A mechanistic link between renal ischemia and fibrosis.

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：:E-cadherin expression patterns in acinar cell carcinomas (ACCs) of the pancreas have not been well documented. Herein, we present a hitherto undescribed case of E-cadherin-negative ACC with a solid pseudopapillary growth pattern in a 65-year-old man. We used an antibody against the extracellular domain of E-cadherin. ...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Tajima S,Waki M,Azuma M,Koda K,Ohata A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylation is a well-studied post-translational modification (PTM) of tubulin. Acetylated tubulin is present in the centrioles, primary cilia, and flagella, which contain long-lived stable microtubules. Tubulin acetylation plays an important role in cellular activities including cell polarity, cell migration, vesicle...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Nekooki-Machida Y,Hagiwara H

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：: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：:The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a multifunctional protein as well as a tumor suppressor. To determine the functions of the C-terminal domain of APC, we explored APC 1638T/1638T (APC1638T) mice that express a truncated APC lacking the C-terminal domain. The APC1638T mice were tumor free and exhibited growth ret...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Wang T,Onouchi T,Yamada NO,Matsuda S,Senda T

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:Experimental pressure ulcers were successfully produced in the rat abdominal wall at 100 mmHg in our previous study. We hypothesized that injury is less severe when pressures are lower than 100 mmHg and explored a critical pressure in the production of pressure ulcers. At 70 and 60 mmHg, repeated compressions for 4 h ...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kawamata S,Kurose T,Kubori Y,Muramoto H,Honkawa Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：: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：:IgG4-related disease has been recently described. This disease occurs in various anatomic locations including pancreas, biliary tract, liver, retroperitoneum, kidney, breast, lung, thyroid gland, prostate, salivary gland, lacrimal gland, and lymph node. In this article, we report the first case of IgG4-related disease...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kuroda N,Nakamura S,Miyazaki K,Inoue K,Ohara M,Mizuno K,Sato Y,Yoshino T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of low protein intake on the development of the remaining kidney in subtotally (5/6) nephrectomized immature rats. Three-week-old rats were kept on a diet containing either 12% protein (Lp rats) or 18% protein (Np rats) for 4 or 8 weeks after subtotal nephrectomy (SUNx). In Western blot analysi...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Mino M,Ihara H,Kozaki S,Kondo T,Takeshita A,Kusakabe KT,Okada T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histopathology is essential for the diagnosis and evaluation of disease activity of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). We aimed to elucidate the characteristics of AIH from the localization of inflammation. We re-evaluated a nationwide survey that was performed in Japan in 2018 of AIH patients diagnosed between 2014 and 2017...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Takahashi A,Ohira H,Abe K,Zeniya M,Abe M,Arinaga-Hino T,Torimura T,Yoshizawa K,Takaki A,Kang JH,Suzuki Y,Nakamoto N,Inui A,Tanaka A,Takikawa H

更新日期：2020-05-15 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：: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：:Non-invasive predictors for the development of cirrhosis-related conditions are needed for patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). We investigated the association between cytokeratin-18 fragments (M30 and M65) and liver histology, treatment response and the development of cirrhosis-related conditions in patie...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Hayashi M,Abe K,Fujita M,Okai K,Takahashi A,Nozawa Y,Ohira H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old Japanese man presented with a giant submucosal tumor with ulceration during follow-up of duodenal ulcer. Pancreaticoduodenectomy was undertaken, and subsequent histological examination of the tumor disclosed anaplastic carcinoma of the pancreas head. The carcinoma components contained adenocarcinoma and ...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kuroda N,Iwamura S,Fujishima N,Ohara M,Hirouchi T,Mizuno K,Hayashi Y,Lee GH

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:The establishment of consistent and reliable methods for the analysis of atherosclerosis molecular pathways and for testing the efficiency of new therapeutics is of utmost importance. Here, we fed ApoE-knockout (KO) mice with high-fat diet to for 16 weeks to induce atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic lesions in mice were...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Shibata MA,Shibata E,Maemura K,Kondo Y,Harada-Shiba M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well accepted that cell cycle regulators are strongly implicated in the progression of cancer development. p16 and p27 are potent cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors involved in G1 phase progression, and are regarded as adverse prognostic biomarkers for various types of cancers. It has been reported that th...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Matsuda Y,Wakai T,Kubota M,Takamura M,Yamagiwa S,Aoyagi Y,Osawa M,Fujimaki S,Sanpei A,Genda T,Ichida T

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Ameloblastoma (AB), which is the most common odontogenic tumor, may originate from the dental lamina remnants. The expression of CD56, which is a transmembrane molecule, is associated with neuroectodermal differentiation of the embryonal cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of CD56 in AB, in com...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kusafuka K,Hirobe K,Wato M,Tanaka A,Nakajima T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired cystic disease (ACD)-associated renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has been recently described. To date, there are no reports on genetic findings of G-band karyotype of ACD-associated RCC. In this article, we report the first report of G-band karyotype of ACD-associated RCC. A 66-year-old Japanese man was found to ha...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kuroda N,Shiotsu T,Hes O,Michal M,Shuin T,Lee GH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dusp22 (dual-specificity phosphatase 22) is considered to regulate various cellular processes through the regulation of protein dephosphorylation. In this study, we prepared a specific antibody against Dusp22, anti-Dusp22, and carried out expression analyses with mouse tissues and cultured cell lines. Western blotting...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Hamada N,Mizuno M,Tomita H,Iwamoto I,Hara A,Nagata KI

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression. They play fundamental roles in several biological processes, including cell differentiation and proliferation, embryo development, organ development, and organ metabolism. Besides regulating the physiological processes, miRNAs regula...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Tamaru S,Kajihara T,Mizuno Y,Mizuno Y,Tochigi H,Ishihara O

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirschsprung's disease is a congenital aganglionic neural disorder of the segmental distal intestine characterized by unsettled pathogenesis. The relationship between Hirschsprung's disease and pacemaker cells (PMC), which almost corresponds to that of the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), was morphologically observe...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Taniguchi K,Matsuura K,Matsuoka T,Nakatani H,Nakano T,Furuya Y,Sugimoto T,Kobayashi M,Araki K

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary cancer worldwide. The only current drug available for clinical treatment of HCC is sorafenib, which inhibits multiple signaling kinases including Raf family members, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1 and 2, ...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Matsuda Y,Fukumoto M

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：: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