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Ishiura Y, Fujimura M, Ogawa H, Hara J, Shintani H, Hozawa S, Atsuta R, Fukumitsu K, Inoue H, Shioya T, Muraki M, Amemiya T, Ohkura N, Oribe Y, Tanaka H, Yamada T, Toyoshima M, Fujimori K, Ishizuka T, Kagaya M, Suzuki T, Kita T, Nishi K, Ueda A, Miyata Y, Kitada J, Yamamura K, Abo M, Takeda N, Shirai T, Tajiri T, Yoshihara S, Akamatsu T, Sawaguchi H, Nagano T, Hanada S, Masuda S, Ohmichi M, Ito T, Sagara H, Matsumoto H, Niimi A. Prevalence and causes of chronic cough in Japan. Respir Investig 2024; 62:442-448. [PMID: 38522360 DOI: 10.1016/j.resinv.2024.02.017] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chronic cough is one of the most common symptoms of respiratory diseases and can adversely affect patients' quality of life and interfere with social activities, resulting in a significant social burden. A survey is required to elucidate the frequency and treatment effect of chronic cough. However, clinical studies that cover all of Japan have not yet been conducted. METHODS Patients who presented with a cough that lasted longer than 8 weeks and visited the respiratory clinics or hospitals affiliated with the Japan Cough Society during the 2-year study period were registered. RESULTS A total of 379 patients were enrolled, and those who did not meet the definition of chronic cough were excluded. A total of 334 patients were analyzed: 201 patients had a single cause, and 113 patients had two or more causes. The main causative diseases were cough variant asthma in 92 patients, sinobronchial syndrome (SBS) in 36 patients, atopic cough in 31 patients, and gastroesophageal reflux (GER)-associated cough in 10 patients. The time required to treat undiagnosed patients and those with SBS was significantly longer and the treatment success rate for GER-associated cough was considerably poor. CONCLUSIONS We confirmed that the main causes of chronic cough were cough variant asthma, SBS, atopic cough, and their complications. We also showed that complicated GER-associated cough was more likely to become refractory. This is the first nationwide study in Japan of the causes and treatment effects of chronic cough.
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- Yoshihisa Ishiura
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nanao Hospital, 8 bu 3-1 Matsuto-machi, Nanao, 926-0841, Ishikawa, Japan; Cough Clinic, Komatsu Sophia Hospital, 478 Okimachi, Komatsu, Ishikawa, 923-0861, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa Kasuga Clinic, Motogiku-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-0036, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8641, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shintani Medical Clinic, 67-1, Ni, Sono-machi, Komatsu, Ishikawa, 923-0801, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hiroshima Allergy and Respiratory Clinic, 1-9-28 Hikari-machi Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, 732-0052, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Akihabara Atsuta Clinic, 1-5 Kanada-Iwamotocho, 101-0033, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 101-0033, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawazumi Mizuho-machi, Nagoya, 467-860, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Asthma and Lung Clinic Tokyo, 5-48-2 Higashi-Nippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-0014, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nursing Care Facility Nikoniko-en, 138-1 Shimoshinjou Nakano Azabiwanuma, Akita, 010-0146, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University Nara Hospital, 1248-1 Otoda-cho, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0293, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amemiya Clinic, 17-28 Yoshida-machi, Numazu, Shizuoka, 410-0836, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8641, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Oribe Internal Medicin Clinic, 1-5-33, Hikoso-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-0901, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, NPO Sapporo Cough Asthma and Allergy Center, 15-1-32 Minami-4-jyou-Nishi, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 064-0804, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Akita University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, 25 Shogen-cho, Cyuou-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 430-8525, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Agano City Hospital, 13-23 Okayamacho, Agano, Niigata, 959-2025, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuoka-Shimoaizuki, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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- KAGAYA CLINIC of Internal Medicine, 13-18 Asahikawa minami-machi, Akita, Akita, 010-0834, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, NHO Kanazawa Medical Center, 1-1 Shimoishibiki-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8650, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsuki-Higashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8530, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Corporation Toujinkai, Fujitate Hospital, 5-4-24 Ohmiya, Asahi-ku, Osaka, 535-0002, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8666, Japan
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- Ohmichi Clinic of Internal and Respiratory Medicine, Nihonseimei Sapporo Bldg, Kita-3, Nishi-4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, (Hokkaido), 060-0003, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Keiju Medical Center, 94 Tomioka-cho, Nanao, Ishikawa, 926-8605, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8641, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawazumi Mizuho-machi, Nagoya, 467-860, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, 4-27-1 Kita-Ando, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, 420-8527, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawazumi Mizuho-machi, Nagoya, 467-860, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuka-gun, Tochigi, 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, 4-27-1 Kita-Ando, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, 420-8527, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University Nara Hospital, 1248-1 Otoda-cho, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0293, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University Nara Hospital, 1248-1 Otoda-cho, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0293, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Hospital Organization Mie National Hospital, 357 Osato-Kubota, Tsu, Mie, 514-0125, Japan
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- Ohmichi Clinic of Internal and Respiratory Medicine, Nihonseimei Sapporo Bldg, Kita-3, Nishi-4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, (Hokkaido), 060-0003, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8507, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8666, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawazumi Mizuho-machi, Nagoya, 467-860, Japan
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Amemiya T, Iwakami SI. Effects of Early Administration of Macrolides on Whooping Cough in Adolescents and Adults: A Single-center Retrospective Cohort Study. Intern Med 2021; 60:3081-3086. [PMID: 34602522 PMCID: PMC8545624 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.6854-20] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Objective This study aimed to elucidate the effects of early macrolide administration on genetically confirmed pertussis-induced cough in adolescents and adults. Methods This single-center, retrospective cohort study examined the effects of the early administration of macrolides and antitussive agents on cough secondary to pertussis. We divided the patients into two groups based on the median duration from the beginning of the cough to the initiation of macrolide administration: early macrolide administration group (EMAG) and non-early macrolide administration group (NEMAG). The clinical improvement of cough was defined as maintaining a cough awareness score of ≤3 points for 3 consecutive days. Patients The medical records of 40 patients diagnosed with pertussis (≥12 years old) who were able to maintain a cough diary and received no other antibiotics aside from macrolides were included in the study. A diagnosis of pertussis was made using the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) test. Results The EMAG (24 patients) showed a significantly shorter total cough period than the NEMAG [16 patients; 20.0 (95% confidence interval (CI), 16-28) vs. 30.5 (95% CI, 27-40) days; log-rank test, p=0.002]. There was no significant difference in the post-administration cough periods between the EMAG and NEMAG [11.0 (95% CI, 7-19) vs. 13.0 (95% CI, 5-23) days; log-rank test, p=0.232]. Antitussive agents did not affect the cough. Conclusion The early administration of macrolides, but not antitussive agents, is effective for treating pertussis. Therefore, macrolides should be administered as soon as possible for this disease.
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- Amemiya Clinic, Medical Corporation CAN, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Japan
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Fujii M, Tsunoda N, Hattori M, Murata T, Akahane K, Kamei K, Goto Y, Amemiya T, Nishimae K, Kubota T, Ito Y, Kurumiya Y, Yoshihara M, Nakanishi K, Kikumori T, Ando M, Nagino M. The efficacy of eribulin mesylate with trastuzumab for locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer treated with prior pertuzumab and/or T-DM1: Results from a phase II, single arm, multicenter study (N-SOG 10 study). Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx654.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Hayashi K, Sugisaki M, Kino K, Ishikawa T, Kawashima S, Amemiya T. Morphological Characteristics of the Temporomandibular Joint in the Pouch Young of the Tasmanian Devil. Anat Histol Embryol 2015; 44:157-60. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12118] [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] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- K. Hayashi
- Department of Dentistry; Jikei University School of Medicine; 3-25-8 Nishi-Shimbashi Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8461 Japan
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- Department of Dentistry; Jikei University School of Medicine; 3-25-8 Nishi-Shimbashi Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8461 Japan
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- Temporomandibular Joint and Oral Function; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; 1-5-45 Yushima Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8510 Japan
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- Temporomandibular Joint and Oral Function; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; 1-5-45 Yushima Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8510 Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology; Nihon University School of Dentistry; 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-8310 Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology; Nihon University School of Dentistry; 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-8310 Japan
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Oseko F, Yamamoto T, Ichioka H, Adachi T, Nishigaki M, Amemiya T, Kanamura N. Cytokine expression in gingival hyperplasia induced by cyclosporine A in mice. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2014.06.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Adachi K, Amemiya T, Honjo K, Ichioka H, Nishigaki M, Oseko F, Yamamoto T, Kanamura N. In vivo investigation of the osteogenic potential of human periodontal ligament cell sheet cultured on amniotic membrane. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2014.06.320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Honjo K, Yamamoto T, Oseko F, Amemiya T, Kita M, Mazda O, Kanamura N. Examination of bone differentiation for human dental pulp-derived cells cultured on amniotic membrane. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2014.06.322] [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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Kawaguchi K, Amemiya T, Shimizu H, Hamada Y. Image-guided robotic stereotactic radiotherapy for synchronous cancer of maxillary gingiva and lung. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014; 43:692-5. [PMID: 24503102 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2013.12.005] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The use of stereotactic body radiation therapy is rapidly increasing among patients with lung cancer not amenable to surgery. The authors report their experience using the CyberKnife system (Accuray Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) as a treatment option for synchronous cancer of oral squamous cell carcinoma and a malignant lung tumour. An 88-year-old woman with two cancers (oral and lung masses) underwent CyberKnife treatment, with fiducial gold pins implanted using bronchoscopy. Toxicity was limited, and at the 2-year follow-up the lesions had not recurred.
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- K Kawaguchi
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seiseikai Yokohama City East Hospital, Shimosueyoshi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
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Adachi K, Amemiya T, Nakamura T, Honjyo K, Kumamoto S, Yamamoto T, Bentley AJ, Fullwood NJ, Kinoshita S, Kanamura N. Human periodontal ligament cell sheets cultured on amniotic membrane substrate. Oral Dis 2013; 20:582-90. [DOI: 10.1111/odi.12176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- K Adachi
- Department of Dental Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Dental Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
- Research Center for Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine; Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences; Doshisha University; Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Dental Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
- Department of Immunology; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Dental Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Dental Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
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- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences; Lancaster University; Lancaster UK
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- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences; Lancaster University; Lancaster UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Dental Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Science; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto Japan
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Amemiya T, Shindo T, Takahashi D, Myoga S, Nishiyama N, Arai S. Nonunity permeability in metamaterial-based GaInAsP/InP multimode interferometers. Opt Lett 2011; 36:2327-2329. [PMID: 21686009 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.002327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We demonstrated an InP-based optical multimode interferometer (MMI) combined with metamaterials consisting of minute split-ring resonators (SRRs) arrayed on the MMI. The MMI could operate at an optical fiber communication wavelength of 1.5 μm. Magnetic resonance occurred between the SRR metamaterial and light at 1.5 μm, and the relative permeability of the metamaterial increased to 2.4 around this wavelength. This result shows that it is possible to use new materials with nonunity permeability to construct semiconductor-based photonic devices.
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- T Amemiya
- Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.
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Amemiya T, Itoh K, Fujishima A. Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Behavior of Polypyrrole Films Incorporating Methylene Blue, and Their Enhancement in Electrochromism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/bbpc.19890930607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Minamoto A, Taniguchi H, Yoshitani N, Mukai S, Yokoyama T, Kumagami T, Tsuda Y, Mishima HK, Amemiya T, Nakashima E, Neriishi K, Hida A, Fujiwara S, Suzuki G, Akahoshi M. Cataract in atomic bomb survivors. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 80:339-45. [PMID: 15223766 DOI: 10.1080/09553000410001680332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Ophthalmologic examinations were conducted on atomic bomb (A-bomb) survivors 55 years after exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS A-bomb survivors who had been exposed before 13 years of age at the time of the bombings in 1945 or who had been examined in a previous study between 1978 and 1980. The examinations, conducted between June 2000 and September 2002, included slit-lamp examination, digital photography and a cataract grading system for three parts of the lens (nucleus, cortex and posterior subcapsule) as an outcome variable. Proportional odds logistic regression analysis was conducted using the lowest grading class as a reference and included explanatory variables such as age, sex, city, dose and various cataract-related risk factors. When the grades in an individual differed, the worst grade was used. RESULTS Results indicate that odds ratios (ORs) at 1 Sv were 1.07 (95% confidence intervals [CI] 0.90, 1.27) in nuclear colour, 1.12 (95% CI 0.94, 1.30) in nuclear cataract, 1.29 (95% CI 1.12, 1.49) in cortical cataract and 1.41 (95% CI 1.21, 1.64) in posterior subcapsular cataract. The same was true after excluding 13 people whose posterior subcapsular cataracts had been previously detected. CONCLUSION Significant radiation effects were observed in two types of cataracts in A-bomb survivors.
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- A Minamoto
- Department of Ophthalmology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan
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Rossberg A, Matsuda H, Amemiya T, Itoh K. Corrigendum to “Food webs: Experts consuming families of experts” [J. Theor. Biol. 241 (2006) 552–563]. J Theor Biol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.01.006] [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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Oda K, Ando M, Amemiya T, Fukata S, Yasui A, Ike H, Kuroiwa K, Kitagawa Y, Ookawa Y, Kawamura T, Shimada H, Nimura Y, Nagino M. Disease-operation specific QOL decline after elective radical surgery for gastroentelogial malignancies in elderly. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(08)70094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Weight perception has been of great interest for over three centuries. Most research has been concerned with the weight of static objects, and some illusions have been discovered. Here, we show a new illusion related to the perception of the heaviness of oscillating objects. We performed experiments that involved comparing the weight of two objects of identical physical appearance but with different gross weights and oscillation patterns (vibrating vertically at frequencies of 5 or 9 cycles per second with symmetric and asymmetric acceleration patterns). The results show that the perceived weight of an object vibrating with asymmetric acceleration increases compared to that with symmetric acceleration when the acceleration peaks in the gravity direction. In contrast, almost no heaviness perception change was observed in the anti-gravity direction. We speculate that the reason for the divergence between these results is caused by the differential impact of these two hypothesized perceptual mechanisms as follows: the salience of pulse stimuli appears to have a strong influence in the gravity direction, whereas filling-in could explain our observations in the anti-gravity direction. The study of this haptic illusion can provide valuable insights into not only human perceptual mechanisms but into the design of ungrounded haptic interfaces.
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Oda K, Amemiya T, Ando M, Fukata S, Kuroiwa K, Yasui A, Kitagawa Y, Ookawa Y, Kawamura T, Shimada H, Nimura Y, Nagino M. O.7 Outcomes of elective radical surgery for gastric and colorectal cancers in elderly patients aged ≥80 years – with special referrece to postoperative ADL and prediction of protracted postoperative disability. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(13)70166-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Mochiduki Y, Amemiya T, Yabe M. [Brain abscess induced by Bacillus licheniformis complications in acute myeloid leukemia (AML)]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 2007; 81:592-596. [PMID: 17966643 DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.81.592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A 64-year-old woman with acute myeloid leukemia, headache, vomiting, and fever exceeding 38.5 degrees C on day 15 during severe neutropenia while undergoing second consolidation chemotherapy presented the next day, with an altered mental state. A space-occupying lesion with ring enhancement was detected in her right frontal lobe on CT, indicting a brain abscess. Treatment was started with 2g/day of meropenem and 2 g/day of vancomycin. Surgical drainage was conducted on day 22 after recovery of her neutrophil and platelet counts. Culture of aspirated pus showed Gram-positive rods subsequently identified as Bacillus licheniformis. Meropenem was administered for 87 days and vancomycin for 44 days. The patient's general condition improved without neurological complications, and her enhanced brain lesion disappeared on day 185. B. licheniformis is often encountered in diagnostic laboratory culture and usually dismissed as a contaminant, but must be considered as a causative agents for brain abscesses in immunocompromised hosts.
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Amemiya T, Shimizu H, Yokoyama M, Hai PN, Tanaka M, Nakano Y. 1.54-microm TM-mode waveguide optical isolator based on the nonreciprocal-loss phenomenon: device design to reduce insertion loss. Appl Opt 2007; 46:5784-91. [PMID: 17694128 DOI: 10.1364/ao.46.005784] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We developed a 1.5-microm band TM-mode waveguide optical isolator that makes use of the nonreciprocal-loss phenomenon. The device was designed to operate in a single mode and consists of an InGaAlAs/InP ridge-waveguide optical amplifier covered with a ferromagnetic MnAs layer. The combination of the optical waveguide and the magnetized ferromagnetic metal layer produces a magneto-optic effect called the nonreciprocal-loss phenomenon--a phenomenon in which the propagation loss of light is larger in backward propagation than it is in forward propagation. We propose the guiding design principle for the structure of the device and determine the optimized structure with the aid of electromagnetic simulation using the finite-difference method. On the basis of the results, we fabricated a prototype device and evaluated its operation. The device showed an isolation ratio of 7.2 dB/mm at a wavelength from 1.53 to 1.55 microm. Our waveguide isolator can be monolithically integrated with other waveguide-based optical devices on an InP substrate.
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- T Amemiya
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Japan.
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Rossberg AG, Matsuda H, Amemiya T, Itoh K. Food webs: Experts consuming families of experts. J Theor Biol 2006; 241:552-63. [PMID: 16466654 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Revised: 12/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/24/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Food webs of habitats as diverse as lakes or desert valleys are known to exhibit common "food-web patterns", but the detailed mechanisms generating these structures have remained unclear. By employing a stochastic, dynamical model, we show that many aspects of the structure of predatory food webs can be understood as the traces of an evolutionary history where newly evolving species avoid direct competition with their relatives. The tendency to avoid sharing natural enemies (apparent competition) with related species is considerably weaker. Thus, "experts consuming families of experts" can be identified as the main underlying food-web pattern. We report the results of a systematic, quantitative model validation showing that the model is surprisingly accurate.
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- A G Rossberg
- Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.
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Rossberg AG, Yanagi K, Amemiya T, Itoh K. Estimating trophic link density from quantitative but incomplete diet data. J Theor Biol 2006; 243:261-72. [PMID: 16890962 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2006] [Revised: 06/14/2006] [Accepted: 06/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The trophic link density and the stability of food webs are thought to be related, but the nature of this relation is controversial. This article introduces a method for estimating the link density from diet tables which do not cover the complete food web and do not resolve all diet items to species level. A simple formula for the error of this estimate is derived. Link density is determined as a function of a threshold diet fraction below which diet items are ignored ("diet partitioning function"). Furthermore, analytic relationships between this threshold-dependent link density and the generality distribution of food webs are established. A preliminary application of the method to field data suggests that empirical results relating link density to diversity might need to be revisited.
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- A G Rossberg
- Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.
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Rossberg AG, Matsuda H, Amemiya T, Itoh K. Some properties of the speciation model for food-web structure-mechanisms for degree distributions and intervality. J Theor Biol 2005; 238:401-15. [PMID: 16045940 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2005] [Revised: 05/26/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We present a mathematical analysis of the speciation model for food-web structure, which had in previous work been shown to yield a good description of empirical data of food-web topology. The degree distributions of the network are derived. Properties of the speciation model are compared to those of other models that successfully describe empirical data. It is argued that the speciation model unifies the underlying ideas of previous theories. In particular, it offers a mechanistic explanation for the success of the niche model of Williams and Martinez and the frequent observation of intervality in empirical food webs.
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- A G Rossberg
- Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan.
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Nazmul AM, Amemiya T, Shuto Y, Sugahara S, Tanaka M. High temperature ferromagnetism in GaAs-based heterostructures with Mn delta doping. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 95:017201. [PMID: 16090648 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.017201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We show that suitably designed magnetic semiconductor heterostructures consisting of Mn delta (delta)-doped GaAs and p-type AlGaAs layers, in which the locally high concentration of magnetic moments of Mn atoms are controllably overlapped with the two-dimensional hole gas wave function, realized remarkably high ferromagnetic transition temperatures (T(C)). A significant reduction of compensative Mn interstitials by varying the growth sequence of the structures followed by low-temperature annealing led to high T(C) up to 250 K. The heterostructure with high T(C) exhibited peculiar anomalous Hall effect behavior, whose sign depends on temperature.
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- A M Nazmul
- Department of Electronic Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Nam HJ, Amemiya T, Murabayashi M, Itoh K. The influence of Na+ on the crystallite size of TiO2 and the photocatalytic activity. Res Chem Intermed 2005. [DOI: 10.1163/1568567053956725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kettunen P, Bourke P, Hashimoto H, Amemiya T, Müller S, Yamaguchi T. Computational study of helix wave formation in active media. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2004.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nakamura T, Inatomi T, Sotozono C, Amemiya T, Kanamura N, Kinoshita S. Transplantation of cultivated autologous oral mucosal epithelial cells in patients with severe ocular surface disorders. Br J Ophthalmol 2004; 88:1280-4. [PMID: 15377551 PMCID: PMC1772364 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.038497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS To determine outcomes of transplants of cultivated autologous oral epithelial cells in patients with severe ocular surface disorders. METHODS The eyes (n = 6) of four patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (three eyes) or chemical burns (three eyes) were studied. Autologous oral epithelial cells, grown for 2-3 weeks on a denuded amniotic membrane carrier in the presence of 3T3 fibroblasts, were air lifted. The resultant sheet was transplanted onto the damaged eye, and acceptance of the sheet by the corneal surface was confirmed 48 hours after surgery. The success of ocular surface reconstruction, graft survival, changes in visual acuity, and postoperative complications were assessed and the quality of the cultivated oral epithelial sheet was evaluated histologically. RESULTS At 48 hours after transplant, the entire corneal surface of all six eyes was free of epithelial defects indicating complete survival of the transplanted oral epithelium. Visual acuity was improved in all eyes. During follow up (mean 13.8 (SD 2.9) months), the corneal surface remained stable, although all eyes manifested mild peripheral neovascularisation. CONCLUSIONS Autologous oral epithelial cells grown on denuded amniotic membrane can be transplanted to treat severe ocular surface disorders.
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- T Nakamura
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0841 Japan.
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Ishiura Y, Fujimura M, Myou S, Amemiya T, Nobata K, Kurashima K, Nonomura A. Airway eosinophil accumulation on sensory neuropeptide release in a guinea pig model of distilled-water-induced bronchoconstriction. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2004; 13:79-86. [PMID: 12968390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Increased numbers of eosinophils in the airways is characteristic of asthma. However, it remains unclear whether airway eosinophils enhance or reduce the release of neuropeptides in the airways in vivo. This study was conducted to elucidate the influence of airway eosinophil accumulation on the ultrasonically nebulized distilled water (UNDW)-induced bronchoconstriction in our newly developed animal model, which is mediated by sensory neuropeptides. METHODS Guinea pigs were transnasally treated with 100 mg/kg of platelet activating factor (PAF), or vehicle, twice a week for 3 weeks. We then conducted three experiments. In the first, UNDW was inhaled 20 min after aerosolized antigen challenge, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was performed in PAF-treated and passively sensitized animals. In the second, PAF-treated animals were exposed for 20 s to ascending doses of methacholine at intervals of 5 min In the third, passively sensitized animals were administered selective NK1 antagonist, SR 140333, selective NK2 antagonist, SR 48968, or vehicle, intravenously 5 min before UNDW-induced bronchoconstriction. RESULTS The proportion of eosinophils in BAL fluid was significantly increased in guinea pigs treated with PAF, compared with the vehicle. The PAF treatment did not affect antigen-induced immediate asthmatic response, UNDW-induced bronchoconstriction, or bronchial responsiveness to inhaled methacholine. SR 140333, but not SR 48968, inhibited the UNDW-induced bronchoconstriction. CONCLUSION We conclude that eosinophils accumulated in the airways, caused by repeated intranasal administration of PAF, does not affect the release of substance P induced by UNDW inhalation, or the action of released substance P in vivo.
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- Yoshihisa Ishiura
- Kanazawa Graduate University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan. ishiura-@p2322.nsk.ne.jp
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Nam HJ, Amemiya T, Murabayashi M, Itoh K. Photocatalytic Activity of Sol−Gel TiO2 Thin Films on Various Kinds of Glass Substrates: The Effects of Na+ and Primary Particle Size. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp037170t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- H.-J. Nam
- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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Di Pietro E, Amemiya T, Hanada M, Iga T, Inoue T, Okumura Y, Watanabe K. Design and overview of fabrication tests for the 1 MV bushing for ITER NB system. Fusion Engineering and Design 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0920-3796(03)00160-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ishiura Y, Fujimura M, Nobata K, Myou S, Amemiya T, Kurashima K. Lack of adrenomedullin on antigen-induced bronchoconstriction in guinea pigs in vivo. Life Sci 2003; 72:1963-72. [PMID: 12597995 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(03)00095-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Antigen challenge can provoke acute bronchoconstriction, recognized as immediate asthmatic response (IAR), but the evolving events in this reaction are not well defined. Recently, a novel peptide, designated adrenomedullin, was isolated from human pheochromocytoma, and has been shown to have potent systemic and pulmonary vasodilator activity.The purpose of this study was to elucidate the influence of adrenomedullin in the development of IAR. Passively sensitized guinea pigs were anesthetized and treated with diphenhydramine hydrochloride, and then artificially ventilated. Ovalbumin was inhaled after an intravenous administration of adrenomedullin. Other studies were performed in naive guinea pigs to investigate the airway responses to inhaled methacholine or histamine after an intravenous administration of adrenomedullin. Antigen challenge caused bronchoconstriction in sensitized guinea pigs. Adrenomedullin did not inhibit the antigen-induced bronchoconstriction in sensitized guinea pigs or the dose-dependent responses to inhaled methacholine or histamine in naive animals in spite of its vasodilating effect. We conclude that an intravenous administration of adrenomedullin does not influence antigen-induced bronchoconstriction or bronchial responsiveness to inhaled methacholine or histamine in vivo.
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- Yoshihisa Ishiura
- Pulmonary Medicine, Cellular Transplantation Biology, Kanazawa, Graduate University School of Medicine, Japan. ishiura-@p2322.nsk.ne.jp
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PURPOSE To study the development of the rat lens vesicle in relation to apoptosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fetuses of Wistar Kyoto rats were removed by laparotomy on day 10-15 of gestation. Some fetuses were fixed in 2% paraformaldehyde and embedded in paraffin for a TUNEL technique examination of DNA fragmentation. Macrophages were stained immunohistochemically with antibody. Some fetuses were fixed in 4% glutaraldehyde and 1% osmic acid and embedded in Luveak 812, then examined with a transmission electron microscope (TEM). RESULTS On day 11 of gestation (E11) before the start of lens invagination, apoptotic changes were noted in the cells between the surface ectoderm and optic vesicle, with the appearance of phagocytic cells. Apoptotic cells were present at the junction of the surface ectoderm and the lens placode, in the ventral and dorsal thirds of the lens placode and in the outer layer of the optic vesicle in the same axes on E12. Apoptotic changes appeared in the lens stalk, surface ectoderm and the anterior lens epithelium on E12.5. The lens vesicle was detached completely from the surface ectoderm by E13 and some cells had the typical characteristics of macrophages in the extracellular space between the surface ectoderm and the anterior lens epithelium. Apoptotic changes were confirmed by the TUNEL method, and macrophages were stained immunohistochemically. CONCLUSIONS Apoptosis may have a major role during the whole process of lens vesicle development. Apoptosis may eliminate the cells between the surface ectoderm and the optic vesicle, help trigger invagination and facilitate separation from the ectoderm. Apoptosis might aid in the bowing of the optic vesicle during lens invagination.
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- Y H Mohamed
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan
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Amemiya T, Hashimoto K, Fujishima A. Dynamics of Faradaic processes in polypyrrole/polystyrenesulfonate composite films in the presence and absence of a redox species in aqueous solutions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100118a041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Amemiya T, Hashimoto K, Fujishima A. Faradaic charge transfer with double-layer charging and/or adsorption-related charging at polymer-modified electrodes as observed by color impedance spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100140a033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Eida H, Bhutto IA, Amemiya T. Corrosion cast demonstration of choroidal vasculature in normal Wistar Kyoto rat. Ital J Anat Embryol 2002; 106:245-50. [PMID: 11729962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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No previous attempt has been made so to demonstrate the details of the choroid vascularization in the rat. This paper describes the choroidal vascular pattern of the normal Wistar Kyoto rat using the corrosion cast method. 6-month-old normal Wistar Kyoto rats were used. Vascular casts prepared by our previously described technique were observed with a Hitachi S-2360N scanning electron microscope. Corrosion casts of the entire choroidal vasculature showed that the ophthalmic artery branched into two main ciliary arteries: the nasal and temporal arteries, which extend forward to form the iridociliary circle. Further the inferior ciliary artery arises from the temporal ciliary artery. In the posterior eye segment these arteries form four to seven branches supplying the adjacent choriocapillaris. There are different arrangements of choriocapillaris. The larger veins formed four vortex veins, one in each quadrant, draining blood from the anterior region of the choroid or iris. Venous blood from the central region, peripapillary choroid and sometimes optic nerve head is drained by smaller veins, which run more or less directly into the posterior ciliary veins. In conclusion corrosion casts and SEM can show the details of the choroidal vascular architecture. These three-dimensional (3-D) findings of choroidal vessels of the rat are very useful for the study of choroid vascular abnormalities in various pathological conditions.
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- H Eida
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Amemiya T, Bhutto IA. Retinal vascular changes and systemic diseases: corrosion cast demonstration. Ital J Anat Embryol 2002; 106:237-44. [PMID: 11729961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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The purpose of the present study is to clarify the specific retinal vascular changes in rat models of single spontaneous or hereditary systemic diseases. We used Wistar Kyoto (WKy) rats 6 months of age as normal controls, 24-month-old Wistar Kyoto rats in studies of aging, 16-month-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), 18-month-old rats with inherited hypercholesterolemia (RICO) for arteriosclerosis, and 18-month-old Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats for diabetes mellitus. Retinal vascular corrosion casts were made and observed with a scanning electron microscope. The retinal vessels were also examined with a transmission electron microscope. Specific changes in the retinal vessels were: narrowing and thin thread-like capillaries in aging; capillary tortuosity, irregularity and narrowing in hypertension; straightening in hypercholesterolemia; and loop formation and microaneurysms in diabetes mellitus. These specific changes in the retinal vessels in each systemic disease can be clearly and easily revealed in a three-dimensional fashion by corrosion casts followed by scanning electron microscopy.
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- T Amemiya
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Amemiya T, Hashimoto K, Fujishima A. Frequency-resolved faradaic processes in polypyrrole films observed by electromodulation techniques: electrochemical impedance and color impedance spectroscopies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100118a040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nakabayashi S, Amemiya T, Kira A. Flat-band potential shift in a dye-sensitized zinc-oxide electrode on pulse excitation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100184a045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Saitoh A, Taniguchi H, Gong H, Ohira A, Amemiya T, Baba T. Long-term effect on optic nerve of silicone oil tamponade in rabbits: histological and EDXA findings. Eye (Lond) 2002; 16:171-6. [PMID: 11988818 DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2000] [Accepted: 05/18/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Side-effects after intravitreal use of silicone oil (SO) are not well defined and elucidated. The object of this study was to examine the influence and toxicity of SO on the optic nerve after vitrectomy with SO tamponade. METHODS We injected medical grade SO and emulsified SO into rabbit eyes after gas-mediated vitreous compression and examined the eyes by light microscopy (LM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA) (point analysis and area analysis) 6 months after injection. We compared the findings in the non-treated eyes and eyes with only gas-mediated vitreous compression with those in SO-injected eyes. RESULTS Vacuole-like structures were seen in the optic nerve posterior to the lamina cribrosa. In the group treated with only gas-mediated vitreous compression, the myelin structures were shown by TEM to be destroyed and replaced by glial tissue, while in groups injected with medical grade or emulsified SO severe destruction of the myelin sheath (myelinolysis) was observed. Silicone was identified at the electron-dense edges of the vacuoles by EDXA point analysis, but not in the vacuoles without electron-dense deposits. Dots of Si K alpha were not seen in the control groups, and dense dots were observed in SO-injected groups, by EDXA area analysis. CONCLUSIONS Some of the vacuoles might be artefacts caused by insufficient fixation or the operative procedure, but TEM showed almost no artefacts in the control optic nerve. Thus, most vacuoles may be SO storage sites. SO uptake into the optic nerve might play a role in the pathogenesis of optic nerve atrophy after SO injection.
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- A Saitoh
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Parmananda P, Mahara H, Amemiya T, Yamaguchi T. Resonance induced pacemakers: a new class of organizing centers for wave propagation in excitable media. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:238302. [PMID: 11736480 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.238302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2001] [Revised: 08/31/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Propagation of waves in an extended excitable system is considered. It is shown that traveling wave fronts can be triggered and maintained via local periodic modulations of an appropriate system parameter. For a finite range of perturbation frequencies, this new class of pacemakers introduces spatiotemporal self-organization in an otherwise quiescent medium. Excitation waves of activity similar to those observed in heart tissue cultures and other biological preparations can emerge in the presence of these pacemakers.
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- P Parmananda
- Nanotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Central 5-2, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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PURPOSE To examine surgical effects and complications of improved nonpenetrating trabeculectomy with trabeculotomy in glaucoma patients. METHODS Glaucoma patients in two medical institutions underwent nonpenetrating trabeculectomy with sinusotomy with or without trabeculotomy, and the results were compared retrospectively in the two groups by evaluation of final intraocular pressure, drug score, and occurrence of postsurgical complications. RESULTS Of the 63 eyes of 51 patients in this study, 31 were treated with nonpenetrating trabeculectomy with sinusotomy without trabeculotomy and 32 eyes were treated with nonpenetrating trabeculectomy with sinusotomy and trabeculotomy. The mean follow-up period was 17.0 months. The clinical features in both groups were similar in terms of age, presurgical intraocular pressure (P = 0.96), and presurgical drug score. The eyes treated with nonpenetrating trabeculectomy with sinusotomy without trabeculotomy had significantly reduced intraocular pressures from 21.0 +/- 4.3 (mean +/- SD) to 15.8 +/- 6.3 mm Hg (P = 0.0003) and drug scores from 2.4 +/- 1.2 to 1.6 +/- 1.1 without postsurgical complications. The eyes treated with nonpenetrating trabeculectomy with sinusotomy and trabeculotomy had significantly reduced intraocular pressures from 22.3 +/- 7.5 to 12.5 +/- 2.3 mm Hg (P < 0.0001) and drug scores from 2.5 +/- 1.9 to 0.9 +/- 1.3 without postsurgical complications. Thus, the eyes treated with nonpenetrating trabeculectomy with sinusotomy and trabeculotomy had significantly lower intraocular pressures (P = 0.016) and drug scores than did those treated with nonpenetrating trabeculectomy with sinusotomy without trabeculotomy. CONCLUSION The authors obtained satisfactory results in reducing intraocular pressure by the combination of nonpenetrating trabeculectomy, sinusotomy, and trabeculotomy.
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- T Ogawa
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki Municipal Hospital, Japan
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PURPOSE The purpose of the present study is to determine the specific morphological changes in choroidal vasculature due to hypercholesterolemia. METHODS The choroidal vessels of rats with inherited hypercholesterolemia (RICO) were examined by the corrosion cast technique and electron microscopy. RESULTS In 18-month-old RICO rats, corrosion casts and scanning electron microscopy showed severe tortuosity, caliber irregularity and generalized dilatation of the large choroidal arteries and veins. The branch arterioles and draining venules were also tortuous and dilated. The ampullae of the vortex veins were wide, but no arteriovenous anastomoses, crossing defects or obstruction were seen. However, there were many venular collateral channels and venulo-venular anastomoses. The choriocapillaries appeared normal. Transmission electron microscopy of the choroidal vessels showed hypertrophy of smooth muscle cells and irregular thickening of the basement membrane. The RPE and Bruch's membrane were intact. CONCLUSION These findings indicate that the choroidal vascular changes are probably related to hypercholesterolemia. The results of the present study will be useful in the interpretation of the changes seen in hypertensive, diabetic and aged choroids.
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- I Ahmed Bhutto
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
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OBJECTIVE To present a patient with Terson syndrome and to propose a mechanism for vitreous hemorrhage. DESIGN Observational case report. PARTICIPANT A 50-year-old woman with subarachnoid hemorrhage and unilateral vitreous hemorrhage. METHODS Detailed examination with fluorescein angiography and funduscopy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Site of dye leakage on fluorescein angiography in the eye with vitreous hemorrhage. RESULTS Fluorescein angiography showed the leakage site at the margin of the disc in the eye with vitreous hemorrhage after the vitreous hemorrhage had been removed. CONCLUSIONS The damage to peripapillary tissues demonstrated by fluorescein leakage suggests that intracranial hypertension affects peripapillary structures through the intervaginal space of the optic nerve sheath.
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- T Ogawa
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki Municipal Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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This study presents the details of the microvasculature of the rat choroid visualized by scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts. Wistar Kyoto rats were anesthetized with intraperitoneal sodium pentobarbital. The vascular system was perfused with heparinized saline, and Mercox resin was injected into the cannulated carotid arteries. After polymerization of the resin, the vascular casts were macerated with potassium hydroxide, washed with water, and freeze dried. The casts were examined with a Hitachi S-2360N scanning electron microscope (SEM). Corrosion casts of the entire choroidal vasculature revealed that the two long posterior ciliary arteries supplied the entire uveal vasculature. In the posterior choroid, these arteries formed five to seven branches on each side supplying the adjacent choriocapillaris. No interarterial or arteriovenous anastomoses were seen. The choriocapillaris appeared as a nonhomogeneous and nonlobular monolayer capillary network, consisting of dense honeycomb and irregular patterns. There are two distinct venous systems in the rat choroid. The venous blood from the central region, peripapillary choroid, and sometimes the optic nerve head drain into the posterior ciliary vein. The venous blood from the iris, ciliary body, anterior choroid, and half of the posterior choroid drain into the vortex veins. Corrosion casts and the SEM have shown details of the choroidal vascular architecture. These three-dimensional observations indicate that the rat choroidal vasculature has different features from those of humans and other primates. Despite these interspecies differences, the establishment of a thorough baseline concept of choroidal vasculature should permit additional studies of the choroidal pathology and enable the proper interpretation of results from rat experimental models for extrapolation to humans.
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- I A Bhutto
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Ishiura Y, Fujimura M, Myou S, Nobata K, Liu Q, Yamamori C, Amemiya T. In vivo airway eosinophil accumulation induced by polymyxin-B reduces bronchial responsiveness in guinea pigs. Clin Exp Allergy 2001; 31:644-51. [PMID: 11359434 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic desquamative eosinophilic bronchitis and bronchial hyperresponsiveness have been considered essential for bronchial asthma. However, it has not been studied whether airway eosinophils enhance or inhibit bronchial responsiveness in vivo. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to elucidate the influence of airway eosinophil accumulation on bronchial responsiveness in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS Guinea pigs were transnasally treated with 75 microg/kg of polymyxin-B or vehicle twice a week for a total of 3 weeks. Guinea pigs were surgically cannulated and artificially ventilated 24 h after the last administration of polymyxin-B or vehicle. Ten minutes after the installation of artificial ventilation, ascending doses of methacholine, acetylcholine or histamine were inhaled for 20 s at intervals of 5 min. Subsequent study was conducted 20 min after treatment of 60 mg/kg of indomethacin in the same manner. Final study was conducted in naive guinea pigs after single inhalation of 75 microg/mL of polymyxin B. RESULTS The proportion of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid significantly increased in guinea pigs treated with polymyxin-B compared with vehicle. Bronchial responsiveness to inhaled methacholine, acetylcholine and histamine was significantly decreased by the polymyxin-B treatment. This protective effect induced by polymyxin B was abolished by pretreatment of indomethacin. A significant increase in bronchial responsiveness was observed after a single inhalation of polymyxin B. CONCLUSION These results suggest that in vivo airway eosinophils may reduce non-specific bronchial responsiveness through inhibitory or bronchoprotective prostanoids.
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- Y Ishiura
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan. ishiura-@p2322nsk.ne.jp
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PURPOSE To demonstrate the changes of the retinal vascular architecture in the diffusely degenerated thin retina. METHODS Three-week-old weanling Wistar Kyoto rats were divided randomly into two groups. One group (n = 20) was fed a vitamin E-deficient solid diet and the other group (n = 20) was fed a solid rat chow diet. Rats were maintained on their respective diets for 14 months and then killed for scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts, light and electron microscopy and biochemical determinations. RESULTS The serum level of vitamin E in the E-deficient rats was 1.0 +/- 0.49 microg/ml, while that in the rats fed a normal diet was 13.7 +/- 1.0 microg/ml (Student's t-test, p = 0.0001). In vitamin E-deficient rats, light microscopy showed degenerated retinas only half as thick as normal. Corrosion casts and scanning electron microscopy revealed that the retinal capillaries of the entire retina were decreased in number and scattered with localised narrowing, calibre irregularity and frequent loop formation. In the posterior pole of the retina, some capillaries clustered into small tortuous knots. However, the two-layered architecture of the capillary network in the retina was maintained. The differences in calibre of retinal capillaries between the vitamin E-deficient and normal rats were statistically significant (p < 0.0001). No remarkable abnormal changes were observed in the large retinal vessels other than arterial calibre differences (p < 0.022). No arteriovenous shunts, crossing defects or microaneurysms were seen. Transmission electron microscopy revealed complete disappearance of the photoreceptor outer and inner segments and nuclei. The retinal pigment epithelium contained lipofuscin granules and retinal capillaries with narrow lumens. The capillary endothelial cells were thickened and had scarce cytoplasmic components with vacuoles and irregularly thickened basement membranes. The capillary pericytes had vacuoles. No abnormalities were seen in the control normal rats. CONCLUSION These findings indicate that the decrease in retinal capillaries in vitamin E-deficient rats is secondary to retinal degeneration. It was assumed that the morphological changes in the capillary network reflected structural damage to the retinal vascular cells caused by free radicals and lipid peroxides generated by oxidation. However, even in such severe degeneration the retinal vascular architecture, including the main artery and vein and two-layer capillary networks, was maintained. This is may be because of the basic anatomical arrangement of the blood vessels.
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- I A Bhutto
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
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PURPOSE Primary adenocarcinoma of the lacrimal gland is a rare malignant tumor of the orbit. Up to now, there has been no presentation of its ultrastructural features. The histopathological findings and fine structures of one case of adenocarcinoma of the lacrimal gland are described in the present work. METHODS The patient was a 59-year-old Japanese man with proptosis that had persisted for one month. A tumor was extirpated, and the tissues were prepared for light and electron microscopic examination. RESULTS Electron microscopic examination demonstrated that the tumor cells had well-developed microvilli and lumens. These ultrastructure features are similar to those seen in adenocarcinomas at other sites. CONCLUSIONS These observations suggest that the accurate diagnosis of rare malignant adenocarcinoma depends not only on routine techniques such as light microscopy of hematoxylin-eosin and PAS-diastase stained slides, but also on electron microscopic findings.
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- H Gong
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Kitaoka T, Tsuda Y, Deguchi H, So K, Tsuiki E, Kinoshita A, Kishikawa Y, Amemiya T. [Standard values of inter-inner canthal, inter-outer canthal, and inter-pupillary distances in normal Japanese infants and children]. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 2001; 105:411-4. [PMID: 11449692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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UNLABELLED PURPOSE AND MATERIALS: We studied inter-inner canthal distance(DIC), inter-outer canthal distance (DOC), and inter-pupillary distance (PD) in 1,006 normal Japanese infants and children to establish the normal ratio of DIC/PD and DOC/DIC for the diagnosis of congenital anomalies such as Waardenburg syndrome. RESULTS DIC, DOC, and PD increased significantly from one month after birth to 12 years of age. DIC and DOC were stable but PD increased from 13 years of age to 15 years of age in junior high school. The DIC/PD and DOC/DIC averages were 0.61 and 2.73, respectively, one month after birth and 0.63 and 2.69 at three months after birth. On the other hand, DIC/PD and DOC/DIC were stable at 0.55-0.59 and 2.45 from 8 to 15 years of age. CONCLUSION Since there have been no reports on standard values of DIC, DOC and PD in infants, we established the standard values in this study. These values are expected to be very useful in the diagnosis of neural crest cell migration anomalies, such as Waardenburg syndrome.
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- T Kitaoka
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Since mutated p53 is one of the most frequent gene abnormalities in human cancer, we hypothesized that mutation of p53 may play an important role in growth and recurrence of pterygia, a dysplasia of the conjunctiva. Therefore, we compared pterygia of Japanese and Tunisian patients using antibodies against p53, p21 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). In Nagasaki, 21 pterygia of Japanese individuals were removed and in Gabes, 19 primary pterygia of Tunisian individuals. Positive staining of wild type p53 was not found in the Japanese pterygia, whereas 38.1% were positive for mutant p53, none were positive for p21 and 76.2% were positive for PCNA. The incidence of mutant p53-positive staining was 50.0% in males and 22.2% in females, which was statistically significant. In the 19 Tunisian patients, positive staining of wild type p53 was not found, whereas 36.8% were positive for mutant p53, 0% for p21 and 63.1% for PCNA. Differences between Japanese patients and Tunisian patients were not significant. There were 2 types of pterygium. One type did not show mutant p53 and the other showed mutant p53 caused by ultraviolet light. However, damage caused by p53-dependent programmed cell death of pterygium cells may lead to mutations in other genes which may allow the progressive multistep development of limbal tumors. It is possible that mutant p53-positive pterygia can develop into limbal tumors.
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- Y Ueda
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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In this study the optic nerve changes in zinc (Zn)-deficient rats are examined. Zinc is one of the essential trace elements and is known to be related to optic nerve diseases such as ethambutol neuropathy. However, the effect of Zn on the optic nerve has not been studied experimentally in animals. We used 3 week old weanling male Wistar Kyoto rats weighing 40-50 g. Rats were fed a Zn-deficient diet containing 0.007 mg of Zn per 100 g, all other nutrients and distilled and deionized water. The same water supplemented with 3 mg Zn per 100 g was given to the control group. After 4 or 7 weeks on a Zn-deficient diet, the optic nerve was examined with an electron microscope. A recovery group was fed a Zn-containing diet for 5 weeks after 7 weeks on the Zn-deficient diet. The serum Zn levels of the deficient group were significantly decreased at both 4 and 7 weeks. Most of the Zn-deficient rats showed hair loss around the eyes and on the extremities. Ultrastructural findings were as follows. The number of myelinated axons of Zn-deficient rats at 4 and 7 weeks were significantly decreased and the myelin sheaths were significantly thinner in the Zn-deficient groups and in the recovery group. Unmyelinated axons were more numerous than in the control rats. Destruction of myelin and proliferation of glial cells were found in the optic nerves of Zn-deficient rats. This study suggests that the optic nerve needs Zn for the maintenance of its cell structure and even if Zn is supplied to the Zn-deficient rats, destruction of the myelin structure may continue. Zn-deficiency induce a decrease of myelinated nerve fibers, and it is thought that optic neuropathy in patients treated with some drugs such as ethambutol may be a secondary change due to Zn-deficiency following drug administration.
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- H Gong
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan.
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