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Aoki A, Iwamura C, Kiuchi M, Tsuji K, Sasaki A, Hishiya T, Hirasawa R, Kokubo K, Kuriyama S, Onodera A, Shimada T, Nagaoka T, Ishikawa S, Kojima A, Mito H, Hase R, Kasahara Y, Kuriyama N, Nakamura S, Urushibara T, Kaneda S, Sakao S, Nishida O, Takahashi K, Kimura MY, Motohashi S, Igari H, Ikehara Y, Nakajima H, Suzuki T, Hanaoka H, Nakada TA, Kikuchi T, Nakayama T, Yokote K, Hirahara K. Suppression of Type I Interferon Signaling in Myeloid Cells by Autoantibodies in Severe COVID-19 Patients. J Clin Immunol 2024; 44:104. [PMID: 38647550 PMCID: PMC11035476 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-024-01708-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
Abstract
PURPOSE Auto-antibodies (auto-abs) to type I interferons (IFNs) have been identified in patients with life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), suggesting that the presence of auto-abs may be a risk factor for disease severity. We therefore investigated the mechanism underlying COVID-19 exacerbation induced by auto-abs to type I IFNs. METHODS We evaluated plasma from 123 patients with COVID-19 to measure auto-abs to type I IFNs. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the patients with auto-abs and conducted epitope mapping of the auto-abs. RESULTS Three of 19 severe and 4 of 42 critical COVID-19 patients had neutralizing auto-abs to type I IFNs. Patients with auto-abs to type I IFNs showed no characteristic clinical features. scRNA-seq from 38 patients with COVID-19 revealed that IFN signaling in conventional dendritic cells and canonical monocytes was attenuated, and SARS-CoV-2-specific BCR repertoires were decreased in patients with auto-abs. Furthermore, auto-abs to IFN-α2 from COVID-19 patients with auto-abs recognized characteristic epitopes of IFN-α2, which binds to the receptor. CONCLUSION Auto-abs to type I IFN found in COVID-19 patients inhibited IFN signaling in dendritic cells and monocytes by blocking the binding of type I IFN to its receptor. The failure to properly induce production of an antibody to SARS-CoV-2 may be a causative factor of COVID-19 severity.
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Grants
- (S) 26221305 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (B) 20H03685 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (C) 17K08876 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (C) 18K07164 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- 19K16683 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (B) JP21H05120 Transformative Research Areas
- (B) JP21H05121 Transformative Research Areas
- JP21ek0410060 Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology (Research on Allergic Diseases and Immunology) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JP21ek0410082 Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology (Research on Allergic Diseases and Immunology) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JP19ek0410045 Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology (Research on Allergic Diseases and Immunology) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JP20gm6110005 AMED-PRIME
- JP21gm1210003 AMED-CREST
- JPMJFR200R JST FOREST Project
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- Transformative Research Areas
- Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology (Research on Allergic Diseases and Immunology) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JST FOREST Project
- Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
- MSD Life Science Foundation, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation
- Japanese Respiratory Foundation
- Takeda Science Foundation
- The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, Grant for Clinical Research Promotion
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Affiliation(s)
- Ami Aoki
- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan
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- Funabashi Central Hospital, Chiba, 273-8556, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, 286-0041, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, 286-0041, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, 283-8686, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, NHO Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, 260-8606, Japan
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, Chiba, 286-8520, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan
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- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Medical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- COVID-19 Vaccine Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- COVID-19 Vaccine Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
- AMED-CREST, AMED, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
- AMED-CREST, AMED, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
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Elliott SS, Breneman AW, Colpitts C, Pettit JM, Cattell CA, Halford AJ, Shumko M, Sample J, Johnson AT, Miyoshi Y, Kasahara Y, Cully CM, Nakamura S, Mitani T, Hori T, Shinohara I, Shiokawa K, Matsuda S, Connors M, Ozaki M, Manninen J. Quantifying the Size and Duration of a Microburst-Producing Chorus Region on 5 December 2017. Geophys Res Lett 2022; 49:e2022GL099655. [PMID: 36247517 PMCID: PMC9540649 DOI: 10.1029/2022gl099655] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Microbursts are impulsive (<1 s) injections of electrons into the atmosphere, thought to be caused by nonlinear scattering by chorus waves. Although attempts have been made to quantify their contribution to outer belt electron loss, the uncertainty in the overall size and duration of the microburst region is typically large, so that their contribution to outer belt loss is uncertain. We combine datasets that measure chorus waves (Van Allen Probes [RBSP], Arase, ground-based VLF stations) and microburst (>30 keV) precipitation (FIREBIRD II and AC6 CubeSats, POES) to determine the size of the microburst-producing chorus source region beginning on 5 December 2017. We estimate that the long-lasting (∼30 hr) microburst-producing chorus region extends from 4 to 8Δ MLT and 2-5Δ L. We conclude that microbursts likely represent a major loss source of outer radiation belt electrons for this event.
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Montana State UniversityBozemanMTUSA
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- ISEENagoya UniversityNagoyaJapan
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- Kanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Sodankylä Geophysical ObservatoryUniversity of OuluSodankyläFinland
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Miyoshi Y, Shinohara I, Ukhorskiy S, Claudepierre SG, Mitani T, Takashima T, Hori T, Santolik O, Kolmasova I, Matsuda S, Kasahara Y, Teramoto M, Katoh Y, Hikishima M, Kojima H, Kurita S, Imajo S, Higashio N, Kasahara S, Yokota S, Asamura K, Kazama Y, Wang SY, Jun CW, Kasaba Y, Kumamoto A, Tsuchiya F, Shoji M, Nakamura S, Kitahara M, Matsuoka A, Shiokawa K, Seki K, Nosé M, Takahashi K, Martinez-Calderon C, Hospodarsky G, Colpitts C, Kletzing C, Wygant J, Spence H, Baker DN, Reeves GD, Blake JB, Lanzerotti L. Collaborative Research Activities of the Arase and Van Allen Probes. Space Sci Rev 2022; 218:38. [PMID: 35757012 PMCID: PMC9213325 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-022-00885-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
This paper presents the highlights of joint observations of the inner magnetosphere by the Arase spacecraft, the Van Allen Probes spacecraft, and ground-based experiments integrated into spacecraft programs. The concurrent operation of the two missions in 2017-2019 facilitated the separation of the spatial and temporal structures of dynamic phenomena occurring in the inner magnetosphere. Because the orbital inclination angle of Arase is larger than that of Van Allen Probes, Arase collected observations at higher L -shells up to L ∼ 10 . After March 2017, similar variations in plasma and waves were detected by Van Allen Probes and Arase. We describe plasma wave observations at longitudinally separated locations in space and geomagnetically-conjugate locations in space and on the ground. The results of instrument intercalibrations between the two missions are also presented. Arase continued its normal operation after the scientific operation of Van Allen Probes completed in October 2019. The combined Van Allen Probes (2012-2019) and Arase (2017-present) observations will cover a full solar cycle. This will be the first comprehensive long-term observation of the inner magnetosphere and radiation belts.
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- Y. Miyoshi
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, 252-5210 Japan
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, 11101 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723 USA
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 7115 Math Sciences Bldg., Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, 252-5210 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, 252-5210 Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Faculty of Mathematics an Physics, Charles University, V Holesovickach 2, 18000 Prague, Czechia
- Dept. of Space Physics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Bocni II 1401, 14100 Prague, Czechia
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- Faculty of Mathematics an Physics, Charles University, V Holesovickach 2, 18000 Prague, Czechia
- Dept. of Space Physics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Bocni II 1401, 14100 Prague, Czechia
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192 Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192 Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyusyu, 804-8550 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, 252-5210 Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011 Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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- Strategic Planning and Management Department, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, 101-8008 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, 560-0043 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, 252-5210 Japan
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- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
- Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, 11101 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723 USA
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Van Allen Hall (VAN), Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Van Allen Hall (VAN), Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, 8 College Road, Durham, NH 03824 USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, 3665 Discovery Drive, 600 UCB, Boulder, CO 80303 USA
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- Inteligence & Space Reserarch Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM USA
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- The Aerospace Corporation, P.O. Box 92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2957 USA
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- Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
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Kasahara S, Suzuki H, Machida T, Sato Y, Ukai Y, Murayama H, Suetsugu S, Kasahara Y, Shibauchi T, Hanaguri T, Matsuda Y. Quasiparticle Nodal Plane in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov State of FeSe. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:257001. [PMID: 35029441 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.257001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state, characterized by Cooper pairs condensed at finite momentum, has been a long-sought state that remains unresolved in many classes of fermionic systems, including superconductors and ultracold atoms. A fascinating aspect of the FFLO state is the emergence of periodic nodal planes in real space, but its observation is still lacking. Here we investigate the superconducting order parameter at high magnetic fields H applied perpendicular to the ab plane in a high-purity single crystal of FeSe. The heat capacity and magnetic torque provide thermodynamic evidence for a distinct superconducting phase at the low-temperature/high-field corner of the phase diagram. Despite the bulk superconductivity, spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscopy performed on the same crystal demonstrates that the order parameter vanishes at the surface upon entering the high-field phase. These results provide the first demonstration of a pinned planar node perpendicular to H, which is consistent with a putative FFLO state.
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- S Kasahara
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Yokoi T, Ma S, Kasahara Y, Kasahara S, Shibauchi T, Kurita N, Tanaka H, Nasu J, Motome Y, Hickey C, Trebst S, Matsuda Y. Half-integer quantized anomalous thermal Hall effect in the Kitaev material candidate α-RuCl 3. Science 2021; 373:568-572. [PMID: 34326240 DOI: 10.1126/science.aay5551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Half-integer thermal quantum Hall conductance has recently been reported for the two-dimensional honeycomb material α-RuCl3 We found that the half-integer thermal Hall plateau appears even for a magnetic field with no out-of-plane components. The measured field-angular variation of the quantized thermal Hall conductance has the same sign structure as the topological Chern number of the pure Kitaev spin liquid. This observation suggests that the non-Abelian topological order associated with fractionalization of the local magnetic moments persists even in the presence of non-Kitaev interactions in α-RuCl3.
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- T Yokoi
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Hodogaya, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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Miyoshi Y, Hosokawa K, Kurita S, Oyama SI, Ogawa Y, Saito S, Shinohara I, Kero A, Turunen E, Verronen PT, Kasahara S, Yokota S, Mitani T, Takashima T, Higashio N, Kasahara Y, Matsuda S, Tsuchiya F, Kumamoto A, Matsuoka A, Hori T, Keika K, Shoji M, Teramoto M, Imajo S, Jun C, Nakamura S. Penetration of MeV electrons into the mesosphere accompanying pulsating aurorae. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13724. [PMID: 34257336 PMCID: PMC8277844 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92611-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Pulsating aurorae (PsA) are caused by the intermittent precipitations of magnetospheric electrons (energies of a few keV to a few tens of keV) through wave-particle interactions, thereby depositing most of their energy at altitudes ~ 100 km. However, the maximum energy of precipitated electrons and its impacts on the atmosphere are unknown. Herein, we report unique observations by the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) radar showing electron precipitations ranging from a few hundred keV to a few MeV during a PsA associated with a weak geomagnetic storm. Simultaneously, the Arase spacecraft has observed intense whistler-mode chorus waves at the conjugate location along magnetic field lines. A computer simulation based on the EISCAT observations shows immediate catalytic ozone depletion at the mesospheric altitudes. Since PsA occurs frequently, often in daily basis, and extends its impact over large MLT areas, we anticipate that the PsA possesses a significant forcing to the mesospheric ozone chemistry in high latitudes through high energy electron precipitations. Therefore, the generation of PsA results in the depletion of mesospheric ozone through high-energy electron precipitations caused by whistler-mode chorus waves, which are similar to the well-known effect due to solar energetic protons triggered by solar flares.
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- Y Miyoshi
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Communication Engineering and Informatics, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, 182-8585, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.,National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, 190-8518, Japan.,University of Oulu, Pentti Kaiteran katu 1, Linnanmaa, Oulu, Finland
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, 190-8518, Japan.,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama, 240-0193, Japan.,Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Tachikawa, 190-8518, Japan
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- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, 184-8795, Japan
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, 252-5210, Japan
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- Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland
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- Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland
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- Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland.,Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, 252-5210, Japan
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, 252-5210, Japan
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, 252-5210, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, 252-5210, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, 820-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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Nagata J, Sugiura T, Imai S, Sekine A, Jujo T, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tanabe N, Tatsumi K. The A-aDO2 rather than the Fick principle can be used to estimate the right-to-left shunt fraction in pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.860] [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: 11/05/2022] Open
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Nosé M, Matsuoka A, Kumamoto A, Kasahara Y, Teramoto M, Kurita S, Goldstein J, Kistler LM, Singh S, Gololobov A, Shiokawa K, Imajo S, Oimatsu S, Yamamoto K, Obana Y, Shoji M, Tsuchiya F, Shinohara I, Miyoshi Y, Kurth WS, Kletzing CA, Smith CW, MacDowall RJ, Spence H, Reeves GD. Oxygen torus and its coincidence with EMIC wave in the deep inner magnetosphere: Van Allen Probe B and Arase observations. Earth Planets Space 2020; 72:111. [PMID: 32831576 PMCID: PMC7410109 DOI: 10.1186/s40623-020-01235-w] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We investigate the longitudinal structure of the oxygen torus in the inner magnetosphere for a specific event found on 12 September 2017, using simultaneous observations from the Van Allen Probe B and Arase satellites. It is found that Probe B observed a clear enhancement in the average plasma mass (M) up to 3-4 amu at L = 3.3-3.6 and magnetic local time (MLT) = 9.0 h. In the afternoon sector at MLT ~ 16.0 h, both Probe B and Arase found no clear enhancements in M. This result suggests that the oxygen torus does not extend over all MLT but is skewed toward the dawn. Since a similar result has been reported for another event of the oxygen torus in a previous study, a crescent-shaped torus or a pinched torus centered around dawn may be a general feature of the O+ density enhancement in the inner magnetosphere. We newly find that an electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave in the H+ band appeared coincidently with the oxygen torus. From the lower cutoff frequency of the EMIC wave, the ion composition of the oxygen torus is estimated to be 80.6% H+, 3.4% He+, and 16.0% O+. According to the linearized dispersion relation for EMIC waves, both He+ and O+ ions inhibit EMIC wave growth and the stabilizing effect is stronger for He+ than O+. Therefore, when the H+ fraction or M is constant, the denser O+ ions are naturally accompanied by the more tenuous He+ ions, resulting in a weaker stabilizing effect (i.e., larger growth rate). From the Probe B observations, we find that the growth rate becomes larger in the oxygen torus than in the adjacent regions in the plasma trough and the plasmasphere.
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- M. Nosé
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Advanced Research Center for Space Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Space Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyusyu, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX USA
- University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX USA
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA
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- Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai, India
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- North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Neyagawa, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA
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- Solar System Exploration Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA
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- Space Sciences and Applications Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM USA
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Hosokawa K, Miyoshi Y, Ozaki M, Oyama SI, Ogawa Y, Kurita S, Kasahara Y, Kasaba Y, Yagitani S, Matsuda S, Tsuchiya F, Kumamoto A, Kataoka R, Shiokawa K, Raita T, Turunen E, Takashima T, Shinohara I, Fujii R. Multiple time-scale beats in aurora: precise orchestration via magnetospheric chorus waves. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3380. [PMID: 32098993 PMCID: PMC7042315 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59642-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The brightness of aurorae in Earth’s polar region often beats with periods ranging from sub-second to a few tens of a second. Past observations showed that the beat of the aurora is composed of a superposition of two independent periodicities that co-exist hierarchically. However, the origin of such multiple time-scale beats in aurora remains poorly understood due to a lack of measurements with sufficiently high temporal resolution. By coordinating experiments using ultrafast auroral imagers deployed in the Arctic with the newly-launched magnetospheric satellite Arase, we succeeded in identifying an excellent agreement between the beats in aurorae and intensity modulations of natural electromagnetic waves in space called “chorus”. In particular, sub-second scintillations of aurorae are precisely controlled by fine-scale chirping rhythms in chorus. The observation of this striking correlation demonstrates that resonant interaction between energetic electrons and chorus waves in magnetospheres orchestrates the complex behavior of aurora on Earth and other magnetized planets.
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- K Hosokawa
- Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. .,Center for Space Science and Radio Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.,National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan.,Ionospheric Physics Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan.,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan.,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland
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- Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Research Organization of Information and Systems, Tokyo, Japan
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Murayama H, Sato Y, Kurihara R, Kasahara S, Mizukami Y, Kasahara Y, Uchiyama H, Yamamoto A, Moon EG, Cai J, Freyermuth J, Greven M, Shibauchi T, Matsuda Y. Diagonal nematicity in the pseudogap phase of HgBa 2CuO 4+δ. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3282. [PMID: 31337758 PMCID: PMC6650423 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11200-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The pseudogap phenomenon in the cuprates is arguably the most mysterious puzzle in the field of high-temperature superconductivity. The tetragonal cuprate HgBa2CuO4+δ, with only one CuO2 layer per primitive cell, is an ideal system to tackle this puzzle. Here, we measure the magnetic susceptibility anisotropy within the CuO2 plane with exceptionally high-precision magnetic torque experiments. Our key finding is that a distinct two-fold in-plane anisotropy sets in below the pseudogap temperature T*, which provides thermodynamic evidence for a nematic phase transition with broken four-fold symmetry. Surprisingly, the nematic director orients along the diagonal direction of the CuO2 square lattice, in sharp contrast to the bond nematicity along the Cu-O-Cu direction. Another remarkable feature is that the enhancement of the diagonal nematicity with decreasing temperature is suppressed around the temperature at which short-range charge-density-wave formation occurs. Our result suggests a competing relationship between diagonal nematic and charge-density-wave order in HgBa2CuO4+δ.
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- H Murayama
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan.,Research and Utilization Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (SPring-8/JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8584, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.,Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4111, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.,Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210-1117, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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Ikubo Y, Kasai H, Sugiura T, Saito T, Shoji H, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tanabe N, Tatsumi K. Pulmonary Hypertension that Developed During Treatment for Hepatopulmonary Syndrome and Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation. Intern Med 2019; 58:1765-1769. [PMID: 30799344 PMCID: PMC6630123 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.1993-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) and pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) are hypoxemic diseases caused by right-to-left shunting but are rarely concomitant with pulmonary hypertension (PH). A 66-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C was scheduled to undergo liver transplantation. She was referred to our department for hypoxia and an abnormal shadow in the right lung found on a preoperative examination. She was diagnosed with HPS and a PAVM in the right middle lobe. After liver transplantation, PH temporarily developed, but the pulmonary arterial pressure normalized after coil embolization. Combined HPS and PAVM may cause unique changes in pulmonary hemodynamics during treatment.
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- Yumiko Ikubo
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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Angelopoulos V, Cruce P, Drozdov A, Grimes EW, Hatzigeorgiu N, King DA, Larson D, Lewis JW, McTiernan JM, Roberts DA, Russell CL, Hori T, Kasahara Y, Kumamoto A, Matsuoka A, Miyashita Y, Miyoshi Y, Shinohara I, Teramoto M, Faden JB, Halford AJ, McCarthy M, Millan RM, Sample JG, Smith DM, Woodger LA, Masson A, Narock AA, Asamura K, Chang TF, Chiang CY, Kazama Y, Keika K, Matsuda S, Segawa T, Seki K, Shoji M, Tam SWY, Umemura N, Wang BJ, Wang SY, Redmon R, Rodriguez JV, Singer HJ, Vandegriff J, Abe S, Nose M, Shinbori A, Tanaka YM, UeNo S, Andersson L, Dunn P, Fowler C, Halekas JS, Hara T, Harada Y, Lee CO, Lillis R, Mitchell DL, Argall MR, Bromund K, Burch JL, Cohen IJ, Galloy M, Giles B, Jaynes AN, Le Contel O, Oka M, Phan TD, Walsh BM, Westlake J, Wilder FD, Bale SD, Livi R, Pulupa M, Whittlesey P, DeWolfe A, Harter B, Lucas E, Auster U, Bonnell JW, Cully CM, Donovan E, Ergun RE, Frey HU, Jackel B, Keiling A, Korth H, McFadden JP, Nishimura Y, Plaschke F, Robert P, Turner DL, Weygand JM, Candey RM, Johnson RC, Kovalick T, Liu MH, McGuire RE, Breneman A, Kersten K, Schroeder P. The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS). Space Sci Rev 2019; 215:9. [PMID: 30880847 PMCID: PMC6380193 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-018-0576-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
With the advent of the Heliophysics/Geospace System Observatory (H/GSO), a complement of multi-spacecraft missions and ground-based observatories to study the space environment, data retrieval, analysis, and visualization of space physics data can be daunting. The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS), a grass-roots software development platform (www.spedas.org), is now officially supported by NASA Heliophysics as part of its data environment infrastructure. It serves more than a dozen space missions and ground observatories and can integrate the full complement of past and upcoming space physics missions with minimal resources, following clear, simple, and well-proven guidelines. Free, modular and configurable to the needs of individual missions, it works in both command-line (ideal for experienced users) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode (reducing the learning curve for first-time users). Both options have "crib-sheets," user-command sequences in ASCII format that can facilitate record-and-repeat actions, especially for complex operations and plotting. Crib-sheets enhance scientific interactions, as users can move rapidly and accurately from exchanges of technical information on data processing to efficient discussions regarding data interpretation and science. SPEDAS can readily query and ingest all International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP)-compatible products from the Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), enabling access to a vast collection of historic and current mission data. The planned incorporation of Heliophysics Application Programmer's Interface (HAPI) standards will facilitate data ingestion from distributed datasets that adhere to these standards. Although SPEDAS is currently Interactive Data Language (IDL)-based (and interfaces to Java-based tools such as Autoplot), efforts are under-way to expand it further to work with python (first as an interface tool and potentially even receiving an under-the-hood replacement). We review the SPEDAS development history, goals, and current implementation. We explain its "modes of use" with examples geared for users and outline its technical implementation and requirements with software developers in mind. We also describe SPEDAS personnel and software management, interfaces with other organizations, resources and support structure available to the community, and future development plans. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL The online version of this article (10.1007/s11214-018-0576-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- V. Angelopoulos
- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Tohoku University, 6-3, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Space Sciences Department, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA USA
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- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA
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- Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA
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- Santa Cruz Institute of Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA
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- European Space Agency, ESAC, SCI-OPD, Madrid, Spain
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- ADNET Systems Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO USA
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- National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO USA
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO USA
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- Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA
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- International Center for Space Weather Science and Education, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Kyoto Data Analysis Center for Geomagnetism and Space Magnetism, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hida Observatory, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Geophysics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Physics Department and Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA
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- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/Sorbonne Université/Univ. Paris Sud/Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Center for Space Physics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Ontario Canada
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Ontario Canada
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Ontario Canada
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Center for Space Physics and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/Sorbonne Université/Univ. Paris Sud/Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- ADNET Systems Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- ADNET Systems Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- ADNET Systems Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Xiang Z, Kasahara Y, Asaba T, Lawson B, Tinsman C, Chen L, Sugimoto K, Kawaguchi S, Sato Y, Li G, Yao S, Chen YL, Iga F, Singleton J, Matsuda Y, Li L. Quantum oscillations of electrical resistivity in an insulator. Science 2018; 362:65-69. [PMID: 30166438 DOI: 10.1126/science.aap9607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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In metals, orbital motions of conduction electrons on the Fermi surface are quantized in magnetic fields, which is manifested by quantum oscillations in electrical resistivity. This Landau quantization is generally absent in insulators. Here, we report a notable exception in an insulator-ytterbium dodecaboride (YbB12). The resistivity of YbB12, which is of a much larger magnitude than the resistivity in metals, exhibits distinct quantum oscillations. These unconventional oscillations arise from the insulating bulk, even though the temperature dependence of the oscillation amplitude follows the conventional Fermi liquid theory of metals with a large effective mass. Quantum oscillations in the magnetic torque are also observed, albeit with a lighter effective mass.
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- Z Xiang
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.,Faculty of Applied Science, Université Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo, Beni, North-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
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- College of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito 310-8512, Japan
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Kasahara Y, Ohnishi T, Mizukami Y, Tanaka O, Ma S, Sugii K, Kurita N, Tanaka H, Nasu J, Motome Y, Shibauchi T, Matsuda Y. Majorana quantization and half-integer thermal quantum Hall effect in a Kitaev spin liquid. Nature 2018; 559:227-231. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0274-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 448] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kasahara S, Miyoshi Y, Yokota S, Mitani T, Kasahara Y, Matsuda S, Kumamoto A, Matsuoka A, Kazama Y, Frey HU, Angelopoulos V, Kurita S, Keika K, Seki K, Shinohara I. Pulsating aurora from electron scattering by chorus waves. Nature 2018; 554:337-340. [PMID: 29446380 DOI: 10.1038/nature25505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Auroral substorms, dynamic phenomena that occur in the upper atmosphere at night, are caused by global reconfiguration of the magnetosphere, which releases stored solar wind energy. These storms are characterized by auroral brightening from dusk to midnight, followed by violent motions of distinct auroral arcs that suddenly break up, and the subsequent emergence of diffuse, pulsating auroral patches at dawn. Pulsating aurorae, which are quasiperiodic, blinking patches of light tens to hundreds of kilometres across, appear at altitudes of about 100 kilometres in the high-latitude regions of both hemispheres, and multiple patches often cover the entire sky. This auroral pulsation, with periods of several to tens of seconds, is generated by the intermittent precipitation of energetic electrons (several to tens of kiloelectronvolts) arriving from the magnetosphere and colliding with the atoms and molecules of the upper atmosphere. A possible cause of this precipitation is the interaction between magnetospheric electrons and electromagnetic waves called whistler-mode chorus waves. However, no direct observational evidence of this interaction has been obtained so far. Here we report that energetic electrons are scattered by chorus waves, resulting in their precipitation. Our observations were made in March 2017 with a magnetospheric spacecraft equipped with a high-angular-resolution electron sensor and electromagnetic field instruments. The measured quasiperiodic precipitating electron flux was sufficiently intense to generate a pulsating aurora, which was indeed simultaneously observed by a ground auroral imager.
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- S Kasahara
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, 24105 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, 24105 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11F Astronomy-Mathematics Building, AS/NTU, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7450, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1567, USA
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, 24105 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kasahara Y, Sugii K, Ohnishi T, Shimozawa M, Yamashita M, Kurita N, Tanaka H, Nasu J, Motome Y, Shibauchi T, Matsuda Y. Unusual Thermal Hall Effect in a Kitaev Spin Liquid Candidate α-RuCl_{3}. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:217205. [PMID: 29883185 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.217205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The Kitaev quantum spin liquid displays the fractionalization of quantum spins into Majorana fermions. The emergent Majorana edge current is predicted to manifest itself in the form of a finite thermal Hall effect, a feature commonly discussed in topological superconductors. Here we report on thermal Hall conductivity κ_{xy} measurements in α-RuCl_{3}, a candidate Kitaev magnet with the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. In a spin-liquid (Kitaev paramagnetic) state below the temperature characterized by the Kitaev interaction J_{K}/k_{B}∼80 K, positive κ_{xy} develops gradually upon cooling, demonstrating the presence of highly unusual itinerant excitations. Although the zero-temperature property is masked by the magnetic ordering at T_{N}=7 K, the sign, magnitude, and T dependence of κ_{xy}/T at intermediate temperatures follows the predicted trend of the itinerant Majorana excitations.
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- Y Kasahara
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Naritsuka M, Rosa PFS, Luo Y, Kasahara Y, Tokiwa Y, Ishii T, Miyake S, Terashima T, Shibauchi T, Ronning F, Thompson JD, Matsuda Y. Tuning the Pairing Interaction in a d-Wave Superconductor by Paramagnons Injected through Interfaces. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:187002. [PMID: 29775349 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.187002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Unconventional superconductivity and magnetism are intertwined on a microscopic level in a wide class of materials. A new approach to this most fundamental and hotly debated issue focuses on the role of interactions between superconducting electrons and bosonic fluctuations at the interface between adjacent layers in heterostructures. Here we fabricate hybrid superlattices consisting of alternating atomic layers of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn_{5} and antiferromagnetic (AFM) metal CeRhIn_{5}, in which the AFM order can be suppressed by applying pressure. We find that the superconducting and AFM states coexist in spatially separated layers, but their mutual coupling via the interface significantly modifies the superconducting properties. An analysis of upper critical fields reveals that, upon suppressing the AFM order by applied pressure, the force binding superconducting electron pairs acquires an extreme strong-coupling nature. This demonstrates that superconducting pairing can be tuned nontrivially by magnetic fluctuations (paramagnons) injected through the interface.
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- M Naritsuka
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Augsburg University, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Uehara T, Choong C, Hayakawa H, Kasahara Y, Nagata T, Yokota T, Baba K, Nakamori M, Obika S, Mochizuki H. Antisense oligonucleotides containing amido-bridged nucleic acid reduce SNCA expression and improve motor function in Parkinson's disease animal models. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.2950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kawata N, Takayanagi S, Tada Y, Ikari J, Matsuura Y, Matsuoka S, Matsushita S, Yanagawa N, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Longitudinal changes in structural abnormalities using MDCT in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Imaging 2017. [DOI: 10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.pa793] [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: 11/05/2022] Open
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Takenaka T, Mizukami Y, Wilcox JA, Konczykowski M, Seiro S, Geibel C, Tokiwa Y, Kasahara Y, Putzke C, Matsuda Y, Carrington A, Shibauchi T. Full-Gap Superconductivity Robust against Disorder in Heavy-Fermion CeCu_{2}Si_{2}. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:077001. [PMID: 28949698 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.077001] [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] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A key aspect of unconventional pairing by the antiferromagnetic spin-fluctuation mechanism is that the superconducting energy gap must have the opposite sign on different parts of the Fermi surface. Recent observations of non-nodal gap structure in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCu_{2}Si_{2} were then very surprising, given that this material has long been considered a prototypical example of a superconductor where the Cooper pairing is magnetically mediated. Here we present a study of the effect of controlled point defects, introduced by electron irradiation, on the temperature-dependent magnetic penetration depth λ(T) in CeCu_{2}Si_{2}. We find that the fully gapped state is robust against disorder, demonstrating that low-energy bound states, expected for sign-changing gap structures, are not induced by nonmagnetic impurities. This provides bulk evidence for s_{++}-wave superconductivity without sign reversal.
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- T Takenaka
- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, England
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- Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés, École Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- Institute for Solid State Physics, IFW-Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Augsburg University, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, England
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, England
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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Sakurai-Iesato Y, Kawata N, Tada Y, Iesato K, Matsuura Y, Yahaba M, Suzuki T, Ikari J, Yanagawa N, Kasahara Y, West J, Tatsumi K. The Relationship of Bone Mineral Density in Men with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Classified According to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Combined Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Assessment System. Intern Med 2017; 56:1781-1790. [PMID: 28717072 PMCID: PMC5548669 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.6910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Objective Osteoporosis, which is now recognized as a major comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), must be diagnosed by appropriate methods. The aims of this study were to clarify the relationships between bone mineral density (BMD) and COPD-related clinical variables and to explore the association of BMD with the updated Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification in men. Methods We enrolled 50 Japanese men with clinically stable COPD who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), pulmonary function testing, and computerized tomography (CT) and who had completed a questionnaire (COPD assessment test [CAT]). We determined the association between the T-score and other tested parameters and compared the BMD of patients in each GOLD category. Results Twenty-three of the 50 patients (46.0%) were diagnosed with osteopenia, and 7 (14.0%) were diagnosed with osteoporosis. The BMD findings were significantly correlated with the CAT score, forced expiratory volume in 1 second percentage predicted (FEV1% predicted), low attenuation volume percentage (LAV%), and percentage of cross-sectional area of small pulmonary vessels (%CSA) on CT images. Notably, the median T-score of the GOLD category D participants was significantly lower than that of the participants in each of the other categories (A [-0.98], B [-1.06], C [-1.05], and D [-2.19], p<0.05). Conclusion Reduced BMD was associated with airflow limitation, extent of radiographic findings, and a poor quality of life (QOL) in patients with COPD. The BMD of GOLD category D patients was the lowest of all of the patients evaluated, and category D patients may benefit from active intervention for osteoporosis.
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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Kasahara Y, Hirosaki M, Ishimoto Y, Nakatsuka M, Fujisawa M, Matsubayashi K. SELF RATED HEALTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH SERUM GLUCOSE AMONG ELDERLY LIVING AT RURAL AREA IN GUINEA. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Y. Kasahara
- Shonan University of Medical Science, Yokohama, Japan,
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- Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan,
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Ihara K, Fukano C, Ayabe T, Fukami M, Ogata T, Kawamura T, Urakami T, Kikuchi N, Yokota I, Takemoto K, Mukai T, Nishii A, Kikuchi T, Mori T, Shimura N, Sasaki G, Kizu R, Takubo N, Soneda S, Fujisawa T, Takaya R, Kizaki Z, Kanzaki S, Hanaki K, Matsuura N, Kasahara Y, Kosaka K, Takahashi T, Minamitani K, Matsuo S, Mochizuki H, Kobayashi K, Koike A, Horikawa R, Teno S, Tsubouchi K, Mochizuki T, Igarashi Y, Amemiya S, Sugihara S. FUT2 non-secretor status is associated with Type 1 diabetes susceptibility in Japanese children. Diabet Med 2017; 34:586-589. [PMID: 27859559 DOI: 10.1111/dme.13288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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AIM To examine the contribution of the FUT2 gene and ABO blood type to the development of Type 1 diabetes in Japanese children. METHODS We analysed FUT2 variants and ABO genotypes in a total of 531 Japanese children diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 448 control subjects. The possible association of FUT2 variants and ABO genotypes with the onset of Type 1 diabetes was statistically examined. RESULTS The se2 genotype (c.385A>T) of the FUT2 gene was found to confer susceptibility to Type 1A diabetes in a recessive effects model [odds ratio for se2/se2, 1.68 (95% CI 1.20-2.35); corrected P value = 0.0075]. CONCLUSIONS The FUT2 gene contributed to the development of Type 1 diabetes in the present cohort of Japanese children.
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- K Ihara
- Department of Paediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics, Oita University School of Medicine, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults, Zentsuji, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Ehime University Hospital, Toon, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics, Sumitomo Besshi Hospital, Niihama, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics, Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, JR Sendai Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics, Shinshu Ueda Medical Centre, Ueda, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Shimotsuga, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Ichikawa, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, National Mie Hospital, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Kousei Hospital, Kurayoshi, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
- Department of Early Childhood Care and Education, Seitoku University Junior College, Matsudo, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan
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- Matsuo Kodomo Clinic, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Saitama Children's Medical Centre, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Yamanashi Hospital, Chuo, Japan
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- Miyanosawa Koike Child Clinic, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Medical Centre for Children and Mothers, Tokyo, Japan
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- Teno Clinic, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Chuno Kosei Hospital, Seki, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Paediatrics, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Igarashi Children's Clinic, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Centre East, Tokyo, Japan
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Takayanagi S, Kawata N, Tada Y, Ikari J, Matsuura Y, Matsuoka S, Matsushita S, Yanagawa N, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Longitudinal changes in structural abnormalities using MDCT in COPD: do the CT measurements of airway wall thickness and small pulmonary vessels change in parallel with emphysematous progression? Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2017; 12:551-560. [PMID: 28243075 PMCID: PMC5315203 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s121405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Recent advances in multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) facilitate acquiring important clinical information for managing patients with COPD. MDCT can detect the loss of lung tissue associated with emphysema as a low-attenuation area (LAA) and the thickness of airways as the wall area percentage (WA%). The percentage of small pulmonary vessels <5 mm2 (% cross-sectional area [CSA] <5) has been recently recognized as a parameter for expressing pulmonary perfusion. We aimed to analyze the longitudinal changes in structural abnormalities using these CT parameters and analyze the effect of exacerbation and smoking cessation on structural changes in COPD patients. Methods We performed pulmonary function tests (PFTs), an MDCT, and a COPD assessment test (CAT) in 58 patients with COPD at the time of their enrollment at the hospital and 2 years later. We analyzed the change in clinical parameters including CT indices and examined the effect of exacerbations and smoking cessation on the structural changes. Results The CAT score and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) did not significantly change during the follow-up period. The parameters of emphysematous changes significantly increased. On the other hand, the WA% at the distal airways significantly decreased or tended to decrease, and the %CSA <5 slightly but significantly increased over the same period, especially in ex-smokers. The parameters of emphysematous change were greater in patients with exacerbations and continued to progress even after smoking cessation. In contrast, the WA% and %CSA <5 did not change in proportion to emphysema progression. Conclusion The WA% at the distal bronchi and the %CSA <5 did not change in parallel with parameters of LAA over the same period. We propose that airway disease and vascular remodeling may be reversible to some extent by smoking cessation and appropriate treatment. Optimal management may have a greater effect on pulmonary vascularity and airway disease than parenchymal deconstruction in the early stage of COPD.
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- Shin Takayanagi
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
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- Department of Radiology, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
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Ayabe T, Fukami M, Ogata T, Kawamura T, Urakami T, Kikuchi N, Yokota I, Ihara K, Takemoto K, Mukai T, Nishii A, Kikuchi T, Mori T, Shimura N, Sasaki G, Kizu R, Takubo N, Soneda S, Fujisawa T, Takaya R, Kizaki Z, Kanzaki S, Hanaki K, Matsuura N, Kasahara Y, Kosaka K, Takahashi T, Minamitani K, Matsuo S, Mochizuki H, Kobayashi K, Koike A, Horikawa R, Teno S, Tsubouchi K, Mochizuki T, Igarashi Y, Amemiya S, Sugihara S. Variants associated with autoimmune Type 1 diabetes in Japanese children: implications for age-specific effects of cis-regulatory haplotypes at 17q12-q21. Diabet Med 2016; 33:1717-1722. [PMID: 27352912 DOI: 10.1111/dme.13175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 05/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to clarify the significance of previously reported susceptibility variants in the development of autoimmune Type 1 diabetes in non-white children. Tested variants included rs2290400, which has been linked to Type 1 diabetes only in one study on white people. Haplotypes at 17q12-q21 encompassing rs2290400 are known to determine the susceptibility of early-onset asthma by affecting the expression of flanking genes. METHODS We genotyped 63 variants in 428 Japanese people with childhood-onset autoimmune Type 1 diabetes and 457 individuals without diabetes. Possible association between variants and age at diabetes onset was examined using age-specific quantitative trait locus analysis and ordered-subset regression analysis. RESULTS Ten variants, including rs2290400 in GSDMB, were more frequent among the people with Type 1 diabetes than those without diabetes. Of these, rs689 in INS and rs231775 in CTLA4 yielded particularly high odds ratios of 5.58 (corrected P value 0.001; 95% CI 2.15-14.47) and 1.64 (corrected P value 5.3 × 10-5 ; 95% CI 1.34-2.01), respectively. Age-specific effects on diabetes susceptibility were suggested for rs2290400; heterozygosity of the risk alleles was associated with relatively early onset of diabetes, and the allele was linked to the phenotype exclusively in the subgroup of age at onset ≤ 5.0 years. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that rs2290400 in GSDMB and polymorphisms in INS and CTLA4 are associated with the risk of Type 1 diabetes in Japanese children. Importantly, cis-regulatory haplotypes at 17q12-q21 encompassing rs2290400 probably determine the risk of autoimmune Type 1 diabetes predominantly in early childhood.
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- T Ayabe
- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults, Zentsuji, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Oita University Hospital, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ehime University Hospital, Toon, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Sumitomo Besshi Hospital, Niihama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, JR Sendai Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu Ueda Medical Center, Ueda, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Shimotsuga, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Ichikawa, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Mie Hospital, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Kousei Hospital, Kurayoshi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
- Department of Early Childhood Care and Education, Seitoku University Junior College, Matsudo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan
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- Matsuo Kodomo Clinic, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Yamanashi Hospital, Chuo, Japan
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- Miyanosawa Koike Child Clinic, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, Tokyo, Japan
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- Teno Clinic, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chuno Kosei Hospital, Seki, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Igarashi Children's Clinic, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan
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Ishii T, Toda R, Hanaoka Y, Tokiwa Y, Shimozawa M, Kasahara Y, Endo R, Terashima T, Nevidomskyy AH, Shibauchi T, Matsuda Y. Tuning the Magnetic Quantum Criticality of Artificial Kondo Superlattices CeRhIn_{5}/YbRhIn_{5}. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:206401. [PMID: 27258878 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.206401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The effects of reduced dimensions and the interfaces on antiferromagnetic quantum criticality are studied in epitaxial Kondo superlattices, with alternating n layers of heavy-fermion antiferromagnet CeRhIn_{5} and seven layers of normal metal YbRhIn_{5}. As n is reduced, the Kondo coherence temperature is suppressed due to the reduction of effective Kondo screening. The Néel temperature is gradually suppressed as n decreases and the quasiparticle mass is strongly enhanced, implying dimensional control toward a quantum critical point. Magnetotransport measurements reveal that a quantum critical point is reached for the n=3 superlattice by applying small magnetic fields. Remarkably, the anisotropy of the quantum critical field is opposite to the expectations from the magnetic susceptibility in bulk CeRhIn_{5}, suggesting that the Rashba spin-orbit interaction arising from the inversion symmetry breaking at the interface plays a key role for tuning the quantum criticality in the two-dimensional Kondo lattice.
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- T Ishii
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Kasahara Y, Arime Y, Hall FS, Uhl GR, Sora I. Region-specific dendritic spine loss of pyramidal neurons in dopamine transporter knockout mice. Curr Mol Med 2016; 15:237-44. [PMID: 25817859 DOI: 10.2174/1566524015666150330143613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Dopamine transporter (DAT) knockout (KO) mice show numerous behavioral alterations, including hyperlocomotion, cognitive deficits, impulsivity and impairment of prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex (PPI), phenotypes that may be relevant to frontostriatal disorders such as schizophrenia. Dendritic spine changes of pyramidal neurons in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) are among the most replicated of findings in postmortem studies of schizophrenia. The mechanisms that account for dendritic changes in the DLPFC in schizophrenia are unclear. Here, we report basal spine density of pyramidal neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), the motor cortex, the CA1 region of the hippocampus, and the basolateral amygdala in DAT KO mice. Pyramidal neurons were visualized using DAT KO mice crossbred with a Thy1-GFP transgenic mouse line. We observed a significant decrease in spine density of pyramidal neurons in the mPFC and the CA1 region of the hippocampus in DAT KO mice compared to that in WT mice. On the other hand, no difference was observed in spine density of pyramidal neurons in the motor cortex or the basolateral amygdala between DAT genotypes. These results suggest that decreased spine density could cause hypofunction of the mPFC and the hippocampus, and contribute to the behavioral abnormalities observed in DAT KO mice, including cognitive deficits. This might suggest that aberrant dopaminergic signaling may trigger dystrophic changes in dendrites of hippocampal and prefrontocortical pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia.
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- Department of Biological Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
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Saito Y, Kasahara Y, Ye J, Iwasa Y, Nojima T. Metallic ground state in an ion-gated two-dimensional superconductor. Science 2015; 350:409-13. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1259440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Suzuki N, Kida K, Ashikaga K, Suzuki K, Kasahara Y, Watanabe S, Kawashima Y, Ohmiya K, Harada T, Akashi Y. SUN-LB007: Reduced Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Presented by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia is a Poor Prognostic Factor of Chronic Heart Failure Patients. Clin Nutr 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(15)30728-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Suzuki T, Tada Y, Kawata N, Ikari J, Kasahara Y, Sakurai Y, Iesato K, Nishimura R, West J, Tatsumi K. Influence of pulmonary emphysema on COPD assessment test-oriented categorization in GOLD document. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2015; 10:1199-205. [PMID: 26150711 PMCID: PMC4480590 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s82910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The COPD assessment test (CAT) score is a key component of the multifactorial assessment of COPD in the Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines of 2014. Nevertheless, little is known regarding the differences among COPD categories in terms of clinical parameters such as pulmonary function or radiological findings. Thus, our aims in this study were to evaluate the associations between CAT scores and pulmonary clinical parameters, and to investigate factors that could discriminate between a "less symptomatic group" (categories A and C) and a "more symptomatic group" (categories B and D) among stable COPD patients. METHODS We enrolled 200 outpatients at Chiba University Hospital. Study subjects were assessed by CAT, pulmonary function testing, and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). We assessed possible correlations between these indices. RESULTS CAT scores were negatively correlated with percentage of the forced expiratory volume in 1 second predicted value (FEV1 %predicted) and percentage of the diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide per liter of lung volume predicted value (DLCO/VA [%predicted]) results and positively correlated with low attenuation volume percentage (LAV%) and residual volume to total lung capacity ratios (RV/TLC). In the "more symptomatic group" (category B or D), the mean DLCO/VA (%predicted) was significantly lower and the mean LAV% and RV/TLC was significantly higher than those in the "less symptomatic group" (category A or C), respectively. Interestingly, those in category B had higher mean LAV% compared to those in category C. CONCLUSION CAT scores were significantly correlated with pulmonary function parameters and emphysematous changes on MDCT. The new GOLD classification system would be a step toward a phenotypic approach, especially taking into account the degree of emphysema and hyperinflation.
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- Toshio Suzuki
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Suzuki T, Tada Y, Kawata N, Matsuura Y, Ikari J, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Clinical, physiological, and radiological features of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2015; 10:947-54. [PMID: 26028967 PMCID: PMC4440433 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s80022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) is associated with rapid decline in lung function, poorer health-related quality-of-life outcomes, and frequent exacerbations, compared to COPD alone. Although the numbers of patients with ACOS have increased, there is little established evidence regarding diagnostic criteria and treatment options. Thus, the aim of our study was to clarify the clinical, physiological, and radiological features of patients with ACOS. Methods We examined a total of 100 patients with COPD and 40 patients with ACOS, who were selected based on clinical criteria. All patients underwent baseline testing, including a COPD assessment test, pulmonary function tests, and multidetector row computed tomography imaging. Percentage of low attenuation volume, percentage of wall area, and percentage of total cross-sectional area of pulmonary vessels less than 5 mm2 (%CSA <5) were determined using multidetector row computed tomography. ACOS patients were administered a fixed dose of budesonide/formoterol (160/4.5 μg, two inhalations; twice daily) for 12 weeks, after which the ACOS patients underwent multidetector row computed tomography to measure the same parameters. Results At baseline, the ACOS patients and COPD patients had a similar degree of airflow limitation, vital capacity, and residual volume. ACOS patients had higher COPD assessment test scores, percentage of wall area, and %CSA <5 than COPD patients. Compared to baseline, budesonide/formoterol treatment significantly increased the forced expiratory volume in 1 second and decreased the degree of airway wall thickness (percentage of wall area) as well as pulmonary microvascular density (%CSA <5) in ACOS patients. Conclusion Our results suggest that ACOS is characterized by an airway lesion–dominant phenotype, in contrast to COPD. Higher %CSA <5 might be a characteristic feature of ACOS.
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- Toshio Suzuki
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Yi KJ, So KH, Hata Y, Suzuki Y, Kato D, Watanabe K, Aso H, Kasahara Y, Nishimori K, Chen C, Katoh K, Roh SG. The regulation of oxytocin receptor gene expression during adipogenesis. J Neuroendocrinol 2015; 27:335-42. [PMID: 25702774 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Although it has been reported that oxytocin stimulates lipolysis in adipocytes, changes in the expression of oxytocin receptor (OTR) mRNA in adipogenesis are still unknown. The present study aimed to investigate the expression of OTR mRNA during adipocyte differentiation and fat accumulation in adipocytes. OTR mRNA was highly expressed in adipocytes prepared from mouse adipose tissues compared to stromal-vascular cells. OTR mRNA expression was increased during the adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells. OTR expression levels were higher in subcutaneous and epididymal adipose tissues of 14-week-old male mice compared to 7-week-old male mice. Levels of OTR mRNA expression were higher in adipose tissues at four different sites of mice fed a high-fat diet than in those of mice fed a normal diet. The OTR expression level was also increased by refeeding for 4 h after fasting for 16 h. Oxytocin significantly induced lipolysis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. In conclusion, a new regulatory mechanism is demonstrated for oxytocin to control the differentiation and fat accumulation in adipocytes via activation of OTR as a part of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adipose axis.
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Urushibara T, Tanabe N, Suda R, Kato F, Kasai H, Takeuchi T, Sekine A, Nishimura R, Jujo T, Sugiura T, Shigeta A, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Effects of Surgical and Medical Treatment on Quality of Life for Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Circ J 2015; 79:2696-702. [DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-15-0538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Takashi Urushibara
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
- Department of Advanced Medicine in Pulmonary Hypertension, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
- Department of Advanced Medicine in Pulmonary Hypertension, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
- Department of Advanced Medicine in Pulmonary Hypertension, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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Kasai H, Sugiura T, Tanabe N, Sakurai Y, Yahaba M, Matsuura Y, Shigeta A, Kawata N, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Electrocardiogram-gated 320-slice multidetector computed tomography for the measurement of pulmonary arterial distensibility in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111563. [PMID: 25365168 PMCID: PMC4218768 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background We aimed to study whether pulmonary arterial distensibility (PAD) correlates with hemodynamic parameters in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) using electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated 320-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). Methods and Findings ECG-gated 320-slice MDCT and right heart catheterization (RHC) was performed in 53 subjects (60.6±11.4 years old; 37 females) with CTEPH. We retrospectively measured the minimum and maximum values of the cross sectional area (CSA) of the main pulmonary artery (mainPA), right pulmonary artery (rtPA), and left pulmonary artery (ltPA) during one heartbeat. PAD was calculated using the following formula: PAD = [(CSAmaximum−CSAminimum)/CSAmaximum]×100(%). The correlation between hemodynamic parameters and PAD was assessed. Mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) were 40.8±8.7 mmHg and 8.3±3.0 wood units, respectively. PAD values were as follows: mainPA (14.0±5.0%), rtPA (12.8±5.6%), and ltPA (9.7±4.6%). Good correlations existed between mainPAD, with mPAP (r = −0.594, p<0.001) and PVR (r = −0.659, p<0.001). The correlation coefficients between rtPAD and ltPAD with pulmonary hemodynamics were all lower or equal than for mainPAD. Conclusions PAD measured using ECG-gated 320-slice MDCT correlates with pulmonary hemodynamics in subjects with CTEPH. The mainPA is suitable for PAD measurement.
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- Hajime Kasai
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; Department of Advanced Medicine in Pulmonary Hypertension, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; Department of Advanced Medicine in Pulmonary Hypertension, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Moriya Y, Kasahara Y, Hall FS, Uhl GR, Sora I. P-11 * SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC SOCIAL ISOLATION ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN MU-OPIOID RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT MICE. Alcohol Alcohol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agu054.11] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kato F, Tanabe N, Urushibara T, Kasai H, Takeuchi T, Sekine A, Suda R, Nishimura R, Jujo T, Sugiura T, Shigeta A, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Association of plasma fibrinogen and plasminogen with prognosis of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Circ J 2014; 78:1754-61. [PMID: 24909805 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-13-1535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is unclear whether abnormalities of coagulation or fibrinolysis are associated with disease progression of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The aim of this study was to investigate the association of these factors with the severity and prognosis of CTEPH. METHODS AND RESULTS Between 1986 and 2011, plasma fibrinogen and plasminogen were measured in 89 of 106 consecutive patients with inoperable CTEPH (17 men; mean age, 55.9±14.1 years old; mean pulmonary arterial pressure, 44.0±12.4 mmHg) and the association of level with severity and prognosis were also examined. Seventeen patients had high fibrinogen and low plasminogen (medians, ≥291 mg/dl and <101%, respectively). These patients had significantly lower cardiac index (2.26±0.68 vs. 2.70±0.57 L·min(-1)·m(-2), P=0.007), higher pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR; 13.29±7.54 vs. 9.15±4.14 Wood units, P=0.003), and poor survival (5-year survival, 35.3% vs. 88.0%, P<0.001) compared to the other 72 patients. Additional analysis showed significantly poor survival in these patients compared with the other patients who did not have modern therapy. On multivariate analysis plasma fibrinogen, plasminogen and PVR were independent predictors of survival in medically treated patients. CONCLUSIONS High plasma fibrinogen and low plasminogen are associated with poor survival in CTEPH patients without modern therapy.
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- Fumiaki Kato
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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Tazawa R, Inoue Y, Arai T, Takada T, Kasahara Y, Hojo M, Ohkouchi S, Tsuchihashi Y, Yokoba M, Eda R, Nakayama H, Ishii H, Nei T, Morimoto K, Nasuhara Y, Ebina M, Akira M, Ichiwata T, Tatsumi K, Yamaguchi E, Nakata K. Duration of Benefit in Patients With Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis After Inhaled Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Therapy. Chest 2014; 145:729-737. [DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Sakao S, Tanabe N, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Long-term survival of Japanese patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with beraprost sodium, an oral prostacyclin analogue. Intern Med 2014; 53:1913-20. [PMID: 25175122 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Beraprost was developed as the first oral prostacyclin analog to treat patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Although this drug demonstrates improvements in the patient's exercise capacity and symptoms, it carries a weak recommendation in the PAH evidence-based treatment algorithm due to a lack of durability of effects. However, this therapy remains a major treatment method in Japan due to its availability and inexpensive cost. The purpose of this study was to elucidate whether this drug exhibits durable effects on sustained overall survival. METHODS A comparison of survival benefits was completed among patients undergoing treatment with beraprost (n=35) or conventional therapy (n=44). In addition, the estimated survival calculated using the equation developed by the National Institutes of Health Registry was used for the analysis. RESULTS Although no significant differences were observed between the two groups using the Kaplan-Meier survival curve, a statistical difference was observed between the patients receiving high-dose beraprost therapy (>120 μg) and those receiving conventional therapy (5- and 10-year survival: 71.1% and 49.4% vs. 37.7% and 21.2%, respectively; p=0.0466). Moreover, the cumulative survival rates in the patients receiving beraprost were slightly better than the estimated survival rates. In the PAH patients with connective tissue diseases, a tendency towards better survival outcomes was observed in the group treated with beraprost. CONCLUSION This study suggests the survival benefits of high-dose beraprost therapy for patients with PAH. The retrospective nature of this study, however, makes it difficult to conclude definitively that beraprost exerts significant beneficial effects on survival.
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- Seiichiro Sakao
- Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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Umezawa H, Terada J, Tanabe N, Sugiura T, Naito A, Nishikimi K, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Yoshida Y, Tatsumi K. Perioperative management with upfront combination therapy in a patient exhibiting idiopathic pulmonary hypertension with central pulmonary thrombosis. Intern Med 2014; 53:777-81. [PMID: 24694496 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1355] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A 47-year-old woman with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) was referred to our hospital for treatment of an ovarian tumor. Although chest contrast-enhanced CT scans obtained on admission revealed pulmonary arterial thrombosis, she was diagnosed with IPAH with central pulmonary thrombosis based on a normal perfusion lung scan. We initiated upfront triple combination therapy with pulmonary vasodilators. After one month of the therapy, the patient's pulmonary hemodynamics improved. Gynecological surgery was performed under general anesthesia without any perioperative complications. Providing careful intensive management of patients with severe PAH can reduce the perioperative risks of non-cardiac and non-obstetric surgery.
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- Hiroki Umezawa
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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Fujita T, Tanabe N, Kasahara Y, Sugiura T, Sakao S, Tatsumi K. Withdrawal of epoprostenol therapy in a patient with pulmonary hypertension associated with Sjögren's syndrome. Intern Med 2014; 53:2237-40. [PMID: 25274237 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2885] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare complication, but a significant prognostic factor in patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SjS). Despite its efficacy, the long-term use of intravenous epoprostenol is sometimes complicated by adverse effects, such as catheter-related infection. This case involves a 38-year-old woman with PAH associated with SjS (PAH-SjS) who was transitioned from treatment with long-term intravenous epoprostenol therapy to combination oral therapy containing bosentan and tadalafil. She has remained in stable condition for more than two years following epoprostenol discontinuation. The details of this report suggest that long-term epoprostenol therapy can be safely tapered off and replaced with combination oral therapy in carefully selected patients with PAH-SjS.
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- Tetsuo Fujita
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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Kuroda F, Tanabe N, Igari H, Sakurai T, Sakao S, Tada Y, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Nontuberculous mycobacterium diseases and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Intern Med 2014; 53:2273-9. [PMID: 25318788 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the incidence and clinical characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease as a complication of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of 10 cases (5.6%) complicated by NTM pulmonary disease among 180 CTEPH patients. RESULTS Isolated species of avium (n=5), kansasii (n=2), intracellulare (n=1), abscessus (n=1) and fortuitum (n=1) were detected. NTM-infected lesions were observed in 33 of 180 (18.3%) lung segments obtained from the 10 patients, and complete obstruction due to chronic pulmonary thromboembolism was detected in 65 of the 180 segmental pulmonary arteries (36.1%). The NTM-infected segments in the CTEPH patients were significantly associated with obstructed rather than unobstructed pulmonary artery segments [25 of 65 (38.5%) vs. 8 of 115 (6.9%), p<0.01]. Cavitary, nodular, ectatic and ground-glass lesions were seen in 14, 22, seven and four of the 180 segments, respectively. Thirteen of the 14 cavitary (92.9%) lesions were located in non-perfused segments. Five patients with NTM disease underwent pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). Of the 18 assessable NTM-infected segments in six NTM-treated patients, 17 were located in non-perfused segments and one was located in a previously perfused segment. All NTM-infected segments improved among three segments reperfused with PEA. In contrast, only eight (57.1%) NTM-infected segments improved among 14 continuously non-perfused segments. A lower body mass index was found to be a significant risk factor for NTM disease in the CTEPH patients. CONCLUSION This is the first report to document NTM-disease complications in patients with CTEPH. Reperfusion in cases of NTM lesions may improve the response to NTM drug therapy.
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- Fuminobu Kuroda
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chibaken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital, Japan
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Sekine A, Tanabe N, Sugiura T, Shigeta A, Jujo T, Nishimura R, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Polymorphism of the G protein β3 subunit gene influences the efficacy of sildenafil in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Intern Med 2014; 53:291-7. [PMID: 24531084 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.0658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The C825T polymorphism in the G protein β3 subunit gene (GNB3) influences the efficacy of sildenafil in patients with erectile dysfunction. The effects of this polymorphism on the therapeutic response to sildenafil in patients with pulmonary hypertension remains unknown. To investigate whether the GNB3C825T polymorphism is associated with the clinical efficacy of sildenafil in patients with pulmonary hypertension. METHODS Fifty-nine patients (age: 55.6 ± 13.3 [SD] yrs., mean pulmonary arterial pressure (Ppa): 52 ± 11 mmHg) with pulmonary arterial hypertension or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension were treated with sildenafil. The pre- and post-treatment parameters, including pulmonary hemodynamics measured using right heart catheterization, the systolic pulmonary arterial pressure estimated on Doppler echocardiography (sPA), the six-minute walk distance (6MWD) and freedom from clinical worsening, were compared between the patients with the TT and CT/CC genotypes. RESULTS The pretreatment parameters were not significantly different between the two groups, with the exception of a lower mean Ppa in the TT group. The post-treatment World Health Organization (WHO) class was significantly better (p=0.03) and the 6MWD values trended toward improvement in the TT genotype patients compared with that observed in the CC/CT genotype patients (p=0.05). The time to clinical worsening was significantly longer in the TT genotype patients than in the CC/CT genotype patients (3-year freedom from clinical worsening: 83.1% vs. 46.0%, p=0.02), while the TT genotype was found to be a significant predictor of freedom from clinical worsening, even after adjusting for the baseline mean Ppa. CONCLUSION The GNB3 C825T polymorphism influences the efficacy of sildenafil in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
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- Ayumi Sekine
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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Ishiwata T, Terada J, Tanabe N, Abe M, Sugiura T, Tsushima K, Tada Y, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Nakanishi N, Morisaki H, Tatsumi K. Pulmonary arterial hypertension as the first manifestation in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Intern Med 2014; 53:2359-63. [PMID: 25318803 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A 17-year-old Japanese girl visited our hospital for an evaluation of exertional dyspnea. A diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was confirmed based on the findings of right heart catheterization. Detailed questioning revealed a family history of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), and a genetic mutation analysis disclosed a mutation in the activin receptor-like kinase 1 gene (ACVRL1). The patient was finally diagnosed with HHT according to the Curaçao diagnostic criteria eight years after the diagnosis of PAH. This case supports previous reports indicating that signs of PAH can be the first manifestation of disease in ACVRL1 mutation carriers.
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- Tsukasa Ishiwata
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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Suzuki T, Tada Y, Tsushima K, Terada J, Sakurai T, Watanabe A, Kasahara Y, Tanabe N, Tatsumi K. Pneumocystis pneumonia in everolimus therapy: An indistinguishable case from drug induced interstitial lung disease. Respir Med Case Rep 2013; 10:27-30. [PMID: 26029507 PMCID: PMC3920440 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.07.003] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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A 66-year-old male treated with everolimus for renal cell carcinoma developed exertional dyspnea. Chest computed tomography revealed diffuse interstitial shadows on both lungs. Bronchoalveolar lavage and the drug-induced lymphocyte stimulation test confirmed the diagnosis of drug-induced interstitial lung disease due to everolimus therapy. However, discontinuation of everolimus in combination with corticosteroid therapy did not prevent disease progression. On the basis of a PCR assay for Pneumocystis jirovecii and elevated β-D-glucan levels, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was administered immediately, resulting in a dramatic improvement. This case demonstrated that pneumocystis pneumonia should always be considered and treated during everolimus therapy, even when drug-induced interstitial lung disease is suspected.
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- Toshio Suzuki
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-8670 Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-8670 Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-8670 Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-8670 Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-8670 Chiba, Japan
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- Divisions of Control and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-8670 Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-8670 Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-8670 Chiba, Japan
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Abe Y, Komatsubara M, Saito M, Toda M, Shinozaki H, Tamura T, Kasahara Y, Sedakata H, Minegishi T. Activin A is stimulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha and modulates collagen gene expression in human amniotic cells. J Endocrinol Invest 2013; 36:515-20. [PMID: 23385491 DOI: 10.3275/8816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence supports the idea of activin A as a modulator of inflammation. In human pregnancy, elevated activin A concentrations in amniotic fluid are reported in women with intra-amniotic infection and inflammation- induced pre-term birth. AIM To test the hypothesis that activin A was involved in the pathophysiology of amnionitis, we evaluated the effects of tumor necrosis factor-α and lipopolysaccharide on activin A production in human amniotic epithelial cells, and the effects of activin A on the expression of collagen mRNA in amniotic mesenchymal cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Amniotic membranes were obtained from patients without systemic disease, signs of premature delivery or fetal complications, during elective cesarean sections at term. Amniotic epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells were separately obtained by enzymatic digestion and cultured. Activin A was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and collagen mRNA levels were assessed by quantitative PCR. RESULTS Amniotic epithelial cells produced activin A in a cell density- and time-dependent manner. Tumor necrosis factor- α enhanced activin A production in a time-dependent (48-120 h) and dose-dependent (10-300 ng/ml) manner in amniotic epithelial cells. Lipopolysaccharide also stimulated activin A production, but the effect was less prominent. In amniotic mesenchymal cells, the effect of activin A on the expression of type I and type III collagen mRNA was suppressive. CONCLUSIONS Tumor necrosis factor-α and lipopolysaccharide stimulated activin A production in amniotic epithelial cells, and activin A modulated expression of collagen mRNA in amniotic mesenchymal cells. These results support the idea that activin A is involved in the pathophysiology of amnionitis.
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- Y Abe
- Department of Laboratory Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8514, Japan.
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Kantake M, Tanabe N, Sugiura T, Shigeta A, Yanagawa N, Jujo T, Kawata N, Amano H, Matsuura Y, Nishimura R, Sekine A, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Association of deep vein thrombosis type with clinical phenotype of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Int J Cardiol 2013; 165:474-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.08.851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Revised: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 08/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sugiura T, Tanabe N, Matsuura Y, Shigeta A, Kawata N, Jujo T, Yanagawa N, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Role of 320-Slice CT Imaging in the Diagnostic Workup of Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Chest 2013; 143:1070-1077. [DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Nakaguchi T, Ueno T, Muratake T, Kasahara Y, Iwata Y, Tanabe M. Development of VR-Based Auscultation Training System Using Simulated Patient. j med imaging hlth inform 2013. [DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2013.1138] [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: 11/23/2022]
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Nishimura R, Tanabe N, Sugiura T, Shigeta A, Jujo T, Sekine A, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Improved Survival in Medically Treated Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Circ J 2013; 77:2110-7. [DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-12-1391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Rintaro Nishimura
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
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Sakurai Y, Tanabe N, Sekine A, Nishimura R, Jujo T, Kawasaki T, Sugiura T, Sakao S, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Spontaneously remitted pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with the herbal medicine "bofutsushosan". Intern Med 2013; 52:1499-502. [PMID: 23812198 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.0045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Although the link between pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and exposure to certain drugs has already been identified, we herein present the first case of herbal medicine-associated PAH in which the patient demonstrated spontaneous remission. A 38-year-old woman took the herbal medicine "bofutsushosan" for two weeks then stopped taking it due to exertional dyspnea. However, her dyspnea continued, and right heart catheterization revealed a mean pulmonary arterial pressure of 41 mmHg with a normal wedge pressure. Several months after treatment with oxygen therapy, the patient's dyspnea disappeared, and her pulmonary arterial pressure normalized. Further studies focusing on susceptibility factors to drug-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension are needed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yoriko Sakurai
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.
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