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Deguchi H, Komura S, Hirakawa A, Satake T, Sohmiya K, Hirose H, Masuda T, Ito Y, Akiyama H. Radioscapholunate arthrodesis using a dorsal locking plate for neglected un-united distal radius fractures; a report of two cases. J Orthop Sci 2023; 28:1169-1174. [PMID: 33414029 DOI: 10.1016/j.jos.2020.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Hiroaki Deguchi
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu Seiryu Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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Ikeda S, Matsushima S, Okabe K, Ishikita A, Tadokoro T, Enzan N, Yamamoto T, Sada M, Deguchi H, Ikeda M, Ide T, Tsutsui H. P6283Downregulation of Tim44 exacerbates oxidative stress-induced ROS production and cardiomyocytes death by reducing mitochondrial SOD2. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0881] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Mitochondrial dysfunction has been highlighted as a critical driver of cardiac remodeling and failure. Mitochondria contains about 1500 proteins, 99% of which are encoded in the nuclear genome. Therefore, protein import into mitochondria is essential to maintain mitochondrial function. Previous reports suggest that nuclear-encoded mitochondrial precursor proteins import into mitochondria by multiple complex; translocase of outer membrane (TOM), translocase of inner membrane (TIM), and protein associated motor (PAM). However, the role of these protein import machineries of mitochondria in cardiac remodeling remains to be elucidated.
Objective
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the role of TOM, TIM, and PAM complex in cardiac remodeling and cardiomyocyte death.
Methods and results
C57BL/6J mice were subjected to myocardial infarction (MI) by permanent ligation of left anterior descending artery. Four weeks after operation, MI-mice demonstrated left ventricular (LV) dilation (LV end-diastolic dimension: 3.91 vs. 5.54 mm, n=8–11, p<0.05) and dysfunction (LV fractional shortening: 33.3 vs. 7.7%, n=8–11, p<0.05). Tim44 protein levels, a component of PAM complex, in mitochondrial fraction from non-infarcted left ventricle were significantly decreased compared with those in the heart from sham-operated mice by 39% (p<0.05), whereas other proteins related to TOM, TIM and PAM complex such as Tom20, Tom22, Tom40, Tom70, Tim22, Tim23 and mtHSP70 were not altered between MI-mice and sham-mice. In addition, blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed that a protein complex associated to Tim44 was significantly decreased in non-infarcted LV by 40% (p<0.05). Superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2), a mitochondrial matrix protein, was decreased in mitochondrial fraction from non-infarcted LV by 20% (p<0.05), accompanied by enhancing protein carbonylation, a marker of oxidative stress, by 40% (p<0.05). To assess the role of Tim44, it was downregulated by small interfering RNA in cultured neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs). Knockdown of Tim44 significantly decreased SOD2 protein levels in mitochondrial fractionation (22%, p<0.05), with no significant changes in its mRNA levels. Furthermore, knockdown of Tim44 significantly increased protein carbonylation (20%, p<0.05) and cleaved caspase 3 (47%, p<0.05) and decreased cell viability (69%, p<0.05), assessed by cell titer assay, in H2O2-treatred NRVMs.
Conclusions
Downregulation of Tim44 exacerbates oxidative stress-induced ROS production and cardiomyocytes death, which is associated with a decrease in mitochondrial SOD2. Endogenous Tim44 might play a protective role in cardiac remodeling by attenuating oxidative stress and cardiomyocyte death via SOD2 import into mitochondria.
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- S Ikeda
- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Experimental and Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Ishikita A, Matsushima S, Ikeda S, Okabe K, Tadokoro T, Enzan N, Yamamoto T, Sada M, Deguchi H, Ikeda M, Ide T, Tsutsui H. P1606Glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase 2 mediates isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy by increasing Akt O-GlcNAcylation through hexosamine biosynthesis pathway. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0365] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent risk factor for heart failure and cardiac death. Hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP), an accessory pathways of glycolysis, is known to be involved in the attachment of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine motif (O-GlcNAcylation) to proteins, a post-translational modification. However, the role of HBP has not been determined in pathological cardiac hypertrophy.
Purpose
The purpose of this study to examine whether glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase 2 (GFAT2), a critical enzyme of HBP, mediates cardiac hypertrophy by protein O-GlcNAcylation and activating hypertrophic signaling in cardiomyocytes.
Methods and results
C57BL/6J mice were treated with isoproterenol (ISO: 15 mg/kg/day, 1 week) with or without 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON, an inhibitor of GFAT: 500 μg/kg/day, 1week). ISO-treated mice (ISO+vehicle) showed cardiac hypertrophy, which were attenuated in ISO and DON-treated mice (ISO+DON) (heart weight to tibial length ratio: 7.70±0.09 vs. 7.11±0.15 mg/mm, n=12, p<0.05, left ventricular wall thickness: 1.05±0.02 vs. 0.86±0.03 mm, n=6, p<0.05). Cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area was also decreased in ISO+DON compared with ISO+vehicle (309±25 vs. 252±13 mm2, n=,3 p<0.05). Whereas expression levels of GFAT2 and protein O-GlcNAcylation in the heart were increased in ISO+vehicle compared with control+vehicle by 3.3 and 1.5 folds, respectively (n=9 and n=9, p<0.05), expression levels of O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and the β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (OGA), other enzymes regulating O-GlcNAcylation, were not altered in both groups, indicating that ISO activated HBP by GFAT2. Protein O-GlcNAcylation in ISO+DON was lower than that in ISO+vehicle by 83% (n=9, p<0.05). In addition, phosphorylation of Akt, a critical mediator of cardiac hypertrophy, but not other mediators of cardiac hypertrophy such as ERK, JNK, or p38MAPK, was significantly decreased in ISO+DON by 76% (n=9, p<0.05). In cultured neonatal rat ventricular myocytes, treatment with ISO (1μM, 12h) increased the expression levels of GFAT2 and protein O-GlcNAcylation by 1.3 and 1.5 folds, respectively (n=6 and n=6, p<0.05), but not GFAT1. Furthermore, ISO stimulation increased a direct O-GlcNAcylation of Akt by 1.4 folds (n=3, p<0.05). Downregulation of GFAT2 by RNA silencing decreased cell size by 82% (n=6, p<0.05) and protein O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation of Akt by 76% and 54%, respectively (n=9 and n=9, p<0.05) in cardiomyocyte treated with ISO. Conversely, administration of glucosamine, a substrate of HBP, increased protein of O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation of Akt by 1.3 and 1.8 folds, respectively (n=6 and n=6, p<0.05).
Conclusions
GFAT2, a limiting enzyme of HBP, mediates pathological cardiac hypertrophy by Akt activation probably due to its O-GlcNAcylation. GFAT2-O-GlcNAcylation-Akt pathway might be a potential novel therapeutic target for cardiac hypertrophy.
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- A Ishikita
- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Experimental and Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Chiba R, Morikawa N, Sera K, Moriguchi S, Saito H, Shigeeda W, Deguchi H, Tomoyasu M, Tanita T, Ishida K, Sugai T, Yamauchi K, Maemondo M. P2.06-009 Trace Elements Affect Lung Cancer Subtypes. J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.11.057] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Kato H, Oizumi H, Sagawa M, Suzuki H, Sakurada A, Chida M, Uramoto H, Shiono S, Abe J, Hasumi T, Nakamura Y, Sato N, Shibuya J, Deguchi H, Oura H, Matsumura Y, Minowa M, Ota S, Okada Y. P-144LIMITED RESECTION FOR SMALL-SIZED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER WITH GROUND-GLASS OPACITIES: A JAPAN NORTH-EAST THORACIC SURGICAL STUDY GROUP (JNETS) PHASE II STUDY. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivx280.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Mito M, Matsui H, Yoshida T, Anami T, Tsuruta K, Deguchi H, Iwamoto T, Terada D, Miyajima Y, Tsuji N. Contactless electrical conductivity measurement of metallic submicron-grain material: Application to the study of aluminum with severe plastic deformation. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:053905. [PMID: 27250440 DOI: 10.1063/1.4950868] [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] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We measured the electrical conductivity σ of aluminum specimen consisting of submicron-grains by observing the AC magnetic susceptibility resulting from the eddy current. By using a commercial platform for magnetic measurement, contactless measurement of the relative electrical conductivity σn of a nonmagnetic metal is possible over a wide temperature (T) range. By referring to σ at room temperature, obtained by the four-terminal method, σn(T) was transformed into σ(T). This approach is useful for cylinder specimens, in which the estimation of the radius and/or volume is difficult. An experiment in which aluminum underwent accumulative roll bonding, which is a severe plastic deformation process, validated this method of evaluating σ as a function of the fraction of high-angle grain boundaries.
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- M Mito
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Hayashi T, Okamoto F, Terasaki F, Deguchi H, Hirota Y, Kitaura Y, Spry CJ, Kawamura K. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies on myocardial biopsies from a patient with eosinophilic endomyocarditis. Cardiovasc Pathol 2015; 5:105-12. [PMID: 25851362 DOI: 10.1016/1054-8807(95)00064-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/1994] [Accepted: 06/28/1995] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy specimens from a 13-year-old boy with hypereosinophilia were studied by light and electron microscopy using the EG2 monoclonal antibody, which recognizes a common epitope of eosinophil cationic protein and eosinophil protein-X. Although the endocardial layer was of normal thickness, many eosinophils, mononuclear cells, and free eosinophil granules were observed in the endocardium and in the vicinity of degenerated myocardial cells. Under electron microscopy, many of the specific granules in and out of eosinophils had lost their crystalloid internae and displayed reversed density, and there were many degranulated eosinophils with reduced number of granules. Immunohistochemically, large amounts of eosinophil cationic protein and protein-X were observed within cardiocytes when many of them were degenerated. Deposits of the proteins were also found in some small vessels. On electron microscopy, accumulations of gold particles, which bind to eosinophil cationic protein and protein-X, were seen in association with specific granules and on the myofilaments in both degenerated and normal-appearing cardiocytes. The presence of eosinophil cationic proteins within cardiocytes may play an important role in the pathogenesis of eosinophilic endomyocardial disease.
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- T Hayashi
- From the Third Division, Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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- From the Third Division, Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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- From the Third Division, Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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- From the Third Division, Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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- From the Third Division, Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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- From the Third Division, Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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- From the Third Division, Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan; From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, England
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- From the Third Division, Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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Martos L, Medina P, Deguchi H, Bonet E, Ramón L, Ferrando F, Mira Y, Vayá A, Bonanad S, Aznar JA, Griffin J, España F, Navarro Rosales S. C0136: A Modification of Calibrated Automated Thrombin Generation Assay to Explore New Cofactors of Activated Protein C in Plasma. Thromb Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(14)50233-2] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Sagawa M, Shibuya J, Takahashi S, Endo C, Abiko M, Suzuki H, Matsumura Y, Sakuma T, Sato N, Deguchi H, Nakamura Y, Hasumi T, Kondo T. A randomized phase III trial of postoperative adjuvant therapy for completely resected stage IA-IIIA lung cancer using an anti‑angiogenetic agent: irsogladine maleate. MINERVA CHIR 2013; 68:587-597. [PMID: 24193291] [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: 06/02/2023]
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AIM Although angiogenesis plays an important role in the invasion and metastasis of solid tumors, very few anti-angiogenetic drugs have been developed. Reexamining the anti-angiogenetic effects of existing drugs such as Thalidomide is another possible strategy for drug discovery. Irsogladine maleate (IM) is a drug invented to treat gastric ulcers; however, several reports have shown that IM also exerts anti-angiogenetic effects in vitro, in vivo and in humans. In order to elucidate whether treatment with IM would improve the prognoses of patients with resected lung cancer, we conducted a randomized trial. METHODS In the control group, uracil-tegafur (250 mg/m2/day) was administered for two years to patients with resected stage IB - IIIA lung cancer, and no adjuvant therapy was administered to those with stage IA disease. In the study group, IM (4 mg/body/day) was additionally administered for two years. RESULTS No significant differences were observed in the major prognostic factors among 305 eligible patients between the study and control groups. Adverse effects were minimal. The overall survival of the patients in the study and control groups were not statistically different. When the analysis was stratified by regimen, among the patients with resected stage IA disease, disease-specific survival in the study group was slightly higher than that in the control group; however, the difference was not significant (p=0.07). CONCLUSION Although it could not be proven that IM improves the prognoses of resected lung cancer patients, IM might have some effect on resected stage IA disease, and another trial should be conducted.
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- M Sagawa
- Japanese Northern East Area Thoracic Surgery Study Group (JNETS) -
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Jin Z, Matsumoto S, Fujimoto N, Yoshihiro M, Takagi S, Mito M, Deguchi H, Kurmoo M. Study of the magnetism of absorbed paramagnetic gases in the metal–organic hybrid Ni2(H2O)4PM·2H2O. Polyhedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2011.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tsuruta K, Mito M, Deguchi H, Takagi S, Yoshida Y, Inoue K. Effect of uniaxial strain on a molecule-based ferrimagnet with crystal chirality. Polyhedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2011.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pecheniuk NM, Deguchi H, Elias DJ, Xu X, Griffin JH. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein genotypes associated with venous thrombosis and dyslipoproteinemia in males. J Thromb Haemost 2006; 4:2080-2. [PMID: 16961620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02099.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Eriksson P, Jormsjö-Pettersson S, Brady AR, Deguchi H, Hamsten A, Powell JT. Genotype–phenotype relationships in an investigation of the role of proteases in abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion. Br J Surg 2005; 92:1372-6. [PMID: 16082623 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Background
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of functional polymorphisms in promoters of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 2, MMP-3, MMP-9, MMP-12 and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) 1 genes on the growth rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
Methods
Some 455 individuals with a small AAA (4·0–5·5 cm) were monitored for aneurysm growth by ultrasonography (mean follow-up 2·6 years). They also provided a DNA sample for analysis of the −1306 C > T, −1171 5A > 6A, −1562 C > T, −82 A > G and −675 4G > 5G alleles of MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-9, MMP-12 and PAI-1, respectively. Mean linear AAA growth rates were calculated by flexible modelling; the sample size was sufficient to detect variants that influenced the growth rate by 25 per cent.
Results
For MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-12 genotypes, growth rates were similar to the mean linear growth rate of 3·08 mm per year. For MMP-3, growth rates were 3·05 (for 5A5A), 3·19 (for 5A6A) and 2·90 (for 6A6A) mm per year. For PAI-1, patients with 4G4G, 4G5G and 5G5G genotypes had growth rates of 3·18, 2·92 and 3·47 mm per year, respectively, for aneurysms with a baseline diameter of 45·1, 44·6 and 46·2 mm. The increased growth rate for patients with PAI-1 5G5G genotype was not statistically significant (P = 0·061), although these patients had the lowest plasma PAI-1 concentrations (P = 0·018).
Conclusion
There was no evidence that any specific MMP polymorphism had a clinically significant effect on AAA expansion. The plasminogen system may have a small but clinically significant role in AAA development. Much larger studies would be needed to evaluate genes of smaller effect.
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- P Eriksson
- Atherosclerosis Research Unit, King Gustaf V Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Deguchi H, Bouma BN, Middeldorp S, Lee YM, Griffin JH. Decreased plasma sensitivity to activated protein C by oral contraceptives is associated with decreases in plasma glucosylceramide. J Thromb Haemost 2005; 3:935-8. [PMID: 15869587 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01335.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Oral contraceptive (OC) use increases venous thrombosis (VTE) risk and causes activated protein C (APC) resistance. Plasma glucosylceramide (GlcCer) deficiency is associated with VTE and GlcCer functions as an APC anticoagulant cofactor. Because estradiol decreases GlcCer in cultured cells, we hypothesized OC use would decrease plasma GlcCer and contribute to APC resistance. In a pilot study, seven female adults alternatively took second and third generation OCs and plasma samples were analyzed for GlcCer using high performance liquid chromatography and for APC sensitivity using modified prothrombin time assays. Second and third generation OC usage decreased the APC sensitivity ratio by 8.1% +/- 4.7% (P = 0.004) and 11.7% +/- 8.2% (P = 0.013) and plasma GlcCer levels by 10.1% +/- 6.8% (P = 0.008) and 11.0% +/- 5.1% (P = 0.002), respectively. The plasma GlcCer level correlated with the sensitivity of plasma to APC (P = 0.017, r = 0.51, n = 21 plasma samples). Thus, both second and third generation OC usage decreased plasma GlcCer which could cause a reduction in the plasma sensitivity to APC/protein S, thereby potentially increasing VTE risk.
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- H Deguchi
- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Aida S, Shimazaki H, Sato K, Sato M, Deguchi H, Ozeki Y, Tamai S. Prognostic analysis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma subclassification with special consideration of papillary and bronchioloalveolar types. Histopathology 2005; 45:468-76. [PMID: 15500650 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2004.01946.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS The third edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lung tumours has been published and is expected to become the standard nomenclature. The aim of this study was to assess the usability and prognostic significance of the WHO classification in comparison with other recent classifications. METHODS AND RESULTS One hundred and forty-seven resected pulmonary adenocarcinoma cases were reviewed and histologically classified according to the WHO classification (1999) and the classification by Noguchi (1995). Papillary carcinomas as described by Silver and Askin (1997) were also identified. Since the papillary type in the WHO classification is not strictly defined, we compared the following two kinds of WHO classification: (i) WHO-N; WHO classification adopting Noguchi Type F as the definition of the papillary type, namely, pure papillary adenocarcinoma without a bronchioloalveolar component; (ii) WHO-SA; WHO classification adopting papillary carcinoma by Silver and Askin as the definition of the papillary type, namely, tumour with papillary structure constituting at least 75% of the lesion. The bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the WHO classification showed a better prognosis than other subtypes in both overall and Stage I disease limited survival analysis. In analysis limited to Stage III disease, only the papillary type of WHO-SA showed a significantly worse prognosis. CONCLUSIONS WHO-SA is recommended for prognostic correlation.
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- S Aida
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defence Medical College Hospital, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
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The influence of cholesterol on activated protein C (APC) anticoagulant activity in plasma and on factor Va inactivation was investigated. Anticoagulant and procoagulant activities of phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine (PC/PS) vesicles containing cholesterol were assessed in the presence and absence of APC using factor Xa-1-stage clotting and factor Va inactivation assays. Cholesterol at approximate physiological membrane levels (30%) in PC/PS (60%/10% w/w) vesicles prolonged the factor Xa-1-stage clotting time dose-dependently in the presence of APC but not in the absence of APC. APC-mediated cleavage of purified recombinant factor Va variants that were modified at specific APC cleavage sites (Q306/Q679-factor Va; Q506/Q679-factor Va) was studied to define the effects of cholesterol on APC cleavage at R506 and R306. When compared to control PC/PS vesicles, cholesterol in PC/PS vesicles enhanced factor Va inactivation and the rate of APC cleavage at both R506 and R306. Cholesterol also enhanced APC cleavage rates at R306 in the presence of the APC cofactor, protein S. In summary, APC anticoagulant activity in plasma and factor Va inactivation as a result of cleavages at R506 and R306 by APC is markedly enhanced by cholesterol in phospholipid vesicles. These results suggest that cholesterol in a membrane surface may selectively enhance APC activities.
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- N M Pecheniuk
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Roadm La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Eriksson P, Deguchi H, Samnegard A, Lundman P, Boquist S, Tornvall P, Ericsson C, Bergstrand L, Hansson L, Hamsten A. 4P-1132 Human evidence that the cystatin C gene is implicated in focal progression of coronary artery disease. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(03)91388-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ono K, Ishihara M, Ishikawa K, Ozeki Y, Deguchi H, Sato M, Hashimoto H, Saito Y, Yura H, Kurita A, Maehara T. Periodate-treated, non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene (NAC-HCPS) affects angiogenesis and inhibits subcutaneous induced tumour growth and metastasis to the lung. Br J Cancer 2002; 86:1803-12. [PMID: 12087470 PMCID: PMC2375397 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2001] [Revised: 03/12/2002] [Accepted: 03/14/2002] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Periodate-treated, non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene consists of about ten periodate-oxidized, alkaline-degraded low molecular weight-heparin chains linked to a polystyrene core and has a markedly lower anti-coagulant activity than heparin. In this study, we evaluated the effect of non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene on tumour growth and metastasis. Non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene has a higher activity to inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor-165-, fibroblast growth factor-2- or hepatocyte growth factor-induced human microvascular endothelial cell growth than heparin, ten periodate-oxidized-heparin and ten periodate-oxidized-low molecular weight-heparin, which is probably due to the heparin-clustering effect of non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene. Non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene inhibited human microvascular endothelial cell, B16 melanoma and Lewis lung cancer cell adhesion to Matrigel-coated plates. Non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene also showed strong inhibitory activities in the tubular formation of endothelial cells on Matrigel and B16-melanoma and Lewis lung cancer cell invasion in a Matrigel-coated chamber assay. In vivo studies showed that growth of subcutaneous induced tumours and lung metastasis of B16-melanoma and Lewis lung cancer cells were more effectively inhibited by non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene than ten periodate-oxidized-heparin and ten periodate-oxidized-low molecular weight-heparin. Furthermore, non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene markedly reduced the number of CD34-positive vessels in subcutaneous Lewis lung cancer tumours, indicating a strong inhibition of angiogenesis. These results suggest that non-anticoagulant heparin-carrying polystyrene has an inhibitory activity on angiogenesis and tumour invasion and may be very useful in cancer therapy.
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- K Ono
- Department of Surgery II, National Defense Medical College, 3-2, Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513 Japan
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Beutler E, West C, Torbett BE, Deguchi H. A chimeric mouse model of Gaucher disease. Mol Med 2002; 8:247-50. [PMID: 12359955 PMCID: PMC2039989] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a major need for a mouse model of Gaucher disease, but the glucocerebrosidase knockout mouse is not viable; it dies shortly before or immediately after birth, apparently because of involvement of the central nervous system and/or skin. The most common form of Gaucher disease, type I, has a phenotype that is limited to the monocyte-macrophage system. MATERIALS AND METHODS We have created a chimeric mouse by infusing hematopoietic stem cells from fetuses that are homozygous for the glucocerebrosidase knockout into irradiated mice. RESULTS The chimeric mice manifested a severe deficiency of glucocerebrosidase activity in peripheral blood cells and spleen indicating a lack of cell-cell correction. Levels of glucocerebroside in spleen and liver are increased, and infusing the mice with exogenous glucocerebroside/albumin particles produced a marked increase in the amount of glucocerebroside stored in liver and spleen. Morphologically identifiable Gaucher cells were not present. CONCLUSIONS The chimeric model reflects the increased glycolipid storage in the reticuloendothelial system that is characteristic of Gaucher disease, and could be useful as a model for studying treatment of Gaucher disease.
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- E Beutler
- The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Deguchi H. Crude catechin regulated the cdc2 phospholylation in breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231. Eur J Cancer 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(02)80160-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Matsui Y, Deguchi H. The effect of flow pattern on kinetic characteristic of the biomass fixed inside porous medium. Water Sci Technol 2002; 46:419-422. [PMID: 12216660] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The characteristics of the biomass fixed inside porous medium (sponge cube) have been investigated to see whether it can be recognized as biofilm. The acrylic cube is used as control medium. Three types of flow pattern of bulk water are used in the test to examine is effect on substrate transportation. From the kinetic test, it is found that the biomass fixed inside the sponge cube has biofilm characteristics. For conditions where the diffusion phenomenon is dominant, two layers whose yield constant are different to each other are confirmed from stoichiometric study. When the sponge cube is in the counter flow, it was found that the whole biomass fixed inside the medium works at the same time. It is considered that a certain amount of water is flowing through the medium when the sponge cube is exposed to counter flow. When the water is totally flowing through the sponge cube during the kinetic test by using type-3 reactor, a Michaelis-Menten type equation can represent the results of the kinetic test.
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- Y Matsui
- Department of Civil Engineering, Science University of Tokyo, Noda-shi, Chiba-ken, Japan
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Hoshi K, Deguchi H. The characteristics of the biofilm fixed inside porous medium by sequencing batch reactor. Water Sci Technol 2002; 46:261-265. [PMID: 12216634] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The fixed biomass inside porous medium has two layers where biomass yield constants are different from each other when it is cultivated in the chemostat reactor. The biomass fixed inside porous medium is tested to see whether the operation type affected the structure of it. Two kinds of operation method of the reactor were used for the biofilm cultivation. One is the batch reactor. Another is the chemostat reactor. From the kinetic test, it is found that the biofilm fixed in the batch reactor does not have two layers that were observed in the biofilm from the chemostat reactor. Within the experimental conditions for type-1, the result of kinetic tests show homogeneous biofilm characteristics. It can be concluded that the reactor type (batch type or chemostat type) affects the structure of biomass fixed inside porous medium.
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- K Hoshi
- Department of Civil Engineering, Science University of Tokyo, Noda-shi Chiba-ken, Japan
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Furihata K, Clemetson KJ, Deguchi H, Kunicki TJ. Variation in human platelet glycoprotein VI content modulates glycoprotein VI-specific prothrombinase activity. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001; 21:1857-63. [PMID: 11701478 DOI: 10.1161/hq1001.096643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 11/16/2022]
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- Glycoprotein VI (GPVI) is a platelet-specific receptor for collagen that figures prominently in signal transduction. An addition to binding to type I and III collagens, GPVI is also bound specifically by collagen-related peptide and convulxin (CVX), a snake venom protein. We developed a quantitative assay of platelet GPVI in which biotin-conjugated CVX binds selectively to GPVI in separated total platelet proteins by a ligand blot procedure. Using this approach, we have documented a 5-fold range in platelet GPVI content among 23 normal healthy subjects. In addition, we have determined that CVX-induced or collagen-related peptide-induced prothrombinase activity is directly proportional to the platelet content of GPVI. A statistically significant correlation was observed at 2 CVX concentrations: 14.7 ng/mL (R(2)=0.854 and P<0.001, n=11) and 22 ng/mL (R(2)=0.776 and P<0.001, n=12). In previous studies, we established a similar range of expression of the integrin collagen receptor alpha(2)beta(1) on platelets of normal subjects. Among 15 donors, there is a direct correlation between platelet alpha(2)beta(1) density and GPVI content (R(2)=0.475 and P=0.004). In view of the well-documented association of GPVI with platelet procoagulant activity, this study suggests that the variation in GPVI content is a potential risk factor that may predispose individuals to hemorrhagic or thromboembolic disorders.
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- K Furihata
- Roon Research Center for Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis, Division of Experimental Hemostasis and Thrombosis, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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Ono K, Ishihara M, Ozeki Y, Deguchi H, Sato M, Saito Y, Yura H, Sato M, Kikuchi M, Kurita A, Maehara T. Experimental evaluation of photocrosslinkable chitosan as a biologic adhesive with surgical applications. Surgery 2001; 130:844-50. [PMID: 11685194 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.117197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In various surgical cases, effective tissue adhesives are required for both hemostasis (eg, intraoperative bleeding) and air sealing (eg, thoracic surgery). We have designed a chitosan molecule (Az-CH-LA) that can be photocrosslinked by ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation, thereby forming a hydrogel. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the photocrosslinkable chitosan hydrogel as an adhesive with surgical applications. METHODS The sealing ability of the chitosan hydrogel, determined as a bursting pressure, was assessed with removed thoracic aorta, trachea, and lung of farm pigs and in a rabbit model. The carotid artery and lung of rabbits were punctured with a needle, and the chitosan hydrogel was applied to, respectively, stop the bleeding and the air leakage. In vivo chitosan degradability and biologic responses were histologically assessed in animal models. RESULTS The bursting pressure of chitosan hydrogel (30 mg/mL) and fibrin glue, respectively, was 225 +/- 25 mm Hg (mean +/- SD) and 80 +/- 20 mm Hg in the thoracic aorta; 77 +/- 29 mm Hg and 48 +/- 21 mm Hg in the trachea; and in the lung, 51 +/- 11 mm Hg (chitosan hydrogel), 62 +/- 4 mm Hg (fibrin glue, rubbing method), and 12 +/- 2 mm Hg (fibrin glue, layer method). The sealing ability of the chitosan hydrogel was stronger than that of fibrin glue. All rabbits with a carotid artery (n = 8) or lung (n = 8) that was punctured with a needle and then sealed with chitosan hydrogel survived the 1-month observation period without any bleeding or air leakage from the puncture sites. Histologic examinations demonstrated that 30 days after application, a fraction of the chitosan hydrogel was phagocytosed by macrophages, had partially degraded, and had induced the formation of fibrous tissues around the hydrogel. CONCLUSIONS A newly developed photocrosslinkable chitosan has demonstrated strong sealing ability and a great potential for use as an adhesive in surgical operations.
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- K Ono
- Department of Surgery II, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Griffin JH, Deguchi H, Fernandez JA. Causes of thrombophilia yet to be discovered: a personal view. Haemostasis 2001; 30 Suppl 2:26-33. [PMID: 11251338 DOI: 10.1159/000054160] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Prediction of genetic risk factors for venous thrombosis might best be left for only wise soothsayers. Nonetheless, based on the principle that hypercoagulability, either systemic or vascular-bed-specific, predisposes to thrombosis, we venture some speculations. Hyperactivity of platelets could be caused by elevated numbers of surface glycoproteins or defective signal transduction pathways. The reported efficacy of aspirin for prevention of venous thrombosis is consistent with the prediction that certain platelet defects may increase the risk of venous thrombosis. Hyperlipidaemia is associated with hypercoagulability, and lipoproteins exhibit procoagulant (e.g. triglyceride-rich particles and oxidized low-density lipoprotein) or anticoagulant (e.g. high-density-lipoprotein's cofactor activity for activated protein C/protein S) activities. This leads to the prediction that defects in lipids and/or lipoproteins may increase the risk for venous thrombosis. Interestingly, statins were recently reported to prevent the occurrence of venous thrombosis in the HERS (Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement) trial. We also predict that new defects in the protein C pathway (e.g. defective endothelial protein C receptor or novel cofactors for activated protein C/protein S) will be discovered. Risk factors affecting the majority of patients will likely involve new single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) like the factor V nt G1691A or prothrombin nt G20210A SNPs. The Human Genome Project will soon accelerate discovery of new SNPs that are risk factors for venous thrombosis.
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- J H Griffin
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Griffin JH, Fernández JA, Deguchi H. Plasma lipoproteins, hemostasis and thrombosis. Thromb Haemost 2001; 86:386-94. [PMID: 11487028] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Regulation of hemostasis and thrombosis involves numerous plasma factors that contribute to procoagulant and anticoagulant pathways. Lipid-containing surfaces provide sites where both procoagulant and anticoagulant enzymes, cofactors and substrates are assembled to express their activities. Plasma and lipoproteins can contribute to either procoagulant or anticoagulant reactions. Procoagulant lipids/lipoproteins include triglyceride-rich particles in plasma and oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) which can accelerate activation of prothrombin, factor X and factor VII. Potentially anticoagulant lipids and lipoproteins, each of which enhances inactivation of factor Va by activated protein C, include phosphatidylethanolamine, cardiolipin, the neutral glycosphingolipids glucosylceramide and Gb3 ceramide (CD77), and high density lipoprotein (HDL). Remarkably, treatment of hyperlipidemia with statins not only lowers lipids but also provides antithrombotic effects whose mechanisms remain to be clarified. We hypothesize that procoagulant and anticoagulant lipids and lipoproteins in plasma may contribute to a Yin-Yang balance that helps influence the up-regulation and down-regulation of thrombin generation.
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- J H Griffin
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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We describe four patients with generalized scaly and pustular skin lesions showing extensive neutrophilic infiltration in the subcorneal region of the epidermis. Immunofluorescence, immunoblot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analyses detected IgG antibodies reacting exclusively with desmoglein 1, the pemphigus foliaceus antigen. This study indicates that pemphigus foliaceus may show prominent neutrophilic pustular skin lesions.
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- K Matsuo
- Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
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Kitaoka T, Tsuda Y, Deguchi H, So K, Tsuiki E, Kinoshita A, Kishikawa Y, Amemiya T. [Standard values of inter-inner canthal, inter-outer canthal, and inter-pupillary distances in normal Japanese infants and children]. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 2001; 105:411-4. [PMID: 11449692] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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UNLABELLED PURPOSE AND MATERIALS: We studied inter-inner canthal distance(DIC), inter-outer canthal distance (DOC), and inter-pupillary distance (PD) in 1,006 normal Japanese infants and children to establish the normal ratio of DIC/PD and DOC/DIC for the diagnosis of congenital anomalies such as Waardenburg syndrome. RESULTS DIC, DOC, and PD increased significantly from one month after birth to 12 years of age. DIC and DOC were stable but PD increased from 13 years of age to 15 years of age in junior high school. The DIC/PD and DOC/DIC averages were 0.61 and 2.73, respectively, one month after birth and 0.63 and 2.69 at three months after birth. On the other hand, DIC/PD and DOC/DIC were stable at 0.55-0.59 and 2.45 from 8 to 15 years of age. CONCLUSION Since there have been no reports on standard values of DIC, DOC and PD in infants, we established the standard values in this study. These values are expected to be very useful in the diagnosis of neural crest cell migration anomalies, such as Waardenburg syndrome.
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- T Kitaoka
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Kitaura Y, Deguchi H. [Idiopathic myocarditis and pericarditis]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2001:574-9. [PMID: 11212811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- Y Kitaura
- Third Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College
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Aida S, Shimazaki H, Sato K, Sato M, Deguchi H, Ozeki Y, Tamai S. Prognostic significance of frequent acidophilic nuclear inclusions in adenocarcinoma of the lung with immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies. Cancer 2001; 91:1896-904. [PMID: 11346872 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010515)91:10<1896::aid-cncr1212>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adenocarcinoma of the lung occasionally has acidophilic nuclear inclusions (ANIs). Some studies have reported that the incidence of ANIs was higher in well differentiated tumor types and have suggested that adenocarcinoma patients with ANIs might have a more favorable prognosis; however, to the authors' knowledge, statistically significant prognostic findings were not reported. The objective of the current study was to assess the prognostic significance of ANI in patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma and, moreover, to characterize ANI immunohistochemically and ultrastructurally. METHODS Surgically resected tumor specimens from 147 patients with primary pure adenocarcinoma of the lung were examined. Only obvious ANIs surrounded by a clear halo on hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides were counted; the authors classified cases with > or = 10 ANIs per 10 high-power fields (/10 HPF) as frequent-ANI cases, cases with < 10 ANIs/10 HPF as infrequent-ANI cases, and cases without ANIs as non-ANI cases in the current study. RESULTS Nineteen frequent-ANI cases (12.9%) and 16 infrequent-ANI cases (10.9%) were found; the remaining 112 cases (76.2%) were considered to be non-ANI cases. The majority of ANIs immunohistochemically contained surfactant apoprotein and ultrastructurally corresponded to invagination of the inner nuclear membrane, showing a tubular or amorphous configuration. Frequent-ANI patients showed significantly better prognosis than the other two groups on both overall univariate analysis and univariate analysis limited to patients with International Union Against Cancer Stage I disease (P = 0.0096 and P = 0.0095, respectively). However, on the multivariate analysis only disease stage was shown to be a significant prognostic factor and frequent-ANI showed borderline significance (P = 0.0956). CONCLUSIONS Frequent ANIs appear to be of limited value in clarifying the prognosis of patients with lung adenocarcinoma.
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- S Aida
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
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Shimazaki H, Aida S, Sato M, Deguchi H, Ozeki Y, Tamai S. Lung carcinoma with rhabdoid cells: a clinicopathological study and survival analysis of 14 cases. Histopathology 2001; 38:425-34. [PMID: 11422479 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2001.01145.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS We determined the clinicopathological features of primary lung carcinomas with rhabdoid cells by defining the immunophenotype of rhabdoid cells and analysing survival. METHODS AND RESULTS Rhabdoid cells are distinctive in having an eccentric nucleus and a large intracytoplasmic inclusion on routinely stained sections. Based on the number of rhabdoid cells, 45 cases of large cell carcinoma were divided into the following three types: lung tumour with a rhabdoid phenotype (LTRP) (n=4), lung carcinoma with a small number of rhabdoid cells (LCSR) (n=10), large cell carcinoma containing no rhabdoid cells (LCNR) (n=31). LTRP is composed of at least 10% rhabdoid cells. In LCSR the percentage of rhabdoid cells is less than 10%. LTRP and LCSR are associated with locally advanced disease. Immunohistochemical stains were positive for epithelial markers in all LTRP and eight LCSR, for neuroendocrine markers in one LTRP and three LCSR. The outcome is worse for patients with LTRP than LCSR or LCNR. LCSR shows a trend close to LCNR. Stage-matched survival analysis, however, revealed no statistically significant difference among the histological subtypes. CONCLUSIONS Rhabdoid cells are heterogeneous except for epithelial markers and vimentin positivity. Less than 5% of rhabdoid cells has a negligible effect on prognosis.
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- H Shimazaki
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defence Medical College Hospital, 302 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
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Deguchi H, Fernández JA, Pabinger I, Heit JA, Griffin JH. Plasma glucosylceramide deficiency as potential risk factor for venous thrombosis and modulator of anticoagulant protein C pathway. Blood 2001; 97:1907-14. [PMID: 11264150 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v97.7.1907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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To assess the relationship between venous thrombosis and plasma glucosylceramide (GlcCer) or phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), plasma levels of GlcCer and PE were determined for 70 venous thrombosis patients referred for evaluation and 70 healthy blood donors. The mean GlcCer level, but not the PE level, was lower in patients versus controls (4.9 vs 6.5 microg/mL [P =.0007] and 66 vs 71 microg/mL [P =.48], respectively). As a measure of relative risk, the odds ratio for deep vein thrombosis in subjects with GlcCer levels below the 10th percentile of controls was 5.7 (95% CI, 2.3-14). To assess the influence of glycolipids on anticoagulant response to activated protein C (APC):protein S in modified prothrombin time assays, the effects of depleting endogenous plasma GlcCer by glucocerebrosidase treatment or of adding exogenous purified GlcCer or other neutral glycolipids to plasma were tested. Glucocerebrosidase treatment reduced plasma sensitivity to APC:protein S in parallel with GlcCer reduction. Exogenously added GlcCer and the homologous Glc-containing globotriaosylceramide (Gb3Cer), but not galactosylceramide, dose-dependently prolonged clotting times of normal plasma in the presence, but not absence, of APC:protein S, which suggests that GlcCer or Gb3Cer can enhance protein C pathway anticoagulant activity. In studies using purified proteins, inactivation of factor Va by APC:protein S was enhanced by GlcCer alone and by GlcCer in multicomponent vesicles containing phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylcholine. These results suggest that the neutral glycolipids GlcCer and Gb3Cer may directly contribute to the anticoagulant activity of the protein C pathway and that deficiency of plasma GlcCer may be a risk factor for venous thrombosis. (Blood. 2001;97:1907-1914)
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- H Deguchi
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Suefuji Y, Sasatomi T, Shichijo S, Nakagawa S, Deguchi H, Koga T, Kameyama T, Itoh K. Expression of SART3 antigen and induction of CTLs by SART3-derived peptides in breast cancer patients. Br J Cancer 2001; 84:915-9. [PMID: 11286471 PMCID: PMC2363830 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We recently reported the SART3 tumour-rejection antigen as possessing tumour epitopes capable of inducing HLA-class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). This study investigated expression of the SART3 antigen in breast cancer to explore an appropriate molecule for use in specific immunotherapy of breast cancer patients. The SART3 antigen was detected in all of the breast cancer cell lines tested, 30 of 40 (75%) breast cancer tissue samples, and 0 of 3 non-tumourous breast tissue samples. SART3 derived peptides at positions 109-118 and 315-323 induced HLA-A24 restricted CTLs that reacted to breast cancer cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of breast cancer patients. Therefore, the SART3 antigen and its peptides could be an appropriate molecule for use in specific immunotherapy of the majority of HLA-A24-positive breast cancer patients.
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- Y Suefuji
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Deguchi H, Fujioka S, Terasaki F, Ukimura A, Hirasawa M, Kintaka T, Kitaura Y, Kondo K, Sasaki S, Isomura T, Suma H. Enterovirus RNA replication in cases of dilated cardiomyopathy: light microscopic in situ hybridization and virological analyses of myocardial specimens obtained at partial left ventriculectomy. J Card Surg 2001; 16:64-71. [PMID: 11713860 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2001.tb00485.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recently, attention has been focused on enteroviral infection of the heart in the genesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). To determine the location of enteroviral RNA in the myocardium, we performed light microscopic in situ hybridization (ISH) and virological analyses of myocardial specimens obtained at partial left ventriculectomy (PLV). METHODS Posterolateral walls of the left ventricle from 26 DCM patients were examined. Myocardial specimens were tested for the presence of enteroviral genomes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We selected two age-matched groups (10 patients each) in which enteroviruses were either present (EV-plus group) or not (EV-minus group). For both groups, we examined in situ localization of enteroviral RNA in the myocardium by ISH. RESULTS In PCR studies, both sense and antisense enteroviral RNA were detected in the myocardium of seven patients in the EV-plus group. The presence of this RNA indicates active viral replication in the myocardium. Five of seven patients who exhibited both sense and antisense enteroviral RNA died early after surgery. On ISH, three patients had evidence of active replication of enteroviral genomes. Viral genomes were present in myocardial lesions, especially in endocardial sites. Viral signals were found in degenerating myocardial cells, interstitial inflammatory cells, and endothelial cells of small vessels. These positive signals were not detected in the myocardium of the EV-negative group. CONCLUSIONS We detected both sense and antisense enteroviral RNA in various myocardial lesions. This suggests that active enteroviral replication plays a role in the development of myocardial lesions in DCM patients. Active viral replication appears to be a prognostic factor for DCM after PLV. Further study of active viral replication in myocardial lesions will provide information useful for evaluating different therapeutic strategies for DCM.
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- H Deguchi
- Department of Internal Medicine Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan.
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Fujioka S, Kitaura Y, Ukimura A, Deguchi H, Kawamura K, Isomura T, Suma H, Shimizu A. Evaluation of viral infection in the myocardium of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 36:1920-6. [PMID: 11092665 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00955-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the viral etiology of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). BACKGROUND The demonstration of enteroviral genome in hearts with DCM has reinforced the importance of enteroviruses in the pathogenesis of DCM. However, there is uncertainty about the character and activity of enteroviruses detected in the myocardium. Recently, the association of hepatitis C virus or adenovirus with DCM has been reported. METHODS Myocardial specimens from 26 patients with idiopathic DCM, which were obtained at partial left ventriculectomy (PLV), were examined virologically. Strand-specific detection of enteroviral RNA was performed to differentiate active viral replication from latent persistence. Polymerase chain reaction was used to detect genomic sequences of hepatitis C virus, adenovirus, cytomegalovirus, influenza viruses, mumps virus, herpes simplex viruses, varicella-zoster virus and Epstein-Barr virus. RESULTS Plus-strand enteroviral RNA was detected in 9 (35%) of the 26 patients. Minus-strand enteroviral RNA was determined in seven (78%) of these nine plus-strand RNA-positive patients. Sequence analysis revealed that the enteroviruses detected were coxsackie B viruses, such as coxsackievirus B3 and B4. However, genetic material from other viruses was not detected. Six (86%) of seven minus-strand enteroviral RNA-positive patients died of cardiac insufficiency within the first six months after PLV. CONCLUSIONS Coxsackie B viruses were seen in hearts with idiopathic DCM. Active viral RNA replication appeared to be present in a significant proportion of these cases. Minus-strand coxsackieviral RNA in the myocardium can be a marker for poor clinical outcome after PLV. There was no evidence of persistent infection by other viruses in hearts with DCM.
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- S Fujioka
- Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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Okugawa Y, Wada H, Noda T, Sakakura M, Nakasaki T, Watanabe R, Deguchi H, Gabazza EC, Mori Y, Nishikawa M, Deguchi K, Nobori T, Shiku H. Increased plasma levels of tissue factor pathway inhibitor-activated factor X complex in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Am J Hematol 2000; 65:210-4. [PMID: 11074537 DOI: 10.1002/1096-8652(200011)65:3<210::aid-ajh6>3.0.co;2-p] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Plasma levels of tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI)-activated factor Xa (FXa) complex were measured in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), pre-DIC, and DIC. Plasma levels of plasmin-plasmin inhibitor complex (PPIC), D-dimer, and soluble fibrin monomer (SFM) were significantly higher in patients with DIC than in those with pre-DIC or non-DIC; the levels of these hemostatic markers were significantly higher in patients with pre-DIC than in those with non-DIC. Plasma levels of thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) were significantly higher in patients with DIC or pre-DIC than in those with non-DIC. Plasma levels of tissue factor (TF), total TFPI, free TFPI, and TFPI-Xa complex were significantly higher in patients with DIC than in those with non-DIC. Plasma levels of TFPI-Xa complex were significantly increased in patients with pre-DIC as compared to those with non-DIC; however, plasma free TFPI levels were significantly decreased in patients with pre-DIC as compared to those with non-DIC. These findings suggest that free TFPI might be consumed in the pre-DIC state, thereby confirming the activation of the extrinsic pathway. Plasma levels of TFPI-Xa complex were significantly correlated with TF, free TFPI, and total TFPI. Increased plasma TFPI-Xa complex levels might be useful for the diagnosis of DIC or pre-DIC, particularly that occurring by activation of the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation.
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- Y Okugawa
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu-city, Mie-ken, Japan
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Kitaura Y, Deguchi H, Tamura T, Konishi T. [Influenza myocarditis]. Nihon Rinsho 2000; 58:2266-75. [PMID: 11225316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- Y Kitaura
- 3rd Div., Dept. of Int. Med., Osaka Medical College
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Inoue A, Wada H, Takagi M, Yamamuro M, Mukai K, Nakasaki T, Shimura M, Hiyoyama K, Deguchi H, Gabazza EC, Mori Y, Nishikawa M, Deguchi K, Shiku H. Hemostatic abnormalities in patients with thrombotic complications on maintenance hemodialysis. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2000; 6:100-3. [PMID: 10775031 DOI: 10.1177/107602960000600210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Before hemodialysis (HD), plasma levels of tissue factor (TF), free-TF pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and thrombomodulin (TM) were significantly higher in patients with HD than in healthy volunteers. Plasma levels of (T-F) TFPI and plasmin plasmin inhibitor complex (PPIC) were significantly higher in patients with HD than in healthy volunteers. During HD, plasma levels of TF and (T-F) TFPI were not significantly increased, but plasma levels of total TFPI and free TFPI at 1 hour after and at the end of HD were significantly increased, compared with levels before start of HD. Plasma level of PPIC 1 hour after start of HD was significantly higher than before start of HD, and plasma levels of thrombin antithrombin complex (TAT), PPIC, D-dimer, TM, and protein C (PC) at the end of HD were significantly higher than before start of HD. In patients with thrombosis complications, plasma TF levels were significantly higher than in patients without thrombotic complications during HD. Plasma levels of PC were significantly lower in patients with thrombotic complications than in patients without thrombotic complications. There was no significant difference between both groups during HD in hemostatic parameters, with the exception of TF and PC. Hemostatic abnormalities existed in patients with HD; especially, increased TF and decreased PC might cause thrombotic complications.
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- A Inoue
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu-city, Japan
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The renaturation yield of the denatured firefly luciferase decreased strongly with increasing protein concentration in a renaturation buffer, because of aggregation. In this study, firefly luciferase was immobilized on agarose beads at a high concentration. Although the protein concentration was extremely high (about 100-fold) compared to that of soluble luciferase, the renaturation yield was comparable with that for the soluble one. Thus, immobilization was shown to be effective for avoiding aggregation of firefly luciferase. It was also shown that the optimum buffer conditions for renaturation of the immobilized luciferase were the same as those for the renaturation in solution. Also, it was indicated that electrostatic interactions between a protein and the matrix have a negative effect on renaturation of the immobilized luciferase since the renaturation yield decreased at acidic pH only for the immobilized luciferase. These novel observations are described in detail in this paper.
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- T Zako
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Deguchi H, Fernandez JA, Hackeng TM, Banka CL, Griffin JH. Cardiolipin is a normal component of human plasma lipoproteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:1743-8. [PMID: 10677528 PMCID: PMC26506 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.4.1743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/1999] [Accepted: 12/07/1999] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Anticardiolipin (anti-CL) antibodies, diagnostic for antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, are associated with increased risks of venous and arterial thrombosis. Because CL selectively enhances activated protein C/protein S-dependent anticoagulant activities in purified systems and because CL is not known to be a normal plasma component, we searched for CL in plasma. Plasma lipid extracts [chloroform/methanol (2:1, vol/vol)] were subjected to analyses by using TLC, analytical HPLC, and MS. A plasma lipid component was purified that was indistinguishable from reference CL (M:1448). When CL in 40 fasting plasma lipid extracts (20 males, 20 females) was quantitated by using HPLC, CL (mean +/- SD) was 14.9 +/- 3.7 microgram/ml (range 9.1 to 24.2) and CL was not correlated with phosphatidylserine (3.8 +/- 1.7 microgram/ml), phosphatidylethanolamine (64 +/- 20 microgram/ml), or choline-containing phospholipid (1,580 +/- 280 microgram/ml). Based on studies of fasting blood donors, CL (>/=94%) was recovered in very low density, low density, and high density lipoproteins (11 +/- 5.3%, 67 +/- 11.0%, and 17 +/- 10%, respectively), showing that the majority of plasma CL (67%) is in low density lipoprotein. Analysis of relative phospholipid contents of lipoproteins indicated that high density lipoprotein is selectively enriched in CL and phosphatidylethanolamine. These results shows that CL is a normal plasma component and suggest that the epitopes of antiphospholipid antibodies could include CL or oxidized CL in lipoproteins or in complexes with plasma proteins (e. g., beta(2)-glycoprotein I, prothrombin, protein C, or protein S) or with platelet or endothelial surface proteins.
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- H Deguchi
- Departments of Molecular Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Oshika Y, Deguchi H, Satoh M, Ozeki Y, Ogata T, Tanaka S. [Trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy for bilateral metastatic lung tumors]. Kyobu Geka 1999; 52:983-7. [PMID: 10554481] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy has been performed in 4 patients with bilateral metastatic lung tumors. The primary lesion was rectum in one case and the colon in three cases. Two patients were male and 2 were female. Their ages ranged from 63 to 78 years old. An inframammary incision was made with the patient in the supine position, and the chest was entered via the 4th or 5th intercostal space. This procedure provided excellent exposure of the entire mediastinum. Postoperative pain was comparatively severe in the early postoperative period, but was controlled by administering an epidural block. This procedure allows good exposure of the entire thoracic space through a single operative field. We conclude that trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy is an excellent approach in the patient with bilateral metastatic lung tumors.
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- Y Oshika
- National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Sato M, Ozeki Y, Aida S, Oshika Y, Deguchi H, Ono K, Haraguchi S, Ogata T, Tanaka S. Expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin in small bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma of the lung: assessment and comparison with noguchi criteria. Oncol Rep 1999; 6:1217-21. [PMID: 10523684 DOI: 10.3892/or.6.6.1217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Noguchi criteria are useful in assessing the prognosis of patients with small lung adenocarcinoma. Although there is a significant difference in prognosis between type A or B and type C, it is difficult in some cases to distinguish these types accurately by microscopy. In this study, we used immunohistochemistry to examine alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) produced by active fibroblasts in 25 pulmonary adenocarcinomas less than 2 cm in diameter. Eleven of type C (61%) showed positive staining for alpha-SMA, whereas no positive cases were seen in type A or B. The incidence of cancerous blood vessel and lymphatic invasion were significantly higher in alpha-SMA positive cases than in negative cases, and the positive cases showed poorer prognosis. These findings indicate that immunohistochemical detection of alpha-SMA is useful and essential for histological typing by the Noguchi criteria.
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- M Sato
- Surgery I, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan
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Deguchi H, Sato B, Ohshima M, Seki A, Yamamoto M, Naito H, Nishida N, Yutani C, Kitamura S. A case of interleukin-6-producing malignant fibrous histiocytoma originating in the heart. Jpn J Clin Oncol 1999; 29:382-6. [PMID: 10494922 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/29.8.382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Primary cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma is extremely rare and its pathophysiological characteristics remain largely unknown. We treated a female patient with persistent fever and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Since ultrasonic echocardiography revealed the presence of a cardiac tumor and her serum interleukin-6 level was elevated, we speculated she had a cardiac myxoma. Histological examination of the surgically resected specimen, however, revealed that the tumor was malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Although her disseminated intravascular coagulation and heart failure were transiently improved after operation, local recurrence and systemic metastasis occurred and she died 7 weeks after operation. Using the autopsied specimen, we examined whether the malignant fibrous histiocytoma constitutively synthesized interleukin-6. The interleukin-6 content in the tumor was high, consistent with interleukin-6 production by the tumor. This was confirmed by immunohistochemical analysis. To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating interleukin-6 production by a cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
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- H Deguchi
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nissay Hospital, Nippon Life Saiseikai Foundation, Osaka, Japan.
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Shimura M, Wada H, Nakasaki T, Hiyoyama K, Mori Y, Nishikawa M, Deguchi H, Deguchi K, Gabazza EC, Shiku H. Increased truncated form of plasma tissue factor pathway inhibitor levels in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Am J Hematol 1999; 60:94-8. [PMID: 9929099 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199902)60:2<94::aid-ajh2>3.0.co;2-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 11/09/2022]
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To evaluate that the relationship between the truncated form of tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and the stage of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), we measured the plasma levels of tissue factor (TF) antigen and the intact and truncated forms of TFPI antigens in 41 patients with DIC, 12 with pre-DIC, and 20 with non-DIC. The plasma TF and total TFPI antigen levels were significantly higher in patients with DIC than in non-DIC patients. Plasma levels of intact TFPI antigen in the pre-DIC groups were significantly lower than in the non-DIC and DIC groups. The truncated form of TFPI antigen levels in DIC patients were significantly increased compared with those in non-DIC and pre-DIC patients. The fact that the intact form of TFPI was decreased in pre-DIC patients compared with that in non-DIC patients, suggests that it is consumed in the pre-DIC state and that hypercoagulability occurs in pre-DIC patients. The increased level of the truncated form of TFPI in DIC patients may be attributed to proteolysis of the intact form of TFPI in these patients. The increased level of the truncated form of TFPI may be a useful index for the diagnosis of DIC.
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- M Shimura
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu-city, Japan
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Deguchi H, Hosoda M. Subcutaneous and retropharyngeal emphysema confirmed by CT image: A report of two cases. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(99)81024-8] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Deguchi H, Umemoto N, Sugiura H, Danno K, Uehara M. Ultraviolet light is an environmental factor aggravating facial lesions of adult atopic dermatitis. Dermatol Online J 1998. [DOI: 10.5070/d30jk73412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Deguchi H, Umemoto N, Sugiura H, Danno K, Uehara M. Ultraviolet light is an environmental factor aggravating facial lesions of adult atopic dermatitis. Dermatol Online J 1998; 4:10. [PMID: 10217747] [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: 02/12/2023] Open
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An increasing number of adult patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) in Japan are distressed by persistent eczematous lesions of the face (so-called atopic red face). Phototests were carried out in 28 patients with the atopic red face to test a possibility that ultraviolet (UV) light could be an aggravating factor. Contact and photocontact dermatitis had been ruled out by repeated patch and photopatch tests. All of the patients had a normal response to a screening dose of UVA (10 J/sq cm) and a normal minimal erythema dose (MED) of UVB. Ten of these patients, however, showed an abnormal papular response to a single or 3-times consecutive UVB radiation above the MED (90 mJ/sq cm).
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- H Deguchi
- Department of Dermatology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Tsukinowa-Cho, 520-21, Japan
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Zhou H, Gabazza EC, Takeya H, Deguchi H, Urano H, Adachi Y, Suzuki K. Prothrombin and its derivatives stimulate motility of melanoma cells. Thromb Haemost 1998; 80:407-12. [PMID: 9759619] [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: 02/08/2023]
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Several studies indicated that activation of the clotting system may promote the growth and the invasive behavior of tumor cells. In the present study, we evaluated the migratory response of various melanoma cell lines to several clotting factors and prothrombin derivatives (thrombin, fragment 1, fragment 2 and kringle 1 fragment). Prothrombin, thrombin and fragment 1 stimulated chemotaxis of the murine (K-1735 M2, X21) and human A375 (SM) melanoma cell lines. Prothrombin and prothrombin fragment 1 showed their maximal chemotactic activity at 0.5 approximately 1 microM. Chemotaxis induced by thrombin was inhibited by hirudin, but not that induced by prothrombin or fragment 1. Other clotting proteins and the fragment 2 and kringle 1 fragment of prothrombin did not elicit chemotactic activity. Checkerboard analysis indicated that motility was directional with a significant chemokinetic component. The K-1735 M2 cells also migrated in a concentration-dependent manner to substratum-bound insoluble prothrombin, thrombin or fragment 1. Ligand binding assays showed that both prothrombin and fragment 1 bound to K-1735 M2 cells with apparent Kds of 0.5 microM. This binding was inhibited by an excess concentration of unlabeled prothrombin and fragment 1 but not by similar concentrations of other prothrombin fragments. These findings suggest that prothrombin and its fragment 1 exert chemotactic activity on melanoma cells by different mechanisms and different binding sites from that induced by thrombin.
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- H Zhou
- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu-City, Japan
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Watanabe M, Deguchi H, Sato M, Ozeki Y, Tanaka S, Izumi Y, Kobayashi K. Midterm results of thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastases especially from colorectal cancers. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 1998; 8:195-200. [PMID: 9755910 DOI: 10.1089/lap.1998.8.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Indications for thoracoscopic metastatectomy remain controversial because not all metastatic tumors may be detected without the manual palpation that is possible with thoracotomy. However, the accuracy (92%) of preoperative lung imaging in patients with one or two lesions led us to re-evaluate thoracoscopic metastatectomy with patient survival as the primary end point. Thoracoscopic wedge resection using an endoscopic stapling device or video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy was performed in patients with one or two pulmonary metastases. Thoracoscopic resection was performed in 27 patients with 22 solitary lesions and 5 patients with two lesions. The primary tumors were colorectal cancer (15), testicular cancer (3), osteosarcoma (2), and seven other histologies. In 5 of 27 patients (18.5%) a thoracoscopic operation was converted to a VATS procedure, which requires minithoracotomy to identify metastasis primary by digital palpation. The 3-year survival rate for colorectal cancer patients who underwent thoracoscopic resection was 56.4%, in comparison to 48.6% in historical control thoracotomy patients (n = 16). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Thoracoscopic resection of one or two colorectal cancer lung metastases results in a survival rate similar to standard thoracotomy, and thereby provides an acceptable alternative to this more invasive approach.
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- M Watanabe
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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