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Sánchez Fernández I, Takeoka M, Tas E, Peters JM, Prabhu SP, Stannard KM, Gregas M, Eksioglu Y, Rotenberg A, Riviello JJ, Kothare SV, Loddenkemper T. Early thalamic lesions in patients with sleep-potentiated epileptiform activity. Neurology 2012; 78:1721-7. [PMID: 22539569 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3182582ff8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence and type of early developmental lesions in patients with a clinical presentation consistent with electrical status epilepticus in sleep either with or without prominent sleep-potentiated epileptiform activity (PSPEA). METHODS We performed a case-control study and enrolled patients with 1) clinical features consistent with electrical status epilepticus in sleep, 2) ≥1 brain MRI scan, and 3) ≥1 overnight EEG recording. We quantified epileptiform activity using spike percentage, the percentage of 1-second bins in the EEG tracing containing at least 1 spike. PSPEA was present when spike percentage during non-REM sleep was ≥50% than spike percentage during wakefulness. RESULTS One hundred patients with PSPEA (cases) and 47 patients without PSPEA (controls) met the inclusion criteria during a 14-year period. Both groups were comparable in terms of clinical and epidemiologic features. Early developmental lesions were more frequent in cases (48% vs 19.2%, p = 0.002). Thalamic lesions were more frequent in cases (14% vs 2.1%, p = 0.037). The main types of early developmental lesions found in cases were vascular lesions (14%), periventricular leukomalacia (9%), and malformation of cortical development (5%). Vascular lesions were the only type of early developmental lesions that were more frequent in cases (14% vs 0%, p = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS Patients with PSPEA have a higher frequency of early developmental lesions and thalamic lesions than a comparable population of patients without PSPEA. Vascular lesions were the type of early developmental lesions most related to PSPEA.
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- I Sánchez Fernández
- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Sasaki M, Fujiwara M, Ishizuka H, Klaus W, Wakui K, Takeoka M, Miki S, Yamashita T, Wang Z, Tanaka A, Yoshino K, Nambu Y, Takahashi S, Tajima A, Tomita A, Domeki T, Hasegawa T, Sakai Y, Kobayashi H, Asai T, Shimizu K, Tokura T, Tsurumaru T, Matsui M, Honjo T, Tamaki K, Takesue H, Tokura Y, Dynes JF, Dixon AR, Sharpe AW, Yuan ZL, Shields AJ, Uchikoga S, Legré M, Robyr S, Trinkler P, Monat L, Page JB, Ribordy G, Poppe A, Allacher A, Maurhart O, Länger T, Peev M, Zeilinger A. Field test of quantum key distribution in the Tokyo QKD Network. Opt Express 2011; 19:10387-10409. [PMID: 21643295 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.010387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A secure communication network with quantum key distribution in a metropolitan area is reported. Six different QKD systems are integrated into a mesh-type network. GHz-clocked QKD links enable us to demonstrate the world-first secure TV conferencing over a distance of 45km. The network includes a commercial QKD product for long-term stable operation, and application interface to secure mobile phones. Detection of an eavesdropper, rerouting into a secure path, and key relay via trusted nodes are demonstrated in this network.
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- M Sasaki
- Quantum ICT Laboratory, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 4-2-1 Nukui-kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan.
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Nakajima K, Takeoka M, Mori M, Hashimoto S, Sakurai A, Nose H, Higuchi K, Itano N, Shiohara M, Oh T, Taniguchi S. Exercise effects on methylation of ASC gene. Int J Sports Med 2010; 31:671-5. [PMID: 20200803 DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chronic moderate exercise has been reported to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines. To analyze the molecular mechanisms by which training exerts these effects, the epigenetic influences of age and exercise on the ASC gene, which is responsible for IL-1beta and IL-18 secretion, were investigated by ASC gene methylation. Further, the relationship between carcinogenesis and exercise, and methylation of the P15 tumor suppressive gene was also analyzed. High-intensity interval walking exercise, consisting of 3 min low-intensity walking at 40% of peak aerobic capacity followed by a 3 min high-intensity walking period above 70% of peak aerobic capacity, was continued for 6 months. Peripheral blood DNA extracts from young control (n=34), older control (n=153), and older exercise (n=230) groups were then analyzed by pyrosequencing for DNA methylation. Methylation of ASC decreased significantly with age (young control vs. older control, p<0.01), which is indicative of an age-dependent increase in ASC expression. Compared to the older control group, the degree of ASC methylation was higher in the older exercise group (older control vs. older exercise: p<0.01), and presumably lower ASC expression. Neither exercise nor age affected the methylation of the P15. In summary, chronic moderate exercise appears to attenuate the age-dependent decrease in ASC methylation, implying suppression of excess pro-inflammatory cytokines through reduction of ASC expression.
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- K Nakajima
- Department of Molecular Oncology, Institute on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Miller DT, Shen Y, Weiss LA, Korn J, Anselm I, Bridgemohan C, Cox GF, Dickinson H, Gentile J, Harris DJ, Hegde V, Hundley R, Khwaja O, Kothare S, Luedke C, Nasir R, Poduri A, Prasad K, Raffalli P, Reinhard A, Smith SE, Sobeih MM, Soul JS, Stoler J, Takeoka M, Tan WH, Thakuria J, Wolff R, Yusupov R, Gusella JF, Daly MJ, Wu BL. Microdeletion/duplication at 15q13.2q13.3 among individuals with features of autism and other neuropsychiatric disorders. J Med Genet 2008; 46:242-8. [PMID: 18805830 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2008.059907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Segmental duplications at breakpoints (BP4-BP5) of chromosome 15q13.2q13.3 mediate a recurrent genomic imbalance syndrome associated with mental retardation, epilepsy, and/or electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities. PATIENTS DNA samples from 1445 unrelated patients submitted consecutively for clinical array comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) testing at Children's Hospital Boston and DNA samples from 1441 individuals with autism from 751 families in the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) repository. RESULTS We report the clinical features of five patients with a BP4-BP5 deletion, three with a BP4-BP5 duplication, and two with an overlapping but smaller duplication identified by whole genome high resolution oligonucleotide array CGH. These BP4-BP5 deletion cases exhibit minor dysmorphic features, significant expressive language deficits, and a spectrum of neuropsychiatric impairments that include autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorder, and mood disorder. Cognitive impairment varied from moderate mental retardation to normal IQ with learning disability. BP4-BP5 covers approximately 1.5 Mb (chr15:28.719-30.298 Mb) and includes six reference genes and 1 miRNA gene, while the smaller duplications cover approximately 500 kb (chr15:28.902-29.404 Mb) and contain three reference genes and one miRNA gene. The BP4-BP5 deletion and duplication events span CHRNA7, a candidate gene for seizures. However, none of these individuals reported here have epilepsy, although two have an abnormal EEG. CONCLUSIONS The phenotype of chromosome 15q13.2q13.3 BP4-BP5 microdeletion/duplication syndrome may include features of autism spectrum disorder, a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, and cognitive impairment. Recognition of this broader phenotype has implications for clinical diagnostic testing and efforts to understand the underlying aetiology of this syndrome.
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- D T Miller
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Yanagisawa Y, Takeoka M, Ehara T, Itano N, Miyagawa S, Taniguchi S. Reduction of Calponin h1 expression in human colon cancer blood vessels. Eur J Surg Oncol 2008; 34:531-7. [PMID: 17707120 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS Calponin h1 (CN) is a differentiation marker of smooth muscle cells that has been reported to be down-regulated in the blood vessels of several human tumors. In this study, we examined CN expression in blood vessels in relation to the clinical and pathological features of colon cancer tissue samples. METHODS Fifty-six patients who had undergone colectomy for colon cancer were examined. To assess patients' disease-free survival, those who had metastasis at the time of surgical operation were excluded. Immunohistochemistry was performed by the indirect immunoperoxidase method, using serial sections made from formalin fixed and paraffin embedded tissue blocks. RESULTS We found that the expression of vascular CN in the peripheral region of colon cancer tissues was significantly reduced in association with tumor progression, lymphatic invasion, vascular invasion and recurrence. This reduction of CN indicated not only a decrease of pericytes and/or smooth muscle cells in tumor vessels, but also the immaturity of those cells, since CN down-regulation occurred even in alpha-smooth muscle actin-positive cells. The down-regulation of CN in vessels in the peripheral region of tumor tissues was inversely associated with the expression of VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor), seemingly advantageous to angiogenesis. CONCLUSION The down-regulation of CN expression in colon cancer vasculature evaluated by immunohistochemistry may be useful in conjunction with conventional staging procedures to predict more reliable outcome and to select therapeutic treatment.
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- Y Yanagisawa
- Department of Molecular Oncology, Institute on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
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Hattori Y, Takeoka M, Nakajima K, Ehara T, Koyama M. A heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA 3310 mutation in the ND1 gene in a patient with type 2 diabetes, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and mental retardation. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2005; 113:318-23. [PMID: 15977098 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A mentally retarded 57-year-old Japanese man with maternally-inherited type 2 diabetes was found to have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that was associated with pathological changes in the myocardial mitochondria. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of this patient was examined and a C3310 T mutation was found in the ND1 gene, which resulted in the substitution of serine for proline. The normal 3310 mtDNA band could not be detected by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) in mtDNA from his myocardium, pancreas, cerebral tissue, skeletal muscle, and lymphocytes. However two clones sequenced from his pancreatic tissue did not show this C3310 T mutation while forty-eight did. Mitochondria isolated from the lymphocytes of his two sisters also had this mutation. mtDNA point mutations in the ND1 gene region reported thus far have been mostly homoplasmic. However, the C3310 T point mutation that was found in this patient was heteroplasmic, which is a high level of mutation and may represent the pathogenic gene that was responsible for causing mitochondrial disease.
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- Y Hattori
- Department of Molecular Oncology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Herbert MR, Ziegler DA, Deutsch CK, O'Brien LM, Kennedy DN, Filipek PA, Bakardjiev AI, Hodgson J, Takeoka M, Makris N, Caviness VS. Brain asymmetries in autism and developmental language disorder: a nested whole-brain analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 128:213-26. [PMID: 15563515 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We report a whole-brain MRI morphometric survey of asymmetry in children with high-functioning autism and with developmental language disorder (DLD). Subjects included 46 boys of normal intelligence aged 5.7-11.3 years (16 autistic, 15 DLD, 15 controls). Imaging analysis included grey-white segmentation and cortical parcellation. Asymmetry was assessed at a series of nested levels. We found that asymmetries were masked with larger units of analysis but progressively more apparent with smaller units, and that within the cerebral cortex the differences were greatest in higher-order association cortex. The larger units of analysis, including the cerebral hemispheres, the major grey and white matter structures and the cortical lobes, showed no asymmetries in autism or DLD and few asymmetries in controls. However, at the level of cortical parcellation units, autism and DLD showed more asymmetry than controls. They had a greater aggregate volume of significantly asymmetrical cortical parcellation units (leftward plus rightward), as well as a substantially larger aggregate volume of right-asymmetrical cortex in DLD and autism than in controls; this rightward bias was more pronounced in autism than in DLD. DLD, but not autism, showed a small but significant loss of leftward asymmetry compared with controls. Right : left ratios were reversed, autism and DLD having twice as much right- as left-asymmetrical cortex, while the reverse was found in the control sample. Asymmetry differences between groups were most significant in the higher-order association areas. Autism and DLD were much more similar to each other in patterns of asymmetry throughout the cerebral cortex than either was to controls; this similarity suggests systematic and related alterations rather than random neural systems alterations. We review these findings in relation to previously reported volumetric features in these two samples of brains, including increased total brain and white matter volumes and lack of increase in the size of the corpus callosum. Larger brain volume has previously been associated with increased lateralization. The sizeable right-asymmetry increase reported here may be a consequence of early abnormal brain growth trajectories in these disorders, while higher-order association areas may be most vulnerable to connectivity abnormalities associated with white matter increases.
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- M R Herbert
- Pediatric Neurology/Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Room 6012, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA.
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Takeoka M, Riviello JJ, Duffy FH, Kim F, Kennedy DN, Makris N, Caviness VS, Holmes GL. Bilateral volume reduction of the superior temporal areas in Landau-Kleffner syndrome. Neurology 2004; 63:1289-92. [PMID: 15477555 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000140703.63270.9d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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No specific anatomic abnormalities have been detected in typical Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), an acquired epileptic aphasia with language regression in children. In four children with typical LKS without obvious anatomic abnormalities, the authors performed MRI volumetric analysis of various neocortical regions and subcortical substructures. Volume reduction was detected in bilateral superior temporal areas (26 to 51%), specifically in planum temporale (25 to 63%) and superior temporal gyrus (25 to 57%), where receptive language is localized.
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- M Takeoka
- Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Hunnewell 2, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Yoshida Y, Shimada H, Mori T, Yoshihara H, Takeoka M, Takahashi T. FK506-associated limbic injury following umbilical cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2003; 32:523-5. [PMID: 12942100 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A 5-year-old girl with Ph-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia, who underwent umbilical cord blood transplantation, developed two episodes of electrical status epilepticus while receiving tacrolimus (FK506) then cyclosporin A (CsA), as treatment against graft-versus-host disease. MRI including diffusion weighted MR imaging of the brain revealed abnormalities in the hippocampus and posterior white matter following FK506 and CsA treatment, respectively. While posterior white matter injury has been described with both FK506 and CsA, no previous report describes hippocampal injury from either drug. The MRI changes in the hippocampus in our case suggest possible increased susceptibility to hippocampal injury with FK506.
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- Y Yoshida
- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Koganehira Y, Takeoka M, Ehara T, Sasaki K, Murata H, Saida T, Taniguchi S. Reduced expression of actin-binding proteins, h-caldesmon and calponin h1, in the vascular smooth muscle inside melanoma lesions: an adverse prognostic factor for malignant melanoma. Br J Dermatol 2003; 148:971-80. [PMID: 12786828 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The structural integrity of the blood vessels such as small arteries and veins is studied less frequently in malignant tumours than is angiogenesis. Objectives To clarify the characteristics of small arteries and small veins of melanoma lesions. METHODS We immunohistochemically investigated various types of melanocytic tumours using antibodies specific for endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells, and analysed the relationship between the expression of these molecules in the blood vessels and the biological characteristics of the tumours. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of 15 cases of benign melanocytic tumours and 64 cases of malignant melanomas were investigated. RESULTS Significant suppression of expression of h-caldesmon (h-CD) and calponin h1 (CNh1) was observed in the blood vessels of malignant melanomas compared with both benign melanocytic tumours and normal tissues. In particular, the level of h-CD expression was inversely correlated with the frequency of metastasis and positively correlated with the survival rate in patients with malignant melanoma. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that alterations of the tumour vessels are an important factor for the prognosis of malignant melanoma, and that suppression of h-CD and CNh1 in the blood vessels in malignant melanoma reflects a structural fragility of the vessels, leading to their easy penetration by tumour cells. Defective expression of these molecules is likely to be an important marker for metastatic potential and for poor prognosis of melanoma.
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- Y Koganehira
- Department of Dermatology, Molecular Oncology and Angiology, Research Center on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Takeoka M, Ehara T, Sagara J, Hashimoto S, Taniguchi S. Calponin h1 induced a flattened morphology and suppressed the growth of human fibrosarcoma HT1080 cells. Eur J Cancer 2002; 38:436-42. [PMID: 11818211 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)00390-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Calponin h1 (CNh1) is an actin-binding protein that is expressed mainly in smooth muscle cells and is known to regulate smooth muscle contraction. Recently, re-expression of CNh1 in leiomyosarcoma cell lines is reported to suppress cell proliferation and tumorigenicity. However, little is known about the associated cellular structural and functional changes. Since CNh1 is also detected in normal fibroblasts, we hypothesised that CNh1 would also inhibit cell proliferation of the fibrosarcoma cells, HT1080, in which CNh1 is suppressed. An expression vector of human CNh1 complementary DNA was transfected into human HT1080 cells by a calcium-phosphate precipitation method. CNh1-transfected cells exhibited a flattened morphology with organised actin filaments, a significant decrease in cell motility and enhancement in adhesion to fibronectin in association with an increase in integrin alpha5beta1 expression. Anchorage-independent growth and tumorigenicity in nude mice were suppressed in the CNh1-transfected cells. Our results suggest that CNh1 may have a role as a tumour suppressor in human fibrosarcoma by influencing cytoskeletal activities.
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- M Takeoka
- Department of Molecular Oncology and Angiology, Research Center on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, 390-8621, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Taniguchi S, Takeoka M, Ehara T, Hashimoto S, Shibuki H, Yoshimura N, Shigematsu H, Takahashi K, Katsuki M. Structural fragility of blood vessels and peritoneum in calponin h1-deficient mice, resulting in an increase in hematogenous metastasis and peritoneal dissemination of malignant tumor cells. Cancer Res 2001; 61:7627-34. [PMID: 11606404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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We have observed weak expression of calponin h1, which stabilizes the actin filament system, in blood vessels within human malignant tumors. This observation suggested that because of a deficiency in stabilization by calponin h1, the structure of blood vessels in malignant tumors is fragile compared with blood vessels in normal tissues. We therefore generated calponin h1-deficient (CN(-/-)) mice to examine the effect of calponin h1 on the integrity of the barrier system in blood vessels against cancer metastasis. The CN(-/-) mice exhibited morphological fragility of the tissues, including the uterus and blood vessels. In particular, we frequently observed bleeding into the surrounding tissue from blood vessels of the ocular fundus in CN(-/-) mice. In addition, mesothelial cells, which usually express calponin h1 in normal (CN(+/+)) mice, were retracted in the CN(-/-) mice. When fluorescein was injected i.v. into mice, the CN(-/-) mice exhibited a greater and more rapid leakage of fluorescein from the blood vessels of the ocular fundus compared with the CN(+/+) mice. In the CN(-/-) mice receiving i.v. inoculations of B16 melanoma cells, significantly more metastatic nodules were formed in the lung than in the CN(+/+) mice. When B16 melanoma cells were injected i.p., the severity of peritonitis carcinomatosa was greater in CN(-/-) than in CN(+/+) mice. These results indicate that calponin h1 plays an important role in the regulation of the integrity of the blood vessels and peritoneum, which in turn is an important factor influencing the frequency of cancer metastasis. The CN(-/-) mice, which exhibit fragile blood vessels and peritoneum, could serve as sensitive and useful host models to investigate cancer metastasis.
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- S Taniguchi
- Department of Molecular Oncology and Angiology, Research Center on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
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Takeoka M, Fujishima D, Kannari F. Optimization of ultrashort-pulse squeezing by spectral filtering with the Fourier pulse-shaping technique. Opt Lett 2001; 26:1592-1594. [PMID: 18049673 DOI: 10.1364/ol.26.001592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We propose an adaptive waveform-control approach to optimize photon-number squeezing by the nonlinear fiber spectral filtering method. More than -8-dB squeezing of the sech envelope pulse is numerically predicted when the spectral phase is modulated before the pulse is sent to a fiber. The quantum cross correlations of the photon-number fluctuation become uniformly negative when the pulse is optimally shaped.
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Moyamoya disease is characterized by progressive intracranial vascular stenoses of the circle of Willis, resulting in successive ischemic events. We report serial diffusion-weighted imaging studies in a case of moyamoya disease. A 4-year-old right-handed patient presented with multiple infarcts in the right and left hemispheres. Each new infarct was unambiguously recognized as bright on diffusion-weighted imaging. Previous infarcts, readily detected on other magnetic resonance imaging sequences, were not bright on diffusion-weighted imaging. The patient subsequently underwent bilateral synangiosis. In this case, the diffusion-weighted images were helpful in assessing the extent of infarcts, determining the age of the lesion, and correlation with new clinical findings. We emphasize the usefulness of diffusion-weighted imaging for following the clinical course of children with moyamoya disease, in whom new focal deficits are highly suspicious of new infarcts.
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- T B Soman
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
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Ge RL, Shai HR, Takeoka M, Hanaoka M, Koizumi T, Matsuzawa Y, Kubo K, Kobayashi T. Atrial natriuretic peptide and red cell 2,3-diphosphoglycerate in patients with chronic mountain sickness. Wilderness Environ Med 2001; 12:2-7. [PMID: 11294551 DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2001)012[0002:anparc]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Individuals with chronic mountain sickness (CMS) show severe hypoxemia, excessive polycythemia, and marked pulmonary hypertension. The pathophysiologic mechanisms of CMS are still not completely understood. METHODS We determined plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), red cell 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG), hematocrit, hemoglobin, and arterialized ear lobe blood gas values in 13 patients with CMS (9 Hans, 4 Tibetans) and 18 control Han Chinese men of similar age, height, and weight who had been living at 4300 m on the Tibetan plateau of Qinghai Province, China, for approximately 14 years. RESULTS A significantly higher level of ANP was found in the CMS patients compared to the non-CMS patients (113.4+/-5.5 pg/mL vs 87.6+/-4.7 pg/mL, P < .01), and the levels of ANP correlated positively with the hemoglobin concentration (r = 0.8282, P < .01). The 2,3-DPG levels in the CMS patients were significantly increased compared to the non-CMS subjects (5.23+/-0.16 mmol/L vs 4.40+/-0.12 mmol/L, P < .01), and the 2,3-DPG concentrations in the CMS patients were negatively correlated with their PaO2 values (r = -0.7898, P < .01). The CMS patients had significantly higher PaCO2 levels, lower pH values, lower PaO2 levels, and greater alveolar-arterial oxygen differences (PAO2 - PaO2) compared to the non-CMS subjects. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that overproduction of ANP and 2,3-DPG at high altitudes may play an important role in the pathophysiology of chronic mountain sickness.
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- R L Ge
- Qinghai High Altitude Medical Science Institute, Xinging, Qinghai, China
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- T Ino
- Department of Pediatrics, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
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Carbamyl phosphate synthetase I is a urea cycle enzyme. Severe deficiency of carbamyl phosphate synthetase I presents in the neonatal period as hyperammonemic encephalopathy with altered consciousness and occasional seizures after feeding begins. Episodes of altered consciousness with or without seizures and focal neurologic deficits are seen later with patients of partial carbamyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency. Fatal cerebral edema with brain herniation may develop on occasion. Three patients presenting with carbamyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency are reported with neuroimaging and pathologic findings illustrating the destructive encephalopathy with acute cerebral edema, followed by diffuse cerebral atrophy and occasional cystic encephalomalacia. The deterioration in carbamyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency occurs during the hyperammonemic crises. This deficiency may be difficult to treat despite the current advances in treatment strategies, especially in neonatal-onset patients with low carbamyl phosphate synthetase I activity.
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- M Takeoka
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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PURPOSE Topiramate (TPM) has been widely used as an adjunctive therapy for treating epilepsy. TPM is reported to have multiple mechanisms of action, including inhibition of carbonic anhydrase, which may result in metabolic acidosis from decreased serum bicarbonate (HCO3-). METHODS Clinical data from 30 children who received TPM as adjunctive therapy for medically refractory epilepsy were reviewed at Children's Hospital, Boston. Serum HCO3- levels were assessed before, during, and after discontinuing TPM (n = 9). When multiple data were available, mean values were used for analysis. RESULTS Of the 30 patients, 21 had a >10% decrease in HCO3- levels. The mean decrease in HCO3- among the 21 patients was 4.7 mEq/L, and maximum was 10 mEq/L. No clinical symptoms occurred, and HCO3- supplement was not needed, except for one patient who developed tachypnea from worsened acidosis after prolonged status epilepticus during a suspected viral illness. Among the 21 patients, TPM was discontinued in seven children because of a lack of efficacy, and in two because of anorexia. After discontinuing TPM, the serum HCO3- returned to the previous level before starting TPM in all nine. CONCLUSIONS Decreased HCO3- levels occurred in the majority of patients reviewed, usually only to a small to moderate extent, but by 8 and 10 mEq/L in two cases. In patients at risk for acidosis, the decrease in HCO3- may cause significant consequences, such as severe acidosis or renal calculi. Monitoring HCO3- levels before and during TPM therapy may be indicated, especially with conditions that predispose to acidosis.
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- M Takeoka
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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We describe the clinical utility of echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging in neonatal cerebral infarction. Eight full-term neonates aged 1 to 8 days referred for neonatal seizures were studied. Patients were followed for a mean of 17 months with detailed neurologic examinations at regular intervals. Head computed tomography (CT) and conventional magnetic resonance (MRI) and diffusion-weighted images were obtained. Percent lesion contrast was evaluated for 19 lesions on T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted images. Follow-up conventional MRIs were obtained in seven patients. The findings on diffusion-weighted imaging were correlated with CT and conventional MRI findings as well as with short-term neurodevelopmental outcome. Four patients had focal cerebral infarctions. Four patients had diffuse injury consistent with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Percent lesion contrast of all 19 lesions was significantly higher on diffusion-weighted images when compared with T2-weighted images. In five patients, there were lesions visualized only with diffusion-weighted imaging. In all patients, there was increased lesion conspicuity and better definition of lesion extent on the diffusion-weighted images compared with the CT and T2-weighted MR images. In seven of eight patients follow-up imaging confirmed prior infarctions. Short-term neurologic outcome correlated with the extent of injury seen on the initial diffusion-weighted imaging scans for all patients. Diffusion-weighted imaging is useful in the evaluation of acute ischemic brain injury and seizure etiology in neonates. In the acute setting, diffusion-weighted imaging provides information not available on CT and conventional MRI. This information correlates with short-term clinical outcome.
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- K S Krishnamoorthy
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA
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In comparison with phenytoin preparations, which have a pH value of 11, fosphenytoin, a phosphorylated prodrug of phenytoin, has a pH value of only 8.6, which decreases the risk of cardiovascular and cutaneous side effects. The near-neutral pH value of fosphenytoin allows effective intravenous or intramuscular administration. A 1-mg phenytoin equivalent (PE) of fosphenytoin is converted to 1 mg of phenytoin in adults. We describe four infants whose seizures were treated with intravenous fosphenytoin. We had difficulty maintaining therapeutic serum phenytoin levels of 10 to 20 microg/mL on doses of 5 to 8 mgPE/kg/day, and many bolus doses of 5 to 10 mgPE/kg or maintenance doses of more than 10 mgPE/kg/day were given. Despite increased doses in three out of the four patients, a therapeutic serum phenytoin level was not maintained. From our experience, careful and individual dosing of fosphenytoin in this age group can be considered.
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- M Takeoka
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
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- S Shafqat
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Takeoka M, Sakai A, Ueda G, Ge RL, Ishizaki T, Panos RJ, Taniguchi S. Dibutyryl cAMP inhibits endotoxin-induced increases in pulmonary vascular resistance and fluid filtration coefficient in the perfused rat lung. TOHOKU J EXP MED 1997; 183:273-84. [PMID: 9549827 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.183.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We investigated the effects of pre-treatment with dibutyryl cAMP (db-cAMP) or cGMP on endotoxin-induced hemodynamic changes and pulmonary vascular permeability in isolated perfused rat lungs. Intraperitoneal injection of Salmonella enteritidis endotoxin (2 mg/kg) caused increases in pulmonary arterial resistance (Ra) after venous reservoir elevation, in pulmonary filtration coefficient (Kf) and in lung wet-to-dry (W/D) weight ratio. Pre-treatment with db-cAMP blocked endotoxin-induced increases in Ra, Kf and W/D weight ratio. Pre-treatment with cGMP attenuated only the increase in Ra caused by endotoxin. Moreover, administration of db-cAMP 2 hours after endotoxin injection attenuated the increase in Ra induced by endotoxin treatment. The increases in Kf and W/D weight ratio caused by endotoxin were not affected by post-treatment with db-cAMP. Since the increases in Ra, Kf and W/D weight ratio caused by endotoxin were blocked by pre-treatment with db-cAMP, agents that increase intracellular cAMP level may be useful to prevent acute pulmonary vascular injury.
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- M Takeoka
- Research Center on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Administration of exogenous keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) prevents or attenuates several forms of oxidant-mediated lung injury. Because DNA damage in epithelial cells is a component of radiation pneumotoxicity, we determined whether KGF ameliorated DNA strand breaks in irradiated A549 cells. Cells were exposed to 137Cs gamma rays, and DNA damage was measured by alkaline unwinding and ethidium bromide fluorescence after a 30-min recovery period. Radiation induced a dose-dependent increase in DNA strand breaks. The percentage of double-stranded DNA after exposure to 30 Gy increased from 44.6 +/- 3.5% in untreated control cells to 61.6 +/- 5.0% in cells cultured with 100 ng/ml KGF for 24 h (P < 0.05). No reduction in DNA damage occurred when the cells were cultured with KGF but maintained at 0 degree C during and after irradiation. The sparing effect of KGF on radiation-induced DNA damage was blocked by aphidicolin, an inhibitor of DNA polymerases-alpha, -delta, and -epsilon and by butylphenyl dGTP, which blocks DNA polymerase-alpha strongly and polymerases-delta and -epsilon less effectively. However, dideoxythymidine triphosphate, a specific inhibitor of DNA polymerase-beta, did not abrogate the KGF effect. Thus KGF increases DNA repair capacity in irradiated pulmonary epithelial cells, an effect mediated at least in part by DNA polymerases-alpha, -delta, and -epsilon. Enhancement of DNA repair capability after cell damage may be one mechanism by which KGF is able to ameliorate oxidant-mediated alveolar epithelial injury.
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- M Takeoka
- Pulmonary Division, Lakeside Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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This study was conducted to investigate whether the changes in the pulmonary diffusing capacity found in individuals with acute mountain sickness (AMS) reflect the early stage of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). We measured the pulmonary diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DCO) by the single-breath method, arterialized capillary blood gas, and spirometry in a group of 32 healthy subjects (24 men, eight women) at an altitude of 2,260 m and after ascent to 4,700 m. Twelve subjects (10 men, two women) had symptoms of AMS (AMS group) by the second day after arrival at 4,700 m, but none had clinical signs of pulmonary or cerebral edema. In the non-AMS group, almost all subjects exhibited an increase in DCO at 2,260 to 4,700 m (delta DCO, 10.7 +/- 1.25 mL/min/mm Hg), while the degree of increase in DCO in the AMS group (n = 12) was significantly lower (delta DCO, 1.26 +/- 1.74 mL/min/mm Hg) than that of the non-AMS group (p < 0.01). In four of the 12 subjects with AMS who had a high AMS score, DCO decreased from 38.4 +/- 4.5 to 33.2 +/- 5.3 mL/min/mm Hg (delta DCO, -5.84 +/- 1.1 mL/min/mm Hg). The AMS group showed significantly lower vital capacity, forced expiratory flow during the middle half of FVC, PaO2, and a greater alveolar-arterial oxygen pressure difference at 4,700 m compared with the non-AMS group. DCO showed a significant negative correlation with AMS score (r = -0.885) and a positive correlation with PaO2 (r = 0.757) at 4,700 m. These results suggest that the decreased pulmonary diffusing capacity in subjects with AMS reflects the presence of pulmonary gas exchange abnormality, which is probably due to subclinical interstitial edema of the lung.
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- R L Ge
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Takeoka M, Ueda G, Taguchi K, Ge RL, Terasawa K, Tsuchiya K. Sound stimulation-induced vasomotor reflex in the central artery of the rabbit ear. TOHOKU J EXP MED 1996; 178:101-11. [PMID: 8727692 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.178.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Effects of sound stimulation on the central artery of the rabbit ear were studied as a somato-autonomic reflex. Vasoconstriction and dilatation, caused by metronome sound stimulation, were estimated from the temperature fluctuations in the central artery of the ear, measured by a thermistor. To enhance the detection of temperature rises, moderately high background levels of arterial tone were established by exposing the tips of the ears to water at a temperature of 10 degrees C or 5 degrees C, prior to sound stimulation. A fall in arterial temperature due to vasoconstriction was observed immediately after the start of the 1-min sound stimulation, with a subsequent temperature rise which overshot the original basal level due to vasodilatation. A positive correlation between the ear temperature before sound stimulation and the temperature fall (p < 0.01), and a negative correlation between the ear temperature and the temperature rise (p < 0.05) were obtained. The temperature fall was blocked by phenoxybenzamine (9 mg/kg, i.p., p < 0.01). The subsequent rise was not influenced by atropine (3 mg/kg, i.p.) or phenoxybenzamine, however, it was attenuated by hexamethonium (6 mg/kg, i.p., p < 0.05). The temperature fall at the beginning of sound stimulation was related to alpha-adrenergic mechanism. The subsequent temperature rise was thought to be related to parasympathetic mechanism, excluding cholinergic mechanism.
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- M Takeoka
- Department of Oto-laryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Takeoka M, Sakai A, Ueda G, Ge RL, Panos RJ, Taniguchi S. Influence of hypoxia and pulmonary air embolism on lung injury in perfused rat lungs. Respiration 1996; 63:346-51. [PMID: 8933652 DOI: 10.1159/000196575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We investigated the influence of low oxygen ventilation, air-bubble infusion into the pulmonary artery and their synergistic effect on pulmonary hemodynamics and microvascular permeability in isolated perfused rat lungs. Pulmonary arterial pressure was significantly increased by 70 min of ventilation with 3% O2 (hypoxia, group H); by 0.2-ml air-bubble infusion (pulmonary air embolism, group AE), and by 0.2-ml air-bubble infusion and 70 min of 3% O2 ventilation (hypoxia and pulmonary air embolism, group H & AE) compared with that of a control group (0.2 ml saline infusion, group C). Neither total (TPR) nor arterial (Ra) pulmonary vascular resistance in group H showed any difference compared to control values. TPR and Ra in groups AE and H & AE were significantly higher than those in group C. However, there was no significant difference in TPR or Ra between groups AE and H & AE. The pulmonary capillary fluid filtration coefficient, dry lung to wet lung weight ratio and white blood cell count in the perfusate of group H were not changed, while those of the groups AE and H & AE were significantly increased compared to those of controls. However, there was no significant difference in these values between groups AE and H & AE. Since hypoxia did not damage isolated perfused rat lungs, as determined by hemodynamics and permeability, nor enhance lung injury caused by air embolism, it was suggested that air embolism contributed more to high-altitude lung injury than low oxygen.
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- M Takeoka
- Research Center for Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Takeoka M, Ishizaki T, Sakai A, Chang SW, Shigemori K, Higashi T, Ueda G. Effect of BQ123 on vasoconstriction as a result of either hypoxia or endothelin-1 in perfused rat lungs. Acta Physiol Scand 1995; 155:53-60. [PMID: 8553877 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1995.tb09947.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A possible role of endothelin (ET)-1 in mediating hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) was examined by comparing haemodynamic differences between ET-1-induced vasoconstriction and HPV in isolated perfused rat lungs. An ETA receptor antagonist (BQ123) was also employed to assess the effects of ET-1. The pulmonary arterial pressure (Ppa) was significantly increased by alveolar hypoxia (3% O2) and by ET-1 (5 nM). The pulmonary microvascular pressure was not changed by hypoxia, but increased more than two-fold by ET-1 (P < 0.01). Hypoxia significantly increased pulmonary arterial resistance (P < 0.01) while ET-1 significantly increased pulmonary venous resistance (P < 0.01), and slightly increased arterial resistance. Lung weight was increased by ET-1 and decreased by hypoxia, accompanied by similar Ppa responses in both cases. BQ123 (10(-6) M and 10(-5) M) did not influence the changes in Ppa and lung weight induced by hypoxia or angiotensin II (0.3 micrograms). BQ123 did, however, suppress (P < 0.05) the increase in Ppa and lung weight induced by 5 nM ET-1. Thus, it appears unlikely that ET-1 is involved in changes in pulmonary vascular tone during acute HPV.
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- M Takeoka
- Research Centre for Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Terasawa K, Sakai A, Yanagidaira Y, Takeoka M, Asano K, Fujiwara T, Yanagisawa K, Kashimura O, Ueda G. Cardiopulmonary function in bicycle racing over mountainous terrain at moderate altitude. Int J Biometeorol 1995; 38:126-130. [PMID: 7744526 DOI: 10.1007/bf01208488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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To examine cardiopulmonary function during exercise in a mountainous region at moderate altitude, we measured cardiac frequency, oxygen consumption (VO2), and percentage arterial hemoglobin oxygen saturation (%SaO2) before and after a bicycle race with a starting point at 638 m and finishing point at 1980 m. The time required to ascend an elevation of 10 m was prolonged with increasing altitude, and heart rate also increased with altitude. The %SaO2 at the starting point and at the finishing point differed significantly (P < 0.01). Faster cyclists exhibited higher %SaO2 and lower VO2, while slower cyclists exhibited a reduction in %SaO2 and an increase in VO2 immediately after the race. The %SaO2 recovery time was significantly correlated with the racing time (r = 0.54, P < 0.001). Therefore, the faster cyclists' oxygen debt upon completion of the race may be small and recovery of cardiopulmonary function may be fast, while the slower cyclists' oxygen debt may be large and recovery of cardiopulmonary function may be slow.
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- K Terasawa
- Shinshu University, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Matsumoto, Japan
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Takeoka M, Fujiwara T, Sakai A, Yanagidaira Y, Kaneko M, Osada H, Kashimura O, Asano K, Matsumoto K, Ueda G. Cardio-pulmonary function of cyclists competing on an ascending mountain course between altitudes of 1400 m and 2800 m. Int J Biometeorol 1995; 38:102-107. [PMID: 7698854 DOI: 10.1007/bf01270668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Physiological changes were investigated in the cardio-respiratory function of competitors in a bicycle race which involved not a flat course but ascending a mountain, from 1400 m to 2800 m. Heart rate throughout the race, arterial oxygen saturation and pulmonary function before and after the race of well trained competitors were measured. The individual's maximal heart rate during the race was designated as HRmax for the calculations. (1) There were significant correlations between the age and the mean %HRmax during the race, between mean %HRmax and time, and between age and time (n = 15); the mean %HRmax had a 3.90 times greater effect on time than did age. (2) The individuals who performed best had lower values of oxygen saturation just after finishing the race (n = 51). (3) At 1 min after reaching the finishing line, oxygen saturation levels had recovered to the value of 20 min after finishing the race, whereas the heart rate was still in the process of recovery (n = 18). (4) Maximum expiratory flow at 50% vital capacity measured 30 min after reaching the finishing line was significantly higher than at the starting point. The intensity of the load on the cardiac system produced by completion of this course was estimated to be almost the same as that of a full marathon on a flat course. The time depended on both the youth of the cyclist and on his ability to maintain a high value of %HRmax during the race.
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- M Takeoka
- Department of Environmental Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Ge RL, Chen QH, Wang LH, Gen D, Yang P, Kubo K, Fujimoto K, Matsuzawa Y, Yoshimura K, Takeoka M. Higher exercise performance and lower VO2max in Tibetan than Han residents at 4,700 m altitude. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1994; 77:684-91. [PMID: 8002515 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1994.77.2.684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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To examine the hypothesis that the pathway of adaptation to high altitude in natives differs considerably from that in newcomers, we measured maximal O2 uptake (VO2max), minute ventilation, anaerobic threshold (AT), blood lactate, and blood gases during maximal exercise in 17 lifelong Tibetan residents and 14 acclimatized Han Chinese newcomers living at the altitude of 4,700 m. The two groups were similar in age, height, and weight, and the subjects were nonathletes. Although VO2max was significantly lower in the Tibetans than in the Hans (30.4 +/- 1.5 vs. 36.0 +/- 1.9 ml.min-1.kg-1 STPD; P < 0.05), at maximal exercise effort the exercise workload was greater (167.7 +/- 4.2 vs. 150.0 +/- 5.9 W; P < 0.05). The mean AT values (in % VO2max) in the Tibetan and Han subjects were 84.1 and 61.6%, respectively (P < 0.01). Minute ventilation at maximal exercise was significantly lower in the Tibetans than in the Hans (68.4 +/- 3.4 vs. 79.7 +/- 4.1 l/min BTPS; P < 0.05), whereas heart rate at maximal effort was equivalent in the two groups. The Tibetans showed lower blood lactate value than did the Hans both before and at the end of exercise. We conclude that the Tibetan natives have higher exercise performance and AT but lower VO2max and blood lactate concentration than do acclimatized Han newcomers. These results may reflect the effects of genetic or peripheral adaptation factors in the Tibetan natives.
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- R L Ge
- Qinghai High Altitude Medical Science Institute, Xining, Qinghai, China
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Sakai A, Yanagidaira Y, Takeoka M, Asano K, Kashimura O, Terasawa K, Ueda G. Effects of exercise training at 1,500 m on arterial oxygen saturation and pulse rate. Aviat Space Environ Med 1994; 65:41-44. [PMID: 8117225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We compared the effects of exercise training at a low (610 m) altitude with those at moderate (1,500 m) altitude on arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) and pulse rate (PR) between two groups of men: five subjects in the low altitude group (LG), and five other subjects in the moderate-altitude group (MG), after giving them a series of bicycle training in a hypobaric chamber. Training intensity was 75% HRmax for 60 min/day, 3 times per week for 5 weeks. Before and after the training, Sao2 and PR were measured with a pulse oximeter during step-tests under various air pressures, corresponding to 610 m, 2,000 m, and 4,000 m, respectively, in the chamber. We found that: 1) Sao2 during the step-test carried out at 2,000 m and 4,000 m in the hypobaric chamber was significantly increased in MG compared with that in LG; and 2) PR during the step-tests at 610 m, 2,000 m, and 4,000 m was significantly decreased in MG compared with that in LG. Thus, we conclude that exercise training at a moderate altitude is a useful method for increasing Sao2 and decreasing PR and may prevent mountain sickness.
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- A Sakai
- Department of Environmental Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Takeoka M, Yanagidaira Y, Sakai A, Asano K, Fujiwara T, Yanagisawa K, Kashimura O, Ueda G, Wu TY, Zhang Y. Effects of high altitudes on finger cooling test in Japanese and Tibetans at Qinghai Plateau. Int J Biometeorol 1993; 37:27-31. [PMID: 8468096 DOI: 10.1007/bf01212763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The influences of both hypobaric hypoxia and cold on peripheral circulation were studied using the finger cooling test (measurement of the decrease in finger temperature, measured at the dorsal surface of the finger, during immersion of the hand in 0 degrees C water for 20 min) at Qinghai Plateau. The same test was carried out at simulated altitudes in a 25 degrees C climatic chamber to separate the hypobaric hypoxia influence from that of cold. In Japanese subjects at Qinghai Plateau there was a significant difference between finger skin temperatures (FSTs) during 20 min of 0 degrees C water immersion at altitudes of 2260 m and 4860 m by ANOVA. Mean finger skin temperature during the 20-min immersion (5-20 min, MST) measured at 4860 m was significantly lower than that at 2260 m. In Tibetan subjects, there was also a significant difference between FSTs at 2260 m and at 4860 m by ANOVA. MST at 4860 m tended to be lower than that at 2260 m. In the 25 degrees C climatic chamber, there was a significant difference between FSTs of Japanese expedition members at 2000 m and at 4000 m by ANOVA. MST was higher at 4000 m than at 2000 m, contrary to the data obtained in Qinghai. In conclusion, the higher skin temperature in response to local cold immersion, which would have been caused by stronger hypobaric hypoxia, must have been masked by the lower ambient temperature.
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- M Takeoka
- Department of Environmental Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Ueda G, Takeoka M, Sakai A, Kobayashi T. Microcirculation and high altitude edema. Int J Sports Med 1992; 13 Suppl 1:S52-4. [PMID: 1483791 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Physiological functions are a conglomeration of cell functions, and all cells are regulated by information processing and energy distributing systems. The former consists of nervous systems and the latter consists of respiro-circulatory systems. Defensive reactions appear in response to local cold stress which can induce frostbite or edema. We analyzed the cold vasoreaction time course in which rhythmical changes and trends were found using rabbit's ear blood vessels. In sheep, hypobaric hypoxia corresponding to 6600 m altitude was applied for 3 hrs. Lung lymph volume increased in response to this stress. Most sheep exposed recovered later. The factors influencing the increase in lung lymph flow and the conditions to induce interstitial edema were analyzed. Simulated-altitude symptoms were, then, analyzed by Sampson's method. In eight subjects exposed to 3700 m condition, the nervous system symptoms were well correlated with the respiro-circulatory symptoms. Thus we concluded that the distinction between system-specific diseases, viz., that between acute mountain sickness cerebral type (AMS-C) and respiratory type (AMS-R) was somewhat fuzzy. A common AMS condition, AMS-general, exists. Lastly, a case of 22-year-old male who died of lung and cerebral edema on a winter mountain was reported. The lung weighed 1506 g and the brain 1610 g.
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- G Ueda
- Department of Environ Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Shibahara A, Yamamoto K, Takeoka M, Kinoshita A, Kajimoto G, Nakayama T, Noda M. Novel pathways of oleic and cis-vaccenic acid biosynthesis by an enzymatic double-bond shifting reaction in higher plants. FEBS Lett 1990; 264:228-30. [PMID: 2358068 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80254-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The novel pathways of oleic acid formation from cis-vaccenic (cis-11-octadecenoic) acid and of cis-vaccenic acid formation from oleic acid by enzymatic positional isomerization have been proposed in higher plants, based on stable-isotope experiments using [2,2-2H2]cis-vaccenate or [2,2-2H2]oleate as an immediate precursor. A pulp homogenate and also pulp slices prepared from developing kaki (Diospyros kaki) fruit could catalyze these hitherto unknown isomerizations. This suggests the presence of a new type of isomerase responsible for the double-bond shifting reaction without cis-trans isomerization in the middle of fatty acid carbon chains.
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- A Shibahara
- Department of Nutrition, Kobe-Gakuin University, Japan
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Hayashi O, Aoki N, Shimura A, Kikuchi M, Tsuzuki S, Kubo K, Sasaki T, Asayama M, Fujimatsu H, Miyagawa T, Terai Y, Sugenoya J, Ogawa T, Ohnishi N, Takano T, Miyazaki Y, Motohashi Y, Yasukouchi A, Iwanaga K, Koya Y, Tochihara Y, Ohnaka T, Yamazaki S, Tanaka M, Yoshida K, Kashimura O, Murakami N, Konda N, Shiraki K, Sagawa S, Igawa S, Morikawa T, Kashimura O, Kita H, Yamamoto S, Sudo A, Sawada S, Kobayashi Y, Kawagoe K, Horie G, Sakurai Y, Matsubara N, Miki K, Morimoto T, Nose H, Ito T, Yamada S, Sakai A, Ueda G, Yasaki K, Shibamoto T, Yoshimura K, Fukushima M, Kobayashi T, Ohwatari N, Fujiwara M, Tsuchiya K, Kosaka M, Sakaguchi E, Osada H, Sakaguchi T, Yurugi R, Yanagidaira Y, Takeoka M, Koshihara Y, Tsujita J, Tohori M, Tanaka N, Hori S, Araki T, Fujimatu H, Sugano Y, Nagasaka T, Nunomura T, Ohmae O, Shibata H, Tsurutani-Midorikawa T, Niwa K, Nakayama TT, Horikoshi T, Mochida T, Yokoyama S, Ogino H, Hori T, Kiyohara T, Shibara M, Nakashima T, Ohnuki Y, Ishikawa Y, Nakayama T, Isobe Y, Kimura T, Shimura M, Miura T, Momiyama M, Nakamura Y, Yamasaki M, Yamaoka S, Ishigure K, Nagata H, Doi K, Kuroshima A, Inomoto T, Yazaki K, Mohri M. Abstracts of the twenty-first annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Biometeorology, Sapporo, 4-5 October 1982. Int J Biometeorol 1984; 28:345-369. [PMID: 6511122 DOI: 10.1007/bf02188566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Ueda G, Takeoka M, Koshihara Y. Wave pattern analyses for cold vaso-oscillation. Int J Biometeorol 1983; 27:157-164. [PMID: 6618704 DOI: 10.1007/bf02185747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Ueda G, Sakai A, Yanagidaira Y, Takeoka M, Koshihara Y. Potentiated heart-rate increase for exercise in simulated altitude. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 1982; 22:161-4. [PMID: 7162171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Okuwaki Y, Iwami K, Kikuchi M, Fujita K, Sawada S, Yamamoto S, Sudo A, Murakami N, Mohri M, Nagasaka T, Shibata H, Hirata K, Yurugi R, Kondo Y, Moriya K, Hiroshige T, Kurahashi M, Kuroshima A, Yahata T, Doi K, Harimura Y, Tochihara Y, Ohnaka T, Matsui J, Tanaka M, Yoshida K, Mayuzumi M, Tanaka N, Tsujita J, Hori S, Morimoto T, Miki K, Nose H, Yamada S, Ohara K, Okuda N, Sato H, Isobe Y, Hasegawa Y, Miyagawa T, Ogawa T, Asayama M, Sugenoya J, Matsui R, Igawa S, Kashimura O, Nakai S, Kita H, Ueda G, Takeoka M, Koshihara Y, Tsuchiya K, Ohwatari N, Kosaka M, Nagai M, Iriki M, Pleschka K, Kiyohara T, Hori T, Nakashima T, Shibata M, Osaka T, Sugano T, Araki T, Namihira G, Nagata H, Ishigure K, Shimaoka K, Mori S, Hara M, Shinohara T, Nagao Y, Okabe N, Hamaguchi K, Sasaki T, Komori A, Saito S, Sakai A, Yoshimura K, Fukushima M, Kubo K, Kobayashi T, Shimizu N, Minamino O, Naruse T, Isoda N, Kamiyama K, Midorikawa TT, Niwa K, Nakayama T, Agishi Y, Yamaoka S, Yamasaki M, Momiyama M, Tajima Y, Katayama K, Nakamura Y, Matsubara N, Kimura T, Shimura M, Miura T. Abstracts of the nineteenth annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Biometeorology, Hamamatsu, 28-29 November 1980. Int J Biometeorol 1982; 26:169-195. [PMID: 7141734 DOI: 10.1007/bf02184632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Iriki M, Kozawa E, Iguchi T, Hori T, Tsuzuki S, Tsunashima K, Kubo K, Kawakami M, Murakami N, Tokura H, Suzuki T, Yoshimura C, Tsurutani T, Ogawa T, Ito M, Miyagawa T, Asayama M, Nagasaka T, Hirata K, Sugano Y, Shibata H, Mohri M, Sasaki T, Chiba Y, Osada H, Sakaguchi E, Yurugi R, Yamaoka S, Hiroshige T, Honma K, Itoh S, Hirokawa Y, Horie G, Nakamura S, Tsukamoto N, Watanabe M, Sohn JY, Isoda N, Kobayashi Y, Yamaguchi K, Nishimura K, Kawashima Y, Gotoh S, Watanabe T, Matsumoto Y, Kawahara Y, Hoshiai T, Minamino O, Ota K, Inoue T, Naruse T, Kajii H, Inaba K, Miyano A, Kamiyama K, Kito K, Nemoto O, Horikoshi T, Namihira G, Saiki H, Saiki M, Nakaya M, Sudoh M, Abe M, Nakahara H, Yokoyama H, Ohara K, Okuda N, Kuroshima A, Kurahashi M, Yahata T, Doi K, Ohno T, Agishi Y, Moriya K, Yamaguchi T, Ueda G, Takeoka M, Koshihara Y, Tanaka N, Tsujita J, Mayuzumi M, Itoh KB, Hori S, Nakamura M, Yukawa K, Hirata H, Ikeda T, Ishihara U, Morimoto T, Miki K, Shiraki K, Niwa K, Ohnuki Y, Nakayama T, Igawa S, Yorimoto A, Kita H, Hanawa K, Sugiyama M, Iwami K, Hayashi O, Fujita K, Kikuchi M, Matsushita K, Tsujino A, Araki T, Toda Y, Tochihara T, Ohnaka T, Matsui J, Tanaka M, Yoshida K, Yokoi T, Yanaga T, Kaji M, Sato T, Momiyama MS, Fujii Y, Murakami M, Ichimaru Y, Yoshiyama T, Asahina K, Watanabe K, Sekiguchi N, Matsumoto T, Mori K, Yano T, Katayama K, Shimura M, Miura T. Abstracts of the seventeenth annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Biometeorology, Osaka, 21-22 November 1978. Int J Biometeorol 1981; 25:77-107. [PMID: 7228445 DOI: 10.1007/bf02184444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Ueda G, Beppu H, Tomida K, Takeoka M. Proceedings: Osmotic nature of muscle-fiber bundles of bull frog skeletal muscles. Nihon Seirigaku Zasshi 1974; 36:335. [PMID: 4549586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Takeoka M. The Treatment of Experimental Tuberculosis in Guinea-Pigs and Rabbits by Taurin, Alone and in Combination with Gold Chlorid and Sodium Oleate. J Infect Dis 1917. [DOI: 10.1093/infdis/20.4.442] [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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