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pro vyhledávání: '"Akira Kawashima"'
Autor:
Mizuki Yagishita, Hiroto Tsuboi, Yuki Kuroda, Tomonori Sawabe, Akira Kawashima, Fumina Kawashima, Nana Uematsu, Ryota Sato, Taihei Nishiyama, Mayu Terasaki, Hirofumi Toko, Fumika Honda, Ayako Ohyama, Saori Abe, Ayako Kitada, Haruka Miki, Shinya Hagiwara, Yuya Kondo, Takayuki Sumida, Isao Matsumoto
Publikováno v:
Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Abstract Recent studies have suggested that the clinical features of elderly-onset adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) differ from those of young and middle-aged-onset patients, whereas the details remain unclear, and cytokine profiles of elderly-on
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/595b3e9840a24690a52cdd696d0745d9
Autor:
Mariko Sugawara-Mikami, Kazunari Tanigawa, Akira Kawashima, Mitsuo Kiriya, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yoko Fujiwara, Koichi Suzuki
Publikováno v:
Virulence, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1985-2011 (2022)
Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) and M. lepromatosis, an obligate intracellular organism, and over 200,000 new cases occur every year. M. leprae parasitizes histiocytes (skin macrophages) and Schwann cells in the peripheral nerve
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f0cba42fbf2043f782255a334b57fef2
Autor:
Akira Kawashima, Mitsuo Kiriya, Junichiro En, Kazunari Tanigawa, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yoko Fujiwara, Yuqian Luo, Keiji Maruyama, Shigekazu Watanabe, Masamichi Goto, Koichi Suzuki
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0010672 (2022)
Buruli ulcer is a chronic skin disease caused by a toxic lipid mycolactone produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans, which induces local skin tissue destruction and analgesia. However, the cytotoxicity pathway induced by mycolactone remains largely unknown
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/98f67d703dad4e8380167fbe7e647286
Autor:
Akira Kawashima, Satoshi Kutsuna, Akira Shimomura, Lubna Sato, Honami Ando, Tsutomu Tanikawa, Maki Nagashima, Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama, Takeshi Inagaki, Norio Ohmagari
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 4, Pp 886-888 (2022)
To determine the source of Streptobacillus notomytis bacteremia in a woman in Japan with signs of rat-bite fever, we examined rat feces from her home. After culture and PCR failed to identify the causative organism in the feces, next-generation seque
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/90c2eb8609134b95b58bcebbd352fb88
Autor:
Mitsuru Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Jennifer S. McDonald, PhD, Naoki Takahashi, MD, Igor Frank, MD, R. Houston Thompson, MD, Bernard F. King, MD, Akira Kawashima, MD, PhD
Publikováno v:
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 308-319 (2021)
Objective: To calculate the prevalence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UT-UC), and lower urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (LT-UC) in patients with gross asymptomatic microhematuria (AMH) and symptomatic micr
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1a230f7f24064e19ab55fcd65136db18
Autor:
Hiroaki Takahashi, Kotaro Yoshida, Akira Kawashima, Nam Ju Lee, Adam T Froemming, Daniel A Adamo, Ashish Khandelwal, Candice W Bolan, Matthew T Heller, Robert P Hartman, Bohyun Kim, Kenneth A Philbrick, Rickey E Carter, Lance A Mynderse, Mitchell R Humphreys, Jason C Cai, Naoki Takahashi
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 5, p e0268829 (2022)
PurposeTo compare the inter-observer variability of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of prostate lesions measured by 2D-region of interest (ROI) with and without specific measurement instruction.MethodsForty lesions in 40 patients who unde
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f62f0ca372be4ec89e80386e873453ad
Autor:
Anojan Navaratnam, MBBS, FRACS, Jameson Cumsky, BS, Haidar Abdul-Muhsin, MB, ChB, Justin Gagneur, MA, Jiajian Shen, PhD, Heidi Kosiorek, MS, Michael Golafshar, MS, Akira Kawashima, MD, William Wong, MD, Robert Ferrigni, MD, Mitchell R. Humphreys, MD
Publikováno v:
Advances in Radiation Oncology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 92-100 (2020)
Purpose: To assess the efficacy of placing a polyethylene glycol (PEG) spacing hydrogel in patients undergoing proton beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer. This study also aims to assess the effect on rectal radiation dose of prostate–rectum
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/72eddb20a1884b50a710f8a24d49927e
Autor:
Yuqian Luo, Mitsuo Kiriya, Kazunari Tanigawa, Akira Kawashima, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Norihisa Ishii, Koichi Suzuki
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 8 (2021)
Leprosy reactions are acute inflammatory episodes that complicate the course of a Mycobacterium leprae infection and are the major cause of leprosy-associated pathology. Two types of leprosy reactions with relatively distinct pathogenesis and clinica
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1bf0151f7b3e497698842889a0c064e1
Autor:
Scott Alan Blaine, Haidar M Abdul-Muhsin, Nicholas J Jakob, Paul E Andrews, Robert G Ferrigni, Stephen S Cha, Ashkahn Golshani, Alvin C Silva, Akira Kawashima, Mitchell R Humphreys
Publikováno v:
Indian Journal of Urology, Vol 35, Iss 3, Pp 208-212 (2019)
Introduction: The objective was to analyze the diagnostic value of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prostate lesion volume (PLV) and its correlation with the subsequent MRI–ultrasound (MRI-US) fusion biopsy results. Materials and Me
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/087c5dc15c44484bbf4d954cd288767b
Autor:
Kazunari Tanigawa, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Kotaro Hama, Atsushi Yamashita, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Yuqian Luo, Akira Kawashima, Yumi Maeda, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Ayako Harada, Mitsuo Kiriya, Ken Karasawa, Koichi Suzuki
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e0249184 (2021)
Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) is the etiological agent of leprosy, and the skin lesions of lepromatous leprosy are filled with numerous foamy or xanthomatous histiocytes that are parasitized by M. leprae. Lipids are an important nutrient for the i
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/9c48a7df449845b6b5b8d1049aeecf86