Publications by authors named "T Saitou"
: Lateral planar Tc-pyrophosphate (PYP) imaging is recommended as a standardized acquisition method because it helps separate extracardiac uptake from the myocardium. We evaluated its discriminatory performance in detecting myocardial PYP uptake, using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as a reference standard. : We retrospectively evaluated 170 patients who underwent PYP imaging for suspected transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) may have a positive regulatory role in controlling tumor growth and progression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the downstream substrates and the molecular mechanism of PKR in the growth and progression of HCC have not been clarified. In this study, mass spectrometry analysis was performed with immunoprecipitated samples, and 4.
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- Brunner's gland hamartoma (BGH) is a benign tumor found in the duodenal bulb, often asymptomatic but can sometimes lead to anemia.
- A 76-year-old male patient with prostate cancer was monitored for anemia over 10 years, during which a polyp in the duodenum was noted and assessed through multiple endoscopies.
- Eventually, due to significant growth of the polyp and worsening anemia, an endoscopic polypectomy was performed, confirming the tumor as BGH.
Background And Aims: The prognostic impact of previous-HBV-infection (pHBV) in non-HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (non-HBV-related-HCC) and the prevalence, characteristics and significance of recently developed high-sensitivity HBs antigen positivity (hHBsAg+) in these patients remain unclear. We aimed to close these gaps.
Methods: We retrospectively screened patients with newly diagnosed non-HBV-related-HCC (standard HBsAg-test negative) at Hokkaido University.
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- The evolutionary origin of the jaw is still a mystery in vertebrate evolution, with the trigeminal nerve playing a critical role in jaw function and manipulation.
- Recent research challenges the assumption that the trigeminal nerve branches in jawed vertebrates and lampreys are homologous, prompting a reevaluation of their evolutionary relationship.
- The study compared genetic expression patterns and distribution of neuronal somata between lampreys and sharks, leading to proposals of two new hypotheses about the homology of trigeminal nerve branches, offering fresh insights into jaw evolution.