Effect of tumour necrotic factor-α, interleukin-17 and interleukin-22 on the expression of filaggerin-2 and hornerin: Analysis of a three-dimensional psoriatic skin model.

Background: Filaggrin-2 (FLG2) and hornerin (HRNR) are members of the S100 fused-type protein family, which share many properties with filaggrin (FLG). A previous study demonstrated that the expression of FLG2 was significantly decreased in psoriatic skin relative to that in normal skin. In contrast, the HRNR expression in psoriatic skin varied among studies.

Role of immune cells in the establishment of implantation and maintenance of pregnancy and immunomodulatory therapies for patients with repeated implantation failure and recurrent pregnancy loss.

Background: Immune cells play an important role in the establishment of pregnancy, and abnormalities in the immune system can cause implantation failure and miscarriage.

Methods: Previous papers have been summarized and the role of immune cells in reproduction is reviewed.

Results: The immune environment in the uterus changes drastically from before implantation to after pregnancy to maintain pregnancy.

Development of a mouse model of chronic ventral spinal cord compression: Neurobehavioral, radiological, and pathological changes.

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to establish a mouse model of spinal ligament ossification to simulate the chronic spinal cord compression observed in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). The study also aimed to examine the mice's neurobiological, radiological, and pathological changes.

Methods: In the previous study, a genetically modified mouse strain was created using Crispr-Cas9 technology, namely, / (C57/B6 background), to establish the OPLL model.

Novel choledochojejunostomy technique "T-shaped anastomosis" for preventing the development of postoperative cholangitis in pancreatoduodenectomy: A propensity score matching analysis.

Background: There have been few studies of countermeasures against postoperative cholangitis, a serious complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) that impairs quality of life.

Objective: To evaluate our recently developed, novel method of choledochojejunostomy with a larger anastomotic diameter, the "T-shaped anastomosis."

Methods: The study included 261 cases of PD.

Validation of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer risk stratification updated in the 2021 European Association of Urology guidelines.

Objective: The objective of this study is to validate the predictive ability of the 2021 European Association of Urology (EAU) risk model compared to that of existing risk models, including the 2019 EAU model and risk scoring tables of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Club Urologico Espanol de Tratamiento Oncologico, and Japanese Nishinihon Uro-oncology Extensive Collaboration Group.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective multi-institutional database study included two cohorts-3024 patients receiving intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment (BCG cohort) and 789 patients not receiving BCG treatment (non-BCG cohort). The Kaplan-Meier estimate and log-rank test were used to visualize and compare oncological survival outcomes after transurethral surgery among the risk groups.

Evaluating staging laparoscopy indications for pancreatic cancer based on resectability classification and treatment strategies for patients with positive peritoneal washing cytology.

Introduction: The prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in patients with positive peritoneal washing cytology (CY1) is poor. We aimed to evaluate the results of staging laparoscopy (SL) and treatment efficacy in CY1 patients based on a resectability classification.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 250 patients with PDAC who underwent SL before the initial treatment between 2017 and 2023 at the University of Toyama.

Alopecia neoplastica: A manifestation of metastatic breast cancer.

We herein report a typical case of alopecia neoplastica secondary to breast cancer. Alopecia neoplastica is a rare form of alopecia resulting from metastasis of a primary tumour to the scalp and is often misdiagnosed as alopecia areata.