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Iijima K, Komatsu K, Miyashita S, Suyama K, Murayama K, Hashizume K, Tabe NK, Miyata H, Iwasaki M, Taya S, Hoshino M. Transcriptional features of low-grade neuroepithelial tumors with the BRAF V600E mutation associated with epileptogenicity. Genes Cells 2024; 29:192-206. [PMID: 38269481 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.13096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Low-grade neuroepithelial tumors are major causes of drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Clinically, these tumors are defined as low-grade epilepsy-associated neuroepithelial tumors (LEATs). The BRAF V600E mutation is frequently observed in LEAT and linked to poor seizure outcomes. However, its molecular role in epileptogenicity remains elusive. To understand the molecular mechanism underlying the epileptogenicity in LEAT with the BRAF V600E genetic mutation (BRAF V600E-LEAT), we conducted RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis using surgical specimens of BRAF V600E-LEAT obtained and stored at a single institute. We obtained 21 BRAF V600E-LEAT specimens and 4 control specimens, including 24 from Japanese patients and 1 from a patient of Central Asian origin, along with comprehensive clinical data. We submitted the transcriptome dataset of 21 BRAF V600E-LEAT plus 4 controls, as well as detailed clinical information, to a public database. Preliminary bioinformatics analysis using this dataset identified 2134 differentially expressed genes between BRAF V600E-LEAT and control. Additionally, gene set enrichment analysis provided novel insights into the association between estrogen response-related pathways and the epileptogenicity of BRAF V600E-LEAT patients. Our datasets and findings will contribute toward the understanding of the pathology of epilepsy caused by LEAT and the identification of new therapeutic targets.
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- Keiya Iijima
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Medical Genome Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels, Akita Cerebrospinal and Cardiovascular Center, Akita City, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Behavioral Neuropharmacology, International Center for Brain Science (ICBS), Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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Murayama K, Fukui T, Kushibiki S, Sakamoto K, Inouchi K, Sugino T. Effects of medium-chain fatty acids and tributyrin supplementation in milk replacers on growth performance, blood metabolites, and hormone concentrations in Holstein dairy calves. J Dairy Sci 2023:S0022-0302(23)00277-1. [PMID: 37225581 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of triglycerides containing medium-chain fatty acids (MCT) and tributyrin (TB) supplementation in a milk replacer (MR) on growth performance, plasma metabolites, and hormone concentrations in dairy calves. Sixty-three Holstein heifer calves (body weight at 8 d of age, 41.1 ± 2.91 kg; mean ± SD) were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 experimental MR (28% crude protein and 18% fat): (1) containing 3.2% C8:0 and 2.8% C10:0 (in fat basis) without TB supplementation (CONT; n = 15), (2) containing 6.7% C8:0 and 6.4% C10:0 without TB supplementation (MCT; n = 16), (3) containing 3.2% C8:0 and 2.8% C10:0 with 0.6% (dry matter basis) TB supplementation (CONT+TB; n = 16), (4) containing 6.7% C8:0 and 6.4% C10:0 with 0.6% TB supplementation (MCT+TB; n = 16). The MR were offered at 600 g/d (powder basis) from 8 to 14 d, up to 1,300 g/d from 15 to 21 d, 1,400 g/d from 22 to 49 d, down to 700 g/d from 50 to 56 d, 600 g/d from 57 to 63 d, and weaned at 64 d of age. All calves were fed calf starter, chopped hay, and water ad libitum. The data were analyzed using a 2-way ANOVA via the fit model procedure of JMP Pro 16 (SAS Institute Inc.). Medium-chain fatty acid supplementation did not affect the total dry matter intake. However, calves that were fed MCT had greater feed efficiency (gain/feed) before weaning (0.74 ± 0.098 vs. 0.71 ± 0.010 kg/kg) compared with non-MCT calves. The MCT calves also had a lower incidence of diarrhea compared with non-MCT calves during 23 to 49 d of age and the weaning period (50 to 63 d of age; 9.2% vs. 18.5% and 10.5% vs. 17.2%, respectively). Calves fed with TB had a greater total dry matter intake during postweaning (3,465 vs. 3,232 g/d). Calves fed TB also had greater body weight during the weaning (90.7 ± 0.97 vs. 87.9 ± 1.01 kg) and postweaning period (116.5 ± 1.47 vs. 112.1 ± 1.50 kg) compared with that of non-TB calves. The plasma metabolites and hormone concentrations were not affected by MCT or TB. These results suggest that MCT and TB supplementation in the MR may improve the growth performance and gut health of dairy calves.
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- K Murayama
- Dairy Technology Research Institute, National Federation of Dairy Co-operative Associations (Zen-Raku-Ren), Nishi-shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan 969-0223; Research Center for Animal Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan 739-8528
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- Research Center for Animal Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan 739-8528
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- Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-0901
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- YP Tech Co. Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 100-0004
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- Dairy Technology Research Institute, National Federation of Dairy Co-operative Associations (Zen-Raku-Ren), Nishi-shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan 969-0223
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- Research Center for Animal Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan 739-8528.
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Takeda A, Murayama K, Okazaki Y, Imai-Okazaki A, Ohtake A, Takakuwa E, Yamazawa H, Izumi G, Abe J, Nagai A, Taniguchi K, Sasaki D, Tsujioka T, Basgen J. Advanced pathologic study for definite diagnosis of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.2041] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial cardiomyopathy (MCM) is usually recognized as one of the phenotypes of systemic mitochondrial disease. However if there are no cardiac symptoms, it is difficult to make a definite diagnosis because of various cardiovascular phenotypes and no diagnostic criteria in pathological examination. To add myocardial pathology to the diagnostic criteria for mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders, which is the gold standard in the diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases, we performed quantitative analysis of mitochondria using electron microscopy and immunohistopathologic analysis with respiratory chain enzyme antibodies. Ten patients with hypertrophic or restrictive cardiomyopathy who had undergone endomyocardial biopsy were studied. Respiratory chain enzymatic assay and genetic study were performed and four patients were diagnosed with MCM. Using electron microscopy with quantitative analysis, volume density of mitochondria within cardiac muscle cells was significantly increased in the MCM group compared to the non-MCM group (p=0.013). Immunohistopathologic results were compatible with the result of the respiratory chain enzymatic assay. These advanced pathological tests can distinguish MCM from other cardiomyopathies.
Results of immunopathologic study
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): The Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable Diseases from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED.
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- A Takeda
- Hokkaido University, Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo, Japan
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- Chiba Children's Hospital, Department of Metabolism, Chiba, Japan
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- Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Intractable Disease Research Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Intractable Disease Research Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Saitama Medical University, Department of Paediatrics, Saitama, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Department of Surgical Pathology, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo, Japan
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- Charles R. Drew University of Science and Medicine, Department of Research, Los Angeles, United States of America
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Murayama K, Suzuki S, Nagata H, Oda J, Nakahara I, Katada K, Fujii K, Toyama H. Visualization of Lenticulostriate Arteries on CT Angiography Using Ultra-High-Resolution CT Compared with Conventional-Detector CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 41:219-223. [PMID: 31857330 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The newly developed ultra-high-resolution CT is equipped with a 0.25-mm detector, which has one-half the conventional section thickness, one-half the in-plane detector element width, and one-half the reconstructed pixel width compared with conventional-detector CT. Thus, the ultra-high-resolution CT scanner should provide better image quality for microvasculature than the conventional-detector CT scanners. This study aimed to determine whether ultra-high-resolution CT produces superior-quality images of the lenticulostriate arteries compared with conventional-detector CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS From February 2017 to June 2017, thirteen patients with aneurysms (4 men, 9 women; mean age, 61.2 years) who underwent head CTA with both ultra-high-resolution CT and conventional-detector CT were enrolled. Two board-certified radiologists determined the number of all lenticulostriate arteries on the CTA coronal images of the MCA M1 segment reconstructed from 512 matrixes on conventional-detector CT and 1024 matrixes on ultra-high-resolution CT. RESULTS There were statistically more lenticulostriate arteries identified on ultra-high-resolution CT (average, 2.85 ± 0.83; 95% CI, 2.509-3.183) than on conventional-detector CT (average, 2.17 ± 0.76; 95% CI, 1.866-2.480) (P = .009) in 16 of the total 26 MCA M1 segments. CONCLUSIONS Improvements in lenticulostriate artery visualization were the result of the combined package of the ultra-high-resolution CT scanner plus the ultra-high-resolution scanning protocol, which includes higher radiation doses with lower than the national diagnostic reference levels and stronger adaptive iterative dose-reduction processing. This package for ultra-high-resolution CT is a simple, noninvasive, and easily accessible method to evaluate microvasculature such as the lenticulostriate arteries.
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- K Murayama
- From the Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging (K.M.)
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- Departments of Radiology (S.S., H.N., K.K., H.T.)
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- Departments of Radiology (S.S., H.N., K.K., H.T.)
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- Comprehensive Strokology (J.O., I.N.), Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
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- Comprehensive Strokology (J.O., I.N.), Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
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- Departments of Radiology (S.S., H.N., K.K., H.T.)
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- Canon Medical Systems (K.F.), Otawara, Japan
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- Departments of Radiology (S.S., H.N., K.K., H.T.)
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Meliss S, Murayama K. Differential effects of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards on recognition memory. Brain Cogn 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2019.10.025] [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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Meijs M, Pegge SAH, Murayama K, Boogaarts HD, Prokop M, Willems PWA, Manniesing R, Meijer FJA. Color-Mapping of 4D-CTA for the Detection of Cranial Arteriovenous Shunts. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 40:1498-1504. [PMID: 31395664 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 4D CT angiography is increasingly used in clinical practice for the assessment of different neurovascular disorders. Optimized processing of 4D-CTA is crucial for diagnostic interpretation because of the large amount of data that is generated. A color-mapping method for 4D-CTA is presented for improved and enhanced visualization of the cerebral vasculature hemodynamics. This method was applied to detect cranial AVFs. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients who underwent both 4D-CTA and DSA in our hospital from 2011 to 2018 for the clinical suspicion of a cranial AVF or carotid cavernous fistula were retrospectively collected. Temporal information in the cerebral vasculature was visualized using a patient-specific color scale. All color-maps were evaluated by 3 observers for the presence or absence of an AVF or carotid cavernous fistula. The presence or absence of cortical venous reflux was evaluated as a secondary outcome measure. RESULTS In total, 31 patients were included, 21 patients with and 10 without an AVF. Arterialization of venous structures in AVFs was accurately visualized using color-mapping. There was high sensitivity (86%-100%) and moderate-to-high specificity (70%-100%) for the detection of AVFs on color-mapping 4D-CTA, even without the availability of dynamic subtraction rendering. The diagnostic performance of the 3 observers in the detection of cortical venous reflux was variable (sensitivity, 43%-88%; specificity, 60%-80%). CONCLUSIONS Arterialization of venous structures can be visualized using color-mapping of 4D-CTA and proves to be accurate for the detection of cranial AVFs. This finding makes color-mapping a promising visualization technique for assessing temporal hemodynamics in 4D-CTA.
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- M Meijs
- From the Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.M., S.A.H.P., M.P., R.M., F.J.A.M.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.M., S.A.H.P., M.P., R.M., F.J.A.M.)
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- Department of Radiology (K.M.), Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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- Neurosurgery (H.D.B.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- From the Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.M., S.A.H.P., M.P., R.M., F.J.A.M.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery (P.W.A.W.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- From the Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.M., S.A.H.P., M.P., R.M., F.J.A.M.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.M., S.A.H.P., M.P., R.M., F.J.A.M.)
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Sato R, Arai-Ichinoi N, Kikuchi A, Matsuhashi T, Numata-Uematsu Y, Uematsu M, Fujii Y, Murayama K, Ohtake A, Abe T, Kure S. Novel biallelic mutations in the PNPT1
gene encoding a mitochondrial-RNA-import protein PNPase cause delayed myelination. Clin Genet 2017; 93:242-247. [DOI: 10.1111/cge.13068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- R. Sato
- Department of Pediatrics; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Hiroshima University Hospital; Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Metabolism; Chiba Children's Hospital; Chiba Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Saitama Medical University; Saitama Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Tohoku University School of Medicine; Miyagi Japan
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Murayama K. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMENTIA: ARE FAMILY CAREGIVERS LIABLE FOR DAMAGES? Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- K. Murayama
- Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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Zaha K, Matsumoto H, Itoh M, Saitsu H, Kato K, Kato M, Ogata S, Murayama K, Kishita Y, Mizuno Y, Kohda M, Nishino I, Ohtake A, Okazaki Y, Matsumoto N, Nonoyama S. DNM1L-related encephalopathy in infancy with Leigh syndrome-like phenotype and suppression-burst. Clin Genet 2016; 90:472-474. [PMID: 27301544 DOI: 10.1111/cge.12805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- K Zaha
- Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of human genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Functional Genomics & Systems Medicine, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Functional Genomics & Systems Medicine, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.,Division of Translational Research, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Translational Research, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Functional Genomics & Systems Medicine, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.,Division of Translational Research, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of human genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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Niinomi H, Sugiyama T, Tagawa M, Murayama K, Harada S, Ujihara T. Enantioselective amplification on circularly polarized laser-induced chiral nucleation from a NaClO3solution containing Ag nanoparticles. CrystEngComm 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ce01464j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Yoshida S, Yamagata Y, Murayama K, Watanabe K, Imura T, Igarashi Y, Inagaki A, Fujimori K, Ohashi K, Ohuchi N, Satomi S, Goto M. The influence of collagen III expression on the efficiency of cell isolation with the use of collagenase H. Transplant Proc 2015; 46:1942-4. [PMID: 25131077 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We previously demonstrated that collagenase H (ColH) plays a crucial role in rat islet isolation, whereas collagenase G (ColG) plays only a supporting role. We also showed that collagen III appears to be one of the key targets of ColH based on a mass spectrometry analysis. In the present study, we investigated whether our novel findings in an islet isolation model are universally applicable for other types of cell isolation, such as a hepatocyte isolation, with the use of enzyme blends of recombinant collagenases. METHODS As the first step, the expression of one of the main matrix components, collagen III, on rat pancreatic and hepatic tissues was assessed with the use of immunohistochemical staining. ColG and ColH were expressed in recombinant E. coli carrying expression plasmids for each collagenase. Then the efficiency of the collagenase subtype on rat hepatocyte isolation was evaluated in terms of cell yield with the use of thermolysin combined with either ColG or ColH (n = 3, respectively). RESULTS The expression of collagen III on rat hepatic tissues was dramatically lower than that of rat pancreatic tissues. In the rat hepatocyte isolation, a substantial amount of hepatocytes (0.81 ± 0.11 × 10(6)) were obtained in the ColG group, whereas almost no hepatocytes were retrieved in the ColH group, indicating that the influence of the collagenase subtypes in rat hepatocyte isolation are completely opposite to that observed in rat islet isolation. CONCLUSIONS Considering that the expression of collagen III on hepatic tissues was relatively low and that almost no hepatocytes were retrieved when ColH and thermolysin were used, the present study supports our novel finding that collagen III appears to be one of the key targets of ColH in hepatocyte isolation. Therefore, the semiquantification of collagen III on the target tissues not only may positively contribute to efficient islet isolation, but also may affect other types of cell isolation by optimizing the ColH amount.
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- S Yoshida
- Division of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Biomedical Measurements and Diagnostics, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Graduate School of Medical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Higashi Y, Nakao H, Shirakawa A, Ueda K, Kaminskii AA, Kuretake S, Kintaka Y, Murayama K, Tanaka N. Femtosecond mode-locked Nd(3+)-doped Ba(Zr,Mg,Ta)O(3) ceramic laser. Opt Lett 2015; 40:3818-3821. [PMID: 26274668 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.003818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We have demonstrated continuous wave (CW) laser operation and the first, to the best of our knowledge, sub-200 fs mode-locked laser operation of Nd(3+)-doped Ba(Zr,Mg,Ta)O(3) ceramic. Its disordered crystalline nature exhibits a broad gain bandwidth of 30 nm with a high-emission cross section. It also has higher thermal and mechanical properties than Nd:glass. In CW operation, a maximum output power of 1.5 W under 6.2 W of absorbed pump power was obtained. In mode-locked operation, a pulse duration of 196 fs with an average power of 60 mW was successfully achieved. The laser spectrum straddled both fluorescence peaks of A-site and B-site Nd(3+) ions.
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Igarashi T, Murayama K, Irisawa H, Murata N. Follow-Up of Reactivation of HB Virus in HBV Antibody Positive Lymphoma After Chemotherapy in a Single Institution. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt459.121] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hayakawa M, Tanaka T, Sadato A, Adachi K, Ito K, Hattori N, Omi T, Oheda M, Katada K, Murayama K, Kato Y, Hirose Y. Detection of Pulsation in Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms by ECG-Gated 3D-CT Angiography (4D-CTA) with 320-Row Area Detector CT (ADCT) and Follow-up Evaluation Results: Assessment Based on Heart Rate at the Time of Scanning. Clin Neuroradiol 2013; 24:145-50. [DOI: 10.1007/s00062-013-0236-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Matsubara S, Imai K, Murayama K, Higashizawa T. Severe liver dysfunction during nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: folic acid supplement as a suggested culprit. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 2012; 32:701-2. [PMID: 22943726 DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2012.698332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- S Matsubara
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
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Wakiya T, Sanada Y, Urahashi T, Ihara Y, Yamada N, Okada N, Egami S, Sakamoto K, Murayama K, Hakamada K, Yasuda Y, Mizuta K. Living donor liver transplantation from an asymptomatic mother who was a carrier for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Pediatr Transplant 2012; 16:E196-200. [PMID: 22583334 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01716.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 12/19/2022]
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Liver transplantation (LT) has been adopted as a radical treatment for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD), yielding favorable outcomes. Despite the fact that it is an inheritable disease, a blood relative who is heterozygous for the disorder must sometimes be used as a liver donor for living donor LT. There is ongoing discussion regarding the use of heterozygous donors, however, to our knowledge, no cases where donation was determined based on the Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) activity before LT have been reported. Between May 2001 and April 2011, 17 patients were indicated for living donor LT because of OTCD at our facility. There were three cases with heterozygous donor candidate (17.6%). All heterozygous candidates underwent a liver biopsy to measure their OTC activity before LT and made efforts to secure the safety of the both donor and recipient. Two of 3 candidates had headaches sometimes, and their activity was less than 40%, and thus they were not employed as the donor. One candidate with 104.4% activity was employed, yielding favorable outcomes. Our current experience supported the effectiveness of our donation criteria, however it is necessary to collect sufficient data on a large number of patients to confirm the safety of the procedure.
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- T Wakiya
- Department of Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
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Morishita EC, Murayama K, Kato-Murayama M, Hayashi T, Terada T, Handa N, Shirouzu M, Akiyama T, Yokoyama S. Crystal structures of adenomatous polyposis coli and its complex with Sam68. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311091355] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Adachi H, Hirai Y, Enomoto M, Fukami A, Otsuka M, Kumagae SI, Nanjo Y, Esaki E, Kumagai E, Yoshikawa K, Yokoi K, Ogata K, Tsukagawa E, Kasahara A, Murayama K, Imaizumi T. P1-66 Trends in nutritional intake and serum cholesterol levels over 50 years in Tanushimaru, Japanese men. Br J Soc Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976c.59] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Fukami A, Adachi H, Hirai Y, Enomoto M, Otsuka M, Nanjo Y, Yoshikawa K, Esaki E, Kumagai E, Ogata K, Kasahara A, Tsukagawa E, Yokoi K, Murayama K, Imaizumi T. P2-90 High levels of plasma homocysteine predicts development of hypertension in a general population. The Tanushimaru Study. Br J Soc Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976i.25] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Otsuka M, Adachi H, Hirai Y, Enomoto M, Fukami A, Kumagae SI, Nanjo Y, Yoshikawa K, Esaki E, Kumagai E, Yokoi K, Ogata K, Tsukagawa E, Kasahara A, Murayama K, Imaizumi T. SP3-50 Serum hepatocyte growth factor levels and mortalities from cancer in apparently healthy general population. Br J Soc Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976o.50] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Wakiya T, Sanada Y, Mizuta K, Umehara M, Urahasi T, Egami S, Hishikawa S, Fujiwara T, Sakuma Y, Hyodo M, Murayama K, Hakamada K, Yasuda Y, Kawarasaki H. Living donor liver transplantation for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Pediatr Transplant 2011; 15:390-5. [PMID: 21585627 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01494.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 12/11/2022]
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Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, the most common urea cycle disorder, causes hyperammonemic encephalopathy and has a poor prognosis. Recently, LT was introduced as a radical OTCD treatment, yielding favorable outcomes. We retrospectively analyzed LT results for OTCD at our facility. Twelve children with OTCD (six boys and six girls) accounted for 7.1% of the 170 children who underwent LDLT at our department between May 2001 and April 2010. Ages at LT ranged from nine months to 11 yr seven months. Post-operative follow-up period was 3-97 months. The post-operative survival rate was 91.7%. One patient died. Two patients who had neurological impairment preoperatively showed no alleviation after LT. All patients other than those who died or failed to show recovery from impairment achieved satisfactory quality-of-life improvement after LT. The outcomes of LDLT as a radical OTCD treatment have been satisfactory. However, neurological impairment associated with hyperammonemia is unlikely to subside even after LT. It is desirable henceforth that more objective and concrete guidelines for OTCD management be established to facilitate LDLT with optimal timing while avoiding the risk of hyperammonemic episodes.
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- T Wakiya
- Department of Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
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Takahashi H, Tomita N, Yokoyama M, Tsunoda S, Yano T, Murayama K, Hashimoto C, Tamura K, Sato K, Fujita H, Ishigatsubo Y. Prognostic impact for different sites of extranodal involvement in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the rituximab era. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e18505] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Murayama K, Katada K, Toyama H, Hayakawa M. Quantitative Evaluation of the Penumbra and Ischemic Core in Acute Cerebral Infarction Using Whole-Brain CT Perfusion. Neuroradiol J 2011; 24:48-58. [DOI: 10.1177/197140091102400109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 01/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The objectives of the study were to quantitatively assess whole-brain CT Perfusion (CTP) data using an automatic region of interest (ROI) analysis program in order to distinguish between the degree of ischemia in the ischemic core and that in the penumbra and to assess the relationship between expansion of the area of infarction. The subjects were 20 patients with acute cerebral infarction. Whole-brain CTP was performed for all subjects using a 320-row area detector CT scanner. The penumbra* is defined as the region in which the CBV value is 2 mL/100 g or more and the ischemic core* is defined as the region in which the CBV value is less than 2 mL/100 g. The quantitative values of CTP parameters were automatically measured using the automatic ROIs analysis program. The Mann-Whitney U test was applied to differentiate between the ischemic core* and the penumbra*. The reduction in perfusion pressure in the penumbra* was smaller in the group with expansion of the area of infarction than in the group without expansion of the area of infarction. The difference in the median values between the penumbra* and the ischemic core* was larger in the group with expansion of the area of infarction than the group without expansion of the area of infarction. It is considered that the quantitative analysis method using whole-brain CTP may be useful for more accurately distinguishing between the ischemic core and the penumbra and for evaluating the risk of expansion of the ischemic core into the penumbra.
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University; Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University; Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University; Toyoake, Japan
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Tomimitsu H, Arai A, Murayama K, Shimizu J, Suzuki N, Nagata T, Aoki M, Mizusawa H, Tanaka K, Nishino I. P2.04 DMRV and GNE mutations: genotype–phenotype correlation in 100 Japanese patients. Neuromuscul Disord 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.07.076] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Nishihata S, Murata T, Inoue S, Okubo K, Sahashi N, Takahashi H, Hirooka J, Hoshiyama Y, Murayama K, Mezawa A, Yokoyama T, Endo T, Saiga T, Saito Y. Prevalence of Japanese cedar pollinosis in Tokyo: a survey conducted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-9733.2010.01149.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Igarashi T, Murayama K, Itoh K, Kurosawa M, Nagai H, Watanabe T, Tobinai K. Eight weekly infusions of rituximab (R) for relapsed patients (pts) with indolent B-cell lymphoma mostly pretreated with R: A Japanese multicenter phase II study. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.e18510] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Kato T, Takai T, Fujimura T, Matsuoka H, Ogawa T, Murayama K, Ishii A, Ikeda S, Okumura K, Ogawa H. Mite serine protease activates protease-activated receptor-2 and induces cytokine release in human keratinocytes. Allergy 2009; 64:1366-74. [PMID: 19416145 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02023.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [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: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND House dust mites produce serine and cysteine proteases. Mite-derived proteases have been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of allergies; however, whether mite-derived serine protease activity can stimulate keratinocytes remains unknown. METHODS We examined the activation of primary human keratinocytes by serine protease-rich extract of whole mite culture and compared with that by recombinant group 1 allergens (rDer f 1 and rDer p 1), which exclusively exhibit cysteine protease activity. RESULTS Protease activity of whole mite culture extract (WCE), rDer f 1 and rDer p 1 induced the release of IL-8 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Protease activity of WCEs induced a significant upregulation of their mRNA expression but rDer f 1 had much less effect. Protease activity of the WCE stimulated intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization but rDer f 1 and rDer p 1 did not. The mobilization induced by agonists for the human protease-activated receptor (PAR)-2, an agonist peptide or trypsin, was diminished by pre-incubation of keratinocytes with WCE. rDer f 1 inefficiently cleaved a synthetic N-terminal peptide of PAR-2 at different sites from trypsin, but the resultant peptides did not stimulate the release of interleukin-8. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that mite-derived serine protease activity may contribute to the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis by activating keratinocytes via PAR-2 activation but cysteine protease activity of Der f 1 and Der p 1 acts via another mechanism.
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- Atopy Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Iwai I, Ikuta K, Murayama K, Hirao T. Change in optical properties of stratum corneum induced by protein carbonylation in vitro. Int J Cosmet Sci 2008; 30:41-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2494.2008.00426.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Okada M, Kawahara G, Noguchi S, Sugie K, Murayama K, Nonaka I, Hayashi YK, Nishino I. Primary collagen VI deficiency is the second most common congenital muscular dystrophy in Japan. Neurology 2007; 69:1035-42. [PMID: 17785673 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000271387.10404.4e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of primary collagen VI deficiency in congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) in Japan and to establish the genotype-phenotype correlation. METHODS We performed immunohistochemistry for collagen VI in muscles from 362 Japanese patients with CMD, and directly sequenced the three collagen VI genes, COL6A1, COL6A2, and COL6A3, in patients found to have collagen VI deficiency. RESULTS In Japan, primary collagen VI deficiency accounts for 7.2% of congenital muscular deficiency. Among these patients, five had complete deficiency (CD) and 29 had sarcolemma-specific collagen VI deficiency (SSCD). We found two homozygous and three compound heterozygous mutations in COL6A2 and COL6A3 in all five patients with CD, and identified heterozygous missense mutations or in-frame small deletions in 21 patients with SSCD in the triple helical domain (THD) of COL6A1, COL6A2, and COL6A3. All mutations in SSCD were sporadic dominant. No genotype-phenotype correlation was seen. CONCLUSION Primary collagen VI deficiency is the second most common CMD after Fukuyama type CMD in Japan. Dominant mutations located in the N-terminal side from the cysteine residue in the THD of COL6A1, COL6A2, and COL6A3 are closely associated with SSCD.
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- M Okada
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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Liewluck T, Pho-Iam T, Limwongse C, Thongnoppakhun W, Boonyapisit K, Raksadawan N, Murayama K, Hayashi YK, Nishino I, Sangruchi T. Mutation analysis of the GNE gene in distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV) patients in Thailand. Muscle Nerve 2007; 34:775-8. [PMID: 16810679 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV) is an early-adult-onset, distal myopathy caused by a mutation of the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2 epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) gene. We herein report four Thai patients with DMRV who carried compound heterozygous mutations of the GNE gene including three novel (p.G89R, p.P511T, and p.I656N) and two known mutations (p.A524V and p.V696M). All patients shared p.V696M in one allele. Our study demonstrates the mutation spectrum of the GNE gene in Thai patients with DMRV.
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- Teerin Liewluck
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, 2 Prannok Rd., Siriraj, Bangkok-Noi, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
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Murayama K, Kimura T, Tarutani M, Tomooka M, Hayashi R, Okabe M, Nishida K, Itami S, Katayama I, Nakano T. Akt activation induces epidermal hyperplasia and proliferation of epidermal progenitors. Oncogene 2007; 26:4882-8. [PMID: 17297448 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Various common signaling pathways maintain tissue stem cells, including Notch and Wnt/beta-catenin signals. Phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling regulates the 'stemness' of several stem cells in culture, specifically in maintaining embryonic stem and neural stem cells, and in deriving embryonic germ cells from primordial germ cells. We examined the effect of Akt signaling in epidermal cells in transgenic mice expressing an Akt-Mer fusion protein whose kinase activity was conditionally activated by treatment with 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4OHT). The topical application of 4OHT to adult skin of the transgenic mice induced new hair growth in resting phase follicles. In addition, the mice showed hyperplasia in interfollicular epidermis (IFE) and hair follicles, which was presumably caused by the extensive proliferation of keratinocytes in basal layer of IFE and outer root sheath of hair follicles, respectively. The progenitor cell population increased consistently in 4OHT-treated transgenic mice. Our results show that PI3K/Akt signaling induces epidermal hyperplasia and proliferation of epidermal progenitors.
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- K Murayama
- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Kurosu Y, Murayama K, Shindo N, Shisa Y, Satou Y, Senda M, Ishioka N. Identification of Chirality of Phenylthiohydantoin-D-Amino Acid Residue of [D-ala2]-Metthionine Enkephalin by Capillary Electrophoresis: Suppression and Control of Racemization Ratio in the Edman Sequencing Method. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/10826079808001262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Y. Kurosu
- a JASCO Technical Research Laboratories Corporation , 2097-2, Ishikawa-cho, Hachioji-shi Tokyo, 192-0032, Japan
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- b Division of Biochemical Analysis Central Laboratory of Medical Sciences Juntendo University School of Medicine , 3-1-3, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- b Division of Biochemical Analysis Central Laboratory of Medical Sciences Juntendo University School of Medicine , 3-1-3, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- a JASCO Technical Research Laboratories Corporation , 2097-2, Ishikawa-cho, Hachioji-shi Tokyo, 192-0032, Japan
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- a JASCO Technical Research Laboratories Corporation , 2097-2, Ishikawa-cho, Hachioji-shi Tokyo, 192-0032, Japan
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- a JASCO Technical Research Laboratories Corporation , 2097-2, Ishikawa-cho, Hachioji-shi Tokyo, 192-0032, Japan
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- c Division of Molecular Cell Biology Institute of DNA Medicine The Jikei University School of Medicine , 3-25-8, Nishi-shinbashi, Minato-ku Tokyo, 105-0003, Japan
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Li X, Miyajima M, Mineki R, Taka H, Murayama K, Arai H. Analysis of potential diagnostic biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus by proteomics. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2006; 148:859-64; discussion 864. [PMID: 16755327 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-006-0787-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2005] [Accepted: 03/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is unknown, and the syndrome of INPH remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The present study investigated the disease-specific proteins that aid in the diagnosis and treatment of INPH and thus to study their role in the disease process. METHODS A comparative proteomic analysis was used for clinical screening of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins in 15 patients with INPH and compared with 12 normal subjects. Furthermore, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was performed for comparison with CSF proteins between individual INPH patients and controls. RESULTS Seven proteins and their isoforms, including leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (LRG), alpha1-antichymotrypsin, apolipoprotein D, apolipoprotein J, haptoglobin alpha1, serum albumin, and alpha-1-microglobulin/bikunin precursor showed significant changes in CSF of INPH patients compared with controls by proteomic analysis. And significant higher CSF levels of LRG in INPH patients compared with controls were found by ELISA. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that there are significant differences in the expression of certain proteins in the CSF of patients with INPH and normal subjects. In particular, the CSF level assay of LRG suggests that LRG is a specific biomarker for INPH and has potential use in the diagnosis and indication for CSF shunting.
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- X Li
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Watanabe S, Umehara H, Murayama K, Okabe M, Kimura T, Nakano T. Activation of Akt signaling is sufficient to maintain pluripotency in mouse and primate embryonic stem cells. Oncogene 2006; 25:2697-707. [PMID: 16407845 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Embryonic stem (ES) cells can self-renew indefinitely without losing their differentiation ability to any cell types. Phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling plays a pivotal role in various stem cell systems, including the formation of embryonic germ (EG) cells from primordial germ cells and self-renewal of neural stem cells. Here, we show that myristoylated, active form of Akt (myr-Akt) maintained the undifferentiated phenotypes in mouse ES cells without the addition of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). The effects of myr-Akt were reversible, because LIF dependence and pluripotent differentiation activity were restored by the deletion of myr-Akt. In addition, myr-Akt-Mer fusion protein, whose enzymatic activity is controlled by 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen, also maintained the pluripotency of not only mouse but also cynomolgus monkey ES cells. These results clearly demonstrate that Akt signaling sufficiently maintains pluripotency in mouse and primate ES cells, and support the notion that PI3K/Akt signaling axis regulates 'stemness' in a broad spectrum of stem cell systems.
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- S Watanabe
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Ibarra M CA, Wu S, Murayama K, Minami N, Ichihara Y, Kikuchi H, Noguchi S, Hayashi YK, Ochiai R, Nishino I. Malignant hyperthermia in Japan: mutation screening of the entire ryanodine receptor type 1 gene coding region by direct sequencing. Anesthesiology 2006; 104:1146-54. [PMID: 16732084 DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200606000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a disorder of calcium homeostasis in skeletal muscle triggered by volatile anesthetics or succinylcholine in susceptible persons. More than 100 mutations in the ryanodine receptor type 1 gene (RYR1) have been associated with MH susceptibility, central core disease, or both. RYR1 mutations may account for up to 70% of MH-susceptible cases. The authors aimed to determine the frequency and distribution of RYR1 mutations in the Japanese MH-susceptible population. METHODS The authors selected 58 unrelated Japanese diagnosed as MH-susceptible for having an enhanced Ca-induced Ca release rate from the sarcoplasmic reticulum on chemically skinned muscle fibers. They sequenced the entire RYR1 coding region from genomic DNA. Muscle pathology was also characterized. RESULTS Seven previously reported and 26 unknown RYR1 potentially pathogenic sequence variations were identified in 33 patients (56.9%). Of these patients, 48% had cores on muscle biopsy. The mutation detection rate was higher in patients with clear enhancement of Ca-induced Ca release rate (72.4%), whereas all patients with central core disease had RYR1 mutations. Six patients harbored potentially causative compound heterozygous sequence variations. CONCLUSIONS Distribution and frequency of RYR1 mutations differed markedly from those of the North American and European MH-susceptible population. Comprehensive screening of the RYR1 gene is recommended for molecular investigations in MH-susceptible individuals, because many mutations are located outside the "hot spots." Based on the observed occurrence of compound heterozygous state, the prevalence of a possibly predisposing phenotype in the Japanese population might be as high as 1 in 2,000 people.
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- Carlos A Ibarra M
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
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Murayama K, Nagasaka H, Tate K, Ohsone Y, Kanazawa M, Kobayashi K, Kohno Y, Takayanagi M. Significant correlations between the flow volume of patent ductus venosus and early neonatal liver function: possible involvement of patent ductus venosus in postnatal liver function. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2006; 91:F175-9. [PMID: 16449256 PMCID: PMC2672699 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.079822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND The biochemical features of portosystemic venous shunt with high flow volume are hypergalactosaemia, hyperammonaemia, prolonged blood coagulation time, and raised serum bile acid concentration. The ductus venosus remains open with shunt flow in most neonates for a certain period after birth. However, the effects of blood flow through the ductus venosus on neonatal liver function remain unclear. OBJECTIVE To elucidate the effect of patency of the ductus venosus on liver function in early neonates. METHODS Subjects were divided into three groups by gestational age (group I, 29-32 weeks; group II, 33-36 weeks; group III, 37-41 weeks). The shunt flow volume through the ductus venosus was examined serially using ultrasonography, and correlations between flow volume and liver function in the respective groups were calculated during the first week after birth. RESULTS Group I had a higher flow volume and later functional closure than the other two groups. Plasma ammonia and serum total bile acid concentrations correlated with flow volume in groups I and II, and blood galactose and galactose 1-phosphate concentrations correlated significantly with flow volume in group III. Percentage hepaplastin also correlated significantly with flow volume in all groups, but plasma vitamin K concentration did not in any group. CONCLUSIONS Patent ductus venosus has a considerable effect on crucial liver functions such as ammonia detoxification, blood coagulation, and regulation of serum total bile acid concentration in early neonates.
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- K Murayama
- Division of Metabolism, Chiba Children's Hospital, 579-1, Chiba, 266-0007 Japan.
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Wu S, Ibarra MCA, Malicdan MCV, Murayama K, Ichihara Y, Kikuchi H, Nonaka I, Noguchi S, Hayashi YK, Nishino I. Central core disease is due to RYR1 mutations in more than 90% of patients. Brain 2006; 129:1470-80. [PMID: 16621918 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1) gene mutations are associated with central core disease (CCD), multiminicore disease (MmD) and malignant hyperthermia (MH), and have been reported to be responsible for 47-67% of patients with CCD and rare cases with MmD. However, to date, the true frequency and distribution of the mutations along the RYR1 gene have not been determined yet, since mutation screening has been limited to three 'hot spots', with particular attention to the C-terminal region. In this study, 27 unrelated Japanese CCD patients were included. Clinical histories and muscle biopsies were carefully reviewed. We sequenced all the 106 exons encoding RYR1 with their flanking exon-intron boundaries, and identified 20 novel and 3 previously reported heterozygous missense mutations in 25 of the 27 CCD patients (93%), which is a much higher mutation detection rate than that perceived previously. Among them, six were located outside the known 'hot spots'. Sixteen of 27 (59%) CCD patients had mutations in the C-terminal 'hot spot'. Three CCD patients had a probable autosomal recessive disease with two heterozygous mutations. Patients with C-terminal mutations had earlier onset and rather consistent muscle pathology characterized by the presence of distinct cores in almost all type 1 fibres, interstitial fibrosis and type 2 fibre deficiency. In contrast, patients with mutations outside the C-terminal region had milder clinical phenotype and harbour more atypical cores in their muscle fibres. We also sequenced two genes encoding RYR1-associated proteins as candidate causative genes for CCD: the 12 kD FK506-binding protein (FKBP12) and the alpha1 subunit of L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel or dihydropyridine receptor (CACNA1S). However, no mutation was found, suggesting that these genes may not, or only rarely, be responsible for CCD. Our results indicate that CCD may be caused by RYR1 mutations in the majority of patients.
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- Shiwen Wu
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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BACKGROUND X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a severe congenital disorder characterized by marked muscle weakness and hypotonia. Myotubularin, the protein product of the causative gene, MTM1, is thought to be a phosphatase for phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate and may be involved in membrane trafficking. Analysis of MTM1 knocked-out mice indicates that the characteristic small fibers in XLMTM muscles are due to atrophy rather than hypoplasia. OBJECTIVE To characterize gene expression profiling of skeletal muscles with XLMTM. METHOD The authors analyzed the expression of more than 4,200 genes in skeletal muscles from eight patients with XLMTM using their custom cDNA microarray. RESULTS In XLMTM, gene expression analysis revealed pathognomonic upregulation of transcripts for cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix proteins within or around atrophic myofibers. CONCLUSION Remodeling of cytoskeletal and extracellular architecture appears to contribute to atrophy and intracellular organelle disorganization in XLMTM myofibers.
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MESH Headings
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/genetics
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism
- Cytoskeleton/genetics
- Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Cytoskeleton/pathology
- Extracellular Matrix/genetics
- Extracellular Matrix/metabolism
- Extracellular Matrix/pathology
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/genetics
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics
- Genetic Diseases, X-Linked/genetics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology
- Muscular Atrophy/genetics
- Muscular Atrophy/metabolism
- Muscular Atrophy/physiopathology
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/genetics
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/metabolism
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/physiopathology
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/genetics
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- S Noguchi
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry,4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan.
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Nishino I, Noguchi S, Murayama K, Ohkuma A, Kasahata N, Malicdan MCV, Hayashi YK, Nonaka I. [Molecular pathomechanism of distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 2005; 45:943-5. [PMID: 16447769] [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: 05/06/2023]
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Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV) and hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM) are genetically identical autosomal recessive muscle disorders caused by mutations in the GNE gene. This gene encodes a bifunctional protein with UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase and ManNAc kinase activities that catalyze the rate limiting step and the succeeding step, respectively, in the sialic acid biosynthetic pathway. V572L mutation is the most prevalent among Japanese DMRV patients and accounts for about 60% of mutant alleles. Clinical spectrum of DMRV/HIBM seems to be wider than previously thought in terms of both the severity of the disease and the range of affected organs. There are rare asymptomatic homozygotes with missense GNE mutations, indicating the presence of mitigating factors. Surprisingly, more than 10% of the patients had a variety of cardiac abnormalities, suggesting that skeletal muscle may not be the only organ involved. Studies on recombinant GNE demonstrate a loss-of-function nature of the missense mutations identified. Patients' cells show decreased sialylation status which can be recovered by adding GNE metabolites, such as ManNAc and NeuAc. This indicates the possibility of developing a therapy for DMRV/HIBM by giving these metabolites to patients although we have to await the model mice that are currently being produced at several laboratories.
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- Ichizo Nishino
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP)
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Izumi Y, Nagashima K, Murayama K, Zorumski CF. Acute effects of ethanol on hippocampal long-term potentiation and long-term depression are mediated by different mechanisms. Neuroscience 2005; 136:509-17. [PMID: 16216426 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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: 04/18/2005] [Revised: 07/22/2005] [Accepted: 08/01/2005] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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To determine potential mechanisms contributing to ethanol-induced cognitive impairment, we examined acute effects of ethanol on hippocampal N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors and forms of synaptic plasticity thought to underlie memory processing. In the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices, ethanol partially inhibited N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-mediated synaptic responses at concentrations up to 180 mM. The block of synaptic N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors by 60mM ethanol occluded the effects of 10 microM ifenprodil, an agent that has relative selectivity for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors expressing NR1 and NR2B subunits. Ethanol did not occlude the effects of a low concentration of 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate, an antagonist with less N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subtype selectivity. Recent studies indicate that ifenprodil and other NR2B-selective antagonists inhibit N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent long-term depression but not long-term potentiation. We found that ethanol reversibly inhibited long-term depression in a manner consistent with its effects on synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Ethanol also inhibited the induction of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent long-term potentiation, but the actions on long-term potentiation were complex and largely irreversible over the time course of our experiments. Furthermore, ethanol inhibited a form of long-term potentiation induced by very high frequency stimulation that does not depend on N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation. The effects of ethanol on both forms of long-term potentiation, but not on long-term depression, were at least partially reversed by block of GABA type A receptors with picrotoxin. These results indicate that pharmacologically relevant concentrations of ethanol exert preferential effects on a subtype of synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the CA1 hippocampal region. Inhibition of synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors appears to contribute strongly to ethanol-mediated long-term depression inhibition, but effects on long-term potentiation are complex, involving, at least partially, changes in GABAergic transmission.
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- Y Izumi
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Nishino I, Malicdan MCV, Murayama K, Nonaka I, Hayashi YK, Noguchi S. Molecular pathomechanism of distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles. Acta Myol 2005; 24:80-3. [PMID: 16550921] [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: 05/07/2023]
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Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV) and hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM) are now known to be the same disease and are caused by mutations in tile GNE gene that encodes a bifunctional protein with two enzymatic activities: UDP-GlcNAc2-epimerase (GNE) and ManNAc kinase (MNK). GNE catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the sialic acid biosynthesis and MNK catalyzes the next step. So far, we have found homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in 55 unrelated Japanese DMRV patients. Among them, c.1714G>C (p.V572L) mutation is the most common, accounting for 57% of the mutant alleles. The same mutation was recently identified also in Korean DMRV patients, raising the possibility of the presence of a common founder. We have also found that cardiac involvement is not very rare and is found in 18% of patients, albeit degree of severity widely varies; in some patients, it can result in sudden death. The length of time when patients become non ambulatory is diverse. The severity of clinical symptoms also varies widely, as evidenced by the presence of an asymptomatic homozygote harboring of p.D176V, the second most common mutation among Japanese patients. Patients' fibroblasts and myotubes are hyposialylated and this hyposialylation can be recovered by adding GNE metabolite, ManNAc, or sialic acid per se, NeuAc. Accordingly, the sialylation status in the skeletal muscle tissue is also greatly altered especially in fibers with rimmed vacuoles, suggesting the tight association between hyposialylation and the formation of rimmed vacuoles. However, we still do not know why hyposialylation leads to the formation of rimmed vacuoles. To further elucidate the pathomechanism and to develop a therapy of DMRV, we need to produce mouse model mouse for this disease.
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- I Nishino
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kuramitsu S, Ebihara A, Kanagawa M, Nakagawa N, Masui R, Murayama K, Terada T, Shirouzu M, Miki K, Yokoyama S. Whole-cell project of Thermus ThermophilusHB8 toward atomic-resolution biology. Acta Crystallogr A 2005. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767305098922] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Murayama K, Yamazaki T, Ito A, Uehara S, Sasaki N. Simplified semiquantitative culture using washed sputum from children with lower respiratory tract infections. J Clin Pathol 2005; 58:896. [PMID: 16049300 PMCID: PMC1770881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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- K Murayama
- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- K Murayama
- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan 350-0495;
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Amouri R, Driss A, Murayama K, Kefi M, Nishino I, Hentati F. Allelic heterogeneity of GNE gene mutation in two Tunisian families with autosomal recessive inclusion body myopathy. Neuromuscul Disord 2005; 15:361-3. [PMID: 15833430 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.01.012] [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] [Received: 07/27/2004] [Revised: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 01/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Autosomal recessive hereditary inclusion body myopathy (AR-HIBM), with sparing of the quadriceps, is characterized by adult-onset, with weakness and atrophy of distal lower limb muscles, and typical histopathological findings in muscle biopsy. AR hIBM is associated with mutations in the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) gene on chromosome 9p12-13 . We report two unrelated Tunisian families with clinical and pathological features of AR HIBM. One distinct homozygous GNE missense mutation, M712T, previously reported in Middle Eastern Jewish patients, and a newly identified one, L379H, were found in one patient from each family. We conclude that AR HIBM in Tunisia shows an allelic genetic heterogeneity.
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- R Amouri
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology and Neuropathology, National Institute of Neurology, 1007 La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Kaneko T, Naoi F, Wada N, Murayama K, Kitazumi E. [Effectiveness of intrapulmonary percussive ventilator treatment for respiratory disorders in persons with severe motor and intellectual disabilities]. No To Hattatsu 2005; 37:262-4. [PMID: 15915745] [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: 05/02/2023]
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Sugie K, Murayama K, Noguchi S, Murakami N, Mochizuki M, Hayashi YK, Nonaka I, Nishino I. Two novel CAV3 gene mutations in Japanese families. Neuromuscul Disord 2005; 14:810-4. [PMID: 15564037 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Received: 04/21/2004] [Revised: 08/16/2004] [Accepted: 08/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Caveolin-3 deficiency is a rare, autosomal dominant, muscle disorder caused by caveolin-3 gene (CAV3) mutations and consists of four clinical phenotypes: limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1C (LGMD-1C), rippling muscle disease, distal myopathy, and familial hyperCKemia. So far, only 13 mutations have been reported. We here report two novel heterozygous mutations, 96C>G (N32K) and 128T>A (V43E), in the CAV3 gene in two unrelated Japanese families with LGMD-1C. Both probands presented with elevated serum CK level with calf muscle hypertrophy in their childhood but without apparent muscle weakness. However, their mothers showed mild limb-girdle weakness in addition to high CK level. Caveolin-3 was deficient and caveolae were lacking in muscles from both patients. Our data confirm that caveolin-3 deficiency causes LGMD-1C and expand the variability in CAV3 gene mutations.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Caveolin 3
- Caveolins/deficiency
- Caveolins/genetics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Creatine Kinase/metabolism
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Dysferlin
- Dystrophin/metabolism
- Family Health
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics
- Genetic Testing
- Genetic Variation/genetics
- Humans
- Hypertrophy/genetics
- Hypertrophy/pathology
- Japan
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/ultrastructure
- Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle/genetics
- Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle/metabolism
- Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle/pathology
- Mutation, Missense/genetics
- Up-Regulation/genetics
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- Kazuma Sugie
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), National Institute of Neuroscience, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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Tsai TC, Horinouchi H, Noguchi S, Minami N, Murayama K, Hayashi YK, Nonaka I, Nishino I. Characterization of MTM1 mutations in 31 Japanese families with myotubular myopathy, including a patient carrying 240kb deletion in Xq28 without male hypogenitalism. Neuromuscul Disord 2005; 15:245-52. [PMID: 15725586 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2004.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2004] [Revised: 12/08/2004] [Accepted: 12/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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X-linked myotubular myopathy is a congenital muscle disorder due to MTM1 mutation, and is characterized clinically by generalized muscle weakness and hypotonia at birth usually resulting in early death. We newly identified 26 unrelated Japanese patients with MTM1 mutations by genomic DNA and transcript analysis, including 12 novel mutations. Among 31 patients, including our previously reported five patients, the c.1261-10A>G splice site mutation was the most frequent mutation. Three mutations, one missense and two splice site, were associated with milder phenotype. Of particular interest, one boy had a 240 kb deletion in Xq28 encompassing CXorf6 (formerly F18), MTM1 and MTMR1 but was not accompanied by hypogenitalism. CXorf6, which have been implicated in male sexual development, was not entirely deleted in this boy, resulting in the fusion with the MTMR1 gene. A chimeric fusion transcript was detected in patient's muscle by RT-PCR, suggesting this fusion gene product avoids the phenotype. This deletion led us to refine the critical region of CXorf6 for the development of male genitalia.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, X
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Recombinant
- Family Health
- Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscles/pathology
- Mutation, Missense
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/genetics
- Phenotype
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Sequence Deletion/genetics
- Sex Chromosome Aberrations
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- Tzung-Chang Tsai
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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Ishikawa H, Sugie K, Murayama K, Awaya A, Suzuki Y, Noguchi S, Hayashi YK, Nonaka I, Nishino I. Ullrich disease due to deficiency of collagen VI in the sarcolemma. Neurology 2005; 62:620-3. [PMID: 14981181 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000113023.84421.00] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The authors identified eight patients with Ullrich disease in whom collagen VI was present in the interstitium but was absent from the sarcolemma. By electron microscopy, collagen VI in the interstitium was never linked to the basal lamina. These findings suggest that in these patients it is not the total absence of collagen VI from the muscle but the failure of collagen VI to anchor the basal lamina to the interstitium that is the cause of Ullrich disease. Only one of the patients had a mutation in the collagen VI gene, suggesting that the primary abnormality in most of the patients involved some other molecules.
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- H Ishikawa
- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo
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Tomida M, Ishimaru JI, Murayama K, Kajimoto T, Kurachi M, Era S, Shibata T. Intra-articular oxidative state correlated with the pathogenesis of disorders of the temporomandibular joint. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2004; 42:405-9. [PMID: 15336765 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We investigated the redox state of albumin in the synovial fluid from patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders (TMD) to evaluate the relation between the cause of the TMD and the number of types of oxygen in synovial fluid. The albumin was fractionated into three components, human mercaptalbumin (HMA, reduced form) and two types human non-mercaptalbumin (HNA, oxidized form), by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The 63 patients were divided into three groups radiologically, and the ratios of the redox state of the synovial fluid in each group were compared. The fraction of HNA was significantly higher in patients with advanced disease than in patients with early disease. This indicates that the TMJ is affected by intra-articlular oxidative stress, and the severity of TMD correlates closely with the number of oxidative factors. Oxidative stress was thought to be responsible for the genesis of TMD.
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- M Tomida
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
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