Publications by authors named "T Horino"
Background: The involvement of monoclonal immunoglobulin (MIg) in renal damage in patients with haematological disorders and renal biopsy-proven monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance is well established. However, no epidemiological studies have been conducted on the effects of MIg on renal function in other patients. We aimed to evaluate the renal prognosis of MIg-positive patients and the effects of MIg on renal function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Urinary creatinine levels are used to estimate the excretion rates of certain analytes from the respective analyte-to-creatinine ratios. We clarified the influence of age and sex on estimated daily urinary creatinine excretion (eUCrE) based on the urinary creatinine level and daily urine volume.
Methods: All inpatients aged ≥ 18 years who attended the Kochi Medical School Hospital with serum and urinary creatinine measurement results were enrolled.
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- Researchers studied a protein called ANGPTL2 to understand why some cancer treatments, called immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), don’t always work well.
- They found that having less ANGPTL2 in the body helped the ICIs be more effective against cancer in mice with colorectal cancer and obesity.
- The study suggests that ANGPTL2 makes a kind of inflammation in the body that stops the immune system from attacking tumors, showing how important the body’s own system is in cancer treatment.
Objective: To clarify the infection control measures required in the event of a new infectious disease outbreak, we conducted a questionnaire survey on the infection control measures implemented against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Methods: An invitation to participate in this survey was sent to the heads of 2689 facilities affiliated with the members of the Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control in February 2023, requesting responses to the online survey using Google Forms by March 2023.
Results: Six hundred and forty-five facilities, including 20 clinics and 625 hospitals, participated in the survey.
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- This study explores how to cultivate microalgal-bacterial consortia (MBC) and microalgal consortia (MC) using treated wastewater, focusing on techniques for flocculating these suspended cultures.
- Flocculation is achieved by managing the replacement of carriers and cultures to minimize organic residues, leading to better settlement of the cultures.
- The findings suggest that using MBC grown on fluidised carriers in primary treated wastewater can be an effective method for renewable energy production.