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  1. Article ; Online: Dual-energy Computed Tomography Iodine Map for Breast Cancer: Comparison With Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

    Goda, Noriko / Funakoshi, Mahito / Ono, Chiaki / Mukaida, Hidenori / Kaneko, Mayumi

    Anticancer research

    2023  Volume 43, Issue 9, Page(s) 4133–4142

    Abstract: Background/aim: The characteristics of different breast cancers imaged using dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) are unknown. Furthermore, the differences between DECT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the ability to assess tumor extent have ... ...

    Abstract Background/aim: The characteristics of different breast cancers imaged using dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) are unknown. Furthermore, the differences between DECT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the ability to assess tumor extent have not been clarified. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of DECT iodine maps compared to contrast-enhanced MRI in patients with operable breast cancer.
    Patients and methods: Clinicopathological data from 858 patients with breast cancer who underwent resection after DECT (100/140 kv) and MRI during 2012-2021 were collected. Tumoral iodine concentration (IC; max/Δ) was analyzed from iodine maps. Factors associated with the ability of iodine maps and MRI to predict tumor extent were analyzed with reference to resected specimens' pathological diagnosis.
    Results: IC parameters varied according to the tumors' histological types and were correlated with the estrogen receptor, histological grade, and Ki-67 labeling index. In 86.2% of patients with invasive carcinoma with intraductal extension, images and resected specimen mapping were matched. Iodine maps were less accurate than MRI in identifying tumor borders in 9.8% and more accurate in 2.1% of patients. The discrepancies in assessing tumor borders between imaging modalities were associated with the tumor's IC parameters and mammary gland status.
    Conclusion: Differences in assessment between DECT and MRI in operable breast cancer are associated with IC parameters and background parenchymal enhancement. Therefore, evaluating tumor extent using DECT considering these characteristics appears to be a feasible approach.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging ; Breast Neoplasms/surgery ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Carcinoma ; Iodine ; Receptors, Estrogen
    Chemical Substances Iodine (9679TC07X4) ; Receptors, Estrogen
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-30
    Publishing country Greece
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 604549-2
    ISSN 1791-7530 ; 0250-7005
    ISSN (online) 1791-7530
    ISSN 0250-7005
    DOI 10.21873/anticanres.16603
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  2. Article ; Online: Protofibrils of Amyloid-β are Important Targets of a Disease-Modifying Approach for Alzheimer's Disease.

    Ono, Kenjiro / Tsuji, Mayumi

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2020  Volume 21, Issue 3

    Abstract: Worldwide, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by unique pathological hallmarks in the brain, including plaques composed of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles of tau ... ...

    Abstract Worldwide, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by unique pathological hallmarks in the brain, including plaques composed of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein. Genetic studies, biochemical data, and animal models have suggested that Aβ is responsible for the pathogenesis of AD (i.e., the amyloid hypothesis). Indeed, Aβ molecules tend to aggregate, forming oligomers, protofibrils, and mature fibrils. However, while these Aβ species form amyloid plaques of the type implicated in AD neurodegeneration, recent clinical trials designed to reduce the production of Aβ and/or the plaque burden have not demonstrated clinical efficacy. In addition, recent studies using synthetic Aβ peptides, cell culture models, Arctic transgenic mice, and human samples of AD brain tissues have suggested that the pre-fibrillar forms of Aβ, particularly Aβ protofibrils, may be the most critical species, compared with extracellular fibrillar forms. We recently reported that protofibrils of Aβ
    MeSH term(s) Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy ; Alzheimer Disease/metabolism ; Amyloid/drug effects ; Amyloid/metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism ; Animals ; Humans ; Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects ; Molecular Targeted Therapy ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Amyloid ; Amyloid beta-Peptides ; Reactive Oxygen Species
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-31
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms21030952
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  3. Article ; Online: Protofibrils of Amyloid-β are Important Targets of a Disease-Modifying Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease

    Kenjiro Ono / Mayumi Tsuji

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 21, Iss 3, p

    2020  Volume 952

    Abstract: Worldwide, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by unique pathological hallmarks in the brain, including plaques composed of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles of tau ... ...

    Abstract Worldwide, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by unique pathological hallmarks in the brain, including plaques composed of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein. Genetic studies, biochemical data, and animal models have suggested that Aβ is responsible for the pathogenesis of AD (i.e., the amyloid hypothesis). Indeed, Aβ molecules tend to aggregate, forming oligomers, protofibrils, and mature fibrils. However, while these Aβ species form amyloid plaques of the type implicated in AD neurodegeneration, recent clinical trials designed to reduce the production of Aβ and/or the plaque burden have not demonstrated clinical efficacy. In addition, recent studies using synthetic Aβ peptides, cell culture models, Arctic transgenic mice, and human samples of AD brain tissues have suggested that the pre-fibrillar forms of Aβ, particularly Aβ protofibrils, may be the most critical species, compared with extracellular fibrillar forms. We recently reported that protofibrils of Aβ 1-42 disturbed membrane integrity by inducing reactive oxygen species generation and lipid peroxidation, resulting in decreased membrane fluidity, intracellular calcium dysregulation, depolarization, and synaptic toxicity. Therefore, the therapeutic reduction of protofibrils may prevent the progression of AD by ameliorating neuronal damage and cognitive dysfunction through multiple mechanisms.
    Keywords alzheimer’s disease ; amyloid β-protein (aβ) ; mab158 ; oligomers ; protofibrils ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article: British and Japanese international retirement migration and creative responses to health and care challenges: a bricolage perspective.

    Hall, Kelly / Ono, Mayumi / Kohno, Ayako

    Comparative migration studies

    2021  Volume 9, Issue 1, Page(s) 7

    Abstract: Most research on international retirement migration has focused on the Western context and the motivations and lifestyle choices of migrants when they are healthy. This paper instead explores how British retirees in Spain and Japanese retirees in ... ...

    Abstract Most research on international retirement migration has focused on the Western context and the motivations and lifestyle choices of migrants when they are healthy. This paper instead explores how British retirees in Spain and Japanese retirees in Malaysia respond to declining health and increasing care needs through bricolage as they begin to 'age in place'. The paper combines qualitative interviews, focus groups and observations collected by the authors from 215 British and Japanese international retirement migrants. We focus on two key types of bricolage behaviour: 'within-system bricolage' undertaken by migrants to help them access and navigate existing health and care systems; and 'added-to-system bricolage' that is enacted to fill gaps in health and care provision. Our analysis suggests that IRMs engage in 'transnational care bricolage' by combining multiple economic, social and legal resources across local and transnational spaces to address their health and care needs.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2817716-2
    ISSN 2214-594X
    ISSN 2214-594X
    DOI 10.1186/s40878-020-00217-x
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  5. Article: Pharmacological Potential of Cilostazol for Alzheimer's Disease.

    Ono, Kenjiro / Tsuji, Mayumi

    Frontiers in pharmacology

    2019  Volume 10, Page(s) 559

    Abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD), a slow progressive form of dementia, is clinically characterized by cognitive dysfunction and memory impairment and neuropathologically characterized by the accumulation of extracellular plaques containing amyloid β-protein (Aβ) ...

    Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), a slow progressive form of dementia, is clinically characterized by cognitive dysfunction and memory impairment and neuropathologically characterized by the accumulation of extracellular plaques containing amyloid β-protein (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles containing tau in the brain, with neuronal degeneration and high level of oxidative stress. The current treatments for AD, e.g., acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs), have efficacies limited to symptom improvement. Although there are various approaches to the disease modifying therapies of AD, none of them can be used alone for actual treatment, and combination therapy may be needed for amelioration of the progression. There are reports that cilostazol (CSZ) suppressed cognitive decline progression in patients with mild cognitive impairment or stable AD receiving AChEIs. Previously, we showed that CSZ suppressed Aβ-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-05-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2587355-6
    ISSN 1663-9812
    ISSN 1663-9812
    DOI 10.3389/fphar.2019.00559
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  6. Article ; Online: British and Japanese international retirement migration and creative responses to health and care challenges

    Kelly Hall / Mayumi Ono / Ayako Kohno

    Comparative Migration Studies, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    a bricolage perspective

    2021  Volume 18

    Abstract: Abstract Most research on international retirement migration has focused on the Western context and the motivations and lifestyle choices of migrants when they are healthy. This paper instead explores how British retirees in Spain and Japanese retirees ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Most research on international retirement migration has focused on the Western context and the motivations and lifestyle choices of migrants when they are healthy. This paper instead explores how British retirees in Spain and Japanese retirees in Malaysia respond to declining health and increasing care needs through bricolage as they begin to ‘age in place’. The paper combines qualitative interviews, focus groups and observations collected by the authors from 215 British and Japanese international retirement migrants. We focus on two key types of bricolage behaviour: ‘within-system bricolage’ undertaken by migrants to help them access and navigate existing health and care systems; and ‘added-to-system bricolage’ that is enacted to fill gaps in health and care provision. Our analysis suggests that IRMs engage in ‘transnational care bricolage’ by combining multiple economic, social and legal resources across local and transnational spaces to address their health and care needs.
    Keywords International retirement migration ; Spain ; Malaysia ; Bricolage ; Care ; Health ; Social Sciences ; H ; Communities. Classes. Races ; HT51-1595 ; Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology ; HT101-395 ; City population. Including children in cities ; immigration ; HT201-221
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher SpringerOpen
    Document type Article ; Online
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  7. Article ; Online: Recurrent transient severe hypocalcaemia in two siblings with type 1 Bartter syndrome.

    Kanda, Juri / Kanda, Shoichiro / Hayashi, Yoshiki / Nozu, Kandai / Ariji, Shohei / Shimoda, Mai / Ono, Mayumi / Kanda, Sachiko / Yokoyama, Seiichiro / Takahashi, Kan

    Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.)

    2023  Volume 29, Issue 3, Page(s) 164–167

    Abstract: Type 1 Bartter syndrome causes hypokalaemia and metabolic alkalosis owing to mutation in the SLC12A1 gene. Meanwhile, hypocalcaemia is rare in Bartter syndrome, except in type 5 Bartter syndrome. Herein, we describe two siblings with type 1 Bartter ... ...

    Abstract Type 1 Bartter syndrome causes hypokalaemia and metabolic alkalosis owing to mutation in the SLC12A1 gene. Meanwhile, hypocalcaemia is rare in Bartter syndrome, except in type 5 Bartter syndrome. Herein, we describe two siblings with type 1 Bartter syndrome with recurrent transient severe hypocalcaemia. They each visited our hospital several times with chief complaints of numbness in the limbs, shortness of breath and tetany after stresses such as exercise or fever. Severe hypocalcaemia was also observed with a serum calcium level of approximately 6.0 mg/dL at each visit. The clinical symptoms and abnormalities in laboratory findings quickly improved with rest and intravenous treatment. In a steady state, no severe hypocalcaemia was evident, but serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels were high. In recent years, a large-scale study has revealed that type 1 and type 2 Bartter syndrome have high PTH values. In addition, there are reports that these patients develop hypocalcaemia due to PTH resistance. Therefore, our patient was also in a PTH-resistant state, and hypocalcaemia was thought to be exacerbated by physical stress. It is not well known that Bartter syndrome patients other than those with type 5 suffer from hypocalcaemia. And hypocalcaemia was not detected in normal examinations under steady-state conditions. Therefore, in patients with type 1 and type 2 Bartter syndrome, severe hypocalcaemia may occur, but may go unnoticed. When following up these patients, the attending physician must keep in mind that such patients are in a PTH-resistant state and that physical stress can cause severe hypocalcaemia.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Hypocalcemia/etiology ; Hypocalcemia/genetics ; Bartter Syndrome/complications ; Bartter Syndrome/diagnosis ; Bartter Syndrome/genetics ; Siblings ; Parathyroid Hormone ; Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 1
    Chemical Substances Parathyroid Hormone ; Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 1
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-07
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 1303661-0
    ISSN 1440-1797 ; 1320-5358
    ISSN (online) 1440-1797
    ISSN 1320-5358
    DOI 10.1111/nep.14261
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  8. Article: The clinical impact of macrophage polarity after Kasai portoenterostomy in biliary atresia.

    Nagayabu, Kazuya / Fumino, Shigehisa / Shimamura, Ai / Sengoku, Yuki / Higashi, Mayumi / Iguchi, Masafumi / Aoi, Shigeyoshi / Saya, Shibata / Hirai, Maki / Ogi, Hiroshi / Miyagawa-Hayashino, Aya / Konishi, Eiichi / Itoh, Kyoko / Tajiri, Tatsuro / Ono, Shigeru

    Frontiers in pediatrics

    2024  Volume 12, Page(s) 1338131

    Abstract: Introduction: Biliary atresia (BA) is a cholestatic hepatopathy caused by fibrosing destruction of intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts, and its etiology has not been clearly revealed. In BA, liver fibrosis progression is often observed even after ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Biliary atresia (BA) is a cholestatic hepatopathy caused by fibrosing destruction of intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts, and its etiology has not been clearly revealed. In BA, liver fibrosis progression is often observed even after Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE), and more than half of cases require liver transplantation in their lifetime in Japan. Macrophages play an important role in liver fibrosis progression and are classically divided into proinflammatory (M1) and fibrotic macrophages (M2), whose phenotypic transformation is called "macrophage polarity." The polarity has been reported to reflect the tissue microenvironment. In this study, we examined the relationship between macrophage polarity and the post-KPE clinical course.
    Materials and methods: Thirty BA patients who underwent KPE in our institution from 2000 to 2020 were recruited. Multiple immunostainings for CD68, CD163, CK19, and α-SMA were carried out on liver biopsy specimens obtained at KPE. ROC curves were calculated based on each clinical event, and the correlation with the clinical data was analyzed.
    Results and discussion: The M2 ratio, defined as the proportion of M2 macrophages (CD163-positive cells), was correlated inversely with the occurrence of postoperative cholangitis (AUC: 0.7602). The patients were classified into M2 high (
    Conclusions: Non-M2 macrophages, including M1 macrophages, may be correlated with postoperative cholangitis, and the M2 non-high group in mild liver fibrosis cases had a significantly lower native liver survival rate than the high group, requiring early liver transplantation in this study. Preventing advanced liver fibrosis is a key factor in improving native liver survival for BA patients, and liver macrophages may play important roles in liver homeostasis and the promotion of inflammation and fibrosis.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2711999-3
    ISSN 2296-2360
    ISSN 2296-2360
    DOI 10.3389/fped.2024.1338131
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  9. Article ; Online: Evaluation of the availability of single-position treatment with a rotating gantry and the validity of deformable image registration dose assessment for pancreatic cancer carbon-ion radiotherapy.

    Miyasaka, Yuya / Kawashiro, Shohei / Lee, Sung Hyun / Souda, Hikaru / Ichikawa, Mayumi / Chai, Hongbo / Ishizawa, Miyu / Ono, Takuya / Sato, Hiraku / Iwai, Takeo

    Journal of applied clinical medical physics

    2024  , Page(s) e14330

    Abstract: Background: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical acceptability of rotational gantry-based single-position carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) to reduce the gastrointestinal (GI) dose in pancreatic cancer. We also evaluated the usefulness of the ... ...

    Abstract Background: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical acceptability of rotational gantry-based single-position carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) to reduce the gastrointestinal (GI) dose in pancreatic cancer. We also evaluated the usefulness of the deformable image registration (DIR)-based dosimetry method for CIRT.
    Material and methods: Fifteen patients with pancreatic cancer were analyzed. The treatment plans were developed for four beam angles in the supine (SP plan) and prone (PR plan) positions. In the case of using multiple positions, the treatment plan was created with two angles for each of the supine and prone position (SP + PR plan). Dose evaluation for multiple positions was performed in two ways: by directly adding the values of the DVH parameters for each position treatment plan (DVH sum), and by calculating the DVH parameters from the accumulative dose distribution created using DIR (DIR sum). The D
    Results: There were no significant differences among any of the treatment planning and dosimetry methods (p > 0.05). The DVH parameters for the stomach and duodenum were higher in the PR plan and SP plan, respectively, and DVH sum tended to be between the SP and PR plans. DVH sum and DIR sum, DVH sum tended to be higher for D
    Conclusion: There were no significant differences in the GI dose, which suggests that treatment with a simple workflow performed in one position should be clinically acceptable. In CIRT, DIR-based dosimetry should be carefully considered because of the potential for increased uncertainty due to the steep dose distributions.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2010347-5
    ISSN 1526-9914 ; 1526-9914
    ISSN (online) 1526-9914
    ISSN 1526-9914
    DOI 10.1002/acm2.14330
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  10. Article: TP53

    Arimura, Akiko / Sakai, Kazuko / Kaneshiro, Kazuhisa / Morisaki, Takafumi / Hayashi, Saori / Mizoguchi, Kimihisa / Yamada, Mai / Kai, Masaya / Ono, Mayumi / Nishio, Kazuto / Nakamura, Masafumi / Kubo, Makoto

    Cancers

    2024  Volume 16, Issue 6

    Abstract: Precise biomarkers for predicting the therapeutic efficacy of molecularly targeted drugs are limited at the protein level; thus, it has been important to broadly scrutinize individual cancer driver gene mutations for effective cancer treatments. ... ...

    Abstract Precise biomarkers for predicting the therapeutic efficacy of molecularly targeted drugs are limited at the protein level; thus, it has been important to broadly scrutinize individual cancer driver gene mutations for effective cancer treatments. Multiplex cancer genome profiling can comprehensively identify gene mutations that are therapeutic targets using next-generation sequencing (NGS). In addition, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is a DNA fragment released into the blood by tumor cell-derived cell death or apoptosis. Liquid biopsy with ctDNA is a novel clinical test for identifying genetic mutations in an entire population noninvasively, in real-time, and heterogeneously. Although there are several reports on ctDNA, fewer have evaluated ctDNA with NGS before an initial treatment for breast cancer patients. Therefore, we examined whether analyzing tumor-associated gene mutations in primary breast cancer based on ctDNA could serve as a biomarker for prognosis and optimal treatment selection. Ninety-five primary breast cancer patients treated at our department from January 2017 to October 2020 were included. Pretreatment plasma samples were subjected to NGS analysis of ctDNA, and correlations with patients' clinicopathological characteristics were evaluated. Fifty-nine (62.1%) patients were positive for ctDNA. ctDNA tended to be positive in hormone receptor-negative, and
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2527080-1
    ISSN 2072-6694
    ISSN 2072-6694
    DOI 10.3390/cancers16061184
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