Publications by authors named "H Oshita"

Background: Esophageal cancer, particularly esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), is a leading cause of cancer-related death and has a poor prognosis. Despite the advancements in multidisciplinary therapies, resistance to conventional treatments warrants the development of novel therapeutic strategies. Ferroptosis, a form of cell death dependent on intracellular iron, has emerged as a potential mechanism for targeting cancer cells resistant to apoptosis.

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Primary lung cancer is among the cancers with the poorest prognosis, having the highest mortality rate among men and the second highest among women in Japan. While surgery is the primary treatment, advanced stages often require pharmacotherapy. Recently, ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of cell death caused by lipid peroxidation, has gained attention as a potential therapeutic strategy.

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  • The study aimed to explore if blocking the CCR2 receptor could prevent pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in rat models and improve inflammatory and vascular issues.
  • Researchers used genetically modified Ccr2(-/-) rats and found that these rats showed lower blood pressure in the heart, reduced inflammation, and less vascular damage after being exposed to certain treatments that typically induce PAH.
  • Additionally, combining the CCR2 blockade with the PDE5 inhibitor tadalafil further improved symptoms of pulmonary hypertension, suggesting a potential therapeutic approach for PAH.
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Striated muscle preferentially expressed protein kinase (SPEG) variants have been reported to cause centronuclear myopathy associated with cardiac diseases. The severity of skeletal muscle symptoms and cardiac symptoms are presumably related to the location of the variant. Here, we report novel SPEG compound heterozygous pathological variants in a neonate with severe dilated cardiomyopathy and relatively mild hypotonia.

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A 72-year-old woman who was undergoing treatment for bronchial asthma and psoriasis vulgaris experienced malaise three months earlier and visited our hospital on account of abnormal lung shadows. Chest computed tomography revealed ground-glass opacities in the peripheral lung fields and eosinophilia in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, which suggested eosinophilic pneumonia. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody was negative.

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