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Matsumura T, Yano M, Ishii N, Taketa K, Kinoshita H, Nishikawa T, Araki E. Abstract: P981 STATINS MEDIATE ANTI-ATHEROSCLEROTIC EFFECT VIA PPARΓ ACTIVATION IN MACROPHAGES. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(09)71102-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kinoshita H, Matsumura T, Ishii N, Taketa K, Nishikawa T, Araki E. Abstract: P721 L-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER, AZELNIDIPINE SUPPRESSES OX-LDL-INDUCED MACROPHAGE PROLIFERATION. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(09)70889-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ishii N, Matsumura T, Taketa K, Kinoshita H, Nishikawa T, Araki E. Abstract: P719 NIFEDIPINE SUPPRESSES THE PROGRESSION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS THROUGH THE ACTIVATION OF PPARΓ. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(09)70887-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Taketa K, Matsumura T, Yano M, Ishii N, Kinoshita H, Nishikawa T, Araki E. Abstract: 624 OX-LDL ACTIVATES PPARΓ TROUGH MAPK-DEPENDENT COX-2 EXPRESSION IN MACROPHAGES. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(09)70366-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kunihisa M, Ueda H, Fukino N, Matsumoto S, Akasaki T, Amagai M, Arakawa K, Asami I, Asao H, Chiba N, Hirano M, Ishikawa M, Kai H, Kitahara K, Koshikawa K, Maeda F, Nishikawa T, Niwa Y, Noda T, Nomura T, Nomura T, Numata S, Osaki M, Saegusa T, Shimizu K, Shimomura K, Takemoto K, Takeuchi Y, Tasaki K, Yamamoto Y, Yasuda M, Yoshimura Y. Genotyping of Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.) Cultivars by DNA Markers: Interlaboratory Study. J AOAC Int 2009. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/92.3.896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Fourteen Japanese laboratories validated the reproducibility of genotyping by 25 cleavage amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) markers for discrimination of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.) cultivars. Both the sensitivity and specificity rate of 12 markers were 100, those of another 12 were >95, and those of 1 were >90. These results indicate that the method of genotyping by the CAPS markers was highly reproducible and could provide a useful basis for practical identification of strawberry cultivars. This is the first report of the statistical validation of crop genotyping by DNA markers.
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Tominaga K, Yoshioka I, Yamashita Y, Habu M, Iwanaga K, Khanal A, Nishikawa T. A novel modification of a bone repositioning device and a new technique for reestablishing facial contours after mandibular resection surgery. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2009; 38:377-81. [PMID: 19272753 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2008] [Revised: 05/28/2008] [Accepted: 02/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A novel modification of a bone repositioning device previously published by the same authors is introduced. A flexible tube to define the intersegmental bony relationship is filled with light-cured resin. It solidifies following exposure to strong visible light for about 1 min. This technique can be used for bone positioning after mandibular resection surgery and during positioning of the proximal segment after sagittal split ramus osteotomy. The authors also propose a simple method for determining the contour of the reconstructed mandible to regain the original shape and form. The advantage of this technique is its simplicity and flexibility compared with other methods of bone positioning during mandibular segmental surgery.
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Nishikawa T, Ueba T, Kajiwara M, Iwata R, Yamashita K. Combined Treatment of Ruptured Aneurysm Accompanied by Intraventricular Hemorrhage; Neuroendoscopy and Coiling: Case Report. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 51:354-7. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Masuda A, Nishikawa T, Yamamoto T, Kobayashi M. Simple method for Photoshop-aided double immunohistochemistry--usage of 'image stack' function. Histopathology 2008; 53:609-10. [PMID: 18764878 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2008.03124.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ota T, Aoki-Ota M, Tsunoda K, Nishikawa T, Koyasu S, Amagai M. Autoreactive B-cell elimination by pathogenic IgG specific for the same antigen: implications for peripheral tolerance. Int Immunol 2008; 20:1351-60. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Kimura T, Sato K, Nishikawa T, Tobe Y, Masaki Y. Effect of mivazerol, a alpha-agonist, on striatal norepinephrine concentration during transient forebrain ischemia in rats. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2008; 52:997-1002. [PMID: 18494845 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01683.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have previously reported that mivazerol, a alpha(2)-agonist, possibly provides neuroprotection against transient forebrain ischemia in rats. This study was designed to investigate the ability of mivazerol to attenuate ischemia-induced increase in striatal norepinephrine concentration after transient forebrain ischemia in rats. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats, anesthetized with halothane, were assigned to one of three groups (n=10 each); control (C, normal saline 1 ml/kg), mivazerol 20 microg/kg (M20), and 40 microg/kg (M40) groups. Monitored variables included temporal muscle temperature (maintained at 37.5+/-0.1 degrees C), electroencephalogram, systolic/diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, arterial blood gases, and blood glucose concentrations. Thirty minutes after subcutaneous drug administration, forebrain ischemia was induced with hemorrhagic hypotension (systolic arterial pressure: 40-50 mmHg) and bilateral carotid artery occlusion for 10 min, and then the brain was reperfused. Norepinephrine concentration in the interstitial fluids in the striatum was analyzed using in vivo microdialysis in combination with high-performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS Ischemia resulted in a prompt increase in norepinephrine concentrations in the striatum in all groups. However, there were no significant differences in norepinephrine concentrations in the striatum between the three groups at any period. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that mivazerol did not attenuate ischemia-induced increase in striatal norepinephrine concentration. This suggests that the possible neuroprotective property of mivazerol is not related to inhibition of norepinephrine release in the brain.
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Toshina K, Hirata I, Maemura K, Sasaki S, Murano M, Nitta M, Yamauchi H, Nishikawa T, Hamamoto N, Katsu K. Enprostil, a Prostaglandin-E2 Analogue, Inhibits Interleukin-8 Production of Human Colonic Epithelial Cell Lines. Scand J Immunol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2000.00815.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hashimoto T, Ishiko A, Shimizu H, Bhocal BS, Black MM, Nishikawa T. Reply. Br J Dermatol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb07395.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kwon EJ, Yamagami J, Nishikawa T, Amagai M. Anti-desmoglein IgG autoantibodies in patients with pemphigus in remission. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2008; 22:1070-5. [PMID: 18410336 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Desmoglein (Dsg) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a highly sensitive and specific method to detect anti-Dsg3 and anti-Dsg1 IgG autoantibodies in pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF), respectively. Whereas ELISA index values fluctuate in parallel with disease activity, ELISA positivity during clinical remission has been observed. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of positive Dsg ELISA index values during clinical remission. To ascertain how positive Dsg ELISA scores during remission compare with those during active disease. METHODS Dsg ELISA was performed on serum samples of PV and PF patients taken during remission (lesion-free >or= 3 months on <or= 15 mg or <or= 5 mg/day prednisolone) and active disease. We used a modified ELISA protocol with optimal serum dilutions in sera with very high initial index values, as we previously described. RESULTS When remission was defined as no eruption >or= 3 months with <or= 15 mg/day prednisolone, 20 of 43 PV patients (46.5%) and 4 of 12 PF patients (33.3%) showed Dsg3 and Dsg1 ELISA positivity, respectively. With <or= 5 mg/day, 6 of 17 PV (35.3%) and 1 of 6 PF patients (16.7%) showed Dsg3 and Dsg1 ELISA positivity, respectively. The index value of each ELISA-positive remission serum was consistently lower than that of its corresponding active disease serum. We observed consistent correlation between ELISA index values and indirect immunofluorescence titres. CONCLUSIONS Circulating anti-Dsg IgG autoantibodies are found in a considerable percentage of pemphigus patients in remission, who have high levels of antibody production during active stages.
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Nagasaka T, Fujii Y, Ishida A, Handa M, Tanikawa A, Amagai M, Nishikawa T. Evaluating efficacy of plasmapheresis for patients with pemphigus using desmoglein enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Br J Dermatol 2008; 158:685-90. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tanno S, Nakano Y, Nishikawa T, Nakamura K, Sasajima J, Minoguchi M, Mizukami Y, Yanagawa N, Fujii T, Obara T, Okumura T, Kohgo Y. Natural history of branch duct intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas without mural nodules: long-term follow-up results. Gut 2008; 57:339-43. [PMID: 17660227 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.129684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Although branch duct intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas without mural nodules are frequently observed in asymptomatic subjects, the natural history of these lesions has never been studied. The aim of this study was to elucidate the natural history of branch duct IPMNs without mural nodules. METHODS Eighty-two patients who had no apparent mural nodules on initial examination were selected for follow-up. All subjects underwent examinations by imaging modalities including endoscopic retrograde pancreatography, and were followed-up by regular examinations once or twice a year. Serial changes of the maximum cystic diameter and the appearance of mural nodules were studied during the observation periods ranging from 14 to 148 months (median, 61 months). RESULTS Nine (11.0%) of 82 patients exhibited obvious progression of cystic dilatation (median, 59 months). Of these nine patients with cystic enlargement, six continued with regular follow-up examinations. Three cases underwent surgical resection, and were pathologically diagnosed as adenoma in two and borderline in one. Four patients (4.9%) showed newly developed mural nodules in dilated branch ducts (median, 105 months). Histological analysis revealed three cases classified as adenoma and one as carcinoma in situ. None of the remaining 69 patients (84.1%) showed any changes in dilated branch ducts (median, 57 months). CONCLUSIONS Most branch duct IPMNs without mural nodules remained unchanged during long-term follow-up. Although follow-up with careful examination is required to detect newly developed mural nodules in dilated branch ducts, branch duct IPMNs without mural nodules can be followed-up without surgery.
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Masuda A, Nishikawa T, Yamamoto T, Aiba M, Kobayashi M. Atypical spindle cell lesions in secondary parathyroid hyperplasia. Histopathology 2008; 52:402-4. [PMID: 18269591 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02958.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ishida T, Sato T, Irifune M, Tanaka K, Hirate K, Nakamura N, Nishikawa T. Inhibitory effect of cyclooxygenase inhibitors on the step-through passive avoidance performance in mice treated with NC-1900, an arginine-vasopressin fragment analog. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 29:315-20. [PMID: 17805432 DOI: 10.1358/mf.2007.29.5.1117559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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To examine the participation of endogenous cyclooxygenase (COX) in the mnemonic effect of NC-1900, an arginine-vasopressin fragment analog, the latencies of mice in the step-through passive avoidance (PA) task were determined following the administration of COX inhibitors and/or NC-1900 (1 ng/kg). When administered immediately after the acquisition trial (Acq) in the PA task, indomethacin (20 mg/kg), a nonspecific COX inhibitor, and NS-398 (10 and 20 mg/kg), a specific COX-2 inhibitor, but not piroxicam (10 and 20 mg/kg), a specific COX-1 inhibitor, decreased the latency on the retention trial (Ret). The mnemonic effect of 1 ng/kg NC-1900 on the Ret in the PA task was also inhibited by the administration of either indomethacin (20 mg/kg) or NS-398 (20 mg/kg) but not by piroxicam. However, when 20 mg/kg indomethacin and NS-398 were administered 3 h after the Acq, the increase in Ret latency induced by NC-1900 was not inhibited. These results suggested that the action of NC-1900 on the early stage of memory formation in the PA task may be modulated by endogenous COX-2 but not by COX-1.
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Koike R, Nishimura Y, Nakamatsu K, Okubo M, Hiroi K, Nishikawa T, Kanamori S, Shibata T. Protracted Infusion Chemotherapy Combined With Radiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer With Malignant Fistula. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.1340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Saito Y, Nakagami H, Kurooka M, Takami Y, Kikuchi Y, Hayashi H, Nishikawa T, Tamai K, Morishita R, Azuma N, Sasajima T, Kaneda Y. Cold shock domain protein A represses angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis via inhibition of serum response element. Oncogene 2007; 27:1821-33. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kato T, Steers G, Campo L, Roberts H, Leek RD, Turley H, Kimura T, Kameoka S, Nishikawa T, Kobayashi M, Harris AL, Gatter KC, Pezzella F. Prognostic significance of microvessel density and other variables in Japanese and British patients with primary invasive breast cancer. Br J Cancer 2007; 97:1277-86. [PMID: 17923874 PMCID: PMC2360458 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the associations of microvessel density (MVD) and other pathological variables with survival, and whether they accounted for survival differences between Japanese and British patients. One hundred seventy-three Japanese and 184 British patients were included in the study. British patients were significantly older (56.3±11.4 years vs 52.5±12.9 years; P<0.01) and had smaller tumours (2.2±1.3 vs 2.7±1.8 cm; P<0.01), which were more frequently oestrogen receptor positive (78.8 vs 57.2%, P<0.01), had more grade III tumours (29.9 vs 21.4%, P=0.04) and more infiltrating lobular carcinomas (13.6 vs 4.0%, P<0.01) and a higher MVD compared with Japanese patients (57.9±19.8 vs 53.2±18.6; P=0.01). However, no difference in the prevalence of lymph-node metastasis was found between them (39.1 vs 37.5%, P=0.75). Younger British patients (age <50 years) had the highest MVD compared with Japanese and older British patients (P<0.01). Japanese patients were proportionately more likely to receive chemotherapy than endocrine therapy (P<0.01). British patients had a significantly worse relapse-free survival and overall survival compared with Japanese patients, after statistical adjustment for variables (hazard ratio=2.1, 2.4, P<0.01, P<0.01, respectively), especially, in T2 stage, low MVD and older subgroup (HR: 3.6, 5.0; 3.1, 3.3; 3.2, 3.9, respectively), but only in ER negative cases (P=0.04, P=0.01, respectively). The present study shows that MVD contributes to the Japanese–British disparity in breast cancer. However, the MVD variability did not explain the survival differences between Japanese and British patients.
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Shibata T, Nakamatsu K, Koike R, Okubo M, Hiroi K, Nishikawa T, Kanamori S, Mori K, Nishimura Y. 5569 POSTER Intensity modulated radiotherapy for oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers: a short-term result. EJC Suppl 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(07)71286-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Nishikawa T, Takehira N, Matsumoto A, Kanemoto M, Kang Y, Waga S. Delayed Endoscopic Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH) Removal and Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy May Not Prevent Consecutive Communicating Hydrocephalus if IVH Removal was Insufficient. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 50:209-11. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Shimizu N, Azuma N, Nishikawa T, Hirata S, Morishita R, Kaneda Y, Sasajima T. Effect on vein graft intimal hyperplasia of nuclear factor-kB decoy transfection using the second generation of HVJ vector. THE JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 2007; 48:463-70. [PMID: 17653006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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AIM Vein graft stenosis due to intimal hyperplasia (IH) is the main cause of graft failure. We examined possibilities of nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) expression in vein grafts, and inhibitive effects of NF-kB decoy on the gene expression and subsequent vein graft IH. METHODS Fifteen mongrel dogs underwent femoral artery replacement with autogenous vein grafts. Group I: grafts were retrieved at a predetermined time and subjected to NF-kB binding activity assay; Groups II and III: grafts were transfected with scrambled (II-a, III-a) or NF-kB (II-b, III-b) decoy using hemagglutinating virus of Japan envelope before implantation. Grafts were retrieved 7 days after implantation for evaluation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) mRNA expression (Group II) and 4 weeks after implantation for comparison of IH by morphometric analysis (Group III). RESULTS NF-kB binding activity was increased in a time-dependent manner, with a peak 2 days after implantation. The ratio between ICAM-1 and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA expression in II-b was significantly lower than that in II-a (0.347 +/- 0.07 versus 0.612+/-0.08; P = 0.047). The ratio of intimal cross-section area to luminal cross-section area of III-b was significantly lower than that of the III-a (0.096+/-0.03 versus 0.461+/-0.11; P = 0.048). CONCLUSION NF-kB binding activity in vein grafts increases after implantation, and transfection of NF-kB decoy before implantation may reduce IH through the inhibition of ICAM-1 expression.
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Koseki M, Tanaka Y, Noguchi H, Nishikawa T. Effect of pH on the Taste of Alkaline Electrolyzed Water. J Food Sci 2007; 72:S298-302. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2007.00384.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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