Publications by authors named "Satomi Kani"

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the performance of an HIV antigen-antibody combination assay (fourth-generation) by comparing it with second generation assays that detect anti-HIV.

Methods: A total of 105,439 HIV screening tests were performed from January 2004 to March 2015; the second - and fourth generation assays were used for 75,302 and 30,137 samples, respectively. Samples positive on a screening test were confirmed by anti-HIV-1 western blotting (WB) and nucleic acid amplification.

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Background: As anti-hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) titers vary depending on the measurement methods, we compared two different methods to measure anti-HBs titers in sera and HBs monoclonal antibodies.

Methods: The sera from 182 HB virus-resolved patients who were negative for HBsAg but positive for antiHB core protein (HBc) and/or anti-HBs were obtained. The measurement of anti-HBs was compared using either Lumipulse G1200 or Architect i2000SR.

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Aim: We identified four cases of infection with hepatitis B virus genotype G and A2 recombinant (HBV/G/A2) strains, which were initially overlooked by enzyme immunoassay-based genotyping. The patients were all men who have sex with men (MSM) and inhabited several metropolitan areas of Japan, suggesting that the recombinant strains may be circulating among high-risk groups such as MSM. Here, we investigated the genomic structure and virological properties of the HBV/G/A2 strains.

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Aim: A highly sensitive semi-automated immune complex transfer chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay (ICT-CLEIA) for the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was recently developed. Our aim is to investigate clinical significance of ICT-CLEIA in patients with HBV.

Methods: Of 829 HB carriers in our hospital and 167 commercial panels, performance of ICT-CLEIA(detection range 0.

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IL28B polymorphism is associated with the response to pegylated interferon-α with ribavirin (PEG-IFN-α/RBV) treatment in chronic hepatitis C patients. As a genotyping assay for IL28B single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in clinical practice, the Invader Plus assay was developed. The accuracy, intra-assay, inter-assay precision, and the limit of detection of the Invader Plus assay were evaluated.

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We focused on determining the most accurate and convenient genotyping methods and most appropriate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) among four such polymorphisms associated with interleukin-28B (IL-28B) in order to design tailor-made therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients. First, five different methods (direct sequencing, high-resolution melting analysis [HRM], hybridization probe [HP], the InvaderPlus assay [Invader], and the TaqMan SNP genotyping assay [TaqMan]) were developed for genotyping four SNPs (rs11881222, rs8103142, rs8099917, and rs12979860) associated with IL-28B, and their accuracies were compared for 292 Japanese patients. Next, the four SNPs associated with IL-28B were genotyped by Invader for 416 additional Japanese patients, and the response to pegylated interferon/ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) treatment was evaluated when the four SNPs were not in linkage disequilibrium (LD).

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Aim: A high sensitive chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) was developed for quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) detection by a combination of monoclonal antibodies, each one for a specific epitope of HBsAg, and by improving the conjugation technique (Matsubara, et al. Transfusion 2009). We modified and automated Matsubara's techniques.

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The clinical implication of the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) concentrations has been reported in HBV-infected patients during anti-viral treatment. HBV genotypes A and D are ubiquitous and scattered worldwide, especially northern America as well as Europe, whereas genotypes B and C are common in Asia. The aim of this study was to evaluate a new version of the Sysmex HBsAg quantitative kit based on Chemiluminescence Enzyme Immunoassay.

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Measurements of serum concentrations of Des-gamma-carboxy Prothrombin (PIVKA-II) are widely used for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, in Lumipulsef assay, it was reported that antibodies against alkaline phosphatase (ALP) derived from anti bleeding sheets led false high values of PIVKA-II in the patients with HCC resection. To improve the previous issue, newly developed Lumipulse PrestoII assay was examined.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study evaluated a new enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for genotyping Hepatitis B virus (HBV), focusing on its reproducibility, accuracy, and sensitivity for detecting genotypes A, B, C, and D.
  • Results showed high reproducibility in genotyping, with 95.6% agreement with DNA sequencing in tested samples, and the EIA could be effective even with low levels of HBsAg.
  • Among 344 serum specimens, genotypes were identified with the majority being genotype C (66.3%), suggesting the EIA is a reliable tool for clinical HBV genotyping.
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The Abbott Real Time HCV assay (lower limit of detection 12 IU/ml) was developed as a highly sensitive HCV RNA quantitative assay using real-time detection PCR(RTD-PCR). We assessed whether the new assay more effectively predicts sustained virological response (SVR) than conventional PCR (PCR) in 38 chronic hepatitis patients infected with HCV genotype 1b and treated with pegylated interferon alpha2b plus ribavirin. Sixteen patients reached SVR, 10 patients relapsed, 9 patients did not respond, 3 patients discontinued treatment.

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To examine the role of fibrinogen gamma-chain residue 387Ile in the assembly and secretion of this multichain protein, we synthesized a series of variants with substitution at gamma387 by Arg, Leu, Met, Ala, or Asp. Only the variant gamma387Asp showed impaired synthesis in the cells and very low secretion into the medium. In addition, we performed thrombin-catalyzed fibrin polymerization and factor (F) XIIIa-catalyzed cross-linking of the gamma-chain for 4 variants.

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Introduction: We have reported a heterozygous dysfibrinogenemia, fibrinogen Otsu I, caused by the deletion of gammaAsn319 and gammaAsp320, which was originally identified in the dysfibrinogen Vlissingen/Frankfurt IV (V/FIV) associated with thrombosis. Unlike the V/FIV family, the Otsu propositus showed no thrombotic tendencies. To analyze the relationship between thrombosis and the heterozygous plasma variant fibrinogen, we used purified plasma fibrinogen from the Otsu patient and compared it with a normal control.

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The hypodysfibrinogenemia Otsu is caused by the two-residue deletion, gammaAsn319 and gammaAsp320. Analysis of plasma or purified fibrinogen from the heterozygous propositus revealed that the amount of variant gamma-chain was lower than that of normal gamma-chain. In order to examine the basis for this difference, we transfected Chinese hamster ovary cells and established stable cell lines that expressed both chains, gammaDelta/gammaN, only the normal chain, gammaN, and only the variant chain, gammaDelta.

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Immature starfish oocytes, which are arrested at the first meiotic prophase and contain a large nucleus called the germinal vesicle (GV), are known to accept multiple sperm on insemination. We found that if these polyspermic starfish oocytes are induced to mature, they often form small protrusion(s) adjacent to the first polar body emitted shortly earlier. We refer to these protrusion(s) as 'polar-body-like structures (PLS).

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