Aims: To determine whether skin autofluorescence (SAF) and serum pentosidine, biomarkers of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), were associated with ocular microcirculation in type 2 diabetes patients with early diabetic retinopathy (DR).
Methods: This study included 46 eyes of 46 type 2 diabetes patients with no DR or non-proliferative DR. SAF was measured with an autofluorescence reader.
The VAV2 and VAV3 genes have been implicated as being causative for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in the Japanese. We studied 168 unrelated Japanese patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), 163 unrelated Japanese patients with normal tension glaucoma (NTG), 45 unrelated Japanese patients with developmental glaucoma (DG), and 180 ethnically matched normal controls, to determine whether variants in the vav 2 guanine nucleotide exchange factor (VAV2) and vav 3 guanine nucleotide exchange factor (VAV3) genes are associated with POAG, NTG, or DG in the Japanese. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes, and variants in the VAV2 and VAV3 genes were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and directly sequenced.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough family studies and genome-wide association studies have shown that genetic factors play a role in glaucoma, it has been difficult to identify the specific genetic variants involved. We tested 669 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the region of chromosome 2 that includes the GLC1B glaucoma locus for association with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal tension glaucoma (NTG) in the Japanese population. We performed a two-stage case-control study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To determine whether polymorphisms in the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), normal-tension glaucoma (NTG), and exfoliation glaucoma (XFG) in Japanese individuals.
Design: Genetic association study.
Setting: Multicenter study.
Purpose: To investigate the contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) gene for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Japanese patients with the exfoliation syndrome (XFS).
Methods: One hundred and eight unrelated Japanese patients with the XFS, and 199 normal controls were studied. Genomic DNA was extracted from the leukocytes of the peripheral blood, and 8 SNPs, rs826802, rs1404699, rs7803992, rs700308, rs4725736, rs2107856, rs2141388, and rs6970064, were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), directly sequenced, and genotyped.
Tissue engineering and transplantation of autogenic grafts have been widely investigated for solving problems on current allograft treatments (i.g., donor shortage and rejection).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We investigated seasonal allergic conjunctivitis in Hakodate.
Materials And Methods: The clinical records of 293 patients with allergy-like symptoms who were seen at the Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology of Hakodate Municipal Hospital in 2001 and 2002 were examined for pollinosis, and evaluated. The general severity of conjunctivitis was graded as (+), (++), and (+++).
We have investigated the nasal and eye symptoms of pollinosis in Hakodate. There were elevated levels of dispersion of Cryptomeria japonica pollen in Hakodate in 1995 and 1998. In 1995 and 2001, there were also elevated levels of dispersion of Betula platyphylia var.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo clarify the clinical significance of uterine cervical cytology during pregnancy, we analyzed the incidence of cervical cytology and its accuracy. Of the 1,593 pregnant women underwent cervical cytology, the patients with abnormal cytology were followed up and performed histological confirmation on colposcopic biopsy specimen. An incidence of abnormal cytology and cervical neoplasm during pregnancy were 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the relationship of a cervical cytologic diagnosis based on number, size and degeneration of malignant clusters and necrotic background to cervical involvement of endometrial carcinoma.
Study Design: Cervical smears of 53 women with endometrial carcinoma were evaluated for cervical involvement. The cytologic diagnosis was compared with actual involvement, and accuracy was calculated.
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