著者

Kazuhide Inage Takeshi Sainoh Takayuki Fujiyoshi Otagiri Takuma Yasuchika Aoki Masahiro Inoue Yawara Eguchi Sumihisa Orita Yasuhiro Shiga Masao Koda Tsutomu Akazawa Takeo Furuya Junichi Nakamura Hiroshi Takahashi Miyako Suzuki Satoshi Maki Hideyuki Kinoshita Masaki Norimoto Tomotaka Umimura Takashi Sato Masashi Sato Masahiro Suzuki Keigo Enomoto Hiromitsu Takaoka Norichika Mizuki Takashi Hozumi Ryuto Tsuchiya Geundong Kim Tomohito Mukaihata Takahisa Hishiya Seiji Ohtori

出版者

The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research

雑誌

Spine Surgery and Related Research (ISSN:2432261X)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2020-0042, (Released:2020-07-10)

被引用文献数

3

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Introduction: Mirogabalin should be equivalent to pregabalin, but with fewer incidences of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). To verify these benefits in actual clinical trials, our study investigated the frequency of ADRs and mirogabalin' s analgesic effects during treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain.Methods: This study included 74 patients with lower limb pain. We surveyed patient reports of ADRs during the follow-up period as the primary endpoint and examined the visual analog scale (VAS) reported for lower limb pain as the secondary endpoint (before administration, and two and four weeks after administration).Results: The occurrence of ADR was 27.0%, like the frequency of ADRs in the clinical trials for other disorders. However, the discontinuation rate of administration was 10.8%, which was significantly lower than the frequency of ADR occurrences. When the analgesic effect was assessed, a significant decrease in the temporal change of VAS for lower limb pain was observed before administration, and two and four weeks after administration.Conclusions: In this study, the occurrence of ADRs reported by the patients was like the frequency of ADRs reported in the clinical trials for other disorders. When assessing the analgesic effect, the temporal change of VAS for lower limb pain was found to decrease significantly before administration, and two and four weeks after administration.

著者

Turgut Yigit Akyol Rieko Niwa Hideki Hirakawa Hayato Maruyama Takumi Sato Takae Suzuki Ayako Fukunaga Takashi Sato Shigenobu Yoshida Keitaro Tawaraya Masanori Saito Tatsuhiro Ezawa Shusei Sato

出版者

Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology · The Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology

雑誌

Microbes and Environments (ISSN:13426311)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.ME18109, (Released:2018-12-22)

被引用文献数

31

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are important members of the root microbiome and may be used as biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture. To elucidate the impact of AM fungal inoculation on indigenous root microbial communities, we used high-throughput sequencing and an analytical pipeline providing fixed operational taxonomic units (OTUs) as an output to investigate the bacterial and fungal communities of roots treated with a commercial AM fungal inoculum in six agricultural fields. AM fungal inoculation significantly influenced the root microbial community structure in all fields. Inoculation changed the abundance of indigenous AM fungi and other fungal members in a field-dependent manner. Inoculation consistently enriched several bacterial OTUs by changing the abundance of indigenous bacteria and introducing new bacteria. Some inoculum-associated bacteria closely interacted with the introduced AM fungi, some of which belonged to the genera Burkholderia, Cellulomonas, Microbacterium, Sphingomonas, and Streptomyces and may be candidate mycorrhizospheric bacteria that contribute to the establishment and/or function of the introduced AM fungi. Inoculated AM fungi also co-occurred with several indigenous bacteria with putative beneficial traits, suggesting that inoculated AM fungi may recruit specific taxa to confer better plant performance. The bacterial families Methylobacteriaceae, Acetobacteraceae, Armatimonadaceae, and Alicyclobacillaceae were consistently reduced by the inoculation, possibly due to changes in the host plant status caused by the inoculum. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first large-scale study to investigate interactions between AM fungal inoculation and indigenous root microbial communities in agricultural fields.

著者

Satoshi Akiba Hidenori Yamaguchi Satomi Kumazawa Mayuko Oka Takashi Sato

出版者

一般社団法人 日本動脈硬化学会

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, no.5, pp.219-225, 2007 (Released:2007-11-06)

参考文献数

40

被引用文献数

5 8

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Aim: An extract of Ginkgo Biloba L. was shown to have preventive effects on cardiovascular disorders, but the molecular mechanisms of its actions remain to be elucidated. Since matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated in the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques and the subsequent occurrence of acute coronary syndrome, we examined the effects of a leaf extract (Ginkgolon-24) on the production of MMP-1 in human coronary smooth muscle cells stimulated with oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) and 4-hydroxynonenal, which are factors proposed to play a pivotal role in atherogenesis.Methods: The production of MMP-1 and phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 were estimated by immunoblotting. The tyrosine-phosphorylated form of platelet-derived growth factor receptor β (PDGFR-β) was analyzed by immunoprecipitation of the receptor followed by immunoblotting.Results: oxLDL and 4-hydroxynonenal accelerated the production of MMP-1 with the preceding phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and PDGFR-beta;. Pretreatment with Ginkgolon-24 inhibited the production of MMP-1 and phosphorylation of ERK1/2 induced by oxLDL and 4-hydroxynonenal, but did not affect the production and phosphorylation induced by phorbol ester. Furthermore, Ginkgolon-24 prevented tyrosine phosphorylation of the receptor induced by oxLDL and 4-hydroxynonenal.Conclusion: These results suggest that Ginkgo Biloba extract suppresses the oxLDL- and 4-hydroxynonenal-induced production of MMP-1, probably through the inhibition of PDGFR-β activation in human coronary smooth muscle cells.

著者

小宮 常康 佐藤 喬 Tsuneyasu KOMIYA Takashi SATO

出版者

情報処理学会

雑誌

情報処理

巻号頁・発行日

vol.62, no.9, pp.490-494, 2021-08-15

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高校では2022年度から必履修科目「情報I」の学習が始まり,情報教育の充実が図られる.それに基づいて大学入学共通テスト「情報」が加わる方針が示されている.そこで,本会第83回全国大会で開催されたイベント企画「2025年実施の大学情報入試への展望」では,情報教育と情報入試について,これまでの動向と最新情報を提供し,これからの大学情報入試へ向けた展望を議論した.本稿では,本イベントについて報告する.

著者

小宮 常康 佐藤 喬 Tsuneyasu KOMIYA Takashi SATO

出版者

情報処理学会

雑誌

情報処理 (ISSN:04478053)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.62, no.9, pp.490-494, 2021-08-15

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高校では2022年度から必履修科目「情報I」の学習が始まり,情報教育の充実が図られる.それに基づいて大学入学共通テスト「情報」が加わる方針が示されている.そこで,本会第83回全国大会で開催されたイベント企画「2025年実施の大学情報入試への展望」では,情報教育と情報入試について,これまでの動向と最新情報を提供し,これからの大学情報入試へ向けた展望を議論した.本稿では,本イベントについて報告する.

著者

Yoshihiro Kobashigawa Mana Namikawa Mitsuhiro Sekiguchi Yuki Inada Soichiro Yamauchi Yuu Kimoto Kyo Okazaki Yuya Toyota Takashi Sato Hiroshi Morioka

出版者

The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

雑誌

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (ISSN:09186158)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.44, no.1, pp.125-130, 2021-01-01 (Released:2021-01-01)

参考文献数

35

被引用文献数

5

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The constitutive active/androstane receptor (CAR) is a nuclear receptor that functions as a xenobiotic sensor, which regulates the expression of enzymes involved in drug metabolism and of efflux transporters. Evaluation of the binding properties between CAR and a drug was assumed to facilitate the prediction of drug–drug interaction, thereby contributing to drug discovery. The purpose of this study is to construct a system for the rapid evaluation of interactions between CAR and drugs. We prepared recombinant CAR protein using the Escherichia coli expression system. Since isolated CAR protein is known to be unstable, we designed a fusion protein with the CAR binding sequence of the nuclear receptor coactivator 1 (NCOA1), which was expressed as a fusion protein with maltose binding protein (MBP), and purified it by several chromatography steps. The thus-obtained CAR/NCOA1 tethered protein (CAR-NCOA1) was used to evaluate the interactions of CAR with agonists and inverse agonists by a thermal denaturation experiment using differential scanning fluorometry (DSF) in the presence and absence of drugs. An increase in the melting temperature was observed with the addition of the drugs, confirming the direct interaction between them and CAR. DSF is easy to set up and compatible with multiwell plate devices (such as 96-well plates). The use of DSF and the CAR-NCOA1 fusion protein together allows for the rapid evaluation of the interaction between a drug and CAR, and is thereby considered to be useful in drug discovery.

著者

Miwa Morikawa Masahiro Shinoda Shinichiro Ohta Yuto Yoshida Takatomo Hirouchi Kanako Shinada Osamu Sasaki Takashi Sato Kenichi Kamachi Masaharu Shinkai

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.5528-20, (Released:2020-11-02)

参考文献数

23

被引用文献数

5

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Objective We aimed to clarify clinical and laboratory characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, and further explore the features to detect COVID-19 pneumonia at the first visit to community-based hospitals. Methods Diagnoses of COVID-19 were based on positive results from real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction testing of nasopharyngeal-swab specimens. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients showing positive results. The clinical characteristics and results of blood tests were compared between the patients with and without pneumonia. The risk factors associated with pneumonia were then evaluated by a multivariable analysis. Results The study cohort comprised 154 patients, including 117 patients (76.0%) with pneumonia at first visit. Significant differences were seen in age, the frequency of fever, tachycardia, desaturation (peripheral oxygen saturation ≤95%), any comorbidity, neutrocyte count and fraction, lymphocyte count and fraction, platelet count, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), C-reactive protein (CRP), and fibrinogen between the patients with and without pneumonia. Using a multivariable analysis, CRP ≥0.3 mg/dL and fibrinogen >400 mg/dL were found to be associated with the presence of pneumonia. Conclusion Community-based settings for screening COVID-19 patients should perform chest X-ray and blood tests for white blood cell fractions, fibrinogen, LDH, and CRP. Of these, elevations in the CRP and fibrinogen levels could be critically associated with the presence of COVID-19 pneumonia.

著者

Song BIAN Masayuki HIROMOTO Takashi SATO

出版者

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

雑誌

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences (ISSN:09168508)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.E102.A, no.2, pp.430-439, 2019-02-01 (Released:2019-02-01)

参考文献数

29

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In this work, we provide the first practical secure email filtering scheme based on homomorphic encryption. Specifically, we construct a secure naïve Bayesian filter (SNBF) using the Paillier scheme, a partially homomorphic encryption (PHE) scheme. We first show that SNBF can be implemented with only the additive homomorphism, thus eliminating the need to employ expensive fully homomorphic schemes. In addition, the design space for specialized hardware architecture realizing SNBF is explored. We utilize a recursive Karatsuba Montgomery structure to accelerate the homomorphic operations, where multiplication of 2048-bit integers are carried out. Through the experiment, both software and hardware versions of the SNBF are implemented. On software, 104-105x runtime and 103x storage reduction are achieved by SNBF, when compared to existing fully homomorphic approaches. By instantiating the designed hardware for SNBF, a further 33x runtime and 1919x power reduction are achieved. The proposed hardware implementation classifies an average-length email in under 0.5s, which is much more practical than existing solutions.

著者

Yuto SANO Minoru OKAMOTO Miri HAYASHI Takashi SATO Seiya MAEHARA Kazuya MATSUDA

出版者

JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

雑誌

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.18-0322, (Released:2018-09-28)

被引用文献数

3

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Intraocular cholesterol granuloma (CG) associated with synchysis scintillans (SS) was diagnosed in a 5-year-old spayed Shetland sheepdog. During the initial clinical examination, the patient exhibited SS in the anterior chamber. Canine SS is usually found in the vitreous cavity, and SS in the anterior chamber has not been described. Since canine SS has been reported to be a non-progressive condition, and its long-term clinical course has not been adequately documented. The present case report describes the long-term clinical course of a case of canine SS, in which SS occurred in the anterior chamber, leading to intraocular CG formation, and eventually glaucoma.

著者

Hiroyuki Tsutsumi Yoshifumi Kinoshita Takashi Sato Takashi Ishizu

出版者

The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

雑誌

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (ISSN:00092363)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.59, no.8, pp.1008-1015, 2011-08-01 (Released:2011-08-01)

参考文献数

28

被引用文献数

12 13 5

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Crystals of the complexes of (+)-catechin (CA) of non-galloylated catechin and (−)-catechin-3-O-gallate (Cg) of galloylated catechin with caffeine were prepared, and their stereochemical structures and intermolecular interactions were determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. CA formed a 1 : 1 complex with caffeine by intermolecular hydrogen bonds, whereas Cg formed a 1 : 2 complex with caffeine, which was formed by face-to-face and offset π–π interactions and intermolecular hydrogen bonds. A solution of two kinds of non-galloylated catechin, CA and (−)-epicatechin (EC), and caffeine (molar ratio 1 : 1 : 2) in water afforded a 1 : 1 : 2 complex, the crystal structure of which had two layers, one layer in which CA and caffeine formed alternate lines and an other layer in which EC and caffeine formed alternate lines. The 1 : 1 : 2 complex was formed by offset π–π and CH–π interactions and intermolecular hydrogen bonds.

著者

Motohisa Suzuki Mayumi Suzuki Kazunori Sato Sekiko Dohi Takashi Sato Akihiro Matsuura Atsushi Hiraide

出版者

The Japanese Pharmacological Society

雑誌

The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology (ISSN:00215198)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.87, no.2, pp.143-150, 2001 (Released:2001-11-05)

参考文献数

31

被引用文献数

76 119

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Although improving energy metabolism in ischemic brain has been accepted for the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, administration of glucose, as an energy substrate, would aggravate ischemic brain damage via activating anaerobic glycolysis, which leads to lactate accumulation. β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is one of the ketone bodies that can be utilized as an energy source during starvation. The purpose of our study was to define the protective effects of BHB on brain damage induced by hypoxia, anoxia and ischemia. The isotonic solution of BHB administered 30 min before the induction of ischemia at doses over 50 mg · k g −1 · h −1 showed remarkable protective effects against hypoxia and anoxia. BHB administered immediately after a bilateral carotid artery ligation at a dose of 30 mg · kg−1 · h −1 significantly suppressed the elevation of cerebral water and sodium contents as well as maintaining high ATP and low lactate levels. In contrast, glycerin, a hypertonic agent, substantially reduced the water content but did not show any significant effect on other parameters. We demonstrated that BHB, unlike glycerin, when used as an energy substrate in ischemic brain, has protective effects on cerebral hypoxia, anoxia and ischemia-induced metabolic change.