Publications by authors named "Kumi Tanaka"

Information on the effects of dental treatment must be identified and factors that hinder the continuation of dental treatment must be identified to provide appropriate domiciliary dental care (DDC). This study aimed to clarify the treatment outcomes of DDC for older adults and the factors that impede the continuation of such care. This prospective study was conducted at a Japanese clinic specializing in dental care for older adults.

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  • - This study explored the reasons behind picky eating in 242 children aged 3-6 with disabilities, particularly focusing on how their primary disease and oral abilities affect their eating habits.
  • - It was found that factors such as the type of primary disease, nutritional methods employed, and oral hypersensitivity were significantly linked to picky eating issues.
  • - Results indicated that picky eating is influenced by the specific characteristics of a child's illness and their sensitivity to different textures or sensations while eating, often necessitating alternative feeding methods like tube feeding.
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Aim: This study examined the oral status and the presence of teeth requiring treatment among older adults receiving home medical care.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a Japanese dental clinic specializing in geriatric treatment. We recruited older adults receiving home medical care in the community who had begun to receive domiciliary dental care.

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Aims: We aimed to assess the difficulty in taking solid oral dosage forms (SODFs) among older people with dysphagia and clarify the relationship between difficulty in swallowing SODFs and swallowing function.

Methods And Results: Outpatients from a dysphagia clinic aged ≥65 years were asked yes-or-no questions about the applicability of eight items regarding difficulty in taking SODFs. Additionally, a videofluorographic swallowing study (VFSS) was performed to assess their swallowing function.

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Aim: To determine whether occlusal maintenance and reconstruction by dental intervention is associated with the prognosis of older home-care patients.

Methods: The study participants were 289 older home-care patients (101 males, mean age 82.2 ± 7.

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Objectives: We developed a prototype technique that expresses the need for intervention and the effectiveness of the treatment when "not being at risk of injury to the oral cavity or to general health" due to the presence of teeth or prostheses is taken as the desired outcome of dental treatment for older people near the end of life. The objective of this study was to use the prototype risk assessment matrix to identify the risk for each patient according to their course and show the effectiveness of treatment.

Material And Methods: We produced a prototype Dental Risk Map (Dental R-map) based on the risk map method of risk management.

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Purpose: To demonstrate effectiveness of our present radiological report check flowchart enabling physicians to respond to significant unexpected findings (SUFs), by comparing the response periods from the examination date to the action date on untreated SUFs between the previous and present versions of our flowchart.

Methods: In the flowchart's previous version used February-October 2019, SUFs, which were notified by email, were audited every month. The physician received a phone call and was asked to act on the untreated SUF.

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Background: This study evaluated the efficacy of montelukast in reducing seasonal allergic rhinitis symptoms in Japanese children with Japanese cedar (JC) pollinosis induced in an artificial exposure chamber (OHIO Chamber).

Methods: Pediatric patients aged 10 to 15 years sensitive to JC pollen entered a randomized, double-blind, single-site, crossover study. After confirmation of an allergic response to a JC pollen exposure for 3 hours in the OHIO Chamber during the screening period, subjects received either montelukast 5 mg chewable tablets or placebo for a 7-day treatment period, followed by a 3-hour pollen exposure in the chamber.

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: This study was conducted to evaluate the safety and tolerability, and population pharmacokinetics (PPK) of montelukast as well as efficacy in the treatment of perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) in paediatric Japanese patients aged between 1 and 15 years. : In this multi-centre, open-label trial, 87 paediatric Japanese patients with PAR received montelukast 4 mg oral granules (OG) for 4 weeks (1-5-year-olds,  = 15), 4 mg OG for 12 weeks (1-5-year-olds,  = 36), 5 mg chewable tablets (CT) for 12 weeks (6-9-year-olds,  = 18), or 5 mg CT for12 weeks (10-15-year-olds,  = 18). Clinical exams and laboratory assessments were conducted at study visits, and adverse events (AE) were monitored throughout the study up to 14 days after the last visit.

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Soluble GTP-bound transglutaminase 2 (TG2) induces hypertrophic differentiation in chondrocyte cultures in a beta1 integrin-dependent fashion. beta1 integrin subfamily consists of 12 heterodimers with 12 different alpha subunits and a beta1 subunit. To identify the specific integrin heterodimer(s) responsible for this process, we specifically blocked individual beta1 integrins on the CH-8 immortalized human chondrocytes during hypertrophic differentiation.

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Tumors synthesize fluorescent and photosensitizing endogenous protoporphyrin after administrations of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA). Localization of tumors and tumor-like lesions in various organs that are labeled with fluorescing porphyrins has thus developed into a diagnostic method. Intraoperative photodynamic detection of malignant gliomas is the most common application, and has been widely performed since 1998.

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Tinea pedis is contagious and typically spreads from infected to non-infected persons. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of footwear in preventing tinea pedis adhesion. Using the stamp culture method, we investigated the effectiveness of preventing dermatophyte passage by the wearing of stockings made of nylon, socks made of cotton and tabi (Japanese socks), as well as the effect of removing dermatophytes from these items by washing with soap, cold water and cold water after turning inside-out.

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Little is known about the biological effects of bisphosphonates on primary malignant bone tumors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antitumor effects of newly developed minodronate (MIN) on a variety of human malignant bone tumors. We examined the effects of MIN and clinically relevant incadronate (INC) on the proliferation, apoptosis, and cell cycle of two osteosarcoma (Saos-2, MG-63), two chondrosarcoma (SW1353, OUMS27), and two Ewing's sarcoma (RD-ES, SK-ES-1) cell lines.

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The extracellular matrix protein, osteopontin, is a ligand for several members of the integrin family, including alpha5beta1, alphavbeta3, alphavbeta5 and alpha9beta1. Osteopontin is a substrate for a number of extracellular proteases, including thrombin and the metalloproteases MMP-3 and MMP-7, which cleave osteopontin at sites close to or within the mapped integrin binding sites. Using affinity chromatography and cell adhesion assays, we now identify the integrin alphavbeta6 as an additional osteopontin receptor.

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Background: Autogenous bone graft after pasteurization is one of the most valuable procedures for reconstruction of large bone defects following excision of malignant musculoskeletal tumors. To date, there have been no documented histological reports on pasteurized bone grafts, apart from short-term histological results.

Case Report: We treated a 27-year-old male with a periosteal chondrosarcoma of the tibia by wide excision and reimplantation of the large pasteurized bone.

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Background: Periacetabular reconstruction after malignant bone tumor resection to preserve limb function is extremely challenging. The optimal reconstruction method has not yet received consensus and the functional outcomes still remain unsatisfactory.

Case Report: A thirteen-year-old girl who was suffering from acetabular osteosarcoma was treated with wide excision of the tumor, followed by periacetabular reconstruction with an autogenous extracorporeal irradiated osteoarticular graft combined with a vascularized fibula graft.

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Synchronous occurrence of medullary and papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland is very rare. We describe two cases of synchronous medullary and papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. In both cases, medullary carcinoma and papillary carcinoma were separate in the thyroid but mixed in some of the lymph node metastases.

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Fluorescence properties of fluorescein-based probes are shown to be finely controlled by the rate of photoinduced electron transfer from the benzoic acid moiety (electron donor) to the singlet excited state of the xanthene moiety (electron acceptor fluorophore). The occurrence of photoinduced electron transfer is clearly evidenced by transient absorption spectra showing bands due to the radical cation of the electron donor moiety and the radical anion of the xanthene moiety, observed in laser flash photolysis experiments. The photoinduced electron transfer rates and the rates of back electron transfer follow the Marcus parabolic dependence of electron transfer rate on the driving force.

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Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity was observed in a tofuyo (fermented soybean food) extract with an IC(50) value of 1.77 mg/ml. Two ACE inhibitors were isolated to homogeneity from the extract by adsorption and gel filtration column chromatography, and by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

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