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Stiegler A, Li JH, Shah V, Tsaava T, Tynan A, Yang H, Tamari Y, Brines M, Tracey KJ, Chavan SS. Systemic administration of choline acetyltransferase decreases blood pressure in murine hypertension. Mol Med 2021; 27:133. [PMID: 34674633 PMCID: PMC8529785 DOI: 10.1186/s10020-021-00380-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Acetylcholine (ACh) decreases blood pressure by stimulating endothelium nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation in resistance arterioles. Normal plasma contains choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and its biosynthetic product ACh at appreciable concentrations to potentially act upon the endothelium to affect blood pressure. Recently we discovered a T-cell subset expressing ChAT (TChAT), whereby genetic ablation of ChAT in these cells produces hypertension, indicating that production of ACh by TChAT regulates blood pressure. Accordingly, we reasoned that increasing systemic ChAT concentrations might induce vasodilation and reduce blood pressure. To evaluate this possibility, recombinant ChAT was administered intraperitoneally to mice having angiotensin II-induced hypertension. This intervention significantly and dose-dependently decreased mean arterial pressure. ChAT-mediated attenuation of blood pressure was reversed by administration of the nitric oxide synthesis blocker L-nitro arginine methyl ester, indicating ChAT administration decreases blood pressure by stimulating nitic oxide dependent vasodilation, consistent with an effect of ACh on the endothelium. To prolong the half life of circulating ChAT, the molecule was modified by covalently attaching repeating units of polyethylene glycol (PEG), resulting in enzymatically active PEG-ChAT. Administration of PEG-ChAT to hypertensive mice decreased mean arterial pressure with a longer response duration when compared to ChAT. Together these findings suggest further studies are warranted on the role of ChAT in hypertension.
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- Andrew Stiegler
- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
- Circulatory Technology, Inc, 21 Singworth St, Oyster Bay, NY, 11771, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
- The Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA
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- Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA.
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA.
- The Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, Northwell Health, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA.
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Stiegler A, Li J, Shah V, Tsaava T, Tynan A, Tamari Y, Chavan S, Tracey K. Choline Acetyltransferase Administration Decrease Blood Pressure in a Murine Model of Hypertension. FASEB J 2021. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.s1.04623] [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: 11/11/2022]
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- Andrew Stiegler
- Institute for Bioelectronic MedicineFeinstein Institutes for Medical ResearchManhassetNY
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellHempsteadNY
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- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellHempsteadNY
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- The Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular MedicineManhassetNY
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- Institute for Bioelectronic MedicineFeinstein Institutes for Medical ResearchManhassetNY
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- Institute for Bioelectronic MedicineFeinstein Institutes for Medical ResearchManhassetNY
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- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellHempsteadNY
- Circulatory Technology, Inc.Oyster BayNY
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- Institute for Bioelectronic MedicineFeinstein Institutes for Medical ResearchManhassetNY
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- Institute for Bioelectronic MedicineFeinstein Institutes for Medical ResearchManhassetNY
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Yoshinaga J, Morita M, Yukawa M, Shiraishi K, Kawamura H, Arae H, Baker S, Barnes RM, Dang HS, De Regge P, Funato Y, Futatsugawa K, Hirai S, Kato T, Kawamoto K, Matsubara M, Matsue H, Miller-Ihli NJ, Muramatsu Y, Narukawa T, Okada Y, Reitznerová E, Sakamoto H, Sera K, Shindo K, Suzuki S, Takata J, Takeuchi T, Tamari Y, Tanizaki Y, Veillon C, Yasui A, Yonezawa C. Certified Reference Material for Analytical Quality Assurance of Minor and Trace Elements in Food and Related Matrixes Based on a Typical Japanese Diet: Interlaboratory Study. J AOAC Int 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/84.4.1202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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A Certified Reference Material (CRM) was prepared at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan, in collaboration with the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Japan, for the analytical quality assurance of minor and trace elements in food and related matrixes. The starting material for the CRM was all food served in 29 households in Japan over two 3-day periods in 1997–1998, and thus the CRM represented a typical Japanese diet. All foods (meals, snacks, and beverages) were homogenized, freeze-dried, pulverized, blended, dispensed into 1100 bottles, and sterilized. The within- and between-bottle homogeneity of the prepared CRM was satisfactory for most of the elements. The concentrations of 14 elements (Na, Mg, K, Ca, Mn, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Sr, Cd, Sn, Ba, and U) were certified based on a collaborative analysis involving NIES, NIRS, and 20 other laboratories. Reference values were given for the concentrations of 12 additional elements (P, Cl, Fe, Co, Ni, Br, Rb, Mo, I, Cs, Pb, and Th). The elements certified and those given reference values include minerals, essential trace elements, contaminant elements, and long-lived radionuclides. Thus, this CRM is of practical value in the quality assurance of element analysis of foods and diets in nutritional, environmental, and radiological research.
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- Jun Yoshinaga
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan; Present address: Institute of Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan; Present address: Institute of Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Y. Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
- Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York - U.S.A
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- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
- Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York - U.S.A
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- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
- Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York - U.S.A
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Tamari Y, Lee-Sensiba K, Beck J, Chan R, Salogub M, Hall M, Lee T, Ganju R, Mongero L. A new top-loading venous bag provides vacuum-assisted venous drainage. Perfusion 2016; 17:383-90. [PMID: 12243444 DOI: 10.1191/0267659102pf598oa] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A new venous bag has been developed, prototyped, and tested. The new bag has its inlet, outlet purge, and infusion tubes extending upward from the top of the bag, and are threaded through, bonded to, and sealed within a flat rigid top plate. This design allows the bag to be hung from its top plate by its tubes. It also allows the bag to be: 1) dropped into or removed from its holder, as is done with existing hard-shell reservoirs so that its weight pulls it into the holder without the need for eyelets and hooks and 2) placed closer to the floor so that gravity drainage is facilitated. The V-Bag® (VB) is easily sealed within an accompanying rigid housing. Once sealed, vacuum applied to the housing is transmitted across the flexible walls of the bag to the venous blood. Thus, vacuum-assisted venous drainage (VAVD) is obtained as it is with a hard-shell reservoir, but without any contact of air with the blood. Bench tests, using a circuit that simulated the venous side of the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuit, showed that applying suction to the housing increased venous flow, and the fractional increase in flow was not a function of the venous cannula, but of the level of vacuum applied. In the gravity drainage mode, the bubble counts at the outlet of the V-Bag compared to two other bags were lower at any pumping condition. When used in the VAVD mode, bubble counts were two orders of magnitude lower than when using kinetically assisted venous drainage (KAVD) with a centrifugal pump. Results obtained with the VB suggest its clinical usefulness.
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, USA.
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Ju Z, Chavan SS, Antoine DJ, Dancho M, Tsaava T, Li J, Lu B, Levine YA, Stiegler A, Tamari Y, Al-Abed Y, Roth J, Tracey KJ, Yang H. Sequestering HMGB1 via DNA-conjugated beads ameliorates murine colitis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103992. [PMID: 25127031 PMCID: PMC4134190 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract that affects millions of people worldwide. Although the etiology of IBD is not clear, it is known that products from stressed cells and enteric microbes promote intestinal inflammation. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), originally identified as a nuclear DNA binding protein, is a cytokine-like protein mediator implicated in infection, sterile injury, autoimmune disease, and IBD. Elevated levels of HMGB1 have been detected in inflamed human intestinal tissues and in feces of IBD patients and mouse models of colitis. Neutralizing HMGB1 activity by administration of anti-HMGB1 antibodies or HMGB1-specific antagonist improves clinical outcomes in animal models of colitis. Since HMGB1 binds to DNA with high affinity, here we developed a novel strategy to sequester HMGB1 using DNA immobilized on sepharose beads. Screening of DNA-bead constructs revealed that B2 beads, one linear form of DNA conjugated beads, bind HMGB1 with high affinity, capture HMGB1 ex vivo from endotoxin-stimulated RAW 264.7 cell supernatant and from feces of mice with colitis. Oral administration of B2 DNA beads significantly improved body weight, reduced colon injury, and suppressed colonic and circulating cytokine levels in mice with spontaneous colitis (IL-10 knockout) and with dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis. Thus, DNA beads reduce inflammation by sequestering HMGB1 and may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of IBD.
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- Zhongliang Ju
- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- SetPoint Medical Corporation, Valencia, California, United States of America
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- Circulatory Technology Inc., Oyster Bay, New York, United States of America
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- Circulatory Technology Inc., Oyster Bay, New York, United States of America
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- Medicinal Chemistry, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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Yang H, Ju Z, Dancho M, Li J, Tamari Y, Chavan S, Tracey K. Sequestering HMGB1 using DNA-conjugated beads ameliorates murine colitis (THER5P.840). The Journal of Immunology 2014. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.192.supp.200.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract that affects millions of people worldwide. Although the etiology of IBD is not clear, it is known that mediators from stressed cells and enteric microbes cause intestinal inflammation. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of IBD and other inflammatory diseases. HMGB1 is secreted by inflamed human intestinal tissues, and abundantly found in stools of IBD patients, and mouse models of colitis. Neutralizing HMGB1 activity by anti-HMGB1 antibodies or antagonist improves clinical outcomes in animal models of colitis. Since HMGB1 binds DNA with high affinity, here we developed a novel strategy to sequester HMGB1 using DNA immobilized on sepharose beads. Screening of different types of DNA-bead constructs identified B2 beads that bind to HMGB1 with high affinity, captures HMGB1 ex vivo from activated RAW 264.7 cell supernatant and from fecal material obtained from dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis MICE. Oral administration of B2 DNA-beads improved body weight, reduced colon injury and suppressed colonic and circulating cytokine levels in mice with spontaneous colitis (IL10 knock out) or with DSS-induced colitis. Our data suggest that DNA beads sequester HMGB1 and reduce inflammation, and have a therapeutic potential for the treatment of IBD.
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- Huan Yang
- 1Biomedical science, Feinstein Inst. for Med. Res., Manhasset, NY
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- 1Biomedical science, Feinstein Inst. for Med. Res., Manhasset, NY
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- 1Biomedical science, Feinstein Inst. for Med. Res., Manhasset, NY
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- 1Biomedical science, Feinstein Inst. for Med. Res., Manhasset, NY
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- 1Biomedical science, Feinstein Inst. for Med. Res., Manhasset, NY
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- 1Biomedical science, Feinstein Inst. for Med. Res., Manhasset, NY
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Kashino G, Tamari Y, Kumagai J, Tano K, Watanabe M. Suppressive effect of ascorbic acid on the mutagenesis induced by the bystander effect through mitochondrial function. Free Radic Res 2013; 47:474-9. [DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2013.791025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Azechi H, Sakaiya T, Fujioka S, Tamari Y, Otani K, Shigemori K, Nakai M, Shiraga H, Miyanaga N, Mima K. Comprehensive diagnosis of growth rates of the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 98:045002. [PMID: 17358782 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.045002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The growth rate of the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability is approximated by gamma = square root[kg/(1 + kL)] - beta km/rho(a), where k is the perturbation wave number, g the gravity, L the density scale length, m the mass ablation rate, and rho(a) the peak target density. The coefficient beta was evaluated for the first time by measuring all quantities of this formula except for L, which was taken from the simulation. Although the experimental value of beta = 1.2+/-0.7 at short perturbation wavelengths is in reasonably good agreement with the theoretical prediction of beta = 1.7, it is found to be larger than the prediction at long wavelengths.
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- H Azechi
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Tatsukawa M, Kurokawa M, Tamari Y, Yoshimatsu H, Sakata T. Regional fat deposition in the legs is useful as a presumptive marker of antiatherogenesity in Japanese. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 2000; 223:156-62. [PMID: 10654618 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.2000.22321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To examine the pathological role of regional fat deposition in development of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, regional fat distribution was evaluated using metabolites and hormones as measures of obesity-related disorders. The subjects enrolled were 100 sex-matched inpatients, who were admitted, regardless of their body mass index values, for further examination of unusual results from periodic medical screening tests, and for examination of obesity-induced complications and treatment of obesity. Body fat distribution was analyzed using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Analysis of parameters regarding fat distribution showed that gender was one of the determinants affecting correlation between fat distribution and metabolites of fasting plasma glucose (FPG), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), total cholesterol (TC), or triglyceride (TG). However, regardless of gender, both leg trunk fat (L/Tr) and arm trunk fat (A/Tr) ratios negatively correlated with a total body fat (% total fat) ratio, whereas the intercept value of female regression line in L/Tr was greater than that in males, but not in A/Tr. Percentage total fat, L/Tr, and A/Tr in males correlated significantly with FPG, TC, TG, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), atherogenic index (A.I.), and apoB/A1 only low density lipoprotein (LDL) was significantly correlated solely to L/Tr and A/Tr. These results indicate that regional fat distribution in males may not be a major determinant for development of metabolic disorders in obese patients. Unlike male regional fat distribution, female L/Tr correlated significantly not only with TC, TG, and LDL, but also with FPG and HbA1c, although both of the latter 2 glucose-related parameters in males showed no correlation with any parameters of fat deposition. The remaining female parameters of fasting plasma insulin, VLDL, A.I., and ApoB/A1 correlated with each of the three parameters of fat deposition, as similarly shown in males. The powerful and negative correlation was thus evident, particularly in females, between leg fat deposition and parameters of glucose and lipid metabolites. The resulting information provides a novel insight that regional fat deposition at the legs is useful as a marker for metabolic and cardiovascular disorders associated with obesity.
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- M Tatsukawa
- Department of Internal Medicine I, School of Medicine, Oita Medical University, Hasama, Japan
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Augmented venous drainage improves venous return during minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Two systems to augment drainage are common: in one, a centrifugal pump draws blood from the venous site and pumps it into a venous reservoir. In the other, suction is applied directly to a hard-shell venous reservoir. Both systems overcome the high resistance of the venous cannula when gravity alone is insufficient to provide adequate drainage. Both systems also have shortcomings: in the first approach, the centrifugal pump head can entrap large bubbles, reducing flow and requiring pump stoppage to remove them. Air from the venous line also can be broken up by the centrifugal pump into small bubbles that can pass through the pump head. The direct suction system in the second approach cannot use a closed-bag reservoir, and has the potential to introduce air into the arterial line. We have developed a new venous augmentation system for a closed venous reservoir that provides excellent suction control without the potential to introduce air into the arterial line. Our system replaces the centrifugal pump of the first approach with a roller pump controlled by the Better-Bladder, a new device with FDA 510(k) clearance for long-term pumping. The Better-Bladder is a length of medical tubing, processed to form a thin-walled, enlarged bladder that is sealed within a clear rigid housing. It acts as an in-line reservoir that provides compliance in the venous line and a noninvasive means to measure blood pressure at the pump inlet. The bladder housing can maintain a negative pressure set by the user that controls the degree of gravity drainage. Tests have shown that the Better-Bladder allows for safe, smooth pump control using a roller pump in the venous line.
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset 11030, USA.
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213 samples of human breast milk were collected from 51 healthy Korean women. Selenium content of the samples was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry with hydride generation. The selenium content of Korean milk decreased with increase of days after birth: The arithmetic mean of selenium content was higher in colostrum (< 4 days) 34 micrograms/kg (SD +/- 11, n = 44) than in transitional milk 21 micrograms/kg (SD +/- 8, n = 78) or in mature milk (> 10 days) 13 micrograms/kg (SD +/- 6, n = 91). The daily dietary selenium intake of 0-1 month aged Korean infants fed on breast milk is estimated to be around 10 micrograms per day (3 micrograms/kg body weight) regardless of days postpartum, resulting from the calculation of our selenium data and daily milk intake during early lactation. The same result on selenium intake for Japanese newborns, as well as Korean infants, is also estimated to be around 10 micrograms per day (3 micrograms/kg body weight) regardless of days postpartum.
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Chemistry, Konan University, Kobe, Japan
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Tamari Y, Lee-Sensiba K, King S, Hall MH. An improved bladder for pump control during ECMO procedures. J Extra Corpor Technol 1999; 31:84-90. [PMID: 10724648] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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A new inline reservoir called the Better-Bladder, now FDA-cleared for long term use, overcomes some disadvantages of the silicone bladder and bladder box used in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits. The Better-Bladder provides compliance in the venous line and allows for noninvasive pressure measurements. Both features are useful for controlling pump speed as a function of venous line pressure. Bench tests showed that the Better-Bladder measures pressure noninvasively within +/- 4% of invasive (i.e., liquid contacting) pressure measurements in a range from -200 to +500 mmHg and at temperatures from 10 degrees C to 37 degrees C. After 60 days, the error in noninvasive pressure measurement with the Better-Bladder was less than +/- 3%. The Better-Bladder withstood pressurization to 1700 mmHg for ten days without leaking or failing in other ways. The advantages of the Better Bladder, along with its accuracy and durability, suggest its use for short and long term pumping applications.
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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We studied the effects of acetate (Ac), the buffer in crystalloids used during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) (e.g. Normosol-R and Plasma-Lyte, Ac = 27mEq/l), on coronary resistance (R) for the empty beating heart, and on vascular resistance (SVR) of 19 dogs on CPB. Control R with Ac = O (R c) was obtained by adjusting flow to give a pressure of 90 +/- 10mmHg (R = 532 +/- 32 dynes sec/cm 5g, other Rs are given as a percentage of their respective R c). Continuous addition of Ac = 1.6 or 7.1mEq/L of blood resulted in a rapid decrease in R to 34 +/- 3 and 17 +/- 2% of R c, followed by a recovery to higher steady values of 53 +/- 3 and 27 +/- 2% respectively (p less than 0.008). A bolus administration of 2mEq and 6mEq into the coronary circuit resulted in R dropping to 30 +/- 5 and 17 +/- 6% respectively. Rs obtained with Ac were compared to the Rs obtained for control 20sec reactive hyperaemia (35 +/- 1%), after 30 minutes global ischaemia (14 +/- 1%), and with the addition of bicarbonate (98 +/- 2%). Ac did not change heart rate, but caused an increase in O 2 consumption from 3.4 +/- 0.4 to 4.8 +/- 0.7 ml/min/100g, (p less than 0.038). Systemically, a bolus of 6mEq of Ac caused an immediate drop in SVR to 45 +/- 5% of control. The property of Ac as a potent coronary and vascular dilator may need to be considered when Ac is used during cardiac surgery. Statistical comparisons were made with the paired t-test.
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, New York
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Kim ES, Kim JS, Cho KH, Lee KH, Tamari Y. Quantitation of taurine and selenium levels in human milk and estimated intake of taurine by breast-fed infants during the early periods of lactation. Adv Exp Med Biol 1998; 442:477-86. [PMID: 9635064 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0117-0_57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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With these results we report the following: Taurine levels in human milk decreased slightly during the early lactation period. The concentration of taurine (406 +/- 174 nmol/ml) in colostrum was significantly higher than that (335 +/- 115 nmol/ml) in mature milk. Selenium content of human milk also decreased slightly during the early lactation period. The content of selenium (28.6 +/- 19.6 ng/ml) in colostrum was significantly higher than that (1 5.1 +/- 5.9 ng/ml) in mature milk. A correlation was not found between the taurine and selenium content of human milk. The intake of taurine and selenium by breast-fed infants progressively increased with days postpartum. These results were due to the significant increase in milk intake by infants. It is suggested that the taurine and selenium levels in colostrum are more concentrated than those in mature milk. However, the absolute intake of taurine and selenium by infants are higher in mature milk.
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- E S Kim
- Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Danook University, Seoul, Korea
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Lee-Sensiba K, Azzaretto N, Carolina C, DiCarmine N, Hymowitz D, Kay S, Kooker K, Salogub M, Wong E, Tamari Y. Errors in flow and pressure related to the arterial filter purge line. J Extra Corpor Technol 1998; 30:77-82. [PMID: 10182117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The purge line is a necessary component on arterial filters, although its presence may affect the amount of flow reaching the patient as well as the pump outlet pressure in the extracorporeal circuit. In-vitro and clinical studies conducted to investigate these effects with a commonly used purge line showed that at flows less than 1.5 L/min, rates for pediatric or infant patients, the purge line diverts as much as 40% of the intended pump flow away from the patient. A small diameter resistance tube connected in series with the purge line reduced purge flow such that over 80% of the pump flow reached the patient. Pressure monitored at the arterial filter port with the purge line open could be as much as 45 mmHg lower than the pressure measured with the purge line closed to the filter. Studies should be done to determine if the arterial filter purge line compromises flow to the patient, and if an additional resistance to the purge line is appropriate to reduce the flow through it.
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- K Lee-Sensiba
- Dept. of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset 11030, USA
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Lee-Sensiba K, Azzaretto N, Carolina C, DiCarmine N, Hymowitz D, Kay S, Kooker K, Salogub M, Wong E, Tamari Y. New roller pump disposable provides safety and simplifies occlusion setting. J Extra Corpor Technol 1997; 29:19-24. [PMID: 10166361] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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A new disposable insert for the arterial roller pump, the Better-Header, provides safety and functionality beyond what standard tubing provides. It automatically limits pump outlet pressure to a level determined by the user and provides a self-contained, simple means to set pump occlusion. The Better-Header consists of a Starling-like pressure relief valve connected across standard header tubing. As long as arterial line pressure at the pump outlet remains below a set limit, the valve is closed. If line pressure approaches the pressure limit, the valve opens, preventing overpressurization by shunting blood from pump outlet to inlet. The Better-Header can also be used to set occlusion by the "dynamic method" to obtain nonocclusive settings. The Better-Header was evaluated in the lab for its pressure-flow characteristics. Even when the arterial line was completely clamped at a pump flow of 7 L/min, line pressure was limited to a safe level and all circuit connections were preserved. The Better-Header has been used successfully at North Shore University Hospital in over 500 clinical cases covering a wide range of patients and procedures. In several instances, the user was alerted to high pressure situations by fluid flow through the valve and by an audible alarm, allowing rapid correction of the source of pressure. Compared to the standard setup, the Better-Header maintains outlet pressure within safe, user-settable limits, and permits consistent, nonocclusive settings with predictable retrograde flow.
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- K Lee-Sensiba
- North Shore University Hospital-New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset 11030, USA
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Tamari Y, Lee-Sensiba K, Leonard EF, Tortolani AJ. A dynamic method for setting roller pumps nonocclusively reduces hemolysis and predicts retrograde flow. ASAIO J 1997; 43:39-52. [PMID: 9116352] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In general, roller pumps are set almost occlusively despite evidence that nonocclusive settings cause less hemolysis. Almost-occlusive settings are used because of the concern that forward flow would not be accurately known if retrograde flow were allowed to occur through a nonocclusive gap. This article presents a dynamic method for setting roller pumps nonocclusively that overcomes the many difficulties of the "drop method" for setting occlusion. Studies were conducted to determine the effect of nonocclusive settings on pump flow and hemolysis generated; the results suggest that roller pumps can and should be set more nonocclusively than is the currently accepted standard to reduce pump related hemolysis without greatly affecting pump performance. The dynamic method allows retrograde flow to be easily predicted and corrected with an increase in pump speed.
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital-New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset 11030, USA
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Kang M, Yoshimatsu H, Chiba S, Kurokawa M, Ogawa R, Tamari Y, Tatsukawa M, Sakata T. Hypothalamic neuronal histamine modulates physiological responses induced by interleukin-1 beta. Am J Physiol 1995; 269:R1308-13. [PMID: 8594930 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1995.269.6.r1308] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Dynamic involvement of hypothalamic histamine in ingestive behavior and thermogenesis induced by interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) was examined in rats. Intraperitoneal injection of 0.12 nmol/rat IL-1 beta decreased food and water intake and elevated body temperature. However, depletion of neuronal histamine induced by intraperitoneal injection of 160 mumol/rat alpha-fluoromethylhistidine, a suicide inhibitor of histidine decarboxylase (HDC), attenuated the suppressive effect of IL-1 beta on food intake, facilitated the suppressive effect on drinking, and enhanced the elevating effect on rectal temperature. Intraperitoneal injection of 0.12 nmol/rat IL-1 beta increased hypothalamic histamine turnover rate. The same dose of IL-1 beta also increased activity of HDC and histamine-N-methyltransferase (HMT). These results suggest that IL-1 beta may stimulate synthesis and release of hypothalamic histamine in presynaptic terminals by activation of HDC and facilitate degradation of extracellular histamine by activation of MHT. These changes in the dynamics of hypothalamic histamine modulate IL-1 beta-induced ingestive behavior and body temperature.
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- M Kang
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Oita Medical University, Japan
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Tamari Y, Chayama K, Tsuji H. Longitudinal study on selenium content in human milk particularly during early lactation compared to that in infant formulas and cow's milk in Japan. J Trace Elem Med Biol 1995; 9:34-9. [PMID: 8846155 DOI: 10.1016/s0946-672x(11)80006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 02/02/2023]
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239 samples of human breast milk were collected from 36 healthy Japanese women. Selenium content of the samples was determined mainly by highly sensitive fluorometric analysis with 2,3-diaminonaphthalene. The highest selenium content, 247 micrograms/kg, was found on the first day postpartum. The arithmetic mean of selenium content was higher in colostrum (< 4 days) 47 micrograms/kg (SD 42, n = 116) than in transitional milk 24 micrograms/kg (SD 13, n = 87) or in mature milk (> 10 days) 10 micrograms/kg (SD 4, n = 36). Selenium content was also determined for six brands of commercial infant formula powder (32-58 micrograms/kg) based on cow's milk, seventeen brands of cow's milk (10-25 micrograms/kg) and eight brands of powered cream for cofee (9-162 micrograms/kg). The average selenium content was significant lower in the liquid formula prepared for infant lactation, 6.0 micrograms/L, than in the human colostrum and transitional milk. The dietary selenium intake of newborns fed on colostrum is estimated to be in the range of 2-12 micrograms per day.
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Chemistry, Konan University, Kobe, Japan
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Sakata T, Tamari Y, Kang M, Yoshimatsu H. 2-deoxy-D-glucose suppresses food intake through activation of hypothalamic histamine in rats. Am J Physiol 1994; 267:R616-8. [PMID: 8067475 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1994.267.2.r616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The aim of this experiment was to demonstrate whether brain histamine contributes to delayed suppression of food intake after administration of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). Food intake decreased significantly for 48 h after infusion of 2-DG into the rat third cerebroventricle. This delayed decrease in food intake was abolished by depletion of neuronal histamine by intraperitoneal pretreatment with alpha-fluoromethylhistidine (160 mumol/rat), a suicide inhibitor of a histamine-synthesizing enzyme. Intracerebroventricular infusion of 24 mumol 2-DG accelerated turnover rate of hypothalamic histamine. These results indicate that the delayed feeding suppression by 2-DG is modulated through histaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus. This histaminergic response may be related, at least in part, to homeostatic control of energy metabolism in the brain.
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- T Sakata
- Department of Internal Medicine I, School of Medicine, Oita Medical University, Japan
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Kang M, Yoshimatsu H, Ogawa R, Kurokawa M, Oohara A, Tamari Y, Sakata T. Thermoregulation and hypothalamic histamine turnover modulated by interleukin-1 beta in rats. Brain Res Bull 1994; 35:299-301. [PMID: 7850478 DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(94)90105-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 01/27/2023]
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To clarify the involvement of hypothalamic histamine in thermogenic response provoked by high ambient temperature, or interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), changes in rectal temperature and histamine turnover were investigated. Rectal temperature was maintained normally after exposure to high ambient temperature, but elevated by IL-1 beta. In spite of these different responses of body temperature, hypothalamic histamine turnover was increased in each treatment. The results suggest that hypothalamic histaminergic neurons are activated not only peripherally by high ambient temperature, but also centrally by IL-1 beta as endogenous pyrogen.
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- M Kang
- Department of Internal Medicine I, School of Medicine, Oita Medical University, Japan
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Tamari Y, Lee-Sensiba K, Leonard EF, Parnell V, Tortolani AJ. The effects of pressure and flow on hemolysis caused by Bio-Medicus centrifugal pumps and roller pumps. Guidelines for choosing a blood pump. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993; 106:997-1007. [PMID: 8246582] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Two Bio-Medicus BP-50 centrifugal pumps and two roller pumps were tested simultaneously with porcine blood at 21 degrees +/- 1 degree C in four in vitro circuits to determine the effect of four combinations of flow and pressure conditions on blood damage. Flows of 300 ml/min (1/4-inch inner-diameter tubing in the roller pump) and 1775 ml/min (1/2-inch inner-diameter tubing in the roller pump) and pressure differences across the pump (delta P = outlet pressure--inlet pressure) of 215 mm Hg (n = 6) and 345 mm Hg (n = 5) were examined. The index of hemolysis (milligrams plasma hemoglobin per 100 L blood pumped) for the BP-50 pump was higher at a flow of 300 ml/min than at a flow of 1775 ml/min (p < 0.0002). At 300 ml/min, the index of hemolysis for the BP-50 pump tended to be higher at 345 mm Hg than at 215 mm Hg (mean +/- standard error of the mean, 135 +/- 22 versus 88 +/- 9, p = 0.059). At 1775 ml/min, there was no difference in the index of hemolysis for the BP-50 pump between 215 and 345 mm Hg (37 +/- 7 versus 29 +/- 5, p = 0.32). With the roller pump, the index of hemolysis was higher at a flow of 300 ml/min than at a flow of 1775 ml/min (p < 0.036), but there was no difference in the indexes of hemolysis between 215 and 345 mm Hg at 300 ml/min (60 +/- 9 versus 61 +/- 11, p = 0.93) or at 1775 ml/min (40 +/- 6 versus 36 +/- 6, p = 0.61). Comparison between the two types of pumps showed that the index of hemolysis was significantly higher for the BP-50 than for the roller pump at a flow of 300 ml/min and a delta P of 215 mm Hg (88 +/- 9 versus 60 +/- 9, p = 0.009), as well as at a flow of 300 ml/min and a delta P of 345 mm Hg (135 +/- 22 versus 61 +/- 11, p = 0.001). At a flow of 1775 ml/min, there was no difference in the index of hemolysis between the two pumps at either pressure condition.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, N.Y. 11030
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Tamari Y, Lee-Sensiba K, Leonard EF, Parnell V, Tortolani AJ. The effects of pressure and flow on hemolysis caused by Bio-Medicus centrifugal pumps and roller pumps. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)33970-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mitsugi K, Mori T, Tamari Y, Tsuda Y, Hirata Y, Otuka T, Nakano S, Niho Y. [Successful treatment of a pretreated elderly case of small-cell lung carcinoma with continuous five-day intravenous infusion of cisplatin plus etoposide]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1991; 18:2341-4. [PMID: 1656891] [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: 12/28/2022]
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A 78-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea in June 1988, and diagnosed as having small-cell lung carcinoma by cytological findings of pleural effusion. He was treated three times with CAV (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine) therapy and a partial response was achieved. In March 1989, he was again admitted complaining of right dull hypochondralgia accompanied by enlargement of primary tumor in the right lower lobe of the lung and metastases to mediastinal and intraabdominal lymph nodes. Because it was an aged and recurrent case, he was treated with continuous five-day infusion of etoposide, 30 mg/m2/day and CDDP, 18.5 mg/m2/day. After the second course, subjective symptoms clearly disappeared and swelling of mediastinal and intraabdominal lymph nodes was markedly reduced on computed tomography. No severe side effects except for moderate myelosuppression, alopecia and nausea were observed. This regimen appears useful in the treatment of small-cell lung carcinoma in elderly patients.
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- K Mitsugi
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Teshima T, Kondo S, Harada M, Shibuya T, Okamura T, Tamari Y, Kimura N, Akashi K, Okamura S, Niho Y. Characterization of leukaemic basophil progenitors from chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Br J Haematol 1991; 78:55-9. [PMID: 2043482 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1991.tb04382.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 12/30/2022]
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We describe the unique characteristics of leukaemic basophils from a patient with chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML). The leukaemic cells were immature basophil-like blasts and expressed CD4, CD7 and HLA-DR in addition to CD13 and CD33. Both immunoglobulin and T cell receptor genes were retained in germline configurations. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as well as IL-3 or IL-4 enhanced the proliferation and differentiation of leukaemic cells and only basophils were generated from in vitro culture. These results suggest that basophil progenitors expressing CD4, CD7 and HLA-DR may be involved in the development of basophilic crisis of CML and that both IL-1 and GM-CSF may act on basophil progenitors as well as IL-3 or IL-4.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/analysis
- Basophils/drug effects
- Basophils/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytokines/pharmacology
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Female
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/drug effects
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/immunology
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/immunology
- Middle Aged
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- T Teshima
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Tamari Y, Tortolani AJ, Lee-Sensiba KJ. Bloodless testing for microporous membrane oxygenator failure: a preliminary study. Int J Artif Organs 1991; 14:154-60. [PMID: 2045190] [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: 12/30/2022]
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The use of a bloodless solution and high pressure to accelerate microporous membrane oxygenator (MMO) failure was investigated. It was hypothesized that albumin acts as a wetting agent, contributing to plasma leakage through the membrane, and that high MMO outlet pressure accelerates the process. Three MMO, B-Bentley BCM-40 (n = 7), M-Medtronic Maxima (n = 4), and S-Sarns 16310 (n = 7) were tested at 37 +/- 2 degrees C using three identical closed recirculating circuits and four conditions: 1) Lactated Ringer solution (LR) with MMO outlet pressure (Pmo) 750 mmHg; 2) LR + albumin (4 g/100 ml), Pmo 150 mmHg; 3) LR + albumin, Pmo 300 mmHg; and 4) LR + albumin, Pmo 750 mmHg. "Blood" flow and gas flow were maintained at 2 l/min. Failure was indicated when Na+ was detected in the effluent of the MMO exhaust gas. There were no failures without albumin in the solution. B and M showed no signs of failure under any of the test conditions at 78 hours. S failed at (mean +/- SEM) 4.9 +/- 1.0, 12.1 +/- 0.2, and 19 hours for conditions 4, 3, and 2 respectively. Preceding failure, inlet gas pressure increased more than eightfold (27 +/- 1 to 224 +/- 34 mmH2O). These preliminary results are similar to previous findings with blood and suggest that high MMO outlet pressure and the presence of albumin may promote plasma breakthrough for S. The combination may provide a basis for an accelerated bloodless test for MMO compatibility with long-term respiratory support.
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
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A retrospective study to determine the relationship between early microporous membrane oxygenator (MMO) failure and blood pressure at the MMO outlet (Pmo) was conducted using data collected with 19 dogs (22 +/- 1 kg, mean +/- SEM) undergoing routine normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Because gas flow was maintained at a high level, it could not be used to control CO2 exchange. Instead, blood PCO2 was controlled by adding CO2 to the sweep gas. Blood PO2 was controlled as suggested by the manufacturer, by adjusting the %O2 in the gas phase (g). Blood flow was 2575 +/- 54 ml/min; Pmo ranged from 173 to 790 mm Hg; and hematocrit was 33 +/- 1%. O2 exchange was calculated from blood gas parameters. Changes in the diffusion potential of O2 (delta PO2) and CO2 (delta PCO2) and MMO performance (P, taken as oxygen exchange normalized to a diffusion potential of 100 mm Hg) indicated MMO failure. Initial values, taken within 60 min of bypass initiation, were compared to final values taken at 226 +/- 9 min of bypass. Despite higher final delta PO2 (411 +/- 9 vs. 538 +/- 19 mm Hg, p less than 0.0001 paired t-test) and delta PCO2 (18.6 +/- 2.4 vs. 30.5 +/- 4.7 mm Hg, p less than 0.0017), arterial blood PO2 decreased (159 +/- 15 to 89 +/- 6 mm Hg, p less than 0.0005) and PCO2 increased (36.4 +/- 1.5 to 46.1 +/- 3.0 mm Hg, p less than 0.0039), and the performance decreased [24.5 +/- 1.1 to 20.1 +/- 0.7 (ml/min)/(100 mm Hg), p less than 0.0001].(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Y Tamari
- Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030
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Tamari Y, Ohmori S, Hiraki K. Fluorometry of nanogram amounts of selenium in biological samples. Clin Chem 1986; 32:1464-7. [PMID: 3731439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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For fluorometry of selenium in human blood, hair, and liver and in leaves, we wet-ashed the samples with conventional nitric and perchloric acids, and then extracted piazselenol (complex of Se and 2,3-diaminonaphthalene) in cyclohexane. Selenium was back-extracted from the cyclohexane into nitric acid to remove the fluorometric interferences of trace amounts of organic compounds. This fluorometric method is rapid and suitable for routine analysis. We applied the method to human hair samples and compared it with the data for non-destructive neutron activation analysis of the hair.
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Instrumental neutron activation analysis was performed to determine Na, Mg, Al, Cl, Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Rb, Sb, Cs, Ba, Ce and Eu in the Pacific core sediment. Selenium was also determined by neutron activation analysis, by applying a solvent extraction method with 2,3-diaminonaphthalene (DAN) as a post-irradiation procedure, after the wet-ashing of the sediment. Homogeneity of trace constituents in the sediment and neutron flux corrections for accurate determination were also investigated.
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Kaplitt MJ, Tamari Y, Frantz SL, Vagnini FJ, Beil AR. Clinical experience with Tamari-Kaplitt pulsator. New device to create pulsatile flow or counterpulsation during open-heart surgery [proceedings]. N Y State J Med 1978; 78:1090-4. [PMID: 275618] [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: 12/14/2022]
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Tamari Y, Kaplitt MJ. A NEW SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM FOR INTRAOPERATIVE COUNTERPULSATION. Cardiovasc Dis 1978; 5:37-41. [PMID: 15216078 PMCID: PMC287703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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- Yehuda Tamari
- Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, New York
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Kusaka Y, Tsuji H, Tamari Y, Sagawa T, Ohmori S, Imai S, Ozaki T. Neutron activation analysis of biologically essential trace elements in environmental specimens using pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate extraction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1977. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02519403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tamari Y, Frantz SL, Vagnini FJ, Beil AR, Degnan TJ, Seidman S, Garfinkle TJ, Newman JC, Kaplitt MJ. Experimental evaluation and clinical application of intraoperative counterpulsation without balloon pumping. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1976; 17:398-407. [PMID: 1085773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cardiac assistance in the form of counterpulsation (CP), created by intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP), has recently been utilized to wean patients from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) after conventional modalities have failed. The use of IABP, however, is often delayed because it is not part of the standard CPB setup and requires an additional cutdown, an arterial graft, and the retrograde insertion of a foreign body into the arterial tree. To eliminate the disadvantages of IABP, an alternate technique for CP has been developed. A pneumatially actuated external blood reservoir connected via a "Y" connector to the standard arterial line of the CPB circuit can provide pulsatile flow, and when synchronized with the EKG, CP with or without CPB. Experimental evaluation with dogs comparing this technique with IABP has shown that the former can create comparable CP pressure curves to the latter. The technique was applied to 11 patients undergoing either aorto-coronary bypass surgery and/or valvular surgery. Two of the 11 patients could come off CPB only with the assistance of CP. Coronary bypass graft flow, when measured, increased by 25% due to CP in two out of seven patients. The arterial CP technique has proven to be easily adapted to clinical settings and provides immediate and effective CP when required.
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An in vitro trauma test was conducted to determine the effects of extracorporeal circulation on platelet count and function. Fresh human blood was circulated in two identical in vitro circuits for six hours at a rate of 500 ml per minute (500 recirculations). One circuit included a G.E.--Peirce membrane lung and the other was a control. Platelet aggregation induced by adenosine diphosphate (ADP), epinephrine, or collagen was studied before and after six hours of perfusion. No important drop in platelet count occurred in the control circuit (Control-C) following bypass, but there was a 20% drop for the lung circuit (Lung-C). Platelet aggregation was reduced by about 30% for the control circuit and 65% for the lung circuit. The large decrease in platelet function accompanied by only a moderate decrease in platelet count is discussed in terms of loss of the youngest and most active platelets, platelet inhibition due to ADP released by red blood cell lysis, and platelet trauma.
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Tamari Y, Frantz SL, Beil AR, Degnan TJ, Siedman S, Garfinkle TJ, Newman JC, Kaplitt MJ. CLINICAL APPLICATION OF INTRAOPERATIVE COUNTERPULSATION WITHOUT BALLOON PUMPING. Cardiovasc Dis 1975; 2:405-409. [PMID: 15216014 PMCID: PMC345738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Yehuda Tamari
- Departments of Surgery and Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset and Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York
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Peirce EC, Tamari Y, Goetter WE, Ballentine MB, Kent B. An attempt to assess occult red blood cell damage by a standard shear test. Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs 1972; 18:342-7. [PMID: 4679886 DOI: 10.1097/00002480-197201000-00085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Yamamoto I, Inoki R, Kojima S, Tamari Y. Action of tyramine on the salivary amylase secretion from rabbit parotid gland in reference to that of nicotine. Jpn J Pharmacol 1971; 21:13-22. [PMID: 5317248 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.21.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Abstract
1. The effects of nicotine on amylase secretion induced by auriculo-temporal nerve stimulation were studied.2. Nicotine caused a transient increase in secretion as well as flow rate of amylase.3. No difference in nicotine action was found between acute sympathetic decentralization of the gland and acute denervation.4. The increase in amylase secretion due to nicotine was not inhibited by phenoxybenzamine, bretylium and chronic denervation, but was prevented by hexamethonium, propranolol and adrenalectomy.5. The increase in flow rate due to nicotine was not inhibited by propranolol, chronic denervation and adrenalectomy, but was prevented by hexamethonium, phenoxybenzamine and bretylium.6. These results show that the action of nicotine in increasing amylase secretion is neither a direct action on the ganglion nor on the nerve terminal of the cervical sympathetic nerve, but is an indirect action of catecholamines released from the adrenal medulla on the post-junctional receptors.7. The study also suggests that the initial acceleration of salivary flow due to nicotine is characterized by a mechanism different from that of amylase secretion.
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Umeda T, Tamari Y, Nishimura M. Distribution of elastic fibers in oral mucosa of mammals. J Osaka Univ Dent Sch 1968; 8:39-46. [PMID: 5250868] [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: 01/14/2023]
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Tsukamoto S, Umeda T, Tamari Y, Kawakatsu K. Electromyographic activities of jaw muscles in ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1968; 25:117-30. [PMID: 5235647 DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(68)90205-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Yamamoto I, Inoki R, Kojima S, Tamari Y. [Salivary secretion induced by the electrical stimulation of the auriculotemporal nerve in reference to the amylase secretion]. J Osaka Univ Dent Sch 1967; 7:51-61. [PMID: 5238354] [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: 01/14/2023]
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Yamamoto I, Inoki R, Kojima S, Tamari Y. [Electric stimulation of the auriculotemporal nerve in order to study parotid salivary amylase and its secretion specificity]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 1967; 63:153-60. [PMID: 6069763] [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: 01/18/2023]
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Yamamoto I, Inoki R, Tamari Y, Iwatsubo K. Effect of reserpine on brain levels of 14C-nicotine in relation to nicotine-induced convulsions. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 1967; 166:102-9. [PMID: 5298495] [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: 01/14/2023]
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Yamamoto I, Inoki R, Tamari Y, Iwatsubo K. Inhibitory effect of 8-azuguanine on the development of tolerance in the analgesic action of morphine. Jpn J Pharmacol 1967; 17:140-2. [PMID: 5299971 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.17.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Takahashi H, Ishida H, Tamari Y, Inoki R. [Effect of dimethyl sulfoxide on blood and brain levels of salicylic acid derivatives and on their pharmacological action]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 1966; 62:220-4. [PMID: 6007492] [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: 01/17/2023]
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