Publications by authors named "Ryoko Miyauchi"
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- Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is influenced by the Hippo signaling pathway and its role in different types of gastric cancer was investigated in a study with 589 patients.
- The study used immunohistochemistry to assess CTGF expression in both cancer and stromal cells, revealing that higher CTGF levels in stromal cells correlated with certain favorable characteristics of the cancer, such as being of the intestinal type and smaller tumor size.
- Lower CTGF expression in stromal cells was linked to worse overall survival, particularly in patients with diffuse-type gastric cancer, suggesting that CTGF could be a potential target for treatment in this subtype.
Purposes: Subtotal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (EC) is associated with high morbidity rates. Tight glycemic control using an artificial pancreas (AP) is one of the promising strategies to reduce postoperative inflammation and morbidities. However, the effects of tight glycemic control using AP in patients with EC are yet to be fully elucidated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study investigated exercise patterns resulting in the more efficient promotion of amino acid utilization. High-protein snacks (HPS; 15 g protein, 18 g sugar) were ingested by 8 young adult subjects 3 h after the basal meal ingestion. Sixty minutes after the HPS ingestion, the subjects performed arm flex/extend exercises for 15 min.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have previously reported the preventive effects of light resistance exercise (voluntary tower climbing exercise) after ingestion of a high-protein snack (HPS) on muscle loss in glucocorticoid-injected rats. However, such studies have not been performed in humans. In this cross-over study, we examined the effect of light resistance exercise after ingestion of HPS on plasma branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) concentrations in humans.
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