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This paper is a case report describing a boy with Down syndrome and a novel combination of multiple vascular anomalies: extrahepatic portal hypertension, an arterio-venous malformation (AVM) at the ileo-caecal junction, and caval/iliac vein anomalies and developing anal bleeding. We considered that the ileo-caecal AVM would be one of the causes of the repeated hematochezia. The patient underwent ileo-caecal resection with the AVM, and anastomosis of the left external iliac vein and the jejunal branch vein because of the stenosis of the superior mesenteric vein (Clatworthy mesocaval shunt). Intraoperative portal pressure measurement at the site of the right colic vein showed a moderate pressure reduction (42.5-31.5 cm H2O). On the fourth month after operation, gastrointestinal fiberscopy showed no existence of esophageal varices. One year after operation, the patient was doing well without bleeding.
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- Y Tatekawa
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-1-1, Takakuradai, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0081, Japan.
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Tatekawa Y, Kanehiro H, Hisanaga M, Nakajima Y. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1: expression in the lung of fetal rats with nitrofen-induced diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatr Surg Int 2003; 19:25-8. [PMID: 12721718 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0890-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/24/2002] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The surrounding extracellular matrix of airway wall tissues changes in response to mechanical stresses and hypoxia. The presence of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and its inhibitor, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1), is correlated with collagen degradation and tissue repair in lung disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in the lung of fetal rats with nitrofen-induced congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Administering 100 mg of nitrofen dissolved in 1 ml olive oil to pregnant Wistar rats on day 9 of gestation induced left-sided CDH in fetal rats. In control animals, the same dose of olive oil was given without nitrofen. Cesarean section was performed on day 21 of gestation. The fetuses were divided into two groups: normal controls (n = 10) and nitrofen-induced left-sided CDH (n = 10). Immunoreactivity of the staining for MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in the lung tissues was semiquantitatively analyzed using the staining scores. The relative amount of MMP-9 or TIMP-1 divided by the amount of beta-actin for each lung sample was measured by using the real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The immunoreactivity of MMP-9 was significantly increased in the CDH group (n = 5) compared with the control group (n = 5) (p = 0.031). On the other hand, the immunoreactivity of TIMP-1 in the two groups was not significantly different (n = 0.134). The relative amount of MMP-9 (or TIMP-1) in the CDH group (n = 5) does not differ significantly from that in the control group (n = 5) (p = 0.059, 0.596, respectively), but the relative amount of MMP-9 is higher in the CDH group, although it is not significantly higher. On the other hand, the ratios of MMP-9 to TIMP-1 were significantly higher in the CDH group (p = 0.028). In conclusion, fetal rats with nitrofen-induced CDH, a model of respiratory disorders, manifested the excess of MMP-9 activity due to the absence of TIMP-1 that would suggest a trend toward disruption of the extracellular matrix in the CDH lung tissues.
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- Y Tatekawa
- First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
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Tatekawa Y, Kanehiro H, Dohi Y, Yamada T, Kanokogi H, Nakajima Y, Ko S, Hisanaga M, Aomatsu Y, Nakano H. Intragraft expression of p38 and activated p38 MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) in rat small bowel transplantation. Transpl Int 2001; 14:211-6. [PMID: 11512052 DOI: 10.1007/s001470100329] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Recent studies suggest that cytotoxic T-lymphocytes expressing p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAP kinase) contribute to allograft rejection in clinical heart transplantation. Interleukin-2 (IL-2), a potent T cell mitogen, activates the p38MAP kinase pathway, resulting in phosphorylation of target transcription factors. In this study we investigated the expression of activated p38MAP kinase in intragraft cell infiltrates following rat heterotopic small bowel transplantation and examined the effects of the immunosuppressant FK506 on intragraft expression of activated p38MAP kinase and allograft rejection. Allografts receiving FK506 (0.5 mg/kg per day i. m.) for 7 days as primary anti-rejection therapy had a significant reduction in histopathological evidence of allograft rejection on Day 7, compared to allograft controls. In addition, Western blotting analysis of intragraft cell infiltrates showed a reduction in the expression of activated p38MAP kinase in allografts treated with FK506. We conclude that intragraft cell infiltrate expression of activated p38MAP kinase is an important marker of acute rejection in this animal model of small bowel transplantation, and that FK506 is an effective immunosuppressant, in this situation, that may act in part by preventing the activation of p38MAP kinase.
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- Y Tatekawa
- First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashiharasi Nara, 634 8522, Japan
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Tatekawa Y, Kanehiro H, Dohi Y, Yamada T, Kanokogi H, Nakajima Y, Ko S, Hisanaga M, Aomatsu Y, Nakano H, Dohi Y. Intragraft expression of p38 and activated p38 MARK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) in rat small bowel transplantation. Transpl Int 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2001.tb00047.x] [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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The authors report 3 cases of liver transplantations in children between 4 and 10 years of age, complicated with malignant hepatic tumors after biliary atresia. The preoperative abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans of all 3 cases showed hepatic masses. The serum alpha-fetoprotein levels were elevated highly in 2 cases. After living-related liver transplantation (LRLT), the pathologic findings of the masses in the resected livers showed hepatocellular carcinoma in 2 cases and hepatoblastoma in the other. All cases were associated with biliary cirrhosis. The stage of the liver tumor in the 3 cases using the TNM system was IVA (T4, N0, M0), II (T2, N0, M0) and IVA (T4, N0, M0). Chemotherapy was used in all cases after liver transplantation, and all patients survived with no recurrence. The results suggest that even though malignant liver tumors rarely are complicated with biliary atresia in childhood, one should be alert to the occurrence of hepatic malignancy and perform routine screening of alpha-fetoprotein levels, abdominal CT scans, and magnetic resonance imagings.
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- Y Tatekawa
- Department of Transplantation and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Nagao M, Nakajima Y, Kanehiro H, Hisanaga M, Aomatsu Y, Ko S, Tatekawa Y, Ikeda N, Kanokogi H, Urizono Y, Kobayashi T, Shibaji T, Kanamura T, Ogawa S, Nakano H. The impact of interferon gamma receptor expression on the mechanism of escape from host immune surveillance in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 2000; 32:491-500. [PMID: 10960440 DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.16470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) plays an important role in host defense mechanism and participates in the progression of chronic liver disease. IFN-gamma exerts its pleiotrophic effects by transcriptional regulation of expression of numerous genes, such as major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and Fas, through interaction with IFN-gamma receptor (IFN-gamma-R). Although hepatocytes in normal liver express weak or no IFN-gamma-R, those in acute and chronic liver disease up-regulate its expression. A study using IFN-gamma-R alpha-chain knock-out mice revealed the actions of IFN-gamma on tumor cells as an extrinsic tumor-suppressor mechanism. However, it is unclear whether or how hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) blocks the signal transduction of IFN-gamma to evade host immune surveillance. We examined the expression of IFN-gamma-R and IFN-gamma-inducible genes in 44 cases with HCC using real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry. In noncancerous liver tissues (n = 38), IFN-gamma-R expression on the cell surface was up-regulated in 27 cases. In IFN-gamma-R-negative cases (n = 15), tumor size was larger (P =.032), serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level was higher (P =.001), intrahepatic and extrahepatic metastasis was more common (P =.044 and.013, respectively), and Ki-67 labeling index (LI) was higher (P =.041), compared with IFN-gamma-R-positive cases. Accordingly, the evasion mechanism may play an important role in progression, especially metastasis, in HCC. The significant correlation between the status of IFN-gamma-R and the expression of Fas and MHC implies that the loss of IFN-gamma-R might contribute to the mechanism of escape from host immune rejection in HCC.
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- M Nagao
- First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Japan
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Tatekawa Y, Kanehiro H, Kanokogi H, Nakajima Y, Ko S, Hisanaga M, Aomatsu Y, Nagao M, Kobayashi T, Urizono Y, Shibaji T, Kanemura T, Yamada T, Ogawa S, Nakano H. Intragraft expression of p38 in rat small bowel transplantation. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1281-2. [PMID: 10995948 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01226-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Y Tatekawa
- The First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
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Aomatsu Y, Nakajima Y, Ohyama T, Kin T, Kanehiro H, Hisanaga M, Ko S, Nagao M, Tatekawa Y, Sho M, Ikeda N, Kanokogi H, Kobayashi T, Urizono Y, Yamada T, Shibaji T, Kanamura T, Ogawa S, Iwata H, Nakano H. Efficacy of agarose/polystyrene sulfonic acid microencapsulation for islet xenotransplantation. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1071-2. [PMID: 10936363 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01129-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Y Aomatsu
- First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
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Tatekawa Y, Kanehiro H, Kanokogi H, Nakajima Y, Nishijima E, Muraji T, Imai Y, Tsugawa C, Toyosaka A, Nakano H. The evaluation of meconium disease by distribution of cathepsin D in intestinal ganglion cells. Pediatr Surg Int 2000; 16:53-5. [PMID: 10663836 DOI: 10.1007/s003830050014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Meconium disease (MD) results in intestinal obstruction in the neonate where tenacious meconium is found in the distal ileum and proximal colon. The obstructive symptoms improve at several days of age after some of the meconium is passed. We observed premature infants with MD who underwent ileostomy for intestinal obstruction due to tenacious meconium. Afterward, meconium was passed well and the clinical symptoms improved. After closing the ileostomy, growth and defecation became normal. The MD in our cases was documented by histologic changes in the maturation of ganglion cells observed at the time of ileostomy creation and closure. For an objective evaluation of the maturation of intestinal ganglion cells (IGC), we attempted to distinguish immature from mature cells by the expression of cathepsin D. We examined the distribution of cathepsin D in IGC in patients with MD to test the hypothesis that ganglion-cell immaturity might be related to MD. In ganglion cells at the time of ileostomy, cathepsin D was detected in the perinuclear cytoplasm (immature staining pattern), while at the time of ileostomy closure it was detected in intense granules throughout the cytoplasm (mature staining pattern). We propose that it would be possible to evaluate the maturation of IGC by the intracellular distribution of cathepsin D in MD and suggest that immaturity of IGC might be the cause of MD.
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- Y Tatekawa
- First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashiharasi, Nara 634-8522, Japan
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Among 36 neonates with intestinal perforations (IP) between 1975 and 1996, 5 had necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC IP) and 10 had focal IPs (FIP). A histologic review of the bowel near the perforations was made to see if there was any difference between cases of NEC IP and FIP. In 1 case of NEC IP, a defect in the musculature was found in addition to disappearance of the mucosal villi and dilated vessels or hemorrhage in the submucosa. Thinning or absence of the intestinal musculature and short villi in the mucosa was observed in 3 cases of FIP, but the acute ischemic changes in FIP were much less than in NEC IP. Hypothesizing that the defective musculature in FIP may be acquired by a vascular accident either before or after birth, we examined the histology of the latest consecutive infants diagnosed as having meconium peritonitis (MP) due to in-utero volvulus and perforation. In the tissue near the perforation, there was an identical focus of thinning and interruption of the musculature while the acute ischemic changes were minimal. We speculate that thinning or absence of the intestinal musculature in FIP may be a result of a transient ischemic event occurring in-utero and that FIP may develop in the damaged intestine after birth when it is fully dilated.
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- Y Tatekawa
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Japan
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Tatekawa Y, Muraji T, Nishijima E, Tsugawa C, Matamoros MA, Mouri N, Sato S, Moriuchi T. Postoperative intussusception after surgery for malrotation and appendicectomy in a newborn. Pediatr Surg Int 1998; 14:171-2. [PMID: 9880739 DOI: 10.1007/s003830050477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Postoperative intussusception in the newborn is an infrequent condition. A 17-day-old female with duodenal stenosis and malrotation underwent excision of the membrane in the duodenum and incidental appendicectomy. Postoperatively, a ceco-colic type of intussusception occurred, necessitating a right hemicolectomy. We speculate that the causative factors are twofolds: the embedded appendiceal stump, a polyp-like protrusion that became a lead point, and the non-fixation of the ileocecal mesentery, which facilitated a ceco-colic type of invagination.
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- Y Tatekawa
- Department of Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-1-1, Takakuradai, Suma-ku, kobe, Japan 654
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Nishio K, Nakajima Y, Kanehiro H, Hisanaga M, Kin T, Ohyama T, Ohashi K, Sho M, Nagao M, Tatekawa Y, Ikeda N, Kanokogi H, Yamada T, Nakano H. Development of auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation model in the rat. Transplant Proc 1998; 30:3237-8. [PMID: 9838429 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- K Nishio
- First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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Ohyama T, Nakajima Y, Kanehiro H, Hisanaga M, Aomatsu Y, Kin T, Nishio K, Ohashi K, Sho M, Nagao M, Tatekawa Y, Ikeda N, Kanokogi H, Yamada T, Iwata H, Nakano H. Long-term normalization of diabetes by xenotransplantation of newly developed encapsulated pancreatic islets. Transplant Proc 1998; 30:3433-5. [PMID: 9838513 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01091-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- T Ohyama
- First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Japan
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Sho M, Nakajima Y, Kanehiro H, Hisanaga M, Nishio K, Nagao M, Tatekawa Y, Ikeda N, Kanokogi H, Yamada T, Hirohashi S, Hirohashi R, Uchida H, Nakano H. A new evaluation of pancreatic function after pancreatoduodenectomy using secretin magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. Am J Surg 1998; 176:279-82. [PMID: 9776159 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(98)00148-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The remnant pancreatic function after pancreatoduodenectomy influences greatly postoperative quality of life. However, it has been difficult to evaluate the exocrine remnant pancreatic function postoperatively. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of secretin-stimulated magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (secretin MRCP) in evaluating the remnant pancreatic function and ascertaining the anastomotic patency after pancreatoduodenectomy. METHODS Thirty-four patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy were evaluated with secretin MRCP. The results of MRCP were determined by the amount of exocrine pancreatic secretion, and were graded as follows: grade I (poor secretion), grade II (moderate secretion), and grade III (good secretion). RESULTS Secretin MRCP could visualize the pancreatic secretion dynamically. MRCP grades were grade I in 11 patients, grade II in 12, and grade III in 11. There was a significant correlation between MRCP grade and glucose tolerance. We confirmed visually the patency of the anastomotic site in 24 patients (71%). MRCP grades correlated significantly with clinical symptoms. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrated secretin MRCP was feasible for evaluating the remnant pancreatic function after pancreatoduodenectomy.
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- M Sho
- First Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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Tatekawa Y, Nakatani K, Ishii H, Paku S, Kasamatsu M, Sekiya N, Nakano H. Small bowel obstruction caused by a medication bezoar: report of a case. Surg Today 1996; 26:68-70. [PMID: 8680127 DOI: 10.1007/bf00311997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We report herein the rare case of a 26-year-old woman who developed a small-bowel obstruction caused by a medication "bezoar" or enterolith, following the long-term ingestion of magnesium oxide cathartics for constipation. Medication bezoars resulting from laxatives or cathartics have rarely been reported and we were only able to find two other such cases in the literature.
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