BioPsychoSocial medicine

Umezaki Y, Miura A, Watanabe M, Takenoshita M, Uezato A, Toriihara A, Nishikawa T, Toyofuku A.
PMID: 27293481
Biopsychosoc Med. 2016 Jun 10;10:20. doi: 10.1186/s13030-016-0071-7. eCollection 2016.

Cenesthopathy is characterized by abnormal and strange bodily sensations and is classified as a 'delusional disorder, somatic type' or 'somatoform disorder' according to the DSM 5. The oral cavity is one of the frequent sites of cenesthopathy, thus the...

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Harada T, Kajiyama N, Ishizaka K, Toyofuku R, Izumi K, Umemura K, Imai Y, Taniguchi N, Mishima K.
PMID: 25111425
Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 04;50(76):11169-72. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04477k.

The chiroptical properties of an anionic meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TPPS) complexed with cationic surfactants were enhanced by interaction with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in acidic solution. Improvement in chiroptical properties was revealed by circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), with...

Medical physics

Magome T, Arimura H, Shioyama Y, Mizoguchi A, Tokunaga C, Nakamura K, Honda H, Ohki M, Toyofuku F, Hirata H.
PMID: 28518700
Med Phys. 2012 Jun;39(6):3908. doi: 10.1118/1.4735950.

PURPOSE: The quality of a treatment plan for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) depends on an experience of each treatment planner. Therefore, the treatment plans are subjectively determined by comparison of several treatment plans developed by time consuming iterative manners,...

Case reports in vascular medicine

Igari K, Kudo T, Toyofuku T, Inoue Y.
PMID: 26064769
Case Rep Vasc Med. 2015;2015:375278. doi: 10.1155/2015/375278. Epub 2015 Apr 30.

Profunda femoris artery aneurysm (PFAA) is an extremely rare entity, with most cases being asymptomatic, which makes obtaining an early diagnosis difficult. We herein report a case series of PFAA, in which more than half of the PFAAs, which...

Organic letters

Toyofuku M, Murase E, Fujiwara S, Shin-Ike T, Kuniyasu H, Kambe N.
PMID: 18715014
Org Lett. 2008 Sep 18;10(18):3957-60. doi: 10.1021/ol801329q. Epub 2008 Aug 21.

Palladium-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective selenoacylation of allenes with selenol esters proceeded to produce functionalized allyl selenides with the acyl moiety at the inner carbon and the SePh group at the terminal carbon in high yields. A mechanism accounting for...

Case reports in vascular medicine

Igari K, Kudo T, Toyofuku T, Inoue Y, Iwai T.
PMID: 25431737
Case Rep Vasc Med. 2014;2014:874528. doi: 10.1155/2014/874528. Epub 2014 Nov 06.

We herein present two cases that required the differential diagnosis of Buerger disease. Case 1 involved a 55-year-old male with a smoking habit who was admitted with ulcers and coldness in his fingers and toes. Angiography showed blockage in...

Annals of vascular diseases

Igari K, Kudo T, Toyofuku T, Jibiki M, Inoue Y.
PMID: 24130621
Ann Vasc Dis. 2013;6(3):637-41. doi: 10.3400/avd.cr.13-00024. Epub 2013 Aug 30.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to review the experience of aneurysms in the upper limbs treated with surgery and assess the outcomes.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study retrospectively reviewed the medical records of five patients with upper extremity...

BioPsychoSocial medicine

Tu TTH, Takenoshita M, Matsuoka H, Watanabe T, Suga T, Aota Y, Abiko Y, Toyofuku A.
PMID: 30733824
Biopsychosoc Med. 2019 Jan 31;13:1. doi: 10.1186/s13030-019-0142-7. eCollection 2019.

Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS), a chronic intraoral burning sensation or dysesthesia without clinically evident causes, is one of the most common medically unexplained oral symptoms/syndromes. Even though the clinical features of BMS have been astonishingly common and consistent throughout...

BMC clinical pathology

Igari K, Kudo T, Toyofuku T, Inoue Y.
PMID: 28852324
BMC Clin Pathol. 2017 Aug 23;17:14. doi: 10.1186/s12907-017-0054-z. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Platelets and coagulation proteins contribute to the development of peripheral arterial disease, especially atherosclerotic disease. Several experimental studies have proven a significant correlation between hypercoagulability and atherosclerosis. We used dielectric blood coagulometry, which was initially designed to evaluate...

Frontiers in microbiology

Nagakubo T, Nomura N, Toyofuku M.
PMID: 32038523
Front Microbiol. 2020 Jan 17;10:3026. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03026. eCollection 2019.

Membrane vesicles (MVs) are nanoparticles composed of lipid membranes that are produced by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. MVs have been assigned diverse biological functions, and they show great potential for applications in various fields. However, the mechanisms underlying...

BioPsychoSocial medicine

Suga T, Tu TTH, Sakamoto J, Toyofuku A.
PMID: 34425849
Biopsychosoc Med. 2021 Aug 23;15(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s13030-021-00215-0.

BACKGROUND: Despite improvements in surgical techniques, the removal of vestibular schwannoma is related to some complications. Recovery from surgical complications of vestibular schwannoma is often difficult and complications sometimes lead to permanent deficits. However, treatable trigeminal symptoms may be...

The American journal of cardiology

Yamamoto K, Natsuaki M, Morimoto T, Shiomi H, Takeji Y, Yamaji K, Matsumura-Nakano Y, Yoshikawa Y, Yamamoto E, Fuki M, Kato E, Yamashita Y, Yaku H, Nakatsuma K, Watanabe H, Matsuda M, Tamura T, Inoko M, Mabuchi H, Shirotani M, Eizawa H, Ishii K, Inada T, Onodera T, Shinoda E, Yamamoto T, Toyofuku M, Takahashi M, Sakamoto H, Miki S, Aoyama T, Suwa S, Sato Y, Furukawa Y, Ando K, Kadota K, Nakagawa Y, Kimura T.
PMID: 34852931
Am J Cardiol. 2021 Nov 28; doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.10.032. Epub 2021 Nov 28.

Recently, one observational study showed that patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) without standard cardiovascular risk factors were associated with increased mortality compared with patients with risk factors. This unexpected result should be evaluated in other populations including...