Publications by authors named "R Koide"
Aberrant immune responses to viral pathogens contribute to pathogenesis, but our understanding of pathological immune responses caused by viruses within the human virome, especially at a population scale, remains limited. We analyzed whole-genome sequencing datasets of 6,321 Japanese individuals, including patients with autoimmune diseases (psoriasis vulgaris, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) or multiple sclerosis) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), or healthy controls. We systematically quantified two constituents of the blood DNA virome, endogenous HHV-6 (eHHV-6) and anellovirus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtrial switch procedures such as the Mustard operation were previously popular for the complete transposition of the great arteries (i.e. dextro-transposition of the great arteries [d-TGA]).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The appropriate reference value of the urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio (PCR) for proteinuria may change when the urinary pyrogallol red (PR) protein assay method is changed to the benzethonium chloride method (BC). This study aimed to evaluate the difference between BC-based PCR (BC-PCR) and PR-based PCR (PR-PCR) values in children.
Methods: We compared the BC-PCR and PR-PCR values in the same first-morning urine samples without significant proteinuria in school urine screening settings.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic affected hospitalizations for neurological conditions and complications related to the virus and vaccinations.
- Researchers analyzed data from neurology patients over three periods: before the pandemic, during the pandemic before vaccines, and during the pandemic after vaccines, classifying diseases into nine subgroups.
- Findings showed significant changes in patient characteristics during the pandemic, with notable increases in psychological and unknown cases, as well as diverse neurological complications following vaccinations.
Some neurological complications are associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A 74-year-old man was diagnosed with infection by SARS-CoV-2. Eighteen days after SARS-CoV-2 infection, he developed disturbed consciousness and aseptic meningoencephalitis.
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