9 results on '"Tsuruda, K."'
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2. Investigation of a substorm following an extended interval of northward interplanetary magnetic field
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Lui, A.T. Y., primary, Williams, D.J., additional, McEntire, R.W., additional, Ohtani, S., additional, Zanetti, L.J., additional, Bristow, W.A., additional, Greenwald, R.A., additional, Newell, P.T., additional, Christon, S.P., additional, Mukai, T., additional, Tsuruda, K., additional, Yamamoto, T., additional, Kokubun, S., additional, Matsumoto, H., additional, Kojima, H., additional, Murata, T., additional, Fairfield, D.H., additional, Lepping, R.P., additional, Samson, J.C., additional, Rostoker, G., additional, and Reeves, G.D., additional
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- 1998
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3. Simultaneous screening for JAK2 and calreticulin gene mutations in myeloproliferative neoplasms with high resolution melting.
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Matsumoto N, Mori S, Hasegawa H, Sasaki D, Mori H, Tsuruda K, Imanishi D, Imaizumi Y, Hata T, Kaku N, Kosai K, Uno N, Miyazaki Y, and Yanagihara K
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- Humans, Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive diagnosis, Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive genetics, Myeloproliferative Disorders diagnosis, Calreticulin genetics, Janus Kinase 2 genetics, Mutation, Myeloproliferative Disorders genetics
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Introduction: Recently, novel calreticulin (CALR) mutations were discovered in Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) non-mutated myelofibrosis (PMF) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) cases, with a frequency of 60-80%. We examined clinical correlations and CALR mutation frequency in our myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) cases, and introduce an effective test method for use in clinical practice., Methods: We examined 177 samples previously investigated for the JAK2 mutation for differential diagnosis of MPN. JAK2 and CALR mutations were analyzed using melting curve analysis and microchip electrophoresis, respectively. Next, we constructed a test for simultaneous screening of the JAK2 and CALR mutations utilizing high resolution melting (HRM)., Results: Among 99 MPN cases, 60 possessed the JAK2 mutation alone. Of the 39 MPN cases without the JAK2 mutation, 14 were positive for the CALR mutation, all of which were ET. Using our novel screening test for the JAK2 and CALR mutations by HRM, the concordance rate of conventional analysis with HRM was 96% for the JAK2 mutation and 95% for the CALR mutation., Conclusion: Our novel simultaneous screening test for the JAK2 and CALR gene mutations with HRM is useful for diagnosis of MPN., (Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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4. Impact of miR-155 and miR-126 as novel biomarkers on the assessment of disease progression and prognosis in adult T-cell leukemia.
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Ishihara K, Sasaki D, Tsuruda K, Inokuchi N, Nagai K, Hasegawa H, Yanagihara K, and Kamihira S
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- Biomarkers, Tumor blood, Case-Control Studies, Disease Progression, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell blood, Male, MicroRNAs blood, Prognosis, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Survival Rate, Biomarkers, Tumor genetics, Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell genetics, MicroRNAs genetics
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Objective: Micro RNAs (miRNAs) provide new insight in the development of cancer, but little is known about their clinical relevance as biomarkers in the assessment of diagnosis, classification, progression and prognosis of various cancers. To explore a potential novel biomarker, we examined the cellular and plasma miRNA profiles in adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) characterized by diverse clinical features., Methods and Results: Using CD4-positive cells isolated from 2 non-infected healthy individuals, 3 chronic ATL patients and 3 acute ATL patients, cellular miRNAs were profiled by microarray. The microarray screened 5 miRNAs namely miR-155, let-7g, miR-126, miR-130a and let-7b because of the large difference in their expression in diseased vs. that of healthy controls. The expression levels of before 5 miRNAs re-quantified by reverse transcription quantifiable polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) were not always accordant in cells and plasma. The high and low plasma levels of miR-155 and miR-126 changed with ATL stage., Conclusion: The present study revealed that there is a quantitative discrepancy between cellular and plasma miRNAs. The elevation of plasma miR-155 and the reduction in miR-126 correlated with poor prognosis, indicating their usefulness as a novel biomarker for the assessment of disease stage., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2012
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5. A novel natural compound, a cycloanthranilylproline derivative (Fuligocandin B), sensitizes leukemia cells to apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) through 15-deoxy-Delta 12, 14 prostaglandin J2 production.
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Hasegawa H, Yamada Y, Komiyama K, Hayashi M, Ishibashi M, Sunazuka T, Izuhara T, Sugahara K, Tsuruda K, Masuda M, Takasu N, Tsukasaki K, Tomonaga M, and Kamihira S
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- Cell Line, Transformed, Cyclooxygenase 2 metabolism, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm drug effects, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, Drug Synergism, Enzyme Activation drug effects, Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic drug effects, HL-60 Cells, Humans, Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins metabolism, K562 Cells, Leukemia metabolism, Neoplasm Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Neoplasm Proteins metabolism, PPAR gamma biosynthesis, Proline agonists, Proline pharmacology, Proline therapeutic use, Prostaglandin D2 metabolism, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand agonists, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand metabolism, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand therapeutic use, Apoptosis drug effects, Leukemia drug therapy, Proline analogs & derivatives, Prostaglandin D2 analogs & derivatives, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand pharmacology
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis in many transformed cells; however, not all human tumors respond to TRAIL, potentially limiting its therapeutic utility. Although there is substantial evidence that cytotoxic drugs can augment sensitivity to TRAIL, it has become important to know what kinds of nontoxic drugs can be used together with TRAIL. We thus screened several natural compounds that can overcome resistance to TRAIL and found that a cycloanthranilylproline derivative, Fuligocandin B (FCB), an extract of myxomycete Fuligo candida, exhibited significant synergism with TRAIL. Treatment of the TRAIL-resistant cell line KOB with FCB and TRAIL resulted in apparent apoptosis, which was not induced by either agent alone. FCB increased the production of 15-deoxy-Delta(12,14) prostaglandin J(2) (15d-PGJ(2)), an endogenous PPAR gamma ligand, through activation of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). This unique mechanism highlighted the fact that 15d-PGJ(2) directly enhanced sensitivity to TRAIL by inhibiting multiple antiapoptotic factors. More importantly, similar effects were observed in other leukemia cell lines irrespective of their origin. The enhancement was observed regardless of PPAR gamma expression and was not blocked even by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR gamma) siRNA. These results indicate that 15d-PGJ(2) sensitizes TRAIL-resistant cells to TRAIL in a PPAR gamma-independent manner and that the use of 15d-PGJ(2) or its inducers, such as FCB, is a new strategy for cancer therapy.
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- 2007
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6. Dihydroflavonol BB-1, an extract of natural plant Blumea balsamifera, abrogates TRAIL resistance in leukemia cells.
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Hasegawa H, Yamada Y, Komiyama K, Hayashi M, Ishibashi M, Yoshida T, Sakai T, Koyano T, Kam TS, Murata K, Sugahara K, Tsuruda K, Akamatsu N, Tsukasaki K, Masuda M, Takasu N, and Kamihira S
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- Drug Synergism, Drug Therapy, Combination, Flavonols isolation & purification, Humans, Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell, Plant Extracts therapeutic use, Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics, RNA, Small Interfering pharmacology, Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor antagonists & inhibitors, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor genetics, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor metabolism, Signal Transduction drug effects, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 metabolism, Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use, Apoptosis drug effects, Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins therapeutic use, Asteraceae chemistry, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Flavonols therapeutic use, Leukemia drug therapy, Membrane Glycoproteins therapeutic use, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha therapeutic use
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis in many transformed cells but not in normal cells and, hence, has emerged as a novel anticancer agent. Previously, we showed that although most adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) cells express the TRAIL death receptor DR4 (TRAIL-R1) or DR5 (TRAIL-R2), they are resistant to TRAIL. Thus, in this study, we tried to find natural products that can overcome TRAIL resistance. Among more than 150 materials screened, a dihydroflavonol that was extracted from Blumea balsamifera (BB-1) exhibited the most striking synergism with TRAIL. Treatment of the TRAIL-resistant ATLL cell line KOB, with a combination of BB-1 and TRAIL, resulted in apparent apoptosis that was not observed on treatment with either agent alone. Furthermore, pretreatment with BB-1 followed by TRAIL further augmented the synergism. BB-1 increased the level of TRAIL-R2 promoter activity and surface protein expression in a p53-independent manner. TRAIL-R2 siRNA inhibited the synergism, indicating that sensitization was caused by the increase of TRAIL-R2 expression. More interestingly, similar effects were observed in other leukemia cell lines by exactly the same mechanisms. These results suggest that combined treatment with BB-1 and TRAIL may be a new strategy for cancer therapy.
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- 2006
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7. Restricted expression of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor 4 in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
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Hasegawa H, Yamada Y, Harasawa H, Tsuji T, Murata K, Sugahara K, Tsuruda K, Masuda M, Takasu N, and Kamihira S
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- Cells, Cultured, GPI-Linked Proteins, Humans, Lymphocyte Activation, Lymphocytes immunology, RNA, Messenger genetics, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor genetics, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 10c, Tumor Necrosis Factor Decoy Receptors, Gene Expression Regulation, Lymphocytes metabolism, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor metabolism
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Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis in tumor but not normal cells, thus providing therapeutic possibilities for human cancers. However, it is not fully clear how widespread TRAIL receptors are, or how TRAIL signaling is modulated in normal cells. We characterized cell surface expression of TRAIL receptors in normal healthy donor peripheral blood and report that each of the TRAIL receptors are characteristically expressed on restricted cell populations. TRAIL-R1 is distinctively expressed on B-lymphocytes, TRAIL-R2 on monocytes, TRAIL-R3 on neutrophils and most impressively, CD8+ lymphocytes and NKT lymphocytes but not CD4+ lymphocytes express TRAIL-R4.
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- 2004
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8. Purification of a phenobarbital-inducible morphine UDP-glucuronyltransferase isoform, absent from Gunn rat liver.
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Ishii Y, Tsuruda K, Tanaka M, and Oguri K
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Enzyme Induction, Glucuronosyltransferase isolation & purification, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Molecular Weight, Phenobarbital pharmacology, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Substrate Specificity, Glucuronosyltransferase metabolism, Microsomes, Liver enzymology, Morphine metabolism, Rats, Gunn metabolism
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A morphine UDP-glucuronyltransferase (morphine UGTPB) was purified from liver microsomes of Sprague-Dawley rats treated with phenobarbital. UDP-glucuronyl-transferases in the liver microsomes were solubilized with Emulgen 911 and separated by omega-(beta-carboxypropionyl-amino)octyl Sepharose 4B column chromatography, which has been developed in our laboratory. Morphine UDP-glucuronyltransferases were eluted into two fractions, Peak I and Peak II, which have different substrate specificities. Morphine UGTPB was purified by two times of Chromato-focusing from Peak II which was more specific to morphine. The purified morphine UGTPB gave an apparent pI of 8.0 on chromatofocusing and displayed a subunit molecular weight of 55 kDa after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme catalyzed the glucuronidation of 3-hydroxyl group of morphine and small extent of 4-hydroxybiphenyl, but not of androsterone, bilirubin, chloramphenicol, codeine, 4-methylumbelliferone, 4-nitrophenol, testosterone, and 6-hydroxyl group of morphine. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of morphine UGTPB were identical to those of UGT1*01P which is deficient to homozygous Gunn rat. Peak II was absent from the fraction of omega-(beta-carboxypropionylamino)octyl Sepharose 4B column chromatography of liver microsomes of Gunn rats treated with phenobarbital, whereas morphine UGT in Peak I was PB-inducible in Gunn rats. Present results suggest that an isoform of morphine UDP-glucuronyltransferase belongs to the UGT1 family and is phenobarbital-inducible.
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- 1994
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9. [Mass screening of cardiovascular disorders by two-dimensional echocardiography].
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Kuroda T, Shiina A, Tsuruda K, Fujita T, Yamasawa M, Mitsuhashi T, Suzuki O, Yaginuma T, and Hosoda S
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- Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cardiomegaly prevention & control, Echocardiography, Female, Heart Diseases epidemiology, Heart Valve Diseases prevention & control, Humans, Incidence, Japan epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, Heart Diseases prevention & control, Mass Screening methods
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We used two-dimensional echocardiography (2-D echo) for the mass screening of 2,673 subjects for cardiovascular disorders (1,032 men, 1,641 women, aged 23-95 years with a mean age of 59), who lived in 12 rural areas in Japan. In 1,665 of the 2,673 subjects (62.3%), cardiac abnormalities were recognized. Three major abnormalities included sclerotic aortic (33.0%) and mitral valves (21.8%), and left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (15.9%). Apparent pericardial effusion (54 cases), mitral valve prolapse (44 cases), and dilated cardiomyopathy (4 cases) were incidentally found in this study. Prevalence of the abnormalities insidiously increased with age (below 49 years: 39%, and above 80 years: 97%), and this was apparently higher in men than in women. The abnormal findings which were significantly higher in men were the sclerotic aortic valves, LV hypertrophy and dysfunction, the prevalence of which was particularly high in ages 40-79, but it became nearly equal beyond 80 years of age. These results may indicate a sexual difference in the influence of age on the cardiovascular system. It was concluded that 2-D echo is helpful for primary screening and prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
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- 1989
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