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Kitai R, Ueno S, Maehara H, Shirakawa S, Katoda M, Hada Y, Tomita Y, Hayashi H, Asai A, Isobe H, Goto H, Yamashita S. The Digital Database of Long-Term Solar Chromospheric Variation. DATA SCIENCE JOURNAL 2013. [DOI: 10.2481/dsj.wds-037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Matsumoto T, Yokota K, Sawada M, Sakakibara A, Shibata S, Yasue S, Tomita Y, Yatsuya H, Akiyama M. Postoperative DAV-IFN-β therapy does not improve survival rates of stage II and stage III melanoma patients significantly. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2012. [PMID: 23198869 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND DAV-interferon (IFN)-β therapy is a combination chemotherapy of dacarbazine (DTIC), nimustine (ACNU) and vincristine (VCR) with local subcutaneous injection of IFN-β that is widely employed as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy to treat malignant melanoma in Japan. However, the efficacy of DAV-IFN-β therapy has not been confirmed by randomized controlled trials and the benefit of DAV-IFN-β therapy has not been established yet. This study evaluated the contribution of DAV-IFN-β therapy to improve survival of postoperative patients with cutaneous melanoma. Methods Patients with stage II or III cutaneous melanoma seen at Nagoya University Hospital from January 1998 to December 2009 were eligible for this study. Disease-free survival rates and melanoma-specific survival rates were evaluated. A propensity score was calculated to control for the effects of variables related to decisions regarding the application of DAV-IFN-β therapy. RESULTS Eighty-two stage II and 60 stage III melanoma patients were included. In the post-matched stage II patients (17 matched pairs), the mean (± SE) disease-free survival rates were 39.9 ± 13.7% for DAV-IFN-β therapy and 73.1 ± 11.7% for non-use (hazard ratio for recurrence, 2.06; 95% CI, 0.63-6.69; P = 0.23), and the melanoma-specific survival rates were 66.2 ± 20.0% for DAV-IFN-β therapy and 86.2 ± 9.1% for non-use (hazard ratio for death, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.17-6.82; P = 0.93). In the post-matched stage III patients (nine matched pairs), the disease-free survival rates were 29.6 ± 16.4% for DAV-IFN-β therapy and 33.3 ± 15.7% for non-use (0.69; 95% CI, 0.22-2.17; P = 0.53), and the melanoma-specific survival rates were 55.6 ± 16.6% for DAV-IFN-β therapy and 44.4 ± 16.6% for non-use (0.67; 95% CI, 0.18-2.50; P = 0.55). CONCLUSIONS DAV-IFN-β therapy brought no significant improvement in either disease-free survival rates or melanoma-specific survival rates of patients with stage II or III cutaneous melanoma. A randomized controlled trial would be required to further evaluate the efficacy of DAV-IFN-β therapy as an adjuvant chemotherapy.
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Takahashi H, Tomita Y, Yagishita A, Oda M. Sacral intradural myolipoma causing tethered cord syndrome. J Clin Neurosci 2012; 5:450-3. [PMID: 18639077 DOI: 10.1016/s0967-5868(98)90287-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/1996] [Accepted: 07/05/1996] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We report a case of tethered cord syndrome caused by a sacral myolipoma. The patient was a 12-year-old girl who had a smooth surfaced, cord-like mass in the sacral area; it tethered the conus medullaris at the S1-2 level and extended from there to the left S3-4 intervertebral foramen, involving the left S3 root. The condition was relieved by surgical removal of the tumour and the neurological symptoms were alleviated. Pathological study disclosed that the mass was a myolipoma. Discussion about the origin of the myolipoma is made with references hitherto reported.
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Uemura H, Ou YC, Lim H, Tomita Y, Ueda T, Menon H, Chung J, Guo J, Tarazi J, Kim S, Naito S, Akaza H. Phase III AXIS Trial of Axitinib Versus Sorafenib in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Asian Subgroup Analysis. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nagata S, Nishimura S, Takenaka A, Kubo C, Yoshizawa H, Yuki M, Kitamura M, Takahashi H, Uehara H, Nakanishi K, Ishikawa O, Tomita Y. Pancreatic juice cytology of serous cystic neoplasms communicating with the pancreatic duct: diagnostic pitfalls in this rare entity. Cytopathology 2012; 24:199-201. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2012.01001.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Daimon M, Kato T, Kaino W, Takase K, Karasawa S, Wada K, Kameda W, Susa S, Oizumi T, Tomita Y, Kato T. Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients Treated with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Sunitinib, Sorafenib and Axitinib, for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2012; 42:742-7. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Masamoto K, Tomita Y, Toriumi H, Aoki I, Unekawa M, Takuwa H, Itoh Y, Suzuki N, Kanno I. Repeated longitudinal in vivo imaging of neuro-glio-vascular unit at the peripheral boundary of ischemia in mouse cerebral cortex. Neuroscience 2012; 212:190-200. [PMID: 22516017 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2011] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Understanding the cellular events evoked at the peripheral boundary of cerebral ischemia is critical for therapeutic outcome against the insult of cerebral ischemia. The present study reports a repeated longitudinal imaging for cellular-scale changes of neuro-glia-vascular unit at the boundary of cerebral ischemia in mouse cerebral cortex in vivo. Two-photon microscopy was used to trace the longitudinal changes of cortical microvasculature and astroglia following permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). We found that sulforhodamine 101 (SR101), a previously-known marker of astroglia, provide a bright signal in the vessels soon after the intraperitoneal injection, and that intensity was sufficient to detect the microvasculature up to a depth of 0.8 mm. After 5-8 h from the injection of SR101, cortical astroglia was also imaged up to a depth of 0.4 mm. After 1 day from MCAO, some microvessels showed a closure of the lumen space in the occluded MCA territory, leading to a restructuring of microvascular networks up to 7 days after MCAO. At the regions of the distorted microvasculature, an increase in the number of cells labeled with SR101 was detected, which was found as due to labeled neurons. Immunohistochemical results further showed that ischemia provokes neuronal uptake of SR101, which delineate a boundary between dying and surviving cells at the peripheral zone of ischemia in vivo. Finally, reproducibility of the MCAO model was evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a different animal group, which showed the consistent infarct volume at the MCA territory over the subjects.
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Tomita Y, Koizumi H, Uda S, Fujiwara K, Nozawa J. Control of Gibbs free energy relationship between hen egg white lysozyme polymorphs under application of an external alternating current electric field. J Appl Crystallogr 2012. [DOI: 10.1107/s002188981200249x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The distribution of phases between bulk (tetragonal structure) and spherulitic crystals for hen egg white lysozyme was controlled under application of an external alternating current electric field. The distribution of phases differed depending on differences in the magnitude of the electrostatic energy contribution to the respective chemical potentials of the two solid phases. Therefore, the Gibbs free energy relationship between the two solid phases could be controlled by changing the frequency of the applied external electric field. Such a method of controlling the Gibbs free energy relationship among polymorphs would be adaptable to many kinds of protein.
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Kono M, Kondo T, Ito S, Suzuki T, Wakamatsu K, Ito S, Tomita Y. Genotype analysis in a patient with oculocutaneous albinism 1 minimal pigment type. Br J Dermatol 2012; 166:896-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10690.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Aphecetche L, Aramaki Y, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bhom JH, Bickley AA, Blau DS, Boissevain JG, Bok JS, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Camacho CM, Campbell S, Caringi A, Chang BS, Chang WC, Charvet JL, Chen CH, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Conesa del Valle Z, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Dayananda MK, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Dubey AK, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, Dzhordzhadze V, D'Orazio L, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grim G, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HÅ, Hadj Henni A, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Iinuma H, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Imrek J, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanischev D, Iwanaga Y, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jiang X, Jin J, Johnson BM, Jones T, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim A, Kim BI, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim EJ, Kim SH, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiriluk K, Kiss Á, Kistenev E, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Layton D, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee KS, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Lenzi B, Li X, Lichtenwalner P, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Litvinenko A, Liu H, Liu MX, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Mašek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, McGlinchey D, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Mikeš P, Miki K, Milov A, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Moon HJ, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murakami T, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nam S, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nihashi M, Niita T, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, Oakley C, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Oka M, Okada K, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park J, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Ružička P, Rykov VL, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov AY, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Taneja S, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Themann H, Thomas D, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomášek L, Tomita Y, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vossen A, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zolin L. Cold nuclear matter effects on J/ψ yields as a function of rapidity and nuclear geometry in d+A collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:142301. [PMID: 22107186 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.142301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We present measurements of J/ψ yields in d+Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV recorded by the PHENIX experiment and compare them with yields in p+p collisions at the same energy per nucleon-nucleon collision. The measurements cover a large kinematic range in J/ψ rapidity (-2.2<y<2.4) with high statistical precision and are compared with two theoretical models: one with nuclear shadowing combined with final state breakup and one with coherent gluon saturation effects. In order to remove model dependent systematic uncertainties we also compare the data to a simple geometric model. The forward rapidity data are inconsistent with nuclear modifications that are linear or exponential in the density weighted longitudinal thickness, such as those from the final state breakup of the bound state.
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Kashiwagi N, Dote K, Kawano K, Tomita Y, Murakami T, Nakanishi K, Araki Y, Mori K, Tomiyama N. MRI findings of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland: correlation with pathological features. Br J Radiol 2011; 85:709-13. [PMID: 21896663 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/55639432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to correlate the MRI appearance and pathological findings in each grade of the mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the parotid gland. METHODS We reviewed surgically proven MECs of parotid glands in 20 patients. Pathologically, 5 tumours were high-grade, 3 were intermediate and 12 were low-grade. MR images were evaluated with emphasis on signal intensities on T(2) weighted images, margin characteristics and lymph node metastasis, correlating these with pathological features. RESULTS Among the high-grade MECs, four out of five tumours showed inhomogeneous low to intermediate signal intensity on T(2) weighted images, reflecting high cellularity. All tumours had an ill-defined margin, reflecting invasive tumour growth. Among the intermediate-grade MECs, all three tumours showed intermediate signal intensity on T(2) weighted images and two tumours had an ill-defined margin. Among the low-grade MECs, 11 of the 12 tumours had a hyperintense area on T(2) weighted images because of the existence of abundant mucin secreting cells. Seven tumours had an ill-defined margin, reflecting peritumoural inflammatory changes rather than invasive tumour growth. Lymph node metastasis was seen in three high-grade MECs. CONCLUSION MECs of the parotid gland show variable MRI findings reflecting their histological nature, which seems to have certain tendencies depending on the tumour grade.
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Okazawa M, Masuhara K, Miyoshi A, Fujiwara K, Ohta Y, Yoshino K, Kamiura S, Tomita Y. A rare case of ovarian carcinosarcoma successfully treated with the neoadjuvant chemotherapy of paclitaxel and ifosfamide. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 2011; 31:274-5. [PMID: 21417665 DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2010.549971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Nonaka M, Usuda R, Suzuki T, Hashimoto T, Hatakeyama T, Sato S, Soda H, Tomita Y, Sato S, Kinoshita T, Ishida Y, Hataya K. [Benign tracheal stenosis treated by T-tube in a patient with autism; report of a case]. KYOBU GEKA. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF THORACIC SURGERY 2011; 64:599-601. [PMID: 21766716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A female with autism, aged over 40 years, who had been hospitalized in a nursing home, developed descending necrotizing mediastinitis requiring tracheostomy. Subsequently, tracheal stenosis was observed. She was referred to our hospital. T-tube therapy was selected, and there has been no recurrence during the 3-year follow-up. We report a patient in whom a T-tube was useful for treating benign tracheal stenosis in the presence of autism.
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Tsukigi M, Bilim V, Yuuki K, Naito S, Ugolkov A, Sakurai T, Kawazoe H, Hosoya N, Nishida H, Kato T, Nagaoka A, Oya M, Motoyama T, Tomita Y. An analysis of low miR-199a expression in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and and its association with regulation of GSK-3beta. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e15020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Uemura H, Kanayama H, Nonomura N, Miki T, Nishimura K, Matsubara A, Tomita Y, Kuroda M, Katsuoka Y, Fujisawa M, Takahashi S, Nakatani T, Matsuda T, Hara I. Essential efficacy and safety profiles of everolimus in Japanese patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e15140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Kataoka D, Tomita Y, Fukayama M, Kadokura M, Yamochi T, Ota H, Kushima M. [Clinical effect of the cauterization for emphysematous bulla]. KYOBU GEKA. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF THORACIC SURGERY 2011; 64:323-329. [PMID: 21491729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The purpose of performing pleural cauterization is developing heat denaturation, and we can induce pleural thickening and also reduce the bullae by shrinking the pleura It originates in a method of the cauterization whether there will be tissue damage. So a safe and reliable method of cauterization is required. Here, we investigated the indications for and effectiveness of cauterization techniques performed at our facility. We perform cauterization while dropping saline solution, so when using a Salient Monopolar Sealer, we can avoid excessive thermo-coagulation and more easily control cauterization. Furthermore, on the basis that only emphysematous pleura will turn white on cauterization, bullae can be distinguished, which is particularly effective in the case of lesions with unclear borders. In the case of a large emphysematous bulla, shrinkage of the bulla by cauterization can provide a sufficient surgical field, and a smaller lesion can then be stapled.
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Akita H, Nagano H, Takeda Y, Eguchi H, Wada H, Kobayashi S, Marubashi S, Tanemura M, Takahashi H, Ohigashi H, Tomita Y, Ishikawa O, Mori M, Doki Y. Ep-CAM is a significant prognostic factor in pancreatic cancer patients by suppressing cell activity. Oncogene 2011; 30:3468-76. [PMID: 21399662 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The identification of molecular markers useful for predicting prognosis in pancreatic cancer patients is crucial for advances in disease management. The epithelial cell adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM) is known to express in most epithelial malignancies and was reported as a tumor marker or a candidate of molecular targeting therapy. However, the clinical significance of Ep-CAM expression in pancreatic cancer is not well-known. We determined the difference of malignant potential between parental and Ep-CAM-transfected pancreatic cancer cell lines by using proliferation, invasion and migration assay. Furthermore, we determined the relationship between tumoral Ep-CAM expression of resected specimens and clinical prognosis in 95 pancreatic cancer patients receiving radical surgery at two different cancer centers. One of the three Ep-CAM-transfected cell lines showed significantly low proliferation rate compared with the parental cell, while there was no difference in the other two cell lines. In invasion and migration assays, Ep-CAM-transfected cells showed significantly lower malignant potential than parental in all of the three cell lines. In 95 pancreatic cancer patients, 47 patients showed high-Ep-CAM expression, while 48 patients showed low, and there was no difference of clinicopathological features between Ep-CAM high and low-expression group. High-Ep-CAM expression group showed significantly good prognosis in overall survival (3-year survival; 56.2 versus 19.2%, P=0.0018) as well as in disease-free survival (3-year survival; 40.3 versus 14.4%, P=0.038) compared with low-expression group. In addition, the impact of Ep-CAM was observed strongly in LN-negative group when the influence of Ep-CAM was examined with dividing patients into LN-positive and negative group. In multivariate analysis, Ep-CAM expression was one of the independent prognostic factors as well as histology and lymph node metastasis. Ep-CAM expression was found to be related to the suppression of pancreatic cancer cell activity and the good prognosis in pancreatic cancer patients receiving the curative resection.
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Iijima K, Nagao N, Takeuchi T, Ueda I, Tomita Y, Takayama R. Sputtering of Lead-Based Ferroelectrics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-310-455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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AbstractPbTiO3(PT), Pb1-xLaxTi1-x/4O3(PLT) and PbZrxTi1-xO3(PZT) thin films were prepared by rf magnetron sputtering. It was found that the thin films have remarkably large pyroelectric effect and high figures of merit for infrared sensors without poling treatment. High performance pyroelectric infrared sensors (single element and linear array) were fabricated by using the PLT(x=0.1) thin films with the new structures and the device process. This type of sensor is carried on the air conditioner to detect a thermal environment. The PZT thin films with x=0.9 showed a large remanent polarization of 46μC/cm2 and small coercive force of 28kV/cm. In addition, good endurance behavior (no degradation of Pr after 1011 cycles) was observed. Recent activities of ferroelectric thin film research in Japan is also reported.
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Hanaoka N, Uedo N, Ishihara R, Higashino K, Takeuchi Y, Inoue T, Chatani R, Hanafusa M, Tsujii Y, Kanzaki H, Kawada N, Iishi H, Tatsuta M, Tomita Y, Miyashiro I, Yano M. Clinical features and outcomes of delayed perforation after endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer. Endoscopy 2010; 42:1112-5. [PMID: 21120780 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Perforation is a major complication of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC). However, there have been no reports on delayed perforation after ESD for EGC. We aimed to elucidate the incidence and outcomes of delayed perforation after ESD. Clinical courses in 1159 consecutive patients with 1329 EGCs who underwent ESD were investigated. Delayed perforation occurred in six patients (0.45 %). All these patients had complete en bloc resection without intraoperative perforation during ESD. Five of six perforations were located in the upper third of the stomach, while one lesion was found in the middle third. Symptoms of peritoneal irritation with rebound tenderness presented within 24 h after ESD in all cases. One patient did not require surgery because the symptoms were localized, and recovered with conservative antibiotic therapy by nasogastric tube placement. The remaining five patients required emergency surgery. There was no mortality in this case series.
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Kondoh H, Okano S, Yoshida K, Yonemitsu Y, Tomita Y, Yoshikai Y, Wake N, Sueishi K. Semi-allogeneic dendritic cells injected via the intratumoural injection route show efficient antitumour effects in cooperation with host-derived professional antigen-presenting cells. Scand J Immunol 2010; 72:476-90. [PMID: 21044122 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02461.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DC)-based immunotherapy is a potent anticancer modality. In DC-based immunotherapy, allogeneic DC may be an alternative source, but the usefulness of allogeneic DC in DC-based immunotherapy is still controversial. When used for immunotherapy, three factors may affect the efficiency of an allogeneic DC-driven antitumour response: (1) survival time, which is affected by T-cell alloresponses; (2) major histocompatibility complex incompatibility with the host cells in the context of antigen presentation; and (3) the role of host-derived professional antigen-presenting cells (pAPC). In addition, it is unclear which injection route is preferable when using allogeneic DC. In this study, we demonstrate that semi-allogeneic DC, which share half of the genes of the recipient, are more effective when used via the intratumoural (i.t.) injection route, rather than the subcutaneous (s.c.) injection route, for the induction of efficient antitumour effects and the generation of a significant tumour-specific CD8(+) T-cell response. The i.t. route has the advantage of not requiring ex vivo pulsation with tumour lysates or tumour antigens, because the i.t.-injected DC can engulf tumour antigens in situ. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) models, which permit us to separately assess the three factors described previously, show that while all three factors are important for efficient antitumour effects, the control of the alloresponse to injected DC is the most crucial for host-derived pAPC to function well when DC are administered intratumourally. This information may be useful for DC-based cancer immunotherapy under circumstances that do not allow for the use of autologous DC.
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Fally M, Klepp J, Tomita Y, Nakamura T, Pruner C, Ellabban MA, Rupp RA, Bichler M, Olenik ID, Kohlbrecher J, Eckerlebe H, Lemmel H, Rauch H. Neutron optical beam splitter from holographically structured nanoparticle-polymer composites. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:123904. [PMID: 20867643 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.123904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report a breakthrough in the search for versatile diffractive elements for cold neutrons. Nanoparticles are spatially arranged by holographical means in a photopolymer. These grating structures show remarkably efficient diffraction of cold neutrons up to about 50% for effective thicknesses of only 200 μm. They open up a profound perspective for next generation neutron-optical devices with the capability to tune or modulate the neutron diffraction efficiency.
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Onzuka T, Tomita Y, Okano S, Shimizu I, Yamada H, Yoshikai Y, Tominaga R. Antibody-mediated T-cell reduction or increased levels of chimerism overcome resistance to cyclophosphamide-induced tolerance in NKT-deficient mice. Scand J Immunol 2010; 72:106-17. [PMID: 20618769 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We reported that invariant NKT-cell knockout (iNKT KO) mice are resistant to the induction of intrathymic chimerism and clonal deletion in the cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced tolerance system (CPS). However, another report shows that clonal deletion with chimerism may be intact in iNKT KO recipients in a bone marrow transplantation model. We also reported that pretreatment with anti-Thy1.2 mAb, which reduces the number of T cells and iNKT cells, promotes allograft tolerance across H-2 barriers in the CPS. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of T-cell depletion in the CPS, and the relationship between the role played by iNKT cells in central tolerance and mixed chimerism. BALB/c (H-2(d)) wild-type, or iNKT KO (Jalpha18(-/-)) mice were pretreated with 20-100 microg of anti-Thy1.2 mAb and given 10(8) donor DBA/2 (H-2(d)) spleen cells on Day 0, and 200 mg/kg CP on Day 2. Pretreatment with T-cell depletion resulted in higher levels of mixed chimerism, increased intrathymic clonal deletion of donor-reactive cells, and the induction of skin graft tolerance in iNKT KO recipients in CPS. This suggests that the high levels of mixed chimerism overcame the resistance to CP-induced tolerance in iNKT KO mice. Consistently, the enhancement of mixed chimerism by injection of tolerant donor spleen cells (SC) rendered iNKT KO recipients susceptible to CP-induced tolerance. These results suggest that iNKT-cell-mediated immunoregulation of central tolerance is evident at low levels of peripheral mixed chimerism in the CPS.
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Aramaki Y, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Boissevain JG, Bok JS, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Camacho CM, Campbell S, Chang BS, Chang WC, Charvet JL, Chen CH, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Dubey AK, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, Dzhordzhadze V, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Hadj Henni A, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Hanks J, Han R, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Haslum E, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hegyi S, Hemmick TK, Hester T, He X, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ide J, Iinuma H, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Imrek J, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanischev D, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim BI, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim E, Kim SH, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiriluk K, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Layton D, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee K, Lee KS, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Leitner E, Lenzi B, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu H, Liu MX, Li X, Love B, Luechtenborg R, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mignerey AC, Mikes P, Miki K, Milov A, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Niita T, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Okada K, Oka M, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park J, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Ruzicka P, Rykov VL, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov AY, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunecka M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Sparks NA, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Themann H, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomásek L, Tomita Y, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Wood JP, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, You Z, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zolin L. Transition in yield and azimuthal shape modification in dihadron correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 104:252301. [PMID: 20867367 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.252301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Hard-scattered parton probes produced in collisions of large nuclei indicate large partonic energy loss, possibly with collective produced-medium response to the lost energy. We present measurements of π^{0} trigger particles at transverse momenta p{T}{t}=4-12 GeV/c and associated charged hadrons (p{T}{a}=0.5-7 GeV/c) vs relative azimuthal angle Δϕ in Au+Au and p+p collisions at sqrt[s{NN}]=200 GeV. The Au+Au distribution at low p{T}{a}, whose shape has been interpreted as a medium effect, is modified for p{T}{t}<7 GeV/c. At higher p{T}{t}, the data are consistent with unmodified or very weakly modified shapes, even for the lowest measured p{T}{a}, which quantitatively challenges some medium response models. The associated yield of hadrons opposing the trigger particle in Au+Au relative to p+p (I{AA}) is suppressed at high p{T} (I{AA}≈0.35-0.5), but less than for inclusive suppression (R{AA}≈0.2).
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Tomita Y, Ishiguro H, Yasuda Y, Hyodo H, Koike T, Shimizu T, Morimoto T, Hattori K, Matsumoto M, Inoue H, Yabe H, Yabe M, Shinohara O, Kojima S, Minemura T, Kato S. High incidence of fatty liver and insulin resistance in long-term adult survivors of childhood SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 2010; 46:416-25. [PMID: 20562924 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Overweight/obesity among adult survivors of childhood SCT has been considered to be predictive of eventual development of metabolic abnormalities. Fatty liver is increasingly recognized as a major cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality in the general population. However, the real incidence of fatty liver in adult survivors of SCT has not been fully elucidated. We determined whether adult survivors are at risk for overweight/obesity, metabolic abnormalities and fatty liver and whether these risks are associated with cranial radiotherapy (CRT) before SCT. Among the 51 patients (30 males), only two male patients were overweight/obese at the last evaluation. On the other hand, 9 male (30%) and 15 female (71%) patients were underweight. Fatty liver was diagnosed in 11 male (37%) and 10 female (48%) patients during the follow-up period, although patients who had fatty liver did not tend to be overweight/obese. Significantly more patients who received CRT before SCT developed fatty liver with insulin resistance than those who did not (P<0.05). Even patients who are not overweight/obese may develop fatty liver and metabolic abnormalities. We recommend that healthcare professionals recognize these risks and give life-long attention to detecting, preventing and treating late complications after SCT.
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Sakurai T, Bilim V, Yuuki K, Tsukigi M, Ougolkov AV, Tomita Y. Expression of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 in renal cell carcinoma and relationship to downregulation of micro RNA-101. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.4622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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