Infected Aneurysm after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection.

A 79-year-old man on hemodialysis was hospitalized for further investigation. Early gastric cancer was diagnosed by gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) was performed. Fever and abdominal pain thereafter developed, and a severe inflammatory response was observed on a blood test.

MUC2 gene promoter methylation in mucinous and non-mucinous colorectal cancer tissues.

Abundant mucin production and MUC2 expression is the key feature of mucinous colorectal cancer (CRC). Although MUC2 gene methylation has been thought to play an important role in loss of MUC2 expression, the tissues are difficult to analyze because of the cellular heterogeneity of tissue samples. In the present study, we determined the role of region-specific methylation in the MUC2 promoter in MUC2 expression in CRC.

Blockade of B7-H1 or B7-DC induces an anti-tumor effect in a mouse pancreatic cancer model.

The negative signal provided by interactions of programmed death-1 (PD-1) and its ligands, B7-H1 and B7-DC, has been suggested to play an important role in tumor evasion from host immunity. Pancreas cancer patients with B7-H1 expression have a poor prognosis. B7-H1 blocking has been shown to inhibit the development of a subcutaneous tumor from a pancreas cancer cell line.

Oral tolerance induced by enterobacteria altered the process of lymphocyte recruitment to intestinal microvessels: roles of endothelial cell adhesion molecules, TGF-beta and negative regulators of TLR signaling.

Objective: Although enterobacteria are implicated in intestinal immune response, there has been no report on how intraluminal pathogens affect lymphocyte recruitment. The aim of this study was to determine how the presence of intestinal flora affects lymphocyte migration to intestine under physiological and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory conditions.

Methods: Interaction of T-cells with ileal microvessels was monitored by using an intravital microscope in mice under germ-free (GF) and specific pathogen-free (SPF) conditions.

Omega-3 fatty acids exacerbate DSS-induced colitis through decreased adiponectin in colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts.

Background: Although the immunoregulatory effects of omega-3 fatty acid and adiponectin have been postulated, their role in intestinal inflammation is controversial. The aim of this study was to determine whether dietary fat intake influences activity of colonic inflammation through modulating this system.

Methods: C57BL/6 mice received dextran sulfate sodium for induction of colitis.

Effects of intratumoral injection of CCL2 on monocyte-endothelial cell interactions in mouse pancreatic cancer.

Objective: Although monocyte infiltration is an important aspect of the host response to tumor growth, the mechanisms of recruitment and their impact on tumor growth are still unknown. The authors studied monocyte-endothelial interaction and the effect of chemokine CCL2 in orthotopic mouse pancreatic cancer.

Methods: The rolling and adhesion of labeled monocytes in peritumoral and intratumoral areas were assessed by using an intravital microscope.

[A case of Churg-Strauss syndrome discovered with hematemesis].

A 68-years-old Japanese woman was hospitalized emergently because of hemorrhagic gastric ulcer. For the hospitalization period, elevated levels of white blood cell count, eosinophilic leucocyte count, serum IgE and positive MPO-ANCA were recognized. With considering clinical course and these laboratory findings, we diagnosed Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS).

Adenosquamous pancreatic cancer producing parathyroid hormone-related protein.

An autopsy case of adenosquamous pancreatic cancer in a 61-year-old male patient with an elevated serum level of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rP) is reported. He was admitted to our hospital with a 1-month-long history of abdominal discomfort and progressive abdominal fullness. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showed a retroperitoneal mass, approximately 10 cm in diameter, involving the pancreas, with round enhancement on contrast examination.