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Many dyes, for instance methylene blue, rose bengal, and eosin, are known as photosensitizers, and in the presence of molecular oxygen they induce cell lethality and skin photosensitivity (1-4). Several dyes are used in cosmetic products, particularly in lipsticks. Human lip skin is therefore exposed to potential danger from dye-sensitized phototoxic reactions. Using an in vivo system of mammalian skin, such as the abdominal skin of rabbits, we established screening tests for the phototoxic potential of synthetic dyes in two ways: (a) intracutaneous injection; (b) topical application with and without damaging the barrier property of the stratum corneum. In the intracutaneous injection assay, distinct phototoxic reactions were induced by rose bengal, eosin Y.S., and dibromofluorescein. When these dyes were applied topically to intact skin, no phototoxic reactions were observed. Phototoxic reactions were, however, elicited when the dye solutions were applied to abraded or scratched skin. The intensity of phototoxic reaction was found to be influenced by the vehicle in which the dyes were suspended. Phototoxic reaction to the dyes was induced by artificial light as well as by sunlight. By using commercially available fluorescent lamps with different spectral emissions, the action spectra for the phototoxic reaction to these dyes were investigated and it was found that the maximum phototoxicities of the dyes were manifested by light within a spectral range of 400-600 nm. Further studies on action spectra, using a monochromatic irradiation system, revealed a high correlation between the action spectra of the dyes and their absorption spectra. Maximum effective wavelength for the phototoxic reaction of eosin Y.S. was 525 nm. This topical as well as intradermal assay for assesing phototoxic reaction to synthetic dyes in living skin will be a practical and useful measure for studying the phototoxicity of the dyes.
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- F Morikawa
- Shiseido Laboratories, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223, Japan
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of an early intervention programme (EIP) on low birthweight infants with cerebral injuries. METHODS Subjects were 23 high-risk low birthweight infants (periventricular leukomalacia 15, intraventricular haemorrhage 5, both 3) receiving care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Nagasaki University Hospital. Subjects were randomly assigned to the EIP group (n = 12) or the control group (n = 11). Participants in the EIP group received a Neonatal Behavioral Assessment scale (NBAS)-based intervention combined with developmental support designed to enhance the infants' development and the quality of the parent-infant relationship. The control group received routine medical nursing care without the EIP. The EIP began prior to discharge from the NICU and lasted until 6 months of corrected age. All children were examined on the NBAS preintervention and again at 44 weeks postconceptional age. Maternal anxiety status (STAI) and maternal feelings of confidence in dealing with her baby (LCC) were measured pre and postintervention. Mental and motor development was assessed postintervention using the Bayley Scale of Infant Development. RESULTS Orientation and State Regulation of infant behavioural profiles, the STAI and LCC scores significantly improved in the EIP group (mean difference (95% CI): Orientation 0.7 (0.4, 1.1), State Regulation 0.9 (0.3, 1.5), STAI -5.5 (- 9.1, -1.9, LCC 5.3 (4.2, 6.5)), but not in the control group. Bayley mental developmental index (MDI) score in the EIP group was higher than in the control group, but there was no significant difference between the two groups (mean difference (95% CI): MDI 8.5 (- 0.8, 17.8), PDI 6.7 (- 1.9, 15.4)). CONCLUSION The EIP has beneficial effects on neonatal neurobehavioural development and maternal mental health of low birthweight infants with cerebral injuries. This evidence suggests that short-term changes in maternal mental health and infant neurobehaviour promoted by an EIP may serve to initiate a positive interaction between parents and infants.
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- S Ohgi
- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Seirei Christopher College, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Ohtsubo T, Nakayama Y, Minami I, Tanigaki M, Fukuda S, Kitagawa A, Fukuda M, Matsuta K, Nojiri Y, Akai H, Minamisono T. Electric field gradient in Mg and Zn detected by β-emitters,8Li and12x0392;x0392;x0392;. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00567464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Minamisono T, Ohtsubo T, Fukuda S, Minami I, Nakayama Y, Fukuda M, Matsuta K, Nojiri Y. New nuclear quadrupole resonance technique in β-NMR. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00567497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Seki H, Fukuda M, Iino M, Takahashi T, Yoshioka N. Immunohistochemical localization of cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 in synovial tissues from patients with internal derangement or osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2004; 33:687-92. [PMID: 15337183 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2004.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This study examined the immunohistochemical expression and localization of cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 (COX-1 and COX-2) in synovial tissues from patients with internal derangement (ID) or osteoarthritis (OA) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Synovial tissues from patients with condylar fractures of the mandible were studied as control. Synovial tissues from 13 TMJs of 10 patients with ID or OA and from 5 TMJs of 4 patients with fractures were examined for COX-1 and COX-2 expression by immunohistochemical staining using two monoclonal antibodies. In addition, whether the COX-2 expression grade correlated with the synovitis score and clinical findings was assessed. COX-2 was expressed in the synovial lining, infiltrating mononuclear cells, fibroblast-like cells, and blood vessels, including CD31-positive endothelial cells, in the synovium of patients with ID or OA. Expression levels of COX-1 in synovial lining cells and endothelial cells were similar in the specimens obtained from the patients with ID or OA and those obtained from the controls. The expression of COX-2 positively correlated with arthroscopic findings of synovitis (p = 0.55, P = 0.023) and with joint pain (p = 0.56, P = 0.021). These results suggest that up-regulation of COX-2 in synovium may play a part in the pathogenesis of synovitis in patients with ID or OA of the TMJ.
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- H Seki
- Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
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Ponchon T, Makuuchi H, Morita Y, Fukuda M, Mitani T, Shirasaka D, Aoyama N, Amano Y, Moriyama I, Oose T, Kinoshita Y. Images of early cancer: esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma. Endoscopy 2004; 36:811-20. [PMID: 15326577 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-825846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- T Ponchon
- Dept. of Digestive Diseases, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Place d'Arsonval, 69437 Lyons Cédex 03, France.
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Chapin FS, Callaghan TV, Bergeron Y, Fukuda M, Johnstone JF, Juday G, Zimov SA. Global change and the boreal forest: thresholds, shifting states or gradual change? Ambio 2004; 33:361-5. [PMID: 15387075 DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.6.361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Changes in boreal climate of the magnitude projected for the 21st century have always caused vegetation changes large enough to be societally important. However, the rates and patterns of vegetation change are difficult to predict. We review evidence suggesting that these vegetation changes may be gradual at the northern forest limit or where seed dispersal limits species distribution. However, forest composition may be quite resilient to climate change in the central portions of a species range until some threshold is surpassed. At this point, changes can be rapid and unexpected, often causing a switch to very different ecosystem types. Many of these triggers for change are amenable to management, suggesting that our choice of policies in the coming decades will substantially influence the ecological and societal consequences of current climatic change.
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- F Stuart Chapin
- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks 99775, USA.
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Kawabata S, Oka M, Fukuda M, Kinoshita A, Fukuda M, Nagashima S, Nakamura Y, Nakano H, Soda H, Kohno S. Phase I study of gemcitabine (GEM) and carboplatin (CBDCA) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.7291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Fukuda M, Oka M, Soejima Y, Fukuda M, Kinoshita A, Takatani H, Kasai T, Kuba M, Soda H, Kohno S. Elderly (>=75) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) chemotherapy: A phase I study of carboplatin (CBDCA) and etoposide (vp-16). J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.7217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- M. Fukuda
- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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Nagashima S, Fukuda M, Kinoshita A, Fukuda M, Kasai T, Takatani H, Rikimaru T, Soda H, Oka M, Kohno S. Phase II study of irinotecan (CPT-11) and cisplatin (CDDP) with concurrent split-course thoracic radiotherapy (TRT) in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.7169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- S. Nagashima
- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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- Sasebo General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Nagasaki Thoracic Oncology Group (NTOG), Nagasaki, Japan
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Saijo Y, Kiyota N, Kawasaki Y, Miyazaki Y, Kashimura J, Fukuda M, Kishi R. Relationship between C-reactive protein and visceral adipose tissue in healthy Japanese subjects. Diabetes Obes Metab 2004; 6:249-58. [PMID: 15171748 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-8902.2003.0342.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM Recent studies have suggested that the elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are associated with body fat, especially visceral adipose tissue, but most of them were investigated in Westerners who had higher body mass index (BMI) than Asians. To investigate the association between CRP concentrations, parameters of visceral obesity, the insulin resistance syndrome and carotid atherosclerosis in healthy Japanese who had a lower BMI than Westerners. METHODS We explored the relationships between fatness and visceral obesity parameters [by anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance analysis and abdominal computed tomography (CT)] and CRP (high sensitivity) and examined their associations with components of insulin resistance syndrome, interleukin-6 (IL-6), tissue necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and intima-media thickness (IMT) of common carotid arteries (CCAs) by ultrasonograms in 116 healthy Japanese subjects. RESULTS In crude regression analyses, CRP was significantly associated with measures of obesity. After adjustment for age, gender and smoking, the association with CRP was stronger for parameters of visceral obesity (waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and visceral adipose tissue accumulation) than for other parameters of obesity. IL-6 and TNF-alpha were not associated with CRP. Blood pressure (BP), metabolic variables and CCA-IMT were also significantly associated with CRP. But, after being adjusted for age, gender, smoking and BMI, BP and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc) were significantly associated. CONCLUSION CRP level is associated with visceral adipose tissue and is significantly associated with the components of insulin resistance syndrome in healthy Japanese subjects. These data support a possible role of visceral adipose tissue in inflammation component of atherosclerosis, and further studies are needed to study the mechanism of CRP elevation caused by visceral adipose tissue.
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- Department of Public Heath, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 60-8638, Japan.
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Honda Y, Kubo K, Anderson S, Araki S, Bane K, Brachmann A, Frisch J, Fukuda M, Hasegawa K, Hayano H, Hendrickson L, Higashi Y, Higo T, Hirano K, Hirose T, Iida K, Imai T, Inoue Y, Karataev P, Kuriki M, Kuroda R, Kuroda S, Luo X, McCormick D, Matsuda M, Muto T, Nakajima K, Naito T, Nelson J, Nomura M, Ohashi A, Omori T, Okugi T, Ross M, Sakai H, Sakai I, Sasao N, Smith S, Suzuki T, Takano M, Taniguchi T, Terunuma N, Turner J, Toge N, Urakawa J, Vogel V, Woodley M, Wolski A, Yamazaki I, Yamazaki Y, Yocky G, Young A, Zimmermann F. Achievement of ultralow emittance beam in the accelerator test facility damping ring. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:054802. [PMID: 14995314 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.054802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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For high luminosity in electron-positron linear colliders, it is essential to generate low vertical emittance beams. We report on the smallest vertical emittance achieved in single-bunch-mode operation of the Accelerator Test Facility, which satisfies the requirement of the x-band linear collider. The emittances were measured with a laser-wire beam-profile monitor installed in the damping ring. The bunch length and the momentum spread of the beam were also recorded under the same conditions. The smallest vertical rms emittance measured at low intensity is 4 pm at a beam energy of 1.3 GeV, which corresponds to the normalized emittance of 1.0x1.0(-8) m. It increases by a factor of 1.5 for a bunch intensity of 10(10) electrons. The measured data agreed to the calculation of intrabeam scattering within much better than a factor of 2.
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- Y Honda
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uhrin Hospital, Fukushima
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Sun A, Noriki S, Imamura Y, Fukuda M. Detection of cancer clones in human gastric adenoma by increased DNA-instability and other biomarkers. Eur J Histochem 2003; 47:111-22. [PMID: 12777206 DOI: 10.4081/815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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An immunohistochemical differential staining of cancerous cells with anti-cytidine antibody after denaturation of nuclear DNA by acid hydrolysis with 2N HCl at 30 degree C for 20 min (DNA-instability test) has been used as a marker of malignancy. The test was applied to bioptic tissues of human gastric polyp assessed histopathologically as foveolar hyperplastic polyp (13 cases), mild (58 cases), moderate (86 cases), and severe (20 cases) dysplasia, and adenocarcinomas (14 cases). The serial sections of the same tissues were also subjected to immunohistochemical staining for Ki67, p53, DNA-fragmentation factor (DFF45), and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). The DNA-instability test was positive in 14 (100%) adenocarcinoma cases, 20 (100%) severe dysplasia cases, 52 (60.5%) moderate dysplasia cases, and 12 (20.7%) mild dysplasia cases, indicating malignancy. All foveolar hyperplastic polyps were negative to the DNA-instability testing. Furthermore, the percentage of glands positive in the DNA-instability test steadily increased in going from mild (10%), to moderate (40%), to severe (100%) dysplasia, and adenocarcinoma (100%). All other biological markers tested in the present study showed significantly higher values in the adenoma glands, being positive to DNA-instability testing, irrespective of the dysplasia grade, as compared to those in the adenoma glands that were negative to DNA-instability testing. Furthermore, the former values were comparable to those in adenocarcinoma. These results indicate that cancer cell clones are already present at the adenoma stages showing a positive DNA-instability test, enhanced proliferative activity, p53 mutation, induction of DFF45 and bFGF. These factors allow cancer cell proliferation, producing heterogeneous subclones due to DNA-instability, enhancing their survival by escaping apoptosis, and providing abundant nutrients during the early-stage progression of gastric cancer. Based on these findings, we herein propose the concept of "procancer" (as opposed to "pre-cancer") as being a unique stage during the course of carcinogenesis and cancer progression. We designate the term to cancer clones at the very early stages of malignant progression that do not show distinguishable morphological atypia but do show positive DNA-instability testing and positive staining for various biomarkers such as Ki67, p53, DFF45, and bFGF. We also define the abnormal positive staining of these biomarkers, including the DNA-instability test as "functional atypia", compared to the ordinary morphological atypia.
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- Department of Pathology, Fukui Medical University, Matsuoka, Fukui, Japan
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Oishi M, Fukuda M, Kameyama S, Kawaguchi T, Masuda H, Tanaka R. Magnetoencephalographic representation of the sensorimotor hand area in cases of intracerebral tumour. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003; 74:1649-54. [PMID: 14638884 PMCID: PMC1757408 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.12.1649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical value of magnetoencephalography (MEG) in localising the primary hand motor area and evaluating cortical distortion of the sensorimotor cortices in patients with intracerebral tumour. METHODS 10 normal volunteers (controls) and 14 patients with an intracerebral tumour located around the central region were studied. Somatosensory evoked magnetic fields (SEFs) following median nerve stimulation, and movement related cerebral magnetic fields (MRCFs) following index finger extension, were measured in all subjects and analysed by the equivalent current dipole (ECD) method to ascertain the neuronal sources of the primary sensory and motor components (N20m and MF, respectively). These ECD locations were defined as the primary hand sensory and motor areas and the positional relations between these two functional areas in controls and patients were investigated. RESULTS The standard range of ECD locations of MF to N20m was determined in controls. In 11 of the 14 patients, MRCFs could identify the primary motor hand area. ECD locations of MF were significantly closer to the N20m in the medial-lateral direction in patients than in controls. In patients with a tumour located below the sensorimotor hand area, relative ECD locations of MF to N20m moved anteriorly over the standard range determined in the control subjects. These MEG findings correlated well with radiological tumour locations. The mean estimated ECD strength of MF was significantly lower in patients than in controls. CONCLUSIONS MRCF was useful in localising the primary motor hand area in patients with intracerebral tumour. The relative ECD locations of MF to N20m describe the anatomical distortion of the sensorimotor cortex.
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- M Oishi
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Nishi-Niigata Central Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
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Meynert cells are a distinct type of large neuron which project to area MT/V5 and to subcortical targets, including the superior colliculus. They have recently been shown to have extensive intrinsic collaterals spreading up to 8.0 mm within layer 6 of area V1 [J Comp Neurol 441 (2001) 134]. Using intrinsic signal imaging combined with tracer injections, this study investigates how Meynert cell collaterals are mapped in relation to the functional architecture of area V1 in macaque monkeys. In particular, we examined whether terminations of individual axon segments are selective for same-eye or opposite-eye domains. Analysis of 39 anterogradely labeled axon segments (from six injection sites in four hemispheres) showed that terminal segments cross over several pairs of ocular dominance columns (ODCs) and contact both left- and right-eye ODCs, with a slight bias for the contralateral eye. This contrasts with the same-eye bias previously reported for intrinsic collaterals of pyramidal neurons in layer 3. The suggestion is that the system of Meynert intrinsic collaterals is involved with binocular interactions over wide sectors of the visual field. This might be related to processes such as optic flow or, especially given the wide-field spread, even contour completion or interpolation.
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- RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, 351-0198, Saitama, Japan
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Fukuda M, Aoki T, Dobashi K, Hirose T, Iimura T, Kurihara Y, Okugi T, Omori T, Sakai I, Urakawa J, Washio M. Polarimetry of short-pulse gamma rays produced through inverse Compton scattering of circularly polarized laser beams. Phys Rev Lett 2003; 91:164801. [PMID: 14611407 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.164801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have developed a polarimetry of ultrashort pulse gamma rays based on the fact that gamma rays penetrating in the forward direction through a magnetized iron carry information on the helicity of the original gamma rays. Polarized, short-pulse gamma rays of (1.1+/-0.2)x10(6)/bunch with a time duration of 31 ps and a maximum energy of 55.9 MeV were produced via Compton scattering of a circularly polarized laser beam of 532 nm off an electron beam of 1.28 GeV. The first demonstration of asymmetry measurements of short-pulse gamma rays was conducted using longitudinally magnetized iron of 15 cm length. It is found that the gamma-ray intensity is in good agreement with the simulated value of 1.0x10(6). Varying the degree of laser polarization, the asymmetry for 100% laser polarization was derived to be (1.29+/-0.12)%, which is also consistent with the expected value of 1.3%.
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- M Fukuda
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Watanabe Y, Aoyama N, Shirasaka D, Maekawa S, Kuroda K, Miki I, Kachi M, Fukuda M, Wambura C, Tamura T, Kasuga M. Levofloxacin based triple therapy as a second-line treatment after failure of helicobacter pylori eradication with standard triple therapy. Dig Liver Dis 2003; 35:711-5. [PMID: 14620620 DOI: 10.1016/s1590-8658(03)00432-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection after failure of standard triple therapy is difficult. The efficacy and safety of levofloxacin based triple therapy as a first-line therapy has-been studied. AIMS The aim was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of levofloxacin based therapy after a failed standard triple therapy. PATIENTS We conducted a prospective, uncontrolled study of a consecutive series of 33 patients who failed eradication with 1 week of lansoprazole-amoxicillin-clarithromycin triple therapy. METHODS The subjects were retreated with 1 week of LA-LVFX triple therapy (lansoprazole, 30 mg twice daily; amoxicillin, 1000 mg twice daily: levofloxacin, 200 mg twice daily). Cure of infection was defined as negative results from culture, histology and a urea breath test 4 to 8 weeks after the second-line therapy. RESULTS The eradication rate was 69.7% (23/33) by both intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses (95% confidence interval=61-79%). Seven (21.2%) patients experienced mild side-effects, such as soft stools and taste disturbance. No patient stopped the medication on account of adverse effects. CONCLUSIONS Levofloxacin based triple therapy is an effective second-line treatment after a failed standard triple therapy.
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- Division of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Kusama M, Ikeda T, Enomoto K, Kasumi F, Tominaga T, Haga S, Fukuda M, Yamaguchi S, Nakazato H, Abe O. 396 Randomized controlled study comparing surgery alone, surgery plus tamoxifen, and surgery plus tegafur-uracil in patients with node-negative breast cancer: 5-year results from the Kanto cooperative study group of adjuvant chemo-endocrine therapy for breast cancer (ACETBC) of Japan. EJC Suppl 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(03)90428-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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A 43-year-old man developed cerebellar infarction due to atlantoaxial dislocation associated with os odontoideum. Cervical X-ray films confirmed os odontoideum, and conventional angiography revealed irregular narrowing of the right vertebral artery at the axis level. A correlation between the vertebral artery lesion and atlantoaxial instability was shown with 3-dimensional (3-D) computed tomographic (CT) angiography. This is the first case of atlantoaxial dislocation with vertebral artery stenosis demonstrated 3-D CT angiography. 3-D CT angiography can support the conventional angiography with respect to the diagnosis and management of vertebral artery insufficiency associated with occipitocervical deformity.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shibata Prefecture Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
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Feigin A, Ghilardi MF, Carbon M, Edwards C, Fukuda M, Dhawan V, Margouleff C, Ghez C, Eidelberg D. Effects of levodopa on motor sequence learning in Parkinson's disease. Neurology 2003; 60:1744-9. [PMID: 12796524 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000072263.03608.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dopaminergic therapy with levodopa improves motor function in PD patients, but the effects of levodopa on cognition in PD remain uncertain. OBJECTIVE To use H(2)(15)O and PET to assess the effect of levodopa infusion on motor sequence learning in PD. METHODS Seven right-handed PD patients were scanned "on" and "off" levodopa while performing a sequence learning task. The changes in learning performance and regional brain activation that occurred during this intervention were assessed. RESULTS During PET imaging, levodopa infusion reduced learning performance as measured by subject report (p < 0.05). This behavioral change was accompanied by enhanced activation during treatment in the right premotor cortex and a decline in the ipsilateral occipital association area (p < 0.01). Levodopa-induced changes in learning-related activation responses in the occipital association cortex correlated with changes in learning indexes (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Levodopa treatment appears to have subtle detrimental effects on cognitive function in nondemented PD patients. These effects may be mediated through an impairment in brain activation in occipital association cortex.
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- Center for Neurosciences, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
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Itai A, Kotaki T, Tanabe K, Tamura F, Kawaguchi D, Fukuda M. Rapid identification of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase genotypes in cultivars of Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) using CAPS markers. Theor Appl Genet 2003; 106:1266-1272. [PMID: 12748778 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-002-1186-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2002] [Accepted: 09/25/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai), fruit storage potential is closely related to the amount of ethylene produced. We have developed a rapid and accurate method for analyzing genes involved in high ethylene production during fruit ripening in Japanese pear. This involves cleaved-amplified polymorphic sequences (CAPS) of two 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase genes (PPACS1 and PPACS2). Two CAPS markers (A for PPACS1 and B for PPACS2), associated with the amount of ethylene produced, were identified. Marker A was associated with high ethylene producers and marker B with moderate ethylene producers. The absence of these two markers enabled the identification of low ethylene producers. Using these markers, we have identified ethylene genotypes for 40 Japanese pear cultivars and two Chinese pear (P. bretschneideri) cultivars that are commercially important and used in breeding programs. Furthermore, we performed linkage analysis of these two genes in the F(2) population, which revealed that the recombination frequency between the two markers was 20.8 +/- 3.6%. This information is critical to the selection of parents and in breeding strategies to improve storage ability of Japanese pears.
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- Laboratory of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Koyama-cho Minami 4-101, Japan.
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Takaoka H, Choochote W, Aoki C, Fukuda M, Bain O. Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) attracted to humans and water buffalos and natural infections with filarial larvae, probably Onchocerca sp., in northern Thailand. Parasite 2003; 10:3-8. [PMID: 12669343 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2003101p3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Several Simulium species were investigated as to their biting habits and natural infections with filarial larvae at Ban Pan Fan, Chiang Mai Province, in northern Thailand. Female adults flies landing on or flighting around a human and a water buffalo were collected during the daytime from 06.00 to 19.00 hours on 22 June 2001. As a result, 217 S. nodosum, 86 S. asakoae and two S. nigrogilvum were obtained from a human attractant, and 416 S. nodosum, 25 S. nakhonense, 16 S. asakoae, four S. fenestratum and two S. nigrogilvum, from a water buffalo. The blood-feeding was confirmed only for S. nodosum and S. nigrogilvum on humans, and for S. nodosum and S. nakhonense on water buffalos. Dissections of these simuliids showed that S. nodosum was naturally infected with developing filarial larvae. Two types of microfilariae were distinguished but only one type of infective larvae. These larvae resembled Onchocerca suzukii, a parasite from a wild Japanese bovid, suggesting that an unknown Onchocerca species from ruminants was transmitted in Thailand. Infection rates with all stages of larvae and third-stage larvae were 2.3% (14/608) and 1.0% (6/608), respectively. This is the first report of natural infections of black flies with Onchocerca larvae in Southeast Asia, and the involved black fly species is shown to be not only anthropophilic but also zoophilic in this region.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases & Research Center for Asian and Caribbean Diseases, Oita Medical University, Hasama, Oita, 879-5593, Japan.
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We report here on a patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) and a missing premaxilla, who underwent dentoalveolar reconstruction of the cleft and premaxillary alveolus using endosteal implants after bone grafting. The patient, whose maxillary incisors and premaxilla were missing, had corticocancellous bone grafting from the iliac crest, followed by excellent bone formation at the anterior alveolus. After the placement of the endosteal implants and the completion of the pre-surgical orthodontic alignment, orthognathic surgery was performed for the restoration of a Class III open bite. After post-operative orthodontic preparation, the final fixed prostheses were completed. This treatment procedure offers an option of dentoalveolar reconstruction for BCLP patients with an excised premaxilla.
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- Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
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Ishiwata K, Yamamoto K, Kohori F, Sakai K, Fukuda M, Hiyoshi T. Technical evaluation of dialysate flow in a hollow-fiber dialyzer. J Artif Organs 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/s100470200047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Oka M, Fukuda M, Kuba M, Ichiki M, Rikimaru T, Soda H, Tsurutani J, Nakamura Y, Kawabata S, Nakatomi K, Narasaki F, Nagashima S, Takatani H, Fukuda M, Kinoshita A, Kohno S. Phase I study of irinotecan and cisplatin with concurrent split-course radiotherapy in limited-disease small-cell lung cancer. Eur J Cancer 2002; 38:1998-2004. [PMID: 12376204 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(02)00191-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We conducted a phase I study of irinotecan (CPT-11) and cisplatin with concurrent split-course radiotherapy in limited-disease small-cell lung cancer (LD-SCLC). This study aimed to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of this therapy. Four chemotherapy cycles of CPT-11 (days 1, 8 and 15) and cisplatin (day 1) were repeated every 28 days. Radiotherapy of 2 Gy/day commenced on day 2 of each chemotherapy cycle with 20 Gy administered from the first to the third cycles (a total of 60 Gy). 17 patients were enrolled at three dose levels (CPT-11/cisplatin: 40/60, 50/60 and 60/60 mg/m(2)), and 16 were evaluable for toxicity and outcome. 2 of 4 patients at 60/60 mg/m(2) refused continuation of therapy because of general fatigue, and the relative dose intensity of CPT-11 at 50/60 mg/m(2) was approximately 50%. These levels were considered as the MTD. Tumour responses included four complete responses (CR), 11 partial responses (PR) and one no change (NC), and the overall response rate was 93.8% (95% confidence interval: (CI) 71.7-98.9%). This combined modality is tolerable, and CPT-11/cisplatin of 40/60 mg/m(2) in this modality is recommended for phase II study.
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Japan.
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Iino M, Kondoh T, Fukuda M, Matsushima R, Hamada Y, Ishii H, Seto K. Partial inferior turbinectomy during secondary alveolar bone grafting. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2002; 31:489-94. [PMID: 12418563 DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study examined the characteristics and outcome of patients undergoing partial inferior turbinectomy during secondary alveolar bone grafting. Thirty-three of 55 patients with cleft lip and palate or cleft lip and alveolus who underwent secondary alveolar bone grafting concurrently received partial inferior turbinectomy to ensure that the height of the nasal floor was similar on the cleft side and non-affected side. At the time of surgery, patients who underwent turbinectomy were significantly older than those who did not undergo the procedure. The proportion of patients who underwent turbinectomy was significantly higher among patients with cleft lip and palate than among those with cleft lip and alveolus. These differences apparently reflected the developmental stage of the inferior turbinate and the relative severity of alveolar and palatal defects. In most patients who underwent partial inferior turbinectomy, postoperative X-ray films revealed excellent bone formation at the graft site. Our findings suggest that partial inferior turbinectomy during secondary alveolar bone grafting is a very useful procedure that facilitates dissection to the height of the nasal floor, reconstruction of the mucosal nasal floor, and formation of a sufficient bone bridge. It also promotes alveolar cleft closure, especially in patients with wide bone defects.
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- Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita-City, Japan.
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BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of stroke-like episodes in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) remains unknown. METHODS Fourteen stroke-like episodes in six patients with MELAS were studied using clinical, neuroradiologic, and electrophysiologic approaches. In two patients postmortem examination was done. RESULTS Headache and epileptic seizure were the most common presenting symptoms. In 13 of 14 episodes the cerebral cortex was primarily involved with variable subcortical edema particularly in the temporal, occipital, and parietal cortex. Repeated MRI performed in two episodes revealed progressive spread of the cortical lesion to the surrounding cortex for a few weeks after the onset of symptoms. In 6 of 11 episodes T1-weighted hyperintense cortical signal compatible with cortical laminar necrosis was seen during subacute stage of the episode. Fat-suppression MRI confirmed intracortical gyral hemorrhage in one episode. Petechial gyral microhemorrhages were also pathologically confirmed in the autopsy of another patient. In 9 of 11 episodes focal epileptiform discharges on EEG were noted in the acute brain lesion. In seven of nine episodes focal cortical hyperperfusion was seen in SPECT studies. CONCLUSION The stroke-like episodes in MELAS may reflect neuronal hyperexcitability, which increases energy demand and creates energy imbalance between energy requirement and adequate availability of adenosine triphosphate due to oxidative phosphorylation defect particularly in the susceptible neuronal population, causing cortical necrosis. The episodic nature of stroke-like episodes is unexplained.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Kasai T, Oka M, Soda H, Tsurutani J, Fukuda M, Nakamura Y, Kawabata S, Nakatomi K, Nagashima S, Takatani H, Fukuda M, Kinoshita A, Kohno S. Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of paclitaxel and irinotecan for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Eur J Cancer 2002; 38:1871-8. [PMID: 12204669 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(02)00231-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We conducted a phase I study of paclitaxel and irinotecan (CPT-11) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to determine the maximum tolerated doses (MTD). The pharmacokinetics of CPT-11 and its major active metabolite, SN-38, were also analysed. Patients received paclitaxel (day 1) followed by CPT-11 (days 1, 8 and 15), in a 4-week cycle, and paclitaxel and CPT-11 were escalated from 120 and 40 mg/m(2), respectively. 28 patients were enrolled, who were evaluated for toxicity. 2 of 6 patients at 210 mg/m(2) paclitaxel and 50 mg/m(2) CPT-11, and 2 of 4 at 180 and 60 mg/m(2) developed dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) (neutropenia, fever, neurotoxicity and diarrhoea). The area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) of CPT-11 on day 1 was significantly higher than that on days 8 or 15 at each dose level (P=0.002). The AUC of SN-38 on day 1 was significantly increased using paclitaxel doses >or=150 mg/m(2). A preceding paclitaxel administration changed the pharmacokinetics of CPT-11 and SN-38. However, the toxicity was tolerable. Paclitaxel 180 mg/m(2) and CPT-11 50 mg/m(2) were the recommended doses for further phase II study of this combination.
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
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Senda T, Takahashi Y, Sato N, Uragami Y, Masai E, Fukuda M. Crystal structures of reaction intermediates of an extradiol-cleaving catecholic dioxygenase. Acta Crystallogr A 2002. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767302089791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Hirai K, Kumakiri M, Ueda K, Imamura Y, Noriki S, Nishi Y, Kato H, Fukuda M. Clonal evolution and progression of 20-methylcholanthrene-induced squamous cell carcinoma of mouse epidermis as revealed by DNA instability and other malignancy markers. Eur J Histochem 2002; 45:319-32. [PMID: 11846000 DOI: 10.4081/1641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We examined the clonal evolution of skin malignant lesions by repeated topical applications of 20-methylcholanthrene (20-MC) to the skin, which induces hyperplastic epidermis, papillomatous lesion and invasive carcinoma in mice. The lesions were examined histologically and immunohistochemically with anti-single-stranded DNA after acid hydrolysis (DNA-instability test), p53, VEGF, DFF45, PCNA and AgNORs parameters analyses. Multiple clones with increased DNA instability comparable to that of invasive carcinoma were noted in early-stage (2-6 weeks) hyperplastic epidermis, and their number increased in middle (7-11 weeks), and late-stages (12-25 weeks) of hyperplastic epidermis, indicating that they belong to the malignancy category. All papillomatous lesions and invasive carcinomas showed a positive DNA-instability test. Positive immunostaining for various biomarkers and AgNORs parameters appeared in clones with a positive DNA-instability test in early-or middle-stage hyperplastic epidermis, and markedly increased in late-stage hyperplastic epidermis, papillomatous lesions and invasive carcinomas. The percentage of PCNA-positive vascular endothelial cells was significantly higher in VEGF-positive lesions with a positive DNA-instability test and became higher toward the late-stage of progression. Cut-woundings were made to papillomatous and invasive carcinoma lesions, and the regeneration activity of vascular endothelial cells was determined by using flash labeling with tritiated thymidine (3H-TdR). In small papillomatous lesions, vascular endothelial cells showed regenerative response, but the response was weak in large lesions. No such response was noted in invasive carcinomas; rather, cut-wounding induced collapse of blood vessels, which in turn induced massive coagulative necrosis of cancer cells. These responses can be interpreted to reflect exhausted vascular growth activity due to excessive stimulation by VEGF-overexpression, which was persistently seen from hyperplastic epidermis to invasive carcinoma.
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- Department of Dermatology, Fukui Medical University, Yoshida-Gun, Japan
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Iwasa M, Imamura Y, Noriki S, Nishi Y, Kato H, Fukuda M. Immunohistochemical detection of early-stage carcinogenesis of oral leukoplakia by increased DNA-instability and various malignancy markers. Eur J Histochem 2002; 45:333-46. [PMID: 11846001 DOI: 10.4081/1642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The degree of DNA instability as determined by immunohistochemical staining with anti-single-stranded DNA antibody after acid hydrolysis (the DNA instability test) was used as a marker of malignancy. The test was applied to tissues of oral leukoplakia assessed histopathologically as hyperplasia (38 cases), mild (12 cases), moderate (11 cases) and severe (8 cases) dysplasia, and invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC, 20 cases). Tissues were subjected to immunohistochemical staining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), p53, DNA-fragmentation factor 45 (DFF45), analysis of various AgNORs parameters, and triple immunostaining for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), CD34, and PCNA. The DNA instability test was positive in 20 (100%) SCC cases, 8 (100%) severe dysplasia cases, 8 (72.7%) moderate dysplasia cases, 6 (50.0%) mild dysplasia cases, and 9 (23.7%) hyperplasia cases, indicating malignancy. The proportion of lesions positive for PCNA, p53, DFF45, and values of AgNORs parameters steadily increased from hyperplasia to mild, moderate and severe dysplasia, and SCC, especially in those showing positive DNA instability test, indicative of malignancy. Based on these results, 44.9% of leukoplakia were malignant tissues, namely carcinoma in situ. The proportion of PCNA-positive vascular endothelial cells in the vicinity of VEGF-positive epithelial lesion was significantly higher than that of negative DNA instability lesions, as revealed by immunohistochemical triple staining for VEGF, CD34, and PCNA. Our results suggest that increased DNA instability, enhanced proliferative activity, p53 mutation, and induction of DFF45 and VEGF may allow cancer cell proliferation, enhance their survival by escaping apoptosis, and provide abundant nutrients during early-stage carcinogenesis of oral leukoplakia.
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- Department of Pathology, Fukui Medical University, Yoshida-Gun, Japan
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Feigin A, Ghilardi MF, Fukuda M, Mentis MJ, Dhawan V, Barnes A, Ghez CP, Eidelberg D. Effects of levodopa infusion on motor activation responses in Parkinson's disease. Neurology 2002; 59:220-6. [PMID: 12136061 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.59.2.220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Clinical improvement with levodopa therapy for PD is associated with specific regional changes in cerebral glucose metabolism. However, it is unknown how these effects of treatment in the resting state relate to alterations in brain function that occur during movement. In this study, the authors used PET to assess the effects of levodopa on motor activation responses and determined how these changes related to on-line recordings of movement speed and accuracy. METHODS Seven right-handed PD patients were scanned with H(2)15O/PET while performing a predictable paced sequence of reaching movements and while observing the same screen displays and tones. PET studies were performed during "on" and "off" states with an individually titrated constant rate levodopa infusion; movements were kinematically controlled across treatment conditions. RESULTS Levodopa improved "off" state UPDRS motor ratings (34%; p < 0.006) and movement time (18%; p = 0.001). Spatial errors worsened during levodopa infusion (24%; p = 0.02). Concurrent regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) recordings revealed significant enhancement of motor activation responses in the posterior putamen bilaterally (p < 0.001), left ventral thalamus (p < 0.002), and pons (p < 0.005). Movement time improvement with treatment correlated with rCBF increases in the left globus pallidus and left ventral thalamus (p < 0.01). By contrast, the increase in spatial errors correlated with rCBF increases in the cerebellar vermis (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION These results suggest that levodopa infusion may improve aspects of motor performance while worsening others. Different components of the motor cortico-striato-pallido-thalamo-cortical loop and related pathways may underlie motor improvement and adverse motoric effects of levodopa therapy for PD.
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- A Feigin
- Center for Neurosciences, North Shore-LIJ Research Institute, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
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Suzuki T, Ogawa Y, Chiba M, Fukuda M, Iwasa N, Izumikawa T, Kanungo R, Kawamura Y, Ozawa A, Suda T, Tanihata I, Watanabe S, Yamaguchi T, Yamaguchi Y. Momentum distribution of 15B fragments from the breakup of 17B. Phys Rev Lett 2002; 89:012501. [PMID: 12097037 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.012501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The two-neutron removal cross section (sigma(-2n)) and the longitudinal momentum distribution of 15B fragments from the breakup of 17B on 9Be were measured at 70A MeV. The distribution in the projectile rest frame is characterized by a FWHM of 80+/-10 MeV/c for 15B. The sigma(-2n) is found to be 0.22+/-0.05 b. A Glauber-type analysis of the data provides clear evidence of a two-neutron halo structure in 17B.
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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To investigate further the pharmacological mechanism of an anti-migraine drug, sumatriptan, a 5-HT1B/1D receptor agonist, we studied its effect on the cerebral circulation in seven anaesthetized rats, particularly during hypercapnia. After injection of 0.6 or 6.0 microg/kg sumatriptan succinate, no significant change in cerebral blood flow (CBF) was observed either in the striatum or in the parietal cortex. The increase in CBF both in the parietal cortex and the striatum during 5% CO2 inhalation was significantly less when sumatriptan succinate 6.0 microg/kg was injected. Sumatriptan appeared to have a vasoconstrictor effect on the relaxed vessels by CO2 inhalation. This mechanism might be attributable to vasoconstriction through activation of 5-HT1B receptors located in the vascular smooth muscle rather than 5-HT1B receptors in the vascular adventitia.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan.
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Kubo K, Akemoto M, Anderson S, Aoki T, Araki S, Bane KLF, Blum P, Corlett J, Dobashi K, Emma P, Frisch J, Fukuda M, Guo Z, Hasegawa K, Hayano H, Higo T, Higurashi A, Honda Y, Iimura T, Imai T, Jobe K, Kamada S, Karataev P, Kashiwagi S, Kim E, Kobuki T, Kotseroglou T, Kurihara Y, Kuriki M, Kuroda R, Kuroda S, Lee T, Luo X, McCormick DJ, McKee B, Mimashi T, Minty M, Muto T, Naito T, Naumenko G, Nelson J, Nguyen MN, Oide K, Okugi T, Omori T, Oshima T, Pei G, Potylitsyn A, Qin Q, Raubenheimer T, Ross M, Sakai H, Sakai I, Schmidt F, Slaton T, Smith H, Smith S, Smith T, Suzuki T, Takano M, Takeda S, Terunuma N, Toge N, Turner J, Urakawa J, Vogel V, Woodley M, Yocky J, Young A, Zimmermann F. Extremely low vertical-emittance beam in the accelerator test facility at KEK. Phys Rev Lett 2002; 88:194801. [PMID: 12005637 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.194801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Electron beams with the lowest, normalized transverse emittance recorded so far were produced and confirmed in single-bunch-mode operation of the Accelerator Test Facility at KEK. We established a tuning method of the damping ring which achieves a small vertical dispersion and small x-y orbit coupling. The vertical emittance was less than 1% of the horizontal emittance. At the zero-intensity limit, the vertical normalized emittance was less than 2.8 x 10(-8) rad m at beam energy 1.3 GeV. At high intensity, strong effects of intrabeam scattering were observed, which had been expected in view of the extremely high particle density due to the small transverse emittance.
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- K Kubo
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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Wachi M, Tomikawa M, Fukuda M, Kameyama S, Kasahara K, Sasagawa M, Shirane S, Kanazawa O, Yoshino M, Aoki S, Sohma Y. Neuropsychological changes after surgical treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2002; 42 Suppl 6:4-8. [PMID: 11902321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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PURPOSE The effect of unilateral temporal lobectomy on seizure frequency is well recognized, but little is known about the neuropsychological changes that occur after surgical treatment. We assessed neuropsychological status in 26 patients with an average age of 35 years before and after unilateral temporal lobectomy for medically intractable TLE. METHODS Neuropsychological examination to assess cognitive function, memory, attention, visuospatial analysis, language, and emotional functions was performed preoperatively and at 1 month and 1 year after the surgery. RESULTS At both 1 month and 1 year after the surgery, the patients had improved scores, compared with the preoperative scores, on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R: verbal IQ, performance IQ, and full-scale IQ), Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R: verbal, general, and delayed paired associates memory), and Raven Colored Progressive Matrices. In the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), significant decreases were observed at 1 year after the surgery in the scores for infrequency, hypochondriasis, psychasthenia, and schizophrenia. Patients in whom the seizures had been relieved postoperatively also had improved scores on the WAIS-R, WMS-R, and Raven Colored Progressive Matrices. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that neuropsychological improvement postoperatively is influenced by the reduction in the frequency of seizures after surgery.
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- M Wachi
- Division of Psychiatry, National Nishi-Niigata-Chuo Hospital, Masago, Japan
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Kameyama S, Fukuda M, Tomikawa M, Morota N, Oishi M, Wachi M, Kanazawa O, Sasagawa M, Kakita A, Takahashi H. Surgical strategy and outcomes for epileptic patients with focal cortical dysplasia or dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor. Epilepsia 2002; 42 Suppl 6:37-41. [PMID: 11902320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to clarify and compare the influence of surgical strategy on relief from seizures in patients with focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and those with dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT). METHODS Six patients with FCD and five patients with DNT, all of whom underwent surgical resection for medically intractable epilepsy, were compared in terms of presurgical seizure types and frequency, location of lesions, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with 99mTc-ECD, scalp electroencephalogram (EEG), and long-term video-EEG recording. Prolonged subdural recordings and intraoperative electrocorticograms (ECoG) were analyzed. The influences of surgical strategies on seizure outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS In all the FCD patients, ictal SPECT revealed hyperperfusion in the regions where MRI showed FCD. Interictal epileptiform activity and ictal seizure onset on ECoG performed with subdural electrodes were localized on the FCD itself. In contrast, the tumors of all the DNT patients were depicted as hypoperfuse areas on interictal SPECT scans. Ictal SPECT in one DNT patient showed hyperperfusion in the area enclosing the tumor. Interictal spiking in all DNT patients and ictal seizure onset in two DNT patients were not in the lesions themselves but in an area enclosing the lesion. All but one patient with FCD who underwent total lesionectomy became seizure free. All DNT patients who underwent resection of the epileptogenic cortex associated with lesionectomy became seizure free or achieved a 90% reduction in seizures. CONCLUSIONS FCD has intrinsic epileptogenicity, whereas DNT is encompassed by epileptogenic cortical areas. Therefore, total lesionectomy is an essential strategy for FCD, whereas resection of the epileptic focus associated with lesionectomy of a DNT lesion is necessary to control seizures.
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, National Nishi-Niigata Central Hospital, Masago, Japan
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Shindo T, Kurihara H, Maemura K, Kurihara Y, Ueda O, Suzuki H, Kuwaki T, Ju KH, Wang Y, Ebihara A, Nishimatsu H, Moriyama N, Fukuda M, Akimoto Y, Hirano H, Morita H, Kumada M, Yazaki Y, Nagai R, Kimura K. Renal damage and salt-dependent hypertension in aged transgenic mice overexpressing endothelin-1. J Mol Med (Berl) 2002; 80:105-16. [PMID: 11907647 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-001-0284-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2001] [Accepted: 08/28/2001] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The recent development of endothelin-1 (ET-1) antagonists and their potential use in the treatment of human disease raises questions as to the role of ET-1 in the pathophysiology of such cardiovascular ailments as hypertension, heart failure, renal failure and atherosclerosis. It is still unclear, for example, whether activation of an endogenous ET-1 system is itself the primary cause of any of these ailments. In that context, the phenotypic manifestations of chronic ET-1 overproduction may provide clues about the tissues and systems affected by ET-1. We therefore established two lines of transgenic mice overexpressing the ET-1 gene under the direction of its own promoter. These mice exhibited low body weight, diminished fur density and two- to fourfold increases in the ET-1 levels measured in plasma, heart, kidney and aorta. There were no apparent histological abnormalities in the visceral organs of young (8 weeks old) transgenic mice, nor was their blood pressure elevated. In aged (12 months old) transgenic mice, however, renal manifestations, including prominent interstitial fibrosis, renal cysts, glomerulosclerosis and narrowing of arterioles, were detected. These pathological changes were accompanied by decreased creatinine clearance, elevated urinary protein excretion and salt-dependent hypertension. It thus appears that mild, chronic overproduction of ET-1 does not primarily cause hypertension but triggers damaging changes in the kidney which lead to the susceptibility to salt-induced hypertension.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Ishida H, Kumakiri M, Ueda K, Lao LM, Yanagihara M, Asamoto K, Imamura Y, Noriki S, Fukuda M. Comparative histochemical study of Bowen's disease and actinic keratosis: preserved normal basal cells in Bowen's disease. Eur J Histochem 2002; 45:177-90. [PMID: 11512639 DOI: 10.4081/1628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The degree of DNA-instability as revealed by immunohistochemical staining with anti-cytidine antibody after acid hydrolysis (DNA-instability test) has been recently used as a marker of malignancy. This technique was applied to examine 17 skin tissue samples of Bowen's disease, 47 of actinic keratosis, 15 of squamous cell carcinoma, 5 of seborrheic keratosis, and 10 of normal skin. All benign neoplastic cells of seborrheic keratosis and normal epidermal cells were negative. On the other hand, all cancer cells were positive with the DNA-instability test, indicating their malignancy, but all basal cells in Bowen's disease were completely negative. Compatible with this result, the basal cells in Bowen's disease were characteristically normal as evident in other histochemical examinations. Thus, they were negative with p53 immunohistochemistry, with normal signals of chromosome 17 in situ hybridisation and argyrophilic nucleolar organiser region, and showed slightly enhanced proliferative activity as revealed by proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunohistochemistry. Immunohistochemical staining with 34 beta E12 (monoclonal antibody against cytokeratins 1, 5, 10, and 14), which stains all normal epidermal keratinocytes including basal cells, showed that only the basal cells of Bowen's disease stained strongly and homogeneously, while all cancer cells in the upper layers of Bowen's disease and all layers of actinic keratosis were only sporadically or weakly stained. Staining with 34 beta B4 (monoclonal antibody against cytokeratin 1), which recognises the whole epidermis except for the basal layer in the normal epidermis, showed that the basal cells in the Bowen's disease were completely negative, and lower layer cells in the actinic keratosis and upper layer cells in Bowen's disease were only sporadically stained positive, although the superficial layer cells in actinic keratosis stained strongly and homogeneously. Our findings clearly indicate that the basal cells in Bowen's disease are normal. In support of this conclusion, the same cells showed normal morphology on electron microscopy with preserved basement membrane, although the latter was often damaged in actinic keratosis.
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- Department of Dermatology, Fukui Medical University, Yoshida-Gun, Japan
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- Glycobiology Program, Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Futaki S, Fukuda M, Omote M, Yamauchi K, Yagami T, Niwa M, Sugiura Y. Alamethicin-leucine zipper hybrid peptide: a prototype for the design of artificial receptors and ion channels. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:12127-34. [PMID: 11734010 DOI: 10.1021/ja011166i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this report, we describe a novel concept of extramembrane control of channel peptide assembly and the eventual channel current modulation. Alamethicin is a peptide antibiotic, which usually forms ion channels in various association states. By introducing an extramembrane leucine zipper segment (Alm-LeuZ), the association number of alamethicin was effectively controlled to produce a single predominant channel open state. The assembly was estimated to be a tetramer, by comparison of the channel conductance with that of the template-assembled Alm-LeuZ tetramer, which was prepared by the conjugation of a maleimide-functionalized peptide template with cysteine-derivatized Alm-LeuZ segments. Employment of an extramembrane segment of a random conformation provided higher levels of channel conductance. The result exemplified the possibility of channel current control by a conformational switch of the extramembrane segments.
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- S Futaki
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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Feigin A, Fukuda M, Dhawan V, Przedborski S, Jackson-Lewis V, Mentis MJ, Moeller JR, Eidelberg D. Metabolic correlates of levodopa response in Parkinson's disease. Neurology 2001; 57:2083-8. [PMID: 11739830 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.57.11.2083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of levodopa on resting-state brain metabolism in PD. BACKGROUND In previous studies the authors used [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and PET to quantify regional metabolic abnormalities in PD. They found that this disease is characterized reproducibly by a specific abnormal PD-related pattern (PDRP). In this study the authors used IV levodopa infusion to quantify the effects of dopamine replacement on regional metabolism and PDRP network activity. They tested the hypothesis that clinical response to dopaminergic therapy correlates with these metabolic changes. METHODS The authors used FDG/PET to measure resting-state regional brain metabolism in seven patients with PD (age, 59.4 +/- 4.2 years; Hoehn and Yahr stage, 1.9 +/- 0.7, mean +/- SD); subjects were scanned both off levodopa and during an individually titrated constant-rate IV levodopa infusion. The authors used statistical parametric mapping to identify significant changes in regional brain metabolism that occurred with this intervention. They also quantified levodopa-induced changes in PDRP expression. Metabolic changes with levodopa correlated with clinical improvement as measured by changes in Unified PD Rating Scale (UPDRS) motor scores. RESULTS Levodopa infusion improved UPDRS motor ratings (30.6% +/- 12.0%, p < 0.002) and significantly decreased regional glucose metabolism in the left putamen, right thalamus, bilateral cerebellum, and left primary motor cortex (p < 0.001). Changes in pallidal metabolism correlated significantly with clinical improvement in UPDRS motor ratings (p < 0.01). Levodopa infusion also resulted in a significant (p = 0.01) decline in PDRP expression. The changes in PDRP activity mediated by levodopa correlated significantly with clinical improvement in UPDRS motor ratings (r = -0.78, p < 0.04). CONCLUSION Levodopa reduces brain metabolism in the putamen, thalamus, and cerebellum in patients with PD. Additionally, levodopa reduces PD-related pattern activity, and the degree of network suppression correlates with clinical improvement. The response to dopaminergic therapy in Patients with PD may be determined by the modulation of cortico-striato-pallido-thalamocortical pathways.
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- A Feigin
- Center for Neuroscience Research, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
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Oka M, Fukuda M, Nagashima S, Fukuda M, Kinoshita A, Soda H, Doi S, Narasaki F, Suenaga M, Takatani H, Nakamura Y, Kawabata S, Tsurutani J, Kanda T, Kohno S. Phase I study of second-line chemotherapy with docetaxel and carboplatin in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2001; 48:446-50. [PMID: 11800024 DOI: 10.1007/s002800100369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Docetaxel and carboplatin have a broad spectrum of antitumor activity. We conducted a phase I study of docetaxel and carboplatin as second-line chemotherapy in previously treated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and the dose-limiting toxicities in this second-line combination chemotherapy. METHODS Patients with advanced NSCLC were treated with escalating docetaxel doses in combination with a fixed-target area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) of 5 mg min/ml of carboplatin on day 1 of a 3-4-week cycle. The carboplatin dose was determined by multiplying the AUC by the clearance predicted using the Chatelut formula. The docetaxel dose was escalated from 40 mg/m2 to the MTD by 10 mg/m2 increments. RESULTS A total of 16 patients previously treated with anticancer drugs were enrolled through three dose levels (40, 50 and 60 mg/m2 of docetaxel). All patients were assessable for toxicity and response. The MTD was docetaxel 60 mg/m2 with a carboplatin target AUC of 5 mg min/ml, and the dose-limiting toxicities in two of four patients were neutropenia and thrombocytopenia. Overall, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia of grade 3/4 occurred in eight patients (50%) and three patients (19%), respectively. Four patients (25%) and two patients (13%) experienced both grade 1 diarrhea and dermatitis, respectively. Allergic reactions, fluid retention, pneumonitis, neurotoxicity and mucositis were not observed. Of 16 patients, 5 showed an objective response (response rate 31%; 95% CI 14-56%). CONCLUSIONS The combination of docetaxel and carboplatin is a feasible and well-tolerated second-line chemotherapy regimen in the treatment of NSCLC. Docetaxel 50 mg/m2 under the carboplatin target AUC of 5 mg x min/ml using the Chatelut formula was the recommended dose for phase II study.
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Japan.
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Ito T, Fujieda S, Tsuzuki H, Sunaga H, Fukuda M, Saito H. Appearance of bax protein after preoperative chemoradiotherapy is a prognostic factor in maxillary cancer. Acta Otolaryngol 2001; 121:967-72. [PMID: 11813905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The prognosis for maxillary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) remains poor, despite advances in combination therapy. Combined treatment with anticancer drugs and radiation therapy is aimed at inducing apoptosis. As apoptosis is regulated by several proteins, we investigated the expression of p53, Bax and Bcl-2 in maxillary SCC before treatment and after preoperative chemoradiotherapy using an immunohistochemical approach. Furthermore, apoptotic cells were visualized using an in situ apoptosis detection kit and the apoptosis index (AI) was defined as the number of positive cancer cells per 1,000 cancer cells. Expression of p53 and Bcl-2 and the Al in 23 maxillary SCCs were not associated with tumor size, lymph node metastasis, clinical stage, frequency of recurrence or 5-year survival rate either before treatment or after preoperative chemoradiotherapy. Bax expression before treatment was not correlated with any clinicopathological factors before treatment. However, no patients in the Bax-positive group (11/22 cases) after preoperative chemoradiotherapy had recurrence of maxillary SCC and all were alive after 5 years, while the 5-year survival rate was 34.1% in Bax-negative patients. These results suggest that the appearance of the Bax protein after preoperative chemoradiotherapy is a significant prognostic marker for maxillary SCC.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fukui Medical University, Japan
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Fujise H, Higa K, Kanemaru T, Fukuda M, Adragna NC, Lauf PK. GSH depletion, K-Cl cotransport, and regulatory volume decrease in high-K/high-GSH dog red blood cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2001; 281:C2003-9. [PMID: 11698259 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2001.281.6.c2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Thiol reagents activate K-Cl cotransport (K-Cl COT), the Cl-dependent and Na-independent ouabain-resistant K flux, in red blood cells (RBCs) of several species, upon depletion of cellular glutathione (GSH). K-Cl COT is physiologically active in high potassium (HK), high GSH (HG) dog RBCs. In this unique model, we studied whether the same inverse relationship exists between GSH levels and K-Cl COT activity found in other species. The effects of GSH depletion by three different chemical reactions [nitrite (NO(2))-mediated oxidation, diazene dicarboxylic acid bis-N,N-dimethylamide (diamide)-induced dithiol formation, and glutathione S-transferase (GST)-catalyzed conjugation of GSH with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB)] were tested on K-Cl COT and regulatory volume decrease (RVD). After 85% GSH depletion, all three interventions stimulated K-Cl COT half-maximally with the following order of potency: diamide > NO(2) > CDNB. Repletion of GSH reversed K-Cl COT stimulation by 50%. Cl-dependent RVD accompanied K-Cl COT activation by NO(2) and diamide. K-Cl COT activation at concentration ratios of oxidant/GSH greater than unity was irreversible, suggesting either nitrosothiolation, heterodithiol formation, or GST-mediated dinitrophenylation of protein thiols. The data support the hypothesis that an intact redox system, rather than the absolute GSH levels, protects K-Cl COT activity and cell volume regulation from thiol modification.
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- Laboratory of Pathobiochemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229, Japan
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B/K protein belongs to a family of C-terminal-type (C-type) tandem C2 proteins that contain two C2 Ca(2+)-binding motifs at the C-terminus. Although other C-type tandem C2 proteins have been found to have a unique N-terminal domain that is involved in membrane anchoring (e.g. synaptotagmin) or specific ligand binding (e.g. rabphilin-3A and Doc2), no research has been conducted on the function of the N-terminal domain of B/K protein. In this study we showed that despite lacking a transmembrane domain, both native and recombinant B/K proteins are tightly bound to the membrane fraction, which was completely resistant to 0.1 M Na(2)CO(3), pH 11, or 1 M NaCl treatment. Deletion and mutation analyses indicated that the cysteine cluster at the N-terminal domain (consisting of seven cysteine residues, Cys-19, Cys-23, Cys-26, Cys-27, Cys-30, Cys-35 and Cys-36) is essential for the membrane localization of B/K protein. When wild-type B/K was expressed in PC12 cells, B/K proteins were localized mainly in the perinuclear region (trans-Golgi network), whereas mutant B/K proteins carrying Cys-to-Ala substitutions were present in the cytosol. Based on our findings, we propose that the N-terminal domain of B/K protein contains a novel cysteine-based protein motif that may allow B/K protein to localize in the trans-Golgi network.
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- M Fukuda
- Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Fukuda M, Fukuda K, Andersen CY, Byskov AG. Characteristics of human ovulation in natural cycles correlated with age and achievement of pregnancy. Hum Reprod 2001; 16:2501-7. [PMID: 11726566 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.12.2501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate whether characteristics of human ovulation correlate with age and pregnancy potential. METHODS Two groups of women with regular menstrual cycles were included (i.e. one fertile and one infertile group), which were divided into four age groups (< or =29, 30-34, 35-39, > or = 40 years). Monitoring included observations of follicular phase length, whether ovulations occurred from the left or right ovary, the pattern of ovulations in succeeding natural cycles and, in a subset of women, early follicular phase FSH concentrations. RESULTS Ovulation moving from one ovary to the other in two consecutive cycles (i.e. contralateral ovulation) was inversely correlated with age, showing a ratio of contralateral ovulation per contra plus ipsilateral ovulations (C/C+I) of 62% in women <29 years, gradually decreasing to 42% in women >40 years. The ratio of right-sided ovulation per right plus left-sided ovulations (R/R+L) was unrelated to age and remained almost constant at a level of approximately 55%. The follicular phase length was inversely correlated with age, being 16.2 +/- 2.9, 15.4 +/- 2.9, 14.8 +/- 2.8 and 13.7 +/- 1.3 days in women < 29, 30-34, 35-39 and >40 years of age respectively. The follicular phase length was similar when comparing ovulations occurring from the right and left ovary, but comparing two successive cycles, the length of the follicular phase of the second cycle, showing contralateral ovulation, was shorter than ipsilateral ovulation with two consecutive ovulations in the same ovary. The pregnancy rate of the four groups decreased with age, being 14, 12, 5 and 3% respectively. The C/C+I ratio correlates with pregnancy rate and follicular phase length, and inversely correlates with basal FSH, whereas R/R+L is unrelated to age and pregnancy rate. CONCLUSIONS Human ovulation shows characteristics related to age. The interaction between the two ovaries seems to be most pronounced in the younger years, where ovulations jump from one ovary to the other more frequently than later on in life. The C/C+I ratio shows a clear correlation with age and pregnancy rate.
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- Fukuda Ladies Clinic, 30-9 Kariya, Ako, Hyogo 678-0239, Japan.
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Asai T, Ohkubo T, Katsuya T, Higaki J, Fu Y, Fukuda M, Hozawa A, Matsubara M, Kitaoka H, Tsuji I, Araki T, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y, Ogihara T. Endothelin-1 gene variant associates with blood pressure in obese Japanese subjects: the Ohasama Study. Hypertension 2001; 38:1321-4. [PMID: 11751711 DOI: 10.1161/hy1101.095333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A recent report based on the results of 2 epidemiological studies, the Etude Cas-Temoin de l'Infarctus Myocarde (ECTIM) and the Glasgow Heart Scan Study, revealed that a G/T polymorphism with an amino acid substitution (Lys-->Asn) at codon 198 in exon 5 of the endothelin-1 gene (ET-1) is associated with blood pressure in overweight people. They suggested that G/T polymorphism of ET-1 strongly interacted with body mass index (BMI) in the determination of BP levels. To examine interaction among G/T polymorphism of ET-1, BMI, and BP, we performed an association study in a general Japanese population. Subjects (n=1250) were recruited from Ohasama, a cohort in a rural community of northern Japan. DNA was extracted from buffy coat of participants, and G/T polymorphism of ET-1 was determined by the TaqMan probe polymerase chain reaction method, a powerful tool for semiautomatic genotype determination of a large number of samples. Frequency of T (Asn 198) allele in Japanese (27%) was slightly but significantly higher than in whites (24%). Baseline characteristics (age, BMI, systolic and diastolic BP, and antihypertensive treatment) of all subjects were not significantly different according to the genotype of G/T polymorphism. However, in obese subjects (> or =25 kg/m(2)) diastolic BPs were significantly associated with G/T polymorphism of ET-1. After adjustment for confounding factors, significant association remained; for overweight subjects, diastolic BP level in those with T allele (GT + TT) was 1.8 mm Hg (P=0.04) higher than in those with GG genotype. That similar results were obtained from subjects of different races suggests that the Lys198Asn polymorphism of ET-1 is involved in determination of BP levels in obese subjects.
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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Matsubayashi Y, Fukuda M, Nishida E. Evidence for existence of a nuclear pore complex-mediated, cytosol-independent pathway of nuclear translocation of ERK MAP kinase in permeabilized cells. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:41755-60. [PMID: 11546808 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106012200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The classical mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK, also known as ERK) pathway is widely involved in eukaryotic signal transductions. In response to extracellular stimuli, MAPK becomes activated and translocates from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. At least two pathways for the nuclear import of MAPK are shown to exist; passive diffusion of a monomer and Ran-dependent active transport of a dimer, the detailed molecular mechanism of which is unknown. In this study, we have reconstituted nuclear import of MAPK in vitro by using digitonin-permeabilized cells with GFP-fused MAPK protein (GFP-MAPK), which is too large to pass through the nuclear pore by passive diffusion. GFP-MAPK was able to accumulate in the nucleus irrespective of its phosphorylation state. This import of GFP-MAPK occurred even in the absence of any soluble cytosolic factors or ATP but was inhibited by wheat germ agglutinin or an excess amount of importin-beta or at low temperatures. Moreover, MAPK directly bound to an FG repeat region of nucleoporin CAN/Nup214 in vitro. Taken together, these results suggest the third pathway for nuclear import of MAPK, in which MAPK passes through the nuclear pore by directly interacting with the nuclear pore complex.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirekawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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