著者

Ken Harada Hitomi Suzuki Shun Matsunaga Tomohiro Onishi Yoshinori Nishikawa Hiroshi Funakubo Kumiko Mamiya Tomoyuki Nagao Norihiro Shinoda Shinichi Sakai Masataka Kato Nobuyuki Marui Hideki Ishii Tetsuya Amano Tatsuaki Matsubara Toyoaki Murohara

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.42663, (Released:2018-02-01)

参考文献数

30

被引用文献数

1

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Aim: Increased epicardial fat volume (EFV) is an independent risk factor for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Although EFV increases with body mass index (BMI), some ACS patients have an increased EFV but normal BMI. We here investigated the clinical characteristics of nonobese ACS patients with an increased EFV.Methods: A total of 197 Japanese patients hospitalized for ACS was evaluated for EFV, abdominal visceral fat area (VFA), and lipid and glucose profiles. Control subjects comprised 141 individuals who were suspected of having ACS but whose coronary computed tomography findings were normal.Results: EFV was increased in ACS patients compared with control subjects (120±47 versus 95±45 mL, P<0.01). ACS patients were divided into four groups based on average EFV (120 mL) and a BMI obesity cutoff of 25 kg/m2. For the 30 nonobese ACS patients with an above-average EFV, EFV was positively correlated with VFA (r=0.23, P=0.031). These individuals were significantly older (74±10 years) and tended to have a higher homeostasis model assessment–insulin resistance value (5.5±3.8) compared with other ACS patients. Among nonobese study subjects, EFV was independently associated with ACS (odds ratio=2.01, P=0.021) and correlated with abdominal circumference (r=0.26, P=0.017).Conclusion: Nonobese ACS patients with an increased EFV were elderly and tended to manifest insulin resistance. Measurement of EFV may prove informative for evaluation of ACS risk among elderly nonobese individuals with an increased abdominal girth.

著者

Nao NAGATA Takuma MIYOSHI Yuzo OTAKE Hitomi SUZUKI Yumiko KAGAWA Tetsushi YAMAGAMI Mitsuhiro IRIE

出版者

公益社団法人 日本獣医学会

雑誌

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.16-0134, (Released:2016-09-03)

被引用文献数

5

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Neurological signs and serum acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR-Ab) levels before, and after thymectomy were monitored in a 6-year-old male cat with acquired Myasthenia Gravis (MG) as a paraneoplastic syndrome of thymoma. Soon after surgery, the neurological symptoms relapsed, and the cholinesterase inhibitor was administered to control them. The AChR-Ab levels increased postoperatively until 90 days after surgery. This is the first report on long term measurements of serum AChR-Ab levels in a cat with MG. Although thymectomy is valuable for the removal of thymoma, it may not resolve MG symptoms, neurological signs and serum AChR-Ab levels, without medication early after surgery. Also, this case report indicates that the AChR-Ab level might be a guide to detect a deterioration of MG symptoms.

著者

Mitsuhiro IRIE Yoshinori TAKEUCHI Yuzo OHTAKE Hitomi SUZUKI Nao NAGATA Takuma MIYOSHI Yumiko KAGAWA Tetsushi YAMAGAMI

出版者

公益社団法人 日本獣医学会

雑誌

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.15-0096, (Released:2015-06-12)

被引用文献数

2 20

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A 13-year-old spayed mixed-breed dog was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) after histopathological examination of an abdominal mass. Five months after surgical resection of the tumor, we detected the recurrence of GIST with multiple disseminated abdominal lesions. A sequence analysis of cDNA obtained from a biopsy of the recurrent tumors revealed a mutation within exon 9 of the c-kit gene (1523A>T, Asn508Ile), which has been shown to cause ligand-independent phosphorylation of the KIT protein in GISTs and canine mast cell tumors (MCTs). Upon detection of the recurrent tumors, we initiated treatment with imatinib mesylate (10 mg/kg, q 24 hr). After 2 months, the dog achieved complete remission. Our findings indicate that canine GIST, and possibly MCT, may be responsive to molecular-targeted therapy.

著者

Chiaki KITA Tetsushi YAMAGAMI Shigemi KINOUCHI Masayuki NAKANO Nao NAGATA Hitomi SUZUKI Yuzo OHTAKE Takuma MIYOSHI Mitsuhiro IRIE Kazuyuki UCHIDA

出版者

公益社団法人 日本獣医学会

雑誌

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.13-0581, (Released:2014-01-31)

被引用文献数

1 7

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A five-year-old castrated Japanese domestic cat was presented with persistent vomiting. Ultrasound examinations revealed many masses only in the liver and the fine needle aspiration was performed. Cytologically, polygonal or oval shaped tumor cells forming rosette and cord-like patterns were demonstrated and then the hepatic lesions were diagnosed as neuroendocrine carcinoma tentatively. The cat was died one month after admission and was necropsied. Histopathologically, the tumor cells of the hepatic mass were arranged in typical rosette and cord-like structures. They were considerably uniform in size with hyperchromatic round nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm. Most of tumor cells were immunopositive for chromogranin A and some were positive for gastrin. The findings indicate the possibility that the present case was a gastrin-producing neuroendocrine carcinoma.

著者

Atsuhiro Osuka Hitomi Suzuki Kazuhiro Maruyama

出版者

(社)日本化学会

雑誌

Chemistry Letters (ISSN:03667022)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, no.5, pp.653-656, 1982-05-05 (Released:2006-03-27)

参考文献数

12

被引用文献数

1

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Photolysis of the title compounds in benzene gave spirophthalides and E- and Z-alkylidene phthalides via preferential α-cleavage at the more crowded side. On the basis of quantum yields and triplet lifetimes, this preference is indicated to arise from the different efficiencies of the radical recombination of possible biradicals.

著者

Kazuhiro Maruyama Atsuhiro Osuka Katsuhiko Nakagawa Kenzo Tabuchi Hirohito Shimizu Hitomi Suzuki

出版者

(社)日本化学会

雑誌

Chemistry Letters (ISSN:03667022)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.15, no.11, pp.1849-1852, 1986-11-05 (Released:2006-03-27)

参考文献数

7

被引用文献数

1

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Irradiation of 2-substituted 4-alkylidene-2,3-epoxy-1-tetralone results in the rearrangement to 3-(2-oxoalkylidene)-1-indanone or the E-Z isomerization around the double bond. These photoreactions are suggested to occur from the (π,π*) triplet excited state.