Publications by authors named "S Takeshita"

The antitumor efficacy of an intratumoral injection of a genetically engineered oncolytic vaccinia virus carrying human IL-7 and murine IL-12 genes (hIL-7/mIL-12-VV) was demonstrated in CT26.WT-bearing mice. In the CT26.

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Deep mycosis is a severe fungal disease that could result in fatal outcomes. However, there is still a demand for highly effective and safe antifungal drugs, given the side effects of the existing treatments and the increase in the resistance to them. In this study, we evaluated the involvement of the lipid kinase Fab1 and its activator Vac14 (Fab1/Vac14) in tip growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae INVSc1, along with their impact on cell proliferation, using a genetic approach to inhibit them.

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Introduction: Fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX) improve overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with pancreatic cancer, compared with gemcitabine (GEM). However, whether PFS is a surrogate marker of OS in pancreatic cancer chemotherapy focusing on FOLFIRINOX or GEM plus nab-paclitaxel remains unknown. We aimed to verify whether PFS can be a surrogate marker of OS in prognosis prediction.

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  • - This study compared the effectiveness of second-line treatments for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer who previously received gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (GnP), analyzing 318 patients treated with nanoliposomal irinotecan plus 5-fluorouracil/folinic acid (NFF), S-1, or FOLFIRINOX.
  • - Results showed that the median overall survival (OS) for the NFF group was significantly better at 9.08 months compared to 4.90 months for S-1, while FOLFIRINOX had an OS of 4.77 months with no significant difference from NFF.
  • - Factors like serum levels and duration
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Background And Purpose: Intraplaque neovessels (INVs) are considered important contributors to carotid plaque vulnerability. The purpose of this study was to examine whether differences in INV distribution affect plaque vulnerability.

Methods: The study cohort comprised 110 patients with significant stenosis of the carotid artery who had undergone carotid endarterectomy.

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