Yonago acta medica

Sannomiya N, Hattori Y, Ueda N, Kamida A, Koyanagi Y, Nagira H, Ikunishi S, Shimabayashi K, Hashimoto Y, Murata A, Sato K, Hirooka Y, Hosoya K, Ishiguro K, Murata Y, Hirooka Y.
PMID: 27493488
Yonago Acta Med. 2016 Jun 29;59(2):163-8. eCollection 2016 Jun.

BACKGROUND: Breast ultrasound findings regarding tumor margins are crucial in judging whether a tumor is malignant or benign. However, the relationships between the margins and clinicopathological characteristics remain largely unknown. In this study, we examined the clinicopathological characteristics of...

Nagoya journal of medical science

Kobayashi K, Imagama S, Ito Z, Ando K, Yagi H, Shinjo R, Hida T, Ito K, Ishikawa Y, Matsuyama Y, Ishiguro N.
PMID: 26663944
Nagoya J Med Sci. 2015 Nov;77(4):653-7.

Early-stage TB meningitis has no specific symptoms in patients, potentially leading to delayed diagnosis and consequently worsening prognosis. The authors present the fatal case with a delayed diagnosis of tuberculous (TB) meningitis with dementia as the presenting symptom after...

Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

Hirata K, Aso Y, Yasuda S, Ishiguro M.
PMID: 27392563
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1998;62(4):807-10. doi: 10.1271/bbb.62.807.

Two isoforms, F1 (pI 4.7) and F2 (pI 4.9), of α-fucosidase were purified from the viscera of Pomacea canaliculata. The thermostability of F1 was higher than that of F2. Both were 260-kDa proteins containing polypeptides (55 and 52 kDa)...

Hepatology international

Seki N, Sugita T, Aida Y, Itagaki M, Ishiguro H, Sutoh S, Abe H, Tsubota A, Matsushima M, Aizawa Y.
PMID: 26202760
Hepatol Int. 2014 Oct;8(4):550-9. doi: 10.1007/s12072-014-9572-2. Epub 2014 Sep 26.

BACKGROUND: The life cycle of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is tightly associated with host lipoprotein metabolic pathways. Apolipoprotein is present on the outer surface of lipoprotein particles and plays an important role in lipoprotein metabolism. We aimed to elucidate...

Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH

Nishio M, Sono T, Ishiguro T, Horiuchi K, Ambo H.
PMID: 25614756
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2014 Dec 29;10:184-90. doi: 10.2174/1745017901410010184. eCollection 2014.

Despite the increasing ACT teams in Japan, no research exists on the need of ACT within the Japanese mental health system. The aim of this study was to describe the needs and feasibility of ACT teams. Furthermore, we estimated...

Oncology reports

Sano D, Kawakami M, Fujita K, Kimura M, Yamashita Y, Ishiguro Y, Nishimura G, Matsuda H, Tsukuda M.
PMID: 26781072
Oncol Rep. 2016 Apr;35(4):2495. doi: 10.3892/or.2016.4574. Epub 2016 Jan 18.

Oncol Rep 17: [Related article:] 289–295, 2007; DOI: 10.3892/or.17.2.289 After the publication of the article, the authors noted that the relevance of the findings reported in this article on ZD6474 inhibition of growth of head and neck squamous cell...

Global spine journal

Tauchi R, Lee SH, Peters C, Imagama S, Ishiguro N, Riew KD.
PMID: 27190737
Global Spine J. 2016 Jun;6(4):350-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1563722. Epub 2015 Sep 05.

Study Design Retrospective study. Objectives Assess demographics, ossification characteristics, surgical outcomes, and complications in patients with both diffuse idiopathic spinal hyperostosis (DISH) and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) compared with patients who only have OPLL. Methods Clinical...

Surgical case reports

Ishiguro Y, Homma S, Yoshida T, Ohno Y, Ichikawa N, Kawamura H, Hata H, Kase S, Ishida S, Okada-Kanno H, Hatanaka KC, Taketomi A.
PMID: 28537014
Surg Case Rep. 2017 Dec;3(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s40792-017-0346-7. Epub 2017 May 23.

BACKGROUND: Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis caused by mutations in mismatch repair genes. It is characterized by the presence of at least one sebaceous skin tumor associated with internal malignancies. Whether positron emission tomography/computed tomography...

Journal of translational science

Ishiguro K, Zhu YL, Lin ZP, Penketh PG, Shyam K, Zhu R, Baumann RP, Sartorelli AC, Rutherford TJ, Ratner ES.
PMID: 27076919
J Transl Sci. 2016;2(2):117-124. doi: 10.15761/JTS.1000127. Epub 2016 Mar 05.

Although epithelial ovarian cancers (EOCs) are initially treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, EOCs vary in platinum responsiveness. Cataloging antineoplastic agents according to their effectiveness against platinum-resistant and platinum-sensitive EOC cell lines is valuable for development of therapeutic strategies to avoid...

Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery

Yunis J, Yamamoto K, Morishima Y, Satomi D, Toshimitsu Y, Fukutomi S, Sakakibara M, Mori M, Ishige K, Kobayashi J, Uccelli M, Ciccarese F, Cesana G, Castello G, Carrieri D, Grava G, Olmi S, Soliani G, De Troia A, Carcoforo P, Portinari M, Vasquez G, Targa S, Feo CV, Duarte de Castro L BS, Brito T, Gomes D, Calais L, Ferreira M, Gonçalves A, Martins A, Gonçalves M, Rodrigues A, Rodrigues R, Almeida T, Ventura J, Lucas C, Midões A, Pileci S, Giaccone M, Brunetti M, Camandona M, Gasparri G, Ucceli M, Legnani G, Nakabayashi Y, Harada A, Fujiwara Y, Sugano H, Matsumoto N, Noaki R, Kurihara K, Otsuka M, Mavrodin C, Pariza G, Antoniac I, Dirican A, Ates M, Soyer V, Sarici B, Kinaci E, Yilmaz S, Matsumoto M, Kazunao K, Demiryas S, Demir I, Kucuk Y, Umman V, Orhan A, Zengin AK, Ertem M, Tasci I, Christoffersen M, Brandt E, Oehlenschläger J, Rosenberg J, Helgstrand F, Jørgensen LN, Bardram L, Bisgaard T, Bellanova G, Valduga R, Beltempo R, Berlanda G, Ciarleglio FA, Bondioli R, Marcucci S, Prezzi C, Brolese A.
PMID: 26518811
Hernia. 2015 Apr;19:S237-43. doi: 10.1007/BF03355360.

No abstract available.

Optics express

Abe K, Oizumi Y, Ishigure T.
PMID: 29475301
Opt Express. 2018 Feb 19;26(4):4512-4521. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.004512.

In this paper, crossed polymer waveguides with graded-index (GI) square cores are fabricated using the soft-lithography method. We experimentally demonstrate that the fabricated GI-core crossed waveguides exhibit a much lower insertion loss than conventional step index (SI)-core counterparts, which...

Yonago acta medica

Kaneda T, Matsushita M, Iwasaki T, Ishiguro N, Koide T, Hayashi K, Kitamura Y.
PMID: 26538801
Yonago Acta Med. 2015 Sep;58(3):145-50. Epub 2015 Oct 14.

Skin cancer is an important complication in renal transplant recipients. Associations of transplant-related skin tumor with ultraviolet radiation, age at transplantation, type of immunosuppressant drug administered, and viral infection have been reported; however, the details remain unclear. We report...