OS of 11 patients from human leukocyte antigen (HLA) 1 locus-mismatched donors (63.6%) was higher than that of 28 patients from HLA 3 loci-mismatched donors (12.5%) (P < 0.01). Organ injury and infection were the main causes of mortality. Notably, immunosuppressive therapy could be successfully stopped in 9 patients transplanted from HLA 2 or 3 loci-mismatched donors with a median duration of 45 months (range 5-71 months). These data suggest that haplo-HSCT is a promising treatment for patients who need urgent allogeneic transplantation but lack HLA-identical family donors.
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- Toshiro Kurokawa
- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Nishinagae, Toyama, Japan.
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Toga A, Wada T, Sakakibara Y, Mase S, Araki R, Tone Y, Toma T, Kurokawa T, Yanagisawa R, Tamura K, Nishida N, Taneichi H, Kanegane H, Yachie A. Clinical Significance of Cloned Expansion and CD5 Down‐Regulation in Epstein‐Barr Virus (EBV)–Infected CD8+T Lymphocytes in EBV‐Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. J Infect Dis 2010; 201:1923-32. [DOI: 10.1086/652752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Yoshida Y, Kurokawa T, Sawamura Y, Shinagawa A, Kotsuji F. The combination of [ 18F]fluorodeoxy-glucose and 16α-[ 18F]fluoro-17β-estradiol positron emission tomography for identifying leiomyosarcoma in uterine smooth muscle tumors. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.5056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Okubo T, Takahashi H, Kaneko Y, Kurokawa T, Yokoyama K, Motohara T. [Detection of the point of communication by pneumoperitoneum at the surgery for pleuroperitoneal communication]. Kyobu Geka 2010; 63:365-369. [PMID: 20446603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A 53-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea. Chest radiograph showed a massive right-sided hydrothorax. He was suffering from chronic renal failure and had undergone continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for 8 months. The diagnosis of pleuroperitoneal communication (PPC) was made using injection of indigocarmine into the peritoneal cavity with subsequent pleural detection by thoracocentesis. Injection of contrast media into the peritoneal cavity showed a dome shaped radio-opaque shadow which is located on the diaphragmatic dome followed by the movement of contrast media into the thoracic cavity. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) was performed under general anesthesia. To identify the point of communication, the method of detecting air leakage was employed. A bleb like lesion on which the hole existed was observed at the center of the diaphragm, and air leakage was identified by filling the thoracic cavity with saline. The pressure in the peritoneal cavity was maintained at 10 mmHg by continuous CO2 inflation. Direct closure was performed to repair the PPC, which succesfully stopped the air leakage. CAPD could be restarted immediately after surgery. No recurrence of hydrothorax has been detected for more than 14 months after surgery.
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- T Okubo
- Department of Surgery, Hakodate Medical Hospital, Hakodate, Japan
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Murosaki T, Noguchi T, Hashimoto K, Kakugo A, Kurokawa T, Saito J, Chen YM, Furukawa H, Gong JP. Antifouling properties of tough gels against barnacles in a long-term marine environment experiment. Biofouling 2009; 25:657-66. [PMID: 20183124 DOI: 10.1080/08927010903082628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In the marine environment, the antifouling (AF) properties of various kinds of hydrogels against sessile marine organisms (algae, sea squirts, barnacles) were tested in a long-term experiment. The results demonstrate that most hydrogels can endure at least 2 months in the marine environment. In particular, mechanically tough PAMPS/PAAm DN and PVA gels exhibited AF activity against marine sessile organisms, especially barnacles, for as long as 330 days. The AF ability of hydrogels toward barnacles is explained in terms of an 'easy-release' mechanism in which the high water content and the elastic modulus of the gel are two important parameters.
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- T Murosaki
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Kabashima Y, Kishikawa JI, Kurokawa T, Sakamoto J. Correlation Between Proton Translocation and Growth: Genetic Analysis of the Respiratory Chain of Corynebacterium glutamicum. J Biochem 2009; 146:845-55. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvp140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tanoue K, Akamatsu N, Katagiri Y, Fujimoto T, Kurokawa T, Iwasa S, Koike M, Kawasaki H, Suzuki K, Yamazaki H. Detection of In Vivo Activated Platelets in Experimental Cerebral Thrombosis: Studies Using a New Monoclonal Antibody 2T60, Specific for Activated Human and Rabbit Platelets. Platelets 2009; 4:31-9. [DOI: 10.3109/09537109309013193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Murosaki T, Noguchi T, Kakugo A, Putra A, Kurokawa T, Furukawa H, Osada Y, Gong JP, Nogata Y, Matsumura K, Yoshimura E, Fusetani N. Antifouling activity of synthetic polymer gels against cyprids of the barnacle (Balanus amphitrite) in vitro. Biofouling 2009; 25:313-20. [PMID: 19191084 DOI: 10.1080/08927010902730516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Barnacle (Balanus amphitrite) settlement on synthetic hydrogels with various chemical structures was tested in laboratory assays. The results demonstrated that cyprids settle less or not at all on hydrogels and PDMS elastomer compared with the polystyrene control. The low settlement on gels is most likely due to the 'easy release' of initially attached cyprids from the gel surfaces. This low adhesion of cyprids is independent of surface hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, and of surface charge. The results also revealed that hydrogels can be categorized into two groups. One group showed an extremely strong antifouling (AF) performance that was independent of the elasticity (E) or swelling degree (q) of the gels. The second group showed relatively less strong AF performance that was E- or q-dependent. In the latter case, E, rather than the q, may be the more important factor for cyprid settlement.
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- T Murosaki
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Oelke M, Kurokawa T, Hentrich I, Behringer D, Cerundolo V, Lindemann A, Mackensen A. Functional Characterization of CD8+ Antigen-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes after Enrichment Based on Cytokine Secretion: Comparison with the MHC-Tetramer Technology. Scand J Immunol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2000.00810.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yoneda H, Shirao S, Kurokawa T, Fujisawa H, Kato S, Suzuki M. Does eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) inhibit cerebral vasospasm in patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage? Acta Neurol Scand 2008; 118:54-9. [PMID: 18261166 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00983.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and recent studies indicate that Rho-kinase plays an important role in the occurrence of such cerebral vasospasm. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, inhibits sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC)-induced Rho-kinase activation in vitro, so this study examined whether EPA prevented cerebral vasospasm occurrence after SAH in patients. METHODS The trial population was 101 patients with SAH subjected to craniotomy and clip application. EPA was orally administered at a daily dose of 1800 mg EPA from day 4 to day 14 to 73 patients; the other 28 constituted the control group, receiving no EPA. RESULTS EPA significantly curtailed both the occurrence of symptomatic vasospasm (14% EPA group, 36% control, P = 0.019) and of cerebral infarction because of cerebral vasospasm (4% EPA group, 29% control, P = 0.001). Moreover, the percentage of patients with a clinically good outcome was significantly higher in the EPA group (85%, P = 0.022) than in control (64%); there were no deaths in the EPA group but three (11%) in control (P = 0.020). CONCLUSION These findings suggest EPA inhibits symptomatic cerebral vasospasm and cerebral infarction after SAH and also improves clinical prognosis.
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- H Yoneda
- Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
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Gauden V, Hu DE, Kurokawa T, Sarker MH, Fraser PA. Novel technique for estimating cerebrovascular permeability demonstrates capsazepine protection following ischemia-reperfusion. Microcirculation 2008; 14:767-78. [PMID: 17907014 DOI: 10.1080/10739680701410421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE There has been some discussion as to whether the pial vasculature behaves in the same way as the blood-brain barrier as a whole. Recent studies have shown that capsazepine protects these vessels from the effects of ischemia-reperfusion. We have now used a new method to examine this protection in the whole brain. METHODS Horseradish peroxidase concentrations were measured in brain sections and plasma, following starch microsphere induced ischemia, which lasted from 20 to 60 minutes, with 30 minutes reperfusion. The PS product was calculated from the Crone-Renkin equation. RESULTS Permeability increase, which depended on duration of ischemia, was considerably greater in the pia than the parenchyma. The increase was also greater in tissue surrounding large radial venules of the cortex. Single vessel studies showed that these differences mirror those between small and large pial venules. Capsazepine treatment protected the parenchymal blood-brain barrier by limiting the post-ischemic permeability increase to about one third, but had no effect on the pia or radial vessel permeability. CONCLUSIONS Permeability has been estimated in tissue sections with good spatial resolution using this new technique, which has demonstrated that the TRPV1 receptor plays an important role in the whole brain, not confined to small pial venules.
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- Victoria Gauden
- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, United Kingdom
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Wada T, Kurokawa T, Toma T, Shibata F, Tone Y, Hashida Y, Kaya H, Yoshida T, Yachie A. Immunophenotypic analysis of Epstein?Barr virus (EBV)-infected CD8+T cells in a patient with EBV-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Eur J Haematol 2007; 79:72-5. [PMID: 17532761 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00868.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a severe and often fatal condition characterized by uncontrolled activation of T cells and macrophages. In Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated HLH (EBV-HLH), the pathogenic roles of ectopic EBV infection in the T-cell population and of clonal proliferation of EBV-infected T cells has been described. However, the immunophenotype of EBV-infected T cells has not been fully characterized. Here we describe a case of EBV-HLH presenting with a massive clonal proliferation of CD8(+) T cells with TCR VB14. Analysis of in situ hybridization for EBV-encoded small RNA1 showed that only CD8(+) T cells harbored EBV in this patient. The EBV-infected TCR VB14(+) CD8(+) T cells exhibited unique immunophenotypic features including lacked CD5 expression and a markedly bright expression of HLA-DR. After initiation of treatment with prednisolone, etoposide, and cyclosporin A, the percentage of infected cells declined progressively in parallel with other serum markers such as ferritin. These findings suggest that lacking expression of CD5 on CD8(+) T cells with specific TCR VB may serve as a useful marker of dysregulated T-cell activation and proliferation in EBV-HLH.
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- Taizo Wada
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
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- K Shukunami
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Fukui, Yoshida-Gun, Fukui, Japan.
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Iwata Y, Wada T, Uchiyama A, Miwa A, Nakaya I, Tohyama T, Yamada Y, Kurokawa T, Yoshida T, Ohta S, Yokoyama H, Iida H. Remission of IgA nephropathy after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation followed by immunosuppression for acute lymphocytic leukemia. Intern Med 2006; 45:1291-5. [PMID: 17170503 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We report a case with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, showing IgA deposition which disappeared after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). In 1996, a 28-year-old man was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy by renal biopsy. Steroid therapy improved proteinuria from 3 g/day to 1 g/day. In 2003, he received PBSCT following the initial therapy for ALL. After complete remission, urinary protein and hematuria remained at between (-) and (+/-). In 2004, the second renal biopsy specimen revealed no deposit of IgA or C3. These findings suggested that immune reconstruction with PBSCT following immunosuppression therapy was of benefit to IgA nephropathy.
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- Yasunori Iwata
- Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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Ebihara Y, Miyamoto M, Fukunaga A, Kato K, Shichinohe T, Kawarada Y, Kurokawa T, Cho Y, Murakami S, Uehara H, Kaneko H, Hashimoto H, Murakami Y, Itoh T, Okushiba S, Kondo S, Katoh H. DARPP-32 expression arises after a phase of dysplasia in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Br J Cancer 2004; 91:119-23. [PMID: 15188007 PMCID: PMC2364751 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This is the first report to correlate DARPP-32 immunoreactivity (dopamine and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein, Mr 32 000) to clinicopathological status in human cancer. DARPP-32 is recognised as a neuronal protein. A recent study demonstrated that DARPP-32, and a truncated isoform t-DARPP, are overexpressed in gastric carcinoma during the process of carcinogenesis. The biological function of DARPP-32, however, is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify the roles of DARPP-32 and t-DARPP in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Initially, we investigated DARPP-32 and t-DARPP expression in OSCC cell lines by Reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction and Western blot. DARPP-32 expression was observed in four out of seven (57.1%) cell lines, but t-DARPP expression was not observed in any cell lines. In oesophageal tissue sample, DARPP-32 expression was observed in four out of seven (57.1%) tumour tissues, while t-DARPP was not observed in any tissues. Subsequently, DARPP expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry, using a polyclonal antibody, in tissue sections from 122 patients with primary OSCC. DARPP immunoreactivity was not observed in any normal oesophageal mucous membranes. On the other hand, positive DARPP immunostaining was detected in 37 patients (30.3%) and correlated inversely with pathologic stage (P=0.0284), pT (P=0.0438), pN (P=0.0303) and tumour size (P=0.012). The overall survival rate was worse in patients with DARPP-negative tumours than in patients with DARPP-positive tumours (P=0.0453). Interestingly, DARPP expression was observed in only one out of 45 cases of dysplasia. These observations suggest that DARPP-32 (rather than t-DARPP) expression arises after a phase of dysplasia in OSCC, and that tumours expressing DARPP-32 progress less rapidly than DARPP-32-negative tumours.
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- Y Ebihara
- Surgical Oncology, Cancer Medicine, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N15W7 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan.
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Uehara A, Kurokawa T, Gotoh N, Yoshimura N, Tokushima T. Angle closure glaucoma after laser photocoagulation for retinopathy of prematurity. Br J Ophthalmol 2004; 88:1099-100. [PMID: 15258038 PMCID: PMC1772294 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.037994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 01/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hashida H, Miyamoto M, Cho Y, Hida Y, Kato K, Kurokawa T, Okushiba S, Kondo S, Dosaka-Akita H, Katoh H. Fusion of HIV-1 Tat protein transduction domain to poly-lysine as a new DNA delivery tool. Br J Cancer 2004; 90:1252-8. [PMID: 15026809 PMCID: PMC2409656 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Effective gene therapy depends on the efficient transfer of therapeutic genes to target cells. None of the current technologies, however, satisfy all of the requirements necessary for gene therapy, because the plasma and nuclear membranes of mammalian cells are tight barriers against gene transfer using synthetic delivery systems. The protein transduction domain (PTD) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat protein greatly facilitates protein transfer via membrane destabilisation. We synthesised polylysine peptides containing Tat PTD (TAT-pK), or other sequences, and investigated their potential as agents for gene transfer. The synthesised polypeptide TAT-pK retains DNA binding function and mediates delivery of a reporter gene to cultured cells. RGD motif binds with low affinity to alpha integrins which induce cell activation. Two control polypeptides, GGG-pK and RGD-pK, were synthesised and tested, but their gene transfer abilities were weaker than those of TAT-pK. TAT-pK-mediated gene transfer was enhanced in the presence of chloroquine or ammonium chloride, to a greater extent than that of cationic lipid-mediated gene transfer in most cancer cell lines tested. These data suggest that TAT-pK may be a potent candidate delivery vehicle that promotes gene transfer, dependent on the endocytic pathway. We conclude that the TAT-pK/DNA complex is useful as a minimal unit to package therapeutic genes and to transduce them into mammalian cells.
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- H Hashida
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan. E-mail:
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan
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BACKGROUND Despite improved diagnostic tools, it is often difficult to make a correct diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with obstructive jaundice. CASE OUTLINES Three cases of small HCC (<2 cm diameter) presenting as obstructive jaundice are reported. All tumours were initially diagnosed as hilar cholangiocarcinoma based on ultrasonography, computed tomography, cholangiography and angiography. Because of insufficient hepatic function, none of the patients underwent hepatic resection. One patient died 8 months after first admission to our hospital, another died of disseminated intravascular coagulation I month after admission, and the third was treated with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy and survived >36 months. CONCLUSION It is important to consider HCC in the diagnosis of obstructive jaundice in patients who are predisposed to HCC because of liver cirrhosis and/or chronic viral hepatitis, and have elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein.
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- N Ise
- Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicinel-l-l HondoAkita 010-8543Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicinel-l-l HondoAkita 010-8543Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicinel-l-l HondoAkita 010-8543Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicinel-l-l HondoAkita 010-8543Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicinel-l-l HondoAkita 010-8543Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicinel-l-l HondoAkita 010-8543Japan
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Kurokawa T, Miyamoto M, Kato K, Cho Y, Kawarada Y, Hida Y, Shinohara T, Itoh T, Okushiba S, Kondo S, Katoh H. Overexpression of hypoxia-inducible-factor 1alpha(HIF-1alpha) in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma correlates with lymph node metastasis and pathologic stage. Br J Cancer 2003; 89:1042-7. [PMID: 12966423 PMCID: PMC2376949 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical and histopathologic significance of hypoxia-inducible-factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) expression in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. One hundred and thirty surgically resected specimens of OSCC were immunohistochemically assessed for HIF-1alpha expression with monoclonal antibody. High HIF-1alpha immunostaining was detected in 40 specimens. The percentage of high HIF-1alpha expression cases increased with tumour stage according to pTNM system. High HIF-1alpha expression correlated with pTNM stage, depth of tumour invasion, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, lymphatic invasion and positive surgical margin. The overall survival rate was worse in patients with high HIF-1alpha pattern than in patients with low-expression pattern. Univariate analyses identified high HIF-1alpha positivity, depth of tumour invasion, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, lymphatic invasion, and a positive surgical margin as risk factors. Multivariate analyses indicated that depth of tumour invasion, lymph node metastasis and positive surgical margin, but not HIF-1alpha, were independent prognostic factors. Survival in patients with a high HIF-1alpha expression was significantly worse than in those with low expression in patient treated with adjuvant therapy.
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- T Kurokawa
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
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