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Hirai R, Sakata Y, Taguchi Y, Mori S. Regression Model of Tumor and Diaphragm Position for Marker-Less Tumor Tracking in Carbon Ion Scanning Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.2230] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Marone U, Di Monta G, Caracò C, Di Marzo M, Mori S. Surgical management of primary umbilical melanoma. Eur J Surg Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2016.04.033] [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: 10/21/2022] Open
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Leonov AO, Togawa Y, Monchesky TL, Bogdanov AN, Kishine J, Kousaka Y, Miyagawa M, Koyama T, Akimitsu J, Koyama T, Harada K, Mori S, McGrouther D, Lamb R, Krajnak M, McVitie S, Stamps RL, Inoue K. Chiral Surface Twists and Skyrmion Stability in Nanolayers of Cubic Helimagnets. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:087202. [PMID: 27588877 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.087202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Theoretical analysis and Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (LTEM) investigations in an FeGe wedge demonstrate that chiral twists arising near the surfaces of noncentrosymmetric ferromagnets [Meynell et al., Phys. Rev. B 90, 014406 (2014)] provide a stabilization mechanism for magnetic Skyrmion lattices and helicoids in cubic helimagnet nanolayers. The magnetic phase diagram obtained for freestanding cubic helimagnet nanolayers shows that magnetization processes differ fundamentally from those in bulk cubic helimagnets and are characterized by the first-order transitions between modulated phases. LTEM investigations exhibit a series of hysteretic transformation processes among the modulated phases, which results in the formation of the multidomain patterns.
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- A O Leonov
- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- IFW Dresden, Postfach 270016, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2 Gakuencho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
- JST, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 333-0012, Japan
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- IFW Dresden, Postfach 270016, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- The Open University of Japan, Chiba 261-8586, Japan
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2 Gakuencho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan
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- Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2 Gakuencho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan
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- Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2 Gakuencho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- IAMR, Facility of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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Kono N, Ohashi K, Okuyama Y, Mori S, Hiruma K, Akiyama H, Fukui T, Osumi K, Sakamaki H. Treatment of Relapsing Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Donor Leukocyte Infusion Followed by Quantitative Monitoring of Residual Disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 6:261-5. [PMID: 27414845 DOI: 10.1080/10245332.2001.11746579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The case of a 34-year-old man with relapsing Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which occurred five months after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, is described. He was originally treated with aggressive chemotherapy, which put him in hematological remission, and he subsequently received donor leukocyte infusion (DLI) form the original donor. To assess the efficacy of this adoptive immunotherapy, we monitored minor-BCR/ABL (m-BCR/ABL) mRNA levels using the recently established real-time quantitative RT-PCR (RQ-PCR) assay. The results were compared with those obtained using conventional qualitative RT-PCR assays run in parallel. RQ-PCR, but not RT-PCR-based, minimum residual disease (MRD) detection showed a good correlation with the rapid changes documented during the post-DLI clinical course. Currently, six months after DLI, the patient continues to be in remission, which is consistent with the undetectable levels of m-BCR/ABL mRNA in the leukemic clone using RQ-PCR found in this study. Thus, monitoring of m-bcr/abl transcripts using RQ-PCR provides more useful information on a clinical assessment of MRD.
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- a Hematology Division , Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital , 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677 , Japan
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- a Hematology Division , Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital , 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677 , Japan
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- b Blood Transfusion Service , Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital , 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677 , Japan
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- a Hematology Division , Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital , 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677 , Japan
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- b Blood Transfusion Service , Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital , 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677 , Japan
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- a Hematology Division , Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital , 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677 , Japan
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- c Otsuka Assay Laboratories , Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Limited , Tokyo , Japan
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- c Otsuka Assay Laboratories , Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Limited , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Hematology Division , Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital , 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677 , Japan
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Shigeta S, Mori S, Watanabe J, Yamase T, Schinazi RF. In-vitro anti Myxovirus Activity and Mechanism of Antiinfluenzavirus Activity of Polyoxometalates PM-504 and PM-523. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/095632029600700608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sixty polyoxometalates were examined for anti-influenza A virus (FluV-A) activity in vitro. Two of the most potent and least cytotoxic compounds, PM-504 K9H5(Ge2Ti6W18O77)16H2O] and PM-523 (iPrNH3)6H [PTi2W10O38(O2)9H2O2] were selected for further studies. Examination of the antiviral effects of PM-504 and PM-523 against other human ortho- and paramyxoviruses revealed that both compounds had broad spectrum antimyxovirus activities. From a time of addition study and FACS analysis for influenza A virus infected cells, the compounds were found not to inhibit binding of virus to MDCK cells. However, these compounds inhibited haemolysis of chicken erythrocytes by virus and also inhibited fluorescence dequenching of octadecylrhodamine B-labelled virus after binding to cells. This indicates that these polyoxometalates inhibited fusion of the virus envelope to the cellular membrane.
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- S. Shigeta
- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 227, Japan
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Centre and Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Hashimoto K, Kodama E, Mori S, Watanabe J, Baba M, Okutani K, Matsuda M, Shigeta S. Antiviral Activity of a Sulphated Polysaccharide Extracted from the Marine Pseudomonas and Marine Plant Dinoflagellata against Human Immunodeficiency Viruses and other Enveloped Viruses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/095632029600700403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A natural sulphated mucopolysaccharide (OKU40), extracted from a marine plant Dinoflagellata, and an artificial sulphated polysaccharide (OKU41), prepared from a marine Pseudomonas, displayed antiviral activities against several enveloped viruses. OKU40 and OKU41 were found to be homogenous in electrophoresis and sedimation velocity and had a molecular weight of 8.0 × 1065.0 × 105respectively. The sulphation rate of OKU40 and OKU41 was 8.9% and 5.4%, respectively. Each OKU40 and OKU41 inhibited the cytopathic effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), type 2 (HIV-2) and zidovudineresistant HIV-1 in MT-4 cells at similar concentrations to those of dextran sulphate (molecular weight: 5000) (50% inhibitory concentrations: 0.86-1.95 μg mL−1), whereas these compounds did not affect the growth and viability of mock-infected MT-4 cells at concentrations up to 500 μg mL−1. These compounds proved inhibitory not only to HIV-1 and HIV-2 but also to other enveloped viruses, i.e. herpes simplex virus type 1, influenza virus A and B, respiratory syncytial virus and measles virus. OKU40 and OKU41 suppressed syncytium formation induced by cocultivation of MOLT-4/IIIb and MOLT-4 cells at concentrations higher than 20 μg mL−1. Although OKU41 inhibited the binding of HIV-1 to the host cells and the binding of anti-gp120 monoclonal antibody to HIV-1 gp120, OKU40 did not inhibit these bindings, suggesting that the mechanism of anti-HIV activity of OKU40 and OKU41 may be primarily due to the inhibition of virus-cell fusion and viral adsorption to the host cells, respectively. Furthermore, these compounds did not inhibit to the blood coagulation process at a concentration that was significantly inhibitory to HIV replication. The compounds appear to have an interesting potential as virucidal agents.
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- K. Hashimoto
- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Division of Human Retroviruses, Centre for Chronic Viral Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-07, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-07, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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Shigeta S, Mori S, Baba M, Hosoya M, Mochizuki N, Chiba T, De Clercq E. Inhibitory Effect of Pyridobenzoazoles on Orthomyxo-and Paramyxovirus Replication in vitro. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/095632029200300307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Among thirteen newly synthesized pyridobenzoazole derivatives which have been examined for anti-myxovirus and antiherpesvirus activities, three benzimidazoles emerged as potent anti-orthomyxo- or paramyxovirus compounds. 4-Cyano-2-benzamide-1-oxo-1,5-dihydropyrido[1,2a]benzimidazole (CBO-PB) showed broad antiviral activities against paramyxo-and orthomyxoviruses with EC50 of 0.1–2.0 μg ml−1, and 2-cyano-1-amino derivatives of CBO-PB (CCI-PB) were inhibitory to paramyxoviruses at 1.4–8.5 (μg ml−1 by a plaque reduction method. The third compound, 2-ethoxycarbonyl derivatives of CCI-PB was inhibitory only to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) at 15–28 μg ml−1. Selectivity indexes of these 3 compounds for RSV in HeLa cells were 60, 86, and >13, respectively. All three compounds inhibited syncytium formation of RSV and Parainfluenzavirus (PFLUV) type 3 at comparable concentrations with EC50 for plaque formation. They inhibited antigen production of RSV and PFLUV at the concentrations that were 4 to 20-fold higher than those needed for plaque reduction, but they did not inhibit adsorption of virus to cells at all. All three compounds inhibited the growth of RSV in HeLa cells at 4-fold higher concentrations than their EC50 for plaque reduction.
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- S. Shigeta
- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Shigeta S, Mori S, Watanabe J, Baba M, Khenkin AM, Hill CL, Schinazi RF. In vitro Antimyxovirus and Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Activities of Polyoxometalates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/095632029500600206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Polyoxometalates have been shown to inhibit the replication of retro-, toga-, paramyxo- and herpesviruses. The primary mechanism of the anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) action of polyoxometalates seems to be inhibition of binding of virus to cells and inhibition of syncytium formation. Since myxoviruses and HIV-1 are known to interact with the cytoplasmic membrane by adsorption and penetration of virus and by fusion of infected and uninfected cells, 25 polyoxometalates were examined for anti-ortho-, anti-paramyxovirus and anti-HIV-1 activity in vitro. Of the 25 compounds evaluated, 24 showed antiviral effects against influenza virus A, 11 showed activity against respiratory syncytial virus, six showed activity against measles virus, and 23 were considered effective against HIV-1 at a lower concentration than that producing cytotoxicity. Four polyoxotungstates which had potent inhibitory effects were examined for inhibitory effects against additional ortho- and paramyxoviruses, and proved to have a broad spectrum of antimyxoviral activity. HS-058, the Keggin sandwich compound K10Fe4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2·nH2O, was inhibitory against influenza viruses A and B, respiratory syncytial virus, measles virus, and parainfluenza virus 2, with median effective concentrations of 1.4, 21.8, 7.4, 0.8 and 0.32 μ,M, respectively. However, HS-058 had no effect on parainfluenza virus 3 or mumps virus. The median cytotoxic concentration of HS-058 for Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) and HEp-2 cells was more than 200 μM and that for HMV-2 and Vero cells was about 50 μM. When HS-058 was added at different times after influenza A and respiratory syncytial virus infection, it inhibited binding of the latter but not of the former to cells. However, at higher concentrations, HS-054 and HS-058 inhibited haemolysis of chick erythrocytes by influenza virus and syncytium formation involving respiratory syncytial virus-infected cells and uninfected cells. Four times the median effective antiviral concentration of HS-058 completely inhibited the growth of influenza virus A in MDCK cells when compound was added before virus adsorption. Furthermore, when HS-058 was added after virus adsorption, it inhibited the yield of virus in MDCK cells infected at low but not at high multiplicity of infection.
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- S. Shigeta
- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Medical Research 151, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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Kosugi Y, Saito Y, Mori S, Watanabe J, Baba M, Shigeta S. Antiviral Activities of Mizoribine and other Inosine Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors against Several Ortho- and Paramyxoviruses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/095632029400500603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mizoribine (4-carbamoyl-1-β-D-ribofuranosylimidazo-lelium-5-olate), EICAR (5-ethynyl-1-β-D-ribofuranosylimi-dazole-4-carboxamide), mycophenolic acid and ribavirin are antiviral agents targeted for inosine monophosphate (IMP) dehydrogenase. These compounds have been examined for their activities against orthomyxoviruses [influenza viruses (FluV)] and paramyxoviruses [parainfluenza viruses (PFIuV), mumps virus, measles virus (MLSV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)] in vitro. Mizoribine was 1- to 9-fold more active than ribavirin against RSV, PFIuV and MLSV. EICAR and mycophenolic acid showed higher potency than mizoribine and ribavirin against all myxoviruses examined. None of the four compounds examined proved cytotoxic to stationary host cells (HeLa, Vero and MDCK) at a concentration of 200 μg ml−1 or more. On the other hand, EICAR and mycophenolic acid were toxic to rapidly growing cells at concentrations of 2.2-9 and 0.1-1.1 μg ml−1, respectively. Mizoribine and ribavirin showed cytotoxicity to the growing cells at higher concentrations (12-51 μg ml−1). The antiviral activities of mizoribine against FluV and RSV were reversed by 25-100 μm of each of guanosine and guanosine monophosphate (GMP). The antiviral activity of ribavirin against FluV was reversed by 25 μg of each of guanosine and GMP, while its activity against RSV was reversed by ≥ 100 μm of each of these compounds. Neither xanthosine nor xanthosine monophosphate (XMP) reversed the antiviral effects of mizoribine and ribavirin at concentrations of 300 μM. Concentrations 9 times higher than the median effective doses (EC50) of mizoribine and ribavirin inhibited the growth of RSV in HeLa cells as determined in an assay of infectious virus yield. Mizoribin should be further pursued as a candidate drug for the treatment of ortho- and paramyxovirus infections.
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
- Life Science Institutes, Asahi Chemical Industry Co., LTD, Ohito, Shizuoka 410-23, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima 960-12, Japan
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We propose a method for the production of a fiber-shaped three-dimensional (3D) cellular construct of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPS-CMs) for the quantification of the contractile force. By culturing the cardiomyocytes in a patterned hydrogel structure with fixed edges, we succeeded in fabricating hiPS-CM fibers with aligned cardiomyocytes. The fiber generated contractile force along the fiber direction due to the hiPS-CM alignment, and we were able to measure its contractile force accurately. Furthermore, to demonstrate the drug reactivity of hiPS-CM fibers, the changes in the contractile frequency and force following treatment with isoproterenol and propranolol were observed. We believe that hiPS-CM fibers will be a useful tool for pharmacokinetic analyses during drug development.
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- Y Morimoto
- Center for International Research on Integrative Biomedical Systems (CIBiS), Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan.
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Meoded A, Faria AV, Hartman AL, Jallo GI, Mori S, Johnston MV, Huisman TAGM, Poretti A. Cerebral Reorganization after Hemispherectomy: A DTI Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2016; 37:924-31. [PMID: 26767710 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a4647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hemispherectomy is a neurosurgical procedure to treat children with intractable seizures. Postsurgical improvement of cognitive and behavioral functions is observed in children after hemispherectomy suggesting plastic reorganization of the brain. Our aim was to characterize changes in DTI scalars in WM tracts of the remaining hemisphere in children after hemispherectomy, assess the associations between WM DTI scalars and age at the operation and time since the operation, and evaluate the changes in GM fractional anisotropy values in patients compared with controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with congenital or acquired neurologic diseases who required hemispherectomy and had high-quality postsurgical DTI data available were included in this study. Atlas- and voxel-based analyses of DTI raw data of the remaining hemisphere were performed. Fractional anisotropy and mean, axial, and radial diffusivity values were calculated for WM and GM regions. A linear regression model was used for correlation between DTI scalars and age at and time since the operation. RESULTS Nineteen patients after hemispherectomy and 21 controls were included. In patients, a decrease in fractional anisotropy and axial diffusivity values and an increase in mean diffusivity and radial diffusivity values of WM regions were observed compared with controls (P < .05, corrected for multiple comparisons). In patients with acquired pathologies, time since the operation had a significant positive correlation with white matter fractional anisotropy values. In all patients, an increase in cortical GM fractional anisotropy values was found compared with controls (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS Changes in DTI metrics likely reflect Wallerian and/or transneuronal degeneration of the WM tracts within the remaining hemisphere. In patients with acquired pathologies, postsurgical fractional anisotropy values correlated positively with elapsed time since the operation, suggesting a higher ability to recover compared with patients with congenital pathologies leading to hemispherectomy.
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- From the Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology (A.M., T.A.G.M.H., A.P.)
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- Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (A.V.F., S.M.)
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- Neurosurgery (G.I.J.), The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (A.V.F., S.M.) F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (S.M.)
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- Departments of Neurology (A.L.H., M.V.J.) Kennedy Krieger Institute (M.V.J.), Baltimore, Maryland
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- From the Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology (A.M., T.A.G.M.H., A.P.)
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- From the Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology (A.M., T.A.G.M.H., A.P.)
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Sugasawa T, Mukai N, Tamura K, Tamba T, Mori S, Miyashiro Y, Yamaguchi M, Nissato S, Ra S, Yoshida Y, Hoshino M, Ohmori H, Kawakami Y, Takekoshi K. Effects of Cold Stimulation on Mitochondrial Activity and VEGF Expression in vitro. Int J Sports Med 2016; 37:766-78. [PMID: 27116343 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-102659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We aimed to clarify the effects of cold stimulation at various temperatures on mitochondrial activity and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in vitro. Human fibroblast, human mesenchymal stem cell, and rat skeletal muscle myoblast cell lines were used. For each cell type, cells were divided into 4 groups and stimulated in various cold temperatures (0, 4, 17 and 25°C) 3 times for 15 min each by placement on crushed ice or floating on cold water set at each temperature. Control cells were subjected to warm water at 37°C. Factors related to mitochondrial activity, mitochondrial DNA copy numbers, and VEGF expression were analyzed 24 h after the last cold stimulation. In all cell types, significant increases of factors related to mitochondrial activity and mitochondrial DNA copy numbers were seen in the 4°C and 17°C-stimulated cells compared with control cells. In rat skeletal muscle cells stimulated at 4°C, VEGF expression significantly increased compared to the control cells. Our data suggest that cold stimulation at certain temperatures promotes mitochondrial activity, biogenesis and VEGF expression.
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- T Sugasawa
- Doctoral Program in Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Department of Health Science, Daito Bunka University, Higashi-matsuyama, Saitama, Japan
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- Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Department of Health Science, Daito Bunka University, Higashi-matsuyama, Saitama, Japan
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- Doctoral Program in Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Master's Program in Health and Sport Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Master's Program in Health and Sport Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Doctoral Program in Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Tsukuba i-Laboratory LLP, Laboratory Examination, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Yamada M, Mori S, Nishiguchi S, Kajiwara Y, Yoshimura K, Sonoda T, Nagai K, Arai H, Aoyama T. Pedometer-Based Behavioral Change Program Can Improve Dependency in Sedentary Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Frailty Aging 2016; 1:39-44. [PMID: 27092936 DOI: 10.14283/jfa.2012.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent studies suggested that pedometer-based walking programs are applicable to older adults. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of pedometer in sedentary older adults to improve physical activity, fear of falling, physical performance, and leg muscle mass. DESIGN This was a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Eighty-seven community dwelling sedentary older adults living in Japan. INTERVENTION The intervention group (n=43) received a pedometer-based behavioural change program for 6 months, while the control group (n=44) did not. The participants in the intervention group were instructed to increase their mean daily steps by 10% each month. Thus, at the end of 6 months, participants in the intervention group were expected to have 77 % more daily steps than their baseline step counts. Written activity logs were monthly averaged to determine whether the participants were achieving their goal. MEASUREMENTS Outcome measures were physical activity, fear of falling, physical performances, and leg muscle mass. RESULTS In this 6-month trial 40 older adults (93%) completed the pedometer protocol with good adherence. In the intervention group, average daily steps were increased by 83.4% (from 20311323 to 3726 1607) during the study period, but not in the control group (from 20471698 to 22671837). The pedometer-based behavioral change program was more effective to improve their physical activity, fear of falling, locomotive function, and leg muscle mass than control (P<0.05). CONCLUSION These results suggested that the pedometer-based behavioral change program can effectively improve the physical activity, fear of falling, physical performance, and leg muscle mass in sedentary older adults.
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- Minoru Yamada, Human Health Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan, Tel.: +81-75-751-3964, Fax: +81-75-751-3909, E-mail address:
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Helmer KG, Chou MC, Preciado RI, Gimi B, Rollins NK, Song A, Turner J, Mori S. Multi-site study of diffusion metric variability: effects of site, vendor, field strength, and echo time on regions-of-interest and histogram-bin analyses. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 2016; 9788. [PMID: 27330240 DOI: 10.1117/12.2217445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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It is now common for magnetic-resonance-imaging (MRI) based multi-site trials to include diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) as part of the protocol. It is also common for these sites to possess MR scanners of different manufacturers, different software and hardware, and different software licenses. These differences mean that scanners may not be able to acquire data with the same number of gradient amplitude values and number of available gradient directions. Variability can also occur in achievable b-values and minimum echo times. The challenge of a multi-site study then, is to create a common protocol by understanding and then minimizing the effects of scanner variability and identifying reliable and accurate diffusion metrics. This study describes the effect of site, scanner vendor, field strength, and TE on two diffusion metrics: the first moment of the diffusion tensor field (mean diffusivity, MD), and the fractional anisotropy (FA) using two common analyses (region-of-interest and mean-bin value of whole brain histograms). The goal of the study was to identify sources of variability in diffusion-sensitized imaging and their influence on commonly reported metrics. The results demonstrate that the site, vendor, field strength, and echo time all contribute to variability in FA and MD, though to different extent. We conclude that characterization of the variability of DTI metrics due to site, vendor, field strength, and echo time is a worthwhile step in the construction of multi-center trials.
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- K G Helmer
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
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- Univ. of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Radiology, Dallas TX
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- Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, NM
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Helmer KG, Chou MC, Preciado RI, Gimi B, Rollins NK, Song A, Turner J, Mori S. Multi-site Study of Diffusion Metric Variability: Characterizing the Effects of Site, Vendor, Field Strength, and Echo Time using the Histogram Distance. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 2016; 9788. [PMID: 27350723 DOI: 10.1117/12.2217449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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MRI-based multi-site trials now routinely include some form of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in their protocol. These studies can include data originating from scanners built by different vendors, each with their own set of unique protocol restrictions, including restrictions on the number of available gradient directions, whether an externally-generated list of gradient directions can be used, and restrictions on the echo time (TE). One challenge of multi-site studies is to create a common imaging protocol that will result in a reliable and accurate set of diffusion metrics. The present study describes the effect of site, scanner vendor, field strength, and TE on two common metrics: the first moment of the diffusion tensor field (mean diffusivity, MD), and the fractional anisotropy (FA). We have shown in earlier work that ROI metrics and the mean of MD and FA histograms are not sufficiently sensitive for use in site characterization. Here we use the distance between whole brain histograms of FA and MD to investigate within- and between-site effects. We concluded that the variability of DTI metrics due to site, vendor, field strength, and echo time could influence the results in multi-center trials and that histogram distance is sensitive metrics for each of these variables.
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- K G Helmer
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA
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- The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
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- Univ. of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Radiology, Dallas TX
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- Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- The MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, NM
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Hashimoto K, Mori S, Oda Y, Nakano A, Sawamura T, Akagi M. Lectin-like oxidized low density lipoprotein receptor 1-deficient mice show resistance to instability-induced osteoarthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 2016; 45:412-22. [DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2015.1135979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- K Hashimoto
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, National Cardiovascular Centre Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Morihiro K, Hasegawa O, Mori S, Tsunoda S, Obika S. C5-azobenzene-functionalized locked nucleic acid uridine: isomerization properties, hybridization ability, and enzymatic stability. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 13:5209-14. [PMID: 25853508 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00477b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Oligonucleotides (ONs) modified with a locked nucleic acid (LNA) are widely used in the fields of therapeutics, diagnosis, and nanotechnology. There have been significant efforts towards developing LNA analogues bearing modified bridges to improve their hybridization ability, nuclease resistance, and pharmacokinetic profiles. Moreover, nucleobase modifications of LNA are useful strategies for the functionalization of ONs. Modifications of the C5-position of pyrimidine nucleobases are particularly interesting because they enable predictable positioning of functional groups in the major groove of the duplex. Here we report the synthesis of C5-azobenzene-functionalized LNA uridine (LNA-U(Az)) and properties of LNA-U(Az)-modified ONs, including isomerization properties, hybridization ability, and enzyme stability. LNA-U(Az) in ON is photo-isomerized effectively and reversibly by irradiation at 365 nm (trans to cis) and 450 nm (cis to trans). LNA-U(Az)-modified ONs show RNA-selective hybridization ability despite the large hydrophobic azobenzene moiety extending into the major groove of the duplex. The enzymatic stability of LNA-U(Az)-modified ONs is higher than that of natural and LNA-modified ONs with or without photo-irradiation. Our results indicate that LNA-U(Az) holds promise for RNA targeting and photo-switchable technologies.
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- K Morihiro
- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NIBIO), 7-6-8 Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan.
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Kotani A, Nakajima H, Harada K, Ishii Y, Mori S. B12-O-09Lorentz TEM observation of magnetic bubbles in manganites. Microscopy (Oxf) 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfv096] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kurushima K, Cheong SW, Mori S. B23-P-11Charged Walls in Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric (Ca,Sr) 3Ti 2O 7Revealed by Scanning/Transmission Electron Microscopy(S/TEM). Microscopy (Oxf) 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfv285] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mori S, Tsukasaki H, Ishii Y, Kurushima K. B23-O-08Microstructures in improper ferroelectric compounds revealed by electron microscopy. Microscopy (Oxf) 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfv166] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Fukumoto K, Taniguchi T, Kawaguchi K, Fukui T, Ishiguro F, Nakamura S, Mori S, Yokoi K. P-205USE OF 18F-FDG POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH INVASIVE THYMIC EPITHELIAL TUMOURS WHO UNDERWENT INDUCTION THERAPIES. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivv204.205] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mori S, Inaniwa T, Miki K, Tanimoto K, Tajiri M, Kuroiwa D, Nakao M, Shiraishi Y, Shibayama K, Tsuji H. Variation in patient position and impact on carbon-ion scanning beam distribution during prostate treatment. Br J Radiol 2015; 88:20140623. [PMID: 25950822 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We assessed the impact of changes in patient position on carbon-ion scanning beam distribution during treatment for prostate cancer. METHODS 68 patients were selected. Carbon-ion scanning dose was calculated. Two different planning target volumes (PTVs) were defined: PTV1 was the clinical target volume plus a set-up margin for the anterior/lateral sides and posterior side, while PTV2 was the same as PTV1 minus the posterior side. Total prescribed doses of 34.4 Gy [relative biological effectiveness (RBE)] and 17.2 Gy (RBE) were given to PTV1 and PTV2, respectively. To estimate the influence of geometric variations on dose distribution, the dose was recalculated on the rigidly shifted single planning CT based on two dimensional-three dimensional rigid registration of the orthogonal radiographs before and after treatment for the fraction of maximum positional changes. RESULTS Intrafractional patient positional change values averaged over all patients throughout the treatment course were less than the target registration error = 2.00 mm and angular error = 1.27°. However, these maximum positional errors did not occur in all 12 treatment fractions. Even though large positional changes occurred during irradiation in all treatment fractions, lowest dose encompassing 95% of the target (D95)-PTV1 was >98% of the prescribed dose. CONCLUSION Intrafractional patient positional changes occurred during treatment beam irradiation and degraded carbon-ion beam dose distribution. Our evaluation did not consider non-rigid deformations, however, dose distribution was still within clinically acceptable levels. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE Inter- and intrafractional changes did not affect carbon-ion beam prostate treatment accuracy.
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Arita N, Ushio Y, Hayakawa T, Mori S, Bitoh S, Hasegawa H, Akagi K, Kano M, Oku Y, Go J. Role of tumor markers in the management of primary intracranial germ cell tumors. Prog Exp Tumor Res 2015; 30:289-95. [PMID: 2442797 DOI: 10.1159/000413686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Miow QH, Tan TZ, Ye J, Lau JA, Yokomizo T, Thiery JP, Mori S. Epithelial-mesenchymal status renders differential responses to cisplatin in ovarian cancer. Oncogene 2015. [PMID: 24858042 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.136] [] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chemoresistance to platinums, such as cisplatin, is of critical concern in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Recent evidence has linked epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as a contributing mechanism. The current study explored the connection between cellular responses to cisplatin and EMT in ovarian cancer. Expression microarrays were utilized to estimate the EMT status as a binary phenotype, and the transcriptional responses of 46 ovarian cancer cell lines to cisplatin were measured at dosages equivalent to 50% growth inhibition. Phenotypic responses to cisplatin were quantified with respect to cell number, proliferation rate and apoptosis, and then compared with the epithelial or mesenchymal status. Ovarian cancer cell lines with an epithelial status exhibited higher resistance to cisplatin treatment in the MTS assay than those with a mesenchymal status. Pathway analyses revealed the induction of G1/S- and S-phase genes (P=0.001) and the activation of multiple NF-κB (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells) downstream genes (P=0.0016) by cisplatin selectively in epithelial-like cell lines. BrdU incorporation and Caspase-3/7 release assays confirmed impaired apoptosis in epithelial-like ovarian cancer cells. In clinical samples, we observed resistance to single platinum treatment and the selective activation of the NF-κB pathway by platinum in ovarian cancers with an epithelial status. Overall, our results suggest that, in epithelial-like ovarian cancer cells, NF-κB activation by cisplatin may lead to defective apoptosis, preferential proliferation arrest and a consequential decreased sensitivity to cisplatin.
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- 1] Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore [2] NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Dean's Office, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, Cancer Institute of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1] Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore [2] Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore [3] Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- 1] Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore [2] Division of Cancer Genomics, Cancer Institute of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Kumagai M, Mori S, Yamamoto N. Impact of treatment planning with deformable image registration on dose distribution for carbon-ion beam lung treatment using a fixed irradiation port and rotating couch. Br J Radiol 2015; 88:20140734. [PMID: 25811094 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE When using a fixed irradiation port, treatment couch rotation is necessary to increase beam angle selection. We evaluated dose variations associated with positional morphological changes to organs. METHODS We retrospectively chose the data sets of ten patients with lung cancer who underwent respiratory-gated CT at three different couch rotation angles (0°, 20° and -20°). The respective CT data sets are referred to as CT0, CT20 and CT-20. Three treatment plans were generated as follows: in Plan 1, all compensating bolus designs and dose distributions were calculated using CT0. To evaluate the rotation effect without considering morphology changes, in Plan 2, the compensating boli designed using CT0 were applied to the CT±20 images. Plan 3 involved compensating boli designed using the CT±20 images. The accumulated dose distributions were calculated using deformable image registration (DIR). RESULTS A sufficient prescribed dose was calculated for the planning target volume (PTV) in Plan 1 [minimum dose received by a volume ≥95% (D95) > 95.8%]. By contrast, Plan 2 showed degraded dose conformation to the PTV (D95 > 90%) owing to mismatch of the bolus design to the morphological positional changes in the respective CT. The dose assessment results of Plan 3 were very close to those of Plan 1. CONCLUSION Dose distribution is significantly affected by whether or not positional organ morphology changes are factored into dose planning. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE In treatment planning using multiple CT scans with different couch positions, it is mandatory to calculate the accumulated dose using DIR.
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- 1 Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Mori S, Amano S, Furukawa T, Shirai T, Noda K. Effect of secondary particles on image quality of dynamic flat panels in carbon ion scanning beam treatment. Br J Radiol 2014; 88:20140567. [PMID: 25536444 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Real-time markerless tumour tracking using radiographic fluoroscopic imaging is one of the better solutions to improving respiratory-gated radiotherapy. However, particle beams cause secondary particles from patients, which could affect radiographs. Here, we evaluated the quality of radiographs during carbon ion pencil beam scanning (CPBS) irradiation for respiratory gating. METHODS A water phantom and chest phantom were used. The phantoms were irradiated with CPBS at 290 MeV n(-1) from orthogonal directions. Dose rates were 3.4 × 10(8), 1.14 × 10(8) and 3.79 × 10(7) particles per second. A dynamic flat panel detector (DFPD) was installed on the upstream (DFPD1) or downstream (DFPD2) side of the vertical irradiation port. DFPD images were acquired during CPBS at 15.00, 7.50 and 3.75 frames per second (fps). Charge on the DFPD was cleaned using fast readout technique every 30 fps. DFPD images were acquired during CPBS with radiographic exposure, and results with and without fast readout technique were compared. RESULTS Secondary particles were visualized as spots or streak-like shapes. Capture of secondary particles from the horizontal beam direction was lower with fast readout technique than without it. With regard to beam irradiation direction dependency, CPBS from the horizontal direction resulted in a greater magnitude of secondary particles reaching DFPD2 than reaching DFPD1. When CPBS was delivered from the vertical direction, however, the magnitude of secondary particles on both DFPDs was very similar. CONCLUSION Fast readout technique minimized the effect of secondary particles on DFPD images during CPBS. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE This technique may be useful for markerless tumour tracking for respiratory gating.
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- S Mori
- 1 Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, Medical Physics Research Program, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Mori S, Choi Y, Park MS, Kim H, Hong G, Yi NJ, Lee KW, Suh KS. Usefulness of preoperative C-reactive protein and alpha-fetoprotein levels for prognostication of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after living donor liver transplantation. Hepatogastroenterology 2014; 61:2353-2358. [PMID: 25699382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The C-reactive protein level has been reported as a prognostic predictor for hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery. We investigated the usefulness of preoperative C-reactive protein levels in predicting outcomes after living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma and identified preoperative risk factors. METHODOLOGY We retrospectively analyzed 96 hepatocellular carcinoma patients who underwent living donor liver transplantation in March 2003-November 2009. The effect of preoperative variables on overall survival was evaluated by multivariate analysis. RESULTS The 5-year overall survival rate was significantly lower for C-reactive protein levels >0.3 mg/dL than for C-reactive protein levels ≤0.3 mg/dL (55.8% vs. 89.8%; P=0.001). In multivariate analysis, C-reactive protein levels >0.3 mg/dL (P=0.006) and alpha-fetoprotein levels >200 ng/mL (P<0.001) were significant risk factors for survival. For patients within Milan criteria (n=68), the 3-year overall survival rate with 2 risk factors (n=8) was 20%; of these patients, 63% experienced recurrence. For patients outside Milan criteria (n=28), the 5-year overall survival rate without 1-2 risk factors (n=21) was 80.9%; of these patients, 33% experienced recurrence. CONCLUSIONS Preoperative C-reactive protein levels predicted prognosis after living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. C-reactive protein and alpha-fetoprotein levels together with Milan criteria may improve hepatocellular carcinoma patient selection for liver transplantation.
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Ishizuka M, Kubota K, Kita J, Shimoda M, Kato M, Mori S, Iso Y, Yamagishi H, Kojima M. Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index is associated with liver cirrhosis in patients undergoing surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma. J Surg Res 2014; 194:63-8. [PMID: 25291961 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Among various preoperative evaluations of liver function, accurate assessment of liver cirrhosis (LC) is especially important in patients undergoing surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). OBJECTIVE To explore the most significant laboratory parameter associated with LC in patients undergoing surgery for HCC. METHODS From among 588 HCC patients in our collected database who underwent liver surgery, 371 for whom sufficient laboratory data were evaluable, including direct serum fibrosis markers such as hyaluronic acid and type 3 procollagen peptide (P-3-P), were enrolled. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to define the ideal cutoff values of laboratory parameters, and the area under the ROC curve for LC was measured. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to clarify the laboratory parameter most significantly associated with LC. RESULTS Multivariate analysis of 13 laboratory parameters that had been selected by univariate analysis showed that the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) (≤ 0.8/>0.8) (odds ratio, 2.687; 95% confidence interval 1.215-5.940; P = 0.015) was associated with LC, along with the aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio, the indocyanine green retention ratio at 15 min (ICG R15), and the level of hyaluronic acid. Among these four parameters associated with LC, ROC curve analysis revealed that APRI (0.757) had the largest area under the ROC (aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase 0.505, ICG R15 0.714, and hyaluronic acid 0.743). CONCLUSIONS APRI is closely associated with LC in patients undergoing surgery for HCC.
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- Mitsuru Ishizuka
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Anatomic and Diagnostic Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Anatomic and Diagnostic Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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Mori S, Inaniwa T, Miki K, Shirai T, Noda K. Implementation of a target volume design function for intrafractional range variation in a particle beam treatment planning system. Br J Radiol 2014; 87:20140233. [PMID: 25168286 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Treatment planning for charged particle therapy in the thoracic and abdominal regions should take account of range uncertainty due to intrafractional motion. Here, we developed a design tool (4Dtool) for the target volume [field-specific target volume (FTV)], which accounts for this uncertainty using four-dimensional CT (4DCT). METHODS Target and normal tissue contours were input manually into a treatment planning system (TPS). These data were transferred to the 4Dtool via the picture archiving and communication system (PACS). Contours at the reference phase were propagated to other phases by deformable image registration. FTV was calculated using 4DCT on the 4Dtool. The TPS displays FTV contours using digital imaging and communications in medicine files imported from the PACS. These treatment parameters on the CT image at the reference phase were then used for dose calculation on the TPS. The tool was tested in single clinical case randomly selected from patients treated at our centre for lung cancer. RESULTS In this clinical case, calculation of dose distribution with the 4Dtool resulted in the successful delivery of carbon-ion beam at the reference phase of 95% of the prescribed dose to the clinical target volume (CTV). Application to the other phases also provided sufficient dose to the CTV. CONCLUSION The 4Dtool software allows the design of the target volume with consideration to intrafractional range variation and is now in routine clinical use at our institution. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE Our alternative technique represents a practical approach to four-dimensional treatment planning within the current state of charged particle therapy.
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Sato K, Ishigame K, Ying SH, Oishi K, Miller MI, Mori S. Macro- and microstructural changes in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: assessment of phylogenetic subdivisions of the cerebellum and the brain stem. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 36:84-90. [PMID: 25169926 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a4085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Site-specific degeneration patterns of the infratentorial brain in relation to phylogenetic origins may relate to symptoms in patients with spinocerebellar degeneration, but the patterns are still unclear. We investigated macro- and microstructural changes of the infratentorial brain based on phylogenetic origins and their correlation with symptoms in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6. MATERIALS AND METHODS MR images of 9 patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 and 9 age- and sex-matched controls were obtained. We divided the infratentorial brain on the basis of phylogenetic origins and performed an atlas-based analysis. Comparisons of the 2 groups and a correlation analysis assessed with the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale excluding age effects were performed. RESULTS A significant decrease of fractional volume and an increase of mean diffusivity were seen in all subdivisions of the cerebellum and in all the cerebellar peduncles except mean diffusivity in the inferior cerebellar peduncle in patients compared with controls (P < .0001 to <.05). The bilateral anterior lobes showed the strongest atrophy. Fractional volume decreased mainly in old regions, whereas mean diffusivity increased mainly in new regions of the cerebellum. Reflecting this tendency, the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale total score showed strong correlations in fractional volume in the right flocculonodular lobe and the bilateral deep structures and in mean diffusivity in the bilateral posterior lobes (r = 0.73 to ±0.87). CONCLUSIONS We found characteristic macro- and microstructural changes, depending on phylogenetic regions of the infratentorial brain, that strongly correlated with clinical symptoms in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6.
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- K Sato
- From the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (K.S., K.I., K.O., S.M.) Department of Radiology (K.S.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (K.S., K.I., K.O., S.M.) Department of Radiology (K.I.), University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Departments of Radiology (S.H.Y.) Neurology (S.H.Y.) Ophthalmology (S.H.Y.)
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- From the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (K.S., K.I., K.O., S.M.)
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- Center for Imaging Science (M.I.M.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- From the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (K.S., K.I., K.O., S.M.) F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (S.M.), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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Mori S, Ito A, Sato S, Ako K, Tada E, Shibanuma K, Hattori Y, Iida H. Dose Rate Analyses around the Equatorial and Divertor Ports during ITER In-Vessel Components Maintenance. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2000.10874884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Asad M, Wong MK, Tan TZ, Choolani M, Low J, Mori S, Virshup D, Thiery JP, Huang RYJ. FZD7 drives in vitro aggressiveness in Stem-A subtype of ovarian cancer via regulation of non-canonical Wnt/PCP pathway. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1346. [PMID: 25032869 PMCID: PMC4123093 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Ovarian cancer (OC) can be classified into five biologically distinct molecular subgroups: epithelial-A (Epi-A), Epi-B, mesenchymal (Mes), Stem-A and Stem-B. Among them, Stem-A expresses genes relating to stemness and is correlated with poor clinical prognosis. In this study, we show that frizzled family receptor 7 (FZD7), a receptor for Wnt signalling, is overexpressed in the Stem-A subgroup. To elucidate the functional roles of FZD7, we used an RNA interference gene knockdown approach in three Stem-A cell lines: CH1, PA1 and OV-17R. Si-FZD7 OC cells showed reduced cell proliferation with an increase in the G0/G1 sub-population, with no effect on apoptosis. The cells also displayed a distinctive morphologic change by colony compaction to become more epithelial-like and polarised with smaller internuclear distances and increased z-axis height. Immunofluorescence (IF) staining patterns of pan-cadherin and β-catenin suggested an increase in cadherin-based cell–cell adhesion in si-FZD7 cells. We also observed a significant rearrangement in the actin cytoskeleton and an increase in tensile contractility in si-FZD7 OC cells, as evident by the loss of stress fibres and the redistribution of phospho-myosin light chain (pMLC) from the sites of cell–cell contacts to the periphery of cell colonies. Furthermore, there was reciprocal regulation of RhoA (Ras homolog family member A) and Rac1 (Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rho family, small GTP-binding protein Rac1)) activities upon FZD7 knockdown, with a significant reduction in RhoA activity and a concomitant upregulation in Rac1 activity. These changes in pMLC and RhoA, as well as the increased TopFlash reporter activities in si-FZD7 cells, suggested involvement of the non-canonical Wnt/planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway. Selected PCP pathway genes (cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 3 (CELSR3), prickle homolog 4 (Drosophila) (PRICKLE4), dishevelled-associated activator of morphogenesis 1 (DAAM1), profilin 2 (PFN2), protocadherin 9 (PCDH9), protocadherin α1 (PCDHA1), protocadherin β17 pseudogene (PCDHB17), protocadherin β3 (PCDHB3), sprouty homolog 1 (SPRY1) and protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7)) were found to be more highly expressed in Stem-A than non Stem-A subgroup of OC. Taken together, our results suggest that FZD7 might drive aggressiveness in Stem-A OC by regulating cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, maintenance of the Mes phenotype and cell migration via casein kinase 1ɛ-mediated non-canonical Wnt/PCP pathway.
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Centre for Translational Medicine NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Centre for Translational Medicine NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Centre for Translational Medicine NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- 1] Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore [2] National University Cancer Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, Cancer Institute of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- 1] Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Centre for Translational Medicine NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore [2] National University Cancer Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore [3] Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore [4] Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
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- 1] Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Centre for Translational Medicine NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore [2] Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore [3] National University Cancer Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Mori S, Koga Y. AB0596 Glucocorticoid-Resistant Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Clinical Characterization and TOCILIZUMAB Therapy. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3434] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Mori S, Kita J, Kato M, Shimoda M, Kubota K. Usefulness of a new inflammation-based scoring system for prognostication of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy. Am J Surg 2014; 209:187-93. [PMID: 24950991 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND We investigated whether a preoperative scoring system (the "CRP-AFP Score [CAS]") based on the serum levels of C-reactive protein and alpha-fetoprotein would predict outcome in patients undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS The CAS was defined as follows: patients with an elevated level of both C-reactive protein (>.3 mg/dL) and alpha-fetoprotein (>20 ng/mL) were assigned a score of 2, and patients showing one or none of these abnormalities were assigned a score of 1 or 0, respectively. RESULTS A total of 349 patients were identified. Pathologic findings, in terms of tumor size, histologic grade, vascular invasion, intrahepatic metastasis, and recurrence rate, worsened as the CAS increased. CAS 2 patients had a poorer 5-year overall survival than CAS 0 or 1 patients (32.2% vs 59.7% vs 49.2%, respectively; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS The CAS is an informative scoring system that can predict outcome in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy.
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- Shozo Mori
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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Tsukamoto I, Akagi M, Inoue S, Yamagishi K, Mori S, Asada S. Expressions of local renin-angiotensin system components in chondrocytes. Eur J Histochem 2014; 58:2387. [PMID: 24998927 PMCID: PMC4083327 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2014.2387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 03/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In 2013, we reported that local reninangiotensin system (local RAS) components express during the hypertrophic differentiation of chondrocytes and can modulate it, using ATDC5 cell line that involves differentiation from mesenchymal stem cells to calcified hypertrophic chondrocytes. However, the expressions of local RAS components in normal chondrocytes have not been revealed yet. The purpose of this study is to examine the expression of the local RAS components in chondrocytes in vivo and the conditions allowing the expression. We stained five major regions of 8-week-old C57BL/6 adult mice in which chondrocytes exist, including epiphyseal plates and hyaline cartilages, with antibodies to local RAS components. We also examined the expression of local RAS components in the cultured bovine’s articular cartilage chondrocytes using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis. In result, hypertrophic chondrocytes of epiphyseal plates included in the tibia and the lamina terminals expressed local RAS components. However, hyaline chondrocytes, including the knee articular cartilages, the parenchyma of nasal septums and of the tracheal walls, did not express local RAS components. Cultured bovine’s articular cartilage chondrocytes also did not express local RAS components. However, inducing hypertrophy by administering interleukin-1β or tumor necrosis factor-α, the cultured articular chondrocytes also expressed angiotensin II type 1 receptor and angiotensin II type 2 receptor. In conclusion, local RAS components express particularly in chondrocytes which occur hypertrophy and do not in hyaline chondrocytes. The results are in accord with our previous in vitro study. We think this novel knowledge is important to investigate cartilage hypertrophy and diseases induced by hypertrophic changes like osteoarthritis.
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Nishibori M, Wake H, Mori S, Liu K, Morioka Y, Teshigawara K, Sakaguchi M, Kuroda K, Takahashi H, Ohtsuka A, Yoshino T, Morimatsu H. Histidine-rich glycoprotein prevents septic lethality through neutrophil regulation. Crit Care 2014. [PMCID: PMC4273748 DOI: 10.1186/cc14026] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To ensure accuracy in respiratory-gating treatment, X-ray fluoroscopic imaging is used to detect tumour position in real time. Detection accuracy is strongly dependent on image quality, particularly positional differences between the patient and treatment couch. We developed a new algorithm to improve the quality of images obtained in X-ray fluoroscopic imaging and report the preliminary results. METHODS Two oblique X-ray fluoroscopic images were acquired using a dynamic flat panel detector (DFPD) for two patients with lung cancer. The weighting factor was applied to the DFPD image in respective columns, because most anatomical structures, as well as the treatment couch and port cover edge, were aligned in the superior-inferior direction when the patient lay on the treatment couch. The weighting factors for the respective columns were varied until the standard deviation of the pixel values within the image region was minimized. Once the weighting factors were calculated, the quality of the DFPD image was improved by applying the factors to multiframe images. RESULTS Applying the image-processing algorithm produced substantial improvement in the quality of images, and the image contrast was increased. The treatment couch and irradiation port edge, which were not related to a patient's position, were removed. The average image-processing time was 1.1 ms, showing that this fast image processing can be applied to real-time tumour-tracking systems. CONCLUSION These findings indicate that this image-processing algorithm improves the image quality in patients with lung cancer and successfully removes objects not related to the patient. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE Our image-processing algorithm might be useful in improving gated-treatment accuracy.
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Tanosaki R, Kumazawa T, Yoshida A, Oguni S, Nakano A, Yamagata S, Takahashi N, Kurosawa S, Kim SW, Yamashita T, Mori S, Heike Y, Fukuda T, Hamaguchi Y, Tsuda H. Novel and rapid enumeration method of peripheral blood stem cells using automated hematology analyzer. Int J Lab Hematol 2013; 36:521-30. [DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- R. Tanosaki
- Department of Blood Transfusion and Cellular Therapy; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Blood Transfusion and Cellular Therapy; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories; National Cancer Center Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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Hiraoka N, Kikuchi J, Koyama D, Wada T, Mori S, Nakamura Y, Furukawa Y. Alkylating agents induce histone H3K18 hyperacetylation and potentiate HDAC inhibitor-mediated global histone acetylation and cytotoxicity in mantle cell lymphoma. Blood Cancer J 2013; 3:e169. [PMID: 24335889 PMCID: PMC3877423 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2013.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- Division of Stem Cell Regulation, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Division of Stem Cell Regulation, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Division of Stem Cell Regulation, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Division of Stem Cell Regulation, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Medical Education Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Stem Cell Regulation, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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Shimoda M, Mori S, Kita J, Sawada T, Kubota K. Results of pancreaticoduodenectomy with portal or superior mesenteric vein resection for locally advanced pancreatic head cancer. Hepatogastroenterology 2013; 60:2094-2098. [PMID: 24719953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS It is known that portal vein (PV) or superior mesenteric vein (SMV) is easily invaded by locally advanced pancreatic head cancer due to anatomical characteristics. Few studies have investigated the results of PD with PV or SMV resection (PVR) for pancreatic head cancer. METHODOLOGY We retrospectively reviewed a database of 83 patients who had undergone PD for pancreatic head cancer (PC). We divided them into two groups, a group with PD and PVR (PD +PVR G) and a group with PD and no PVR (PD -PVR G). The clinicopathological findings and mortality were analyzed. RESULTS Twenty-nine of the 83 patients (34.9%) needed PD with PVR. Median survival and disease free survival were 20.4 months and 10.6 months, respectively. The 5-year overall survival rate was 8.1% in PD +PVR G and 7.4% in PD -PVR G, respectively. There was no difference between the two groups (p = 0.091, HR: 1.576; 95% CI: 0.9299-2.670). The 5-year disease free survival rate was 9.6% in PD +PVR G and 10.2% in PD -PVR G, respectively. Also, there was no difference between the two groups (p = 0.206, HR: 1.414; 95% CI: 0.8264-2.420). CONCLUSIONS Since PVR by itself is not a risk factor of postoperative morbidity and mortality and contributes to improving 5-year overall survival and disease free survival, PVR should be done for selected cases with locally advanced pancreas head cancer.
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Tabayashi T, Tomikawa T, Sagawa M, Nemoto T, Watanabe R, Tokuhira M, Mori S, Kizaki M. Primary Cardiac Lymphoma in Non-Immunocompromised Patients: Three Case Reports and Review of the Literature. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt460.116] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Yoshimura K, Yamada M, Nagai K, Mori S, Kajiwara Y, Sonoda T, Nishiguchi S, Aoyama T. The correlation between the plenitude of fall prevention programs and fall incidents in community-level: A J-MACC study. Eur Geriatr Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Choi Y, Choi JY, Yi NJ, Lee K, Mori S, Hong G, Kim H, Park MS, Yoo T, Suh SW, Lee HW, Lee KW, Suh KS. Liver transplantation for HBsAg-positive recipients using grafts from HBsAg-positive deceased donors. Transpl Int 2013; 26:1173-83. [PMID: 24131436 DOI: 10.1111/tri.12177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Revised: 06/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This study reports our experience using deceased donor liver grafts from HBsAg-positive donors. We performed eight cases of liver transplantation (LT) using grafts from deceased HBsAg-positive donors between November 2005 and October 2010. The median age of donors was 48 years (range: 26-64). HBV DNA in the serum of donors ranged from 44 to 395 IU/ml, but HBeAg in all donors was negative. Preoperative laboratory and liver biopsy samples revealed the absence of definitive cirrhotic features and hepatitis. All recipients showed HBsAg positive preoperatively except one patient with HBsAg(-) status post previous LT for HBV related liver cirrhosis. The median age was 60 years (range: 46-76) at LT. Post-LT antiviral management consisted of hepatitis B immunoglobulin and antiviral nucleos(t)ide analogues. The median follow-up period was 25.5 months (range: 14-82). Of eight recipients, two recipients experienced serum HBsAg and HBV DNA disappearance postoperatively. Three recipients died of HBV-unrelated causes. The remaining five recipients were stable with normal liver function and no marked pathologic changes on follow-up biopsies. This experience shows that LT using grafts from deceased HBsAg-positive donors is feasible, and may represent a valuable expansion of the pool of organ donors with appropriate antiviral management and monitoring.
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- YoungRok Choi
- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Kawaguchi S, Ishibashi H, Nishihara S, Miyagawa M, Inoue K, Mori S, Kubota Y. Anomalous magnetization behaviour in a single crystal of vanadium spinel FeV2O4. J Phys Condens Matter 2013; 25:416005. [PMID: 24055870 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/41/416005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Spinel oxide FeV2O4, having the orbital degrees of freedom at Fe(2+) and V(3+) ions, exhibits multi-step magnetic phase transitions and successive structural phase transitions at low temperatures. In order to clarify the magnetic properties of FeV2O4, we have measured the temperature dependence of magnetization, isothermal magnetization curves and specific heat using a single crystal of FeV2O4. Temperature-induced magnetization jumps below the 110 K were observed in the zero-field-cooled magnetization curves. Furthermore, we found that the behaviours of the isothermal magnetization curves were quite different between the zero-field-cooled and field-cooled conditions. We suggest that the change of the magnetic domain structure under the magnetic field associated with the orbital states of Fe(2+) ions is the possible origin of these intriguing and anomalous magnetic properties in a single crystal of FeV2O4.
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- S Kawaguchi
- Department of Physical Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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Takahashi W, Mori S, Furukawa T, Inaniwa T, Nakajima M, Shirai T, Noda K, Yamamoto N, Kamada T. Carbon Ion Scanning Lung Therapy (With Respiratory-Gated Phase Controlled Rescanning): Simulation Study for 4D Treatment Planning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.475] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Kurokawa R, Kim P, Kawamoto T, Matsuda H, Hayashi S, Yamazaki S, Hatamochi A, Mori S, Shimoda M, Kubota K. Intramedullary and retroperitoneal melanocytic tumor associated with congenital blue nevus and nevus flammeus: an uncommon combination of neurocutaneous melanosis and phacomatosis pigmentovascularis--case report. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2013; 53:730-4. [PMID: 24077274 PMCID: PMC4508742 DOI: 10.2176/nmc.cr2012-0241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare condition characterized by central nervous system melanocytic tumors associated with congenital melanocytic nevi. Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis (PPV) is an association of vascular nevus with pigmentary nevus. Aberrant maturation of neural crest-derived cells is considered to be related to pathogenesis in both conditions. However, association of NCM and PPV has not been reported to the best of our knowledge. Melanocytoma, which usually involves the leptomeninges or spinal cord, is extremely rare in the retroperitoneum. We present here a case of a patient with NCM, PPV, and melanocytic tumors in the spinal cord and retroperitoneum, which were treated surgically. A 40-year-old woman had a 2-year history of dysesthesia and weakness in the left leg. History included congenital giant blue nevus-like lesion in the trunk, a port-wine stain in the sacral area, and Caesarean section performed 8 years before, when diffuse pigmentation in the peritoneum was noted. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the spine revealed an intramedullary tumor at T10 level with paramagnetic signal characteristics. The spinal cord tumor was totally removed, and the histological diagnosis was melanocytoma. Three months later, a left retroperitoneal mass with histological features of melanocytic tumor was removed. Neither tumors recurred and the patient stays ambulatory 4 years after the surgery. Multiple subtypes of melanocytic tumors with distinctive features of NCM and PPV can develop simultaneously, mimicking malignant melanoma. Gross total resection of each tumor, when indicated, is beneficial.
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- Ryu Kurokawa
- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University
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Cardone E, Apice G, Rega D, Montesarchio L, Scala D, Granata C, Vallone P, Fiore F, Mori S, Delrio P. Salvage vacuum therapy after failed reconstruction of abdominal wall for extensive resection in recurrent uterine sarcoma. Eur J Surg Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.07.078] [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: 10/26/2022] Open
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Mori S, Kim H, Park MS, Choi Y, Hong G, Yi NJ, Lee KW, Suh KS. Graft regeneration rate and small-for-size syndrome in living donor liver transplantation. Hepatogastroenterology 2013; 60:1463-1468. [PMID: 23574637 DOI: 10.5754/hge13139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Liver dysfunction, also called small-for-size syndrome (SFSS), sometimes develops despite a rapid restoration of liver mass. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the graft regeneration rate and SFSS. METHODOLOGY We retrospectively reviewed 35 adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) recipients with a graft-to-recipient weight ratio (GRWR) of <0.8% using 25 right lobe grafts and 10 left lobe grafts. The graft regeneration rate was expressed with the ratio of graft volumes measured by computed tomography at postoperative day 10 to those measured during the operation. SFSS was defined as the presence of hyperbilirubinemia, coagulopathy, and ascites after surgery. RESULTS Six recipients developed SFSS. The graft regeneration rate of the SFSS (+) group was higher than the SFSS (-) group (2.12±0.39 vs. 1.70±0.29, p=0.016). In the group with a GRWR of <0.7% (n=13), 4 of 8 recipients with a graft regeneration rate of >1.86 developed SFSS, whereas none of the recipients with a graft regeneration rate of ≤1.86 developed SFSS. CONCLUSIONS The rapid graft regeneration is associated with SFSS after LDLT.
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Bonadio M, Pichierri G, Costarelli S, Morelli G, Tanzilli P, Tartaglia T, Mori S. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI): Distribution of Uropathogens and Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance in an Italian Hospital (1996-2003). J Chemother 2013; 17:560-2. [PMID: 16323447 DOI: 10.1179/joc.2005.17.5.560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- M Bonadio
- Section of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy.
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Mori S, Inaniwa T, Furukawa T, Zenklusen S, Shirai T, Noda K. Effects of a difference in respiratory cycle between treatment planning and irradiation for phase-controlled rescanning and carbon pencil beam scanning. Br J Radiol 2013; 86:20130163. [PMID: 23833034 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of variation in respiratory cycle between treatment planning and irradiation for pencil beam scanning and phase-controlled rescanning (PCR) on the resulting dose distribution, we conducted a simulation study based on four-dimensional CT (4DCT) data for lung cancer patients. METHODS 4DCT data were acquired for seven patients with lung tumours. Treatment planning was designed to ensure the delivery of 95% of the prescribed dose to the clinical target volume in respective phases of the 4DCT by taking account of intrafractional beam range variations. Carbon ion pencil beam scanning dose distributions were calculated for various respiratory cycles that differed from the reference respiration (=4.4 s) but which stayed regular during irradiation. The number of rescannings was changed to 1, 4 or 8 times. PCR was correlated with the gating window in treatment planning to calculate the beam weighting map. RESULTS 8×PCR improved dose conformation to the target for all irradiation respiratory cycles. Minimum dose (Dmin) and lowest dose encompassing 95% of the target (D95) values with 4×PCR were decreased from 94.1% and 98.1% to 88.4% and 93.5% with an altered irradiation respiratory cycle of 2.4 s. However, these values were improved with 8×PCR to over 94.9% for Dmin and 98.6% for D95 for respective irradiation respiratory cycles. CONCLUSION Pencil beam scanning treatment with eight or more PCRs consistently improved dose conformation for moving lung targets even when different respiratory cycles were used for treatment planning and irradiation. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE Scanning treatment with eight or more rescannings consistently improved dose homogeneity to a moving target even though respiratory cycles varied during treatment.
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- S Mori
- Medical Physics Research Group, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
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