Publications by authors named "Reiko Kodama"
Background And Objectives: Japan's ageing society has increased the need for home healthcare, including home transfusions. We hence aimed to elucidate the purpose and utilization of home transfusions in Japan, which has not been clarified to date.
Materials And Methods: Clinics throughout Japan that provide home care and have experience in performing blood transfusions were surveyed.
Background And Objectives: In Japan, there are various opinions on the pros and cons of home transfusion because of safety concerns. We hence aimed to elucidate the safety and availability of home transfusion in Japan, which has not been clarified to date.
Materials And Methods: Clinics throughout Japan that provide home care and have experience in performing blood transfusions were surveyed.
Article Synopsis
- ATRA and GM-CSF together increase superoxide-generating activity in human myeloblastic leukemia ML-1 cells.
- ATRA boosts the expression of NADPH oxidase components, while GM-CSF's role in this is less understood; however, it also enhances this expression.
- Both p47phox and gp91phox proteins show marked increases when treated with either ATRA or GM-CSF, indicating their combined effect leads to higher superoxide levels, which may contribute to the leukemia cell response.