Publications by authors named "R Kuwahara"
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- The invasive planthopper, Pochazia shantungensis, originally from China, has been reassessed in Japan where it poses a growing agricultural threat.
- First recorded in 2015 in Sakai, Osaka, it's known for its wide range of host plants, with detailed descriptions of its genital structures, wings, and nymph stages provided.
- Monitoring of P. shantungensis is essential due to its potential for spreading and causing harm to crops in the region.
The intestinal lumen is rich in gut microbial metabolites that serve as signaling molecules for gut immune cells. G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) sense metabolites and can act as key mediators that translate gut luminal signals into host immune responses. However, the impacts of gut microbe-GPCR interactions on human physiology have not been fully elucidated.
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- The study focuses on developing a predictive model to diagnose anorectal cancer in patients with Crohn's disease (CD), which is often diagnosed at advanced stages and is challenging to treat.
- Utilizing T2-weighted and T1-weighted MRI images, the research analyzed lesions in CD patients from Hyogo Medical University between 2009 and 2022.
- The best-performing model was the Regularized Greedy Forest (RGF), achieving an impressive AUC of 0.944, with significant predictive features related to the texture and structure of the lesions identified through SHAP analysis.
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) and hypokalaemia are common adverse events after treatment with liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB).
Objectives: Because excess potassium (K) leakage occurs during renal tubular injury caused by L-AMB, measuring the decrease in rate of serum K concentration might be more useful to assess the renal impact of L-AMB than hypokalaemia identified from a one-point measurement. The effects of a decrease in K concentration and duration of hypokalaemia on AKI were investigated.