Publications by authors named "K K Murai"
Characterization of Diploid Wheat Flour and its Possible Practical Use.
J Appl Glycosci (1999)
November 2024
The application of flour is determined by the composition of its starch and storage proteins. Previously isolated diploid wheat is known to be amylose-free and possesses the same amylopectin structure as the wild-type. To reveal its characteristics, starch, protein, lipid, fiber, gluten, and allergen contents and rheological properties were analyzed and compared to its parental wild-type diploid wheat and commercially available hexaploid wheats.
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- In warm winters caused by climate change, early flowering of autumn-sown wheat needs to be suppressed to maintain yield.
- Alloplasmic lines of wheat, which incorporate cytoplasm from wild relatives, show delayed flowering compared to standard lines, indicating potential benefits for crop management.
- Studies reveal that these alloplasmic lines express genes differently after cold exposure, suggesting they could maintain tiller numbers and yields in warmer conditions, making them valuable for breeding future wheat varieties.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictors of deterioration of the Child-Pugh classification 1 month after transcatheter arterial chemo-embolization (TACE) in patients with treatment-naive hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Methods: Between 2010 and 2020, consecutive patients who underwent conventional TACE using epirubicin as the initial treatment were enrolled. Patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage-0, A or B and Child-Pugh class A were included.
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- * A nationwide survey tracked data from 70 pregnancies in 49 CML patients between 2002 and 2020, highlighting three pregnancy types: CML onset during pregnancy, unplanned pregnancies during TKI treatment, and planned pregnancies during treatment-free remission (TFR) or using interferon-alpha (IFN-α).
- * The study found that planned pregnancies had a longer time from CML diagnosis compared to unplanned ones, and TFR or IFN-α were deemed safe pregnancy options—indicating the need for careful planning for pregnancies in women
Aim: The incidence of and factors involved in gastroesophageal varix-related events in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis patients, including decompensated cirrhosis, after direct-acting antiviral therapy are unclear.
Methods: We conducted a multicenter study using prospective data from 478 hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis patients treated with direct-acting antiviral therapy from February 2019 to December 2021 at 33 Japanese hospitals. Gastroesophageal varices were classified as F1 (small-caliber), F2 (moderately enlarged), or F3 (markedly enlarged) according to the Japanese criteria.