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Koshino K, Ushigome H, Nakao T, Harada S, Sakai K, Suzuki T, Nobori S, Ito T, Yoshimura N. Usefulness of Follow-up Biopsies at One Year After ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2014; 46:385-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.11.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Yoshimura N, Ushigome H, Nobori S, Suzuki T, Sakai K, Koshino K, Okajima H, Okamoto M. Excellent results of high-dose mizoribine combined with cyclosporine, basiliximab, and corticosteroids in renal transplant recipients--4-year results. Transplant Proc 2013; 45:1472-5. [PMID: 23726600 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.01.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mizoribine (MZR) at 3 mg/kg/d shows less potent immunosuppressive effects, but high-dose MZR (6 mg/kg/d) was effective and safe in a 2-year study in conjunction with a regimen of cyclosporine (CsA), basiliximab, and corticosteroids. METHODS We compared 40 living-related kidney recipients administered MZR (6 mg/kg/d), CsA (7 mg/kg/d), prednisolone (maintenance dose 10 mg/d), and basiliximab (20 mg/body) with control group (n = 38) treated with CsA, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF; 25 mg/kg/d), basiliximab, and corticosteroids. RESULTS The 4-year graft survival rates for the MZR vs MMF groups were 92.5% vs 94.7%, respectively, with serum creatinine levels of 1.66 ± 1.0 mg/dL vs 1.41 ± 0.42 mg/dL at 3 years, and 1.72 ± 1.16 mg/dL vs 1.56 ± 1.26 mg/dL at 4 years. There was no significant difference in serum creatinine levels between the 2 groups. The MZR group demonstrated a significantly higher rate of elevated serum uric acid values (29.7%). The numbers of patients treated with allopurinol at 4 years were 11/37 (29.7%) for MZR vs 2/36 (5.6%) for the MMF subjects (P < .05). Mean serum uric acid levels of the MZR vs MMF group at 4 years were 7.1 ± 1.9 mg/dL vs 7.0 ± 1.6 mg/dL, respectively (NS). There was no significant difference between the 2 groups regarding bone marrow suppression or liver dysfunction. Severe cytomegalovirus infection was not observed at 3 and 4 years in either group. There were no severe gastrointestinal symptoms among the MZR or the MMF group at 3 or 4 years. CONCLUSIONS The combination of high-dose MZR with CsA, basiliximab, and corticosteroids displayed excellent results over a 4-year follow-up.
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Sakai K. Single unit activity of the suprachiasmatic nucleus and surrounding neurons during the wake-sleep cycle in mice. Neuroscience 2013; 260:249-64. [PMID: 24355494 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the mammalian hypothalamus contains a circadian clock for timing of diverse neuronal, endocrine, and behavioral rhythms, such as the cycle of sleep and wakefulness. Using extracellular single unit recordings, we have determined, for the first time, the discharge activity of individual SCN neurons during the complete wake-sleep cycle in non-anesthetized, head restrained mice. SCN neurons (n=79) were divided into three types according to their regular (type I; n=38) or irregular (type II; n=19) discharge activity throughout the wake-sleep cycle or their quiescent activity during waking and irregular discharge activity during sleep (type III; n=22). The type I and II neurons displayed a long-duration action potential, while the type III neurons displayed either a short-duration or long-duration action potential. The type I neurons discharged exclusively as single isolated spikes, whereas the type II and III neurons fired as single isolated spikes, clusters, or bursts. The type I and II neurons showed wake-active, wake/paradoxical (or rapid eye movement) sleep-active, or state-unrelated activity profiles and were, respectively, mainly located in the ventral or dorsal region of the SCN. In contrast, the type III neurons displayed sleep-active discharge profiles and were mainly located in the lateral region of the SCN. The majority of type I and II neurons tested showed an increase in discharge rate following application of light to the animal's eyes. Of the 289 extra-SCN neurons recorded, those displaying sleep-active discharge profiles were mainly located dorsal to the SCN, whereas those displaying wake-active discharge profiles were mainly located lateral or dorsolateral to the SCN. This study shows heterogeneity of mouse SCN and surrounding anterior hypothalamic neurons and suggests differences in their topographic organization and roles in mammalian circadian rhythms and the regulation of sleep and wakefulness.
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Shibazaki K, Kimura K, Aoki J, Uemura J, Fujii S, Sakai K. Dysarthria plus dysphagia is associated with severe sleep-disordered breathing in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Eur J Neurol 2013; 21:344-8. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.12323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Terashima M, Sakai K, Fujita Y, De Velasco M, Nishio K. Construction of a 3D Culture Assay System for Anti-Cancer Drug Testing. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt460.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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El-Baradie K, El-Sharkawy R, El-Ghamry H, Sakai K. Synthesis and characterization of Cu(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) complexes of a number of sulfadrug azodyes and their application for wastewater treatment. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2013; 121:180-187. [PMID: 24239761 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.09.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Revised: 09/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The azodye ligand (HL(1)) was synthesized from the coupling of sulfaguanidine diazonium salt with 2,4-dihydroxy-benzaldehyde while the two ligands, HL(2) and HL(3), were prepared by the coupling of sulfadiazine diazonium salt with salicylaldehyde (HL(2)) and 2,4-dihydroxy-benzaldehyde (HL(3)). The prepared ligands were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, (1)H NMR and mass spectra. Cu(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) complexes of the prepared ligands have been synthesized and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques like IR, UV-Visible as well as magnetic and thermal (TG and DTA) measurements. It was found that all the ligands behave as a monobasic bidentate which coordinated to the metal center through the azo nitrogen and α-hydroxy oxygen atoms in the case of HL(1) and HL(3). HL(2) coordinated to the metal center through sulfonamide oxygen and pyrimidine nitrogen. The applications of the prepared complexes in the oxidative degradation of indigo carmine dye exhibited good catalytic activity in the presence of H2O2 as an oxidant. The reactions followed first-order kinetics and the rate constants were determined. The degradation reaction involved the catalytic action of the azo-dye complexes toward H2O2 decomposition, which can lead to the generation of HO radicals as a highly efficient oxidant attacking the target dye. The detailed kinetic studies and the mechanism of these catalytic reactions are under consideration in our group.
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Negishi Y, Sakai K, Noguchi Y, Iwasaki N, Kawai N. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration caused by ovarian clear-cell carcinoma. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2013; 40:614-7. [PMID: 24148073 DOI: 10.1111/jog.12212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a paraneoplastic neurological syndrome caused by the remote effect of certain systemic cancers and is characterized by subacute cerebellar symptoms. A 62-year-old woman suffering from unidentified cerebellar symptoms was admitted to our hospital. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration was suspected and ovarian cancer was detected after the systemic examination for malignancy. The symptoms of vertigo and dysarthria were improved a little after surgical operation and treatments of γ-globulin, steroid pulse and tacrolimus hydrate. The cerebellar symptoms of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration are often evident prior to detection of malignancy. It is important to perform systemic examination for malignancy in case of unidentified cerebellar symptoms.
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Sanjo N, Higuma M, Hizume M, Nakamura Y, Kitamoto T, Yamada M, Hamaguchi T, Moriwaka F, Aoki M, Kuroiwa Y, Nishizawa M, Takeda M, Inuzuka T, Abe K, Murai H, Murayama S, Satoh K, Harada M, Saito N, Takumi I, Sakai K, Nozaki I, Noguchi-Shinohara M, Koyano S, Yokoseki A, Yoshiyama K, Takao M, Hayashi Y, Mizusawa H. Human prion diseases in Japan: A prospective surveillance from 1999. J Neurol Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.1128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ueda K, Miron C, Plésiat E, Argenti L, Patanen M, Kooser K, Ayuso D, Mondal S, Kimura M, Sakai K, Travnikova O, Palacios A, Decleva P, Kukk E, Martín F. Intramolecular photoelectron diffraction in the gas phase. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:124306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4820814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sandilya S, Trabelsi K, Mohanty GB, Adachi I, Aihara H, Asner DM, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Bala A, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bondar A, Bonvicini G, Bozek A, Bračko M, Browder TE, Chen P, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chistov R, Cho K, Chobanova V, Choi SK, Choi Y, Cinabro D, Dalseno J, Dingfelder J, Doležal Z, Drutskoy A, Dutta D, Eidelman S, Farhat H, Fast JE, Feindt M, Ferber T, Frey A, Gaur V, Gabyshev N, Ganguly S, Gillard R, Goh YM, Golob B, Haba J, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Hyun HJ, Iijima T, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki Y, Julius T, Kah DH, Kang JH, Kato E, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Kiesling C, Kim DY, Kim HO, Kim JB, Kim JH, Kim YJ, Klucar J, Ko BR, Kodyš P, Korpar S, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kumita T, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Li J, Li Y, Libby J, Liu ZQ, Liventsev D, Lukin P, MacNaughton J, Matvienko D, Miyabayashi K, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Moll A, Muramatsu N, Mussa R, Nagasaka Y, Nakao M, Nayak M, Ng C, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Okuno S, Oswald C, Pakhlova G, Park CW, Park H, Park HK, Pedlar TK, Pestotnik R, Petrič M, Piilonen LE, Ritter M, Röhrken M, Rostomyan A, Ryu S, Sahoo H, Saito T, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Santelj L, Sanuki T, Sato Y, Savinov V, Schneider O, Schnell G, Semmler D, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shen CP, Shibata TA, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Sohn YS, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Stanič S, Starič M, Steder M, Sumiyoshi T, Tamponi U, Tanida K, Tatishvili G, Teramoto Y, Tsuboyama T, Uchida M, Uehara S, Uglov T, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Vahsen SE, Van Hulse C, Vanhoefer P, Varner G, Vorobyev V, Wagner MN, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Wang P, Wang XL, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Wiechczynski J, Williams KM, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamaoka J, Yamashita Y, Yashchenko S, Yuan CZ, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A. Search for bottomonium states in exclusive radiative Υ(2S) decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:112001. [PMID: 24074074 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.112001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We search for bottomonium states in Υ(2S) → (bb)γ decays with an integrated luminosity of 24.7 fb(-1) recorded at the Υ(2S) resonance with the Belle detector at KEK, containing (157.8±3.6)×10(6) Υ(2S) events. The (bb) system is reconstructed in 26 exclusive hadronic final states composed of charged pions, kaons, protons, and K(S)(0) mesons. We find no evidence for the state recently observed around 9975 MeV (X(bb)) in an analysis based on a data sample of 9.3×10(6) Υ(2S) events collected with the CLEO III detector. We set a 90% confidence level upper limit on the branching fraction B[Υ(2S) → X(bb)γ] × ∑(i)B[X(bb) → h(i)] < 4.9×10(-6), summed over the exclusive hadronic final states employed in our analysis. This result is an order of magnitude smaller than the measurement reported with CLEO data. We also set an upper limit for the ηb(1S) state of B[Υ(2S) → ηb(1S)γ] × ∑(i)B[ηb(1S) → h(i)] < 3.7×10(-6).
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Bhardwaj V, Miyabayashi K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Asner DM, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Bala A, Bhuyan B, Bischofberger M, Bondar A, Bonvicini G, Bozek A, Bračko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Chekelian V, Chen A, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chistov R, Cho K, Chobanova V, Choi SK, Choi Y, Cinabro D, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Doležal Z, Drásal Z, Drutskoy A, Dutta D, Dutta K, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Farhat H, Fast JE, Ferber T, Frey A, Gaur V, Gabyshev N, Ganguly S, Gillard R, Goh YM, Golob B, Haba J, Hara T, Hayashii H, Horii Y, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Hyun HJ, Iijima T, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwashita T, Julius T, Kah DH, Kang JH, Kato E, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kiesling C, Kim DY, Kim JB, Kim JH, Kim KT, Kim MJ, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Klucar J, Ko BR, Kodyš P, Korpar S, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kumar R, Kumita T, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Li J, Li Y, Liu C, Liu ZQ, Liventsev D, Lukin P, Matvienko D, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moll A, Mussa R, Nakano E, Nakao M, Natkaniec Z, Nayak M, Nedelkovska E, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Panzenböck E, Park H, Park HK, Pedlar TK, Pestotnik R, Petrič M, Piilonen LE, Ritter M, Röhrken M, Rostomyan A, Sahoo H, Saito T, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Sandilya S, Santel D, Santelj L, Sanuki T, Sato Y, Savinov V, Schneider O, Schnell G, Schwanda C, Seidl R, Semmler D, Senyo K, Seon O, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shen CP, Shibata TA, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Simon F, Singh JB, Smerkol P, Sohn YS, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Starič M, Steder M, Sumihama M, Sumiyoshi T, Tamponi U, Tanida K, Tatishvili G, Teramoto Y, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Uchida M, Uehara S, Uglov T, Unno Y, Urquijo P, Usov Y, Vahsen SE, Van Hulse C, Vanhoefer P, Varner G, Varvell KE, Vinokurova A, Wagner MN, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Wang P, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamaoka J, Yamashita Y, Yashchenko S, Yook Y, Yuan CZ, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zhulanov V, Zupanc A. Evidence of a new narrow resonance decaying to χ(c1)γ in B→χ(c1)γK. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:032001. [PMID: 23909309 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.032001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report measurements of B→χ(c1)γK and χ(c2)γK decays using 772×10(6) BB[over ¯] events collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. Evidence of a new resonance in the χ(c1)γ final state is found with a statistical significance of 3.8σ. This state has a mass of 3823.1±1.8(stat)±0.7(syst) MeV/c(2), a value that is consistent with theoretical expectations for the previously unseen 1(3)D(2) cc[over ¯] meson. We find no other narrow resonance and set upper limits on the branching fractions of the X(3872)→χ(c1)γ and χ(c2)γ decays.
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Kanemura H, Fukushima S, Yamashita J, Jinnin M, Sakai K, Masuguchi S, Aoi J, Makino T, Inoue Y, Ihn H. Serum epidermal growth factor receptor levels in patients with malignant melanoma. Clin Exp Dermatol 2013; 38:172-7. [PMID: 23397945 DOI: 10.1111/ced.12022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is known to be abnormally expressed in many human carcinomas, suggesting that there may be an increase in serum EGFR levels in patients with malignant melanoma (MM) and that this might be a possible new tumour marker. AIM To assess whether serum EGFR levels might be a marker of MM. METHODS Serum samples were obtained from 66 patients with MM and 12 healthy controls, and EGFR levels were measured by double-determinant ELISA. RESULTS Patients with in situ or stage I MM had significantly higher serum EGFR levels compared with healthy controls. Interestingly, serum EGFR levels decreased gradually with the stage of the tumour, being highest at stage I and lowest at stage IV. There was also a trend towards a reverse correlation between tumour thickness and serum EGFR levels. Moreover, a longitudinal study identified a trend for serum EGFR levels in patients with preoperative MM to decrease compared with patients with recurrent MM. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the first report investigating the serum EGFR levels of patients with MM, and gives new insight into the relationship between EGFR and MM. We found that serum EGFR levels were significantly increased in patients with early-stage MM such as in situ and stage I tumours. Measurements of serum EGFR levels might be of clinical value in the detection of early-stage MM.
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Nomura Y, Nomura T, Sakai K, Sasaki K, Ohguchi Y, Mizuno O, Hata H, Aoyagi S, Abe R, Itaya Y, Akiyama M, Shimizu H. A novel splice site mutation in NCSTN underlies a Japanese family with hidradenitis suppurativa. Br J Dermatol 2013; 168:206-9. [PMID: 22834455 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11174.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic follicular occlusive disease with characteristic recurrent draining sinuses, skin abscesses and disfiguring scars, mainly involving the axilla, groin, perianal and perineal regions. While most HS cases are nonfamilial, familial cases showing autosomal dominant inheritance have been reported. Recently, loss-of-function mutations in the genes encoding γ-secretase have been identified as a cause of familial HS in the Chinese and British populations. OBJECTIVES To identify mutations in the genes encoding γ-secretase in Japanese patients with familial and nonfamilial HS. METHODS Two affected and three unaffected individuals from a Japanese family with familial HS and nine patients with nonfamilial HS were recruited. We conducted mutation analysis of the γ-secretase genes in Japanese patients with familial and nonfamilial HS. RESULTS A novel splice site mutation in the nicastrin gene NCSTN, one of the six key component genes encoding γ-secretase, was identified in the patients with familial HS. Neither unaffected individuals in the family nor 100 ethnically matched control alleles carry this mutation. None of the nine patients with nonfamilial HS carry nonsense, frameshift or splice site mutations in this gene. CONCLUSIONS A novel splice site mutation, c.582+1delG, in NCSTN was identified in the familial patients with HS. We also reveal for the first time that a γ-secretase gene mutation is not linked to the development of nonfamilial HS. These results would further pave the way to a better understanding of the contribution of γ-secretase and other genes to the pathogenesis of HS and to the development of a new therapeutic strategy for HS.
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Borras M, Roig J, Betriu A, Vilar A, Hernandez M, Martin M, Fernandez ED, Dounousi E, Kiatou V, Papagianni A, Zikou X, Pappas K, Pappas E, Tatsioni A, Tsakiris D, Siamopoulos KC, Kim JK, Kim Y, Kim SG, Kim HJ, Ahn SY, Chin HJ, Oh KH, Ahn C, Chae DW, Yazici R, Altintepe L, Bakdik S, Guney I, Arslan S, Topal M, Karagoz A, Stefan G, Mircescu G, Capusa C, Stancu S, Petrescu L, Alecu S, Nedelcu D, Bennett AHL, Pham H, Garrity M, Magdeleyns E, Vermeer C, Zhang M, Ni Z, Zhu M, Yan J, Mou S, Wang Q, Qian J, Saade A, Karavetian M, ElZein H, de Vries N, de Haseth DE, Lay Penne E, van Dam B, Bax WA, Bots ML, Grooteman MPC, van den Dorpel RA, Blankenstijn PJ, Nube MJ, Wee PM, Park JH, Jo YI, Lee JH, Cianfrone P, Comi N, Lucisano G, Piraina V, Talarico R, Fuiano G, Toyonaga M, Fukami K, Yamagishi SI, Kaida Y, Nakayama Y, Ando R, Obara N, Ueda S, Okuda S, Granatova J, Havrda M, Hruskova Z, Tesar V, Viklicky O, Rysava R, Rychlik I, Kratka K, Honsova E, Vernerova Z, Maluskova J, Vranova J, Bolkova M, Borecka K, Benakova H, Zima T, Lu KC, Yang HY, Su SL, Cao YH, Lv LL, Liu BC, Zeng R, Gao XF, Deng YY, Boelaert J, t' Kindt R, Glorieux G, Schepers E, Jorge L, Neirynck N, Lynen F, Sandra P, Sandra K, Vanholder R, Yamamoto T, Nameta M, Yoshida Y, Uhlen M, Shi Y, Tang J, Zhang J, An Y, Liao Y, Li Y, Tao Y, Wang L, Koibuchi K, Tanaka K, Aoki T, Miyagi M, Sakai K, Aikawa A, Martins AR, Branco PQ, Serra FM, Matias PJ, Lucas CP, Adragao T, Duarte J, Oliveira MM, Saraiva AM, Barata JD, Masola V, Zaza G, Granata S, Proglio M, Pontrelli P, Abaterusso C, Schena F, Gesualdo L, Gambaro G, Lupo A, Pruijm M, Hofmann L, Stuber M, Zweiacker C, Piskunowicz M, Muller ME, Vogt B, Burnier M, Togashi N, Yamashita T, Mita T, Ohnuma Y, Hasegawa T, Endo T, Tsuchida A, Ando T, Yoshida H, Miura T, Bevins A, Assi L, Ritchie J, Jesky M, Stringer S, Kalra P, Hutchison C, Harding S, Cockwell P, Viccica G, Cupisti A, Chiavistelli S, Borsari S, Pardi E, Centoni R, Fumagalli G, Cetani F, Marcocci C, Scully P, O'Flaherty D, Sankaralingam A, Hampson G, Goldsmith DJ, Pallet N, Chauvet S, Beaune P, Nochy D, Thervet E, Karras A, Bertho G, Gallyamov MG, Saginova EA, Severova MM, Krasnova TN, Kopylova AA, Cho E, Jo SK, Kim MG, Cho WY, kim HK, Trivin C, Metzger M, Boffa JJ, Vrtovsnik F, Houiller P, Haymann JP, Flamant M, Stengel B, Thervet E, Roozbeh J, Yavari V, Pakfetrat M, Zolghadr AA, Kim CS, Kim MJ, Kang YU, Choi JS, Bae EH, Ma SK, Kim SW, Lemoine S, Guebre-Egziabher F, Dubourg L, Hadj-Aissa A, Blumberg S, Katzir Z, Biro A, Cernes R, Barnea Z, Vasquez D, Gordillo R, Aller C, Fernandez B, Jabary N, Perez V, Mendiluce A, Bustamante J, Coca A, Goek ON, Sekula P, Prehn C, Meisinger C, Gieger C, Suhre K, Adamski J, Kastenmuller G, Kottgen A, Kuzniewski M, Fedak D, Dumnicka P, Solnica B, Kusnierz-Cabala B, Kapusta M, Sulowicz W, Drozdz R, Zawada AM, Rogacev KS, Hummel B, Fliser D, Geisel J, Heine GH, Kretschmer A, Volsek M, Krahn T, Kolkhof P, Kribben A, Bruck H, Koh ES, Chung S, Yoon HE, Park CW, Chang YS, Shin SJ, Deagostini MC, Vigotti FN, Ferraresi M, Consiglio V, Scognamiglio S, Moro I, Clari R, Daidola G, Versino E, Piccoli GB, Mammadrahim Agayev M, Mehrali Mammadova I, Qarib Ismayilova S, Anguiano L, Riera M, Pascual J, Barrios C, Betriu A, Valdivielso JM, Fernandez E, Soler MJ, Tsarpali V, Liakopoulos V, Panagopoulou E, Kapoukranidou D, Spaia S, Kostopoulou M, Michalaki A, Nikitidou O, Dombros N, Zhu F, Abba S, Flores-Gama C, Williams C, Cartagena C, Carter M, Kotanko P, Levin NW, Kolesnyk M, Stepanova N, Driyanska V, Stashevska N, Kundin V, Shifris I, Dudar I, Zaporozhets O, Keda T, Ishchenko M, Khil M, Choe JY, Nam SA, Kim J, Cha JH, Gliga ML, Irimescu CG, Caldararu CD, Gliga MG, Toma LV, Gomotarceanu A, Park Y, Kim Y, Jeon J, Kwon SK, Kim SJ, Kim SM, Kim HY, Montero N, Soler MJ, Barrios C, Marquez E, Berrada A, Arias C, Prada JA, Orfila MA, Mojal S, Vilaplana C, Pascual J, Vigotti FN, Attini R, Parisi S, Fassio F, Deagostini MC, Ghiotto S, Ferraresi M, Clari R, Biolcati M, Todros T, Piccoli GB, Jin K, Vaziri ND, Tramonti G, Romiti N, Chieli E, Maksudova AN, Khusnutdinova LA, Tang J, Shi Y, Zhang J, Li Y, An Y, Tao Y, Wang L, Reque JE, Quiroga B, Lopez JM, Verdallez UG, Garcia de Vinuesa M, Goicoechea M, Nayara PG, Arroyo DR, Luno J, Tanaka H, Flores-Gama C, Abbas SR, Williams C, Cartagena C, Carter M, Thijssen S, Kotanko P, Levin NW, Zhu F, Berthoux FC, Azzouz L, Afiani A, Ziane A, Mariat C, Fournier H, Kusztal M, Dzierzek P, Witkowski G, Nurzynski M, Golebiowski T, Weyde W, Klinger M, Altiparmak MR, Seyahi N, Trabulus S, Bolayirli M, Andican ZG, Suleymanlar G, Serdengecti K, Niculae A, Checherita IA, Neagoe DN, Ciocalteu A, Seiler S, Rogacev KS, Pickering JW, Emrich I, Fliser D, Heine G, Bargnoux AS, Obiols J, Kuster N, Fessler P, Badiou S, Dupuy AM, Ribstein J, Cristol JP, Yanagisawa N, Ando M, Ajisawa A, Tsuchiya K, Nitta K, Bouquegneau A, Cavalier E, Krzesinski JM, Delanaye P, Tominaga N, Shibagaki Y, Kida K, Miyake F, Kimura K, Ayvazyan 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Hara K, Horii Y, Iijima T, Adachi I, Aihara H, Asner DM, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Barrett M, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bondar A, Bonvicini G, Bozek A, Bračko M, Browder TE, Chekelian V, Chen A, Chen P, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Cho IS, Cho K, Choi Y, Cinabro D, Dalseno J, Dingfelder J, Doležal Z, Drásal Z, Drutskoy A, Dutta D, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Esen S, Farhat H, Frey A, Gaur V, Gabyshev N, Ganguly S, Gillard R, Goh YM, Golob B, Haba J, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Higuchi T, Hoshi Y, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki Y, Iwashita T, Julius T, Kang JH, Kawasaki T, Kiesling C, Kim HO, Kim JB, Kim JH, Kim KT, Kim MJ, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Klucar J, Ko BR, Kodyš P, Korpar S, Kouzes RT, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kronenbitter B, Kuhr T, Kumita T, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Li J, Li Y, Libby J, Liu C, Liu Y, Liu ZQ, Liventsev D, Matvienko D, Miyabayashi K, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moll A, Mori T, Muramatsu N, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Nayak M, Ng C, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Nitoh O, Nozaki T, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Oswald C, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Park CW, Park HK, Pedlar TK, Pestotnik R, Petrič M, Piilonen LE, Prim M, Röhrken M, Ryu S, Sahoo H, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Sandilya S, Santel D, Sanuki T, Sato Y, Schneider O, Schnell G, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Senyo K, Seon O, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shen CP, Shibata TA, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Smerkol P, Sohn YS, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Starič M, Sumihama M, Sumiyoshi T, Tatishvili G, Teramoto Y, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Uchida M, Uehara S, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Ushiroda Y, Usov Y, Van Hulse C, Vanhoefer P, Varner G, Varvell KE, Vorobyev V, Wagner MN, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Wang P, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Williams KM, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yusa Y, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zhulanov V, Zupanc A. Evidence for B- → τ- ν(τ) with a hadronic tagging method using the full data sample of Belle. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:131801. [PMID: 23581309 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.131801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We measure the branching fraction of B- → τ- ν(τ) using the full Υ(4S) data sample containing 772×10(6) BB pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider. Events with BB pairs are tagged by reconstructing one of the B mesons decaying into hadronic final states, and B- → τ- ν(τ) candidates are detected in the recoil. We find evidence for B- → τ- ν(τ) with a significance of 3.0 standard deviations including systematic errors and measure a branching fraction B(B- → τ- ν(τ))=[0.72(-0.25)(+0.27)(stat)±0.11(syst)]×10(-4).
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Sakai K, Okada Y, Kitaoka S, Tsurumi J, Ohishi Y, Fujiwara A, Takimiya K, Takeya J. Anomalous pressure effect in heteroacene organic field-effect transistors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:096603. [PMID: 23496736 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.096603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Anomalous pressure dependent conductivity is revealed for heteroacene organic field-effect transistors of dinaphtho[2, 3-b:2', 3'-f]thieno[3, 2-b]thiophene single crystals in the direction of a and b crystallographic axes. In contrast to the normal characteristics of a monotonic increase in mobility μ with the application of external hydrostatic pressure P in conductors, we found that the present organic semiconductor devices exhibit nonmonotonic and gigantic pressure dependence including an even negative pressure coefficient dμ/dP. In combination with a structural analysis based on x-ray diffraction experiments under pressure, it is suggested that on-site molecular orientation and displacement peculiar in heteroacene molecules are responsible for the anomalous pressure effect.
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Yamada S, Makino T, Jinnin M, Sakai K, Fukushima S, Inoue Y, Ihn H. Association of Linear IgA Bullous Disease with Ulcerative Colitis: A Case of Successful Treatment with Infliximab. Dermatology 2013; 227:295-8. [DOI: 10.1159/000355354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 08/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Kiyanagi Y, Shinohara T, Kai T, Kamiyama T, Sato H, Kino K, Aizawa K, Arai M, Harada M, Sakai K, Oikawa K, Ooi M, Maekawa F, Iikura H, Sakai T, Matsubayashi M, Segawa M, Kureta M. Present Status of Research on Pulsed Neutron Imaging in Japan. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2013.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kajihara I, Jinnin M, Makino T, Masuguchi S, Sakai K, Fukushima S, Maruo K, Inoue Y, Ihn H. Overexpression of hepatocyte growth factor receptor in scleroderma dermal fibroblasts is caused by autocrine transforming growth factor β signaling. Biosci Trends 2012; 6:136-42. [PMID: 22890162 DOI: 10.5582/bst.2012.v6.3.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Cutaneous fibrosis seen in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is caused by fibroblast activation and abnormal collagen accumulation due to 'autocrine transforming growth factor (TGF)-β/Smad signaling'. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) may have therapeutic value against SSc, because of its inducible effect on the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1. Previous studies indicated SSc dermal fibroblasts overexpress HGF receptor c-met, which suggest specific and effective induction of MMP-1 in SSc fibroblasts caused by HGF treatment. However, the exact mechanism of c-met overexpression in SSc cells was hardly investigated. We hypothesized that such c-met overexpression is also caused by autocrine TGF-β/Smad signaling. Expression of c-met protein in cultured SSc dermal fibroblasts was significantly up-regulated compared with that in normal fibroblasts. Ectopic TGF-β stimulation induced c-met synthesis in normal fibroblasts, while a TGF-β knockdown normalized the up-regulated c-met levels in SSc fibroblasts. Furthermore, we found the c-met promoter contains a putative binding site for Smads, and the binding activity of Smad2/3 to the c-met promoter was constitutively up-regulated in SSc fibroblasts as well as in normal fibroblasts treated with exogenous TGF-β1. Taken together, c-met may be overexpressed due to autocrine TGF-β/Smad signaling in SSc. Considering that HGF has an antifibrotic effect, such c-met overexpression in SSc fibroblasts may be a negative feedback against cutaneous fibrosis. Clarifying the mechanisms of c-met overexpression and controlling the HGF/c-met pathway may lead to a new therapeutic approach for this disease.
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Passingham RE, Rowe JB, Sakai K. Has brain imaging discovered anything new about how the brain works? Neuroimage 2012; 66:142-50. [PMID: 23123632 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Revised: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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There have now been roughly 130,000 papers on fMRI. While these have clearly contributed to our understanding of the functional anatomy of the human brain, it is less clear that they have changed the way in which we think about the brain. The issue, in other words, is whether they have established new principles about how the brain works. In this paper we offer as an example one new principle, partly to lay down the criteria that are required for establishing a new principle, and partly to encourage others to offer other principles. Our example concerns the flexible flow of information through the cortex that must occur according to the demands of the task or current context. We suggest that this flexibility is achieved by feedback connections from the prefrontal and parietal cortex, and that these include connections to sensory and motor areas. However, the nature of the selective effect differs. The parietal cortex can select both within and across processing streams. By across streams we mean that it can have the same influence on different streams, for example the dorsal and ventral visual systems. However, only the prefrontal cortex can also select between processing streams. The difference between the prefrontal and parietal effects is due to their different positions within the processing hierarchy.
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Takeda M, Okamoto I, Sakai K, Kawakami H, Nishio K, Nakagawa K. Clinical outcome for EML4-ALK-positive patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer treated with first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Ann Oncol 2012; 23:2931-2936. [PMID: 22771825 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The EML4-ALK fusion oncogene represents a recently identified molecular target in a subset of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Limited data have been available, however, on the outcome of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with EML4-ALK-positive advanced NSCLC who have not been treated with an ALK kinase inhibitor. PATIENTS AND METHODS The efficacy of platinum-based chemotherapy was compared between patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC who harbor EML4-ALK and those who harbor EGFR mutations and those with neither molecular abnormality. RESULTS Among 200 patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC, 18 (9.0%) were positive for EML4-ALK, 31 (15.5%) harbored EGFR mutations, and 151 (75.5%) were wild type for both abnormalities. Platinum-based combination chemotherapy showed similar efficacies in the EML4-ALK, EGFR mutation, and wild-type cohorts in terms of response rate and progression-free survival, and overall survival in the EML4-ALK cohort closely resembled that in the wild-type cohort. Within the EML4-ALK cohort, patients with variants 1 or 3 of the fusion gene were predominant and did not appear to differ in their sensitivity to the platinum-based regimens. CONCLUSION Patients with EML4-ALK-positive advanced NSCLC manifest an aggressive clinical course similar to that of those with wild-type tumors if the effective targeted therapy is not instituted.
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Kumagai K, Sakai K, Kusayama Y, Akamatsu Y, Sakamaki K, Morita S, Sasaki T, Saito T, Sakai T. The extent of degeneration of cruciate ligament is associated with chondrogenic differentiation in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2012; 20:1258-67. [PMID: 22846713 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Revised: 07/12/2012] [Accepted: 07/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Degeneration in cruciate ligaments results from abnormal biomechanical stress and the aging process. Such degeneration is a common outcome in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and contributes to the progression of OA. However, to date, there are no specific markers that can predict the extent of ligament degeneration. We hypothesized that the extent of degeneration has correlations to increased chondrogenic potential. METHODS Twenty anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) and 30 posterior cruciate ligaments (PCLs) from 30 knees of 28 adult patients with OA at the time of total knee arthroplasty were used for the study. Degeneration was histologically assessed using a grading system. Expressions of Scleraxis (as a ligament cell marker) and Sry-type HMG box 9 (SOX9) (as a chondrogenic marker) were immunohistochemically assessed in each grade. RESULTS We found the opposite expression pattern between Scleraxis and SOX9 according to the grade. The percentage of Scleraxis-positive cells decreased significantly by grade (60.9±23.7 in grade 1, 39.7±30.5 in grade 2, and 13.9±27.1 in grade 3, P<0.0001). In contrast, the percentage of SOX9-positive cells increased significantly by grade (2.5±4.9 in grade 1, 17.5±13.4 in grade 2, and 50.9±27.1 in grade 3, P<0.0001). Furthermore, co-localized expression of both Scleraxis and SOX9 was demonstrated in chondrocyte-like cells. CONCLUSIONS This study indicates that chondrogenic differentiation is associated with the progression of degeneration in human ligaments. Our results suggest that the expression of SOX9 as a chondrogenic marker could be an indicator for the extent of degeneration in human ligaments. It remains to be elucidated whether suppression of chondrogenic differentiation can prevent progression of the degenerative process of cruciate ligaments in patients with OA.
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Sakai K, Okamoto I, Takezawa K, Hirashima T, Kaneda H, Takeda M, Matsumoto K, Kimura H, Fujita Y, Nakagawa K, Arao T, Nishio K. A Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Assay for Diagnosis of EML4-ALK-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32266-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Kaneda H, Arao T, Tanaka K, Matsumoto K, Kimura H, Nagai T, Sakai K, Fujita Y, De Velasco M, Yamada Y, Tsurutani J, Okamoto I, Nakagawa K, Nishio K. Overexpression of FOXQ1 is Important Factor in Tumorigenecity and Tumor Growth. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32304-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ueda Y, Takahama T, Sakai K, Miyawaki H, Yoshikawa T, Misao T, Aoe M, Kanaji N, Ishii T, Bandoh S, Matsunaga T. A Case of Lung Adenocarcinoma with Wild-Type EGFR Malignant Pleural Effusion Well Controlled by Treatment with Gefitinib. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32442-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Takeda M, Okamoto I, Sakai K, Kawakami H, Nishio K, Nakagawa K. Clinical Outcome for EML4-ALK-Positive Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated with First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32042-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Sakai K. Reference levels in the context of Fukushima - lessons learned and a challenge for the radiation protection system. Ann ICRP 2012; 41:282-5. [PMID: 23089027 DOI: 10.1016/j.icrp.2012.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A number of dose criteria were set after the accident in Fukushima, including a criterion regarding the use of school playgrounds in Fukushima. Considering the band of 1-20 mSv/year recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) for public exposure under existing exposure situations, Japanese authorities set 20 mSv/year as a 'start line' for reducing the dose to school children. However, this led to considerable confusion among the general public and some experts. They thought that the dose limit was increased to 20 mSv/year (20 times as high as before), and that school children could be exposed to 20 mSv in 1 year. This is just an example of confusion caused by inadequate comprehension of radiation effects, misunderstanding of radiation protection concepts, or both. Another issue was raised regarding the higher radiosensitivity of children compared with adults. In the 2007 ICRP Recommendations, a higher risk coefficient is given to the whole population than the adult population, because the whole population includes children; a subpopulation with higher radiosensitivity and a longer life span. The point of argument was whether a lower reference level should be set for children alone. Radiation protection experts should continue to collect scientific information to improve the radiation protection system. In addition, it is the role of these experts to explain the framework of radiation protection to the general public in plain language.
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Sakai K. Discharge properties of presumed cholinergic and noncholinergic laterodorsal tegmental neurons related to cortical activation in non-anesthetized mice. Neuroscience 2012; 224:172-90. [PMID: 22917614 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have recorded, for the first time, in non-anesthetized, head-restrained mice, a total of 339 single units in and around the laterodorsal (LDT) and sublaterodorsal (SubLDT) tegmental nuclei, which are located, respectively, in, or beneath, the periaqueductal gray and contain cholinergic neurons. The recordings were made during the complete wake-sleep cycle including wakefulness (W), slow-wave sleep (SWS), and paradoxical (or rapid eye movement) sleep (PS). The tegmental neurons displayed either a biphasic narrow or triphasic broad action potential. Seventy-six LDT or SubLDT neurons characterized by their triphasic long-duration action potentials were judged to be cholinergic and this was verified in anesthetized mice using neurobiotin juxtacellular labeling combined with choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry of the recorded cell. The 76 presumed cholinergic neurons discharged tonically at the highest rate during W and PS (W/PS-active neurons) as either single isolated spikes or clusters of two to five spikes, and 26 of them discharged selectively during W and PS, these W/PS-selective neurons being found mainly in the SubLDT. The clustering discharge was particularly prominent during PS, when it was associated with an obvious phasic change in the cortical electroencephalogram (EEG), and during waking periods, when it was accompanied by abrupt body movements. During the transition from sleep to waking, the cholinergic W/PS-selective neurons and the LDT or SubLDT noncholinergic W-selective neurons showed firing before the onset of W, while, at the transition from waking to sleep, they ceased firing before sleep onset. At the transition from SWS to PS, all the cholinergic neurons exhibited a significant increase in discharge rate before the onset of PS. The present study in mice supports the view that cholinergic and noncholinergic LDT and SubLDT neurons play an important role in tonic and phasic processes of arousal and cortical EEG activation occurring during W or PS, as well as in the sleep/waking switch.
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Shibazaki K, Kimura K, Uemura J, Sakai K, Fujii S, Sakamoto Y, Aoki J. Atrial fibrillation is associated with severe sleep-disordered breathing in patients with ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack. Eur J Neurol 2012; 20:266-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Accepted: 07/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sakai K, Meiji R, Abe T. Perceptual integration of specular highlight and shading. J Vis 2012. [DOI: 10.1167/12.9.1191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hatori Y, Sakai K. A computational study on the representation of curvature constructed from surface-based integration. J Vis 2012. [DOI: 10.1167/12.9.1310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Wagatsuma N, Potjans T, Diesmann M, Sakai K, Fukai T. Space-based and Feature-based Attention in a Realistic Layered-microcircuit Model of Visual Cortex. J Vis 2012. [DOI: 10.1167/12.9.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Ko BR, Won E, Adachi I, Aihara H, Asner DM, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Belous K, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bischofberger M, Bondar A, Bonvicini G, Bozek A, Bračko M, Browder TE, Chang MC, Chen A, Chen P, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Cho IS, Cho K, Choi Y, Doležal Z, Drásal Z, Eidelman S, Fast JE, Gaur V, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Goh YM, Golob B, Haba J, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Horii Y, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Hyun HJ, Iijima T, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwabuchi M, Iwasaki Y, Iwashita T, Julius T, Kang JH, Kawasaki T, Kiesling C, Kim HO, Kim JB, Kim KT, Kim MJ, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Koblitz S, Kodyš P, Korpar S, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Li J, Li Y, Libby J, Lim CL, Liu C, Liu Y, Liu ZQ, Liventsev D, Louvot R, Matvienko D, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moll A, Mori T, Muramatsu N, Nagasaka Y, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ostrowicz W, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Park CW, Park HK, Park KS, Pedlar TK, Pestotnik R, Petrič M, Piilonen LE, Poluektov A, Ritter M, Röhrken M, Ryu S, Sahoo H, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Sanuki T, Sato Y, Schneider O, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shebalin V, Shen CP, Shibata TA, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Smerkol P, Sohn YS, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Stanič S, Starič M, Sumiyoshi T, Tanaka S, Tatishvili G, Teramoto Y, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Uchida M, Uehara S, Unno Y, Uno S, Varner G, Varvell KE, Vinokurova A, Vorobyev V, Wang CH, Wang P, Wang XL, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yuan CZ, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zhulanov V, Zupanc A. Evidence for CP violation in the decay D+ → K(S)(0)π+. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:021601. [PMID: 23030153 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.021601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We observe evidence for CP violation in the decay D+ → K(S)(0)π+ using a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 977 fb(-1) collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB e+ e- asymmetric-energy collider. The CP asymmetry in the decay is measured to be (-0.363±0.094±0.067)%, which is 3.2 standard deviations away from zero, and is consistent with the expected CP violation due to the neutral kaon in the final state.
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Liu ZQ, Shen CP, Yuan CZ, Iijima T, Adachi I, Aihara H, Asner DM, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Belous K, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bischofberger M, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bračko M, Browder TE, Chang MC, Chang P, Chen A, Chen P, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Cho IS, Cho K, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dalseno J, Doležal Z, Drásal Z, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Fast JE, Gaur V, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Goh YM, Haba J, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Horii Y, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Hyun HJ, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwabuchi M, Iwasaki Y, Iwashita T, Julius T, Kang JH, Kawasaki T, Kiesling C, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim JB, Kim KT, Kim MJ, Kim YJ, Ko BR, Koblitz S, Kodyš P, Korpar S, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kumita T, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Li J, Li XR, Li Y, Libby J, Liu C, Liventsev D, Louvot R, Matvienko D, McOnie S, Miyabayashi K, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moll A, Mori T, Muramatsu N, Mussa R, Nagasaka Y, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Ng C, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Nitoh O, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Park CW, Park HK, Pedlar TK, Pestotnik R, Petrič M, Piilonen LE, Ritter M, Röhrken M, Ryu S, Sahoo H, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Sanuki T, Sato Y, Schneider O, Schwanda C, Seidl R, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shebalin V, Shibata TA, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Smerkol P, Sohn YS, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Stanič S, Starič M, Sumiyoshi T, Tatishvili G, Teramoto Y, Uchida M, Uehara S, Uglov T, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Varner G, Vinokurova A, Vorobyev V, Wang CH, Wang P, Wang XL, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Williams KM, Won E, Yamashita Y, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zhulanov V. Observation of new resonant structures in γγ → ωϕ, ϕϕ, and ωω. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:232001. [PMID: 23003948 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.232001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The processes γγ → ωϕ, ϕϕ, and ωω are measured using an 870 fb(-1) data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider. Production of vector meson pairs is clearly observed and their cross sections are measured for masses that range from threshold to 4.0 GeV. In addition to signals from well established spin-zero and spin-two charmonium states, there are resonant structures below charmonium threshold, which have not been previously observed. We report a spin-parity analysis for the new structures and determine the products of the η(c), χ(c0), and χ(c2) two-photon decay widths and branching fractions to ωϕ, ϕϕ, and ωω.
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Li J, Adachi I, Aihara H, Arinstein K, Asner DM, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bischofberger M, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bračko M, Brovchenko O, Browder TE, Chang MC, Chen A, Chen P, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Cho K, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dalseno J, Doležal Z, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Esen S, Fast JE, Gaur V, Garmash A, Goh YM, Haba J, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Horii Y, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Hyun HJ, Iijima T, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwabuchi M, Iwasaki Y, Iwashita T, Julius T, Kang JH, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawasaki T, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim JB, Kim KT, Kim MJ, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Ko BR, Kobayashi N, Kodyš P, Korpar S, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kumar R, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee MJ, Lee SH, Li Y, Libby J, Liu C, Liu Y, Liu ZQ, Liventsev D, Louvot R, Matvienko D, McOnie S, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moll A, Mori T, Muramatsu N, Nakamura I, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Pakhlova G, Park CW, Park HK, Park KS, Pedlar TK, Peng T, Pestotnik R, Petrič M, Piilonen LE, Prim M, Röhrken M, Ryu S, Sahoo H, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Sanuki T, Sato Y, Schneider O, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Senyo K, Seon O, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shebalin V, Shen CP, Shibata TA, Shiu JG, Simon F, Smerkol P, Sohn YS, Sokolov A, Stanič S, Starič M, Sumihama M, Sumiyoshi T, Tanaka S, Tatishvili G, Teramoto Y, Trabelsi K, Uchida M, Uehara S, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Usov Y, Varner G, Varvell KE, Vorobyev V, Vossen A, Wang CH, Wang P, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Wicht J, Williams KM, Won E, Yamashita Y, Yuan CZ, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A. First observation of B(s)(0) → J/ψη and B(s)(0) → J/ψη'. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:181808. [PMID: 22681063 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.181808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report first observations of B(s)(0) → J/ψη and B(s)(0) → J/ψη'. The results are obtained from 121.4 fb(-1) of data collected at the Υ(5S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+ e- collider. We obtain the branching fractions B(B(s)(0) → J/ψη)=[5.10±0.50(stat)±0.25(syst)(-0.79)(+1.14)(N(B(s)(*) B(s)(*))]×10(-4), and B(B(s)(0) → J/ψη')=[3.71±0.61(stat)±0.18(syst)(-0.57)(+0.83)(N(B(s)(*) B(s)(*))]×10(-4). The ratio of the two branching fractions is measured to be (B(B(s) → J/ψη'))/(B(B(s) → J/ψη))=0.73±0.14(stat)±0.02(syst).
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Bonani M, Brockmann J, Cohen CD, Fehr T, Nocito A, Schiesser M, Serra AL, Blum M, Struker M, Frey DF, Wuthrich RP, Kim YW, Park SJ, Kim TH, Kim YH, Kang SW, Webb L, Casula A, Tomson C, Ben-Shlomo Y, Webb L, Casula A, Ben-Shlomo Y, Tomson C, Mansour H, Akl A, Wafa E, El Shahawy M, Palma R, Swaminathan S, Irish AB, Kolonko A, Chudek J, Wiecek A, Vanrenterghem Y, Kuypers D, Katrien DV, Evenepoel P, Claes K, Bammens B, Meijers B, Naesens M, Kolonko A, Chudek J, Wiecek A, Lo S, Chan CK, Yong D, Wong PN, Kwan TH, Cheng YL, Fung KS, Choy BY, Chau KF, Leung CB, Ebben J, Liu J, Chen SC, Collins A, Ho YW, Abelli M, Ferrario DI Torvajana A, Ticozzelli E, Maiga B, Ferrario DI Torvajana A, Patane A, Albrizio P, Gregorini M, Libetta C, Rampino T, Albrizio P, Geraci P, Dal Canton A, Rotter MT, Jacobi J, Pressmar K, Amann K, Eckardt KU, Weidemann A, Muller K, Stein M, Diezemann C, Sefrin A, Babel N, Reinke P, Schachtner T, Costa C, Touscoz GA, Sidoti F, Sinesi F, Mantovani S, Simeone S, Balloco C, Piasentin Alessio E, Messina M, Segoloni G, Cavallo R, Sharma R.K, Kaul DA, Gupta RK, Gupta A, Prasad N, Bhadhuria D, Suresh KJ, Benaboud S, Prie D, Thervet E, Urien S, Legendre C, Souberbielle JC, Hirt D, Friedlander G, Treluyer JM, Courbebaisse M, Arias M, Arias M, Campistol J, Pascual J, Grinyo JM, Hernandez D, Morales JM, Pallardo LM, Seron D, Senecal L, Boucher A, Dandavino R, Boucher A, Colette S, Vallee M, Lafrance JP, Tung-Min Y, Min-Ju W, Cheng-Hsu C, Chi-Hung C, Kuo-Hsiung S, Mei-Chin W, Direkze S, Khorsavi M, Khorsavi M, Stuart S, Goode A, Jones G, Chudek J, Kolonko A, Wiecek A, Massimetti C, Napoletano I, Imperato G, Muratore MT, Fazio S, Pessina G, Brescia F, Feriozzi S, Tanaka K, Sakai K, Futaki A, Hyoudo Y, Muramatsu M, Kawamura T, Shishido S, Hara S, Kushiyama A, Aikawa A, Jankowski K, Gozdowska J, Lewandowska D, Kwiatkowski A, Durlik M, Pruszczyk P, Obi Y, Ichimaru N, Kato T, Okumi M, Kaimori J, Yazawa K, Nonomura N, Isaka Y, Takahara S, Aimele M, Christophe R, Geraldine D, Eric R, Alexandre H, Masson I, Nicolas M, Ivan T, Acil J, Lise T, Aoumeur HA, Laurence D, Pierre D, Etienne C, Lionel R, Nassim K, Emmanuel M, Eric A, Christophe M, Webb L, Casula A, Tomson C, Ben-Shlomo Y, Alexandre K, Pierre B, Jean-Philippe H, Dominique P, Christophe L, Alexei G, Michel D, Shah P, Kute VB, Vanikar A, Gumber M, Modi P, Trivedi H, GoIebiewska J, Debska-Slizien A, Rutkowski B, Domanski L, Dutkiewicz G, Kloda K, Pawlik A, Ciechanowicz A, Binczak-Kuleta A, Rozanski J, Myslak M, Safranow K, Ciechanowski K, Aline CS, Basset T, Delavenne X, Alamartine E, Mariat C, Kloda K, Domanski L, Pawlik A, Bobrek-Lesiakowska K, Wisniewska M, Romanowski M, Safranow K, Kurzawski M, Rozanski J, Myslak M, Ciechanowski K, De Borst M, Baia L, Navis G, Bakker S, Ranghino A, Tognarelli G, Basso E, Messina M, Manzione AM, Daidola G, Segoloni GP, Kimura T, Yagisawa T, Ishikawa N, Sakuma Y, Hujiwara T, Nukui A, Yashi M, Kim JH, Kim SS, Han DJ, Park SK, Randhawa G, Gumber M, Kute VB, Shah P, Patel H, Vanikar A, Modi P, Trivedi H, Taheri S, Goker-Alpan O, Ibrahim J, Nedd K, Shankar S, Lein H, Barshop B, Boyd E, Holida M, Hillman R, Ibrahim J, Mardach R, Wienreb N, Rever B, Forte R, Desai A, Wijatyk A, Chang P, Martin R. Transplantation - clinical I. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adamczak M, Koleganova N, Nyengaard JR, Ritz E, Wiecek A, Slabiak Blaz N, Yi Chun DX, Alexandre H, Sandrine GS, Olivier T, Isabelle E, Christophe L, Guy T, Pierre Francois W, Jean-Philippe R, Yvon L, Eric R, Muller-Krebs S, Muller-Krebs S, Weber L, Tsobaneli J, Reiser J, Zeier M, Schwenger V, Tinel C, Samson M, Bonnotte B, Mousson C, Machcinska M, Machcinska M, Bocian K, Wyzgal M, Korczak-Kowalska G, Ju MK, Huh KH, Park KT, Kim SJ, Cho BH, Kim CD, So BJ, Leee S, Kang CM, Joo DJ, Kim YS, Bocian K, Zarzycki M, Sobich A, Korczak-Kowalska G, Matsuyama M, Hase T, Yoshimura R, Koshino K, Sakai K, Suzuki T, Nobori S, Ushigome H, Brikci-Nigassa L, Chargui J, Touraine JL, Yoshimura N, Cantaluppi V, Medica D, Figliolini F, Migliori M, Mannari C, Dellepiane S, Quercia AD, Randone O, Tamagnone M, Messina M, Manzione AM, Ranghino A, Biancone L, Segoloni GP, Camussi G, Turk TR, Zou X, Rauen U, De Groot H, Amann K, Kribben A, Eckardt KU, Bernhardt WM, Witzke O, Lidia G, Wouter C, Yvon L, Eric A, Yann LM, Guy T, Christian N, Marie E, Pierre M, Zineb A, Miriana D, Annick M, Marc A, Daniel A, Wornle M, Ribeiro A, Motamedi N, Grone HJ, Cohen CD, Schlondorff D, Schmid H, Teplan V, Banas M, Banas B, Steege A, Bergler T, Kruger B, Schnulle P, Yard B, Kramer BK, Hoger S, Xavier MP, Sampaio-Norton S, Gaiao S, Alves H, Oliveira G, Xavier MP, Sampaio-Norton S, Gaiao S, Alves H, Oliveira G, Xavier MP, Sampaio-Norton S, Gaiao S, Alves H, Oliveira G, Zaza G, Rascio F, Pontrelli P, Granata S, Rugiu C, Grandaliano G, Lupo A, Wohlfahrtova M, Wohlfahrtova M, Brabcova I, Balaz P, Janousek L, Lodererova A, Honsova E, Wohlfahrt P, Viklicky O, Grabner A, Grabner A, Kentrup D, Edemir B, Sirin Y, Pavenstadt H, Schober O, Schlatter E, Schafers M, Schnockel U, Reuter S, Rascio F, Pontrelli P, Accetturo M, Gigante M, Gigante M, Tataranni T, Zito A, Schena A, Schena FP, Stallone G, Gesualdo L, Grandaliano G, Maillard N, Masson I, Lena A, Manolie M, Eric A, Christophe M, Lassen CK, Keller AK, Moldrup U, Bibby BM, Jespersen B, Cvetkovic T, Velickovic Radovanovic R, Pavlovic R, Djordjevic V, Vlahovic P, Stefanovic N, Sladojevic N, Ignjatovic A, Rong S, Menne J, Haller H, Suszdak P, Tomczuk P, Gueler F, Nelli S, Sara D, Salma EK, Naoufal M, Tarik M, Mohamed Z, Guislaine M, Mohamed Gharbi B, Benyounes R, Lu X, Rong S, Shushakova N, Menne J, Kirsch T, Haller H, Gueler F, Bockmeyer CL, Bockmeyer CL, Ramackers W, Wittig J, Agustian PA, Klose J, Dammrich ME, Kreipe H, Brocker V, Winkler M, Becker JU, Agustian PA, Bockmeyer CL, Wittig J, Becker JU, Bockmeyer CL. Transplantation - basic. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Adachi I, Aihara H, Asner DM, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Bay A, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bischofberger M, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bračko M, Browder TE, Chen P, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chistov R, Cho K, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Doležal Z, Drásal Z, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Fast JE, Gaur V, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Goh YM, Golob B, Haba J, Hara K, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Higuchi T, Horii Y, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Hyun HJ, Iijima T, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwabuchi M, Iwasaki Y, Iwashita T, Julius T, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kiesling C, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim JB, Kim JH, Kim KT, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Ko BR, Koblitz S, Kodyš P, Korpar S, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kumar R, Kumita T, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Li J, Li Y, Liu C, Liu Y, Liu ZQ, Liventsev D, Louvot R, Matvienko D, McOnie S, Miyabayashi K, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Mori T, Muramatsu N, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Neubauer S, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Park HK, Park KS, Pedlar TK, Pestotnik R, Petrič M, Piilonen LE, Poluektov A, Röhrken M, Rozanska M, Sahoo H, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Sanuki T, Sato Y, Schneider O, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Senyo K, Shebalin V, Shen CP, Shibata TA, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Singh JB, Smerkol P, Sohn YS, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Stanič S, Starič M, Sumihama M, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Tanaka S, Tatishvili G, Teramoto Y, Tikhomirov I, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Uchida M, Uehara S, Uglov T, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Vahsen SE, Varner G, Varvell KE, Vinokurova A, Vorobyev V, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Wang P, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Williams KM, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yusa Y, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A, Zyukova O. Precise measurement of the CP violation parameter sin2φ1 in B0→(cc¯)K0 decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:171802. [PMID: 22680852 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.171802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We present a precise measurement of the CP violation parameter sin2φ1 and the direct CP violation parameter A(f) using the final data sample of 772×10(6) BB[over ¯] pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. One neutral B meson is reconstructed in a J/ψK(S)(0), ψ(2S)K(S)(0), χ(c1)K(S)(0), or J/ψK(L)(0) CP eigenstate and its flavor is identified from the decay products of the accompanying B meson. From the distribution of proper-time intervals between the two B decays, we obtain the following CP violation parameters: sin2φ1=0.667±0.023(stat)±0.012(syst) and A(f)=0.006±0.016(stat)±0.012(syst).
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EL-Ghamry HA, Sakai K, Masaoka S, El-Baradie KY, Issa RM. Preparation, Characterization, Biological Activity and 3D Molecular Modeling of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Pd(II) and Ru(III) Complexes of Some Sulfadrug Schiff Bases. CHINESE J CHEM 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201280024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Andoh T, Sakai K, Urashima M, Kitazawa K, Honma A, Kuraishi Y. Involvement of leukotriene B4 in itching in a mouse model of ocular allergy. Exp Eye Res 2012; 98:97-103. [PMID: 22504036 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Revised: 03/24/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Itching of ocular allergy is alleviated but not completely relieved by H(1) histamine receptor antagonists, suggesting that histamine is not the sole itch mediator in ocular allergy. We investigated whether leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)), a mediator of cutaneous itch, is involved in the itch of ocular allergy in mice. Mice were immunized by the repeated subcutaneous injections of ragweed pollen and alum into the caudal back, and given a subconjunctival injection of ragweed pollen extract into the palpebra for allergic challenge. Challenge with ragweed pollen extract markedly elicited ocular scratching in sensitized mice. The scratching was almost abolished by mast cell deficiency. The H(1) antagonist terfenadine partially inhibited scratching at a dose that almost completely suppressed plasma extravasation. Scratching was inhibited by the glucocorticoid betamethasone and the 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor zileuton at doses that inhibited the challenge-induced production of LTB(4). A subconjunctival injection of LTB(4) at doses 1/10,000 or less than that required for histamine elicited ocular scratching in naïve mice. The LTB(4) receptor antagonist ONO-4057 inhibited the ragweed pollen challenge-induced ocular scratching at doses that suppressed LTB(4)-induced ocular scratching. In addition to histamine, LTB(4) is involved in the ocular itching of pollen allergy. H(1) receptor antagonists with an inhibitory effect on the action and/or production of LTB(4) may have more potent anti-pruritic activity than selective H(1) antagonists.
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Abe K, Fuke H, Haino S, Hams T, Hasegawa M, Horikoshi A, Itazaki A, Kim KC, Kumazawa T, Kusumoto A, Lee MH, Makida Y, Matsuda S, Matsukawa Y, Matsumoto K, Mitchell JW, Myers Z, Nishimura J, Nozaki M, Orito R, Ormes JF, Sakai K, Sasaki M, Seo ES, Shikaze Y, Shinoda R, Streitmatter RE, Suzuki J, Takasugi Y, Takeuchi K, Tanaka K, Thakur N, Yamagami T, Yamamoto A, Yoshida T, Yoshimura K. Search for antihelium with the BESS-Polar spectrometer. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:131301. [PMID: 22540691 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.131301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In two long-duration balloon flights over Antarctica, the Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer (BESS) collaboration has searched for antihelium in the cosmic radiation with the highest sensitivity reported. BESS-Polar I flew in 2004, observing for 8.5 days. BESS-Polar II flew in 2007-2008, observing for 24.5 days. No antihelium candidate was found in BESS-Polar I data among 8.4×10(6) |Z|=2 nuclei from 1.0 to 20 GV or in BESS-Polar II data among 4.0×10(7) |Z|=2 nuclei from 1.0 to 14 GV. Assuming antihelium to have the same spectral shape as helium, a 95% confidence upper limit to the possible abundance of antihelium relative to helium of 6.9×10(-8)} was determined combining all BESS data, including the two BESS-Polar flights. With no assumed antihelium spectrum and a weighted average of the lowest antihelium efficiencies for each flight, an upper limit of 1.0×10(-7) from 1.6 to 14 GV was determined for the combined BESS-Polar data. Under both antihelium spectral assumptions, these are the lowest limits obtained to date.
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Starič M, Aihara H, Arinstein K, Asner DM, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Bay A, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bozek A, Bračko M, Browder TE, Chen A, Chen P, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chistov R, Cho IS, Cho K, Choi Y, Doležal Z, Drásal Z, Eidelman S, Fast JE, Gaur V, Gabyshev N, Golob B, Haba J, Hayasaka K, Horii Y, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwabuchi M, Iwasaki Y, Iwashita T, Julius T, Kang JH, Kawasaki T, Kiesling C, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim JB, Kim KT, Kim MJ, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Ko BR, Kobayashi N, Koblitz S, Kodyš P, Korpar S, Križan P, Kumita T, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Li J, Li Y, Libby J, Liu C, Liu ZQ, Louvot R, McOnie S, Miyabayashi K, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mohanty GB, Nakano E, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Nozaki T, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Pakhlova G, Park HK, Park KS, Pestotnik R, Petrič M, Piilonen LE, Röhrken M, Ryu S, Sahoo H, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Sanuki T, Schneider O, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seon O, Sevior ME, Shebalin V, Shen CP, Shibata TA, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Simon F, Smerkol P, Sohn YS, Sokolov A, Stanič S, Sumihama M, Sumisawa K, Tatishvili G, Teramoto Y, Trabelsi K, Uchida M, Uehara S, Uglov T, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Varner G, Vossen A, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Williams KM, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamashita Y, Yuan CZ, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zhulanov V, Zupanc A. Search for CP violation in D± meson decays to ϕπ±. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:071801. [PMID: 22401192 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.071801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We search for CP violation in Cabibbo-suppressed charged D meson decays by measuring the difference between the CP-violating asymmetries for the Cabibbo-suppressed decays D(±)→K(+)K(-)π(±) and the Cabibbo-favored decays D(s)(±)→K(+)K(-)π(±) in the K(+)K(-) mass region of the ϕ resonance. Using 955 fb(-1) of data collected with the Belle detector, we obtain A(CP)(D+→ϕπ+)=(+0.51±0.28±0.05)%. The measurement improves the sensitivity of previous searches by more than a factor of 5. We find no evidence for direct CP violation.
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Abe K, Fuke H, Haino S, Hams T, Hasegawa M, Horikoshi A, Kim KC, Kusumoto A, Lee MH, Makida Y, Matsuda S, Matsukawa Y, Mitchell JW, Nishimura J, Nozaki M, Orito R, Ormes JF, Sakai K, Sasaki M, Seo ES, Shinoda R, Streitmatter RE, Suzuki J, Tanaka K, Thakur N, Yamagami T, Yamamoto A, Yoshida T, Yoshimura K. Measurement of the cosmic-ray antiproton spectrum at solar minimum with a long-duration balloon flight over antarctica. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:051102. [PMID: 22400920 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.051102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray antiprotons (p's) from 0.17 to 3.5 GeV has been measured using 7886 p's detected by BESS-Polar II during a long-duration flight over Antarctica near solar minimum in December 2007 and January 2008. This shows good consistency with secondary p calculations. Cosmologically primary p's have been investigated by comparing measured and calculated p spectra. BESS-Polar II data show no evidence of primary p's from the evaporation of primordial black holes.
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Tanizaki J, Okamoto I, Takezawa K, Sakai K, Azuma K, Kuwata K, Yamaguchi H, Hatashita E, Nishio K, Janne PA, Nakagawa K. Combined effect of ALK and MEK inhibitors in EML4-ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer cells. Br J Cancer 2012; 106:763-7. [PMID: 22240786 PMCID: PMC3322944 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background: Although most non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with the echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4) – anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion gene – benefit from ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (ALK-TKIs), the efficacy of these drugs varies greatly among individuals. Methods: The antitumour action of ALK-TKIs in EML4–ALK-positive NSCLC cell lines was evaluated from their effects on cell proliferation, signal transduction, and apoptosis. Results: The ALK-TKI TAE684 inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis, in association with inhibition of STAT3 and ERK phosphorylation, in EML4–ALK-positive H3122 cells. TAE684 inhibited STAT3 phosphorylation, but not ERK phosphorylation, and it showed little effect on cell proliferation or apoptosis, in EML4–ALK-positive H2228 cells. The combination of TAE684 and a MEK inhibitor-induced marked apoptosis accompanied by inhibition of STAT3 and ERK pathways in H2228 cells. Such dual interruption of STAT3 and ERK pathways induced downregulation of the antiapoptotic protein survivin and upregulation of the proapoptotic protein BIM. Conclusion: Our results indicate that interruption of both STAT3-survivin and ERK–BIM pathways is required for induction of apoptosis in NSCLC harbouring EML4–ALK, providing a rationale for combination therapy with ALK and MEK inhibitors in EML4–ALK-positive NSCLC patients for whom ALK inhibitors alone are ineffective.
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Sakai K, Okamoto M, Koshino K, Suzuki T, Nobori S, Matsuyama M, Ushigome H, Okajima H, Yoshimura N. A case of living-donor renal transplantation for chronic renal failure caused by secondary amyloidosis. Transplant Proc 2012; 43:2418-20. [PMID: 21839281 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In Japan, amyloidosis is a rare cause of renal failure and of renal transplantation. We treated a patient who underwent a renal transplantation because of chronic renal failure caused by secondary amyloidosis with a good result. The patient was a 50-year-old woman who was diagnosed with secondary amyloidosis and an amyloid kidney. She underwent living donor renal transplantation after about 7 years of hemodialysis. During the 3-year posttransplantation period, she maintained good allograft function with a serum creatinine level about 1.2 mg/dL. Because of amyloidosis is a systemic disease, amyloid kidney patients often experience fatal complications, so the indications for renal transplantation in amyloid patients are still controversial. But if the patient's general condition is good, renal transplantation can be an effective therapy for patients with kidney failure caused by amyloidosis.
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Mitani S, Sakai K. Development of revolving drop surface tensiometer. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2012; 83:015101. [PMID: 22299980 DOI: 10.1063/1.3673473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A revolving drop surface tensiometer, which measures the surface tension of a small amount of liquid, is proposed. A remarkable feature of this device is that while using the pendant drop method, it employs a centrifugal force to deform the liquid droplet. The centrifugal force induces a large distortion of the droplet, which enables an accurate measurement of the surface tension to be made. In our experimental setup, the centrifugal force can be increased so that the apparent acceleration becomes up to 100 times larger than that due to gravity, and the capability of this method to measure surface tensions was demonstrated with ethylene glycol.
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Yoshimura N, Ushigome H, Matsuyama M, Nobori S, Suzuki T, Sakai K, Okajima H, Okamoto M. The Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Mizoribine in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Using Anti-CD20 and Anti-CD25 Antibody Without Splenectomy Treatment. Transplant Proc 2012; 44:140-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Sakai K, Neuzeret PC. Brainstem neurons responsible for postural, masseter or pharyngeal muscle atonia during paradoxical sleep in freely-moving cats. Arch Ital Biol 2011; 149:325-47. [PMID: 22205587 DOI: 10.4449/aib.v149i4.1380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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In this mini review, we summarize our findings regarding the brainstem neurons responsible for the postural, masseter, or pharyngeal muscle atonia observed during paradoxical sleep (PS) in freely moving cats. Both the pons and medulla contain neurons showing tonic activation selective to PS and atonia, referred to as PS/atonia-on-neurons. The PS/atonia-on neurons, characterized by their most slow conducting property and located in the peri-locus coeruleus alpha (peri-LCa) and adjacent LCa of the mediodorsal pontine tegmentum, play a critical executive role in the somatic and orofacial muscle atonia observed during PS. Slow conducting medullary PS/atonia-on neurons located in the nuclei reticularis magnocellularis (Mc) and parvocellularis (Pc) may play a critical executive role in the generation of, respectively, antigravity or orofacial muscle atonia during PS. In addition, either tonic or phasic cessation of activity of medullary serotonergic neurons may play an important role in the atonia of genioglossus muscles during PS via a mechanism of disfacilitation.
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Kajihara I, Jinnin M, Makino T, Toihata Yonemitsu A, Sakai K, Masuguchi S, Fukushima S, Ihn H. Clinical significance of cobblestone appearance on the skin of patients with systemic sclerosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2011; 26:123-5. [PMID: 22168777 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04007.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tsurutani J, Azuma K, Sakai K, Aaro T, Nishio K, Nakagawa K. P5-06-05: Switching Addictions between HER2 and FGFR2 in HER2−Positive Breast Tumor Cells: FGFR2 as a Potential Target for Salvage after Lapatinib Failure. Cancer Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs11-p5-06-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Agents that target HER2 have improved the prognosis of patients with HER2−amplified breast cancers. However, patients who initially respond to such targeted therapy eventually develop resistance to the treatment. We have established a line of lapatinib-resistant breast cancer cells (UACC812/LR) by chronic exposure of HER2-amplified and lapatinib-sensitive UACC812 cells to the drug. The mechanism by which UACC812/LR acquired resistance to lapatinib was explored using comprehensive gene hybridization. The FGFR2 gene in UACC812/LR was highly amplified, accompanied by overexpression of FGFR2 and reduced expression of HER2, and a cell proliferation assay showed that the IC50 of PD173074, a small-molecule inhibitor of FGFR tyrosine kinase, was 10,000 times lower in UACC812/LR than in the parent cells. PD173074 decreased the phosphorylation of FGFR2 and substantially induced apoptosis in UACC812/LR, but not in the parent cells. FGFR2 appeared to be a pivotal molecule for the survival of UACC812/LR as they became independent of the HER2 pathway, suggesting that a switch of addiction from the HER2 to the FGFR2 pathway enabled cancer cells to become resistant to HER2−targeted therapy. The present study is the first to implicate FGFR in the development of resistance to lapatinib in cancer, and suggests that FGFR-targeted therapy might become a promising salvage strategy after lapatinib failure in patients with HER2−positive breast cancer.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2011;71(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P5-06-05.
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