Nara Medical University Hospital
Global Institutional repository of Nara Medical UniversityNot a member yet
3071 research outputs found
Sort by
臥床早期の下肢水分移行はHUSを減少させる
Get PDFOBJECTIVE: To investigate whether or not the leg fluid displacement observed when moving from the standing to recumbent position at bedtime reduces the hours of undisturbed sleep (HUS). METHODS: Men aged 50 years or older who were hospitalized for urological diseases were investigated. Body water evaluation was performed three times with a bioelectric impedance method: (i) 17:00, (ii) 30 min after (short-term), and (iii) waking up (long-term). A frequency volume chart was used to evaluate the status of nocturnal urine production, and the factors affecting HUS were investigated. RESULTS: A total of 50 patients (mean age: 68 years) were enrolled. Short-term changes in extracellular fluid (ECF in the legs showed a significant positive correlation with urine production per unit of time at the first nocturnal voiding (UFN/HUS) (r = 0.45, P = 0.01). In the comparison between patients who had <3 HUS vs. those who had ≥3 HUS, the <3 HUS group showed significantly greater short-term changes in leg fluid volume, night-time water intake (17:00-06:00), and UFN/HUS. Multivariate analysis to assess the risk factors for <3 HUS indicated UFN/HUS as a risk factor in the overall model, and short-term changes in leg ECF and night-time water intake as risk factors in the model that only considered factors before sleep. CONCLUSIONS: Nocturnal leg fluid displacement may increase urine production leading up to first voiding after going to bed, and consequently, induce early awakening after falling asleep.博士（医学）・甲第703号・平成31年3月15日© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Australia, LtdThis is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/luts.12176], which has been published in final form at [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/luts.12176]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions
Association between gender role attitudes toward the division of labor among couples raising 18-month-old children and the mental health status of mothers.
Get PDF本研究の目的は、1歳6ヶ月児を育てている夫婦の性役割分業観と、母親のメンタルヘルスとの関連を明らかにすることである。1歳6ヶ月児を育てている夫婦627組を対象に、無記名自記式質問紙調査を行った。夫婦ともに揃って回収された304組のうち、252組を分析対象とした。母親のメンタルヘルスに関連する要因には、母親の「主観的健康観」、「経済的な満足度」、「休日の家事時間」、「休日の睡眠時間」、「父親の育児支援行動得点」、「夫婦関係の満足度J、「児の特性」、父親の「休日・平日の睡眠時間」、「夫婦関係の満足度」があった。一方、夫婦の性役割分業観は、母親のメンタルヘルスに関連していないことが明らかになった。ロジスティック回帰分析の結果、母親のメンタルヘルスに最も関連していたのは、母親の「主観的健康観」と「児の特性」で、あった。母親のメンタルヘルスを向上させるためには、母親自身の健康管理への支援と、児の特性に関する情報提供のような、夫婦に応じた個別的な支援が必要であることが示唆された。The aim of the present study was to examine the association between gender role attitucles toward the division of labor among couples raising 18-month-old children and the mental health status of mothers. An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on 627 couples raising 18-month-old children. Of the questionnaires collected from 304 couples (both husbands and wives), data from 252 were used in the analysis. The factors associated with the mental health status of mothers were as follows: i) the mothers' “subjective Perspective on health", “financial satisfaction", "time spent on household duties on days off", hours of sleep during days off", "performance score of fathers providing child-rearing support", “satisfaction in the marital relationship" and the "child's attributes"; and ii) the fathers' “hours of sleep during weekdays and days off" and “satisfaction in the marital relationship". On the other hand, gender role attitudes toward the division of labor were not associated with the mental health status of mothers. The results of a logistic regression analysis revealed that mothers' “subjective perspective on health" and the "child's attributes" were the factors most strongly associated with the mental health status of mothers. The results of the present study suggest that to improve the mental health status of mothers, individualized support for couples that supports the self-health management of mothers and provides information about children's attributes is needed
肝癌に対する経動脈的治療におけるマイクロカテーテル挿入可能ポー トの開発
Get PDFPURPOSE: To develop an implantable port in which a microcatheter can be inserted for a combination therapy of repeated transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) for advanced liver cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The design of a currently used implantable port was modified. A funnel part was constructed in the port. The septum was punctured by a 20-gauge indwelling needle, and 2.0-Fr non-tapered microcatheter was inserted into the port. In the in vitro studies, the advance of a microcatheter out of the funnel part was evaluated via seven different septum puncture sites. A 5-Fr indwelling catheter connected to the port was placed in a vascular model, and a microcatheter catheterization was evaluated. In an in vivo study, the port-catheter system was implanted in the hepatic artery in a pig. A microcatheter was percutaneously inserted through the port into the hepatic arterial branches, and embolization was performed. RESULTS: In the in vitro studies, the microcatheter was smoothly advanced out of the port and catheterizations into the hepatic arteries were successful via all septum puncture sites. In the in vivo study, repeated selective embolization through the port was successfully conducted on 7, 14 and 21 days after the implantation. CONCLUSION: The developed implantable port can be used for repeated catheter insertion into the hepatic artery. The combination of repeated TACE and HAIC could be possible using this device.博士（医学）・甲第710号・令和元年6月26日© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) 2018This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Cardiovascular and interventional radiology. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00270-018-2111-0
培養網膜色素上皮に与えるアミロイドβ濃度の影響
Get PDFBACKGROUND: Amyloid beta (Aβ) is a constituent of drusen that is a common sign of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Aβ on human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in culture. METHODS: Cells from a human RPE cell line (ARPE-19) were exposed to 0 to 25 μM of Aβ 1-40 for 48 h, and the number of living cells was determined by WST-8 cleavage. Replicative DNA synthesis was measured by the incorporation of 5'-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine. The cell death pathway was investigated by the WST-8 cleavage assay after the addition of caspase-9 inhibitor, an anti-apoptotic factor. Real-time qRT-PCR was performed using Aβ-exposed cellular RNA to determine the level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A and pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF). To determine the effect of receptor-for-advanced glycation end products (RAGE), the siRNA for RAGE was inserted into ARPE-19 treated with Aβ, and the levels of expression of VEGF-A and PEDF were determined. RESULTS: The number of living ARPE-19 cells was increased by exposure to 5 μM Aβ but was decreased by exposure to 25 μM of Aβ. Replicative DNA synthesis by ARPE-19 cells exposed to 25 μM of Aβ was significantly decreased indicating that 25 μM of Aβ inhibited cell proliferation. Real-time RT-PCR showed that the level of the mRNA of PEDF was increased by exposure to 5 μM Aβ, and the levels of the mRNAs of PEDF and VEGF-A were also increased by exposure to 25 μM Aβ. The addition of an inhibitor of caspase-9 blocked the decrease the number of ARPE-19 cells exposed to 25 μM Aβ. Exposure to si-RAGE attenuated the increase of VEGF-A and PEDF mRNA expression in ARPE-19 exposed to Aβ. CONCLUSIONS: Exposure of ARPE-19 cells to low concentrations of Aβ increases the level of PEDF which then inhibits the apoptosis of ARPE-19 cells leading to RPE cell proliferation. Exposure to high concentrations of Aβ induces RPE cell death and enhances the expression of the mRNA of VEGF-A in RPE cells. The Aβ-RAGE pathway may lead to the expression VEGF-A and PEDF in RPE cells. These results suggest that Aβ is strongly related to the pathogenesis of choroidal neovascularization.博士（医学）・甲第712号・令和元年6月26日© The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to
the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver
(http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.© 2019 BioMed Central Ltd unless otherwise stated. Part of Springer Nature
ヒト塩基性線維芽細胞増殖因子を用いた抜歯を契機に発症するビスフォスフォネート関連顎骨壊死の予防法の開発
Get PDFOsteonecrosis of the jaw induced by administration of bisphosphonates (BPs), BP-related osteonecrosis (BRONJ), typically develops after tooth extraction and is medically challenging. As BPs inhibit oral mucosal cell growth, we hypothesized that suppression of the wound healing-inhibiting effects could prevent BRONJ onset after tooth extraction. Since basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) promotes wound healing, but has a short half-life, we examined whether the initiation of BRONJ could be prevented by applying a bFGF-containing gelatin hydrogel over the extraction sockets of BRONJ model rats. Forty-three rats, received two intravenous injections of zoledronic acid 60 μg/kg, once per week for a period of 2 weeks, underwent extraction of a unilateral lower first molar. The rats here were randomly assigned to the bFGF group (n = 15 rats, gelatin hydrogel sheets with incorporated bFGF applied over the sockets); the phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) group (n = 14 rats, gelatin hydrogel sheets without bFGF applied over the sockets); or the control group (n = 14 rats, nothing applied over the sockets). One rat in the bFGF group was sacrificed immediately after tooth extraction. Twenty-one rats were sacrificed at 3 weeks, and the remaining 21 rats were sacrificed at 8 weeks after tooth extractions. The harvested mandibles were analyzed using micro-computed tomography and sections were evaluated qualitatively for mucosal disruption and osteonecrosis. The incidence of osteonecrosis at 8 weeks after tooth extraction was 0% in the bFGF group, 100% in the PBS group, and 85.7% in the control group. The frequency of complete coverage of the extraction socket by mucosal tissue was significantly greater in the bFGF group than in the other groups. These results suggest that application of bFGF in the extraction socket promoted socket healing, which prevented BRONJ development. The growth-stimulating effects of bFGF may have offset the inhibition of wound healing by BP.博士（医学）・甲第716号・令和元年6月26日Copyright: © 2019 Imada et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
MicroRNA-331-3pはNACC1を標的とし、尿路上皮癌細胞の増殖を制御する
No full textThe nucleus accumbens-associated protein 1 (NACC1) is a transcription factor constitutively expressed in the urothelium, where it regulates cell growth, senescence, autophagy, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. microRNA (miRNA) constitutes a class of small non-coding RNAs which are involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and progression of tumors. miRNAs and their target molecules are utilized for molecular diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma. NACC1 is one of several putative target molecules of miR-331-3p, and is associated with cell proliferation in cancers such as prostate and cervical cancer. Functional experiments involving miR-331-3p and its target molecule NACC1 were conducted using the urothelial carcinoma (UC) cell lines, T24, UMUC6, and KU7. Furthermore, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunostaining were performed to evaluate the expression of NACC1 in UC derived from transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-Bt) specimens. The methane thiosulfonate (MTS) assay revealed that cell proliferation was significantly reduced after transient transfection of miR-331-3p precursor and/or NACC1 siRNA in UC cells. Cell senescence via cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase was induced by NACC1 inhibition. On the other hand, suppression of NACC1 induced cell migration and invasion abilities. Immunohistochemical analysis of TUR-Bt specimens revealed that over 70% of UC cells presented strongly positive results for NACC1. In contrast, normal urothelial cells were weakly positive for NACC1. It was also found that NACC1 expression was lower in invasive UC cells than in non-invasive UC cells. Loss of NACC1 induced vessel invasion in invasive UC tissues. The present results indicate that NACC1 regulated by miR-331-3p contributes to cell proliferation, and is involved in cell migration and invasion. This suggests that NACC1 can serve as a potential target molecule for the prediction and prognosis of UC, and can contribute to effective treatment strategies.博士（医学）・乙第1431号・令和元年9月27日© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access
article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution
(CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
頸動脈ステント留置術周術期における脳組織酸素化指数を用いた術後過灌流予測
No full textOBJECTIVE: Hyperperfusion syndrome (HPS) after carotid artery stenting (CAS) is a rare but serious complication. HPS is associated with preoperative hemodynamic impairment as the result of poor collateral flow and intraoperative cerebral ischemia. Filter-type embolic protection devices maintain anterograde carotid flow during CAS and prevent HPS somewhat. The early treatment of patients undergoing CAS and at risk for HPS is essential. Near-infrared spectroscopy allows noninvasive, real-time measurement of frontal lobe regional cerebral O2 saturation (TOI; tissue oxygenation index). METHODS: The perioperative amplitude of TOI was monitored in 130 patients undergoing CAS while using a filter-type embolic protection device. Patients were divided retrospectively into good (n = 110) and poor/no crossflow groups (n = 20), and we compared the amplitude of the TOI change, correlation with ipsilateral regional cerebral blood flow, and clinical results. RESULTS: The incidence of HPS was significantly greater in the poor/no crossflow group (P = 0.019). In 2 patients with HPS, the amplitude of the TOI change was V-shaped, with a decrease after postdilatation and an increase above baseline 5 minutes after reperfusion. The TOI/baseline ratio was significantly decreased after internal carotid artery occlusion for postdilatation in the ipsilateral hemisphere in the poor/no crossflow group (P < 0.05). Significant linear correlations were observed between TOI/baseline ratio changes and preoperative cerebrovascular reactivity and the postoperative asymmetry index (r = -0.346, P = 0.002, r = 0.613, P < 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The amplitude of the TOI change measured by near-infrared spectroscopy was an excellent predictor of cerebral HPS after CAS.博士（医学）・乙第1439号・令和元年9月27日Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved