Publications by authors named "Aya Okubo"
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- * She was diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis, a serious autoimmune condition affecting her kidneys and lungs, confirmed by a kidney biopsy.
- * Treatment involved using rituximab and avacopan, which successfully reduced her symptoms and improved her overall health without any adverse reactions.
Angiogenesis is implicated in diverse pathological conditions such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, atherosclerosis, and retinal neovascularization. In the present study, we investigated the effects of modified rice bran hemicellulose (MRBH), a water-soluble hemicellulose preparation from rice bran treated with shiitake enzymes, on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced angiogenesis and its mechanism. We found that MRBH significantly inhibited VEGF-induced tube formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) co-cultured with human dermal fibroblasts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase 1: An 86-year-old woman had an invasive breast cancer with dermal infiltration. Bone metastases were found in the femur and lumbar vertebrae. She was treated with 2 courses of 70 mg docetaxel (DOC) chemotherapy every 3 weeks, after which the tumor dramatically decreased in size.
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