Publications by authors named "Ai Iwauchi"
Glioblastoma (GBM) involves disruptions in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and alterations in the immune microenvironment, including the activation of glioma-associated macrophages (GAMs). Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, commonly used in recurrent GBM treatment, can influence these processes. This study investigates the relationship between BBB disruption and GAM activation, focusing on plasmalemma vesicle-associated protein (PLVAP), a marker of BBB disruption, and α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), an inflammatory protein implicated in tumor progression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of erythroblast transformation specific-1 related gene (ERG) in patients with glioblastoma (GB) before and after bevacizumab (Bev) therapy as a predictive and prognostic biomarker.
Methods: The present study used 58 GB tissues from 29 patients in 3 settings. Sixteen tumors were removed after neoadjuvant Bev administration (neoBev) and 13 represented newly diagnosed GB without previous Bev treatment (naïve Bev).
Article Synopsis
- A 4-year-old girl experienced speech issues and left-side weakness, leading to imaging that revealed multiple strokes and a significant right axillary artery aneurysm.
- She underwent surgery to remove and reconstruct the aneurysm using a saphenous vein graft, but two years later, a new mass developed near the original surgery site.
- Further examination revealed that the new progressive lesion originated from an undetected 1-mm myopericytoma found in scans after the initial procedure.
Purpose: To explore lens capsule pathological characteristics in intraocular lens (IOL) dislocation after cataract surgery in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).
Setting: University hospital department of ophthalmology.
Design: Case series with clinicopathological correlations.
Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma is a carcinoma that arises from a primary or recurrent benign pleomorphic adenoma. The prevalence of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma is low, and this histological type accounting for only 1% of all salivary gland tumors. Here, we report a rare case of Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland with a radiologic-pathologic correlation.
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