Insulinoma-associated protein 1 (INSM1) is a useful marker for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

abstract：:Desquamation in the mammalian skin is a well-balanced process of producing corneocytes and shedding them from the surface of the skin. The corneodesmosome, which is a modified desmosome, is the main adhesive structure in the cornified cell layer. The major extracellular constituents of corneodesmosomes are desmoglein ...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Ishida-Yamamoto A,Kishibe M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detachment of mesothelial cells is an early step in adhesion of the human pleura. To elucidate this process, we used adhesion molecules as the targets of primary antibody and performed immunohistochemical staining of the mesothelial cells that cover the surface of the sites of pleural adhesion and the macrophages that...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Amari M,Taguchi K,Iwahara M,Oharaseki T,Yokouchi Y,Naoe S,Takahashi K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (E-GISTs) not associated with the alimentary tract in the pelvic cavity are extremely rare. We treated a 49-year-old Japanese man with such an E-GIST in the pelvic cavity who underwent an intrapelvic tumorectomy with a total prostatectomy and partial rectum resection. Gross examin...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Hirano H,Yoshida T,Yoshimura H,Fukuoka M,Ohmura N,Nishizawa Y,Tachibana S,Hirota S,Zozumi M,Nishigami T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular matrix (ECM) is essential in tissue physiology and pathologic conditions such as tumorigenesis. It affects tumor cell behavior, proliferation, and metastasis. Pituitary adenomas differ in their clinical characteristics, including ECM deposition, and we recently reported that the characteristics of collag...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Tofrizal A,Fujiwara K,Azuma M,Kikuchi M,Jindatip D,Yashiro T,Yamada S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the distribution of myofibroblasts in the stroma of normal seminal vesicles. Twelve normal seminal vesicles obtained by surgery on the diagnosis of some diseases were selected, and we evaluated the distribution of myofibroblasts in the seminal vesicles using immunohistochemical and electron and immunoelectr...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Shimasaki N,Kuroda N,Miyazaki E,Hayashi Y,Toi M,Hiroi M,Enzan H,Shuin T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to address the molecular pathogenesis underlying the progression of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in a nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) patient. We analyzed infiltrative BCCs that invaded the subcutaneous tissue of the scalp and penetrated the skull in a 61-year-old Japanese fe...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Tate G,Kishimoto K,Mitsuya T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progression of liver fibrosis has been linked with injuries associated with hypoxia and neovascularization. Neovascularization consists of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis, representing formation of blood vessels by differentiation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). We investigated antifibrogenic and regenerative ...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Ueno T,Nakamura T,Torimura T,Sata M

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study was designed to clarify the role of antioxidant enzymes in the rat von Ebner gland during acute nickel toxicity. After treatment with nickel acetate, we monitored ultrastructural alterations in acinar and ductal cells, immunohistochemical staining for glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione S-transferas...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Shiraishi M,Doi Y,Kayashima K,Fujimoto S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrates belong to a group of ligands of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα), which play a role in the regulation of CYP epoxygenases and soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), key enzymes in the metabolism of biologically highly active epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs). We demonstrated that low doses of...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Tauber Z,Koleckova M,Cizkova K

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hair is one of the smallest organs, but has many important functions to mammals. Hair morphogenesis occurs through the reciprocal exchange of epithelial and mesenchymal signals. There are some reports about the expression of laminin-511 and -332 during hair morphogenesis, but are no reports of the chronological expres...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Imanishi H,Tsuruta D,Tateishi C,Sugawara K,Kobayashi H,Ishii M,Kishi K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells surviving in ascites exhibit cancer stem cell (CSC)-like features. This study analyzed the expression of the CSC marker CD133 in the ascites-derived exosomes obtained from patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. In addition, inverse correlation of CD133 expression with prognosis was examined. Of the...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Sakaue T,Koga H,Iwamoto H,Nakamura T,Ikezono Y,Abe M,Wada F,Masuda A,Tanaka T,Fukahori M,Ushijima T,Mihara Y,Naitou Y,Okabe Y,Kakuma T,Ohta K,Nakamura KI,Torimura T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy-related gene 7 (ATG7) and miR-106a play an important role in cancer cell autophagy and apoptosis, but the outcome of ATG7 and miR-106a in colorectal cancer (CRC) still remains not clear. In this study, we found that ATG7 and miR-106a expression were mutually related with cell death and prognosis in CRC patie...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Hao H,Xia G,Wang C,Zhong F,Liu L,Zhang D

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few studies of the morphogenesis of human herpesvirus (HHV) 6 type A and B (HHV-6A, -6B) have been performed using neurogenic, lymphoid, or epithelial cells. When human MT-4 T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-producing lymphoid cells were coinfected with HHV-6B in vitro, viral-specific proteins were clearly detect...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Ohtsuki Y,Daibata M,Bandobashi K,Lee GH,Furihata M,Yokoyama A,Miyoshi I

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) represents over 80% of kidney cancer, and about 30% of the patients with RCC develop metastasis after the surgery. Invasion of basement membrane (BM) and extracellular matrix (ECM) is an essential event in tumor invasion and metastasis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which digest the main...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Mikami S,Oya M,Mizuno R,Kosaka T,Katsube K,Okada Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the peculiar "inside-out" pattern in micropapillary (MP) carcinoma, we investigated the usefulness of KL-6 antibody in the assessment of the MP pattern of cancers, in comparison with antibodies to epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), MUC1 (CD227), and CD 10. Immunohistochemical investigation was performed on...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Ohtsuki Y,Kuroda N,Umeoka T,Watanabe R,Ochi K,Okada Y,Lee GH,Furihata M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein report a variant case of desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) showing limited desmoplasia and confusing immunohistochemical findings. A 26-year-old male was referred for multiple abdominal masses. Laparoscopic biopsy showed only the solid proliferation of small round cells, and he was initially diagno...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kihara A,Takahashi K,Ishikawa A,Amano Y,Matsubara D,Kanda H,Sata N,Fukushima N,Niki T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) has been believed to be a lethal histological subtype of an epithelial ovarian adenocarcinoma (EOA); its precursor has been assumed to be endometriosis. However, it has been reported that CCAs occasionally exhibit different clinical behaviors, suggesting that CCAs might not belo...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Matsuo Y,Tashiro H,Yanai H,Moriya T,Katabuchi H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case of metanephric adenoma of the kidney, many apical cytoplasmic blebs were found on the luminal surface of tumor cells. The tumor, measuring 15 mm in diameter, was found incidentally in the right kidney of a 40-year-old woman. It consisted of a dense proliferation of cuboidal cells forming small tubules of rou...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Shintaku M,Maeno K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte enhancer factor 1 (LEF1), a member of the LEF/T-cell-specific factor (TCF) family of the high mobility group domain transcription factors, acts downstream in canonical Wnt signaling. Aberrant transactivation of LEF1 contributes to the tumorigenesis of colonic neoplasms, sebaceous skin tumors, and lymphoblas...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Shimomura A,Takasaki A,Nomura R,Hayashi N,Senda T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA double-strand break (DSB) is one of the most serious forms of damage induced by ionizing irradiation and is mainly repaired by the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair. Immunohistochemical analysis of proteins involved in NHEJ, such as XRCC4 (X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 4), Ku86 and DNA-PKcs (DNA-...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Hori M,Someya M,Matsumoto Y,Nakata K,Kitagawa M,Hasegawa T,Tsuchiya T,Fukushima Y,Gocho T,Sato Y,Ohnuma H,Kato J,Sugita S,Hasegawa T,Sakata KI

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilson disease (WD) is a major type of primary copper toxicosis associated with hypoceruloplasminemia, while idiopathic copper toxicosis (ICT) is a minor type characterized by normoceruloplasminemia. Because ceruloplasmin is the major circulating ferroxidase, iron metabolism may be affected in patients with WD. Biopsi...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Hayashi H,Hattori A,Tatsumi Y,Hayashi K,Katano Y,Ueyama J,Wakusawa S,Yano M,Goto H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant müllerian mixed tumors (MMMTs) of the fallopian tube are very rare neoplasms, and we present such a case with unusual findings here. A 57-year-old Japanese woman, after she received a medical checkup, underwent salpingo-oophorectomy on the suspicion of ovarian cancer. At the time of operation, the main tumor...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kuroda N,Inui Y,Ohara M,Hirouchi T,Mizuno K,Kubo A,Hayashi Y,Enzan H,Lee GH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis; hence, novel prognostic markers and effective therapeutic targets should be identified. We aimed to evaluate folate receptor alpha (FR-α) expression in pancreatic cancer and examine its association with clinicopathological features. We utilized tissue samples from 100 primary pa...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Omote S,Takata K,Tanaka T,Miyata-Takata T,Ayada Y,Noujima-Harada M,Omote R,Tabata T,Sato Y,Toyokawa T,Kato H,Yagi T,Okada H,Yoshino T

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burow's solution has been shown to be effective against chronic suppurative otitis media and otitis externa. We demonstrated that Burow's solution had antibacterial effects against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, inducing ultrastructural changes in these bacteria in vitro. S. aureus strain 209P and P...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Hyo Y,Yamada S,Ishimatsu M,Fukutsuji K,Harada T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tian-Long (TL) compound is a water-soluble extract of six Chinese medicinal herbs. To explore its antitumor properties and the mechanism for activity in gynecological malignancies, the present studies were carried out using Ishikawa cells derived from uterine endometrial adenocarcinoma. Morphologically, cell death...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Li ZL,Morishima S,Tang JT,Otsuki Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the microstructure of the acetabular labrum obtained from a patient with stem loosening but without bipolar cup migration who had undergone hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture 18 years ago. We used light and scanning electron microscopy to investigate the influence of bipolar cup on acetabular ...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kaku N,Shimada T,Nogami R,Tagomori H,Tsumura H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the human placenta, embryo-derived trophoblasts aggressively invade maternal spiral arteries and transform the arteries to low-resistance large-caliber vessels. This process, which ensures adequate placental perfusion, is called maternal vascular remodeling. Histological examination showed deposition of maternal pl...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Sato Y,Fujiwara H,Konishi I

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old woman showed marked exophytic growth of a tumor (25 × 23 × 14 mm) of the nipple over a period of 2 months. Histologically, numerous tumor nodules with no apparent keratinization were observed in the exophytic lesion. The tumor cells also showed little invasion to the dermis and no metastasis to the axill...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Hosaka N,Uesaka K,Takaki T,Zhang Y,Takasu K,Ikehara S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal mammary gland can be roughly divided into the large duct close to the nipple and the terminal duct located within the lobulus. Both the large duct and the terminal duct are composed of epithelial cells and myoepithelial cells. The epithelial cells can be divided into light and dark cells using electron dens...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Tsuchiya S,Li F

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactinomas are the most common tumor of the human pituitary. They result in excessive prolactin secretion and important changes in the vasculature. Pericytes are perivascular cells associated with capillaries and have crucial roles in physiological and pathological neovascularization. We previously reported that pe...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Jindatip D,Fujiwara K,Sarachana T,Mutirangura A,Yashiro T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00