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Morino E, Mine S, Tomita N, Uemura Y, Shimizu Y, Saito S, Suzuki T, Okumura N, Iwasaki H, Terada J, Ainai A, Sakai Y, Park E, Seki S, Akazawa D, Shimojima M, Shiwa-Sudo N, Virhuez-Mendoza M, Miyauchi K, Moriyama S, Iwata-Yoshikawa N, Harada M, Harada S, Hishiki T, Kotaki R, Matsumura T, Miyamoto S, Kanno T, Isogawa M, Watashi K, Nagata N, Ebihara H, Takahashi Y, Maeda K, Matano T, Wakita T, Suzuki T, Sugiura W, Ohmagari N, Ujiie M. Mpox Neutralizing Antibody Response to LC16m8 Vaccine in Healthy Adults. NEJM Evid 2024; 3:EVIDoa2300290. [PMID: 38411447 DOI: 10.1056/evidoa2300290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
Abstract
Mpox Neutralizing Antibody Response to LC16m8 VaccineIn this study of 50 healthy volunteers in Japan, a smallpox vaccine (LC16m8) exhibited a robust neutralizing antibody response against two strains of the mpox virus. With a 94% "take" rate by day 14, seroconversion rates on day 28 were 72 and 70% against the Zr599 and Liberia strains, respectively, decreasing to 30% for both on day 168; no serious adverse events occurred.
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- Eriko Morino
- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
- Department Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
- Department Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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Meyer BJ, Kunz N, Seki S, Higgins R, Ghosh A, Hupfer R, Baldrich A, Hirsiger JR, Jauch AJ, Burgener AV, Lötscher J, Aschwanden M, Dickenmann M, Stegert M, Berger CT, Daikeler T, Heijnen I, Navarini AA, Rudin C, Yamamoto H, Kemper C, Hess C, Recher M. Immunologic and Genetic Contributors to CD46-Dependent Immune Dysregulation. J Clin Immunol 2023; 43:1840-1856. [PMID: 37477760 PMCID: PMC10661731 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-023-01547-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
Abstract
Mutations in CD46 predispose to atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) with low penetrance. Factors driving immune-dysregulatory disease in individual mutation carriers have remained ill-understood. In addition to its role as a negative regulator of the complement system, CD46 modifies T cell-intrinsic metabolic adaptation and cytokine production. Comparative immunologic analysis of diseased vs. healthy CD46 mutation carriers has not been performed in detail yet. In this study, we comprehensively analyzed clinical, molecular, immune-phenotypic, cytokine secretion, immune-metabolic, and genetic profiles in healthy vs. diseased individuals carrying a rare, heterozygous CD46 mutation identified within a large single family. Five out of six studied individuals carried a CD46 gene splice-site mutation causing an in-frame deletion of 21 base pairs. One child suffered from aHUS and his paternal uncle manifested with adult-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Three mutation carriers had no clinical evidence of CD46-related disease to date. CD4+ T cell-intrinsic CD46 expression was uniformly 50%-reduced but was comparable in diseased vs. healthy mutation carriers. Reconstitution experiments defined the 21-base pair-deleted CD46 variant as intracellularly-but not surface-expressed and haploinsufficient. Both healthy and diseased mutation carriers displayed reduced CD46-dependent T cell mitochondrial adaptation. Diseased mutation carriers had lower peripheral regulatory T cell (Treg) frequencies and carried potentially epistatic, private rare variants in other inborn errors of immunity (IEI)-associated proinflammatory genes, not found in healthy mutation carriers. In conclusion, low Treg and rare non-CD46 immune-gene variants may contribute to clinically manifest CD46 haploinsufficiency-associated immune-dysregulation.
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- Benedikt J Meyer
- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Complement and Inflammation Research Section, CIRS, DIR, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Competence Center for Personalized Medicine, University of Zürich/Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Clinic for Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Rheumatology Clinic, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Rheumatology Clinic, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division Medical Immunology, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complement and Inflammation Research Section, CIRS, DIR, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
- University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Meyer BJ, Kunz N, Seki S, Higgins R, Ghosh A, Hupfer R, Baldrich A, Hirsiger JR, Jauch AJ, Burgener AV, Lötscher J, Aschwanden M, Dickenmann M, Stegert M, Berger CT, Daikeler T, Heijnen I, Navarini AA, Rudin C, Yamamoto H, Kemper C, Hess C, Recher M. Correction to: Immunologic and Genetic Contributors to CD46‑Dependent Immune Dysregulation. J Clin Immunol 2023; 43:1857. [PMID: 37572200 PMCID: PMC10661810 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-023-01563-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Benedikt J Meyer
- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Complement and Inflammation Research Section, CIRS,DIR, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Competence Center for Personalized Medicine, University of Zurich/Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Clinic for Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Rheumatology Clinic, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Rheumatology Clinic, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division Medical Immunology, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Children's Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complement and Inflammation Research Section, CIRS,DIR, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
- University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Jauch AJ, Bignucolo O, Seki S, Ghraichy M, Delmonte OM, von Niederhäusern V, Higgins R, Ghosh A, Nishizawa M, Tanaka M, Baldrich A, Köppen J, Hirsiger JR, Hupfer R, Ehl S, Rensing-Ehl A, Hopfer H, Prince SS, Daley SR, Marquardsen FA, Meyer BJ, Tamm M, Daikeler TD, Diesch T, Kühne T, Helbling A, Berkemeier C, Heijnen I, Navarini AA, Trück J, de Villartay JP, Oxenius A, Berger CT, Hess C, Notarangelo LD, Yamamoto H, Recher M. Autoimmunity and immunodeficiency associated with monoallelic LIG4 mutations via haploinsufficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023; 152:500-516. [PMID: 37004747 PMCID: PMC10529397 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Biallelic mutations in LIG4 encoding DNA-ligase 4 cause a rare immunodeficiency syndrome manifesting as infant-onset life-threatening and/or opportunistic infections, skeletal malformations, radiosensitivity and neoplasia. LIG4 is pivotal during DNA repair and during V(D)J recombination as it performs the final DNA-break sealing step. OBJECTIVES This study explored whether monoallelic LIG4 missense mutations may underlie immunodeficiency and autoimmunity with autosomal dominant inheritance. METHODS Extensive flow-cytometric immune-phenotyping was performed. Rare variants of immune system genes were analyzed by whole exome sequencing. DNA repair functionality and T-cell-intrinsic DNA damage tolerance was tested with an ensemble of in vitro and in silico tools. Antigen-receptor diversity and autoimmune features were characterized by high-throughput sequencing and autoantibody arrays. Reconstitution of wild-type versus mutant LIG4 were performed in LIG4 knockout Jurkat T cells, and DNA damage tolerance was subsequently assessed. RESULTS A novel heterozygous LIG4 loss-of-function mutation (p.R580Q), associated with a dominantly inherited familial immune-dysregulation consisting of autoimmune cytopenias, and in the index patient with lymphoproliferation, agammaglobulinemia, and adaptive immune cell infiltration into nonlymphoid organs. Immunophenotyping revealed reduced naive CD4+ T cells and low TCR-Vα7.2+ T cells, while T-/B-cell receptor repertoires showed only mild alterations. Cohort screening identified 2 other nonrelated patients with the monoallelic LIG4 mutation p.A842D recapitulating clinical and immune-phenotypic dysregulations observed in the index family and displaying T-cell-intrinsic DNA damage intolerance. Reconstitution experiments and molecular dynamics simulations categorize both missense mutations as loss-of-function and haploinsufficient. CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence that certain monoallelic LIG4 mutations may cause human immune dysregulation via haploinsufficiency.
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- Annaïse J Jauch
- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Dermatology and Dermatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Dermatology and Dermatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Competence Center for Personalized Medicine, University of Zürich/Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Translational Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center, Faculty for Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center, Faculty for Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Centre for Immunology and Infection Control, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Allergology and clinical Immunology, Department of Pneumology and Allergology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division Medical Immunology, Laboratory Medicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division Medical Immunology, Laboratory Medicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Dermatology and Dermatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Genome Dynamics in the Immune System, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherché 1163, Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Translational Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; University Center for Immunology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Miyata T, Higuchi R, Yokobori K, Seki S, Ishioka K. Assessment of feline hospitalization environment using a one-way mirror. Pol J Vet Sci 2023; 26:307-309. [PMID: 37389419 DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2023.145026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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A separate, cat-specific hospitalization room away from dogs is recommended to reduce stress in cats; however, this can be difficult for some hospitals to provide. In such cases, measures are undertaken to reduce the cat's stress by providing a place to hide. However, inability to observe the cat's condition may be an obstacle to providing veterinary care. The use of a one-way mirror to create a sheltered environment while allowing observation of the cats was assessed. Five healthy cats were assessed using the Cat Stress Score (CSS) while in a cage with either a transparent panel or a one-way mirror. No significant differences in the CSS between the transparent panel and one-way mirror were observed. Variations in the CSS scores depended on the cat's personality, with friendlier and more sociable cats showing a lower CSS with the one-way mirror. A one-way mirror may be useful to reduce stress in hospitalized cats.
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- T Miyata
- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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Nomura T, Zhang XX, Takagi R, Karube K, Kikkawa A, Taguchi Y, Tokura Y, Zherlitsyn S, Kohama Y, Seki S. Nonreciprocal Phonon Propagation in a Metallic Chiral Magnet. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:176301. [PMID: 37172228 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.176301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
The phonon magnetochiral effect (MChE) is the nonreciprocal acoustic and thermal transports of phonons caused by the simultaneous breaking of the mirror and time-reversal symmetries. So far, the phonon MChE has been observed only in a ferrimagnetic insulator Cu_{2}OSeO_{3}, where the nonreciprocal response disappears above the Curie temperature of 58 K. Here, we study the nonreciprocal acoustic properties of a room-temperature ferromagnet Co_{9}Zn_{9}Mn_{2} for unveiling the phonon MChE close to room temperature. Surprisingly, the nonreciprocity in this metallic compound is enhanced at higher temperatures and observed up to 250 K. This clear contrast between insulating Cu_{2}OSeO_{3} and metallic Co_{9}Zn_{9}Mn_{2} suggests that metallic magnets have a mechanism to enhance the nonreciprocity at higher temperatures. From the ultrasound and microwave-spectroscopy experiments, we conclude that the magnitude of the phonon MChE of Co_{9}Zn_{9}Mn_{2} mostly depends on the Gilbert damping, which increases at low temperatures and hinders the magnon-phonon hybridization. Our results suggest that the phonon nonreciprocity could be further enhanced by engineering the magnon band of materials.
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- T Nomura
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
- Tokyo Denki University, Adachi, Tokyo 120-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Tokyo College, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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Onozawa E, Goto A, Oda H, Seki S, Sako T, Mori A. Comparison of the effects of two commercially available prescription diet regimens on the fecal microbiomes of client-owned healthy pet dogs. Pol J Vet Sci 2022; 25:93-101. [PMID: 35575869 DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2022.140845] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
In the present study, we used next-generation sequencing to investigate the impacts of two commercially available prescription diet regimens on the fecal microbiomes of eleven client-owned healthy pet dogs. We tested an anallergenic diet on 6 dogs and a low-fat diet on 5 dogs. Before starting the study, each dog was fed a different commercial diet over 5 weeks. After collecting pre-diet fecal samples, the anallergenic or low-fat diet was administered for 5 weeks. We then collected fecal samples and compared the pre- and post-diet fecal microbiomes. In the dogs on the anallergenic diet, we found significantly decreased proportions of Bacteroides, Ruminococcaceae, and Fusobacteriaceae, belonging to the phyla Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, and Fusobacteria, respectively. The proportion of the genus Streptococcus belonging to the phylum Firmicutes was significantly increased upon administering the anallergenic diet. In the dogs on the low-fat diet, although the phyla Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes tended to increase (p=0.116) and decrease (p=0.147) relative to the pre-diet levels, respectively, there were no significant differences in the proportions of any phylum between the pre- and post-diet fecal microbiomes. The anallergenic diet induced a significantly lower diversity index value than that found in the pre-diet period. Principal coordinate analysis based on unweighted UniFrac distance matrices revealed separation between the pre- and post-diet microbiomes in the dogs on the anallergenic diet. These results suggest that, even in pet dogs kept indoors in different living environments, unification of the diet induces apparent changes in the fecal microbiome.
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- E Onozawa
- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
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Ishii H, Nomura T, Yamamoto H, Nishizawa M, Thu Hau TT, Harada S, Seki S, Nakamura-Hoshi M, Okazaki M, Daigen S, Kawana-Tachikawa A, Nagata N, Iwata-Yoshikawa N, Shiwa N, Suzuki T, Park ES, Ken M, Onodera T, Takahashi Y, Kusano K, Shimazaki R, Suzaki Y, Ami Y, Matano T. Neutralizing-antibody-independent SARS-CoV-2 control correlated with intranasal-vaccine-induced CD8 + T cell responses. Cell Rep Med 2022; 3:100520. [PMID: 35233545 PMCID: PMC8768424 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [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: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Effective vaccines are essential for the control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Currently developed vaccines inducing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S)-antigen-specific neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are effective, but the appearance of NAb-resistant S variant viruses is of great concern. A vaccine inducing S-independent or NAb-independent SARS-CoV-2 control may contribute to containment of these variants. Here, we investigate the efficacy of an intranasal vaccine expressing viral non-S antigens against intranasal SARS-CoV-2 challenge in cynomolgus macaques. Seven vaccinated macaques exhibit significantly reduced viral load in nasopharyngeal swabs on day 2 post-challenge compared with nine unvaccinated controls. The viral control in the absence of SARS-CoV-2-specific NAbs is significantly correlated with vaccine-induced, viral-antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses. Our results indicate that CD8+ T cell induction by intranasal vaccination can result in NAb-independent control of SARS-CoV-2 infection, highlighting a potential of vaccine-induced CD8+ T cell responses to contribute to COVID-19 containment. Anti-SARS-CoV-2 efficacy of an intranasal S-free vaccine is shown in macaques The SARS-CoV-2 control is associated with vaccine-induced CD8+ T cell responses Vaccine induction of CD8+ T cells can result in neutralization-free viral control Vaccine-induced CD8+ T cells may contribute to SARS-CoV-2 variant control
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- Hiroshi Ishii
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.,Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.,Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Management Department of Biosafety, Laboratory Animal, and Pathogen Bank, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Management Department of Biosafety, Laboratory Animal, and Pathogen Bank, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.,Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.,Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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Seki S, Suzuki M, Ishibashi M, Takagi R, Khanh ND, Shiota Y, Shibata K, Koshibae W, Tokura Y, Ono T. Direct visualization of the three-dimensional shape of skyrmion strings in a noncentrosymmetric magnet. Nat Mater 2022; 21:181-187. [PMID: 34764432 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01141-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions are topologically stable swirling spin textures that appear as particle-like objects in two-dimensional (2D) systems. Here, utilizing scalar magnetic X-ray tomography under applied magnetic fields, we report the direct visualization of the three-dimensional (3D) shape of individual skyrmion strings in the room-temperature skyrmion-hosting non-centrosymmetric compound Mn1.4Pt0.9Pd0.1Sn. Through the tomographic reconstruction of the 3D distribution of the [001] magnetization component on the basis of transmission images taken at various angles, we identify a skyrmion string running through the entire thickness of the sample, as well as various defect structures, such as the interrupted and Y-shaped strings. The observed point defect may represent the Bloch point serving as an emergent magnetic monopole, as proposed theoretically. Our tomographic approach with a tunable magnetic field paves the way for direct visualization of the structural dynamics of individual skyrmion strings in 3D space, which will contribute to a better understanding of the creation, annihilation and transfer of these topological objects.
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- S Seki
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Japan.
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Japan.
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Japan.
- School of Engineering, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan.
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Japan
- Tokyo College, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan.
- Center for Spintronics Research Network, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan.
- Center for Spintronics Research Network, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan.
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Iguchi S, Masuda R, Seki S, Tokura Y, Takahashi Y. Enhanced gyrotropic birefringence and natural optical activity on electromagnon resonance in a helimagnet. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6674. [PMID: 34795229 PMCID: PMC8602373 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26953-x] [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: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Spontaneous symmetry breaking in crystalline solid often produces exotic nonreciprocal phenomena. As one such example, the unconventional optical rotation with nonreciprocity, which is termed gyrotropic birefringence, is expected to emerge from the magnetoelectric coupling. However, the fundamental nature of gyrotropic birefringence remains to be examined. Here w`e demonstrate the gyrotropic birefringence enhanced by the dynamical magnetoelectric coupling on the electrically active magnon resonance, i.e. electromagnon, in a multiferroic helimagnet. The helical spin order having both polarity and chirality is found to cause the giant gyrotropic birefringence in addition to the conventional gyrotropy, i.e. natural optical activity. It is demonstrated that the optical rotation of gyrotropic birefringence can be viewed as the nonreciprocal rotation of the optical principal axes, while the crystallographic and magnetic anisotropies are intact. The independent control of the nonreciprocal linear (gyrotropic birefringence) and circular (natural optical activity) birefringence/dichroism paves a way for the optically active devices.
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- S Iguchi
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.,Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Tokyo College, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan. .,RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
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Komatsu J, Nishimura Y, Sugane H, Hosoda H, Imai R, Nakaoka Y, Nishida K, Seki S, Kubokawa S, Kawai K, Hamashige N, Doi Y. Acute circumflex coronary artery occlusion; dilemma in diagnosis and management. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.1476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with occlusion of the circumflex coronary artery (LCX) poses diagnostic dilemma that may lead to a delay in reperfusion.
Purpose
We sought to assess the diagnostic significance of initial electrocardiography (ECG) changes in patients with acute LCX occlusion in relation to its clinical characteristics and the management.
Methods
From consecutive 1269 patients with ACS who were admitted to our institution during a 5-year period (2015–2019), 138 patients with ACS due to LCX occlusion were analyzed for clinical, ECG and angiographic presentation, and the door-to-balloon (DTB) time. ECG changes were classified into 4 different patterns: 1) ST-elevation in inferior/lateral leads (ST-E); 2) ST-depression in V1-V4 (ST-D); 3) no significant ST changes (No-ST); and 4) others.
Results
(1) No-ST pattern was found in 47 patients (34%), ST-E in 47 patients (34%), ST-D in 25 patients (18%) and others in 19 patients (14%). (2) Occlusion site: Proximal LCX; 16 patients with No-ST (34%), 6 patients with ST-E (13%), 13 patients with ST-D (52%). Distal LCX; 28 patients with No-ST (60%), 35 patients with ST-E (74%), 11 patients with ST-D (44%) (p=0.007). (Table) (3) Echocardiographic identification of left ventricular asynergy; 31 patients with No-ST (66%), 38 patients with ST-E (81%), 22 patients with ST-D (88%). (4) No-ST group was associated with longer DTB time; 245 min (170–562 min), compared to 93 min (83–121 min) in ST-E group and 97 min (70–129 min) in ST-D group (p<0.0001). DTB time ≤90 min was significantly uncommon in No-ST group (11%), compared to ST-E group (46%) and ST-D group (43%) (p=0.0004). (Figure)
Conclusion
One-third of the patients with LCX-ACS showed no ST changes, resulting in significantly longer DTB time. Improving diagnostic accuracy with anticipation for LCX-ACS and the use of echocardiographic examination and also the possible application of posterior leads (V7-V9) recording is challenging but critical to avoid delayed reperfusion and to improve outcomes in these patients without ECG changes.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- J Komatsu
- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiology, Kochi, Japan
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- Chikamori Hospital, Cardiomyopathy Institute, Kochi, Japan
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Parbie PK, Mizutani T, Ishizaka A, Kawana-Tachikawa A, Runtuwene LR, Seki S, Abana CZY, Kushitor D, Bonney EY, Ofori SB, Uematsu S, Imoto S, Kimura Y, Kiyono H, Ishikawa K, Ampofo WK, Matano T. Dysbiotic Fecal Microbiome in HIV-1 Infected Individuals in Ghana. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:646467. [PMID: 34084754 PMCID: PMC8168436 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.646467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
HIV-1 infected individuals under antiretroviral therapy can control viremia but often develop non-AIDS diseases such as cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Gut microbiome dysbiosis has been indicated to be associated with progression of these diseases. Analyses of gut/fecal microbiome in individual regions are important for our understanding of pathogenesis in HIV-1 infections. However, data on gut/fecal microbiome has not yet been accumulated in West Africa. In the present study, we examined fecal microbiome compositions in HIV-1 infected adults in Ghana, where approximately two-thirds of infected adults are females. In a cross-sectional case-control study, age- and gender-matched HIV-1 infected adults (HIV+; n = 55) and seronegative controls (HIV-; n = 55) were enrolled. Alpha diversity of fecal microbiome in HIV+ was significantly reduced compared to HIV- and associated with CD4 counts. HIV+ showed reduction in varieties of bacteria including Faecalibacterium, the most abundant in seronegative controls, but enrichment of Proteobacteria. Ghanaian HIV+ exhibited enrichment of Dorea and Blautia; bacteria groups whose depletion has been reported in HIV-1 infected individuals in several other cohorts. Furthermore, HIV+ in our cohort exhibited a depletion of Prevotella, a genus whose enrichment has recently been shown in men having sex with men (MSM) regardless of HIV-1 status. The present study revealed the characteristics of dysbiotic fecal microbiome in HIV-1 infected adults in Ghana, a representative of West African populations.
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- Prince Kofi Parbie
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Regional Hospital Koforidua, Ghana Health Service, Koforidua, Ghana
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Immunology and Genomics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute for Global Prominent Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Chiba University-University of California San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy and Vaccines (cMAV), Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Anzurez A, Naka I, Miki S, Nakayama-Hosoya K, Isshiki M, Watanabe Y, Nakamura-Hoshi M, Seki S, Matsumura T, Takano T, Onodera T, Adachi Y, Moriyama S, Terahara K, Tachikawa N, Yoshimura Y, Sasaki H, Horiuchi H, Miyata N, Miyazaki K, Koga M, Ikeuchi K, Nagai H, Saito M, Adachi E, Yotsuyanagi H, Kutsuna S, Kawashima A, Miyazato Y, Kinoshita N, Kouno C, Tanaka K, Takahashi Y, Suzuki T, Matano T, Ohashi J, Kawana-Tachikawa A. Association of HLA-DRB1*09:01 with severe COVID-19. HLA 2021; 98:37-42. [PMID: 33734601 PMCID: PMC8251239 DOI: 10.1111/tan.14256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
HLA‐A, ‐C, ‐B, and ‐DRB1 genotypes were analyzed in 178 Japanese COVID‐19 patients to investigate the association of HLA with severe COVID‐19. Analysis of 32 common HLA alleles at four loci revealed a significant association between HLA‐DRB1*09:01 and severe COVID‐19 (odds ratio [OR], 3.62; 95% CI, 1.57–8.35; p = 0.00251 [permutation p value = 0.0418]) when age, sex, and other common HLA alleles at the DRB1 locus were adjusted. The DRB1*09:01 allele was more significantly associated with risk for severe COVID‐19 compared to preexisting medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. These results indicate a potential role for HLA in predisposition to severe COVID‐19.
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- Alitzel Anzurez
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.,Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizens' Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizens' Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizens' Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizens' Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizens' Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizens' Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.,Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of AIDS Vaccine Development, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.,Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of AIDS Vaccine Development, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Takano T, Matsumura T, Adachi Y, Terahara K, Moriyama S, Onodera T, Nishiyama A, Kawana-Tachikawa A, Miki S, Hosoya-Nakayama K, Nakamura-Hoshi M, Seki S, Tachikawa N, Yoshimura Y, Miyata N, Horiuchi H, Sasaki H, Miyazaki K, Kinoshita N, Sudo T, Akiyama Y, Sato R, Suzuki T, Matano T, Takahashi Y. Myeloid cell dynamics correlating with clinical outcomes of severe COVID-19 in Japan. Int Immunol 2021; 33:241-247. [PMID: 33538817 PMCID: PMC7928855 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxab005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
An expanded myeloid cell compartment is a hallmark of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, data regarding myeloid cell expansion have been collected in Europe, where the mortality rate by COVID-19 is greater than those in other regions including Japan. Thus, characteristics of COVID-19-induced myeloid cell subsets remain largely unknown in the regions with low mortality rates. Here, we analyzed cellular dynamics of myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) subsets and examined whether any of them correlate with disease severity and prognosis, using blood samples from Japanese COVID-19 patients. We observed that polymorphonuclear (PMN)-MDSCs, but not other MDSC subsets, transiently expanded in severe cases but not in mild or moderate cases. Contrary to previous studies in Europe, this subset selectively expanded in survivors of severe cases and subsided before discharge, but such transient expansion was not observed in non-survivors in Japanese cohort. Analysis of plasma cytokine/chemokine levels revealed positive correlation of PMN-MDSC frequencies with interleukin 8 (IL-8) levels prior to the cell expansion, indicating the involvement of IL-8 on recruitment of PMN-MDSCs to peripheral blood following the onset of severe COVID-19. Thus, our data indicates that transient expansion of the PMN-MDSC subset results in improved clinical outcome. Thus, this myeloid cell subset may be a predictor of prognosis in cases of severe COVID-19 in Japan.
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- Tomohiro Takano
- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, 1-1 Mitsuzawanishimachi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, 1-1 Mitsuzawanishimachi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, 1-1 Mitsuzawanishimachi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, 1-1 Mitsuzawanishimachi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, 1-1 Mitsuzawanishimachi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, 1-1 Mitsuzawanishimachi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Maseki H, Kinoshita T, Matsui A, Iwata Y, Harada H, Sasahara M, Ichimura Y, Murata Y, Urakami S, Seki S, Oishi T, Isobe Y. The effect of Scalp-Cooling System on the prevention of alopecia after chemotherapy. Eur J Cancer 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(20)30666-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nakamura-Hoshi M, Takahara Y, Matsuoka S, Ishii H, Seki S, Nomura T, Yamamoto H, Sakawaki H, Miura T, Tokusumi T, Shu T, Matano T. Therapeutic vaccine-mediated Gag-specific CD8 + T-cell induction under anti-retroviral therapy augments anti-virus efficacy of CD8 + cells in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected macaques. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11394. [PMID: 32647227 PMCID: PMC7347614 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68267-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) can inhibit HIV proliferation but not achieve virus eradication from HIV-infected individuals. Under ART-based HIV control, virus-specific CD8+ T-cell responses are often reduced. Here, we investigated the impact of therapeutic vaccination inducing virus-specific CD8+ T-cell responses under ART on viral control in a macaque AIDS model. Twelve rhesus macaques received ART from week 12 to 32 after simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. Six of them were vaccinated with Sendai virus vectors expressing SIV Gag and Vif at weeks 26 and 32, and Gag/Vif-specific CD8+ T-cell responses were enhanced and became predominant. All macaques controlled viremia during ART but showed viremia rebound after ART cessation. Analysis of in vitro CD8+ cell ability to suppress replication of autologous lymphocytes-derived SIVs found augmentation of anti-SIV efficacy of CD8+ cells after vaccination. In the vaccinated animals, the anti-SIV efficacy of CD8+ cells at week 34 was correlated positively with Gag-specific CD8+ T-cell frequencies and inversely with rebound viral loads at week 34. These results indicate that Gag-specific CD8+ T-cell induction by therapeutic vaccination can augment anti-virus efficacy of CD8+ cells, which may be insufficient for functional cure but contribute to more stable viral control under ART.
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- Midori Nakamura-Hoshi
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan.,The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan.,The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan
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- Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- ID Pharma Co., Ltd., 6 Ohkubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 300-2611, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan. .,The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.
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Parbie PK, Mizutani T, Ishizaka A, Kawana-Tachikawa A, Runtuwene LR, Seki S, Abana CZY, Kushitor D, Bonney EY, Ofori SB, Uematsu S, Imoto S, Kimura Y, Kiyono H, Ishikawa K, Ampofo WK, Matano T. Fecal Microbiome Composition in Healthy Adults in Ghana. Jpn J Infect Dis 2020; 74:42-47. [PMID: 32611986 DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2020.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Recent studies have indicated an association between gut microbiome composition and various disorders, including infectious diseases. The composition of the microbiome differs among ethnicities and countries, possibly resulting in diversified interactions between host immunity and the gut microbiome. Characterization of baseline microbiome composition in healthy people is an essential step for better understanding of the biological interactions associated with individual populations. However, data on the gut/fecal microbiome have not been accumulated for individuals in West Africa. In the present study, we examined the fecal microbiome composition in healthy adults in Ghana. Toward this, 16S rRNA gene libraries were prepared using bacterial fractions derived from 55 Ghanaian adults, which were then subjected to next-generation sequencing. The fecal microbiome of the Ghanaian adults was dominated by Firmicutes (Faecalibacterium, Subdoligranulum, and Ruminococcaceae UCG-014), Proteobacteria (Escherichia-Shigella and Klebsiella), and Bacteroidetes (Prevotella 9 and Bacteroides), consistent with previous observations in African cohorts. Further, our analysis revealed differences in microbiome composition and a lower diversity of the fecal microbiome in the Ghanaian cohort compared with those reported in non-African countries. This is the first study to describe substantial fecal microbiome data obtained using high-throughput metagenomic tools on samples derived from a cohort in Ghana. The data may provide a valuable basis for determining the association between the fecal microbiome and progression of various diseases in West African populations.
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- Prince Kofi Parbie
- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Japan.,AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.,Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Ghana
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Japan.,AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.,The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Ghana
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Immunology and Genomics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan.,Institute for Global Prominent Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.,CU-UCSD Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy and Vaccines (cMAV), Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, USA
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Japan.,AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.,The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshie K, Okada A, Seki S, Tabata H, Shoin W, Kobayashi H, Okano T, Motoki H, Shoda M, Kuwahara K. P1353Echocardiographic predictor of sick sinus syndrome following catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation. Europace 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euaa162.107] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
Abbott Medical Japan, Medtronic Japan, Boston Scientific Japan, Biotronic Japan, Japan Life Line
Background / Introduction
Although sick sinus syndrome(SSS) can be associated with atrial fibrillation(AF), predictive factors of SSS following catheter ablation(CA) of persistent atrial fibrillation(perAF) are not well known.
Purpose
We investigated echocardiographic parameters to predict occurrence of SSS after restoration of sinus rhythm by CA for perAF patients.
Methods
Ninety-eight consecutive perAF patients from June 2014 to May 2018 treated with CA were retrospectively reviewed. Twelve patients(12%, SSS group) developed SSS after successful CA and 86 patients(88%, non-SSS group) did not. Baseline characteristics, blood exam, and echocardiographic findings(RA area size, LA area size, EF, etc) before AF CA were analyzed using Student’s t test, Mann-Whitney test, Chi-square test and Univariate analysis. Multivariate logistic analysis was then performed using those parameters. The atrial area size was calculated from 4 chamber view at the atrial end- systole.
Results
The multivariate analysis for predictive factors of SSS is shown in the table. Right atrium(RA) area could predict SSS(17.3 ± 4.8cm2 vs. 14.7 ± 3.6cm2, odds ratio 1.468; 95% confidence interval 1.088 to 1.981, p = 0.012). Gender (female) was also an independent predictor(4/12 (33%) vs. 8/86 (9%), odds ratio 39.832; 95% confidence interval 2.589 to 612.938, p = 0.008). The other echocardiographical findings(LA area size, EF, etc), baseline characteristics and blood exam results were not related to SSS after successful CA of perAF patients.
Conclusions
The large RA area size and gender (female) could predict SSS in perAF patients after restoration of sinus rhythm by successful CA. We may need to inform possible SSS after CA to female patients with a large RA before CA.
Multivariate Logistic analysis Total(N = 98) SSS group (N = 12) Non SSS group (N = 86) Odds ratio 95% CI P-value Age 64(58-69) 68(60-72) 63(57-69) 1.032 0.929-1.145 0.560 Gender/Female 12(12%) 4(33%) 8(9%) 39.832 2.589-612.938 0.008 CKD 27(28%) 6(50%) 21(24%) 1.264 0.179-8.945 0.814 BNP 91(53-180) 206(167-304) 82(48-169) 1.003 0.993-1.012 0.609 RDW 45.1 ± 3.9 46.4 ± 4.8 44.9 ± 3.8 1.242 0.971-1.588 0.085 RA area 15.1 ± 3.8 17.3 ± 4.8 14.7 ± 3.6 1.468 1.088-1.981 0.012 LA area 24.2(17.0-24.9) 24.4(17.7-26.3) 24.1(16.8-24.4) 0.967 0.803-1.165 0.726 Right atrium area and gender were the independent predictor of SSS in persistent atrial fibrillation patients after restoration of sinus rhythm
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- K Yoshie
- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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Seki S, Garst M, Waizner J, Takagi R, Khanh ND, Okamura Y, Kondou K, Kagawa F, Otani Y, Tokura Y. Propagation dynamics of spin excitations along skyrmion strings. Nat Commun 2020; 11:256. [PMID: 31937762 PMCID: PMC6959257 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14095-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions, topological solitons characterized by a two-dimensional swirling spin texture, have recently attracted attention as stable particle-like objects. In a three-dimensional system, a skyrmion can extend in the third dimension forming a robust and flexible string structure, whose unique topology and symmetry are anticipated to host nontrivial functional responses. Here we experimentally demonstrate the coherent propagation of spin excitations along skyrmion strings for the chiral-lattice magnet Cu2OSeO3. We find that this propagation is directionally non-reciprocal and the degree of non-reciprocity, as well as group velocity and decay length, are strongly dependent on the character of the excitation modes. These spin excitations can propagate over a distance exceeding 50 μm, demonstrating the excellent long-range ordered nature of the skyrmion-string structure. Our combined experimental and theoretical analyses offer a comprehensive account of the propagation dynamics of skyrmion-string excitations and suggest the possibility of unidirectional information transfer along such topologically protected strings.
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- S Seki
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan. .,Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan. .,RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan. .,PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, 332-0012, Japan.
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany.,Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77a, 50937, Köln, Germany
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.,Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan.,Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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Nomura T, Zhang XX, Zherlitsyn S, Wosnitza J, Tokura Y, Nagaosa N, Seki S. Phonon Magnetochiral Effect. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:145901. [PMID: 31050445 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.145901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The magnetochiral effect (MCE) of phonons, a nonreciprocal acoustic propagation arising due to symmetry principles, is demonstrated in the chiral-lattice ferrimagnet Cu_{2}OSeO_{3}. Our high-resolution ultrasound experiments reveal that the sound velocity differs for parallel and antiparallel propagation with respect to the external magnetic field. The sign of the nonreciprocity depends on the chirality of the crystal in accordance with the selection rule of the MCE. The nonreciprocity is enhanced below the magnetic ordering temperature and at higher ultrasound frequencies, which is quantitatively explained by a proposed magnon-phonon hybridization mechanism.
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- T Nomura
- Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Institut für Festkörper-und Materialphysik, TU-Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Hau TTT, Nakamura-Hoshi M, Kanno Y, Nomura T, Nishizawa M, Seki S, Ishii H, Kawana-Tachikawa A, Hall WW, Nguyen Thi LA, Matano T, Yamamoto H. CD8 + T cell-based strong selective pressure on multiple simian immunodeficiency virus targets in macaques possessing a protective MHC class I haplotype. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 512:213-217. [PMID: 30878187 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infections, host major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) genotypes have a great impact on viral replication and MHC-I-associated viral genome mutations are selected under CD8+ T-cell pressure. Association of MHC-I genotypes with HIV/SIV control has been investigated at MHC-I allele levels but not fully at haplotype levels. We previously established groups of rhesus macaques sharing individual MHC-I haplotypes. In the present study, we compared viral genome diversification after SIV infection in macaques possessing a protective MHC-I haplotype, 90-010-Id, with those possessing a non-protective MHC-I haplotype, 90-010-Ie. These two MHC-I haplotypes are associated with immunodominant CD8+ T-cell responses targeting similar regions of viral Nef antigen. Analyses of viral genome sequences and antigen-specific T-cell responses showed four and two candidates of viral CD8+ T-cell targets associated with 90-010-Id and 90-010-Ie, respectively, in addition to the Nef targets. In these CD8+ T-cell target regions, higher numbers of mutations were detected at the setpoint after SIV infection in macaques possessing 90-010-Id than those possessing 90-010-Ie. These results indicate higher selective pressure on overall CD8+ T-cell targets associated with the protective MHC-I haplotype, suggesting a pattern of HIV/SIV control by multiple target-specific CD8+ T-cell responses.
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- Trang Thi Thu Hau
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan; Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-0811, Japan; Center of BioMedical Research, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, No.1 Yersin Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan; The Institute of Medical Science/Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan; The Institute of Medical Science/Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan; Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-0811, Japan; The Institute of Medical Science/Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Center of BioMedical Research, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, No.1 Yersin Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine & Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Center of BioMedical Research, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, No.1 Yersin Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan; Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-0811, Japan; The Institute of Medical Science/Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan.
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Okamura Y, Seki S, Bordács S, Butykai Á, Tsurkan V, Kézsmárki I, Tokura Y. Microwave Directional Dichroism Resonant with Spin Excitations in the Polar Ferromagnet GaV_{4}S_{8}. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:057202. [PMID: 30822005 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.057202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We have investigated the directional dichroism of magnetic resonance spectra in the polar ferromagnet GaV_{4}S_{8}. While four types of structural domains are energetically degenerated under a zero field, the magnetic resonance for each domain is well separated by applying magnetic fields due to uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. Consequently, a directional dichroism as large as 20% is clearly observed without domain cancellation. The present observation therefore demonstrates that not only magnetoelectric monodomain crystals but also magnetoelectric multidomain specimens can be used to realize microwave (optical) diodes owing to the lack of inversion domains.
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- Y Okamura
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics and MTA-BME Lendulet Magneto-optical Spectroscopy Research Group, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Premium Postdoctor Program, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics and MTA-BME Lendulet Magneto-optical Spectroscopy Research Group, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics and MTA-BME Lendulet Magneto-optical Spectroscopy Research Group, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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Ahn JK, Beckford B, Beechert J, Bryant K, Campbell M, Chen SH, Comfort J, Dona K, Hara N, Haraguchi H, Hsiung YB, Hutcheson M, Inagaki T, Kamiji I, Kawasaki N, Kim EJ, Kim JL, Kim YJ, Ko JW, Komatsubara TK, Kotera K, Kurilin AS, Lee JW, Lim GY, Lin C, Lin Q, Luo Y, Ma J, Maeda Y, Mari T, Masuda T, Matsumura T, Mcfarland D, McNeal N, Micallef J, Miyazaki K, Murayama R, Naito D, Nakagiri K, Nanjo H, Nishimiya H, Nomura T, Ohsugi M, Okuno H, Sasaki M, Sasao N, Sato K, Sato T, Sato Y, Schamis H, Seki S, Shimizu N, Shimogawa T, Shinkawa T, Shinohara S, Shiomi K, Su S, Sugiyama Y, Suzuki S, Tajima Y, Taylor M, Tecchio M, Togawa M, Tung YC, Wah YW, Watanabe H, Woo JK, Yamanaka T, Yoshida HY. Search for K_{L}→π^{0}νν[over ¯] and K_{L}→π^{0}X^{0} Decays at the J-PARC KOTO Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:021802. [PMID: 30720307 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.021802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A search for the rare decay K_{L}→π^{0}νν[over ¯] was performed. With the data collected in 2015, corresponding to 2.2×10^{19} protons on target, a single event sensitivity of (1.30±0.01_{stat}±0.14_{syst})×10^{-9} was achieved and no candidate events were observed. We set an upper limit of 3.0×10^{-9} for the branching fraction of K_{L}→π^{0}νν[over ¯] at the 90% confidence level (C.L.), which improved the previous limit by almost an order of magnitude. An upper limit for K_{L}→π^{0}X^{0} was also set as 2.4×10^{-9} at the 90% C.L., where X^{0} is an invisible boson with a mass of 135 MeV/c^{2}.
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- J K Ahn
- Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Division of Science Education, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Researches, Dubna, Moscow region 141980, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Republic of China
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, National Defense Academy, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, National Defense Academy, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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Takagi R, White JS, Hayami S, Arita R, Honecker D, Rønnow HM, Tokura Y, Seki S. Multiple- q noncollinear magnetism in an itinerant hexagonal magnet. Sci Adv 2018; 4:eaau3402. [PMID: 30456302 PMCID: PMC6239426 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau3402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Multiple-q spin order, i.e., a spin texture characterized by a multiple number of coexisting magnetic modulation vectors q, has recently attracted attention as a source of nontrivial magnetic topology and associated emergent phenomena. One typical example is the triple-q skyrmion lattice state stabilized by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in noncentrosymmetric magnets, while the emergence of various multiple-q states of different origins is expected according to the latest theories. Here, we investigated the magnetic structure of the itinerant polar hexagonal magnet Y3Co8Sn4, in which several distinctive mechanisms favoring multiple-q states are allowed to become active. Small-angle neutron-scattering experiments suggest the formation of incommensurate triple-q magnetic order with an in-plane vortex-like spin texture, which can be most consistently explained in terms of the novel four-spin interaction mechanism inherent to itinerant magnets. The present results suggest a new route to realizing exotic multiple-q orders and that itinerant hexagonal magnets, including the R 3 M 8Sn4 family with wide chemical tunability, can be a unique material platform to explore their rich phase diagrams.
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- R. Takagi
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism (LQM), Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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Seki S, Hazeki D, Ninomiya Y, Ueno K, Yoshinaga M. P5376Tentative screening criteria for short QT interval among children and adolescents. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p5376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S Seki
- National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, pediatrics, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima University, pediatrics, Kagoshima, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, pediatrics, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima University, pediatrics, Kagoshima, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, pediatrics, Kagoshima, Japan
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Kumabe A, Fukada J, Kota R, Koike N, Shiraishi Y, Seki S, Yoshida K, Kitagawa Y, Shigematsu N. Long-term results of concurrent chemoradiotherapy with daily-low-dose continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin (LDFP) for Stage I-II esophageal carcinoma. Dis Esophagus 2018; 31:4714779. [PMID: 29228166 DOI: 10.1093/dote/dox138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We investigated long-term treatment outcomes and the feasibility of chemoradiotherapy consisting of daily-low-dose 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin (LDFP) chemotherapy plus radiotherapy for Stage I-II squamous cell esophageal cancer. Treatment records from the 2000 through 2008 period were reviewed retrospectively. Fractionated radiotherapy was performed with a total dose of 60 Gy delivered in 2 Gy per fraction. LDFP chemotherapy, as continuous infusion of 200 mg/m2 5-fluorouracil combined with one hour infusion of 4 mg/m2 cisplatin, was administered on the same days as radiotherapy. Survival was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Survival, responses, failure patterns, and toxicities were evaluated. Seventy-six (47 stage I and 29 stage II) patients were analyzed with a median follow-up of 93.6 months. The 8-year overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and cause-specific survival (CSS) rates were 63.4%, 49.8%, and 76.7%, respectively. The 8-year OS, PFS, and CSS for stage I and stage II patients were 71.0%/56.1%/82.9% and 45.2%/40.2%/66.6%, respectively. Sixty-eight patients (89.5%) completed the treatment regimen. A complete response (CR) was achieved in 68 patients (89.5%). Twenty-five patients (36.8%) experienced recurrence after CR. The failure patterns were (overlap included): local failure (n = 12), nodal metastasis (n = 12), distant metastasis (n = 3), details unknown (n = 2). Salvage therapy was performed for local failure; endoscopic therapy (n = 7) or surgery (n = 2). Six patients remain alive without relapse after salvage endoscopic therapy. Major Grade 3 or higher acute adverse events were leukopenia (22%), anorexia (17%), and esophagitis (11%). Major late toxicities (Grade 3 or 4) involved pericardial effusion (12%), pleural effusion (4%), and esophageal stenosis (3%). Chemoradiotherapy with LDFP provided favorable long-term survival with acceptable toxicity for Stage I-II squamous cell esophageal cancer. The tumor response was excellent, but close endoscopic follow-up is essential for detecting and treating local recurrence.
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- A Kumabe
- Department of Radiology and Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Takagi R, Yu XZ, White JS, Shibata K, Kaneko Y, Tatara G, Rønnow HM, Tokura Y, Seki S. Low-Field Bi-Skyrmion Formation in a Noncentrosymmetric Chimney Ladder Ferromagnet. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:037203. [PMID: 29400522 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.037203] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The real-space spin texture and the relevant magnetic parameters were investigated for an easy-axis noncentrosymmetric ferromagnet Cr_{11}Ge_{19} with Nowotny chimney ladder structure. Using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy, we report the formation of bi-Skyrmions, i.e., pairs of spin vortices with opposite magnetic helicities. The quantitative evaluation of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) proves that the magnetic dipolar interaction plays a more important role than the DMI on the observed bi-Skyrmion formation. Notably, the critical magnetic field value required for the formation of bi-Skyrmions turned out to be extremely small in this system, which is ascribed to strong easy-axis anisotropy associated with the characteristic helix crystal structure. The family of Nowotny chimney ladder compounds may offer a unique material platform where two distinctive Skyrmion formation mechanisms favoring different topological spin textures can become simultaneously active.
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- R Takagi
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science(CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science(CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science(CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science(CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science(CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism (LQM), Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science(CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science(CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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Choi W, Tsutsui Y, Miyakai T, Sakurai T, Seki S. Quantitative evaluation of spatial scale of carrier trapping at grain boundary by GHz-microwave dielectric loss spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/924/1/012002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Seki S, Nomura T, Nishizawa M, Yamamoto H, Ishii H, Matsuoka S, Shiino T, Sato H, Mizuta K, Sakawaki H, Miura T, Naruse TK, Kimura A, Matano T. In vivo virulence of MHC-adapted AIDS virus serially-passaged through MHC-mismatched hosts. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006638. [PMID: 28931083 PMCID: PMC5624644 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006638] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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CD8+ T-cell responses exert strong suppressive pressure on HIV replication and select for viral escape mutations. Some of these major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I)-associated mutations result in reduction of in vitro viral replicative capacity. While these mutations can revert after viral transmission to MHC-I-disparate hosts, recent studies have suggested that these MHC-I-associated mutations accumulate in populations and make viruses less pathogenic in vitro. Here, we directly show an increase in the in vivo virulence of an MHC-I-adapted virus serially-passaged through MHC-I-mismatched hosts in a macaque AIDS model despite a reduction in in vitro viral fitness. The first passage simian immunodeficiency virus (1pSIV) obtained 1 year after SIVmac239 infection in a macaque possessing a protective MHC-I haplotype 90-120-Ia was transmitted into 90-120-Ia- macaques, whose plasma 1 year post-infection was transmitted into other 90-120-Ia- macaques to obtain the third passage SIV (3pSIV). Most of the 90-120-Ia-associated mutations selected in 1pSIV did not revert even in 3pSIV. 3pSIV showed lower in vitro viral fitness but induced persistent viremia in 90-120-Ia- macaques. Remarkably, 3pSIV infection in 90-120-Ia+ macaques resulted in significantly higher viral loads and reduced survival compared to wild-type SIVmac239. These results indicate that MHC-I-adapted SIVs serially-transmitted through MHC-I-mismatched hosts can have higher virulence in MHC-I-matched hosts despite their lower in vitro viral fitness. This study suggests that multiply-passaged HIVs could result in loss of HIV-specific CD8+ T cell responses in human populations and the in vivo pathogenic potential of these escaped viruses may be enhanced. CD8+ T-cell responses exert considerable control over replication of HIV and select for viral escape mutations. Recent studies have suggested that these major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I)-associated mutations accumulate in populations and make viruses less pathogenic in vitro. Other studies have shown that some of these escape mutations can revert after passage to MHC-I-disparate hosts. In an attempt to reconcile these apparently conflicting results, we serially passaged a virus isolate through MHC-I-mismatched hosts in the macaque AIDS model of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. Here we show an increase in the in vivo virulence of an MHC-I-adapted virus despite a reduction in in vitro viral replication capacity. Only a few of the selected escape mutations reverted after transmission to MHC-I-disparate recipients. Results clearly showed that MHC-I-adapted SIVs that have been serially-transmitted through MHC-I-mismatched hosts can have higher in vivo virulence in MHC-I-matched hosts despite their lower in vitro viral fitness. This study suggests that HIVs may become less sensitive to CD8+ T cell responses and could have increased in vivo virulence by adaptation to MHC-I in human populations.
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- Sayuri Seki
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Tokyo, Japan
- The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Langner MC, Roy S, Huang SW, Koralek JD, Chuang YD, Dakovski GL, Turner JJ, Robinson JS, Coffee RN, Minitti MP, Seki S, Tokura Y, Schoenlein RW. Nonlinear Ultrafast Spin Scattering in the Skyrmion Phase of Cu_{2}OSeO_{3}. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:107204. [PMID: 28949160 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.107204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Ultrafast x-ray scattering studies of the topological Skyrmion phase in Cu_{2}OSeO_{3} show the dynamics to be strongly dependent on the excitation energy and fluence. At high photon energies, where the electron-spin scattering cross section is relatively high, the excitation of the topological Skyrmion phase shows a nonlinear dependence on the excitation fluence, in contrast to the excitation of the conical phase which is linearly dependent on the excitation fluence. The excitation of the Skyrmion order parameter is nonlinear in the magnetic excitation resulting from scattering during electron-hole recombination, indicating different dominant scattering processes in the conical and Skyrmion phases.
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- M C Langner
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California 94720, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California 94720, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- RIKEN, Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- RIKEN, Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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Seki S, Basaki K, Komatsu Y, Fukuda Y, Yano M, Obata T, Matsuda Y, Nishijima K. Vitrification of mouse zygotes; effect of rapid warming. Cryobiology 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2016.09.124] [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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Kinoshita M, Seki S, Sato TJ, Nambu Y, Hong T, Matsuda M, Cao HB, Ishiwata S, Tokura Y. Magnetic Reversal of Electric Polarization with Fixed Chirality of Magnetic Structure in a Chiral-Lattice Helimagnet MnSb_{2}O_{6}. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:047201. [PMID: 27494497 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.047201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The correlation between magnetic and dielectric properties has been investigated for the single crystal of the chiral triangular-lattice helimagnet MnSb_{2}O_{6}. We found that the spin-spiral plane in the ground state has a considerable tilting from the (110) plane and that the sign of the spin-spiral tilting angle is coupled to the clockwise or counterclockwise manner of spin rotation and accordingly to the sign of magnetically induced electric polarization. This leads to unique magnetoelectric responses such as the magnetic-field-induced selection of a single ferroelectric domain as well as the reversal of electric polarization just by a slight tilting of the magnetic field direction, where the chiral nature of the crystal structure plays a crucial role through the coupling of the chirality between the crystal and magnetic structures. Our results demonstrate that crystallographic chirality can be an abundant source of novel magnetoelectric functions with coupled internal degrees of freedom.
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- M Kinoshita
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo 102-8666, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo 102-8666, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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Seki S, Ideue T, Kubota M, Kozuka Y, Takagi R, Nakamura M, Kaneko Y, Kawasaki M, Tokura Y. Thermal Generation of Spin Current in an Antiferromagnet. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:266601. [PMID: 26765011 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.266601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The longitudinal spin Seebeck effect has been investigated for a uniaxial antiferromagnetic insulator Cr(2)O(3), characterized by a spin-flop transition under magnetic field along the c axis. We have found that a temperature gradient applied normal to the Cr(2)O(3)/Pt interface induces inverse spin Hall voltage of spin-current origin in Pt, whose magnitude turns out to be always proportional to magnetization in Cr(2)O(3). The possible contribution of the anomalous Nernst effect is confirmed to be negligibly small. The above results establish that an antiferromagnetic spin wave can be an effective carrier of spin current.
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- S Seki
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo 102-8666, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Research and Development Headquarters, ROHM Co., Ltd., Kyoto 615-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Virus-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses play a major role in the control of HIV replication, and induction of HIV-specific T-cell responses is an important strategy for AIDS vaccine development. Optimization of the delivery system and immunogen would be the key for the development of an effective T cell-based AIDS vaccine. Heterologous prime-boost vaccine regimens using multiple viral vectors are a promising protocol for efficient induction of HIV-specific T-cell responses, and the development of a variety of potent viral vectors have been attempted. This review describes the current progress of the development of T cell-based AIDS vaccines using viral vectors, focusing on Sendai virus vectors, whose phase I clinical trials have been performed.
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- Sayuri Seki
- a AIDS Research Center , National Institute of Infectious Diseases , Tokyo , Japan
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- a AIDS Research Center , National Institute of Infectious Diseases , Tokyo , Japan.,b The Institute of Medical Science , The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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Nakagawa K, Tanaka S, Miyagawa K, Yabuno Y, Ishihara Y, Okuno E, Seki S, Yamada C, Aikawa T, Kogo M. Surgical risk factors for neurosensory impairment after sagittal split osteotomy. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2015.08.256] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Okamura Y, Kagawa F, Seki S, Kubota M, Kawasaki M, Tokura Y. Microwave Magnetochiral Dichroism in the Chiral-Lattice Magnet Cu_{2}OSeO_{3}. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:197202. [PMID: 26024193 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.197202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Through broadband microwave spectroscopy in Faraday geometry, we observe distinct absorption spectra accompanying magnetoelectric (ME) resonance for oppositely propagating microwaves, i.e., directional dichroism, in the multiferroic chiral-lattice magnet Cu_{2}OSeO_{3}. The magnitude of the directional dichroism critically depends on the magnetic-field direction. Such behavior is well accounted for by considering the relative direction of the oscillating electric polarizations induced via the ME effect with respect to microwave electric fields. Directional dichroism in a system with an arbitrary form of ME coupling can be also discussed in the same manner.
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- Y Okamura
- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Research and Development Headquarters, ROHM Co., Ltd., Kyoto 615-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
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Minamimoto H, Irie H, Uematsu T, Tsuda T, Imanishi A, Seki S, Kuwabata S. Polymerization of room-temperature ionic liquid monomers by electron beam irradiation with the aim of fabricating three-dimensional micropolymer/nanopolymer structures. Langmuir 2015; 31:4281-4289. [PMID: 25322348 DOI: 10.1021/la503252p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A novel method for fabricating microsized and nanosized polymer structures from a room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) on a Si substrate was developed by the patterned irradiation of an electron beam (EB). An extremely low vapor pressure of the RTIL, 1-allyl-3-ethylimidazolium bis((trifluoromethane)sulfonyl)amide, allows it to be introduced into the high-vacuum chamber of an electron beam apparatus to conduct a radiation-induced polymerization in the nanoregion. We prepared various three-dimensional (3D) micro/nanopolymer structures having high aspect ratios of up to 5 with a resolution of sub-100 nm. In addition, the effects of the irradiation dose and beam current on the physicochemical properties of the deposited polymers were investigated by recording the FT-IR spectra and Young's modulus. Interestingly, the overall shapes of the obtained structures were different from those prepared in our recent study using a focused ion beam (FIB) even if the samples were irradiated in a similar manner. This may be due to the different transmission between the two types of beams as discussed on the basis of the theoretical calculations of the quantum beam trajectories. Perceptions obtained in this study provide facile preparation procedures for the micro/nanostructures.
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- §Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Kibayashi S, Takahashi Y, Seki S, Tokura Y. Magnetochiral dichroism resonant with electromagnons in a helimagnet. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4583. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Otsuka K, Miwa Y, Oguro N, Miura Y, Ishii S, Seki S, Furuya H, Yanai R, Takahashi R, Wakabayashi K, Isozaki T, Yajima N, Kasama T. AB0493 Tacrolimus Therapy for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with or without Renal Involvement during the Maintenance Phase. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.1627] [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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Koyama H, Ohno Y, Nishio M, Takenaka D, Yoshikawa T, Matsumoto S, Seki S, Maniwa Y, Ito T, Nishimura Y, Sugimura K. Diffusion-weighted imaging vs STIR turbo SE imaging: capability for quantitative differentiation of small-cell lung cancer from non-small-cell lung cancer. Br J Radiol 2014; 87:20130307. [PMID: 24786147 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To compare the capability of differentiation of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) from non-SCLC (NSCLC) between diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and short tau inversion recovery (STIR) turbo spin-echo imaging. METHODS The institutional review board of Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan, approved this study, and written informed consent was obtained from each patient. 49 patients with NSCLC (30 males and 19 females; mean age, 66.8 years) and 7 patients with SCLC (5 males and 2 females; mean age, 68.6 years) enrolled and underwent DWI and STIR. To quantitatively differentiate SCLC from NSCLC, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values on DWI and contrast ratios (CRs) between cancer and muscle on STIR were evaluated. ADC values and CRs were then compared between the two cell types by Mann-Whitney's U-tests, and the diagnostic performances were compared by McNemar's test. RESULTS There were significant differences of mean ADC values (p < 0.001) and mean CRs (p = 0.003). With adopted threshold values, the specificity (85.7%) and accuracy (85.7%) of DWI were higher than those of STIR (specificity, 63.3%; p = 0.001 and accuracy, 66.1%; p = 0.001). In addition, the accuracy of combination of both indexes (94.6%; p = 0.04) could significantly improve as compared with DWI alone. CONCLUSION DWI is more useful for the differentiation of SCLC from NSCLC than STIR, and their combination can significantly improve the accuracy in this setting. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE Pulmonary MRI, including DWI and STIR, had a potential of the suggestion of the possibility as SCLC.
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- H Koyama
- 1 Division of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Langner MC, Roy S, Mishra SK, Lee JCT, Shi XW, Hossain MA, Chuang YD, Seki S, Tokura Y, Kevan SD, Schoenlein RW. Coupled Skyrmion sublattices in Cu(2)OSeO(3). Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:167202. [PMID: 24815665 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.167202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report the observation of a Skyrmion lattice in the chiral multiferroic insulator Cu2OSeO3 using Cu L3-edge resonant soft x-ray diffraction. We observe the unexpected existence of two distinct Skyrmion sublattices that arise from inequivalent Cu sites with chemically identical coordination numbers but different magnetically active orbitals. The Skyrmion sublattices are rotated with respect to each other, implying a long wavelength modulation of the lattice. The modulation vector is controlled with an applied magnetic field, associating this moirélike phase with a continuous phase transition. Our findings will open up a new class of science involving manipulation of quantum topological states.
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- M C Langner
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- RIKEN, Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan and PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- RIKEN, Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan and Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA and Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97401, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Mochizuki M, Yu XZ, Seki S, Kanazawa N, Koshibae W, Zang J, Mostovoy M, Tokura Y, Nagaosa N. Thermally driven ratchet motion of a skyrmion microcrystal and topological magnon Hall effect. Nat Mater 2014; 13:241-246. [PMID: 24464244 DOI: 10.1038/nmat3862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Spontaneously emergent chirality is an issue of fundamental importance across the natural sciences. It has been argued that a unidirectional (chiral) rotation of a mechanical ratchet is forbidden in thermal equilibrium, but becomes possible in systems out of equilibrium. Here we report our finding that a topologically nontrivial spin texture known as a skyrmion--a particle-like object in which spins point in all directions to wrap a sphere--constitutes such a ratchet. By means of Lorentz transmission electron microscopy we show that micrometre-sized crystals of skyrmions in thin films of Cu2OSeO3 and MnSi exhibit a unidirectional rotation motion. Our numerical simulations based on a stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation suggest that this rotation is driven solely by thermal fluctuations in the presence of a temperature gradient, whereas in thermal equilibrium it is forbidden by the Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem. We show that the rotational flow of magnons driven by the effective magnetic field of skyrmions gives rise to the skyrmion rotation, therefore suggesting that magnons can be used to control the motion of these spin textures.
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- M Mochizuki
- 1] Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8558, Japan [2] PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- 1] PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan [2] RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [3] Department of Applied Physics, Quantum-Phase Electronics Center, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- 1] RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [2] Department of Applied Physics, Quantum-Phase Electronics Center, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656, Japan [3] Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- 1] RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [2] Department of Applied Physics, Quantum-Phase Electronics Center, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656, Japan [3] Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Okamura Y, Kagawa F, Mochizuki M, Kubota M, Seki S, Ishiwata S, Kawasaki M, Onose Y, Tokura Y. Microwave magnetoelectric effect via skyrmion resonance modes in a helimagnetic multiferroic. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2391. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Shi S, Seki S, Matano T, Yamamoto H. IL-21-producer CD4+ T cell kinetics during primary simian immunodeficiency virus infection. Microbes Infect 2013; 15:697-707. [PMID: 23791954 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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IL-21 signaling is important for T cell and B cell-mediated clearance of chronic viral infections. While non-cognate follicular helper CD4+ T cells (TFH) are indicated to be pivotal in providing IL-21-mediated help to activated B cells within germinal centers, how this signaling may be disrupted in early AIDS virus infection is not clear. In this study, we assessed the lineage and kinetics of peripheral blood IL-21-producing CD4+ T cells in primary simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of rhesus macaques. After SIV challenge, antigen-nonspecific IL-21 production was observed in Th1, Th2 and Th17 cells with Th1 dominance. While IL-21+ Th2 and IL-21+ Th17 showed variable kinetics, an increase in total IL-21+ CD4+ T cells and IL-21+ Th1 from week 3 to week 8 was observed, preceding plasma SIV-specific IgG development from week 5 to week 12. SIV Gag-specific IL-21+ CD4+ T cells detectable at week 2 were decreased in frequencies at week 5. Results imply that kinetics of IL-21+ CD4+ T cells comprised of multiple lineages, potentially targeted by SIV with a bias of existing frequencies during their precursor stage, associate with availability of cooperative B-cell help provided through a proportionate precursor pool developing into TFH and subsequent anti-SIV antibody responses.
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- Shoi Shi
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama City, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan; The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Takatsuka S, Chung Y, Yamada N, Sawada T, Seki S, Funae Y, Sowa M. Characterization and purification of angiogenic factor derived from highly liver metastatic colon cancer cells. Int J Oncol 2012; 11:1035-40. [PMID: 21528301 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.11.5.1035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We investigated the effects of serum-free conditioned medium (SFCM) of colon cancer cells on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). SFCM of highly liver metastatic cell line (LM-HS) strongly enhanced proliferation, migration and tube formation of HUVECs. Moreover, it was suggested that a main angiogenic factor derived from LM-H5 may be VEGF based on HPLC, SDS-PAGE analysis and neutralizing experiment using anti-growth factor antibodies. These findings suggest that angiogenesis is related to the processes of metastasis of colon cancer, and that VEGF synthesized by colon cancer cells acts as a key factor inducing angiogenesis.
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- S Takatsuka
- OSAKA CITY UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT SURG 1,ABENO KU,OSAKA 545,JAPAN. OSAKA CITY UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT INTERNAL MED 3,ABENO KU,OSAKA 545,JAPAN. OSAKA CITY UNIV,SCH MED,CHEM LAB,ABENO KU,OSAKA 545,JAPAN
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Nishikawa K, Hagisawa K, Kinoshita M, Shono S, Katsuno S, Doi M, Yanagawa R, Suzuki H, Iwaya K, Saitoh D, Sakamoto T, Seki S, Takeoka S, Handa M. Fibrinogen γ-chain peptide-coated, ADP-encapsulated liposomes rescue thrombocytopenic rabbits from non-compressible liver hemorrhage. J Thromb Haemost 2012; 10:2137-48. [PMID: 22905905 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04889.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND We developed a fibrinogen γ-chain (dodecapeptide HHLGGAKQAGDV [H12])-coated, ADP-encapsulated liposome (H12-[ADP]-liposome) that accumulates at bleeding sites via interaction with activated platelets via glycoprotein IIb-IIIa and augments platelet aggregation by releasing ADP. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of H12-(ADP)-liposomes for treating liver hemorrhage in rabbits with acute thrombocytopenia. METHODS Thrombocytopenia (platelets < 50 000 μL(-1)) was induced in rabbits by repeated blood withdrawal (100 mL kg(-1) in total) and isovolemic transfusion of autologous washed red blood cells. H12-(ADP)-liposomes with platelet-poor plasma (PPP), platelet-rich plasma (PRP), PPP, ADP liposomes with PPP or H12-(PBS)-liposomes/PPP, were administered to the thrombocytopenic rabbits, and liver hemorrhage was induced by penetrating liver injury. RESULTS Administration of H12-(ADP)-liposomes and of PRP rescued all thrombocytopenic rabbits from liver hemorrhage as a result of potent hemostasis at the liver bleeding site, although rabbits receiving PPP or ADP liposomes showed 20% survival in the first 24 h. Administration of H12-(ADP)-liposomes and of PRP suppressed both bleeding volume and time from the site of liver injury. H12-(phosphate-buffered saline)-liposomes lacking ADP also improved rabbit survival after liver hemorrhage, although their hemostatic effect was weaker. In rabbits with severe thrombocytopenia (25 000 platelets μL(-1)), the hemostatic effects of H12-(ADP)-liposomes tended to be attenuated as compared with those of PRP treatment. Histologic examination revealed that H12-(ADP)-liposomes accumulated at the bleeding site in the liver. Notably, neither macrothombi nor microthrombi were detected in the lung, kidney or liver in rabbits treated with H12-(ADP)-liposomes. CONCLUSIONS H12-(ADP)-liposomes appear to be a safe and effective therapeutic tool for acute thrombocytopenic trauma patients with massive bleeding.
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- K Nishikawa
- Departments of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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Onose Y, Okamura Y, Seki S, Ishiwata S, Tokura Y. Observation of magnetic excitations of Skyrmion crystal in a helimagnetic insulator Cu2OSeO3. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:037603. [PMID: 22861898 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.037603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We have investigated the low-energy dynamics of the triangular lattice of Skyrmions in a helimagnetic insulator Cu2OSeO3 in terms of microwave response. We have observed two elementary excitations of the Skyrmion with different polarization characteristics: the counterclockwise circulating mode at 1 GHz with the magnetic field polarization parallel to the Skyrmion plane and the breathing mode at 1.5 GHz with a perpendicular magnetic field polarization. These modes reflect the topological nature of Skyrmions and may play a central role in the Skyrmion dynamics.
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- Department of Applied Physics and Quantum Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Jenks J, Seki S, Huang J, Nath R, Madmedov M, Hwa V, Rosenfeld R, Nadeau K. Stat5b (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5b), Not Stat5a, Is a Critical Modulator of Human Treg Development and Function. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.12.899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Seki S, Tamura H, Wada Y, Tsutsui K. Depth profiling in secondary ion mass spectrometry for ultra-thin layer with nanometer order thickness by mesa-structure fabrication. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.4875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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]
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- S. Seki
- Faculty of Engineering; Takushoku University; 815-1 Tatemachi Hachioji Tokyo 193-0985 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering; Takushoku University; 815-1 Tatemachi Hachioji Tokyo 193-0985 Japan
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- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science; Toyo University
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- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science; Toyo University
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