Influence of steaming duration, chlorophyll-a and -b content and ratio, and pH on the color of green tea processed from multiple tea (Camellia sinensis L.) cultivars.

Background: The color of green tea is an important quality indicator. In recent years, shading of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) plants has been widely adopted for green tea production to enhance its green color and umami taste.

Impact of continuous positive airway pressure therapy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been suggested as an independent risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first-line therapy for OSA.

Aim: To clarify the efficacy of effective CPAP therapy on NAFLD of OSA patients by serum markers and transient elastography (TE) using FibroScan (Echosens, Paris, France).

Methods: We prospectively enrolled 123 consecutive patients with OSA who met the indications for CPAP.

Practical Use of Transient Elastography in Screening for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in a Japanese Population.

Fatty infiltration of liver may induce insulin resistance (IR), and a proportion of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is diagnosed with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Transient elastography is gaining popularity as a means of non-invasively determining both liver stiffness (fibrosis level) and degree of fatty infiltration, expressed as controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) value. The aims of this study were to investigate the association between IR and level of fatty liver, and to identify the group at a greater risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis using transient elastography and other noninvasive fibrosis markers.

Dental pulp cell bank as a possible future source of individual hepatocytes.

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as a source for regenerative medicine are now the subject of much clinical attention. There are high expectations due to their safety, low tumorigenic risk, and low ethical concerns. MSC therapy has been approved for acute graft-versus host diseases since 2015.

A Case of Right-Sided Ulcerative Colitis with Mesalamine-Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions.

BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, affecting the colon continuously from the rectum proximally. However, a clinical type with right-sided colitis sparing the anal side of the colon is also known. Mesalamine, which is generally used to treat UC, can rarely aggravate the disease.