Publications by authors named "Sayaka Iwasaki"
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- A 2-year-old girl, who was previously healthy and vaccinated for chickenpox, developed herpes zoster on the left side of her face due to the vaccine-strain varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and recovered fully after intravenous acyclovir treatment.
- Earlier findings suggested that zoster rashes from vaccine-strain VZV typically appear at the vaccination site, but this girl's rash occurred in the trigeminal nerve area, not related to the vaccination site.
- The case highlights the need to differentiate between vaccine-strain and wild-type VZV in herpes zoster cases, even in healthy children, and suggests that tracking vaccine-strain HZ incidence can help understand the safety of the varicella vaccine better
Brown seaweed lipids from Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame), Sargassum horneri (Akamoku), and Cystoseira hakodatensis (Uganomoku) contained several bioactive compounds, namely, fucoxanthin, polyphenols, and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Fucoxanthin and polyphenol contents of Akamoku and Uganomoku lipids were higher than those of Wakame lipids, while Wakame lipids showed higher total omega-3 PUFA content than Akamoku and Uganomoku lipids. The levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA) in liver lipids of KK-A(y) mouse significantly increased by Akamoku and Uganomoku lipid feeding as compared with the control, but not by Wakame lipid feeding.
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