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Otani M, Ishii D, Iwata H, Satake Y, Okada Y, Toriumi A, Imamura M, Nishikawa Y, Matsuno N. Preservation Efficacy of a Quercetin and Sucrose Solution for Warm Ischemically Damaged Porcine Liver Grafts. Transplant Proc 2023; 55:2212-2217. [PMID: 37770367 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.07.031] [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] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND The University of Wisconsin (UW) solution is the gold standard for preserving the liver, kidneys, and pancreas. For renal preservation, the addition of the flavonoid, quercetin (QE), to the preservation solution reduces damage to renal tubular cells, and the addition of sucrose (Suc) is also beneficial for preservation. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of QE and Suc on porcine livers in terms of warm and cold injury and to evaluate whether their use improves ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury after simple cold storage (CS). METHODS We tested porcine livers procured after 30 minutes of warm ischemia followed by preservation for 6 hours under the following 2 conditions: group 1, preserved with the CS/UW solution (n = 4); group 2, preserved with the CS/UW solution containing Que 33.1 μM and Suc 0.1 M (n = 6). All livers were evaluated using an ex vivo isolated liver reperfusion model with saline-diluted autologous blood. RESULTS Aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase levels in group 2 were significantly lower at 30 minutes of reperfusion than in group 1. Furthermore, histologic evaluation by hematoxylin and eosin staining showed significantly fewer morphologic changes in group 2 than in group 1, as indicated by the total Suzuki score. Group 2 also had significantly better scores for sinusoidal congestion and hepatocyte cytoplasmic vacuolization. CONCLUSION Adding Que and Suc to the UW solution can effectively prevent cold injury in livers donated after circulatory death.
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- Masahide Otani
- Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan; Department of Development of Transplantation Technology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan; Department of Development of Transplantation Technology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan; Department of Development of Transplantation Technology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
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- Department of Development of Transplantation Technology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
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- Department of Development of Transplantation Technology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
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- Department of Development of Transplantation Technology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
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- Business Planning Division, Healthcare Business Headquarters, Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., 3-15, Edobori 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0002, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan; Department of Development of Transplantation Technology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka higashi 2-1-1, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
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Alabi A, Haladu N, Scott NW, Imamura M, Ahmed I, Ramsay G, Brazzelli M. Mesh fixation techniques for inguinal hernia repair: an overview of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials. Hernia 2022; 26:973-987. [PMID: 34905142 PMCID: PMC9334446 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-021-02546-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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PURPOSE Inguinal hernia repair using surgical mesh is a very common surgical operation. Currently, there is no consensus on the best technique for mesh fixation. We conducted an overview of existing systematic reviews (SRs) of randomised controlled trials to compare the risk of chronic pain and recurrence following open and laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs using various mesh fixation techniques. METHODS We searched major electronic databases in April 2020 and assessed the methodological quality of identified reviews using the AMSTAR-2 tool. RESULTS We identified 20 SRs of variable quality assessing suture, self-gripping, glue, and mechanical fixation. Across reviews, the risk of chronic pain after open mesh repair was lower with glue fixation than with suture and comparable between self-gripping and suture. Incidence of chronic pain was lower with glue fixation than with mechanical fixation in laparoscopic repairs. There were no significant differences in recurrence rates between fixation techniques in open and laparoscopic mesh repairs, although fewer recurrences were reported with suture. Many reviews reported wide confidence intervals around summary estimates. Despite no clear evidence of differences among techniques, two network meta-analyses (one assessing open repairs and one laparoscopic repairs) ranked glue fixation as the best treatment for reducing pain and suture for reducing the risk of recurrence. CONCLUSION Glue fixation may be effective in reducing the incidence of chronic pain without increasing the risk of recurrence. Future research should consider both the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of fixation techniques alongside the type of mesh and the size and location of the hernia defect.
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- A Alabi
- Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.,Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, Luton, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.,Emergency Department, Southend University Teaching Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea, UK
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- Medical Statistics Team, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Surgery, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK
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- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.,Department of Surgery, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK
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- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
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Yamauchi M, Ono A, Amioka K, Fujii Y, Uchikawa S, Fujino H, Nakahara T, Murakami E, Okamoto W, Kawaoka T, Miki D, Tsuge M, Imamura M, Nelson H, Kato Y, Kimura M, Suzuki N, Aikata H, Chayama K. P-141 Lenvatinib activates potential anti-tumor immunity by increasing infiltration of immune cells and interferon response in tumor microenvironment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.04.231] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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Shibata K, Tokushige A, Imamura M, Ohishi M. Khorana score at an initial chemotherapy is effective on predicting death in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2833] [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
The Khorana risk score (KRS) has been recommended for predicting an incidence of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT). On the other hand, KRS is that the specific gravity of score for the primary tumor is too high and the prevalence of severe obesity is low, so there are some reports that the KRS is not effective in predicting CAT but is effective in predicting death.
Purpose
The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the efficacy of KRS on predicting CAT and all-cause death at an initial chemotherapy in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.
Methods
260 consecutive patients with no history of thrombosis who started an initial chemotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer during a 2-year period from January 2017 to December 2018 in our hospital were divided into 3 groups according to KRS and observed until December 2019 (122 patients (46.9%) in the low-risk group (0 points), 114 patients (43.8%) in the intermediate-risk group (1–2 points), and 24 patients (9.2%) in the high-risk group (3–6 points)). The incidence of CAT and all-cause death was compared among 3 groups.
Results
The median age of the patients was 67 (60–75) years, and 63.5% of them were male. CAT was observed in 61 patients (23.5%), and 84 patients (32.3%) died during the observation period. There was no difference in the incidence rate of CAT among 3 groups (Log-rank P=0.6), but all-cause death was a significant difference among 3 groups (high risk group: 54.2%, intermediate risk group: 36.0%, low risk group: 24.6%, p value=0.0023). After adjustment for multivariate analysis, the KRS high risk group was still significantly associated with death (HR: 2.83, 95% CI: 1.37–5.83, p value =0.0049), but not with CAT.
Conclusion
The Khorana score at an initial of chemotherapy in patients with gastrointestinal cancer is useful in predicting prognosis, but not CAT.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- K Shibata
- Kagoshima Nanpuh Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima University hospital, Department of Cardiology, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima Nanpuh Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima University hospital, Department of Cardiology, Kagoshima, Japan
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Muramatsu J, Yoshida M, Ishikawa K, Ikeda Y, Kubo T, Ohnuma H, Miyanishi K, Imamura M, Hasegawa T, Kato J. [A case of intraductal tubulopapillary adenocarcinoma with bone metastases]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 2021; 118:874-883. [PMID: 34511555 DOI: 10.11405/nisshoshi.118.874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
A woman in her 70s with main pancreatic duct dilatation was referred to our hospital. Various imaging examinations showed an extensive mass within the lumen of the main pancreatic duct in the head and body of the pancreas. The microscopic examination of a biopsy specimen revealed an adenocarcinoma. She was diagnosed with intraductal tubulopapillary adenocarcinoma of the pancreas;a pylorus-preserving total pancreatectomy was subsequently performed. However, 30 days after surgery, the patient presented with neck pain and left upper arm numbness. Results of magnetic resonance imaging and bone scintigraphy revealed a cervical spinal tumor that was subsequently biopsied. The patient was diagnosed with intraductal tubulopapillary adenocarcinoma with bone metastasis.
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- Joji Muramatsu
- Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
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Hayashi M, Shimizu T, Imamura M, Fujibayashi S, Yamaguchi S, Goto K, Otsuki B, Kawai T, Okuzu Y, Matsuda S. Optimizing the layer thickness of sol-gel-derived TiO 2 coating on polyetheretherketone. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15875. [PMID: 34354219 PMCID: PMC8342416 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95572-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Sol–gel-derived TiO2 coatings have been confirmed to effectively promote bone-bonding behavior on polyetheretherketone (PEEK) surfaces; however, the optimal layer thickness to maximize the osseointegration and adhesive performance has not been yet determined. In this study, we applied sol–gel-derived TiO2 coatings with different layer thicknesses (40 and 120 nm) on PEEK implants to determine the effects of layer thickness on the surface characteristics, adhesive strength, and bone bonding capabilities (including histological osseointegration). The surface analysis results of both coated implants indicated no significant differences concerning the water contact angle, layer adhesion strength, and apatite formation ability in a simulated body fluid. Additionally, the in vivo biomechanical tests revealed a higher bone-bonding strength for both coated PEEK implants (compared with that of the uncoated sample). It was thus concluded that the factor of layer thickness marginally influences the bioactive advantages attained by sol–gel-derived TiO2 coatings on PEEK surfaces, highlighting the significant versatility and clinical availability of this coating technology.
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- Makoto Hayashi
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
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- Medical Device Development Division, Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, LTD, Osaka, 550-0002, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Kawata T, Goto K, Imamura M, Okuzu Y, Kawai T, Kuroda Y, Matsuda S. Titania-Containing Bone Cement Shows Excellent Osteoconductivity in a Synovial Fluid Environment and Bone-Bonding Strength in Osteoporosis. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:ma14051110. [PMID: 33673515 PMCID: PMC7956823 DOI: 10.3390/ma14051110] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Titania bone cement (TBC) reportedly has excellent in vivo bioactivity, yet its osteoconductivity in synovial fluid environments and bone-bonding ability in osteoporosis have not previously been investigated. We aimed to compare the osteoconductivity of two types of cement in a synovial fluid environment and determine their bone-bonding ability in osteoporosis. We implanted TBC and commercial polymethylmethacrylate bone cement (PBC) into rabbit femoral condyles and exposed them to synovial fluid pressure. Rabbits were then euthanized at 6, 12, and 26 weeks, and affinity indices were measured to evaluate osteoconductivity. We generated a rabbit model of osteoporosis through bilateral ovariectomy (OVX) and an 8-week treatment with methylprednisolone sodium succinate (PSL). Pre-hardened TBC and PBC were implanted into the femoral diaphysis of the rabbits in the sham control and OVX + PSL groups. Affinity indices were significantly higher for TBC than for PBC at 12 weeks (40.9 ± 16.8% versus 24.5 ± 9.02%) and 26 weeks (40.2 ± 12.7% versus 21.2 ± 14.2%). The interfacial shear strength was significantly higher for TBC than for PBC at 6 weeks (3.69 ± 1.89 N/mm2 versus 1.71 ± 1.23 N/mm2) in the OVX + PSL group. These results indicate that TBC is a promising bioactive bone cement for prosthesis fixation in total knee arthroplasty, especially for osteoporosis patients.
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- Tomotoshi Kawata
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; (T.K.); (M.I.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (Y.K.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; (T.K.); (M.I.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (Y.K.); (S.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-75-751-3366
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; (T.K.); (M.I.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (Y.K.); (S.M.)
- Medical Device Development Division, Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, LTD, Osaka 550-0002, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; (T.K.); (M.I.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (Y.K.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; (T.K.); (M.I.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (Y.K.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; (T.K.); (M.I.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (Y.K.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; (T.K.); (M.I.); (Y.O.); (T.K.); (Y.K.); (S.M.)
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Yasuda H, Sato K, Ichikawa S, Imamura M, Takahashi K, Mori H. Promotion in solid phase reaction of Pt/SiO x bilayer film by electron-orbital-selective-excitation. RSC Adv 2021; 11:894-898. [PMID: 35423712 PMCID: PMC8693422 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra07151j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
A thermally impossible positive free energy reaction can proceed by electron-orbital-selective excitation. When the Si 2p core level is photo-excited in Pt/SiOx bilayer films, Coulomb repulsion at the final two-hole state localized in the valence band by an interatomic Auger transition induces dissociation of the O atom and formation of a Si–Pt bond. Consequently, Pt2Si silicide is formed by a positive free energy reaction. Under a single particle excitation of the valence band, low probability of the coexistence of the two-hole state for picosecond order suppresses to allow the reaction to proceed. A thermally impossible positive free energy reaction can proceed by electron-orbital-selective excitation.![]()
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- H. Yasuda
- Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy
- Osaka University
- Ibaraki
- Japan
- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science
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- Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy
- Osaka University
- Ibaraki
- Japan
- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science
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- Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy
- Osaka University
- Ibaraki
- Japan
- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science
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- Synchrotron Light Application Center
- Saga University
- Saga 840-8502
- Japan
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- Synchrotron Light Application Center
- Saga University
- Saga 840-8502
- Japan
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- Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy
- Osaka University
- Ibaraki
- Japan
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Masamoto K, Fujibayashi S, Yamaguchi S, Otsuki B, Okuzu Y, Kawata T, Goto K, Shimizu T, Shimizu Y, Kawai T, Hayashi M, Morizane K, Imamura M, Ikeda N, Takaoka Y, Matsuda S. Bioactivity and antibacterial activity of strontium and silver ion releasing titanium. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2020; 109:238-245. [PMID: 32767436 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 12/28/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
To overcome problems associated with loosening of orthopedic implants and surgical site infections, we developed a novel, titanium (Ti)-based material that releases both strontium and silver ions (CaSrAg-Ti) based on alkali-and-heat treatment. The results of commercially pure Ti (cp-Ti), Ti that releases Sr ions only (CaSr-Ti), and the novel CaSrAg-Ti material were compared. Mechanical tests were performed to evaluate the in vivo bonding properties of CaSrAg-Ti and the bone-implant contact (BIC) ratio in histological specimens was determined at 4 and 8 weeks after implantation in a rat femur. Also, the in vitro antibacterial activities of this material against methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) were evaluated after a 24 h incubation period by assaying colony-forming units. In addition, antibacterial activities were evaluated in vivo at 7 days after implantation in a rat subcutaneous pocket model. There was direct contact between the bone and CaSrAg-Ti in histological specimens and no apparent signs of argyrosis in any rat. The bone-bonding strength and the BIC ratio were increased by 2.7- and 2.3-fold for CaSrAg-Ti vs. cp-Ti at 4 weeks and 2.2- and 2.0-fold at 8 weeks, respectively. As compared with cp-Ti, the number of viable MSSA remaining on CaSrAg-Ti was reduced by 100 ± 0% in vitro and 94.2 ± 6.9% in vivo. Ti that releases Sr and Ag ions is a promising material that exhibits both bone-bonding properties and anti-MSSA activities.
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- Kazutaka Masamoto
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Miki M, Takao S, Konishi M, Shigeoka Y, Miyashita M, Suwa H, Imamura M, Okuno T, Hirokaga K, Miyoshi Y, Murase K, Yanai A, Yamagami K, Akazawa K. Investigation of the use of a novel S-1 administration method for treating metastatic and recurrent breast cancer. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz418.010] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Masamoto K, Fujibayashi S, Yabutsuka T, Hiruta T, Otsuki B, Okuzu Y, Goto K, Shimizu T, Shimizu Y, Ishizaki C, Fukushima K, Kawai T, Hayashi M, Morizane K, Kawata T, Imamura M, Matsuda S. In vivo and in vitro bioactivity of a "precursor of apatite" treatment on polyetheretherketone. Acta Biomater 2019; 91:48-59. [PMID: 31009758 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We recently developed a surface treatment, "precursor of apatite" (PrA), for polyetheretherketone (PrA-PEEK) via a simple, low-temperature process aiming to achieve stronger and faster adhesion to bone. The treatment involves three steps: H2SO4 immersion, exposure to O2 plasma discharge, and alkaline simulated body fluid (alkaline SBF) treatment. This method produces homogeneous fine particles of amorphous calcium phosphate on the PEEK, and we confirmed that PrA-PEEK had excellent apatite formation ability in an SBF immersion test. In the present study using PEEK implants in rabbit tibia, mechanical tests, and histological and radiological analyses revealed that PrA provided the PEEK substrate with excellent bone-bonding properties and osteo-conductivity at early stages (4 and 8 weeks), extending to 16 weeks. In vitro study using MC3T3-E1 cells revealed via XTT assay that PrA on the PEEK substrate resulted in no cytotoxicity, though PrA treatment seemed to suppress gene expression of integrin β-1 and Alp after 7-day incubation as shown by real-time PCR. On the whole, PrA treatment succeeded in giving in vivo bone-bonding properties to the PEEK substrate, and the treatment is a safe and promising method that can be applied in clinical settings. There was an inconsistency between in vivo and in vitro bioactivity, and this discrepancy indicated that apatite formation does not always need activation of osteoblasts at very early stage and that optimal conditions at cell and organism level may be different. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is an attractive engineering polymer used for spine and dental surgery. To further improve clinical outcome of PEEK-based materials, we developed "Precursor of apatite" (PrA) treatment on the PEEK surface to confer bone-bonding properties. The advantages of this treatment are that it does not require high-temperature processing or special chemicals, and it is inexpensive. The present study clarified excellent in vivo bone-bonding property of PrA treatment. In addition, the results revealed important insights indicating that optimal conditions, especially wettability and crystallinity in calcium phosphate, differ at cell and organism levels. Moreover, our results indicated that prediction of in vivo bioactivity should be done in combination with multiple in vitro tests.
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Fujimoto Y, Higuchi T, Watanabe T, Hida AI, Imamura M, Kitajima K, Miyoshi Y. Abstract P2-08-35: A significance of SUVmax levels on FDG-PET as a prognostic factor may be mediated by local immune environment of breast cancer. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p2-08-35] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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(Background) SUVmax levels (maximum radioactivity concentration per a pixel) on FDG-PET reflect glucose uptake and it is clinically useful as a prognostic factor. It is reported that breast cancer with high levels of SUVmax causes insufficient glucose concentration in stromal tissue, which results in suppressed cytotoxic T-lymphocytes function. These data may indicate that the prognostic significance of SUVmax levels is influenced by local immune environment of breast cancer. The aim of this study is to investigate whether local immune responses of breast cancer affect correlation of SUVmax levels and prognosis.
(Method) The 278 invasive breast cancer patients were recruited who underwent surgery at Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital and whose SUVmax levels in the breast were examined before surgery or neo-adjuvant therapy. The cutoff value of SUVmax levels was set at 3.585. Tumor infiltrate lymphocytes (TILs) were evaluated as a local immune response and the distributions of TILs were divided into three groups, inflamed (intra-tumoral lymphocytes, Inf), immune excluded (peri-tumoral lymphocytes, IE) and immune desert (very few lymphocytes, ID). During follow-up period (median 39 months), 21 patients relapsed.
(Results) Relapse free survival (RFS) in the SUVmax-high group was significantly worse than in the SUVmax–low group (p=0.0026). There was no correlation between TILs distribution patterns and RFS. In the IE+ID group (175 patients) SUVmax levels were not correlated with prognosis, but in the Inf group (103 patients) RFS of SUVmax-high was significantly worse than of SUVmax-low (p=0.0051). In the multivariate analysis including nodal status and nuclear grade, SUVmax levels of the Inf group was an independent prognostic factor.
(Discussion and conclusion) SUVmax levels in primary lesions were correlated with prognosis only in the Inf group and were not in the IE+ID group. A significance of SUVmax levels as a prognostic factor may be diverse depending on the local immune environment of breast cancer. A novel therapeutic strategy such as inducing suppression of glucose uptake in cancer cells is suggested for breast cancer with immune inflamed.
Citation Format: Fujimoto Y, Higuchi T, Watanabe T, Hida AI, Imamura M, Kitajima K, Miyoshi Y. A significance of SUVmax levels on FDG-PET as a prognostic factor may be mediated by local immune environment of breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-08-35.
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- Y Fujimoto
- Hyogo Colloge of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Hyogo Colloge of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Hyogo Colloge of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Hyogo Colloge of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Hyogo Colloge of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Hyogo Colloge of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Hyogo Colloge of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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Imamura M, Morimoto T, Egawa C, Miyagawa Y, Miyoshi Y. Abstract P3-10-19: Significance of baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for progression-free survival of patients with HER2-positive locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer treated with trastuzumab emtansine. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p3-10-19] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose The prognosis of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancers (MBCs) has dramatically improved due to the introduction of trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1). The efficacy of T-DM1 is prolonged for some patients; however, the predictive factors remain unknown. There is a report that T-DM1 induced antitumor immunity in patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy, with tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) increasing after the administration of T-DM1. Based on these observations, the benefits of T-DM1 for prognosis may be mediated by an immune reaction against breast cancers, at least in part. As an indicator of cancer immunity, in addition to TILs, the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been established in early breast cancers. In the present study, we investigated the usefulness of the NLR for treatment efficacy of T-DM1 in HER2-positive MBCs. Methods Fifty-three advanced or metastatic breast cancers treated with T-DM1 were retrospectively recruited from three institutes. The NLR in the peripheral blood was measured at baseline (just before the start of T-DM1) and after one cycle (just before the start of cycle 2). The cutoff value of the NLR was set at 2.56 (median value) and progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) according to NLR levels were evaluated. Results The PFS of patients with NLR-low at baseline (NLR<2.56; n=26; median, not reached) was significantly better than that of patients with NLR-high (NLR≥2.56; n=27; median, 4.13 months; hazard ratio [HR], 0.226; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.112-0.493; p=0.0001). There was a significant association between improved OS and a low NLR (HR, 0.384; 95% CI, 0.170-0.910; p=0.0296). In the subgroup analysis, patients with NLR-low consistently had improved PFS compared to those with NLR-high irrespective of the number of prior chemotherapy regimens, prior trastuzumab use, visceral metastasis, estrogen receptor status, and HER2 immunohistochemical staining score. According to univariable analysis of each clinical and biological factor for PFS, the NLR-low group was solely and significantly associated with favorable PFS compared with the NLR-high group (HR, 0.226; 95% CI, 0.112-0.493; p=0.0001). The NLR at baseline was significantly decreased (p=0.0010) and lymphocyte count was significantly increased after one cycle treatment (p=0.0005). Interestingly, the PFS of patients whose NLR was high at baseline but changed to low after one cycle (n=12; median PFS, 6.47 months) was better than that of patients with a consistently high NLR (n=14; median PFS, 3.27 months). Conclusion and Discussion A low baseline NLR was found to be significantly associated with improved PFS for patients treated with T-DM1. Interestingly, lymphocyte count was significantly increased in patients in the NLR-low group but not in the NLR-high group after one cycle treatment. Although detailed mechanisms remain unknown, the treatment efficacy of T-DM1 may be partly mediated by immunoreaction on the basis of present data. A low baseline NLR appears to be beneficial for treatment with T-DM1 in HER2-positive breast cancers.
Citation Format: Imamura M, Morimoto T, Egawa C, Miyagawa Y, Miyoshi Y. Significance of baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for progression-free survival of patients with HER2-positive locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer treated with trastuzumab emtansine [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-10-19.
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- M Imamura
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Yao Municipal Hospital, Yao, Japan; Kansai Hosai Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Yao Municipal Hospital, Yao, Japan; Kansai Hosai Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Yao Municipal Hospital, Yao, Japan; Kansai Hosai Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Yao Municipal Hospital, Yao, Japan; Kansai Hosai Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan; Yao Municipal Hospital, Yao, Japan; Kansai Hosai Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Imamura M, Goto K, Kawata T, Kataoka M, Fukuda C, Fujibayashi S, Matsuda S. Titania-containing bioactive bone cement for total hip arthroplasty in dogs. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2018; 107:1238-1245. [PMID: 30261123 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 01/04/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We developed a composite cement containing low-content bioactive titania fillers dispersed among specific polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) polymers and investigated the mechanical properties and bioactivity of this titania bone cement (TBC) under load-bearing conditions in cemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) in adult female beagles. TBC and PMMA bone cement (PBC) were compared using custom-made prostheses. The dogs were killed 1, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively. The acetabulum was harvested to evaluate the osteoconductivity of the cement, whereas the femur was harvested for the push-out test and histological analyses. The compressive strength of TBC was significantly higher than that of PBC (p < 0.001), whereas the flexural and tensile strengths, as well as fracture toughness, were equivalent. The bonding strength values for TBC and PBC were 72.9 and 58.0 N/mm at 1 month, 69.4 and 57.2 N/mm at 3 months, 106.1 and 85.0 N/mm at 6 months, and 114.3 and 100.7 N/mm at 12 months, respectively. Histologically, TBC was in direct contact with bone without intervening with fibrous tissue over larger areas and newly formed bone was observed along the cement. The excellent mechanical properties and apparent bioactivity of this novel bone cement indicate its potential utility in clinical practice. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater 107B: 1238-1245, 2019.
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- Masashi Imamura
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.,Medical Device Development Division, Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-0025, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Terranova T, Simis M, Santos A, Imamura M, Alfieri F, Fregni F, Battistella L. Comparing effects of constraint-induced movement therapy and robotic therapy: Randomized clinical trial. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.076] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Iuamoto L, Numakura G, Guedes T, Sugawara A, Imamura M, Battistella L. Physical medicine and rehabilitation league of Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo: An innovative model of undergraduate teaching and learning. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.1218] [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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Canale Cabral F, Sugawara A, Imamura M, Rizzo Battistella L. Evaluation of attitudes to disabilities in the perspective of people with physical disabilities: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary rehabilitation institute. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.1288] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Guiotoku E, Sugawara A, Carvalho M, Imamura M, Fregni F, Linamara R. Rehabilitation in the core graduate medical curricula at university of São Paulo school of medicine: The student's perception. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.1220] [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: 11/28/2022]
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de Kok B, Imamura M, Kanguru L, Owolabi O, Okonofua F, Hussein J. Achieving accountability through maternal death reviews in Nigeria: a process analysis. Health Policy Plan 2018; 32:1083-1091. [PMID: 28666342 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Maternal death reviews (MDRs) are part of the drive to increase accountability for maternal deaths and reduce their occurrence by identifying barriers to effective, quality care. However, conducting MDRs well is difficult; staff commitment and establishing a blame free environment are key challenges. By examining the communication strategies used in MDRs this study sought to understand how MDR members implement policy imperatives (e.g. 'no blame, no name') and manage the inevitable sensitivities of discussing a client's death in a multidisciplinary team. We observed and recorded four MDRs in Nigerian teaching hospitals and used conversation and discourse analysis to identify patterns in verbal and non-verbal interactions. MDRs were conducted in a structured way and had multidisciplinary representation. We grouped discursive strategies observed into three overlapping clusters: 'doing' no-name no-blame; fostering participation; and managing personal accountability. Within these clusters, explicit reminders, gentle enquiries and instilling a sense of togetherness were used in doing no-name, no-blame. Strategies such as questioning and invoking protocol were only partially successful in fostering participation. Regarding managing accountability, forms of communication which limit personal responsibility ('pass the buck') and resist passing the buck were observed. Detailed, lengthy eye witness accounts of dramatic events appeared to reduce staff's personal accountability. We conclude that interactional processes affect the meaningfulness of MDRs. In-depth, critical analysis depends on resisting 'passing the buck' by practitioners and chairs especially, who are also key to fostering participation and extracting value from multidisciplinary representation. Our innovative methods provide detailed insights into MDRs as an interactional process, which can inform design of training aimed at enhancing MDR members' skills. However, given the multitude of systemic challenges we should also adjust our expectations of MDRs and the individual practitioners tasked to perform them in the name of enhancing accountability for maternal death reduction.
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- Bregje de Kok
- Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam and Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh
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- Women's Health and Action Research Centre, Benin City, Nigeria
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- University of Medical Sciences, Ondo and Women's Health and Action Research Centre, Benin City, Nigeria
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- Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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Nakano R, Ohira M, Ishiyama K, Ide K, Kobayashi T, Tahara H, Shimizu S, Arihiro K, Imamura M, Chayama K, Tanaka Y, Ohdan H. Acute Graft Rejection and Formation of De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies Triggered by Low Cyclosporine Levels and Interferon Therapy for Recurrent Hepatitis C Infection After Liver Transplantation: A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2018; 49:1634-1638. [PMID: 28838454 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND We report a case of acute rejection of a liver graft, together with the occurrence of de novo donor-specific antibodies (DSAs), in a 53-year-old Japanese man who had undergone deceased-donor liver transplantation. METHODS The graft rejection was triggered by low cyclosporine levels and pegylated interferon treatment for the recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection 18 months after transplantation. Although the graft was ABO-compatible, pre-formed DSA B51 was detected; therefore, total plasma exchange was performed and intravenous rituximab (500 mg/body) was administered before transplantation. RESULTS DSA was absent 6 months after transplantation. HCV recurrence was treated with pegylated interferon-α-2a. Renal function deteriorated with this anti-HCV therapy, with serum cyclosporine levels decreasing to 50 ng/mL. A rapid virologic response was achieved, but liver function deteriorated after 3 months of anti-HCV therapy, with histologic evidence of acute cellular rejection and formation of de novo DSAs. Anti-thymocyte globulin was administered for 5 days, which led to immediate improvement in liver function. However, renal function declined, warranting hemodialysis. The patient recovered 2 months after acute rejection, although de novo DSAs persisted. CONCLUSIONS Careful immunologic monitoring may be required for patients receiving interferon therapy for HCV infection to maintain sufficient blood levels of immunosuppressive agents and to prevent acute liver graft rejection.
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- R Nakano
- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Applied Life Science, Institute of Biomedical and Health Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Applied Life Science, Institute of Biomedical and Health Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Ohshio G, Yamaki K, Imamura T, Suwa H, Chang CY, Wada H, Sueno Y, Imamura M. Distribution of the Carbohydrate Antigens, Du-Pan-2 and Ca19-9, in Tumors of the Lung. Tumori 2018; 81:67-73. [PMID: 7754546 DOI: 10.1177/030089169508100116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Aims and background The carbohydrate chains of malignant cells appear to be related to oncofetal differentiation. The serum levels of CA19-9 have been reported to be evaluated in some patients with lung carcinomas, however, the distribution of carbohydrate antigens were not precisely described. We have investigated in this study the distribution of DU-PAN-2 and CA19-9 antigens in lung tumors. Methods Ninety five specimens of lung tumors were selected from surgical specimens. The expression of DU-PAN-2 and CA19-9 were studied by immunohystochemical techniques. The relationship between the expression of these antigens and the classification or the differentiation degree of the tumors were examined. Results DU-PAN-2 or CA19-9 antigens were detected in 41 (54%) and 45 (59%) cases of the 76 malignant epithelial tumors investigated. These antigens were detected in all types of malignant epithelial tumors, including squamous cell carcinomas, where they were mainly localized to the entire cell surface of malignant cells. In adenocarcinomas, large cell carcinomas and small cell carcinomas, however, these antigens were commonly detected both on the cell membrane and in the cytoplasm. There was positive correlation between the degree of differentiation and DU-PAN-2, but not CA19-9 expression. Among the non-epithelial tumors investigated, those antigens were detected in pulmonary blastomas but not in mesotheliomas. Conclusions Immunohistochemical studies for DU-PAN-2 and CA19-9 are useful for defining characteristics of the lung tumors. DU-PAN-2 could be a marker for differentiating between malignant epithelial tumors and mesotheliomas.
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- G Ohshio
- Department of Surgery and Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Japan
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Araki K, Ito Y, Fukada I, Kobayashi K, Ohno S, Miyagawa Y, Imamura M, Kira A, Takatsuka Y, Egawa C, Suwa H, Miyoshi Y. Abstract P2-09-31: Predictive impact of absolute lymphocyte counts for progression-free survival in HER2-positive advanced breast cancer treated with pertuzumab and trastuzumab plus eribulin or nab-paclitaxel. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs17-p2-09-31] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes might be a one of predictive outcome of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive advanced breast cancer (ABC) patients (pts) who treated with trastuzumab and pertuzumab (TP) plus docetaxel. Although peripheral blood-based parameter (PBBP) is reported as a prognostic indicator of patients with early breast cancers, utility of PBBP has not been studied in HER2-positive ABC.
Objective:The aim of our study was to determine whether PBBP is significant for predictive efficacy in HER2-positive ABC treated with TP combined with eribulin (ERI) or nab-paclitaxel (Nab-PTX).
Methods: The 51 patients' data from two single arm phase II trials was included in this retrospective-prospective study; ERI + TP (n=30) or Nab-PTX + TP (n=21) registered with UMIN000012375 or UMIN000006838, respectively. We assessed the PBBP in prospectively collected data and investigated their association with progression-free survival (PFS). In consideration of PBBP, we evaluated absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR). The cutoff values of ALC, NLR, and PLR were set at 1000 cells/μL, 2, and 250, respectively.
Results:Median age at baseline was 58 years (range: 31-77). Median number of previous chemotherapy was 3 (range: 1-10). Pts had multiple metastases, 53% with LNs, 35% with bone, 25% with lung, 20% with liver, and 6% with brain. The objective response rate (CR+PR) and clinical benefit rate (CR+PR+ more than 6 month SD) were 37% (n=19) and 59% (n=30), respectively. The median PFS of all pts was 301 days (range: 21-1281). The PFS of pts with ALC-High was significantly better than those of ALC-low (hazard ratio (HR): 2.74, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.28 to 5.86; p= .0097). Furthermore, improved PFS was obtained in pts with ALC greater than 1500 cells/μL compared with less than 1000 cells/uL (HR: 4.05, 95% CI: 1.60 to 11.6; p= .0029). Significant associations seem to exist irrespective of number of previous chemotherapy. Since we combined different studies for evaluating PBBP, ERI and Nab-PTX were calculated separately. Marginally significant associations between ALC and PFS were obtained both in ERI (HR: 2.18, 95% CI: 0.87 to 5.60; p=.0973) and Nab-PTX (HR: 3.26, 95% CI: 0.80 to 12.4; p=.0939). The PFS of NLR-low pts was significantly better than those of NLR-high (HR: 2.29, 95% CI: 1.01 to 5.90; p= .0477), but this statistical difference was inferior to those of ALC. There was no significant association between PLR and PFS.
Conclusions: Pre-treatment ALC-High was significantly correlated with favorable PFS of pts treated with TP irrespective of combination chemotherapy in HER2-positve ABC. Prolonged PFS of TP combination therapy might be obtained mediating through host systemic onco-immunity. These data obtained here suggest that a usefulness of ALC for selecting pts who might have clinical benefit from TP combination therapy for heavily treated HER2-positve ABC.
Citation Format: Araki K, Ito Y, Fukada I, Kobayashi K, Ohno S, Miyagawa Y, Imamura M, Kira A, Takatsuka Y, Egawa C, Suwa H, Miyoshi Y. Predictive impact of absolute lymphocyte counts for progression-free survival in HER2-positive advanced breast cancer treated with pertuzumab and trastuzumab plus eribulin or nab-paclitaxel [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-09-31.
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- K Araki
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; Breast Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology Center, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Japan, Koto, Tokyo, Japan; Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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Gu Y, Inoue K, Shinohara S, Doi R, Kaji H, Hayashi H, Aung T, Tun T, Echigo Y, Wada M, Imamura M, Iwata H. Comparison of Different Collagenases in Isolation of Adult Pig Islets. Cell Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/096368979500401s14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Y.J. Gu
- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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- Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Kawakami Y, Inoue K, Hayashi H, Wang WJ, Setoyama H, Gu YJ, Imamura M, Iwata H, Ikada Y, Nozawa M, Miyazaki J. Subcutaneous Xenotransplantation of Hybrid Artificial Pancreas Encapsulating Pancreatic B Cell Line (MIN6): Functional and Histological Study. Cell Transplant 2017; 6:541-5. [PMID: 9331510 DOI: 10.1177/096368979700600519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The biohybrid artificial pancreas is designed to enclose pancreatic endocrine tissues with a selectively permeable membrane that immunoisolates the graft from the host immune system, allowing those endocrine tissues to survive and control glucose metabolism for an extended period of time. The pancreatic B cell line MIN6 is established from a pancreas B cell tumor occurring in transgenic mice harboring the human insulin promoter gene connected to the SV40 T-antigen hybrid gene. It has been proven that glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in MIN6 cells retains a concentration-dependent response similar to that of normal islets. In this study, we performed the histological and functional examination of three-layer microbeads employing MIN6 cells after subcutaneous xenotransplantation to evaluate this device as bioartificial pancreas. MIN6 cells were microencapsulated in three-layer microbeads formulated with agarose, polystyrene sulfonic acid, polybrene, and carboxymethyl cellulose. Microbeads were xenogenically implanted in the subcutaneous tissue of the back of Lewis rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. One week after implantation, microbeads were retrieved and cultured for 24 h before the static incubation. There was no evidence of adhesion to the graft and the fibrosis in the transplantation site as determined by gross visual inspection. Microscopic examination demonstrated that retrieved microbeads maintained normal shape, containing intact MIN6 cells. Histological study showed that these MIN6 cells in the microbeads appeared to be viable without cellular infiltration within or around the microbeads. Immunohistochemical analysis of the microbeads clearly revealed the intense staining of insulin in the cytoplasm of encapsulated MIN6 cells. Insulin productivity of MIN6 cells in the microbeads is strongly suggested to be preserved. In response to 16.7 mM glucose stimulation, static incubation of microbeads 1 wk after implantation caused the 2.3 times increase in insulin secretion seen after 3.3 mM glucose stimulation (84.3 ± 10.0 vs. 37.4 ± 10.7 μU/3 × 106 cells/hr, n = 5 each, p < 0.01). This study demonstrates that three-layer microbeads encapsulating MIN6 cells retain excellent biocompatibility and maintain good insulin secretion even after subcutaneous xenotransplantation, suggesting the possible future clinical application of this unique bioartificial pancreas to subcutaneous xenotransplantation.
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- Y Kawakami
- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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Miyamoto M, Inoue K, Gu Y, Tun T, Cui W, Fujiwara I, Ohyanagi H, Hayashi H, Yamazaki T, Setoyama H, Kawakami Y, Ida J, Kogire M, Imamura M, Iwata H, Ikada Y. Improved Large-Scale Isolation of Breeder Porcine Islets: Possibility of Harvesting from Nonheart-Beating Donor. Cell Transplant 2017; 7:397-402. [PMID: 9710309 DOI: 10.1177/096368979800700408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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To establish a large-scale isolation procedure for adult porcine islets usable as a donor source for xenotransplantation and as a model of human islet isolation, we improved several characteristics of the conventional isolation procedure. At a slaughterhouse we first selected a breeder pig over 1.5 years old (and over 200 kg in weight) with warm ischemic time (WIT) of 15 ± 2 minutes as nonheart-beating donors. Then, we made a special enzymic mixture that consisted of collagenase S-1 (260 U/mg, NittaZelatin, Japan), collagenase P (1.86 U/ml Lyo Boehringer-Mannheim, USA), DNase (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo), Disparse (NittaZelatin, Japan), and protease inhibitor (Sigma). Third, this mixture was injected very gently into the pancreatic duct at the time of pancreatic harvesting. To prevent overdigestion of the pancreas, the mixture was first cooled to less than 10°C. Fourth, during the warm digestion of pancreas, the pancreas with the enzymic mixture was quietly put in a water bath at 37°C without mechanical shaking. Fifth, we purified the islets with a COBE 2991 cell processor by the Dextran 70 gradient method, because Dextran 70 is very cheap and has the same purification effect as the Ficoll gradient. The results of 10 consecutive breeder porcine islet isolations are reported. The total yield of isolations of islets over 50 μm in the longest diameter after staining with Dithizone (DTZ) was 85,900 ± 19,954 islets, 291,667 ± 240,452 IEQ (2,900 ± 2,324 IEQ/g). The purity of the isolated islets was very high: 90.2 ± 3.8%. Glucose stimulation during in vitro incubation induced significant insulin release from isolated breeder porcine islets. In two of the diabetic rats receiving encapsulated islets grafts using a mesh-reinforced polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel bag (MRPB), a prominent reduction in serum glucose levels (less than 200 mg/dL) persisted for 13 and 19 days, respectively, after intraperitoneal xenotransplantation islets without immunosuppression. In conclusion, we succeeded in a more efficient and less-expensive isolation of a large amount of adult porcine islets from a nonheart-beating donor.
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- M Miyamoto
- Department of Surgery II, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osakasayama-City, Osaka, Japan
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Kawakami Y, Inoue K, Tun T, Hayashi H, Setoyama H, Gu YJ, Cui WX, Imamura M, Iwata H, Ikada Y. Prolonged Effect of Troglitazone (CS-045) on Xenograft Survival of Hybrid Artificial Pancreas. Cell Transplant 2017; 6:547-50. [PMID: 9331511 DOI: 10.1177/096368979700600520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Troglitazone (CS-045), a thiazolidinedione derivative, is a new oral antidiabetic agent that enhances insulin sensitivity and improves insulin responsiveness. In this study we examined the effects of CS-045 on the survival of xenografted bioartificial pancreas. Isolated rat islets were microencapsulated with three-layer agarose microcapsules (polybrene, carboxymethyl cellulose, and an agarose-polystyrene sulfonic acid mixture). Diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin 220 mg/kg. Recipient diabetic mice were separated into two groups. In the CS-045 treated group, the recipient mice were given feed mixed with CS-045 (0.2% w/w) starting from 1 wk before transplantation up to graft failure. The mice in the control group had feed without CS-045. Three hundred microencapsulated rat islets were xenotransplanted into the intraperitoneal cavity of each recipient mouse in both groups. One month after xenotransplantation, IVGTT was performed for all recipients. Xenotransplantation of 300 rat islets in microcapsules decreased the nonfasting blood glucose levels of both groups within 2 days. In the CS-045-treated group (n = 3), the normoglycemic period lasted for more than 1 mo without administration of immunosuppressive drugs (45 ± 4.3 days). However, in the control group (n = 4), the blood glucose levels of all recipients were already elevated on day 4. In the IVGTT study, the glucose assimilation was markedly and significantly better in the CS-045-treated group than in the control group (K = 1.7 ± 0.1 vs. 0.7 ± 0.28 respectively, p <0.01). This study demonstrates that a newly developed oral antidiabetic agent, CS-045 could favorably ameliorate the diabetic state of the recipients xenotransplanted with the bioartificial pancreas, leading to an improved glucose tolerance and longer xenograft survival.
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- Y Kawakami
- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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Kim E, Nakamura T, Konno A, Uwamino Y, Nakanishi N, Imamura M, Nakao N, Shibata S, Tanaka S. Measurements of Neutron Spallation Cross Sections of12C and209Bi in the 20- to 150-MeV Energy Range. NUCL SCI ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nse98-a1977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- E. Kim
- Tohoku University, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980, Japan
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- Tohoku University, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980, Japan
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- Tohoku University, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980, Japan
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Nuclear Study, 3-2-1, Midori-cho, Tanashi, Tokyo 188, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Nuclear Study, 3-2-1, Midori-cho, Tanashi, Tokyo 188, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Nuclear Study, 3-2-1, Midori-cho, Tanashi, Tokyo 188, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Takasaki Research Establishment 1233 Watanuki-cho, Takasaki, Gunma 370-12, Japan
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Jeewa A, Imamura M, Canter C, Niebler R, VanderPluym C, Rosenthal D, Kirklin J, Tresler M, McMullan M, Morell V, Turrentine M, Ameduri R, Nguyen K, Kanter K, Conway J, Gajarski R, Fraser C. Post-Transplant Outcomes of Patients Supported with the Berlin Heart EXCOR as a Bridge to Transplantation: A Multi-Institutional Study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.01.428] [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: 11/28/2022] Open
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Fujimoto Y, Imamura M, Higuchi T, Nishimukai A, Yanai A, Miyagawa Y, Murase K, Takatsuka Y, Miyoshi Y. Abstract P2-05-27: Baseline serum CA15-3 levels are associated with prognosis for breast cancer patients with non-complete pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs16-p2-05-27] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: It has been well demonstrated that patients who achieved pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) had a favorable prognosis compared with patients who did not (non-pCR). Even though pCR was not attained, reduction in tumor volume after chemotherapy may be associated with improved prognosis for a certain number of patients. However, the association between residual tumor volume and prognosis is not necessarily consistent. In order to identify substitute markers for breast cancer patients with non-pCR after NAC, we investigated the impact of serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen (CA15-3) at baseline as well as post-NAC.
Patients and Methods: Ninety-six breast cancer patients treated with NAC and operated on at the Hyogo College of Medicine were recruited for this study. Serum CEA and CA15-3 were measured prior to chemotherapy as well as at completion of pre-operative treatment. The optimal cutoff points for CEA (1.55ng/m, normal range: <5.0ng/ml) and CA15-3 (13.25U/ml, normal range: <28.0U/ml) for relapse-free survival (RFS) were determined by analyzing the area under receiver operating characteristic curves in another study involving 613 breast cancer patients. Expression levels of Ki67 in samples obtained at pre- and post-NAC were also determined by means of immunohistochemical staining. Pathological complete response was classified as the absence of residual invasive cancer in the breast and lymph nodes. During a 2.13 years median follow-up period, 15 patients suffered relapse.
Results: pCR and non-pCR was attained by 21 and 75 patients, respectively. For the non-pCR patients, serum CEA levels at baseline were classified into high (n=35) and low (n=38) and serum CA15-3 levels at baseline into high (n=31) and low (n=43). RFS of non-pCR patients with high serum CA15-3 levels was significantly worse than of those with low levels (3-year RFS: 0.47 vs 0.93; p=0.0009). RFS for patients with high and low serum levels of CA15-3 after NAC was also significantly different (p=0.037). As for CEA, no significant association with RFS was observed either at baseline or post-NAC. Univariate analysis demonstrated that tumor size and baseline CA15-3 were significant prognostic factors for RFS. Multivariate analysis showed that both tumor size (hazard ratio (HR): 3.88, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.21-12.35, p=0.023) and baseline CA15-3 (HR: 13.51, 95% CI: 1.74-105.08, p=0.013) were significant and independent risk factors for relapse. As for lymph node metastasis, tumor grade, residual tumor size and pre- and post-NAC Ki67 expression levels of patients with non-pCR showed no significant association with RFS.
Conclusion and discussion: High levels of serum CA15-3 at baseline constituted a significantly worse prognosis for breast cancer patients with non-pCR. Tumor size at baseline but not residual size and baseline CA15-3 seems to suitable as a substitute for prediction of outcome for patients with non-pCR. Our findings suggest that these markers may be useful for identifying patients with poor prognosis who may be candidates for additional adjuvant treatment.
Citation Format: Fujimoto Y, Imamura M, Higuchi T, Nishimukai A, Yanai A, Miyagawa Y, Murase K, Takatsuka Y, Miyoshi Y. Baseline serum CA15-3 levels are associated with prognosis for breast cancer patients with non-complete pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2016 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-05-27.
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- Y Fujimoto
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Imamura M, Alamino S, Hsing W, Alfieri F, Schmitz C, Battistella L. Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy for disabling pain due to severe primary knee osteoarthritis. J Rehabil Med 2017; 49:54-62. [DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ogura T, Hirata A, Hayashi N, Takenaka S, Ito H, Mizushina K, Fujisawa Y, Imamura M, Yamashita N, Nakahashi S, Kujime R, Kameda H. Comparison of ultrasonographic joint and tendon findings in hands between early, treatment-naïve patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Lupus 2016; 26:707-714. [PMID: 27837198 DOI: 10.1177/0961203316676375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Although both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may lead to joint deformity, SLE arthritis is typically non-erosive and often accompanied by Jaccoud's deformity. Therefore, we examined characteristics of joint and tendon lesions in patients with SLE and RA by ultrasonography. Fifteen treatment-naïve SLE patients and 40 treatment-naïve RA patients with joint symptoms were included in this study. The hand joints and related tendons were ultrasonographically examined using grey-scale (GS) and power Doppler (PD). Joint involvement was comparably observed in patients with SLE and RA (80% versus 95%, p = 0.119). However, tendon involvement was more frequent in SLE than in RA (93% versus 65%, p = 0.045), especially in the wrist joints (73% versus 40%, p = 0.037). When we investigated the intensity of US findings, the joint synovitis score (GS + PD) per affected joint was lower in SLE than RA (2.0 versus 2.6, p = 0.019), while tendon inflammation score was not significantly different (2.1 versus 2.2, p = 0.738). Finally, the examination of concordance between joint and tendon involvement in the same finger revealed that joint lesion appeared in only 49% of fingers having tendon involvement in the SLE group, which was significantly less than 74% in the RA group ( p = 0.010). Thus, as compared with RA, SLE arthropathy is characterized by the predominance of tenosynovitis/periextensor tendon inflammation, which is likely to develop independently from joint synovitis.
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- T Ogura
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Kawakami Y, Imamura M, Ikeda H, Suzuki M, Arataki K, Moriishi M, Mori N, Kokoroishi K, Katamura Y, Ezaki T, Ueno T, Ide K, Masaki T, Ohdan H, Chayama K. Pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety of daclatasvir plus asunaprevir in dialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C: pilot study. J Viral Hepat 2016; 23:850-856. [PMID: 27346670 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetic profile of daclatasvir (DCV) and asunaprevir (ASV) dual therapy in haemodialysis patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Eighteen haemodialysis patients and 54 patients with normal renal function were treated with DCV and ASV dual therapy for 24 weeks. We evaluated the pharmacokinetic profiles of DCV and ASV and examined the rate of sustained virological response 12 weeks after the end of treatment (SVR12 ) and incidence of adverse events during treatment of haemodialysis patients infected with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection. To adjust for potential differences in baseline characteristics between haemodialysis patients and patients with normal renal function, we used propensity scores case-control matching methods. Area under the plasma concentration time curve from 0 to 6 h (AUC0-6 h ) of DCV was slightly lower in haemodialysis patients than in patients with normal renal function (P > 0.6). AUC0-6 h of ASV was significantly lower in haemodialysis patients (P = 0.012). SVR12 rates were 100% (18/18) for haemodialysis and 96.2% (52/54) for patients with normal renal function. Changes in mean log10 HCV RNA levels and viral response were higher in haemodialysis patients compared to patients with normal renal function. No discontinuations due to adverse events occurred. In conclusion, DCV and ASV dual therapy for HCV infection is effective and safe with similar results in haemodialysis patients compared to patients with normal renal function.
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- Y Kawakami
- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.,Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.,Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Tsuchiya General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Tsuchiya General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology/Liver Center, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Onomichi General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Onomichi General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. .,Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. .,Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hiroshima, Japan.
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Ogura T, Hirata A, Hayashi N, Ito H, Takenaka S, Mizushina K, Fujisawa Y, Imamura M, Kujime R, Nakahashi S, Yamashita N, Kameda H. SAT0561 Finger Joint Cartilage Evaluated by Ultrasound and X-ray in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Control Joints. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.5541] [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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Imamura M, Nishimikai A, Yanai A, Miyagawa Y, Higuchi T, Ozawa H, Murase K, Takatsuka Y, Miyoshi Y. Abstract P2-08-24: High levels of serum C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type 1 collagen at baseline are associated with poor prognosis for breast cancer patients. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs15-p2-08-24] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: It has been demonstrated that adjuvant treatment using bisphosphonate may reduce recurrence among breast cancer patients. However, these improved prognoses of patients are reportedly limited to breast cancers of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and postmenopausal women. Although the mechanisms of the effects of bisphosphonate remain unknown, this finding seems to represent support for the hypothesis that suppression of bone resorption by bisphosphonate results in favorable prognoses at least for patients in this subset. In order to determine the prognostic significance of bone resorption in breast cancer patients, we investigated these markers c-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen (1CTP) and N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX).
Patients and Methods: 469 breast cancer patients were recruited who were operated on Hyogo College of Medicine and histologically confirmed to have invasive carcinoma. Serum 1CTP and NTX were measured preoperatively with the two-antibody radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay methods, respectively, and blood samples were obtained before treatment from patients who were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy. The area under receiver operating characteristic curves were applied and optimal cutoff values were set at 3.6ng/ml for 1CTP, and 10.55nmolBCE/L premenopausal and 14.05nmolBCE/L postmenopausal for NTX. The relationships between these bone turnover markers and various clinicopathological characteristics were evaluated with the chi square or Fisher's exact test. The log-rank test was used to compare relapse-free survival (RFS) in Kaplan-Meier plots. Associations of RFS were assessed with a Cox proportional-hazards model based on the results of univariate and multivariate analyses. Differences were considered statistically significant if p<0.05.
Results: There were significantly more 1CTP-high patients among postmenopausal women and RFS of 1CTP-high patients was significantly worse than that of 1CTP-low patients (5-year RFS: 0.65 vs 0.86; p=0.0002). Similarly, NTX-high patients were significantly associated with postmenopausal status, but there was no significant association between NTX-high worse RFS (p=0.0976). Multivariate analysis of tumor size, lymph node metastasis and nuclear grade identified 1CTP (hazard ratio: 2.04, 95% confidence interval: 1.13-3.68; p=0.018) as a significant independent prognostic factor. Subset analyses of 1CTP showed that prognosis was consistently worse recognized for postmenopausal (p=0.0002), but not premenopausal (p=0.37) patients. Furthermore, prognosis for 1CTP-high patients was worse for the estrogen receptor (ER)-positive subset (p=0.0005) but not for the ER-negative subset (p=0.22).
Conclusion and discussion: High levels of serum bone resorption markers at baseline were identified as significant unfavorable prognostic factors for breast cancer patients. The prognostic significance of 1CTP seems to be prominent for postmenopausal patients with ER-positive breast cancers. These findings suggest the use of bone-modifying agents as an adjuvant therapy may be beneficial for breast cancer patients, especially for patients with high serum levels of 1CTP.
Citation Format: Imamura M, Nishimikai A, Yanai A, Miyagawa Y, Higuchi T, Ozawa H, Murase K, Takatsuka Y, Miyoshi Y. High levels of serum C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type 1 collagen at baseline are associated with poor prognosis for breast cancer patients. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2015 Dec 8-12; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-08-24.
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- M Imamura
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Higuchi T, Nishimukai A, Yanai A, Miyagawa Y, Murase K, Imamura M, Ozawa H, Takatsuka Y, Miyoshi Y. Abstract P6-16-01: Differences in patterns of change of bone turnover markers during treatment with bone-modifying agents of breast cancer patients with bone metastases. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs15-p6-16-01] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Bone-modifying agents have demonstrated their efficacy for treatment by suppressing osteoclast function. The activity of bone-modifying agents can be monitored by means of bone resorption markers such as c-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen (1CTP) and N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX) as well as bone forming marker bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP). In contrast to these markers which indirectly indicate bone turnover, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-5b (Tracp-5b) has been established as a direct marker showing osteoclast number and activity. The aim of this study was to identify the relative significance of these bone turnover markers as indicators of treatment efficacy induced by bone-modifying agents for breast cancer patients with bone metastases.
Patients and Methods: For this study, 52 breast cancer patients with bone metastases treated with bone-modifying agents were recruited. Zoledronic acid and denosumab were administered as bone-modifying agents to 36 and 22 patients, respectively (for 6 patients, denosumab was used after zoledronic acid). Serum Tracp-5b, 1CTP, NTX and BAP were measured with, respectively, the EIA (enzyme immunoassay), RIA (two-antibody radioimmunoassay), ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and CLEIA (chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay) method. Blood samples were obtained pretreatment and 1, 3 and 6 months after treatment. Changes in these bone turnover markers were statistically analyzed with Friedman's test, and correlation between serum markers and clinicopathological factors was calculated with Mann-Whitney's test.
Results: Serum tracp-5b decreased significantly after treatment (p<0.0001). The baseline median value of Tracp-5b (457.5mU/dl, range: 173-1630mU/dl) had been reduced to 137mU/dl (91-795mU/dl) 1 month after treatment, but no further reduction was observed after that. For 13 out of 15 patients to whom Tracp-5b was administered, abnormally high levels (above 420mU/dl) decreased to normal range with one month treatment. Serum NTX was also significantly reduced after treatment (p=0.0007). The median baseline value (16.5nmolBCE/L, 6.1-52.2nmolBCE/L) was diminished after 1 month (to 10.9nmolBCE/L, 7.0-49.5nmolBCE/L), and further reduction of NTX was observed after 3 months (9.55nmolBCE/L, 6.4-56.0nmolBCE/L). Similarly, baseline BAP (15.1μg/L, 6.4-81.3μg/L) decreased significantly (p=0.0032), a reduction which was obtained after 3 months (10.15μg/L, 6.1-51.7μg/L), but not after 1 month (13.0μg/L, 7.7-137.0μg/L). On the other hand, reduction in 1CTP was not significant (p=0.83).
Conclusion and discussion: Although baseline values of the bone turnover markers Tracp-5b, NTX and BAP decreased significantly after treatment with bone-modifying agents, the pattern of reduction for these three markers varied. Tracp-5b appears to reflect efficacy of bone-modifying agents most quickly and sensitively, possibly due to its direct link to the number and activity of osteoclasts. These findings may prove usefulness of Tracp-5b when considering the efficacy of various bone-modifying agents in clinical practice.
Citation Format: Higuchi T, Nishimukai A, Yanai A, Miyagawa Y, Murase K, Imamura M, Ozawa H, Takatsuka Y, Miyoshi Y. Differences in patterns of change of bone turnover markers during treatment with bone-modifying agents of breast cancer patients with bone metastases. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2015 Dec 8-12; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-16-01.
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- T Higuchi
- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Kawaoka T, Imamura M, Kan H, Fujino H, Fukuhara T, Kobayashi T, Honda Y, Naeshiro N, Hiramatsu A, Tsuge M, Hayes CN, Kawakami Y, Aikata H, Ochi H, Ishiyama K, Tashiro H, Ohdan H, Chayama K. Two patients treated with simeprevir plus pegylated-interferon and ribavirin triple therapy for recurrent hepatitis C after living donor liver transplantation: case report. Transplant Proc 2016; 47:809-14. [PMID: 25891736 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.10.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We previously reported our data on telaprevir (TVR) used in combination with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) for the treatment of recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection after liver transplantation (LT). TVR substantially increases the blood levels of immunosuppressive agents such as cyclosporine and tacrolimus for drug-drug interactions. On the other hand, the effect of simeprevir (SMV) on the blood levels of these immunosuppressive agents is unclear. We report 2 patients who achieved viral responses with little effect on the blood levels of cyclosporine and tacrolimus using SMV plus PEG-IFN/RBV treatment. The first was a 71-year-old woman with HCV-related liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma who failed to respond to PEG-IFN/RBV after living donor LT. She was treated with 40 mg/d of cyclosporine, and received SMV plus PEG-IFN/RBV treatment. The second was a 65-year-old man with HCV-related liver cirrhosis who failed to respond to PEG-IFN/RBV after living donor LT. He was treated with 3 mg/d of tacrolimus, and received SMV plus PEG-IFN/RBV treatment. Serum HCV RNA became undetectable using TaqMan polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test after 4 weeks of treatment in both patients, and no remarkable fluctuation in blood concentration was observed either in cyclosporine or tacrolimus during the 12 weeks of SMV treatment. Completion of 12-week SMV triple therapy was followed by PEG-IFNα2b plus RBV, and both patients achieved sustained virological response 12 weeks after the end of treatment. SMV plus PEG-IFNRBV treatment showed a remarkable viral response with little effect on blood levels of immunosuppressive agents for recurrent HCV genotype 1 infection after LT.
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- T Kawaoka
- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Surgery, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Surgery, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Surgery, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Takahata M, Hashino S, Nishio M, Sugita J, Shigematsu A, Onozawa M, Fujimoto K, Endo T, Kondo T, Tanaka J, Imamura M, Teshima T. Occurrence of adverse events caused by valganciclovir as pre-emptive therapy for cytomegalovirus infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation is reduced by low-dose administration. Transpl Infect Dis 2015; 17:810-5. [PMID: 26354293 DOI: 10.1111/tid.12456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 08/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pre-emptive therapy with valganciclovir (VGCV) has become the standard therapy for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The effectiveness of low-dose VGCV (900 mg per day) has been shown to be equal to that of standard-dose VGCV (900 mg twice daily); however, individualized optimal dosing and toxicity of VGCV have not been reported. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the optimal dose of VGCV as pre-emptive therapy for preventing CMV infection by comparing the frequency of adverse events (AEs) and clinical efficacy in a low-dose VGCV group with those in a standard-dose VGCV group. Thirty-eight patients who were administered VGCV because of CMV antigenemia after HSCT were analyzed. RESULTS Neutropenia (standard-dose group: 33%, low-dose group: 15%, P = 0.26) and thrombocytopenia (standard-dose group: 39%, low-dose group: 15%, P = 0.14) were frequent AEs of VGCV, and a significantly higher frequency of overall AEs was detected in the standard-dose group than in the low-dose group (P < 0.01). In comparison of dosage based on weight, dosage of VGCV >27 mg/kg was closely related to onset of AEs (P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Low-dose VGCV was not inferior in clinical efficacy, including clearance rate of CMV antigenemia and incidence of consequent CMV disease, to standard-dose VGCV as was previously reported. Initial low-dose VGCV for pre-emptive CMV therapy markedly reduces hematologic toxicity and has clinical efficacy equivalent to that of standard-dose VGCV. It is therefore reasonable for patients, except for noticeably overweight patients, to be given initial low-dose VGCV.
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- Department of Hematology, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Health Care Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, NTT Higashinihon Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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Shiba N, Miyazakaki D, Yoshizawa T, Fukushima K, Imamura M, Takeda S, Nakamura A. Ablation of MMP-9 promotes resolution of inflammation and regeneration by modulating chemotaxis in early stage but exacerbates fibrosis in late stage in mdx mice. Neuromuscul Disord 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2015.06.383] [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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Muro T, Higuchi N, Imamura M, Nakagawa H, Honda M, Nakao K, Izumikawa K, Sasaki H, Kitahara T. Post-operative infection of endoscopic submucosal dissection of early colorectal neoplasms: a case-controlled study using a Japanese database. J Clin Pharm Ther 2015; 40:573-577. [PMID: 26249257 DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.12313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE Endoscopic submucosal dissection of early colorectal neoplasms (ESD-ECN) is known to be an operation with risk of contamination, possibly requiring pre-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis for the prevention of post-operative infection. However, an evaluation of the need for pre-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis for ESD-ECN has yet to be reported. The objective of this study was to determine whether pre-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis is associated with a reduced incidence of post-operative infection following ESD-ECN. METHODS The present retrospective case-controlled study utilized a database built from the medical records of 14 university hospitals throughout Japan. Patients who were admitted and discharged from the hospital from April 2012 to October 2013 and who had undergone ESD-ECN were included in the study. Patients who had been undergone any other operation during their course of hospitalization, and patients who were prescribed antimicrobial agents for reasons other than post-operative infection or for prophylaxis were excluded. Characteristics of the study population, pre-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis and antimicrobial therapy for post-operative infection were investigated. In addition, we compared the characteristics of patients with post-operative infection (PI) and those with no post-operative infection (NPI). Univariate analyses were used to estimate the odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION We obtained the records of 522 patients who had undergone ESD-ECN from the database. After application of exclusion criteria, 421 patients were enrolled. The post-operative infection rate was 1·2%. Peritonitis was found most to be the most common post-operative infection (44%). Pre-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis was used for 314 patients (75%), with a median duration of 3·0 (range 1-11) days. Cefotiam was most frequently prescribed for pre-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis (56%). Antimicrobial therapies were started 1-10 days after ESD-ECN for a duration of 1-14 days. Pre-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis was not associated with post-operative infection rate, with an OR (95% CI) of 0·73 (0·08-6·61). However, digestive tract perforation was shown to be associated with post-operative infection and had an OR (95% CI) of 17·1 (1·66-176·45). WHAT IS NEW AND CONCLUSION Post-operative infection is an exceedingly rare event following ESD-ECN. Pre-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis had no significant effect on post-operative infection following ESD-ECN and thus may be unnecessary. Instead, prevention of digestive tract perforation may be more critical for the decrease in post-operative infections.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Medical Information, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Infection Control and Education Center, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Filippo TRM, De Carvalho MCL, Carvalho LB, de Souza DR, Imamura M, Battistella LR. Proximal tibia fracture in a patient with incomplete spinal cord injury associated with robotic treadmill training. Spinal Cord 2015; 53:875-6. [DOI: 10.1038/sc.2015.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ogura T, Hirata A, Hayashi N, Ito H, Takenaka S, Mizushina K, Nakahashi S, Fujisawa Y, Imamura M, Kameda H. AB1090 Comparison of Ultrasonographic Joint and Tendon Findings Between Treatment-Naïve Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.4803] [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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Hirata A, Ogura T, Hayashi N, Fujisawa Y, Nakahashi S, Mizushina K, Imamura M, Takenaka S, Ito H, Kameda H. THU0136 Concordance Between Joint Symptom/Tenderness/Swelling and Ultrasonography (US) Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Which Clinical Finding is More or Less Relevant to us Synovitis than Others?: Table 1. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.2958] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Mishima S, Nozaki Y, Mikami S, Kihira E, Iikura M, Koketsu R, Sugiyama H, Masuda T, Kaname H, Egami Y, Nakayama T, Hasuo K, Nakamura H, Igari T, Watanabe K, Nagata N, Sakurai T, Yokoi C, Kobayakawa M, Kojima Y, Akiyama J, Imamura M, Masaki N, Yanase M. Diffuse Liver Metastasis of Small-Cell Lung Cancer Presenting as Acute Liver Failure and Diagnosed by Transjugular Liver Biopsy: A Rare Case in Whom Nodular Lesions Were Detected by Enhanced CT Examination. Case Rep Gastroenterol 2015; 9:81-7. [PMID: 25969674 PMCID: PMC4427142 DOI: 10.1159/000381140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a subgroup of lung cancer with a high frequency of liver metastasis, which is a predictor of poor prognosis. Diffuse liver metastases of SCLC with no visible nodular lesions in the liver when examined using computed tomography (CT) are relatively rare; however, a few cases with rapid progression to acute liver failure that were diagnosed after death have been reported. In this paper, we report a 63-year-old man with diffuse liver metastases of SCLC that were histologically diagnosed using a transjugular liver biopsy while the patient was alive, even though no lesions were visible during a contrast-enhanced CT examination.
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- S Mishima
- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Akamatsu S, Hayes CN, Tsuge M, Murakami E, Hiraga N, Abe H, Miki D, Imamura M, Ochi H, Chayama K. Ribavirin dose reduction during telaprevir/ribavirin/peg-interferon therapy overcomes the effect of the ITPA gene polymorphism. J Viral Hepat 2015; 22:166-74. [PMID: 24930407 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Treatment success of chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection has improved with the advent of telaprevir plus peg-interferon/ribavirin triple combination therapy. However, the effect of inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) polymorphism on dose reduction during triple therapy, especially during the postmarketing phase, has not been sufficiently evaluated. We analysed 273 patients with genotype 1 infection who were treated with triple therapy and assessed the effect of the ITPA polymorphism on dose reduction. ITPA and IFNL4 SNP genotypes were determined by the Invader assay. A stepwise multivariate regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with outcome of the therapy. The overall sustained viral response (SVR) rate 12 weeks after the end of therapy was 80.2% (219/273). Decline of haemoglobin was significantly faster, and ribavirin was more extensively reduced in patients with ITPA SNP rs1127354 genotype CC than CA/AA. Extensive reduction of ribavirin resulted in mild reduction of telaprevir and peg-interferon, but no significant increase in viral breakthrough. Although the amount of telaprevir given was slightly higher in CA/AA patients, the total dose of peg-interferon and the SVR rate did not differ between the two groups. Multivariate analysis showed that IFNL4 but not ITPA SNP genotype, platelet count and peg-interferon adherence were significantly associated with outcome of therapy. Postmarketing-phase triple therapy resulted in a high SVR rate in spite of extensive ribavirin dose reduction in a diverse patient population, indicating the importance of treatment continuation and appropriate management of adverse events.
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- S Akamatsu
- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan; Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, SNP Research Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hiroshima, Japan
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Kosaka K, Imamura M, Hayes CN, Abe H, Hiraga N, Yoshimi S, Murakami E, Kawaoka T, Tsuge M, Aikata H, Miki D, Ochi H, Matsui H, Kanai A, Inaba T, Chayama K. Emergence of resistant variants detected by ultra-deep sequencing after asunaprevir and daclatasvir combination therapy in patients infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 1. J Viral Hepat 2015; 22:158-65. [PMID: 24943406 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Daclatasvir (DCV) and asunaprevir (ASV) are NS5A and NS3 protease-targeted antivirals respectively, currently under development for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We analysed the relationship between pre-existing drug-resistant variants and clinical outcome of the combination treatment with DCV and ASV. Ten patients with HCV genotype 1b were orally treated with a combination of ASV and DCV for 24 weeks. The frequencies of amino acid (aa) variants at NS3 aa positions 155, 156 and 168 and at NS5A aa31 and 93 before and after treatment were analysed by ultra-deep sequencing. We established a minimum variant frequency threshold of 0.3% based on plasmid sequencing. Sustained virological response (SVR) was achieved in 8 out of 10 patients (80%), and relapse of HCV RNA after cessation of the treatment and viral breakthrough occurred in the other two patients. Pre-existing DCV-resistant variants (L31V/M and/or Y93H; 0.9-99.4%) were detected in three out of eight patients who achieved SVR. Pre-existing DCV-resistant variants were detected in a relapsed patient (L31M, Y93H) and in a patient with viral breakthrough (Y93H); however, no ASV-resistant variants were detected. In these patients, HCV RNA rebounded with ASV- and DCV- double resistant variants (NS3 D168A/V plus NS5A L31M and Y93H). While pre-existing DCV-resistant variants might contribute to viral breakthrough in DCV and ASV combination therapy, the effectiveness of prediction of the outcome of therapy based on ultra-deep sequence analysis of pre-existing resistant variants appears limited.
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- K Kosaka
- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Applied Life Science, Institute of Biomedical & Health Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Dumoulin C, Hunter KF, Moore K, Bradley CS, Burgio KL, Hagen S, Imamura M, Thakar R, Williams K, Chambers T. Conservative management for female urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse review 2013: Summary of the 5th International Consultation on Incontinence. Neurourol Urodyn 2014; 35:15-20. [DOI: 10.1002/nau.22677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Chantale Dumoulin
- School of Rehabilitation; Faculty of Medicine; University of Montreal and Centre de recherche, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal; Montreal Quebec Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing; University of Alberta; Edmonton Alberta Canada
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urology and Epidemiology; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa
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- Department of Medicine; University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs; Birmingham Alabama
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- Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit; Glasgow Caledonian University; Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom
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- Division of Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen; Aberdeen Scotland United Kingdom
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- Croydon Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction Unit, Croydon; University Hospital; Thornton Heath London United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Sciences; University of Leicester; Leicester; United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Nursing; University of Alberta; Edmonton Alberta Canada
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Tsunekawa S, Shuji N, Matsumoto R, Taki Y, Awane M, Kohmoto I, Kamo N, Ikeda A, Hagi M, Imamura M. 18. LINF (Lymphatic Imaging with Non-radioactive Fluorescent tracers) based education for lymph edema patients after breast surgery with axillary dissection. Eur J Surg Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.08.016] [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] Open
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McCall SJ, Nur Ibrahim U, Imamura M, Okpo E, Flett G, Bhattacharya S. PP25 Exploring the determinant factors for repeat abortion: A systematic review. J Epidemiol Community Health 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204726.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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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Takahata M, Hashino S, Onozawa M, Shigematsu A, Sugita J, Fujimoto K, Endo T, Kondo T, Tanaka J, Imamura M, Teshima T. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reverse seroconversion (RS) can be prevented even in non-responders to hepatitis B vaccine after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: long-term analysis of intervention in RS with vaccine for patients with previous HBV infection. Transpl Infect Dis 2014; 16:797-801. [PMID: 25154638 DOI: 10.1111/tid.12283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 12/16/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, reverse seroconversion (RS), is a serious complication after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT). We previously conducted a post-transplant hepatitis B vaccine intervention trial and demonstrated the vaccine efficacy in preventing HBV-RS. This report is an update of the hepatitis B vaccine study. METHODS In this trial, 21 patients were enrolled and received a standard 3-dose regimen of hepatitis B vaccine after discontinuation of immunosuppressants, whereas 25 transplant recipients with previous HBV infection did not receive the vaccine and served as controls. RESULTS None of the 21 patients in the vaccine group developed HBV-RS and 12 controls developed HBV-RS in median follow-up periods of 60 months (range 13-245). HBV vaccine resulted in a positive value of hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb) titer in 9 patients, while HBsAb remained negative in 12 patients. Presence of a high titer of HBsAb before vaccination was associated with conversion into HBsAb positivity after vaccination. CONCLUSION These results demonstrated the long-term effects of HBV vaccine for preventing HBV-RS after alloHSCT. Of note, no HBV-RS occurred, even in patients who did not achieve conversion into HBsAb positivity after vaccination.
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- M Takahata
- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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Matsuura Y, Iwamaru Y, Masujin K, Imamura M, Mohri S, Yokoyama T, Okada H. Corrigendum to “Distribution of Abnormal Prion Protein in a Sheep affected with L-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy” [Journal of Comparative Pathology, 149, 113–118]. J Comp Pathol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2014.02.007] [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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