Donor site of follicular unit excision hair transplantation: the relationship between appearance and actual hair density, and hair diameter.

Donor site morbidity is an important consideration for follicular unit excision (FUE). We examined 103 male patients with adult androgenic alopecia. Patients were divided into three groups (Good, Fair, and Poor) based on visual assessment of the donor site.

[Two case reports on intra-tumor injection therapy of dendritic cells].

DC (dendritic cells) vaccine therapy against cancer has attracted attention in recent years. However, the existence of the immunosuppressive state in cancer individuals leads to anergy and failure in cytotoxic T cell (CTL) induction and DC migration to the target organ. It has been reported that injected intra-tumor DC is expected to work phagocytosis of the tumor as a localized effect, the consequent CTL induction in the tumor and the regional lymphnodes, resulting in a systemic effect.

Effects of PSK on T and dendritic cells differentiation in gastric or colorectal cancer patients.

Background: Vaccine therapy targeting tumor antigens recognized by cytotoxic T cells (CTL) has been tried extensively. However, in a cancer-bearing state, the Th1/Th2 balance shifts to Th2 dominance, and this has been the obstacle to vaccine therapy to induce the CTL. DC1/DC2 subsets have also been reported to control the differentiation of Th subsets.

[Case report on intra-tumor injection therapy of dendritic cells in advanced gastric cancer].

Dendritic cells (DC) are powerful antigen-presenting cells, and have attracted attention in recent years from the viewpoint of DC vaccine therapy against cancer. However, the existence of an immunosuppressive state in cancer individuals leads to anergy and failure in cytotoxic T cell (CTL) induction and DC migration to the target organ. It has been reported that injected intra-tumor DCs are expected to work phagocytosis of the tumor as a localized effect.

Effect of PSK on the maturation of dendritic cells derived from human peripheral blood monocytes.

Dendritic cells (DCs) are powerful antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that have attracted attention in recent years from the viewpoint of DC vaccine therapy against cancer. However, the existence of a strongly immunosuppressed state in cancer-bearing individuals inhibits DC maturation, which is one of the problems facing anti-cancer DC vaccine therapy. Protein-bound polysaccharide K (PSK), which is extracted from the cultured mycelium of Coriolus versicolor (Fr.

[Effect of DC therapy combined with chemotherapy in advanced cancer cases].

Dendritic cells (DC) are powerful antigen-presenting cells, and have attracted attention in recent years from the viewpoint of DC vaccine therapy against cancer. However, the existence of an immunosuppressive state in cancer individuals leads to anergy and immunotolerance, which has been reported to be caused by T cell and DC immunosuppressive subsets or cytokines such as Th2, Tc2, CD4+CD25+, DC2 and IL-10 against Th1, Tc1, DC1 and IL-12. Therefore, DC therapy could be incompatible with severe chemotherapy.

Telomeric repeat-length alterations in colorectal carcinoma are associated with loss of heterozygosity and point mutation in p53 gene.

The telomere, the terminal region of eukaryotic chromosomes, plays an important role in the stability of DNA replication and in the protection of chromosomal ends. To investigate whether the two-stage mechanism of cellular aging and immortalization in vitro is involved in the carcinogenesis and immortalization of human colorectal carcinomas, we examined for genetic alterations in the telomeres and in the p53, Rb, and K-ras genes. Based on our results, we discuss the effects that these genetic changes might have on mechanisms, such as the mortality stage 1 (M1), that normally prevent immortalization in carcinoma cells.

[Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)].

Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a type of hereditary colorectal cancer with autosomal dominant traits. Its causal genes are mismatch repair genes such as the hMSH2 and hMLH1 genes. Owing to its frequency, juvenile onset, and the outbreaks of multiple colorectal cancers and cancers occurring over multiple organs, it is recognized as a very important disease for the purpose of understanding not only colorectal cancers, but also other digestive cancers, and furthering pathological inquiry into the state of cancers in general.