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H Ueda

Publications and source records attributed to H Ueda.

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PubMed1976

Renin and nervous system.

The renin release is controlled mainly by 3 mechanisms which are mutually not exclusive. The mechanisms can work together or 1 mechanism may play an important role than the other 2. The 3 mechanisms are the sympathetic nervous system, intrarenal baroreceptors, and the macula densa. In this paper, the renin release by electrical stimulation of brain stem, renin release by beta-adrenergic receptor, renin release by catecholamine infusion and angiotensin=sensitive site in brain are reported and discussed.

Angiotensin II↗
PubMed1976

Immunotherapy of human lung cancer with BCG cell-wall skeleton.

Effect of BCG cell-wall skeleton (BCG-CWS) on the recovery of responsiveness of lymphocytes and the survival period was studied in patients with lung cancer. (a) Responsiveness of lymphocytes as demonstrated by proliferative response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) or microcytotoxicity test with cultured cells of a bronchogenic carcinoma was depressed in the patients at later stages of cancer and it was restored by treatment with BCG-CWS in many of such patients. (b) Survival period of the patients at later stages such as III or IV was prolonged by treatment with BCG-CWS. Such an effect was detected even in the patients with carcinomatous pleuritis. (c) A close correlation was found between the reactivity such as PHA response or cytotoxicity and clinical course of the patients given BCG-CWS. Assay system with PHA response and microcytotoxicity test appears to be reliable in anticipating the prognosis and in following clinical course after the BCG-CWS treatment.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1975

Non-uniform myocardial blood flow caused by stellate ganglion stimulation.

The blood flow through the anterior wall of the left ventricle has been studied during electrical stimulation of the left stellate ganglion of anesthetized dogs. The flow was continuously monitored by heated cross-thermocuple. Ganglion stimulation caused a significant increase in the flow through the outer half while producing relative ischemia of the inner half of the wall. Pretreatment with propranolol reduced regional difference of flow changes. Significantly augmented non-uniform flow changes, however, were produced by ganglion stimulation during hypertension caused by aortic constriction or by methoxamine. The results indicate non-uniform blood flow distribution which can be produced by sympathetic nerve excitation.

Animals↗
PubMed1975

Circulating plasma volume and renal function.

The relationships of circulating plasma volume (PV) to effective renal plasma flow and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were investigated in reference to their interrelated changes induced by upright posture in normal subjects and patients with chronic glomerulonephritis. The following relation was obtained: (percentage change in GFR) = k(percentage change in PV). The values of k were 3.4 for the normal and 3.1 for the patients. There was no statistically significant difference between the two. On account of the above relation the recumbent level of glomerular filtration rate (GFR)r was derived from the recumbent level of circulating plasma volume (PV)r as follows: (GFR)r = Kp [(PV)r]k, where Kp is a constant. On the other hand, the decreases (percentage) in effective renal plasma flow were biphasically related to those in PV. Mean arterial pressure rose in upright posture in many cases, but its changes (percentage) showed no correlation with the changes (percentage) in GFR. These results suggest that in a small decrease in PV, GFR does not decrease with the fall in mean arterial pressure, but with the power function of PV. The possible mechanisms of these changes in renal function are examined with special reference to the structure of renal arterial system.

Adolescent↗