Cell biological characterization of a multidomain adaptor protein, ArgBP2, in epithelial NMuMG cells, and identification of a novel short isoform.

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：: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：:Vibrio cholerae colonizes the lumen of the proximal small intestine, which has an alkaline environment, and secretes cholera toxin (CT) through a type II secretion machinery. V. cholerae possesses the intrabacterial nanotransportation system (ibNoTS) for transporting CT from the inner portion toward the peripheral por...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Matsuzaki Y,Wu H,Nakano T,Nakahari T,Sano K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine leiomyoma is the most common tumor in the female genital tract, although its pathogenesis remains unclear. Molecular analyses have demonstrated that each leiomyoma nodule is monoclonal and harbors various DNA abnormalities, suggesting that DNA damage in normal smooth muscle cells plays an important role in the...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Suzuki A,Kariya M,Matsumura N,Baba T,Yagi H,Mandai M,Konishi I,Fujii S

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：:Carcinoma follows a course of multiple changes that are affected by several important factors, with epigenetic silencing of the promoter gene being one of them. A series of studies have suggested that epigenetic changes in the anti-aging gene Klotho may be one of the emerging areas of concern in the study of carcinoge...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Adhikari BR,Uehara O,Matsuoka H,Takai R,Harada F,Utsunomiya M,Chujo T,Morikawa T,Shakya M,Yoshida K,Sato J,Arakawa T,Nishimura M,Nagayasu H,Chiba I,Abiko Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Pathological diagnosis of intraductal apocrine lesions can be challenging, because even benign apocrine lesions often show atypical cytology, and immunohistochemistry is of little assistance. A new diagnostic method for apocrine lesions is desirable. The mutations present in apocrine lesions have not been well studied...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Kanomata N,Yamaguchi R,Kurebayashi J,Moriya T

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Helicobacter pylori possesses intrabacterial nanotransportation system (ibNoTS) for transporting CagA, VacA, and urease within the bacterial cytoplasm, which is controlled by the extrabacterial environment. The route of ibNoTS for CagA is reported to be associated with the MreB filament, whereas the route of ibNoTS fo...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Wu H,Iwai N,Suzuki Y,Nakano T

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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：:Brush cells (BCs) are relatively rare cells that are sparsely distributed throughout the mammalian digestive and respiratory systems. BCs have been identified in the rodent large intestine, but these cells have not been characterized by immunocytochemistry or electron microscopy. We previously demonstrated that rat bi...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Okamoto K,Hanazaki K,Akimori T,Okabayashi T,Okada T,Kobayashi M,Ogata T

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：: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：:Almost every cell in our organism releases proteins and other biological substances using a fundamental cellular process known as constitutive exocytosis. In contrast, in exocrine and endocrine glands, the cells are inherent in an additional and more refined release mechanism directly tuned by extracellular signals. T...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Tsuboi T

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Insulinoma-associated protein 1 (INSM1) is an important biomarker of Achaete-scute homolog-like 1-driven pathways. For diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNET), chromogranin A (CGA), synaptophysin (SYP), and neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) were also considered as potential biomarkers. However, it is...

journal_title：Medical molecular morphology

authors： Tanigawa M,Nakayama M,Taira T,Hattori S,Mihara Y,Kondo R,Kusano H,Nakamura K,Abe Y,Ishida Y,Okabe Y,Hisaka T,Okuda K,Fujino K,Ito T,Kawahara A,Naito Y,Yamaguchi R,Akiba J,Akagi Y,Yano H

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：: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：: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