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Inui N, Miura T. Homeotic transformation in a terrestrial isopod: insights into the appendage identity in crustaceans. Naturwissenschaften 2023; 110:47. [PMID: 37725149 PMCID: PMC10509081 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-023-01875-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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In many crustacean species, an individual possesses both uniramous and biramous appendages that enable us to compare the two types on the same genetic background. Therefore, among the diverse morphologies of arthropod appendages, crustacean biramous appendages provide interesting subjects for studying the developmental mechanisms underlying appendage modifications. In this study, we report a malformed specimen of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber, in which one of the pleopods was transformed into a different structure. Morphological observations of exoskeletons and musculatures by confocal scanning laser microscopy revealed that the transformed appendage was three-segmented, with at least the apical two segments having pereopod-like musculoskeletal structures. The apical segment of the transformed appendage lacked muscles, and the following segment had a pair of muscle bundles. These findings together with those of some previous studies of gene expression patterns in this species suggest that this anomaly could be caused by homeotic transformation of a flap-like pleopod into a three-segmented pereopod tip, which may be a homologous structure of the pleopod.
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- Naoto Inui
- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa, 238-0225, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa, 238-0225, Japan.
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Inui N, Kimbara R, Yamaguchi H, Miura T. Pleopodal lung development in a terrestrial isopod, Porcellio scaber (Oniscidea). Arthropod Struct Dev 2022; 71:101210. [PMID: 36206666 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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During evolution, various lineages of arthropods colonized land and independently acquired air-breathing organs. Some taxa of oniscidean isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) are the most successful crustacean lineages on land and possess organs called "lungs" or "pseudotrachea" for air-breathing in their abdominal appendages, i.e., in pleopods. Although these lungs are important for adapting to the terrestrial environment, their developmental process has not yet been elucidated. In the present study, we investigated the process of lung development in Porcellio scaber, the common rough woodlouse with pleopodal lungs in the first two pairs of pleopods. The lungs in the second pleopods developed at the manca 1 stage (immediately after hatching) and became functional at the manca 2 stage. In the first pleopods, which appear at the manca 3 stage, the lungs were gradually developed during the manca 3 stage and became functional in post-manca juveniles. In the second pleopods, epithelial invaginations led to lung development. These results suggest that some novel developmental mechanisms with epithelial invaginations and cuticle formation were acquired during terrestrialization, resulting in the development of functional lungs in the terrestrial isopod lineages.
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- Naoto Inui
- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa, 238-0225, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa, 238-0225, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa, 238-0225, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa, 238-0225, Japan.
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Inui N, Oguchi K, Shinji J, Okanishi M, Shimomura M, Miura T. Parasitism-Induced Intersexuality in a Sexually Dimorphic Varunid Crab, Ptychognathus ishii (Decapoda: Varunidae). Zoolog Sci 2021; 38:416-426. [PMID: 34664916 DOI: 10.2108/zs210049] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although many animals that perform sexual reproduction exhibit sexual dimorphism, individuals with intersex traits between the traits of males and females appear in some species, depending on environmental factors. Ptychognathus ishii, a varunid crab, exhibits distinctive sexual dimorphism in the morphology of its abdomen, chelipeds and setal tufts on the chelipeds. In this study, however, we report for the first time that intersex individuals with intermediate characters between those of males and females were occasionally found in wild populations. Morphological features of intersex individuals are described. Their taxonomic positions are identified based on DNA sequences of part of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene. It was shown that the intersexuality was induced by entoniscid parasites, because all intersex individuals were parasitized by entoniscid isopods, identified as Entionella sp. The apparent correlation between parasitism and morphological anomalies suggests that the parasitic isopods affect physiological conditions, leading to the feminization of male hosts.
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- Naoto Inui
- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan.,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan.,Center for Ocean Literacy and Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan
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- Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama 649-2211, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan,
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Sugawara S, Lee JS, Kang JH, Kim HR, Inui N, Hida T, Lee KH, Yoshida T, Tanaka H, Yang CT, Nishio M, Ohe Y, Tamura T, Yamamoto N, Yu CJ, Akamatsu H, Namba Y, Sumiyoshi N, Nakagawa K. Nivolumab with carboplatin, paclitaxel, and bevacizumab for first-line treatment of advanced nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 2021; 32:1137-1147. [PMID: 34139272 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This international, randomized, double-blind phase III study (ONO-4538-52/TASUKI-52) evaluated nivolumab with bevacizumab and cytotoxic chemotherapy as first-line treatment for nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Between June 2017 and July 2019, this study enrolled treatment-naïve patients with stage IIIB/IV or recurrent nonsquamous NSCLC without sensitizing EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 alterations. They were randomly assigned in a 1 : 1 ratio to receive nivolumab or placebo in combination with carboplatin, paclitaxel, and bevacizumab every 3 weeks for up to six cycles, followed by nivolumab/placebo with bevacizumab until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS) assessed by an independent radiology review committee (IRRC). RESULTS Overall, 550 patients from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan were randomized; of these patients, 273 and 275 received the nivolumab and placebo combinations, respectively. In the present preplanned interim analysis with a median follow up of 13.7 months, the IRRC-assessed median PFS was significantly longer in the nivolumab arm than in the placebo arm (12.1 versus 8.1 months; hazard ratio 0.56; 96.4% confidence interval 0.43-0.71; P < 0.0001). The PFS benefit was observed across all patients with any programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression levels including PD-L1-negative patients. The IRRC-assessed objective response rates were 61.5% and 50.5% in the nivolumab and placebo arms, respectively. The incidence of treatment-related adverse events of grade 3 or 4 was comparable between the two arms; treatment-related adverse events leading to death were observed in five and four patients in the nivolumab and placebo arms, respectively. CONCLUSION The TASUKI-52 regimen should be considered a viable new treatment strategy for treatment-naïve patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC.
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- S Sugawara
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Miyagi, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hamamatsu University Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Thoracic Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Clinical Science, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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- Oncology Clinical Development Planning 1, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
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Tanaka S, Uchida S, Hakamata A, Miyakawa S, Odagiri K, Inui N, Watanabe H, Namiki N. Simultaneous LC-MS analysis of plasma concentrations of sildenafil, tadalafil, bosentan, ambrisentan, and macitentan in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pharmazie 2021; 75:236-239. [PMID: 32539916 DOI: 10.1691/ph.2020.0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitors and endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs) are standard therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The inter-individual variability of these pharmacokinetics is reported remarkably large, and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) can be useful to improve the likelihood of the desired therapeutic and safety outcomes. This study aimed to develop a LC-MS method to determine the concentrations of five PAH drugs (PDE-5 inhibitors: sildenafil and tadalafil, ERAs: bosentan, macitentan, and ambrisentan) from plasma samples using a simple process followed by a single mass spectrometric run, and to validate this approach through pharmacokinetic analyses in patients. A solid extraction method was used for sample preparation of the drugs from human plasma. The total run time for a single injection was within 10 min. The calibration curves for all drugs were linear, and the lower limits of quantitation were 1 (sildenafil), 2 (tadalafil), 5 (ambrisentan), and 10 ng/mL (bosentan, macitentan). The accuracy and precision values suggested that the assay had high accuracy and reliability. To prove the utility of this method, the plasma concentrations of the five PAH drugs were determined after their oral administration to nine PAH patients.
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- S Tanaka
- Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan;,
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Lee JS, Sugawara S, Kang J, Kim H, Inui N, Hida T, Lee K, Yoshida T, Tanaka H, Yang C, Nishio M, Ohe Y, Tamura T, Yamamoto N, Yu CJ, Akamatsu H, Namba Y, Sumiyoshi N, Nakagawa K. LBA54 Randomized phase III trial of nivolumab in combination with carboplatin, paclitaxel, and bevacizumab as first-line treatment for patients with advanced or recurrent non-squamous NSCLC. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.2287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Karayama M, Masuda J, Mori K, Yasui H, Hozumi H, Suzuki Y, Furuhashi K, Fujisawa T, Enomoto N, Nakamura Y, Inui N, Suda T, Maekawa M, Sugimura H, Takada A. Comprehensive assessment of multiple tryptophan metabolites as potential biomarkers for immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Transl Oncol 2020; 23:418-423. [PMID: 32533317 PMCID: PMC7854397 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-020-02421-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Purpose Tryptophan metabolites have immunomodulatory functions, suggesting possible roles in cancer immunity. Methods Plasma tryptophan metabolites were measured using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry before immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Results The 19 patients with NSCLC had significantly lower levels of tryptophan (p = 0.002) and xanthurenic acid (p = 0.032), and a significantly higher level of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3-HAA) (p = 0.028) compared with the 10 healthy volunteers. The patients achieving objective responses had significantly lower levels of 3-HAA than those who did not (p = 0.045). Receiver operating characteristic analyses determined that the cutoff value of 3-HAA for objective response was 35.4 pmol/mL (sensitivity: 87.5% and specificity: 83.3%). The patients with 3-HAA < 35.4 pmol/mL had significantly longer median progression-free survival (7.0 months) than those without (1.6 months, p = 0.022). Conclusions Tryptophan metabolites may have a potential for predicting the efficacy of ICIs. Registration number University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trial Registry 000026140. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s12094-020-02421-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- M Karayama
- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan.
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- Global Application Development Center, Shimadzu Corporation, 3801 Hadano, Kanagawa, 259-1034, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital, 1231 Miyakami, Shizuoka, 424-8636, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- International Projects On Food and Health, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshimura K, Inoue Y, Tsuchiya K, Iwashita Y, Kahyo T, Kawase A, Tanahashi M, Suzuki Y, Karayama M, Ogawa H, Inui N, Funai K, Shinmura K, Niwa H, Suda T, Sugimura H. P2.03-43 WTAP Activates Oncogenes and Accelerates Tumor Aggressiveness Through Adding m6A RNA Modification in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Inui N, Maruyama T, Okamoto K. First record of Australatya obscura Han & Klotz, 2015 (Decapoda, Atyidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Biodivers Data J 2019; 7:e30507. [PMID: 30863196 PMCID: PMC6408424 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.7.e30507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background The freshwater shrimp, Australatyaobscura Han & Klotz, has been known only from Taiwan and Panay Island, Philippines. New information An adult A.obscura was collected from a river on Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. This is the first record of the species in Japan and the northernmost specimen-supported record to date. The species is suggested as having been transported northwards by the Kuroshio Current.
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Yamaguchi T, Morikawa S, Yuko O, Asada K, Oguri T, Inui N, Ito K, Kimura T, Kunii E, Matsui T, Kubo A, Kato T, Shindo J, Tsuda T, Okuno M, Hida T, Imaizumi K. P083 Efficacy of EGFR-TKIs in Patients Harboring EGFR Mutations with Non-Adenocartinoma Histology. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.10.096] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Tanaka K, Inui N, Asada K, Abe T, Hataji O, Hayai S, Ito K, Imaizumi K, Kimura T, Kubo A, Kunii E, Murotani K, Okuno M, Oya Y, Shindoh J, Taniguchi H, Tsuda T, Yamaguchi T, Hida T, Suda T. Real-world data of EGFR minor mutated NSCLC treated with EGFR-TKI: Comparative analysis including compound mutation and de novo T790M mutation. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy425.032] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ito K, Murotani K, Kubo A, Kunii E, Taniguchi H, Shindo J, Asada K, Imaizumi K, Tanaka K, Inui N, Okuno M, Hataji O, Hayai S, Abe T, Kimura T, Tsuda T, Yamaguchi T, Oya Y, Yoshida T, Hida T. Comparative analysis of overall survival using propensity score between first- and second-generation EGFR-TKI: Real world data of 1354 patients with EGFR mutant NSCLC. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy292.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Satake Y, Nakamura Y, Kono M, Hozumi H, Nagata T, Tsujimura K, Enomoto N, Fujisawa T, Inui N, Fujiyama T, Tokura Y, Matsui T, Yokomura K, Shirai M, Hayakawa H, Suda T. Type-1 polarised dendritic cells are a potent immunogen against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2018; 21:523-530. [PMID: 28399967 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Application of immunotherapy using dendritic cells (DCs) is considered an effective treatment strategy against persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. With the goal of developing improved therapeutic vaccination strategies for patients with tuberculosis (TB), we tested the ability of ex vivo-generated DCs to induce an effective TB antigen-specific type-1 immune response. METHODS Monocyte-derived DCs from TB patients were induced to mature using a 'standard' cytokine cocktail (interleukin [IL] 1β, tumour necrosis factor alpha [TNF-α], IL-6 and prostaglandin E2) or a type 1-polarised DC (DC1) cocktail (IL-1β, TNF-α, interferon [IFN] α, IFN-γ and polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid), and were loaded with the established TB antigen 6-kDa early secretory antigenic target protein (ESAT-6). RESULTS Although DC1s from TB patients expressed the same levels of multiple co-stimulatory molecules (CD83, CD86, CD80 and CD40) as the standard DCs (sDCs), DC1s secreted substantially higher levels of IL-12p70. Furthermore, when DCs pulsed with or without ESAT-6 were cultured with lymphocytes from the same patients, DC1s induced much higher numbers of ESAT-6-specific IFN-γ-producing T-cells than sDCs, as manifested by their superior induction of natural killer cell activation and antigen-independent suppression of regulatory T-cells. CONCLUSION TB antigen-loaded DC1s are potent inducers of antigen-specific T-cells, which could be used to develop improved immunotherapies of TB.
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- Y Satake
- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Department of Health Science
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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- Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu
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- Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu
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- Department of Health Science, Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine
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Karayama M, Inui N, Mori K, Kono M, Hozumi H, Suzuki Y, Furuhashi K, Hashimoto D, Enomoto N, Fujisawa T, Nakamura Y, Watanabe H, Suda T. Respiratory impedance is correlated with airway narrowing in asthma using three-dimensional computed tomography. Clin Exp Allergy 2018; 48:278-287. [PMID: 29315896 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Respiratory impedance comprises the resistance and reactance of the respiratory system and can provide detailed information on respiratory function. However, details of the relationship between impedance and morphological airway changes in asthma are unknown. OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the correlation between imaging-based airway changes and respiratory impedance in patients with asthma. METHODS Respiratory impedance and spirometric data were evaluated in 72 patients with asthma and 29 reference subjects. We measured the intraluminal area (Ai) and wall thickness (WT) of third- to sixth-generation bronchi using three-dimensional computed tomographic analyses, and values were adjusted by body surface area (BSA, Ai/BSA, and WT/the square root (√) of BSA). RESULTS Asthma patients had significantly increased respiratory impedance, decreased Ai/BSA, and increased WT/√BSA, as was the case in those without airflow limitation as assessed by spirometry. Ai/BSA was inversely correlated with respiratory resistance at 5 Hz (R5) and 20 Hz (R20). R20 had a stronger correlation with Ai/BSA than did R5. Ai/BSA was positively correlated with forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity ratio, percentage predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second, and percentage predicted mid-expiratory flow. WT/√BSA had no significant correlation with spirometry or respiratory impedance. CONCLUSIONS & CLINICAL RELEVANCE Respiratory resistance is associated with airway narrowing.
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- M Karayama
- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Hakamata A, Odagiri K, Miyakawa S, Irisawa H, Takeuchi K, Inui N, Tanaka S, Uchida S, Watanabe H. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Comparison of Sildenafil-Bosentan and Sildenafil-Ambrisentan Combination Therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension. Clin Transl Sci 2016; 9:29-35. [PMID: 26756977 PMCID: PMC5351320 DOI: 10.1111/cts.12382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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To elucidate whether the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of sildenafil are influenced differently when it is coadministered with bosentan (S+B) or with ambrisentan (S+A), we evaluated the PK and PD profiles of sildenafil before and after 4-5 weeks of S+A or S+B treatment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. The area under the plasma concentration-time curve of sildenafil was significantly higher in S+A treatment than in S+B treatment (165.8 ng•h/mL vs. 396.8 ng•h/mL, P = 0.018) and the oral clearance of sildenafil was significantly lower after S+A treatment than after S+B treatment (120.6 L/h/kg vs. 50.4 L/h/kg, P = 0.018). In the PD study, incremental shuttle walking distance was superior during treatment with S+A than during treatment with S+B (S+B; 280 m vs. S+A; 340 m, P = 0.042). There were no concerns about safety with either combination therapy regime.
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- A Hakamata
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and TherapeuticsHamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and TherapeuticsHamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and TherapeuticsHamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and TherapeuticsHamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and TherapeuticsHamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and TherapeuticsHamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and ScienceSchool of Pharmaceutical ScienceUniversity of ShizuokaShizuokaJapan
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and ScienceSchool of Pharmaceutical ScienceUniversity of ShizuokaShizuokaJapan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and TherapeuticsHamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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Suzuki Y, Miwa S, Akamatsu T, Suzuki M, Fujie M, Nakamura Y, Inui N, Hayakawa H, Chida K, Suda T. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in the pathogenesis of tuberculous pleurisy. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2014; 17:1501-6. [PMID: 24125458 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pleural fluid is a frequent manifestation in pulmonary diseases, such as lung cancer and infectious diseases, including pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) catalyses tryptophan through the kynurenine pathway, and is considered a crucial immunoregulatory molecule mediating immune tolerance. Recent studies have shown IDO activity to be a novel prognostic factor not only in cancer patients but also in those with infectious diseases, including pneumonia and pulmonary TB. However, no studies have measured and determined the clinical significance of IDO activity in pleural fluid. METHODS We enrolled 92 patients, including 34 with tuberculous pleurisy (TBP), 36 with malignant pleuritis and 15 with parapneumonic effusions. IDO activity was evaluated using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry, and was estimated by calculating kynurenine-to-tryptophan ratio. RESULTS Pleural fluid from patients with TBP had significantly higher kynurenine concentrations and significantly lower tryptophan concentrations, resulting in significantly higher IDO activity compared with pleural effusion or serum from non-tuberculous pleuritis (all P < 0.001). Pleural tissue from TBP showed enhanced IDO expression in epithelioid granuloma regions by immunohistochemistry. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that IDO is strongly involved in the pathogenesis of TBP.
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- Y Suzuki
- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Respiratory Medicine, Tenryu Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Inoue Y, Karayama M, Ito Y, Kusagaya H, Matsuura S, Nakamura Y, Inui N, Suda T. Renal Toxicity of Pemetrexed in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt460.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Inui N, Akamatsu T, Uchida S, Tanaka S, Namiki N, Karayama M, Chida K, Watanabe H. Chronological Effects of Rifampicin Discontinuation on Cytochrome P450 Activity in Healthy Japanese Volunteers, Using the Cocktail Method. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2013; 94:702-8. [DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2013.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tanaka S, Uchida S, Miyakawa S, Inui N, Takeuchi K, Watanabe H, Namiki N. PP176—Comparison of Inhibitory Duration of Grapefruit Juice on Organic Anion-Transporting Polypeptide and CYP3A4. Clin Ther 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.07.212] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Hozumi H, Tsujimura K, Yamamura Y, Seto S, Uchijima M, Nagata T, Miwa S, Hayakawa H, Fujisawa T, Hashimoto D, Inui N, Suda T, Chida K, Koide Y. Immunogenicity of dormancy-related antigens in individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Japan. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2013; 17:818-24. [DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- H. Hozumi
- Department of Infectious Diseases, and Internal Medicine 2 (Divisions of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Respiratology & Hepatology), Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Yaizu City Hospital, Yaizu, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenryu Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenryu Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 2 (Divisions of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Respiratology & Hepatology), Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 2 (Divisions of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Respiratology & Hepatology), Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 2 (Divisions of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Respiratology & Hepatology), Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of
Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 2 (Divisions of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Respiratology & Hepatology), Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Internal Medicine 2 (Divisions of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Respiratology & Hepatology), Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Inui N, Hasegawa H, Suda T, Nakamura Y, Watanabe H, Chida K. Expression and Function of Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 and Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 1 in Lung Dendritic Cells From Aging Mice. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2012; 67:1049-55. [DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Karayama M, Inui N, Suda T, Nakamura Y, Enomoto N, Chida K. Pulmonary dendritic cell accumulation in usual interstitial pneumonia and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2012; 29:69-73. [PMID: 23311128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary dendritic cells (DCs) are key regulators of immune responses. An increased accumulation of DCs was reported in the lungs of patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the number of pulmonary DCs in patients with collagen vascular disease associated interstitial lung diseases (CVD-ILDs). DESIGN Lung tissue samples obtained from 27 patients with IIP and 39 patients with CVD-ILD were detected using monoclonal antibodies against CD1a, CD1c, CD83, Langerin and DC-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN). RESULTS No significant differences in the number or distribution of DCs were observed between patients with IIP and CVD-ILDs. When DC marker expression was analyzed according to pathological subgroup, patients with idiopathic usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) showed increased DC-SIGN staining when compared with CVD-UIP (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Both mature and immature DCs accumulate in CVD-ILDs. The number of DCs expressing DC-SIGN in CVD-UIP was decreased compared with that in idiopathic UIP. The variation in accumulated DC-SIGN-positive cells might help to explain the differences in the development and maintenance of lung inflammation between idiopathic UIP and CVD-UIP.
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- M Karayama
- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Contorted 'phantom' limbs often form when sensory inputs are removed, but the neural mechanisms underlying their formation are poorly understood. We tracked the evolution of an experimental phantom hand during ischaemic anaesthesia of the arm. In the first study subjects showed the perceived posture of their hand and fingers using a model hand. Surprisingly, if the wrist and fingers were held straight before and during anaesthesia, the final phantom hand was bent at the wrist and fingers, but if the wrist and fingers were flexed before and during anaesthesia, the final phantom was extended at wrist and fingers. Hence, no 'default' posture existed for the phantom hand. The final perceived posture may depend on the initial and evolving sensory input during the block rather than the final sensory input (which should not differ for the two postures). In the second study subjects selected templates to indicate the perceived size of their hand. Perceived hand size increased by 34 ± 4% (mean ± 95% CI) during the block. Sensory changes were monitored. In all subjects, impairment of large-fibre cutaneous sensation began distally with von Frey thresholds increasing before cold detection thresholds (Aδ fibres) increased. Some C fibres subserving heat pain still conducted at the end of cuff inflation. These data suggest that changes in both perceived hand size and perceived position of the finger joints develop early when large-fibre cutaneous sensation is beginning to degrade. Hence it is unlikely that block of small-fibre afferents is critical for phantom formation in an ischaemic block.
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- N Inui
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, 2031, Australia
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Takeda A, Sakamoto K, Tamano H, Fukura K, Inui N, Suh SW, Won SJ, Yokogoshi H. Facilitated neurogenesis in the developing hippocampus after intake of theanine, an amino acid in tea leaves, and object recognition memory. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2011; 31:1079-88. [PMID: 21604187 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9707-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Theanine, γ-glutamylethylamide, is one of the major amino acid components in green tea. In this study, cognitive function and the related mechanism were examined in theanine-administered young rats. Newborn rats were fed theanine through dams, which were fed water containing 0.3% theanine, and then fed water containing 0.3% theanine after weaning. Theanine level in the brain was under the detectable limit 6 weeks after the start of theanine administration. Theanine administration did not influence locomotor activity in the open-field test. However, rearing behavior was significantly increased in theanine-administered rats, suggesting that exploratory activity is increased by theanine intake. Furthermore, object recognition memory was enhanced in theanine-administered rats. The increase in exploratory activity in the open-field test seems to be associated with the enhanced object recognition memory after theanine administration. On the other hand, long-term potentiation (LTP) induction at the perforant path-granule cell synapse was not changed by theanine administration. To check hippocampal neurogenesis, BrdU was injected into rats 3 weeks after the start of theanine administration, and brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) level was significantly increased at this time. Theanine intake significantly increased the number of BrdU-, Ki67-, and DCX-labeled cells in the granule cell layer 6 weeks after the start of theanine administration. This study indicates that 0.3% theanine administration facilitates neurogenesis in the developing hippocampus followed by enhanced recognition memory. Theanine intake may be of benefit to the postnatal development of hippocampal function.
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- Atsushi Takeda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Global COE, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Hirao A, Kondo K, Takeuchi K, Inui N, Umemura K, Ohashi K, Watanabe H. Cyclooxygenase-dependent vasoconstricting factor(s) in remodelled rat femoral arteries. Cardiovasc Res 2008; 79:161-8. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvn111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kaida Y, Inui N, Suda T, Nakamura H, Watanabe H, Chida K. The CYP2A6*4 allele is determinant of S-1 pharmacokinetics in Japanese patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2008; 83:589-94. [PMID: 18212800 DOI: 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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S-1 is an oral fluorouracil anticancer drug that contains the 5-FU prodrug tegafur. Tegafur has been shown to be converted enzymatically to 5-FU to exert its antitumor effect, and this conversion is principally catalyzed by CYP2A6. Forty-six non-small-cell lung cancer patients were enrolled. The frequencies of the CYP2A6*4C, CYP2A6*7, and CYP2A6*9 alleles were 17.4, 19.6, and 15.2%, respectively. In the S-1 pharmacokinetic analysis, the area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 10 h (AUC(0-10)) ratios of 5-FU/tegafur showed large interindividual variabilities, ranging from 5.14 to 112.6. The AUC(0-10) for tegafur was 1.5-fold higher in patients with the CYP2A6*4C allele than in patients without the CYP2A6*4C allele P < 0.05). Furthermore, patients with the CYP2A6*4C allele had a significantly lower maximum plasma concentration (102.6 +/- 32.9 ng/ml) for 5-FU than patients without the CYP2A6*4C allele (157.0 +/- 65.5 ng/ml, P < 0.05). Genotyping of CYP2A6 polymorphisms may provide vital information for effective cancer therapy using S-1.
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- Y Kaida
- The Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Suda T, Hashizume H, Aoshima Y, Yokomura K, Sato J, Inui N, Nakamura Y, Fujisawa T, Enomoto N, Chida K. Management of interleukin-2-induced severe bronchoconstriction. Eur Respir J 2007; 29:612-3. [PMID: 17329497 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00152706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Suda T, Fujisawa T, Enomoto N, Nakamura Y, Inui N, Naito T, Hashimoto D, Sato J, Toyoshima M, Hashizume H, Chida K. Interstitial lung diseases associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis. Eur Respir J 2006; 28:1005-12. [PMID: 16837503 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00038806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [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: 11/05/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to clarify the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis (ILD-ADM). The study consisted of 14 consecutive patients with ILD-ADM. Patients were classified into two categories, acute/subacute and chronic forms, according to the clinical presentation of ILD. The clinical features, responsiveness to therapy, and prognosis between the two forms were compared. Nine ILD-ADM patients were categorised as the acute/subacute form, and five as the chronic form. Arterial oxygen tension was significantly lower in the acute/subacute ILD than chronic ILD patients. On high-resolution computed tomography, ground-glass opacities were frequently found in the two forms, but consolidation was more common in acute/subacute ILD than chronic ILD. Bronchoalveolar lavage analysis showed higher numbers of total cells and lymphocytes in acute/subacute ILD than chronic ILD. Histologically, the most common finding was nonspecific interstitial pneumonia in the two forms, while diffuse alveolar damage was only found in acute/subacute ILD. Acute/subacute ILD was generally resistant to therapy, while chronic ILD responded well. Notably, the mortality of acute/subacute ILD was much higher than that of chronic ILD (67 versus 0%, respectively). In conclusion, interstitial lung disease associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis includes two different forms, the acute/subacute and chronic forms, with distinct prognoses.
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- T Suda
- Second Division, Dept of Internal Medicine, and 2 Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
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The author examined the lateralization of transfer of visuomotor information between the right and left hands during unimanual finger-tapping sequences with visual feedback. The finger-tapping task consisted of a target peak force of 2 N and a target intertap interval of 500 ms. Twenty right-handed and 10 left-handed participants performed the motor task, with 3 transfer trials following 3 practice trials. The author observed positive transfers from the left to the right hand for right-handers but the opposite direction of positive transfers for left-handers. However, left-handers showed a less variable peak force than right-handers did. The author discusses left-handers' interhemispheric information processing.
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control, Faculty of Health and Living Sciences, Naruto University of Education, Takashima, Naruto-cho, Naruto-shi, 772-8502 Japan.
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BACKGROUND Eosinophilic tracheobronchitis with cough hypersensitivity, abbreviated as atopic cough, is an important cause of chronic cough. The reason for the absence of airway hyper-responsiveness is unknown, differing from asthma, a Th2 cytokine-mediated disorder. OBJECTIVE To compare the type 1 helper T cell (Th1)/Th2 balance in the peripheral blood from subjects with atopic cough and atopic asthma, we assessed the intracellular cytokine production at the single-cell level. METHODS Thirty-six subjects (10 patients with atopic cough, 18 with atopic asthma, and eight control subjects) were included. Intracellular IL-4 and IFN-gamma were detected in CD4+ T cells by flow cytometry. RESULTS A significantly lower ratio of IFN-gamma-/IL-4-producing CD4+ T cells after phorbol 12-myristate acetate/ionomycin stimulation was found in patients with atopic cough and atopic asthma compared with normal subjects. In comparison between atopic patients, the ratio of IFN-gamma-/IL-4-producing cells was significantly higher in atopic cough than in atopic asthma. However, the proportion of IL-4-producing CD4+ T cells was significantly higher in patients with atopic asthma than in normal control subjects and no significant difference was detected between patients with atopic cough and normal subjects. No significant difference in the proportion of IFN-gamma-producing cells was found between the subjects. Overall, the total IgE levels were positively correlated to the IL-4-producing cells and inversely correlated to the ratio of IFN-gamma-/IL-4-producing cells. CONCLUSION These results show the lower degree of Th2 cytokine predominance in atopic cough compared with atopic asthma and suggest the relation between the Th1/Th2 balance and atopic status.
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- T Shirai
- Department of Internal Medicine, Fujinomiya City General Hospital, Fujinomiya, Japan.
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To examine the relation between timing and forcc control during finger-tapping sequences by both the 10 pianists and the 13 nonpianists, participants tapped a force plate connected to strain gauges. A series of finger-tapping tasks consisted of 16 combinations of pace and peak force. Analysis showed that pianists had smaller correlation between intertap interval and peak force than nonpianists. Thus, force control was more independent of timing for pianists than for nonpianists.
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control, Faculty of Health and Living Scicnces, Naruto University of Education, Naruto-shi, Japan.
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To examine the relation between timing and force control during finger taping sequences by both pianists and nonpianists, participants tapped a force plate connected to strain gauges. A series of finger tapping tasks consisted of 16 combinations of pace (intertap interval: 180, 200, 400, or 800 ms) and peak force (50, 100, 200, or 400 g). Analysis showed that, although movement timing was independent of force control under low or medium pace conditions, there were strong interactions between the 2 parameters under high pace conditions. The results indicate that participants adapted the movement by switching from separately controlling these parameters in the slow and moderate movement to coupling them in the fast movement. While variations in the intertap interval affected force production by nonpianists, they had little effect for pianists. The ratios of time-to-peak force to press duration increased linearly in pianists but varied irregularly in nonpianists, as the required force decreased. Thus, pianists regulate peak force by timing control of peak force to press duration, suggesting that training affects the relationship between the 2 parameters.
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control in the Faculty of Health and Living Sciences at the Naruto University of Education, Naruto-shi, Japan
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Inui N, Murayama A, Sasaki S, Suda T, Chida K, Kato S, Nakamura H. Correlation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1 alpha-hydroxylase gene expression in alveolar macrophages and the activity of sarcoidosis. Am J Med 2001; 110:687-93. [PMID: 11403752 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(01)00724-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To demonstrate expression of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1 alpha-hydroxylase (1 alpha-hydroxylase) gene in human alveolar macrophages and measure the correlations among the 1 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA level, the activity of sarcoidosis, and calcium metabolism. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We examined 7 patients with sarcoidosis and 6 control patients with other pulmonary disorders who underwent bronchoalveolar lavage. Levels of 1 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA were measured by semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction amplification. We measured serum levels of calcium, ionized calcium, parathyroid hormone, calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3), and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 to evaluate calcium metabolism. To estimate the activity of sarcoidosis, we measured the cell count, the CD4/CD8 ratio in bronchoalveolar lavage cells, and the serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity. RESULTS Expression of 1 alpha-hydroxylase was demonstrated in purified human alveolar macrophages. The 1 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA levels in bronchoalveolar lavage cells were fivefold higher in sarcoidosis patients than in control patients (10.8 +/- 3.6 vs. 2.2 +/- 1.4, P <0.003). Among all patients studied, there were significant correlations between the 1 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA level in bronchoalveolar lavage samples and the percentage of alveolar lymphocytes (r = 0.83, P <0.005), the CD4/CD8 ratio (r = 0.77, P <0.02), serum ACE level (r = 0.58, P <0.05), serum ionized calcium level (r = 0.58, P <0.05), and the calcitriol/25-hydroxyvitamin D3 ratio (r = 0.57, P <0.05). In the sarcoidosis patients, a significant correlation was also observed between 1 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA and the percentage of alveolar lymphocytes (r = 0.82, P <0.05). CONCLUSION There is a correlation between 1 alpha-hydroxylase gene expression in alveolar macrophages with the activity of sarcoidosis and its associated disturbances in calcium metabolism.
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- N Inui
- Department of Internal Medicine, Second Division, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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This study was designed to examine effects of somatosensory feedback on variations of intertap interval and muscle force in finger-tapping sequences over 10 minutes. Although intertap intervals were decreased on the massed task as the time passed, the intervals were constant in the distributed task. In finger-tapping for a long time, impulses perhaps circulate within the loop circuits between the cerebral motor cortex and the peripheral nerve and subsequently increase further the excitability of the circuits. This increase in the excitability within the circuits may shorten the interval and increase variation of the interval. On the other hand, although peak force increased up to the 5-min. mark on the massed task, the force decreased after the 6-min. mark. This increase of force also may be produced by increasing activation of the corticoperipheral loop circuits. Although the decrease of force was perhaps produced by the fatigue of finger muscles for tapping during a few minutes, fatigue appeared more clearly in muscle force than in timing control. However, the force and the variation were constant in the distributed task.
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control, Faculty of Health and Living Sciences, Naruto University of Education, Takashima, Japan.
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Nakamura Y, Chida K, Suda T, Sato J, Tsuchiya T, Inui N, Asada K, Yokomura K, Matsuda H, Nakamura H, Suzuki K. [A recurrent case of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia histologically diagnosed as nonspecific interstitial pneumonia group 1]. Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 2001; 39:281-6. [PMID: 11481829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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A 59-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea. Chest radiography showed infiltration and consolidation in both lung fields. He was clinically diagnosed as having idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP), and histological examination of a thoracoscopic lung biopsy specimen showed nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) group 1. Corticosteroid therapy had previously been effective, but about 1 year later the disease recurred. The patient's clinical condition was very similar to the first episode, and is improving in response to the same treatment again. Although it is generally accepted that patients with IIP diagnosed histologically as NSIP have a good prognosis, it should be remembered that recurrence is possible, even in patients with group 1.
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- Y Nakamura
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 3600 Handa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
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Sato Y, Horimoto M, Watanabe H, Ban N, Inui N, Onodera Y, Hayashi T, Fujita T, Miyanishi K, Niitsu Y. [Intramural hematoma of the large intestine caused by cytomegalovirus vasculitis in a patient with SLE]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 2001; 98:295-9. [PMID: 11280907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- Y Sato
- Department of Hematology, Nikko Memorial Hospital
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The present study was designed to examine the retention of relative force in the scaling of a serial force pattern in a finger-tapping sequence using an attenuated tap. On practice trials, 12 undergraduate students tapped a force plate connected to strain gauges that gave them feedback about the force. On test trials, participants recalled the force pattern (200 gm-200 gm-200 gm-100 gm) and the intertap interval (400 msec.) practiced during the practice period without the feedback (recalled task). Then, they adaptively produced a halved (halved task) or doubled force profile (doubled task) at the fixed intertap interval. Analyses showed that mean peak forces at the first three tap positions of the tapping sequence undershot the expected forces across all tasks. Hence, the ratios of the forces in Serial Positions 1:4, 2:4, and 3:4 were considerably lower than 2.0. This is a contextual effect suggesting that the last attenuated tap affected the first three taps of the tapping sequence. Thus, because the relative force of movements appears to be a weaker invariant feature than sequencing and relative timing for generalized motor program theory of Schmidt and Lee, this finding does not support the relative force for a generalized motor program.
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control, Naruto University of Education, Japan.
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Matsuda H, Sennda K, Suda T, Kuwata H, Suzuki K, Yokomura K, Asada K, Nakamura Y, Inui N, Tsuchiya T, Nakamura H. [Roxithromycin therapy of patients with mycobacterium avium complex lung infection]. Jpn J Antibiot 2001; 54 Suppl A:13-5. [PMID: 11436830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Inui N, Chida K, Suda T, Nakamura H. TH1/TH2 and TC1/TC2 profiles in peripheral blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells in pulmonary sarcoidosis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001; 107:337-44. [PMID: 11174202 DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.112273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sarcoidosis is thought to be a type-1 cytokine-mediated disorder. However, few data are available on the profiles of cytokine expression by TH cells at the single-cell level, as assessed by intracellular cytokine flow cytometry. Additionally, it remains to be determined whether the balance of TC1 and TC2 cells can be altered in sarcoidosis. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the TH1/TH2 and TC1/TC2 balances in sarcoidosis. METHODS Using triple-color flow cytometry and phorbol 12-myristate acetate/ionomycin stimulation, we measured the production of the intracellular cytokines IFN-gamma and IL-4 in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells separately, which were obtained from peripheral blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 20 patients with sarcoidosis, and compared their cytokine expressions with those of 10 normal subjects. RESULTS Under unstimulated conditions, there were no significant differences in the proportion of cytokine-producing CD4+ or CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood or BALF between patients with sarcoidosis and normal control subjects. On stimulation with phorbol 12-myristate acetate/ionomycin for 4 hours, in BALF of the patients, but not in peripheral blood, we found a significant increase in the percentage of IFN-gamma-producing CD4+ T cells and a decrease in the percentage of IL-4-producing CD4+ T cells, resulting in a 3.5-fold higher ratio of IFN-gamma/IL-4-producing CD4+ T cells compared with that found in normal subjects. In contrast, no difference was found in the proportions of cytokine-producing CD8+ T cells or the ratio of IFN-gamma/IL-4-producing CD8+ T cells in either the peripheral blood or BALF between the patients and normal subjects. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the prominent shift toward a type-1 phenotype may occur in CD4+ T-cell populations but not in CD8+ T-cell populations in the affected organs of sarcoidosis.
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- N Inui
- Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
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The present study was designed to examine the retention and adaptive control of a force pattern in the scaling of speed profiles in a finger-tapping sequence with an attenuated tap. On practice trials, 11 college students tapped on a force plate connected to strain gauges with feedback. On test trials, participants recalled the force pattern (200 gm-200 gm-200 gm-100 gm) and the intertap interval 1400 msec.) acquired during practice without feedback (recalled task). Then, participants adaptively tapped the acquired force pattern at the half (speeded task) and double (slowed task) the intertap interval acquired during the practice. Analyses showed that mean peak forces increased across tasks as the tapping speed was slowed down. Mean peak forces at the first three tap positions in sequence were smaller than the required forces in both the recall and speeded tasks. So, although the slowed task had the lowest ratio of forces in serial positions 1:4, 2:4, and 3:4, the ratios were less than 2 across tasks. These indicated that changing to a slow pace creates a more difficult adaptive task than changing to a fast pace, and further that a serial force pattern with an attenuated force creates a more difficult motor task for fine control than that with an accentuated force.
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control, Faculty of Health and Living Sciences, Naruto University of Education, Japan.
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The present study was designed to examine the retention of relative force in the scaling of a serial force pattern in finger-tapping sequences. On practice trials, 11 male college students tapped a force plate connected to strain gauges which provided feedback. On test trials, subjects recalled both the force pattern (100 g-100 g-100 g-300 g) and intertap interval (400 msec.) acquired during practice without feedback (recalled task) and then produced a halved (halved task) or doubled-force (doubled task) at the fixed intertap interval. Analysis showed that, although there was no difference for absolute forces between the recalled task and the halved task, the forces at the doubled task were three times as great as those at the recalled task. For relative forces, on the other hand, although there was no difference among the three tasks, the force ratios were closer to 1:1:1:2 than 1:1:1:3. This indicated that the scaling of force pattern was a more difficult adaptive task than that of the intertap interval in the previous study (Inui, Ishida, & Yamanishi, 1999).
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control, Faculty of Health and Living Sciences, Naruto University of Education, Japan.
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Todate A, Chida K, Suda T, Imokawa S, Sato J, Ide K, Tsuchiya T, Inui N, Nakamura Y, Asada K, Hayakawa H, Nakamura H. Increased numbers of dendritic cells in the bronchiolar tissues of diffuse panbronchiolitis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:148-53. [PMID: 10903234 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.1.9907015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent antigen-presenting cells (APCs); they are considered to be the most important APC in the lung. Recently, the number of DCs in the large airways was demonstrated to increase in patients with atopic asthma, leading to the concept that DCs play an important role in airway inflammation. However, little is known about the distribution of lung DCs in the small airways under other pathological conditions. The aim of the present study was to examine the distribution of DCs in the bronchiolar tissues in patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB), which is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways histologically characterized by peribronchiolitis. We investigated the distribution of DCs in the bronchiolar tissues of the lungs in 11 patients with DPB and 7 control subjects with normal lungs using immunohistochemical methods. Marked increases in the number of CD1a(+), CD1c(+), and CD83(+) DCs were found in both the bronchiolar epithelium and submucosal tissues of patients with DPB, compared with control subjects with normal lungs. The most striking increase occurred in the number of DCs expressing CD83, a marker of mature DCs, in the submucosal tissues of patients with DPB. The increases of these positive cells in patients with DPB were more marked in the submucosal tissues than in the epithelium. The bronchiolar epithelial cells in patients with DPB strongly expressed GM-CSF protein, which is an important cytokine for the differentiation and function of DCs, suggesting that the increased local production of GM-CSF may be responsible for the accumulation and differentiation of DCs in the bronchiolar tissues of patients with DPB. These results suggest that increased DCs in the bronchiolar tissues, together with their phenotypical maturation, may play an important role in the mucosal immune response in patients with DPB through their potent antigen-presenting function.
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- A Todate
- Second Division of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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Miyanishi K, Watanabe H, Hayashi S, Ban N, Horimoto M, Inui N, Onodera Y, Sato Y, Hayashi T, Fujita T, Oda I, Niitsu Y. [Spontaneous internal drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst with fistula to the common bile duct]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 2000; 97:213-7. [PMID: 10707594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- K Miyanishi
- Department of Gastroenterology, Nikko Memorial Hospital
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Inui N, Kakuno H, Tretyakov AY, Komatsu G, Kameoka K. Critical behavior of a random diode network. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1999; 59:6513-6. [PMID: 11969636 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.59.6513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/1999] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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We study the percolation properties of a random diode network (RDN) which contains two kinds of directed bonds on a square lattice. This network is a special case of the random insulation-resistor-diode network. Both Monte Carlo simulations and series expansion for the percolation probability show that an estimated critical exponent, beta=0.1794+/-0.008, is different from known values for a conventional insulation-resistor-diode network. RDN belongs to neither the isotropic percolation universality class nor to the directed percolation universality, which we attribute to a difference of symmetry breakdown around the critical point.
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- N Inui
- Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Engineering, Himeji Institute of Technology, 2167, Shosha, Himeji 671-2201, Japan
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The present study was designed to examine whether a serial force pattern in the finger-tapping sequences was retained and adaptively controlled. On practice trials, 15 male college students tapped a force plate connected to strain gauges which provided feedback. On test trials, subjects recalled the force pattern and the intertap interval acquired during practice without feedback (recalled task). Next, subjects adaptively tapped the acquired force pattern at the half (speeded task) and twice the intertap interval acquired during practice (slowed task). Analysis showed that the force patterns were quite precisely retained across tasks, and the relative force pattern was retained. Although there was no difference for force between the slowed and the recalled task, the force in the speeded task differed from that in the recalled task. This indicated that changing to a fast pace creates a more difficult adaptive task than changing to a slow pace.
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control, Faculty of Health and Living Sciences, Naruto University of Education, Japan.
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Oda I, Inui N, Onodera Y, Horimoto M, Watanabe H, Ban N, Tsuji Y, Shinohara M, Suzuki H, Fujioka Y, Sato Y, Hayashi T, Fujita T, Miyanishi K, Niitu Y. [An autopsy case of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the extrahepatic bile duct]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 1999; 96:418-22. [PMID: 10332205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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- I Oda
- Department of Internal medicine, Nikko Memorial Hospital
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Inui N, Chida K, Suda T, Toyoshima M, Todate A, Ide K, Tsukamoto K, Sato J, Tsuchiya T, Nakamura H. [A case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis presenting with peripheral infiltrates]. Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 1999; 37:333-6. [PMID: 10390975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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We report a case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP). A 39-year-old asymptomatic woman was admitted to our hospital because of abnormal shadows on chest X-ray films. Chest X-ray films revealed peripheral infiltrates in both lungs. Computed tomographic examination showed patchy peripheral ground-glass attenuation, concentrated subpleurally. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was clear. Because transbronchial lung biopsy findings were inconclusive, a VATS-biopsy was performed. The specimens demonstrated accumulation of proteinaceous materials within alveolar spaces. The patient was given a diagnosis of PAP. Although the distribution of radiographic shadows varies in patients with PAP, perihilar or centralized shadows usually predominate. In our patient, subpleural areas of the lung were affected almost exclusively.
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- N Inui
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Inui N, Chida K, Suda T, Toyoshima M, Todate A, Ide K, Tsukamoto K, Sato J, Tsuchiya T, Nakamura H. [Pulmonary cryptococcosis exhibiting diffuse multiple nodular shadows]. Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 1998; 36:1038-42. [PMID: 10064958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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We report a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis showing diffuse multiple nodular shadows in all lung fields. A 39-year-old woman with no immunological abnormalities was admitted with complaints of cough and sputum. She had experienced measles 4 weeks prior to admission. Chest x-ray films revealed diffuse nodular opacities throughout the lung fields, a finding suggestive of metastatic lung cancer. Detailed examinations, including transbronchial lung biopsy, were not conclusive. A diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis was made on the basis of findings from video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy. Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis usually appears as a solitary nodule or limited infiltration. Immunologically compromised hosts commonly demonstrate various abnormal shadows, such as the multiple nodular shadows observed in our patient. It has been reported that measles infection can cause temporary immune suppression. Secondary immunodeficiency resulting from the preceding infection with measles could explain the unusual chest x-ray findings in this case.
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- N Inui
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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This study examined effects of combinations of intertap interval and muscle force on interactions between two factors in sequences of equally paced finger taps. 12 male college students tapped a force plate connected to strain gauges. Subjects firstly tapped the plate at a preferred pace and force for 12 sec. Next, subjects tapped the plate by half or double the preferred pace. A series of finger-tapping tasks the consisted of nine combinations of pace and force. Analysis showed that, although variations in intertap interval were considerably accurately controlled across conditions, those in peak forces were not. Movement timing of tapping sequences hence appeared to be independent of force control. For six of 12 subjects, on the other hand, positive correlations between spontaneous variations in intertap interval and in forces were noted. Then, although motor timing was independent of force control in controls of low pace and weak forces, there were strong interactions between the two factors under high pace conditions.
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- N Inui
- Department of Human Motor Control, Faculty of Health and Living Sciences, Naruto University of Education, Japan.
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