[Dystrophia myotonica Type 1 associated with glioblastoma: a case report].

This case involved a 65-year-old woman, who had been suffered from weakness in both legs for 10 years. She had not been diagnosed of dystrophia myotonica type 1 (DM1) despite her son's diagnosis of DM and her distinct facial features and gait anomaly. During her son's recent clinical visit, she was finally suspected of having DM.

Macrophage/microglia-derived IL-1β induces glioblastoma growth via the STAT3/NF-κB pathway.

Glioblastoma is a glioma characterized by highly malignant features. Numerous studies conducted on the relationship between glioblastoma and the microenvironment have indicated the significance of tumor-associated macrophages/microglia (TAMs) in glioblastoma progression. Since interleukin (IL)-1β secreted by TAMs has been suggested to promote glioblastoma growth, we attempted to elucidate the detailed mechanisms of IL-1β in glioblastoma growth in this study.

Dural arteriovenous fistula associated with intratumor hemorrhage.

Dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) associated with an intracranial tumor is a relatively rare condition. Furthermore, to our knowledge, this is the first case report of dAVF associated with intratumor hemorrhage. We experienced this very rare case and report it here, along with a literature review.

Bilateral posterior fossa chronic subdural hematoma treated with craniectomy: Case report and review of the literature.

Background: Posterior chronic subdural hematomas (pCSHs) are rare. Their diagnosis and treatment are difficult.

Description: A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with nausea, headache, and mild consciousness disturbance.

Selective cell death of p53-insufficient cancer cells is induced by knockdown of the mRNA export molecule GANP.

Cancer cells often contain p53 abnormalities that impair cell-cycle checkpoint progression and cause resistance to various anti-cancer treatments. DNA damage occurs at actively transcribed genes during G1-phase in yeast cells that have a deficient mRNA export capacity. Here, we show that germinal center-associated nuclear protein (GANP), a homologue of yeast Sac3 that is involved in mRNA export, is indispensable for ensuring the stability of human genomic DNA and that GANP knockdown causes apoptosis and necrosis of p53-insufficient cancer cells.

M2 macrophage/microglial cells induce activation of Stat3 in primary central nervous system lymphoma.

Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is one of the most aggressive malignant lymphomas with a median survival of less than 20~40 months. Interest in signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) has increased during the past decade because Stat3 activation was found to contribute to tumor progression by inducing angiogenesis, immunosuppression, and metastasis. We previously demonstrated a significant correlation between Stat3 activation in tumor cells and infiltrating anti-inflammatory (M2) macrophages.

Critical role of Pcid2 in B cell survival through the regulation of MAD2 expression.

The mitotic checkpoint is essential for maintaining genomic stability in differentiating B cells undergoing genetic alterations of the Ig gene. In this study, using real-time RT-PCR and in situ RNA hybridization, we demonstrated that MAD2 mRNA export is selectively regulated by Pcid2/Thp1. Pcid2 small interfering RNA induced a cell-cycle abnormality with increased apoptosis and polyploidy, as previously observed in MAD2-knockdown cells.

Germinal center-associated nuclear protein (GANP) is involved in mRNA export of Shugoshin-1 required for centromere cohesion and in sister-chromatid exchange.

Germinal center-associated nuclear protein (GANP) is a 210-kDa protein that is upregulated in rapidly proliferating B cells. GANP contains regions for RNA-primase and minichromosome maintenance 3 (MCM3)-associated activities, as well as a Sac3-homology region, which is associated with mRNA export in yeast. Here, we examined the role of GANP in mRNA export and cell proliferation in mammalian cells.

Decreased expression of germinal center-associated nuclear protein is involved in chromosomal instability in malignant gliomas.

Malignant glioma (MG) is highly proliferative and invasive, with the malignant characteristics associated with aneuploidy and chromosomal instability (CIN). Here, we found that the level of germinal center-associated nuclear protein (GANP), a mammalian homologue of yeast Sac3, was markedly decreased in MGs with a poor prognosis; and thus we explored the effect of its decrease on cell-cycle progression of MG cell lines. Glioblastomas showed a significantly lower level of ganp mRNA than anaplastic astrocytomas, as measured by real-time reverse transcription-PCR, in 101 cases of adult MG.

Cholangiocarcinomas associated with long-term inflammation express the activation-induced cytidine deaminase and germinal center-associated nuclear protein involved in immunoglobulin V-region diversification.

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) represents a model of tumor development after long-term inflammation which causes DNA damage or impairs DNA repair mechanism. AID and GANP, both appearing in antigen-driven B cells, are involved in affinity maturation of the immunoglobulin V-region with increased somatic mutation. A normal cholangiocyte line showed the induction of AID transcripts after stimulation with TNF-alpha, whereas ganp transcripts appeared constitutively in this cell line.

Myofibroblasts proliferation of idiopathic and collagen vascular disorders associated nonspecific interstitial pneumonia.

Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) has been recognized as a separate histological classification of interstitial lung disease. Similar features are found not only in idiopathic NSIP, but also in NSIP associated with collagen vascular disorder (CVD-NSIP). We examined the clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, and prognosis of 13 cases of idiopathic NSIP and 11 cases of CVD-NSIP.

Myofibroblastoma in the suprasellar region. Case report.

Myofibroblastoma is a rare type of benign mesenchymal tumor; only two cases of intracranial myofibroblastoma have been reported in the literature. The authors report on the case of a 34-year-old woman with a myofibroblastoma in the suprasellar region who presented with the complaint of sudden onset of headache followed within 2 weeks by progressively worsening visual disturbance. Computerized tomography scanning demonstrated a mixed low- and high-density mass in the suprasellar region and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging revealed the mass to be of mixed intensity with heterogeneous enhancement.