Cerebral Salt-wasting Syndrome and Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Syndrome after Subarachnoid Hemorrhaging.

Hyponatremia is a common finding after subarachnoid hemorrhaging (SAH) and can be caused by either cerebral salt-wasting syndrome (CSWS) or syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). Distinguishing between these two entities can be difficult because they have similar manifestations, including hyponatremia, serum hypo-osmolality, and high urine osmolality. We herein report the case of a 60-year-old man who suffered from SAH complicated by hyponatremia.

Association between Hemoglobin Concentration and the Progression or Development of Albuminuria in Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Aims: Anemia, which might contribute to pathogenesis of kidney dysfunction, is a common finding in patients with type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate if hemoglobin concentration is associated with the degree of change in urinary albumin-creatinine ratio or the development of albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: We measured hemoglobin concentration in 470 (296 men and 174 women) consecutive type 2 diabetic patients without albuminuria.

Elastic layer-structured metal organic frameworks (ELMs).

Elastic layer-structured metal organic frameworks (ELMs) having flexible two-dimensional structure show a gate phenomenon in sorption/desorption of simple gas molecules. The gate phenomenon is accompanied by expansion/shrinkage of the layers. The gas sorption/desorption is not based on a physical adsorption, but on a chemical reaction, which includes high cooperativity.

Inhalation of carbon monoxide ameliorates collagen-induced arthritis in mice and regulates the articular expression of IL-1beta and MCP-1.

Carbon monoxide (CO), long considered a toxic gas, has recently been shown to mediate anti-inflammatory effects in various animal models. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the inhalation of CO ameliorated collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice. CIA was induced in female DBA/1 mice by the injection of an anti-type II collagen antibody and lipopolysaccharide.

Malnutrition and disease progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

To examine the changes in nutritional status during the progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we studied anthropometric and biochemical variables in 97 Japanese patients with RA. Anthropometric data included body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), and arm muscle area (AMA). Levels of albumin and cholesterol in serum, and lymphocyte count were studied as biochemical variables.

[A case report of Churg-Strauss syndrome combined with various vessel diseases].

A 73-year-old woman with a three-year history of allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma was found to have Churg-Strauss syndrome combined with fever, eosinophilia, mononeuritis multiplex, and acute coronary syndrome. After the treatment with a methylprednisolone pulse therapy and a high dose of corticosteroids were initiated, eosinophilia normalized together with decline of fever, but acute superior mesenteric artery occlusion occurred, which improved with conservative therapy. Severe stenosis of bilateral carotid arteries was found, so immunosuppressive drugs were added.

Role of metallothionein in antigen-related airway inflammation.

Metallothionein (MT) is a protein that can be induced by inflammatory mediators and participates in cytoprotection. However, its role in antigen-related inflammation remains to be established. We determined whether intrinsic MT protects against antigen-related airway inflammation induced by ovalbumin (OVA) in MT-I/II null (MT [-/-]) mice and in corresponding wild-type (WT) mice.

Different effects of constitutive nitric oxide synthase and heme oxygenase on pulmonary or liver metastasis of colon cancer in mice.

It has recently been reported that not only endogenous nitric oxide (NO) but also carbon monoxide (CO) produced by heme oxygenase (HO) have many physiological functions. The objective of the present study was to determine whether endogenous NO or CO is involved in the experimental pulmonary or liver metastasis of colon cancer in mice. Intravenous or intrasplenic injection of colon 26 cells from a mouse colon adenocarcinoma cell line resulted in multiple pulmonary or liver metastases.