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Kanazawa Medical University
Education•Kanazawa, Japan•
About: Kanazawa Medical University is a education organization based out in Kanazawa, Japan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Cancer. The organization has 3103 authors who have published 6322 publications receiving 144592 citations. The organization is also known as: Kanazawa ika daigaku.
Topics: Population, Cancer, Diabetes mellitus, Lung cancer, Blood pressure
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TL;DR: Results supported the ‘lower is better’ hypothesis in the relationship between LDL-cholesterol levels and CAD and suggested NK-104 can provide a new and potentially superior therapeutic agent when compared with currently available other statins.
Abstract: An elevated level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol has been recognised as the most important risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Development of the inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) ('statins'), a rate-limiting key enzyme of cholesterol synthesis pathway, has revolutionised the cholesterol-lowering therapy. In the last decade, effective primary and secondary preventive measures have been established in several statin trials to prevent future events of CAD by lowering LDL-cholesterol levels. These results supported the 'lower is better' hypothesis in the relationship between LDL-cholesterol levels and CAD. NK-104 (pitavastatin, previously named as itavastatin or nisvastatin, Kowa Company Ltd., Tokyo) has recently been developed as a new chemically synthesised and powerful statin. On the basis of reported data, the potency of NK-104 is dose-dependent and appears to be equivalent to that of atorvastatin. This new statin is safe and well-tolerated in the treatment of patients with hypercholesterolaemia. The cytochrome P450 system only slightly modifies NK-104, which suggests the clinical advantage of this agent, because the prevalence of clinically significant interactions with a number of other commonly used drugs can be considered to be extremely low. NK-104 can provide a new and potentially superior therapeutic agent when compared with currently available other statins. Randomised controlled clinical trials to assess the long-term effects of this new statin on CAD would be required.
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TL;DR: Dietary exposure to obacunone or limonin during the initiation phase was found to have significantly reduced the incidence of colonic adenocarcinoma and might be useful for the prevention of human colon cancers.
Abstract: The modifying effects of dietary administration of the citrus limonoids obacunone and limonin on azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon tumorigenesis were investigated in two experiments in male F344 rats. In a pilot study, we examined the modifying effects of obacunone and limonin on AOM-induced (20 mg/kg body wt, once a week for 2 weeks) formation of aberrant crypt foci (ACF). Dietary feeding of both compounds at dose levels of 200 and 500 p.p.m. during AOM exposure for 4 weeks ('initiation' feeding) or after AOM treatment for 4 weeks ('post-0initiation' feeding) significantly inhibited ACF formation (55-65% reduction by 'initiation' feeding, P < 0.001; 28-42% reduction by 'post-initiation' feeding, P < 0.05-0.002). In a long-term study designed to confirm the protective effects of obacunone and limonin on ACF development, one group was treated with AOM alone and another four groups received the carcinogen treatment plus diets containing 500 p.p.m. test compounds for 3 weeks (initiation phase) or 29 weeks (post-initiation phase). Two groups were treated with obacunone or limonin alone (500 p.p.m. in diet) and one group was maintained on the basal diet. At the termination of the study, dietary exposure to obacunone or limonin during the initiation phase was found to have significantly reduced the incidence of colonic adenocarcinoma (72 versus 25 or 6%, P = 0.004 or 0.00003). Obacunone or limonin feeding during the post-initiation phase also reduced the frequency of colonic adenocarcinoma (72 versus 13%, P = 0.0002). Our results suggest that the citrus limonoids obacunone and limonin might be useful for the prevention of human colon cancers.
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TL;DR: Blockade ofIL-6 signaling rapidly improved anemia in monkey arthritis via the inhibition of IL-6-induced hepcidin production and this was inhibited by the addition of tocilizumab.
Abstract: We have reported that serum IL-6 level was related with the degree of anemia in monkey collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). In this study, we examined whether IL-6 blockade ameliorated an anemia in monkey CIA. CIA was induced by twice immunization of bovine type II collagen with adjuvant. When anemia became evident, anti-IL-6 receptor antibody, tocilizumab was intravenously injected once a week for 4 weeks. Controls received PBS in a same manner. Hematological and biochemical parameters were measured regularly and serum hepcidin-25 levels were measured by SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Moreover, hepcidin mRNA induction in Hep3B cells by serum from arthritic monkeys was examined by real-time PCR. Administration of tocilizumab rapidly decreased CRP levels and improved iron-deficient anemia within 1 week. Tocilizumab induced rapid but transient reduction in serum hepcidin-25. Hepcidin mRNA expression was more potently induced by serum from arthritic monkey and this was inhibited by the addition of tocilizumab. Blockade of IL-6 signaling rapidly improved anemia in monkey arthritis via the inhibition of IL-6-induced hepcidin production.
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TL;DR: The effects of organizational justice on psychological distress seem to be mediated by reward at work (or ERI) while those regarding work engagement may be mediatedBy worksite support to a large extent, at least in Japanese workers.
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To investigate the cross-sectional association between organizational justice (i.e., procedural justice and interactional justice) and psychological distress or work engagement, as well as the mediating roles of other job stressors (i.e., job demands and job control, or their combination, effort–reward imbalance [ERI], and worksite support).
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Hyogo College of Medicine1, Hiroshima University2, Osaka City University3, Iwate Medical University4, Memorial Hospital of South Bend5, Kobe University6, Sapporo Medical University7, Fujita Health University8, Hokkaido University9, Osaka University10, Kanazawa Medical University11, Kanazawa University12, Kindai University13, Tokai University14, Tohoku University15, Kyoto University16, Saga University17
TL;DR: It is suggested that discontinuation of second‐ or subsequent‐line dasatinib after a sustained DMR of ≥ 1 year is feasible, especially for patients with no history of imatinib resistance.
Abstract: Introduction We previously reported an interim analysis of the DADI (dasatinib discontinuation) trial. The results showed that 48% of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic phase who maintained a deep molecular response (DMR) for ≥ 1 year could discontinue second- or subsequent-line dasatinib treatment safely at a median follow-up of 20 months. However, the results from longer follow-up periods would be much more useful from a clinical perspective. Patients and Methods The DADI trial was a prospective, multicenter trial conducted in Japan. After confirming a stable DMR for ≥ 1 year, dasatinib treatment subsequent to imatinib or nilotinib was discontinued. After discontinuation, the loss of DMR (even of 1 point) was defined as stringent molecular relapse, thereby triggering therapy resumption. The predictive factors of treatment-free remission (TFR) were analyzed. Results The median follow-up period was 44.0 months (interquartile range, 40.5-48.0 months). The estimated overall TFR rate at 36 months was 44.4% (95% confidence interval, 32.0%-56.2%). Only 2 patients developed a molecular relapse after the 1-year cutoff point. The presence of imatinib resistance was a significant risk factor for molecular relapse. Moreover, high natural killer cell and low γδ+ T-cell and CD4+ regulatory T-cell (CD25+CD127low) counts before discontinuation correlated significantly with successful therapy discontinuation. Conclusion These findings suggest that discontinuation of second- or subsequent-line dasatinib after a sustained DMR of ≥ 1 year is feasible, especially for patients with no history of imatinib resistance. In addition, the natural killer cell count was associated with the TFR.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Michael Marmot | 193 | 1147 | 170338 |
Tadamitsu Kishimoto | 181 | 1067 | 130860 |
Masayuki Yamamoto | 171 | 1576 | 123028 |
Zena Werb | 168 | 473 | 122629 |
Toshio Hirano | 120 | 401 | 55721 |
John T. Isaacs | 88 | 356 | 28217 |
Hiroshi Sasaki | 76 | 644 | 24222 |
Takuji Tanaka | 75 | 490 | 20946 |
Hiroshi Shimizu | 71 | 1368 | 26668 |
Daisuke Koya | 67 | 294 | 18746 |
Masashi Tanaka | 65 | 396 | 17110 |
Masashi Akiyama | 65 | 685 | 16404 |
Masayoshi Takeuchi | 64 | 279 | 13651 |
Takashi Yoshida | 63 | 328 | 13680 |
Tsutomu Hatano | 61 | 299 | 13668 |