Publications by authors named "Ichiro Matsumoto"

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  • Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) starts with acinar cells turning into metaplastic duct cells, which are important in the development of cancer.
  • Tuft cells, which emerge during this process, initially help suppress tumor growth but their role during cancer progression is unclear.
  • Research using a special lineage tracing model shows that in advanced PDA, metaplastic tuft cells transform into neural-like progenitor cells, indicating a shift that correlates with worse outcomes for patients.
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The olfactory neuroepithelium serves as a sensory organ for odors and forms part of the nasal mucosal barrier. Olfactory sensory neurons are surrounded and supported by epithelial cells. Among them, microvillous cells (MVCs) are strategically positioned at the apical surface, but their specific functions are enigmatic, and their relationship to the other specialized epithelial cells is unclear.

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Infection of immature mice with rhinovirus (RV) induces an asthma-like phenotype consisting of type 2 inflammation, mucous metaplasia, eosinophilic inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness that is dependent on IL-25 and type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). Doublecortin-like kinase 1-positive (DCLK1+) tuft cells are a major source of IL-25. We sought to determine the requirement of tuft cells for the RV-induced asthma phenotype in wild-type mice and mice deficient in Pou2f3, a transcription factor required for tuft cell development.

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Gut microbiota imbalance (dysbiosis) is increasingly associated with pathological conditions, both within and outside the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal Paneth cells are considered to be guardians of the gut microbiota, but the events linking Paneth cell dysfunction with dysbiosis remain unclear. We report a three-step mechanism for dysbiosis initiation.

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  • T2R bitter receptors help us taste bitterness and also protect us from bacteria and parasites.
  • Researchers found that during inflammation, like when you're sick, these receptors are more active, and mice had stronger reactions to bitter tastes.
  • They discovered that certain parts of DNA in taste cells change during infections, which could explain why some people taste bitterness differently when they're sick or getting treatments for cancer.
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  • T2R bitter receptors help us taste bitterness and also help our bodies fight off bacteria and parasites.
  • In an experiment simulating a bacterial infection, researchers found that these receptors are more active and mice reacted strongly to bitter tastes.
  • The study showed that inflammation changes how genes work in taste cells, which might explain why our taste for bitterness can change when we are sick or getting treatments for cancer.
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Aims: Interoception is the sensing function of physiological conditions and is crucial in self-regulation and decision-making. We examined the association of heartbeat tracking task performance, an indicator of interoceptive accuracy, with the degree of improvement in exercise tolerance in patients undergoing home-based cardiac rehabilitation.

Methods And Results: Participants underwent baseline peak oxygen uptake (VO) measurements and a heartbeat tracking task.

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Viral infection often causes severe damage to the lungs, leading to the appearance of ectopic basal cells (EBCs) and tuft cells in the lung parenchyma. Thus far, the roles of these ectopic epithelial cells in alveolar regeneration remain controversial. Here, we confirm that the ectopic tuft cells are originated from EBCs in mouse models and COVID-19 lungs.

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While the lung bears significant regenerative capacity, severe viral pneumonia can chronically impair lung function by triggering dysplastic remodeling. The connection between these enduring changes and chronic disease remains poorly understood. We recently described the emergence of tuft cells within Krt5 dysplastic regions after influenza injury.

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Aim: The Achilles tendon (AT) thickening may be affected by several factors (e.g., lipid disorders or age).

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Background: Clinical studies have shown that the ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid to arachidonic acid (EPA/AA ratio) as well as the triglyceride (TG) levels can be considered as independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate whether simultaneous evaluation of the EPA/AA ratio and TG level can affect the incidence of cardiovascular events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods And Results: We retrospectively examined the clinical records of 1585 patients who underwent successful PCI for acute coronary syndrome or stable angina.

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Taste bud cells are renewed throughout life in a process requiring innervation. Recently, we reported that R-spondin substitutes for neuronal input for taste cell regeneration. R-spondin amplifies WNT signaling by interacting with stem-cell-expressed E3 ubiquitin ligases RNF43/ZNRF3 (negative regulators of WNT signaling) and G-protein-coupled receptors LGR4/5/6 (positive regulators of WNT signaling).

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Aeroallergen sensing by airway epithelial cells triggers pathogenic immune responses leading to type 2 inflammation, the hallmark of chronic airway diseases such as asthma. Tuft cells are rare epithelial cells and the dominant source of interleukin-25 (IL-25), an epithelial cytokine, and cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs), lipid mediators of vascular permeability and chemotaxis. How these two mediators derived from the same cell might cooperatively promote type 2 inflammation in the airways has not been clarified.

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Background & Aims: Acinar to ductal metaplasia (ADM) occurs in the pancreas in response to tissue injury and is a potential precursor for adenocarcinoma. The goal of these studies was to define the populations arising from ADM, the associated transcriptional changes, and markers of disease progression.

Methods: Acinar cells were lineage-traced with enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) to follow their fate post-injury.

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Background: The role of serum uric acid (SUA) as an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the SUA levels could affect the incidence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods And Results: We retrospectively examined the clinical records of 1,949 patients who underwent successful PCI.

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"Taste-like" tuft cells in the intestine trigger type 2 immunity in response to worm infection. The secretion of interleukin-13 (IL-13) from type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) represents a key step in the tuft cell-ILC2 cell-intestinal epithelial cell circuit that drives the clearance of worms from the gut via type 2 immune responses. Hallmark features of type 2 responses include tissue remodeling, such as tuft and goblet cell expansion, and villus atrophy, yet it remains unclear if additional molecular changes in the gut epithelium facilitate the clearance of worms from the gut.

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G protein-coupled taste receptors and their downstream signaling elements, including Gnat3 (also known as α-gustducin) and TrpM5, were first identified in taste bud cells. Subsequent studies, however, revealed that some cells in nongustatory tissues also express taste receptors and/or their signaling elements. These nongustatory-tissue-expressed taste receptors and signaling elements play important roles in a number of physiological processes, including metabolism and immune responses.

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Loss of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) after injury to the olfactory epithelium (OE) triggers the generation of OSNs that are incorporated into olfactory circuits to restore olfactory sensory perception. This study addresses how insulin receptor-mediated signaling affects the functional recovery of OSNs after OE injury. Insulin levels were reduced in mice by ablating the pancreatic β cells via streptozotocin (STZ) injections.

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  • The study investigates the relationship between anthropometric indicators (like body measurements) and exercise tolerance in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).
  • It involved 69 CHF patients, measuring mid-arm circumference, mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC), calf circumference, and body mass index, while evaluating exercise tolerance through peak oxygen uptake (VO2).
  • Results showed significant positive correlations between peak VO2 and various measurements, particularly MAMC, indicating it could be a useful indicator for assessing exercise tolerance and prognosis in CHF patients.
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Taste bud cells regenerate throughout life. Taste bud maintenance depends on continuous replacement of senescent taste cells with new ones generated by adult taste stem cells. More than a century ago it was shown that taste buds degenerate after their innervating nerves are transected and that they are not restored until after reinnervation by distant gustatory ganglion neurons.

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