Rate control of cell sheet recovery by incorporating hydrophilic pattern in thermoresponsive cell culture dish.

Thready stripe-polyacrylamide (PAAm) pattern was fabricated on a thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PIPAAm) surface, and their surface properties were characterized. A PIPAAm surface spin-coated with positive photoresist was irradiated through a 5 µm/5 µm or a 10 µm/10-µm black and white striped photomask, resulting in the radical polymerization of AAm on the photoirradiated area. After staining with Alexa488 bovine serum albumin, the stripe-patterned surface was clearly observed and the patterned surface was also observed by a phase contrast image of an atomic force microscope.

[A case of pulmonary tuberculous initially diagnosed as sarcoidosis because of necrotizing granuloma].

A 75-year-old man with diabetes mellitus visited our hospital because of a chest radiograph abnormality. He was asymptomatic, and no abnormality was detected by blood tests including QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-2 G); hence we conducted a follow-up examination. In 8 months, his chest radiography and CT findings worsened despite remaining asymptomatic.

[A case of myocarditis associated with polymyositis preceded by interstitial pneumonia].

A 33-year old man was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow on the chest radiograph, dry cough, and exertional dyspnea. Chest radiograph and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) on admission showed ground-glass opacities and bronchiectasis with volume loss in the bilateral dorsal areas. Thoracoscopic lung biopsy specimens showed mainly a pattern of NSIP (nonspecific interstitial pneumonia).

[A case of pulmonary toxocariasis successfully treated with ivermectin].

A 36-year-old man who often ate raw chicken meat had abnormal chest radiograph findings on a health check-up in July 2009, and visited our department. A chest computed tomographic scan revealed 6 nodular shadows in both lungs, and a hematologic examination revealed eosinophilia and elevation of IgE. Because of his history of eating raw chicken meat, antiparasite antibody testing was performed which revealed antibodies to Toxocara canis, leading to the diagnosis of pulmonary toxocariasis due to Toxocara canis.

Unique mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene of three cases of cystic fibrosis in Nagasaki, Japan.

Cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common lethal hereditary disorder in Caucasians, is quite rare in Southeast Asia including Japan. Here, we report three CF cases encountered in Nagasaki, Japan. Case 1; a 24-year-old man with dyspnea and cough was diagnosed as CF with a missense mutation Q98R in exon 4 and a polymorphic 125C in exon 1 in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.

Photolysis of the sulfonamide bond of metal complexes of N-dansyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane in aqueous solution: a mechanistic study and application to the photorepair of cis,syn-cyclobutane thymine photodimer.

Sulfonamide constitutes a ubiquitous functional group that is frequently used in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and medicinal chemistry. We report herein on the photolysis of a dansylamide moiety of 1-dansyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazzacyclododecane (N-dansylcyclen, L(2)) in the presence of a zinc(II) ion in aqueous solution. By potentiometric pH titrations, the complexation constant for the 1:1 complex of L(2) and Zn(2+), log K(s)(ZnL(2)), in aqueous solution at 25 degrees C with I = 0.