Publications by authors named "Yuki Yoshino"

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) is involved in the repair of DNA single-strand breaks. PARP inhibitors are cytotoxic to cancer cells with homologous recombination (HR) deficiency through a synthetic lethality mechanism. Nicaraven is a hydroxyl radical scavenger that has been investigated for the treatment of organ ischemia such as brain infarction.

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Background/aim: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) followed by chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has become a promising treatment modality in the management of early-stage superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SESCC). However, radiotherapy often leads to significant adverse events (AEs), including cardiopulmonary toxicity, limiting the delivery of this treatment modality. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of reduced-volume radiotherapy and dose-dense chemotherapy in mitigating AEs for high-risk SESCC following ESD.

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Purpose: Since June 2020, boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) has been a health care service covered by health insurance in Japan to treat locally advanced or recurrent unresectable head and neck cancers. Therefore, we aimed to assess the clinical outcomes of BNCT as a health insurance treatment and explore its role among the standard treatment modalities for head and neck cancers.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from patients who were treated using BNCT at Kansai BNCT Medical Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, between June 2020 and May 2022.

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Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) localize to the centrosome, but their significance in the cell cycle is unclear. Recently, Roberts et al. revealed that centrosomal cyclin B-CDK is required for mitotic entry and phosphorylation of substrates.

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Aurora A is a critical kinase that functions in centrosome maturation and bipolar spindle assembly. On the other hand, Aurora A has E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and polyubiquitinates Breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1)-interacting protein Obg-like ATPase 1 (OLA1), targeting it for proteasomal degradation. Here, we present a protocol to detect OLA1 ubiquitination.

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Homologous recombination (HR) repairs DNA damage including DNA double-stranded breaks and alterations in HR-related genes results in HR deficiency. Germline alteration of HR-related genes, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, causes hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). Cancer cells with HR deficiency are sensitive to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors and DNA-damaging agents.

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Obg-like ATPase 1 (OLA1) is a binding protein of Breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1), germline pathogenic variants of which cause hereditary breast cancer. Cancer-associated variants of BRCA1 and OLA1 are deficient in the regulation of centrosome number. Although OLA1 might function as a tumor suppressor, the relevance of OLA1 deficiency to carcinogenesis is unclear.

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PARP inhibitors have changed the management of advanced high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), especially homologous recombinant (HR)-deficient advanced high-grade EOC. However, the effect of PARP inhibitors on HR-proficient (HRP) EOC is limited. Thus, new therapeutic strategy for HRP EOC is desired.

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Phytochemical study on the roots of a medicinal plant Ferula communis L. (Apiaceae) resulted in the isolation of 20 sesquiterpenes including 12 previously undescribed compounds, dauferulins A-L (1-12). The detailed spectroscopic analysis revealed 1-12 to be daucane-type sesquiterpenes with a p-methoxybenzoyloxy group at C-6.

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The prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is closely related to their liver reserves. The Child-Pugh (CP) score has traditionally been used to evaluate this reserve, with CP Grade B (CP score ≥ 7) associated with a higher risk of radiation-induced liver disease after stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). However, the CP score has limitations, as it does not accurately assess liver reserve capacity.

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Introduction: Detecting non-cavitary epithelioid cell granuloma by gastrointestinal biopsy is important in the initial diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD). In the present study, we aimed to determine the rate of granuloma detection by gastrointestinal biopsy according to the number of biopsies performed.

Methods: The present study included patients newly diagnosed with CD at our hospital between April 2017 and March 2023.

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The BRCA1-interacting protein Obg-like ATPase 1 (OLA1) functions in centriole duplication. In this study, we show the role of the mitotic kinase Aurora A in the reduction of centrosomal OLA1. Aurora A binds to and polyubiquitinates OLA1, targeting it for proteasomal degradation.

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  • Some patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) often have cancer cells spread to other parts of the body after surgery, which makes treating the cancer harder.
  • Researchers are using a type of artificial intelligence (AI) called a convolutional neural network to help find these cancer cells in blood samples more accurately and quickly than humans can.
  • The AI was really good at identifying cancer cells, with over 99% accuracy, and was much faster at analyzing images compared to human researchers, which means it could be very helpful for doctors treating patients with ESCC.
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Phytochemical study on the whole plants of a Gentianaceous medicinal plant, Canscora lucidissima, gave one new acylated iridoid glucoside, canscorin A (1), and two new xanthone glycosides (2 and 3) together with 17 known compounds including five xanthones, eight xanthone glycosides, two benzophenone glucosides, caffeic acid, and loganic acid. Canscorin A (1) was assigned as a loganic acid derivative having a hydroxyterephthalic acid moiety by spectroscopic analysis together with chemical evidence, while 2 and 3 were elucidated to be a rutinosylxanthone and a glucosylxanthone, respectively. The absolute configurations of the sugar moieties of 2 and 3 were determined by HPLC analysis.

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  • The study investigates the effects of paclitaxel (PTX) on the DNA damage response in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) cells with a homologous recombination-proficient (HRP) phenotype, aiming to find effective combination treatments with PARP inhibitors (PARPi) commonly used for HR-deficient cases.
  • Researchers created models to evaluate different PTX dosing schedules, finding that PTX treatment reduces CDK1 expression, which impairs BRCA1 phosphorylation and decreases HR activity, ultimately increasing the cancer cells’ sensitivity to PARPi.
  • Results suggest that the combination of PTX and PARPi could provide a new treatment strategy for HRP ovarian cancer, with findings promoting future
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Four new diterpene esters, shirakindicans A-D (-), along with eight related known diterpene esters (-), were isolated from the fruits of the Bangladeshi medicinal plant . The structures of - were elucidated by spectroscopic data analysis and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Shirakindican A () was assigned as a tigliane-type diterpene ester possessing an unusual 6β-hydroxy-1,7-dien-3-one structure, while shirakindican B () exhibits a tiglia-1,5-dien-3,7-dione structure.

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Three new farnesylated coumarins, communiferulins A-C (1-3), and a farnesylated chromone, ferchromone (4), were isolated from the roots of an Apiaceous plant Ferula communis. Their structures including the relative configurations were elucidated by a combination of spectroscopic analyses and calculations of the NMR data. Communiferulins A-C (1-3) had dihydrofuran rings fused to C-3 and C-4 of their coumarin moieties, while 3 possessed one additional furan ring.

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SMARCB1/INI1 deficiency is seen in several malignant tumors including malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT), a highly aggressive pediatric malignancy. Loss of SMARCB1/INI1 function alters diverse oncogenic cellular signals, making it difficult to discover effective targeting therapy. By utilizing an in vitro drug screening system, effective therapeutic agents against SMARCB1/INI1-deficient tumors were explored in this study.

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Breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) plays roles in DNA repair and centrosome regulation and is involved in DNA damage-induced centrosome amplification (DDICA). Here, the centrosomal localization of BRCA1 and the kinases involved in centrosome duplication were analyzed in each cell cycle phase after treatment with DNA crosslinker cisplatin (CDDP). CDDP treatment increased the centrosomal localization of BRCA1 in early S-G2 phase.

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The development of three-dimensional printers has facilitated the creation of patient-specific hollow vessel models. Preoperative simulations using these types of models have improved our ability to select appropriate devices and embolic materials before performing complex endovascular procedures. This report describes 2 cases of high-flow renal arteriovenous fistulas (r-AVFs) that were successfully treated via short-segment embolization using the preloading coil-in-plug (p-CIP) technique.

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A 90-year-old female presented with poor right groin wound healing due to lymphorrhea and infection following a surgical cutdown procedure for arterial revascularization. Although negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and inguinal lymphadenectomy were performed, infection and lymphorrhea did not heal. Lymphangiography via a right inguinal lymph node revealed lymphatic leakage in the wound.

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The histopathological findings of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-induced pancreatitis have rarely been reported. A 56-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with bone metastasis was being treated with pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed cell death protein-1 antibody. After 13 doses, he was referred to our department due to pancreatitis.

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Two new guaianolide sesquiterpenes, lanicepines A () and B (), possessing unusual amino acid-derived substituents at C-13, were isolated from the flowering aerial parts of , a traditional herbal medicine also known as "snow lotus". The structures of and were elucidated based on spectroscopic analysis including applications of the modified Mosher's method and Marfey's method as well as ECD calculations. Lanicepine A () contains a dihydropyridinone moiety with a carbamoyl and a hydroxymethyl group.

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Introduction: Predictive biomarkers for the therapeutic outcome of induction therapy with systemic corticosteroid for active ulcerative colitis (UC) have not been established. This study aimed to investigate whether neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and/or platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) can be predictive biomarkers for the therapeutic outcomes of systemic corticosteroid therapy in UC.

Methods: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study.

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