Publications by authors named "Mina Takano"
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- This study investigates the roles of caspase-8 and -9 in drug-induced liver injury (DILI) caused by CYP2E1 metabolites using rat models and human liver cell cultures exposed to carbon tetrachloride, halothane, and sevoflurane.
- In vivo results showed no liver dysfunction after sevoflurane exposure, but carbon tetrachloride and halothane led to increased liver damage indicators and caspase activities, indicating hepatotoxicity in both studies.
- CYP2E1-related compounds significantly contribute to the toxicity of halogenated hydrocarbons, suggesting that monitoring caspase-8 and -9 activities could serve as new
This report describes a fatal case Prototheca zopfii genotype 2 infection in an immunosuppressed patient. The patient was a 62-year-old housewife who presented general malaise in April 2011. Hairy cell leukemia was highly suspected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) facilitates the generation of hepatotoxins that can result in morphologic abnormalities, and these abnormalities are reasonably characteristic and reproducible for each particular toxin. It is also known that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) may participate in CCl₄-induced liver injury (CILI). In this study, we observed the chronological changes in circulating soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors 1 and 2 (sTNF-R1 and -R2) in rats with CILI.
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