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| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49256 |
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| フルテキストURL | 67_1_45.pdf |
| 著者 | Hashizume, Hiroaki| Sato, Ken| Yamazaki, Yuichi| Horiguchi, Norio| Kakizaki, Satoru| Mori, Masatomo| |
| 抄録 | In patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the prevalence of cirrhosis is higher among women than men, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) develops mainly in the cirrhotic stage among women. However, the long-term outcomes in female patients with NASH have not been fully elucidated, and age, gender and BMI were not simultaneously adjusted in previous studies on the prognosis of NASH. To elucidate the outcomes in female patients with NASH, we prospectively compared NASH patients with advanced fibrosis (advanced NASH) with hepatitis C virus-related advanced fibrosis (advanced CHC) patients and NASH patients with mild fibrosis (mild NASH) using study cohorts that were adjusted for body mass index (BMI) in addition to age. The median follow-up period was 92.5 months. Liver-related complication-free survival was significantly reduced in the advanced NASH group compared to the mild NASH group. No liver-related complications developed in the mild NASH group. The overall survival, liver-related complication- and cardiovascular/cerebrovascular disease-free survival were not significantly different between the advanced NASH and CHC groups. Female patients with NASH and advanced fibrosis may have a less favorable prognosis for liver-related complications than the matched cohorts with NASH and mild fibrosis, but may have a similar prognosis to the matched cohorts with CHC. |
| キーワード | nonalcoholic steatohepatitis chronic hepatitis C prognosis female |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2013-02 |
| 巻 | 67巻 |
| 号 | 1号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 45 |
| 終了ページ | 53 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2013 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23439508 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000316829900006 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49255 |
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| フルテキストURL | 67_1_35.pdf |
| 著者 | Watanabe, Masutaka| Arita, Seizaburo| Hashizume, Hiroyuki| Honda, Mitsugi| Nishida, Keiichiro| Ozaki, Toshifumi| |
| 抄録 | The purpose of this study was to quantitatively evaluate Akahori's preoperative classification of cubital tunnel syndrome. We analyzed the results for 57 elbows that were treated by a simple decompression procedure from 1997 to 2004. The relationship between each item of Akahori's preoperative classification and clinical stage was investigated based on the parameter distribution. We evaluated Akahori's classification system using multiple regression analysis, and investigated the association between the stage and treatment results. The usefulness of the regression equation was evaluated by analysis of variance of the expected and observed scores. In the parameter distribution, each item of Akahori's classification was mostly associated with the stage, but it was difficult to judge the severity of palsy. In the mathematical evaluation, the most effective item in determining the stage was sensory conduction velocity. It was demonstrated that the established regression equation was highly reliable (R＝0.922). Akahori's preoperative classification can also be used in postoperative classification, and this classification was correlated with postoperative prognosis. Our results indicate that Akahori's preoperative classification is a suitable system. It is reliable, reproducible and well-correlated with the postoperative prognosis. In addition, the established prediction formula is useful to reduce the diagnostic complexity of Akahori's classification. |
| キーワード | cubital tunnel syndrome ulnar nerve Akahoriʼs classification multiple regression analysis |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2013-02 |
| 巻 | 67巻 |
| 号 | 1号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 35 |
| 終了ページ | 44 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2013 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23439507 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000316829900005 |
| 関連URL | http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/50647 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49254 |
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| フルテキストURL | 67_1_25.pdf |
| 著者 | Ika, Katsuhiko| Suzuki, Etsuji| Mitsuhashi, Toshiharu| Takao, Soshi| Doi, Hiroyuki| |
| 抄録 | The purpose of this study was to examine the association between shift work and diabetes mellitus by separating shift workers according to the intensity of their shift work (seasonal shift work and continuous shift work). Between May and October 2009, we collected data from annual health checkups and questionnaires at a manufacturing company in Shizuoka, Japan. Questionnaires were returned by 1,601 workers (response rate:96.2%, men/women＝1,314/287). Diabetes mellitus was defined as hemoglobin A1c≥6.5% and fasting blood sugar≥126mg/dl. After exclusions, which included all the women and clerical workers because they did not work in shifts, we analyzed 475 skilled male workers. After adjusting for age, smoking status, frequency of alcohol consumption, and cohabitation status, odds ratios for diabetes mellitus were 0.98 (95% confidence interval [CI]:0.28-4.81) and 2.10 (95% CI:0.77-5.71) among seasonal shift workers and continuous shift workers, respectively, compared with non-shift workers. In an age-stratified analysis (＜45 years vs.≥45 years), the association between continuous shift work and diabetes mellitus was more pronounced among older participants. Compared with non-shift workers, the risk of diabetes mellitus was increased among continuous shift workers, whereas its effect is limited among seasonal shift workers. |
| キーワード | cross-sectional study diabetes mellitus intensity Japan shift work |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2013-02 |
| 巻 | 67巻 |
| 号 | 1号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 25 |
| 終了ページ | 33 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2013 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23439506 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000316829900004 |
| 関連URL | http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/50693 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49253 |
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| フルテキストURL | 67_1_19.pdf |
| 著者 | Furukawa, Masashi| Soh, Junichi| Yamamoto, Hiromasa| Ichimura, Kouichi| Shien, Kazuhiko| Maki, Yuho| Muraoka, Takayuki| Tanaka, Norimitsu| Ueno, Tsuyoshi| Asano, Hiroaki| Tsukuda, Kazunori| Toyooka, Shinichi| Miyoshi, Shinichiro| |
| 抄録 | Nuclear factor of κ-light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells inhibitor α (NFKBIA), which is a tumor suppressor gene, was found to be silenced in lung adenocarcinomas. We examined NFKBIA expression, mutations in the EGFR and K-ras genes, and EML4-ALK fusion in 101 resected lung adenocarcinoma samples from never-smokers. NFKBIA expression was evaluated using immunohistochemistry. NFKBIA expression was negative in 16 of the 101 samples (15.8%). EGFR and K-ras mutations and EML4-ALK fusion were detected in 61 (60.5%), 1 (1.0%), and 2 (2.0%) of the 101 samples, respectively, in a completely mutually exclusive manner. Negative NFKBIA expression was observed significantly more frequently among the tumors with none of the three genetic alterations compared to those with such alterations (p＝0.009). In addition, negative NFKBIA expression was significantly more frequent among the EGFR-wild type samples compared to the EGFR-mutant samples (p＝0.013). In conclusion, NFKBIA expression was silenced in adenocarcinomas without EGFR/K-ras mutations or EML4-ALK fusion, suggesting that the silencing of NFKBIA may play an important role in the carcinogenesis of adenocarcinomas independent of EGFR/K-ras mutations or EML4-ALK fusion. |
| キーワード | never-smoker lung cancer adenocarcinoma nuclear factor of κ-light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells inhibitor α epidermal growth factor receptor |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2013-02 |
| 巻 | 67巻 |
| 号 | 1号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 19 |
| 終了ページ | 24 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2013 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23439505 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000316829900003 |
| 関連URL | http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/52534 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49252 |
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| フルテキストURL | 67_1_9.pdf |
| 著者 | Fatmawati, Ni Nengah Dwi| Sakaguchi, Yoshihiko| Suzuki, Tomonori| Oda, Masataka| Shimizu, Kenta| Yamamoto, Yumiko| Sakurai, Jun| Matsushita, Osamu| Oguma, Keiji| |
| 抄録 | Clostridium botulinum type C and D strains recently have been found to produce PLC on egg yolk agar plates. To characterize the gene, enzymatic and biological activities of C. botulinum PLCs (Cb-PLCs), the cb-plc genes from 8 strains were sequenced, and 1 representative gene was cloned and expressed as a recombinant protein. The enzymatic and hemolytic activities of the recombinant Cb-PLC were measured and compared with those of the Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin. Each of the eight cb-plc genes encoded a 399 amino acid residue protein preceded by a 27 residue signal peptide. The protein consists of 2 domains, the N- and C-domains, and the overall amino acid sequence identity between Cb-PLC and alpha-toxin was greater than 50%, suggesting that Cb-PLC is homologous to the alpha-toxin. The key residues in the N-domain were conserved, whereas those in the C-domain which are important in membrane interaction were different than in the alpha-toxin. As expected, Cb-PLC could hydrolyze egg yolk phospholipid, p-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine, and sphingomyelin, and also exhibited hemolytic activity;however, its activities were about 4- to over 200-fold lower than those of alpha-toxin. Although Cb-PLC showed weak enzymatic and biological activities, it is speculated that Cb-PLC might play a role in the pathogenicity of botulism or for bacterial survival. |
| キーワード | botulinum phospholipase C botulinum toxin phospholipase C activity sphingomyelinase activity hemolytic activity |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2013-02 |
| 巻 | 67巻 |
| 号 | 1号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 9 |
| 終了ページ | 18 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2013 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23439504 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000316829900002 |
| 関連URL | http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/49731 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49251 |
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| フルテキストURL | 67_1_1.pdf |
| 著者 | Nishimori, Hisakazu| Maeda, Yoshinobu| Tanimoto, Mitsune| |
| 抄録 | Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Chronic GVHD often presents with clinical manifestations that resemble those observed in autoimmune diseases. Standard treatment is 1-2mg/kg/day of prednisone or an equivalent dose of methylprednisolone, with continued administration of a calcineurin inhibitor for steroid sparing. However, the prognosis of steroid-refractory chronic GVHD remains poor. Classically, chronic GVHD was said to involve predominantly Th2 responses. We are now faced with a more complex picture, involving possible roles for thymic dysfunction, transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), B cells and autoantibodies, and Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines, as well as regulatory T cells (Tregs), in chronic GVHD. More detailed research on the pathophysiology of chronic GVHD may facilitate the establishment of novel strategies for its prevention and treatment. |
| キーワード | chronic GVHD Th17 Am80 regulatory T cell (Treg) steroid-refractory |
| Amo Type | Review |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2013-02 |
| 巻 | 67巻 |
| 号 | 1号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 1 |
| 終了ページ | 8 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2013 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23439503 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000316829900001 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49047 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_499.pdf |
| 著者 | Sugimoto, Yoshihisa| Tanaka, Masato| Nakahara, Ryuichi| Misawa, Haruo| Kunisada, Toshiyuki| Ozaki, Toshifumi| |
| 抄録 | An 11 year-old girl had 66 degrees of kyphosis in the thoracolumbar junction. For the purpose of planning for kyphosis correction, we created a 3-D, full-scale model of the spine and consulted spinal navigation. Three-dimensional models are generally used as tactile guides to verify the surgical approach and portray the anatomic relations specific to a given patient. We performed posterior fusion from Th10 to L3, and vertebral column resection of Th12 and L1. Screw entry points, directions, lengths and diameters were determined by reference to navigation. Both tools were useful in the bone resection. We could easily detect the posterior element to be resected using the 3D model. During the anterior bony resection, navigation helped us to check the disc level and anterior wall of the vertebrae, which were otherwise difficult to detect due to their depth in the surgical field. Thus, the combination of navigation and 3D models helped us to safely perform surgery for a patient with complex spinal deformity. |
| キーワード | congenital scoliosis kyphosis navigation 3-dimensional models |
| Amo Type | Case Report |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 499 |
| 終了ページ | 502 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254585 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100010 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49046 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_493.pdf |
| 著者 | Matsuo, Toshihiko| |
| 抄録 | Acute retinal necrosis syndrome (ARNS) is a herpetic infectious eye disease that presents clinicians with difficult decisions to make about the indication and timing of surgical intervention. Here I report 2 patients who underwent prophylactic and early vitrectomy with good visual outcomes. Case 1, a 72-year-old man, had a second recurrence of ARNS in the left eye in 2011 and underwent early vitrectomy in the acute inflammatory phase to remove previously formed vitreous opacity and vitreoretinal adhesions, in parallel with intravenous acyclovir and oral prednisolone administration. He had experienced ARNS in the right eye in 1983, in the left eye in 1986, and a recurrence in the left eye in 1999. Case 2, a 66-year-old woman, developed ARNS in the right eye. All of the circumferential retinal lesions became degenerative with intravenous acyclovir and prednisolone. She underwent a vitrectomy in the post-inflammatory phase, since epiretinal proliferation was noted through vitreous opacity with complete posterior vitreous detachment. These cases suggest that early vitrectomy in the acute inflammatory phase would be indicated for pre-existing vitreoretinal adhesions, while prophylactic vitrectomy in the post-inflammatory phase would be indicated for epiretinal proliferation. |
| キーワード | acute retinal necrosis syndrome (ARNS) early vitrectomy epiretinal proliferation prophylactic vitrectomy herpetic retinitis |
| Amo Type | Case Report |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 493 |
| 終了ページ | 497 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254584 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100009 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49045 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_487.pdf |
| 著者 | Agari, Takashi| Mihara, Tadahiro| Baba, Koichi| Kobayashi, Katsuhiro| Usui, Naotaka| Terada, Kiyohito| Nakamura, Fumihiro| Matsuda, Kazumi| Date, Isao| |
| 抄録 | We report on a case of successful surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy associated with a solitary lesion of periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH). In the reported patient, intracranial ictal electroencephalography disclosed that seizures did not originate from the heterotopic nodules. However, the seizures were completely suppressed by lesionectomy of PNH alone. Epileptogenesis associated with PNH likely involves a very complex network between PNH and the surrounding cortex, and the disruption of this network may be an effective means of curing intractable, PNH-associated epilepsy. |
| キーワード | periventricular nodular heterotopia epilepsy surgery ictal electroencephalography |
| Amo Type | Case Report |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 487 |
| 終了ページ | 492 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254583 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100008 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49044 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_475.pdf |
| 著者 | Hase, Soichiro| Mitsumori, Akihito| Inai, Ryota| Takemoto, Mitsuhiro| Matsubara, Shinichiro| Akamatsu, Nobuo| Fujisawa, Masayoshi| Joja, Ikuo| Sato, Shuhei| Kanazawa, Susumu| |
| 抄録 | The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of endometrial polyps in order to differentiate them from other endometrial lesions. MRI was retrospectively reviewed in 40 patients with pathologically proven endometrial polyps. Special attention was paid to the sizes, shapes, margins, internal structures, signal intensities, and post-contrast enhancement patterns. A central fibrous core, intratumoral cysts, and hemorrhage were seen in 30 (75%), 22 (55%), and 14 (35%) patients, respectively. The predominant signal intensity of the lesions showed iso-to slightly low signal intensity relative to the endometrium on T2-weighted images in 36 (90%), low signal intensity on diffusion-weighted images in 32 (80%), and strong or moderate enhancement on enhanced T1-weighted images in 28 patients (70%), respectively. In 32 (80%) patients, the endometrial polyps showed global or partial early enhancement. On dynamic study, rapid enhancement with a persistent strong enhancement pattern was seen in 17 (42.5%) and a gradually increasing enhancement pattern was seen in 17 patients (42.5%). These MRI features can be helpful to distinguish the endometrial polyps from various other endometrial lesions. |
| キーワード | endometrial polyp central fibrous core intratumoral cyst magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uterus |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 475 |
| 終了ページ | 485 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254582 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100007 |
| 関連URL | http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/49723 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49043 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_469.pdf |
| 著者 | Shiozaki, Yasuyuki| Ito, Yasuo| Sugimoto, Yoshihisa| Tomioka, Masao| Shimokawa, Tetsuya| Mazaki, Tetsuro| Koshimune, Koichiro| Tanaka, Masato| Ozaki, Toshifumi| |
| 抄録 | In this study, we studied the relationship between fracture patterns and motor function recovery in 70 consecutive patients with cervical spinal cord injury. Fractures were categorized into 6 fracture types and subdivided into stages according to the Allen-Ferguson classification system:compressive flexion (CF), distractive flexion (DF), compressive extension (CE), distractive extension (DE), vertical compression (VC) and lateral flexion (LF). Paralysis was evaluated using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale at the time of injury and 3 months afterwards. The residual rate of complete motor palsy (ASIA grade A or B) at the final examination was higher in those patients with DE fractures than those with CF, DF or CE. The final outcomes were as follows. Of the 14 patients who were classified with CF fractures, residual palsy was frequently seen in patients who had stage 5 injury. Of the 27 patients with DF fractures, residual palsy occurred in about half of the patients who had stage 4 or 5 injury. Of the 18 patients with CE fractures, residual palsy occurred in half of the patients with stage 3 injury or higher. Finally, of the 7 patients with DE fractures, the rate of residual palsy was high even for the stage 1 and 2 cases;indeed, all DE patients who had complete motor palsy at the first examination had residual palsy at the final examination. Accordingly, we conclude that motor recovery may be related to fracture pattern. |
| キーワード | cervical spinal cord injury motor function recovery fracture patterns |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 469 |
| 終了ページ | 473 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254581 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100006 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49042 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_461.pdf |
| 著者 | Koike, Kazuko| Takaki, Akinobu| Kato, Nobuyuki| Ouchida, Mamoru| Kanzaki, Hirotaka| Yasunaka, Tetsuya| Shiraha, Hidenori| Miyake, Yasuhiro| Yamamoto, Kazuhide| |
| 抄録 | Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection induces several changes in hepatocytes, such as oxidative stress, steatosis, and hepatocarcinogenesis. Although considerable progress has been made during recent years, the mechanisms underlying these functions remain unclear. We employed proteomic techniques in HCV replicon-harboring cells to determine the effects of HCV replication on host-cell protein expression. We examined two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and mass spectrometry to compare and identify differentially expressed proteins between HCV subgenomic replicon-harboring cells and their “cured” cells. One of the identified proteins was confirmed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot analysis. Full-length HCV genome RNA replicating and cured cells were also assessed using ELISA. Replicon-harboring cells showed higher expression of retinal dehydrogenase 1 (RALDH-1), which converts retinol to retinoic acid, and the cured cells showed higher expression of retinol-binding protein (RBP), which transports retinol from the liver to target tissues. The alteration in RBP expression was also confirmed by ELISA and Western blot analysis. We conclude that protein expression profiling demonstrated that HCV replicon eradication affected retinol-related protein expression. |
| キーワード | hepatitis C virus retinol-binding protein |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 461 |
| 終了ページ | 468 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254580 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100005 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49041 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_449.pdf |
| 著者 | Hanayama, Yoshihisa| Uchida, Haruhito Adam| Nakamura, Yoshio| Makino, Hirofumi| |
| 抄録 | Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are the first-line antihypertensive agents. In clinical practice, it is often difficult to achieve the recommended blood pressure level by ARBs in their ordinal dosages alone. This study examined the practical efficacy of a combination therapy of ARB with thiazide diuretics for lowering morning home blood pressure (MHBP) in comparison to high-dose ARB therapy in patients with morning hypertension administered an ordinal dosage of ARB. This study was performed in a prospective, randomized, open-labeled and blind-endpoint fashion. Patients were considered to have morning hypertension when their self-measured systolic MHBPs were 135mmHg or higher, irrespective of their diastolic MHBP and office blood pressures (OBPs). Forty-eight outpatients with morning hypertension receiving the ordinal dosage of ARB were given either losartan/hydrochlorothiazide (n＝26) or high-dose ARB (n＝22) in place of their previously prescribed ARB. No change in any medication was permitted during this period. Decreases of both systolic and diastolic MHBP after 3 months of treatment were significantly greater in the losartan/hydrochlorothiazide group than in the high-dose ARB group (p＜0.05, respectively). The ratio of adverse events was somewhat high (23.1% in the losartan/hydrochlorothiazide group, 9.1% in the high-dose ARB group, respectively). However, there were no significant differences in any particular adverse event between groups. This study suggested losartan/hydrochlorothiazide might be superior to high-dose ARB for reducing morning home blood pressure. |
| キーワード | losartan hydrochlorothiazide morning blood pressure angiotensin II hyperuricemia |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 449 |
| 終了ページ | 459 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254579 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100004 |
| 関連URL | http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/49736 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49040 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_443.pdf |
| 著者 | Ugawa, Toyomu| Sakurama, Kazufumi| Yorifuji, Takashi| Takaoka, Munenori| Fujiwara, Yasuhiro| Kabashima, Narutoshi| Azuma, Daisuke| Hirayama, Takahiro| Tsukahara, Kohei| Morisada, Sunao| Iida, Atsuyoshi| Tada, Keitaro| Shiba, Naoki| Sato, Nobuo| Ichiba, Shingo| Kino, Koichi| Fukushima, Masaki| Ujike, Yoshihito| |
| 抄録 | The functioning of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) used for vascular access during hemodialysis has been assessed mainly by dilution methods. Although these techniques indicate the immediate recirculation rate, the results obtained may not correlate with Kt/V. In contrast, the clearance gap (CL-Gap) method provides the total recirculation rate per dialysis session and correlates well with Kt/V. We assessed the correlation between Kt/V and CL-Gap as well as the change in radial artery (RA) blood flow speed in the fistula before percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in 45 patients undergoing continuous hemodialysis. The dialysis dose during the determination of CL-Gap was 1.2 to 1.4 Kt/V. Patients with a 10% elevation or more than a 10% relative increase in CL-Gap underwent PTA (n＝45), and the values obtained for Kt/V and CL-Gap before PTA were compared with those obtained immediately afterward. The mean RA blood flow speed improved significantly (from 52.9 to 97.5cm/sec) after PTA, as did Kt/V (1.07 to 1.30) and CL-Gap (14.1% to －0.2%). A significant correlation between these differences was apparent (r＝－0.436 and p＝0.003). These findings suggest that calculating CL-Gap may be useful for determining when PTA is required and for assessing the effectiveness of PTA, toward obtaining better dialysis. |
| キーワード | hemodialysis recirculation clearance gap vascular access percutaneous transluminal angioplasty |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 443 |
| 終了ページ | 447 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254578 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100003 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/49039 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_6_435.pdf |
| 著者 | Fujinaka, Waso| Shimizu, Juichiro| Iribe, Gentaro| Imaoka, Takeshi| Oshima, Yu| Kiyooka, Takahiko| Morita, Kiyoshi| Mohria, Satoshi| |
| 抄録 | Although propofol is commonly used for general anesthesia, its direct effects on left ventricular (LV) contractility and energetics remain unknown. Accordingly, we studied the effects of intracoronary propofol on excised cross-circulated canine hearts using the framework of the Emax (a contractility index)-PVA (systolic pressure-volume area, a measure of total mechanical energy)-Vo2 (myocardial oxygen consumption per beat) relationship. We obtained 1) the Vo2-PVA relationship of isovolumic contractions with varied LV volumes at a constant Emax, 2) the Vo2-PVA relationship with varied LV volumes at a constant intracoronary concentration of propofol, and 3) the Vo2-PVA relationship under increased intracoronary concentrations of either propofol or CaCl2 at a constant LV volume to assess the cardiac mechanoenergetic effects of propofol. We found that propofol decreased Emax dose-dependently. The slope of the linear Vo2-PVA relationship (oxygen cost of PVA) remained unchanged by propofol. The PVA-independent Vo2-Emax relationship (oxygen cost of Emax) was the same for propofol and Ca2＋. In conclusion, propofol showed a direct negative inotropic effect on LV. At its clinical concentrations, decreases in contractility by propofol were relatively small. Propofol shows mechanoenergetic effects on the LV that are similar to those of Ca2＋ blockers or ß-antagonists—i.e., it exerts negative inotropic effects without changing the oxygen costs of Emax and PVA. |
| キーワード | anesthesia heart contractility myocardial oxygen consumption |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-12 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 6号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 435 |
| 終了ページ | 442 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23254577 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000312966100002 |
| 関連URL | http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/49732 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/48967 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_5_423.pdf |
| 著者 | Furukawa, Masashi| Izumi, Sadanobu| Tsukuda, Kazunori| Tokumo, Masaki| Sakurai, Jun| Mano, Shohey| |
| 抄録 | An 81-year-old man was found to have a pancreatic head tumor on abdominal computed tomography (CT) performed during a follow-up visit for sigmoid colon cancer. The tumor had a diameter of 35mm on the CT scan and was diagnosed as pancreatic head carcinoma T3N0M0. The patient was treated with pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy. Histopathological examination showed that the tumor had grown within a hollow structure, was contiguous with a duodenal diverticulum, and had partially invaded the pancreas. Immunohistochemistry results were as follows:CK7 negative, CK20 positive, CD10 negative, CDX2 positive, MUC1 negative, MUC2 positive, MUC5AC negative, and MUC6 negative. The tumor was diagnosed as duodenal carcinoma from the duodenal diverticulum. Preoperative imaging showed that the tumor was located in the head of the pancreas and was compressing the common bile duct, thus making it appear like pancreatic cancer. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second report of a case of duodenal carcinoma from a duodenal diverticulum mimicking pancreatic carcinoma. |
| キーワード | duodenal carcinoma duodenal diverticulum pancreatic carcinoma |
| Amo Type | Case Report |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-10 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 5号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 423 |
| 終了ページ | 427 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23093061 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000310253900007 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/48966 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_5_417.pdf |
| 著者 | Horio, Takuya| Ogata, Sho| Tsujimoto, Hironori| Akase, Takayoshi| Takahata, Risa| Yaguchi, Yoshihisa| Maehara, Tadaaki| Hase, Kazuo| |
| 抄録 | Esophageal cancers usually exhibit lymph-node metastases. Although a solitary lymph-node metastasis is occasionally found, the involvement of an intrathoracic paraaortic node is rare. We present here an intrathoracic mid-esophageal cancer case in which an accompanying solitary retroaortic mass was found within the posterior mediastinum by integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography. For diagnosis, thoracoscopic resection of the mass was performed from a left thoracic approach, and histology revealed it to be a squamous cell carcinoma metastasized from the esophageal cancer. Upon radical esophagectomy after neoadjuvant therapy as a T3N1M0 Stage IIIa (AJCC/UICC) cancer, the esophageal cancer was found to have invaded unexpectedly deeply in the vicinity of the descending aorta. Another lymph node within the paraaortic region was also involved (T4N1M0 Stage IIIc). The present case and other cases we review here inform our understanding of metastasis to intrathoracic paraaortic nodes as follows:1) its existence may indicate extensive lymph-node metastasis or direct tumor invasion nearby, and 2) it may be accompanied by other lymph-node involvements in this region, even if it appears solitary upon preoperative investigation. Thus, for radical esophagectomy, sufficient lymph-node dissection is required, even at locations not reached by the usual right thoracic approach. Definitive chemoradiotherapy may be a better choice for preoperatively recognized T3 esophageal cancer when the cancer is accompanied by paraaortic lymph node metastasis. |
| キーワード | esophageal cancer intrathoracic paraaortic lymph node solitary metastasis |
| Amo Type | Case Report |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-10 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 5号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 417 |
| 終了ページ | 421 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23093060 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000310253900006 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/48965 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_5_409.pdf |
| 著者 | Sarai, Takaaki| Inoue, Takayuki| Fujiwara, Kazuo| Kuramoto, Koichi| |
| 抄録 | The human femur is subjected to an impulsive load at its distal end during daily life. Femoral bone fracture caused by impact loading is common in elderly women. It is important to clarify the dynamic response of the femur and to evaluate the change in its stress state during impact loading. A 3-dimensional model of the femur was prepared in the present study, and the impulsive stress waves propagating from the distal end of the femur were analyzed by the dynamic finite element method. This model showed that the von Mises equivalent stress is large on the anterior and posterior sides of the mid-diaphysis when the impact direction is different from that of the bone axis. As for the femoral neck, the absolute value of minimum principal stress initially increases on the medial side;slightly later the maximum principal stress increases on the lateral side. In this case, the absolute value of the maximum principal stress was found to be larger than that of the minimum principal stress, and the absolute value of the principal stress decreased as the impact angle increased. Further, the femoral neck and the trochanter were shown to have a higher risk of bone fracture when the impact direction is coincident with the bone axis. |
| キーワード | biomechanics femur impulsive stress wave impact angle dynamic finite element analysis |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-10 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 5号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 409 |
| 終了ページ | 415 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23093059 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000310253900005 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/48964 |
|---|---|
| フルテキストURL | 66_5_399.pdf |
| 著者 | Jing, Shao-Wu| Wang, Ya-Di| Kuroda, Masahiro| Su, Jing-Wei| Sun, Guo-Gui| Liu, Qing| Cheng, Yun-Jie| Yang, Cong-Rong| |
| 抄録 | Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) has been found to enhance tumor invasion and metastasis, but no study has reported its action in esophageal carcinoma. The goal of this study was to explore the probable mechanism of HIF-1α in the invasion and metastasis of esophageal carcinoma Eca109 cells in vitro and in vivo. mRNA and protein expression of HIF-1α, E-cadherin and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) under hypoxia were detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting. The effects of silencing HIF-1α on E-cadherin, MMP-2 mRNA and protein expression under hypoxia or normoxia were detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively. The invasive ability of Eca109 cells was tested using a transwell chambers. We established an Eca109-implanted tumor model and observed tumor growth and lymph node metastasis. The expression of HIF-1α, E-cadherin and MMP-2 in xenograft tumors was detected by Western blotting. After exposure to hypoxia, HIF-1α protein was up-regulated, both mRNA and protein levels of E-cadherin were down-regulated and MMP-2 was up-regulated, while HIF-1α mRNA showed no significant change. SiRNA could block HIF-1α effectively, increase E-cadherin expression and inhibit MMP-2 expression. The number of invading cells decreased after HIF-1α was silenced. Meanwhile, the tumor volume was much smaller, and the metastatic rate of lymph nodes and the positive rate were lower in vivo. Our observations suggest that HIF-1α inhibition might be an effective strategy to weaken invasion and metastasis in the esophageal carcinoma Eca109 cell line. |
| キーワード | hypoxia-inducible factor-1α esophageal carcinoma invasion and metastasis |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-10 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 5号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 399 |
| 終了ページ | 407 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23093058 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000310253900004 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/48963 |
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| フルテキストURL | 66_5_387.pdf |
| 著者 | Chikasue, Kumiko| Kimura, Miyuki| Ikeda, Kazuyuki| Ohnishi, Takuma| Kawanishi, Satoshi| Iio, Tomoe| Kataoka, Mikio| Arao, Yujiro| |
| 抄録 | To determine whether exhaled breath contains Torque teno virus (TTV) or not, we tested exhaled breath condensate (EBC) samples by semi-nested PCR assay. We detected TTV DNA in 35% (7/20) of EBC samples collected from the mouth of one of the authors, demonstrating that TTV DNA is excreted in exhaled breath with moderate frequency. TTV DNA was detected also in oral EBC samples from 4 of 6 other authors, indicating that TTV DNA excretion in exhaled breath is not an exception but rather a common phenomenon. Furthermore, the same assay could amplify TTV DNA from room air condensate (RAC) samples collected at distances of 20 and 40cm from a human face with 40 (8/20) and 35% (7/20) positive rates, respectively. TTV transmission has been reported to occur during infancy. These distances seem equivalent to that between an infant and its household members while caring for the infant. Taken together, it seems that exhaled breath is one of the possible transmission routes of TTV. We also detected TTV DNA in 25% (10/40) of RAC samples collected at a distance of more than 180cm from any human face, suggesting the risk of airborne infection with TTV in a room. |
| キーワード | Torque teno virus exhaled breath airborne infection polymerase chain reaction |
| Amo Type | Original Article |
| 出版物タイトル | Acta Medica Okayama |
| 発行日 | 2012-10 |
| 巻 | 66巻 |
| 号 | 5号 |
| 出版者 | Okayama University Medical School |
| 開始ページ | 387 |
| 終了ページ | 397 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| 資料タイプ | 学術雑誌論文 |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 著作権者 | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School |
| 論文のバージョン | publisher |
| 査読 | 有り |
| PubMed ID | 23093057 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000310253900003 |
| 関連URL | http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/49508 |