Publications by authors named "Y Shimauchi"

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  • Foreign body granulomas (FBGs) can develop from chronic inflammation due to leftover foreign materials, with intraperitoneal foreign body granulomas (IPFBGs) commonly arising from surgical materials but rarely from food residue.
  • The case involves a 74-year-old male who experienced anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery, leading to difficulty distinguishing his IPFBG caused by food from peritoneal dissemination identified through imaging.
  • The findings suggest that food residue can indeed trigger IPFBG, highlighting the importance of considering this condition in treatment decisions for peritoneal nodules.
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In past reports, the incidence of gastric perforation accounts for 0.08 to 3.6% of all gastric cancers, and the proportion of perforated gastric cancer(PGC)in gastric perforations is 26 to 32%.

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Different modes of exogenous electrical stimulation at physiological strength has been applied to various diseases. Previously, we extensively demonstrated the usability of mild electrical stimulation (MES) with low frequency pulse current at 55 pulses per second (MES55) for several disease conditions. Here we found that MES with high frequency pulse-current (5500 pulse per second; MES5500) suppressed the overproduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines induced by phorbol myristate acetate/ionomycin in Jurkat T cells and primary splenocytes.

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Insulin resistance is due to the reduced cellular response to insulin in peripheral tissues. The interaction of insulin with its receptor is the first step in insulin action and thus the identified target of insulin resistance. It has been well established that defects or mutations in the insulin receptor (IR) cause insulin resistance.

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Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a subtype of B-cell lymphoma caused by human herpes virus 8/Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus (HHV-8/KSHV), which is mostly found in patients with AIDS and has poor prognosis. Nuclear factor (NF)-κB pathway is constitutively activated in HHV-8-infected PEL cells and plays a crucial role in tumorigenesis. Recently, it has been shown that diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC), an active metabolite of disulfiram, has apoptotic activity in cancer cells.

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