Publications by authors named "K Fujikura"

This study introduces a new imaging, spatial transcriptomics (ST), and single-cell RNA-sequencing integration pipeline to characterize neoplastic cell state transitions during tumorigenesis. We applied a semi-supervised analysis pipeline to examine premalignant pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs) that can develop into pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Their strict diagnosis on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples limited the single-cell characterization of human PanINs within their microenvironment.

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Objectives: Although prevalent in 50%-90% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas, the clinical relevance of "cancerization of ducts" (COD) remains unknown.

Methods: Pathologists retrospectively reviewed slides classifying prevalence of COD. Histopathological parameters, location of first recurrence, recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS) were collected from the institutional pancreatectomy registry.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to validate cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) for assessing left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction (DD) by comparing it with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in patients with suspected cardiomyopathy and healthy volunteers.
  • The results showed a high concordance of 78.1% between CMR and TTE classifications of LV diastolic function, indicating that both methods are largely in agreement with each other.
  • CMR could be potentially integrated into routine clinical practice for evaluating LV diastolic function, as it correlates well with established TTE parameters.
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Contrast enhanced pulmonary vein magnetic resonance angiography (PV CE-MRA) has value in atrial ablation pre-procedural planning. We aimed to provide high fidelity, ECG gated PV CE-MRA accelerated by variable density Cartesian sampling (VD-CASPR) with image navigator (iNAV) respiratory motion correction acquired in under 4 min. We describe its use in part during the global iodinated contrast shortage.

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