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Makino Y, Ogawa M, Ueda S, Ohto M. CT Appearance of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Acta Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/028418519303400622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, D’Alessandro R, Del Prete M, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Iwata T, Kasahara K, Kawade K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W, Ueno M, Zhou Q. Measurements of longitudinal and transverse momentum distributions for neutral pions in the forward-rapidity region with the LHCf detector. Int J Clin Exp Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.94.032007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nakamura H, Anayama M, Makino Y, Tamura K, Nagasawa M. Unintentional Removal of a Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter: A Case Report. Perit Dial Int 2016; 36:353-4. [PMID: 27230604 DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2016.00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Del Prete M, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D’Alessandro R, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Kawade K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Okuno Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Sugiura Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W, Zhou Q. LHCf experiment: forward physics at LHC for cosmic rays study. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612604014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Tiberio A, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D’Alessandro R, Del Prete M, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Kawade K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Pfeiffer D, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Shimizu Y, Sugiura Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner WC, Zhou Q. Recent results from the LHCf experiment. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159601031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Menjo H, Adriani O, Berti E, Bonechi L, Bongi M, Castellini G, D'Alessandro R, Prete MD, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Kawade K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Pfeiffer D, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Shimizu Y, Sugiura Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W, Zhou Q. Recent results from LHCf. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159908004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Bonechi L, Adriani O, Berti E, Bongi M, Castellini G, D’Alessandro R, Del Prete M, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubara Y, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Okuno Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Shimizu Y, Sugiura Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W, Yoshida K, Zhou Q. Latest LHCf results and preparation to the LHC run for 13 TeV proton–proton interactions. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159504010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sakuma A, Makino Y, Saitoh H, Chiba F, Ishii N, Iwase H. Evaluation of a personal identification method using the fusion function of CT images and dental radiographs. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2014; 44:20140137. [PMID: 25270062 DOI: 10.1259/dmfr.20140137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We applied the fusion function of dental analysis software to examine whether the anatomical relationships of tooth roots when compared between reconstructed post-mortem CT (PMCT) and dental radiographs can aid dental identification. METHODS One PMCT image taken from a cadaver (43-year-old male; Cadaver 1) was compared with 64 digital dental radiographs of the left and right upper and lower molars from Cadaver 1 and 30 other cadavers. Five corresponding anatomical reference points were marked on each image. After adjusting the angle and magnification using the fusion function, the automatically calculated error in pixels was determined five times for each of four sites on the images. RESULTS Comparison of the PMCT image with the dental radiographs from the other cadavers revealed obvious discrepancies in the anatomical positioning of the teeth. When t-tests were applied to the data from any of the four sites, the error in pixels was found to be significantly smaller (p < 0.001) between Cadaver 1 and the other cadaver images. The average error in pixels between the PMCT and dental radiographs was smaller in the lower jaw than in the upper jaw. CONCLUSIONS This method uses corresponding reference points on two images to calculate the error between the regions that contain all points. This feature also makes it possible to compare images taken with different modalities. The demand for a dental identification method involving PMCT is likely to increase, and we expect that the accuracy of dental identification will improve by using radiological images.
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Makino Y, Noji H, Nakayama M. A Novel Digital Counting Assay for Molecular Diagnostics. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu346.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bun S, Yunokawa M, Kodaira M, Hashimoto J, Yamamoto H, Shimizu C, Fujiwara Y, Makino Y, Iwase H, Tamura K, Hayashi Y. Feasibility of Dose-Dense Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Therapy in Elderly Patients with Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Peritoneal Cancer. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu338.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shirai H, Oshita S, Makino Y, Sugiyama J, Yoshimura M. Nondestructive Hygiene Monitoring on Pork Meat Surface Using Excitation–Emission Matrices with Two-Dimensional Savitzky–Golay Second-Order Differentiation. FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11947-014-1353-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vanikar AV, Trivedi HL, Dave SD, Kute VB, Rawal MN, Patel HV, Gumber MR, Afghahi H, Pirouzifard M, Svensson AM, Eliasson B, Svensson MK, Dumann K, Horrmann B, Lammert A, Rheinberger M, Gorski M, Kramer BK, Heid IM, Boger CA, Demirtas L, Akbas EM, Timuroglu A, Ozcicek F, Turkmen K, Fernandez-Fernandez B, Sanchez-Nino MD, Martin-Cleary C, Izquierdo MC, Elewa U, Ortiz A, Petrica L, Vlad A, Gluhovschi G, Gadalean F, Dumitrascu V, Gluhovschi C, Velciov S, Bob F, Vlad D, Popescu R, Petrica M, Jianu DC, Milas O, Izvernari O, Ursoniu S, Makino Y, Konoshita T, Nyumura I, Babazono T, Yoshida N, Uchigata Y, Handisurya A, Kerscher C, Tura A, Werzowa J, Heinzl H, Ristl R, Kautzky-Willer A, Pacini G, Saemann M, Schmidt A, Halbesma N, Metcalfe W, Bulum T, Prka in I, Blaslov K, Zibar K, Duvnjak L, Idorn T, Knop FK, Jorgensen MB, Christensen M, Holst JJ, Hornum M, Feldt-Rasmussen B, Naess H, Hartmann A, Jenssen TG, Holdaas H, Horneland R, Grzyb K, Bitter J, Midtvedt K, Yoshida N, Babazono T, Uchigata Y, Timar R, Gluhovschi G, Gadalean F, Velciov S, Petrica L, Timar B, Gluhovschi C, Soro-Paavonen A, Fleming T, Forsblom C, Gordin D, Tolonen N, Harjutsalo V, Nawroth PP, Groop PH, Tsuda A, Ishimura E, Uedono H, Yasumoto M, Nakatani S, Ichii M, Ohno Y, Ochi A, Mori K, Fukumoto S, Emoto M, Inaba M, Rheinberger M, Hormann B, Lammert A, Dumann K, Gorski M, Heid IM, Kramer BK, Boger CA, Siddaramaiah NH, Tez DK, Linker NJ, Bilous M, Winship S, Marshall SM, Bilous RW, Lampropoulou IT, Papagianni A, Stangou M, Didangelos T, Iliadis F, Efstratiadis G, Esposito P, Debarbieri G, Mereu R, Ditoro A, Montagna F, Groop PH, Bernardi L, Dal Canton A, Garland JS, Holden R, Morton R, Ross R, Adams M, Pruss C, Akbas EM, Demirtas L, Timuroglu A, Ozcicek F, Turkmen K, Bulum T, Prka in I, Blaslov K, Zibar K, Duvnjak L, Theodoridis M, Panagoutsos S, Bounta T, Roumeliotis S, Kantartzi K, Pouloutidis G, Passadakis P, Polaina Rusillo M, Borrego Utiel FJ, Ortega Anguiano S, Liebana Canada A, Gaber EW, Abdel Rehim WM, Ibrahim NA, Mahmoud BF, Silva AP, Fragoso A, Tavares N, Silva C, Santos N, Camacho A, Neves P, Rodriguez R, Porrini E, Gonzalez-Rinne A, De Vries A, Torres A, Salido E, Kato S, Makino H, Uzu T, Koya D, Nishiyama A, Imai E, Ando M, Jorgensen MB, Knop FK, Idorn T, Holst JJ, Hornum M, Feldt-Rasmussen B, Vaduva C, Popa S, Mitrea A, Mota M, Mota E, Theodoridis M, Panagoutsos S, Roumeliotis S, Bounta T, Kriki P, Roumeliotis A, Passadakis P, Ogawa T, Okazaki S, Hatano M, Hara H, Inamura M, Kiba T, Iwashita T, Shimizu T, Tayama Y, Kanozawa K, Kato H, Matsuda A, Hasegawa H, Elewa U, Fernandez B, Egido J, Ortiz A, Rottembourg J, Guerin A, Diaconita M, Dansaert A, Chakraborty J, Prabhu R, Nagaraju SP, Bairy M, Satyamoorthy K, Kosuru S, Parthasarathy R, Tomilina N, Zhilinskaya T, Stolyarevich E, Silva AP, Fragoso A, Guilherme P, Silva C, Santos N, Rato F, Camacho A, Neves P, Pasko N, Strakosha A, Toti F, Dedej T, Marku N, Petrela E, Zekollari E, Kacorri V, Thereska N, Roumeliotis SK, Roumeliotis AK, Theodoridis M, Tavridou A, Panagoutsos S, Passadakis P, Vargemezis V, Kim IY, Lee SB, Lee DW, Kim MJ, Shin MJ, Rhee H, Yang BY, Song SH, Seong EY, Kwak IS, Celebi K, Sengul E, Cekmen MB, Yilmaz A, Sonikian M, Dona A, Skarakis J, Miha T, Trompouki S, Karaitianou A, Spiliopoulou C, Dimas GG, Iliadis FS, Tegos TJ, Spiroglou SG, Kanellos IE, Fotiadis SD, Didaggelos TP, Savopoulos CG, Hatzitolios AI, Grekas DM, Hsu YH, Huang MC, Chang HY, Shin SJ, Wahlqvist ML, Chang YL, Hsu KC, Hsu CC, Miarka P, Grabowska-Polanowska B, Faber J, Skowron M, Pietrzycka A, Walus-Miarka M, Sliwka I, Sulowicz W. DIABETES CLINICAL. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bonechi L, Adriani O, Berti E, Bongi M, Castellini G, D’Alessandro R, Del Prete M, Haguenauer M, Itow Y, Kasahara K, Makino Y, Masuda K, Matsubayashi E, Menjo H, Mitsuka G, Muraki Y, Papini P, Perrot AL, Ricciarini S, Sako T, Sakurai N, Shimizu Y, Suzuki T, Tamura T, Tiberio A, Torii S, Tricomi A, Turner W. Forward physics with the LHCf experiment: a LHC contribution to cosmic-ray physics. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20147100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Makino Y, Yamaza H, Akiyama K, Ma L, Hoshino Y, Nonaka K, Terada Y, Kukita T, Shi S, Yamaza T. Immune therapeutic potential of stem cells from human supernumerary teeth. J Dent Res 2013; 92:609-15. [PMID: 23697344 DOI: 10.1177/0022034513490732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Discoveries of immunomodulatory functions in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have suggested that they might have therapeutic utility in treating immune diseases. Recently, a novel MSC population was identified from dental pulp of human supernumerary teeth, and its multipotency characterized. Herein, we first examined the in vitro and in vivo immunomodulatory functions of human supernumerary tooth-derived stem cells (SNTSCs). SNTSCs suppressed not only the viability of T-cells, but also the differentiation of interleukin 17 (IL-17)-secreting helper T (Th17)-cells in in vitro co-culture experiments. In addition, systemic SNTSC transplantation ameliorated the shortened lifespan and elevated serum autoantibodies and nephritis-like renal dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) model MRL/lpr mice. SNTSC transplantation also suppressed in vivo increased levels of peripheral Th17 cells and IL-17, as well as ex vivo differentiation of Th17 cells in MRL/lpr mice. Adoptive transfer experiments demonstrated that SNTSC-transplanted MRL/lpr mouse-derived T-cell-adopted immunocompromised mice showed a longer lifespan in comparison with non-transplanted MRL/lpr mouse-derived T-cell-adopted immunocompromised mice, indicating that SNTSC transplantation suppresses the hyper-immune condition of MRL/lpr mice through suppressing T-cells. Analysis of these data suggests that SNTSCs are a promising MSC source for cell-based therapy for immune diseases such as SLE.
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Koike K, Ueda Y, Hase H, Kitae K, Fusamae Y, Masai S, Inagaki T, Saigo Y, Hirasawa S, Nakajima K, Ohshio I, Makino Y, Konishi N, Yamamoto H, Tsujikawa K. anti-tumor effect of AlkB homolog 3 knockdown in hormone- independent prostate cancer cells. Curr Cancer Drug Targets 2013; 12:847-56. [PMID: 22515525 DOI: 10.2174/156800912802429283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Revised: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a disease that is resistant to both hormone therapy and chemotherapy. At present, no curative therapy for CRPC has been established. Therefore, it is necessary to determine a novel molecular target for the development of therapeutic agents. We previously reported that AlkB homolog 3 (ALKBH3) is highly expressed in prostate cancer but not in benign prostatic hyperplasia or in normal prostate epithelium and that the expression levels of ALKBH3 protein are significantly correlated with the hormone-independent state of prostate cancer. Moreover, ALKBH3 regulates the invasion of prostate cancer cells via the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 9. Here, we show that ALKBH3 gene silencing markedly induces apoptosis in hormone-independent prostate cancer cell line DU145 but not in the normal prostate epithelial cell line PNT2. Moreover, the in vivo tumorigenicity of DU145 cells was significantly inhibited by the administration of ALKBH3 siRNA. Furthermore, the anchorage-independent growth of DU145 cells was inhibited by ALKBH3 knockdown and promoted by ALKBH3 overexpression, significantly. ALKBH3 shRNA-expressing prostate cancer cells formed significantly smaller tumors than those of control shRNA transfectants in an in vivo xenograft model. These findings suggest that ALKBH3 is a promising target molecule for the development of CRPC therapeutic agents.
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Sakuma A, Saitoh H, Makino Y, Inokuchi G, Hayakawa M, Yajima D, Iwase H. Three-dimensional visualization of composite fillings for dental identification using CT images. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2012; 41:515-9. [PMID: 22868297 DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/13441277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to discriminate between enamel and composite resins by differences in Hounsfield units shown on 16 section multidetector CT (MDCT) images taken of unidentified bodies. METHODS First, we determined the Hounsfield units of composite resins in 15 extracted human teeth. We then filled a single cavity prepared in each of the teeth with one of five different types of composite resins, and scanned the teeth using our routine post-mortem CT protocol for the head and neck. Obtained data were transferred to a radiological workstation and reconstructed. Furthermore, post-mortem CT images of the head of three unidentified bodies were reconstructed in the same manner. RESULTS Four types of composite resins containing radio-opaque fillers showed a constant value of 4000 HU, and one radiolucent composite resin showed values in the range of 660-800 HU in the extracted teeth. Pixels at 4000 HU indicated that the composite resins were selected and visualized as three-dimensional colour images. Composite resins could be visualized on reconstructed images of the three unidentified bodies, and the sites visualized matched those noted on the forensic dental charts. CONCLUSIONS Discriminating enamel and composite resins containing radio-opaque materials was difficult because of their similar Hounsfield unit values. However, we did succeed in visualizing the composite resins despite limitations of the CT scale. CT reconstructed images can contribute to dental identification, particularly in cases where it is difficult to detect composite resins on external investigation, and these images can be prepared during routine dental identification work.
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Konoshita T, Ichikawa M, Kimura T, Sato S, Fujii M, Makino Y, Wakahara S, Miyamori I, Svensson M, Cederholm J, Eliasson B, Zethelius B, Gudbjornsdottir S, Porrini E, Ruggenenti P, Motterlini N, Perna A, Parvanova Ilieva A, Petrov Iliev I, Dodesini AR, Bossi A, Sampietro G, Capitoni E, Gaspari F, Rubis N, Gherardi G, Ene-Iordache B, Remuzzi G, Tsuda A, Ishimura E, Ohno Y, Ichii M, Nakatani S, Mori K, Inaba M, Ge Y, Xie H, LI S, Jin B, Hou J, Zhang H, Shi M, Liu Z, Simone S, Cariello M, Vavallo A, Loverre A, Ranieri E, Battaglia M, Ditonno P, Gesualdo L, Grandaliano G, Pertosa G. Diabetes clinical studies. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Takeda Y, Fujita Y, Honjo J, Yanagimachi T, Sakagami H, Takiyama Y, Makino Y, Abiko A, Kieffer TJ, Haneda M. Reduction of both beta cell death and alpha cell proliferation by dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibition in a streptozotocin-induced model of diabetes in mice. Diabetologia 2012; 55:404-12. [PMID: 22072158 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2365-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Incretins stimulate insulin secretion in a glucose-dependent manner but also promote pancreatic beta cell protection. Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are a new glucose-lowering treatment that blocks incretin degradation by DPP-4. We assessed whether DPP-4 inhibition suppresses the progression to hyperglycaemia in a low-dose streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mouse model, and then investigated how DPP-4 inhibition affects islet function and morphology. METHODS The DPP-4 inhibitor, des-fluoro-sitagliptin (SITA), was administered to mice during and after STZ injections, and in some mice also before STZ. RESULTS In control mice, STZ resulted in hyperglycaemia associated with impaired insulin secretion and excess glucagon secretion. In SITA-treated STZ mice, these metabolic abnormalities were improved, particularly when SITA administration was initiated before STZ injections. We observed beta cell loss and dramatic alpha cell expansion associated with decreased insulin content and increased glucagon content after STZ administration. In SITA-treated mice, islet architecture and insulin content were preserved, and no significant increase in glucagon content was observed. After STZ exposure, beta cell apoptosis increased before hyperglycaemia, and SITA treatment reduced the number of apoptotic beta cells. Interestingly, alpha cell proliferation was observed in non-treated mice after STZ injection, but the proliferation was not observed in SITA-treated mice. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our results suggest that the ability of DPP-4 inhibition to suppress the progression to STZ-induced hyperglycaemia involves both alleviation of beta cell death and alpha cell proliferation.
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Saito M, Ryushima Y, Yonemori K, Hirakawa A, Nishigaki R, Makino Y, Yokote N, Ando M, Fujiwara Y, Yamamoto H. 1312 POSTER Content Analysis of Pamphlets Provided by Pharmaceutical Companies for the Medical Usage of Oncology Pharmaceuticals. Eur J Cancer 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(11)70886-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Siripatrawan U, Makino Y, Kawagoe Y, Oshita S. Rapid detection of Escherichia coli contamination in packaged fresh spinach using hyperspectral imaging. Talanta 2011; 85:276-81. [PMID: 21645699 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.03.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2011] [Revised: 03/20/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A rapid method based on hyperspectral imaging for detection of Escherichia coli contamination in fresh vegetable was developed. E. coli K12 was inoculated into spinach with different initial concentrations. Samples were analyzed using a colony count and a hyperspectroscopic technique. A hyperspectral camera of 400-1000 nm, with a spectral resolution of 5 nm was employed to acquire hyperspectral images of packaged spinach. Reflectance spectra were obtained from various positions on the sample surface and pretreated using Sawitzky-Golay. Chemometrics including principal component analysis (PCA) and artificial neural network (ANN) were then used to analyze the pre-processed data. The PCA was implemented to remove redundant information of the hyperspectral data. The ANN was trained using Bayesian regularization and was capable of correlating hyperspectral data with number of E. coli. Once trained, the ANN was also used to construct a prediction map of all pixel spectra of an image to display the number of E. coli in the sample. The prediction map allowed a rapid and easy interpretation of the hyperspectral data. The results suggested that incorporation of hyperspectral imaging with chemometrics provided a rapid and innovative approach for the detection of E. coli contamination in packaged fresh spinach.
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Takuma Y, Nouso K, Makino Y, Hayashi M, Takahashi H. Clinical trial: oral zinc in hepatic encephalopathy. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010; 32:1080-90. [PMID: 20822500 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04448.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatic encephalopathy has a negative effect on patient health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Zinc supplementation has been effective with regard to altered nitrogen metabolism. AIM To investigate the effectiveness of oral zinc supplementation on hepatic encephalopathy and HRQOL. METHODS Seventy-nine cirrhotic patients with hepatic encephalopathy were randomized to receive 225 mg of polaprezinc in addition to standard therapies of a protein-restricted diet including branched-chain amino acid and lactulose, or to continue only standard therapies for 6 months. The change of HRQOL by Short Form-36, hepatic encephalopathy grade, laboratory parameters, and neuropsychological (NP) tests were compared at baseline and at 6 months. We also evaluated via multivariate analysis whether zinc supplementation and clinical variables correlated with the changes in physical component scale (PCS) and mental component scale (MCS) between the two visits. RESULTS Zinc supplementation significantly improved the PCS (P = 0.04), but not the MCS (P = 0.95). Zinc supplementation significantly decreased hepatic encephalopathy grade and blood ammonia levels (P = 0.03 and P = 0.01), and improved Child-Pugh score and NP tests compared with standard therapy (P = 0.04 and P = 0.02). In multivariate analysis, zinc supplementation was significantly associated with improvement in PCS (P = 0.03), whereas it was not significantly associated with change in MCS (P = 0.98). CONCLUSION Zinc supplementation is effective in hepatic encephalopathy and consequently improves patients HRQOL.
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Doi S, Makino Y, Omichi K. Discrimination of porcine glycogen debranching enzyme isozymes by the ratios of their 4- -glucanotransferase and amylo- -1,6-glucosidase activities. J Biochem 2010; 147:851-6. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Makino Y, Ando R, Yamamoto N, Sato H, Nokihara H, Sekine I, Kunitoh H, Koizumi F, Tamura T, Yamamoto H. Genetic polymorphisms of metabolizing enzymes and transporters correlate with pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of amrubicin. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.2577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Kawamichi Y, Makino Y, Matsuda Y, Miyazaki K, Uchiyama S, Ohta H. Riluzole Use during Pregnancy in a Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Case Report. J Int Med Res 2010; 38:720-6. [DOI: 10.1177/147323001003800237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Pregnancy with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is rare and generally considered dangerous. Riluzole is the only drug approved for use in ALS, but the effect on maternal and fetal health is unknown. We describe the case of an ALS patient taking riluzole throughout pregnancy. A 34-year old Japanese woman, who had been diagnosed with probable ALS 4 years earlier, visited our hospital for abdominal distension, without knowing that she was pregnant. The patient had been taking riluzole for 2 years, inclusive of her gestational months, and we decided to continue administration of the medication. The patient delivered a normal female infant transvaginally at 38 weeks gestation. The patient's neurological status was stable 1 year after delivery and the baby had developed normally. We found that, in this case, riluzole did not cause any side-effects to the pregnant woman or her fetus.
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Wang L, Ando H, Kawagoe Y, Makino Y, Oshita S. 137. Basic study of the storage of agricultural produce by using xenon hydrate. Cryobiology 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.10.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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