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2. Delayed compression and breakage of crushed mudstones due to the drying/wetting and temperature cycles
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Nihaaj Mohamed, Kiyota Takashi, Shiga Masataka, and Katagiri Toshihiko
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slaking ,oedometer test ,particle breakage ,penetration resistance ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
Soft sedimentary rocks, especially mudstones, disintegrated or crumbled when subjected to cyclic drying and wetting, known as slaking, which was the cause of severe slope failures and ground settlement. Drying/wetting and temperature variation are the influential factors of the slaking. In this study, a conventional oedometer was modified to make a drying/wetting cycle with temperature variation to examine the effects of slaking for four materials with different slaking ratios. Further, one of the four materials (Hamamatsu mudstone), showing higher vertical strains along the drying/wetting cycle, was experimented with under three loading conditions (100 kPa, 200kPa & 500 kPa) and drying/wetting cycles, in which the particle breakage was also measured along the drying/wetting cycles. In addition, a needle penetration test was conducted along the drying/wetting cycles. In the continuous drying/wetting cycles, the occurrence of particle breakage was higher in lower-stress conditions, where the void ratio became a governing factor for the breakage over vertical stress. The needle penetration resistance is dependent on two factors which are density and particle size, and there was a trade-off between them along the drying/wetting cycles. After a couple of drying/wetting cycles, the particle crushing resulted in a noticeable reduction in penetration resistance in lower stress conditions.
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- 2024
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3. The Derlin-1-Stat5b axis maintains homeostasis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis.
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Murao N, Matsuda T, Kadowaki H, Matsushita Y, Tanimoto K, Katagiri T, Nakashima K, and Nishitoh H
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- Animals, Mice, Cell Proliferation, Dentate Gyrus metabolism, Dentate Gyrus cytology, Homeostasis, Mice, Knockout, Seizures metabolism, Seizures genetics, Signal Transduction, Hippocampus metabolism, Hippocampus cytology, Membrane Proteins metabolism, Membrane Proteins genetics, Neural Stem Cells metabolism, Neural Stem Cells cytology, Neurogenesis, STAT5 Transcription Factor metabolism, STAT5 Transcription Factor genetics
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Adult neural stem cells (NSCs) in the hippocampal dentate gyrus continuously proliferate and generate new neurons throughout life. Although various functions of organelles are closely related to the regulation of adult neurogenesis, the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-related molecules in this process remains largely unexplored. Here we show that Derlin-1, an ER-associated degradation component, spatiotemporally maintains adult hippocampal neurogenesis through a mechanism distinct from its established role as an ER quality controller. Derlin-1 deficiency in the mouse central nervous system leads to the ectopic localization of newborn neurons and impairs NSC transition from active to quiescent states, resulting in early depletion of hippocampal NSCs. As a result, Derlin-1-deficient mice exhibit phenotypes of increased seizure susceptibility and cognitive dysfunction. Reduced Stat5b expression is responsible for adult neurogenesis defects in Derlin-1-deficient NSCs. Inhibition of histone deacetylase activity effectively induces Stat5b expression and restores abnormal adult neurogenesis, resulting in improved seizure susceptibility and cognitive dysfunction in Derlin-1-deficient mice. Our findings indicate that the Derlin-1-Stat5b axis is indispensable for the homeostasis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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4. Ethanol Ablation of Refractory Premature Ventricular Complex Originating from a Left Ventricular Summit Communicating Vein after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Failed in a Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patient.
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Katagiri T, Nguyen MT, Yamamoto T, Fujimura T, Kajiwara M, Hirooka Y, and Inage T
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During follow-up of a 60-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy, a Holter electrocardiogram revealed monomorphic premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) accounting for 21-30% of total beats. Oral beta-blockers led to no improvement in PVC burden. The first radiofrequency catheter ablation attempt identified the PVC arising from the left ventricle summit communicating vein (CV) but failed to eliminate the PVC's origin. The second ablation attempt with selective infusions of 100% ethanol into the summit CV resulted in immediate termination of PVCs. The post-ablation course was uneventful. Echocardiography showed an improved ejection fraction, and a repeated Holter electrocardiogram showed no recurrence of PVCs during follow-up. Ethics The RCVEA procedures were approved by the Takagi Hospital Ethical Committee and were performed under an institutional review board-approved protocol. (Kouhou-kai Ethical Committee, ID: KR168) Fundings This work was supported by the Takagi Hospital Cardiology Research Grant. The authors declare no competing interests. Acknowledgements: We thank the patient, the patient's family, and the medical staff of Takagi Hospital for their valuable cooperation and kind support. Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for the publication of this case report and accompanying images.
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- 2024
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5. Dairy cow parity affects relationships among nutritional parameters in the blood of dams, umbilical cords, and calves and placental development at calving.
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Mashimo R, Ohban H, Kumazaki Y, Ito S, Katagiri T, Kusaba N, and Kawashima C
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Heifer growth and milk production in lactating cows may diminish the nutrient supply to the fetus. This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of the nutrient supply to the fetus in primiparous and multiparous cows. We investigated maternal, umbilical cord, and calf blood glucose and amino acid levels, as well as placental development in 28 primiparous (PP) and 30 multiparous (MP) Holstein cows. Although the total cotyledonary weight and surface area showed no significant differences, the MP group exhibited larger individual cotyledons (P < 0.01) and fewer medium-sized cotyledons (P < 0.05). Within the PP group, total cotyledonary weight and surface area positively correlated with blood glucose (r = 0.71-0.77; P < 0.01) and total essential amino acid (r = 0.55; P < 0.05) concentrations in the umbilical veins. However, no significant correlation was observed in the MP group. Blood glucose and amino acid concentrations in the umbilical vein, umbilical artery, and calf were significantly lower in the MP group (P < 0.05), although no difference was observed in the dams between the groups. In conclusion, the nutrient status of primiparous cows can alter fetal nutrient supply. Moreover, multiparous cows have larger individual cotyledons as an adaptive response to increased milk production during pregnancy. However, this adaptive response in multiparous cows did not completely restore nutrient supply to the fetus to the same extent as that in primiparous cows. Therefore, the nutritional management of multiparous cows during pregnancy must be reconsidered.
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- 2024
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6. Dynamic movement of the Golgi unit and its glycosylation enzyme zones.
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Harada A, Kunii M, Kurokawa K, Sumi T, Kanda S, Zhang Y, Nadanaka S, Hirosawa KM, Tokunaga K, Tojima T, Taniguchi M, Moriwaki K, Yoshimura SI, Yamamoto-Hino M, Goto S, Katagiri T, Kume S, Hayashi-Nishino M, Nakano M, Miyoshi E, Suzuki KGN, Kitagawa H, and Nakano A
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- Glycosylation, Humans, HeLa Cells, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Membrane Proteins metabolism, Membrane Proteins genetics, Golgi Matrix Proteins, Golgi Apparatus metabolism, Glycosaminoglycans metabolism
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Knowledge on the distribution and dynamics of glycosylation enzymes in the Golgi is essential for better understanding this modification. Here, using a combination of CRISPR/Cas9 knockin technology and super-resolution microscopy, we show that the Golgi complex is assembled by a number of small 'Golgi units' that have 1-3 μm in diameter. Each Golgi unit contains small domains of glycosylation enzymes which we call 'zones'. The zones of N- and O-glycosylation enzymes are colocalised. However, they are less colocalised with the zones of a glycosaminoglycan synthesizing enzyme. Golgi units change shapes dynamically and the zones of glycosylation enzymes rapidly move near the rim of the unit. Photobleaching analysis indicates that a glycosaminoglycan synthesizing enzyme moves between units. Depletion of giantin dissociates units and prevents the movement of glycosaminoglycan synthesizing enzymes, which leads to insufficient glycosaminoglycan synthesis. Thus, we show the structure-function relationship of the Golgi and its implications in human pathogenesis., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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7. Response Characteristics of Pressure-Sensitive Conductive Elastomer Sensors Using OFC Electrode with Triangular Wave Concavo-Convex Surfaces.
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Katagiri T, Kodama S, Kawahara K, Umemoto K, Miyoshi T, and Nakayama T
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The sensor response of pressure-sensitive conductive elastomers using polymeric materials can be adjusted by altering the type and quantity of fillers used during manufacturing. Another method involves modifying the surface shape of the elastomer. This study investigates the sensor response by altering the surface shape of an electrode using a readily available pressure-sensitive conductive elastomer. By employing an oxygen-free copper electrode with a flat surface (with surface roughness parameters Ra = 0.064 μm and Rz = 0.564 μm) as a baseline, we examined the sensor system's characteristics. Electrodes were fabricated with triangular wave concavo-convex surfaces, featuring tip angles of 60, 90, and 120°. Improved sensor responses were observed with electrodes having tip angles of 60 and 90°. Additionally, even with varying conductive properties of elastomers, the conductance of the elastomer sensor increased similarly when using an electrode with a 90° tip angle. This study demonstrates the potential for expanding the applications of conductive elastomer sensors, highlighting the noteworthy improvement in sensor response and performance achieved by altering the surface shape of electrodes used with commercially available conductive elastomers.
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- 2024
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8. Decade-long WT1-specific CTLs induced by WT1 peptide vaccination.
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Suwabe T, Shibasaki Y, Tamura S, Katagiri T, Fuse K, Ida-Kurasaki T, Ushiki T, Sone H, Narita M, and Masuko M
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- Humans, WT1 Proteins, Vaccines, Subunit, Peptides, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Vaccination, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Cancer Vaccines therapeutic use
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Introduction: The peptide-based cancer vaccine targeting Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) is a promising immunotherapeutic strategy for hematological malignancies. It remains unclear how long and to what extent the WT1-specific CD8 + cytotoxic T cell (CTL) persist after WT1 peptide vaccination., Methods: The WT1 peptide vaccine was administered with written consent to a patient with CML in the chronic phase who did not respond well to imatinib, and the patient was followed for 12 years after vaccination. Immune monitoring was performed by specific amplification of WT1-specific CTLs using a mixed lymphocyte peptide culture. T-cell receptors (TCRs) of amplified WT1-specific CTLs were analyzed using next-generation sequencing. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of our institution., Result: WT1-specific CTLs, which were initially detected during WT1 peptide vaccination, persisted at a frequency of less than 5 cells per 1,000,000 CD8 + T cells for more than 10 years. TCR repertoire analysis confirmed the diversity of WT1-specific CTLs 11 years after vaccination. CTLs exhibited WT1 peptide-specific cytotoxicity in vitro., Conclusion: The WT1 peptide vaccine induced an immune response that persists for more than 10 years, even after cessation of vaccination in the CML patient., (© 2024. Japanese Society of Hematology.)
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9. Reduced chondroitin sulfate content prevents diabetic neuropathy through transforming growth factor-β signaling suppression.
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Ishiguro H, Ushiki T, Honda A, Yoshimatsu Y, Ohashi R, Okuda S, Kawasaki A, Cho K, Tamura S, Suwabe T, Katagiri T, Ling Y, Iijima A, Mikami T, Kitagawa H, Uemura A, Sango K, Masuko M, Igarashi M, and Sone H
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Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is a major complication of diabetes mellitus . Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is one of the most important extracellular matrix components and is known to interact with various diffusible factors; however, its role in DN pathology has not been examined. Therefore, we generated CSGalNAc-T1 knockout (T1KO) mice, in which CS levels were reduced. We demonstrated that diabetic T1KO mice were much more resistant to DN than diabetic wild-type (WT) mice. We also found that interactions between pericytes and vascular endothelial cells were more stable in T1KO mice. Among the RNA-seq results, we focused on the transforming growth factor β signaling pathway and found that the phosphorylation of Smad2/3 was less upregulated in T1KO mice than in WT mice under hyperglycemic conditions. Taken together, a reduction in CS level attenuates DN progression, indicating that CS is an important factor in DN pathogenesis., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests., (© 2024 The Author(s).)
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10. p53 dry gene powder enhances anti-cancer effects of chemotherapy against malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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Muramatsu N, Ichikawa M, Katagiri T, Taguchi Y, Hatanaka T, Okuda T, and Okamoto H
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- Humans, Powders therapeutic use, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 genetics, Cell Line, Tumor, Cisplatin pharmacology, Cisplatin therapeutic use, Cisplatin metabolism, DNA, Mesothelioma, Malignant, Mesothelioma drug therapy, Mesothelioma genetics, Pleural Neoplasms drug therapy, Pleural Neoplasms genetics, Lung Neoplasms drug therapy, Lung Neoplasms genetics
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Dry gene powder is a novel non-viral gene-delivery system, which is inhalable with high gene expression. Previously, we showed that the transfection of p16
INK4a or TP53 by dry gene powder resulted in growth inhibitions of lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) in vitro and in vivo. Here, we report that dry gene powder containing p53- expression-plasmid DNA enhanced the therapeutic effects of cisplatin (CDDP) against MPM even in the presence of endogenous p53. Furthermore, our results indicated that the safe transfection with a higher plasmid DNA (pDNA) concentration suppressed MPM growth independently of chemotherapeutic agents. To develop a new therapeutic alternative for MPM patients without safety concerns over "vector doses", our in vitro data provide basic understandings for dry gene powder., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)- Published
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11. HLA Class I Allele Loss and Bone Marrow Transplantation Outcomes in Immune Aplastic Anemia.
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Zaimoku Y, Katagiri T, Nakagawa N, Imi T, Maruyama H, Takamatsu H, Ishiyama K, Yamazaki H, Miyamoto T, and Nakao S
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- Humans, Alleles, HLA-B Antigens genetics, Unrelated Donors, HLA-A Antigens genetics, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Anemia, Aplastic genetics, Anemia, Aplastic therapy
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In patients with immune-mediated acquired aplastic anemia (AA), HLA class I alleles often disappear from the surface of hematopoietic progenitor cells, potentially enabling evasion from cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated pathogenesis. Although HLA class I allele loss has been studied in AA patients treated with immunosuppressive therapy (IST), its impact on allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has not been thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical implications of HLA class I allele loss in patients with acquired AA undergoing allogeneic BMT. The study enrolled acquired AA patients who underwent initial BMT from unrelated donors through the Japan Marrow Donor Program between 1993 and 2011. The presence of HLA class I allele loss due to loss of heterozygosity (HLA-LOH) was assessed using pretransplantation blood DNA and correlated with clinical data obtained from the Japanese Transplant Registry Unified Management Program. A total of 432 patients with acquired AA were included in the study, and HLA-LOH was detected in 20 of the 178 patients (11%) available for analysis. Patients with HLA-LOH typically presented with more severe AA at diagnosis (P = .017) and underwent BMT earlier (P < .0001) compared to those without HLA-LOH. They also showed a slight but significant recovery in platelet count from the time of diagnosis to BMT (P = .00085). However, HLA-LOH status had no significant effect on survival, engraftment, graft failure, chimerism status, graft-versus-host disease, or other complications following BMT, even when the 20 HLA-LOH
+ patients were compared with the 40 propensity score-matched HLA-LOH- patients. Nevertheless, patients lacking HLA-A*02:06 or HLA-B*40:02, the alleles most frequently lost and associated with a better IST response, showed higher survival rates compared to those lacking other alleles, with estimated 5-year overall survival (OS) rates of 100% and 44%, respectively (P = .0042). In addition, in a specific subset of HLA-LOH- patients showing clinical features similar to HLA-LOH+ patients, the HLA-A*02:06 and HLA-B*40:02 allele genotypes correlated with better survival rates compared with other allele genotypes, with estimated 5-year OS rates of 100% and 43%, respectively (P = .0096). However, this genotype correlation did not extend to all patients, suggesting that immunopathogenic mechanisms linked to the loss of certain HLA alleles, rather than the HLA genotypes themselves, influence survival outcomes. The survival benefit associated with the loss of these two alleles was confirmed in a multivariable Cox regression model. The observed correlations between HLA loss and the pretransplantation clinical manifestations and between loss of specific HLA class I alleles and survival outcomes in AA patients may improve patient selection for unrelated BMT and facilitate further investigations into the immune pathophysiology of the disease., (Copyright © 2023 The American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
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12. A case of hepatitis-associated aplastic anaemia following living-donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatitis showing loss of heterozygosity in the 6p chromosome in the affected liver.
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Katagiri T, Iwasaki H, Fujieda A, Kasashima S, Ozaki S, Uemori M, Ogawa S, and Nakao S
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- Humans, Male, Young Adult, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Living Donors, Loss of Heterozygosity, Anemia, Aplastic genetics, Hepatitis, Hepatitis A, Liver Transplantation, Massive Hepatic Necrosis
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The mechanisms underlying hepatitis-associated aplastic anaemia (HAAA) that occurs several weeks after the development of acute hepatitis are unknown. A 20-year-old male developed HAAA following living-donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatitis. The patient's leucocytes lacked HLA-class I due to loss of heterozygosity in the short arm of chromosome 6p (6pLOH). Interestingly, the patient's liver cells resected during the transplantation also exhibited 6pLOH that affected the same HLA haplotype as the leucocytes, suggesting that CD8
+ T cells recognizing antigens presented by specific HLA molecules on liver cells may have attacked the haematopoietic stem cells of the patient, leading to the HAAA development., (© 2023 British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)- Published
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13. Corrigendum to "Design of primers for direct sequencing of nine coding exons in the human ACVR1 gene" [Bone 138 (2020) 115469].
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Matsuoka M, Tsukamoto S, Orihara Y, Kawamura R, Kuratani M, Haga N, Ikebuchi K, and Katagiri T
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- 2024
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14. Repositioning of mifepristone as an integrated stress response activator to potentiate cisplatin efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer.
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Namkaew J, Zhang J, Yamakawa N, Hamada Y, Tsugawa K, Oyadomari M, Miyake M, Katagiri T, and Oyadomari S
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- Humans, Cisplatin pharmacology, Cisplatin therapeutic use, Mifepristone pharmacology, Drug Repositioning, Signal Transduction, Cell Line, Tumor, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung drug therapy, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung genetics, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung metabolism, Lung Neoplasms drug therapy, Lung Neoplasms genetics, Lung Neoplasms metabolism
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Lung cancer, primarily non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), is a significant cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy is a standard treatment for NSCLC; however, its effectiveness is often limited due to the development of resistance, leading to NSCLC recurrence. Thus, the identification of effective chemosensitizers for cisplatin is of paramount importance. The integrated stress response (ISR), activated by various cellular stresses and mediated by eIF2α kinases, has been implicated in drug sensitivity. ISR activation globally suppresses protein synthesis while selectively promoting the translation of ATF4 mRNA, which can induce pro-apoptotic proteins such as CHOP, ATF3, and TRIB3. To expedite and economize the development of chemosensitizers for cisplatin treatment in NSCLC, we employed a strategy to screen an FDA-approved drug library for ISR activators. In this study, we identified mifepristone as a potent ISR activator. Mifepristone activated the HRI/eIF2α/ATF4 axis, leading to the induction of pro-apoptotic factors, independent of its known role as a synthetic steroid. Our in vitro and in vivo models demonstrated mifepristone's potential to inhibit NSCLC re-proliferation following cisplatin treatment and tumor growth, respectively, via the ISR-mediated cell death pathway. These findings suggest that mifepristone, as an ISR activator, could enhance the efficacy of cisplatin-based therapy for NSCLC, highlighting the potential of drug repositioning in the search for effective chemosensitizers., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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15. Correction to: Clinical and imaging features of interstitial lung disease in cancer patients treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan.
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Baba T, Kusumoto M, Kato T, Kurihara Y, Sasaki S, Oikado K, Saito Y, Endo M, Fujiwara Y, Kenmotsu H, Sata M, Takano T, Kato K, Hirata K, Katagiri T, Saito H, and Kuwano K
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- 2024
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