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N Hamada

Publications and source records attributed to N Hamada.

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PubMed1976

Increase of serum GH concentration following TRH injection in patients with primary hypothyroidism.

The effect of TRH administration on serum GH was studied in 6 normal subjects, 13 patients with primary hypothroidism and 6 thyrotoxic subjects. Although no appreciable changes of serum GH were noted in the normal subjects, TRH administration provoked an increase of serum GH in 6 out of 13 patients with primary hypothyroidism. Serum GH levels in response to TRH administration were decreased in patients who were euthyroid following treatment with a preparation of desiccated thyroid. In patients with hyperthroidism, no significant response of serum GH was observed at 30 or 60 min after TRH administration. Some of the patients with hyperthyroidism showed a slight increase in serum GH at 120 min after TRH injection. These results suggest that hypothalamo-pituitary function regulating GH secretion is altered in patients with primary hypothyroidism.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

A female case of Kallmann's syndrome.

A case of 20-year-old woman with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia is reported, since very few female cases of Kallmann's syndrome have been reported so far in Japan. Three uncles on the father's side had no children. Height was 168 cm, and arm span 165 cm. The olfactory test revealed complete anosmia. Bone age was 13 year. Chromosome was 46 XX and normal karyotype. Basal levels of serum FSH, LH and estrogens (E1, E2 and E3) were low. Serum FSH and LH levels rose slightly only after LH-RH administration, and did not increase in clomiphene test. Plasma estrogens did not increase after daily injection of 150 IU of HMG for 3 successive days. The response of serum GH to arginine infusion was normal, while that to insulin-induced hypoglycemia was poor.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Abnormal response of thyrotrophin and growth hormone to thyrotrophin releasing hormone in chronic renal failure.

Serum levels of TSH and GH were measured by radioimmunoassay after iv injection of 500 mug of TRH in 9 undialysed patients and 12 dialysed patients with chronic renal failure and in 6 healthy subjects. The basal level of the serum TSH was significantly higher in patients with chronic renal failure than that in healthy subjects. In healthy subjects, serum TSH rose to a maximum level 30 min after TRH injection, while in patients with chronic renal failure, serum TSH rose to a maximum level 60 min after TRH injection. The mean maximum increment of serum TSH in healthy subjects was significantly higher than that in patients with chronic renal failure. Although TSH levels rapidly decreased after initial rise at 30 min after TRH administration in healthy subjects, these did not show significant changes at 60 and 120 min compared with values at 30 min after TRH administration in both dialysed and undialysed patients. The basal level of serum GH was significantly higher in dialysed patients with chronic renal failure than in healthy subjects. Serum GH level was much higher in dialysed patients at 30 min after TRH INJECTION COMPARED WITH THAT IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS. These findings may indicate that the response of the pituitary to TRH is abnormal and that the turnover of TSH and GH is decreased in patients with chronic renal failure.

Adult↗
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Clinical significance of anti-TSH antibody in sera from patients with Graves' disease and other thyroid disorders.

In a survey of patients having anti-TSH antibody (TSH Ab), data from 167 subjects were collected from 8 Japanese Institutions. They were divided into a high TSH Ab group consisting of 63 cases; since the means of assay was via a subnormal thyrotropin binding inhibitor immunoglobulin (TBII) assay, this group had TBII values less than -20%. An additional low TSH Ab group was made up of 104 cases. Out of a total of 11,211 patients, the incidence of TSH Ab for the high and low groups were 0.57% and 13.4%, respectively. More than 95% of these TSH Ab carriers had Graves' disease or some other autoimmune thyroid disorder, and anti-thyroglobulin and anti-thyroid microsomal antibodies were detected similarly in both groups. It was significant that TSH receptor antibodies could also be detected in both groups, namely, thyroid stimulating antibody and long acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) in 4 of 9 patients in the high TSH Ab group and TBII in 55 of 104 in the low TSH Ab group, respectively. The high TSH Ab levels tended to persist, but 26% of cases showed disappearance or appearance of the antibody during the observation period. In one Graves' patient, a moderate TBII activity (64.2%) was followed by markedly elevated TSH Ab (TBII: -83.4%) within 2 months. The TSH Ab in the low TSH Ab group disappeared in most cases. Also, fluctuations in TSH Ab did not always parallel those seen for TBII and reciprocal fluctuation pattern (transient or otherwise) were observed in 33%. In conclusion, anti-TSH antibody is produced frequently in patients with either Graves' disease or some other autoimmune thyroid disorder.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adolescent↗
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Influence of preoperative nutritional state on inflammatory response after surgery.

To investigate whether the preoperative nutritional state influences the postoperative inflammatory reaction and immunity, we grouped patients whose postoperative nutritional support was performed by total parenteral nutrition into the good nutritional state group (group I) and the latent protein-calorie malnutrition suggested group (group II) based on the preoperative rapid turnover protein (RTP). Nutritional markers markedly decreased after surgery and recovered almost to preoperative levels on postoperative day (POD-) 7 in groups I and II. Nutritional markers on POD-7 in group II were significantly lower than those in group I (RTP, P < 0.001; albumin, P < 0.05). After surgery, levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), and polymorphonuclear (PMN-) elastase were higher in group II than in group I (P < 0.01). In groups I and II, IL-6 and interleukin-8 (IL-8) rose before the remarkable elevation of CRP and PMN-elastase. In group I, all the nutritional markers showed a negative correlation with CRP and PMN-elastase. Further, a positive correlation was observed between IL-6 and CRP and between IL-8 and PMN-elastase. In conclusion, evaluation of the preoperative nutritional state appears to be very important for the prediction of postoperative complication.

Aged↗
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Sequential alteration of proto-oncogene expression in liver, spleen, kidney and brain of mice subjected to whole body irradiation.

Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed to evaluate the sequential alteration of proto-oncogene mRNA expression in liver, spleen, kidney and brain of mice after whole body irradiation (WBI). The mRNAs investigated in this study were Fas, c-fos, c-myc. bcl-2, and p53, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA was employed as internal control. C3H/He mice aged 9-10 weeks were exposed to WBI of 7 Gy using a cobalt-60 teletherapy unit, without anesthesia, and sacrificed before and 0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 96 h after irradiation. Their liver, spleen, kidney and brain were taken and immediately stored in liquid nitrogen until ready for RT-PCR. Each specimen was homogenized to extract RNA for conventional RT-PCR. The liver of mice administered 7 Gy of WBI revealed no significant changes in the expression of each of the mRNAs examined. In the spleen, c-fos mRNA expression decreased at 2 h following irradiation, and increased remarkably thereafter. In the kidney, no significant change in the expression of each mRNA was shown. In the brain c-fos mRNA expression decreased 1-24 h after irradiation, and showed a recovery thereafter. The remarkable differences in the sequential changes of c-fos mRNA expression following irradiation between each organ revealed by the present experiment may be an important aid in determining the tissue-specific radiosensitivity to ionizing radiation. Further investigations are, however, needed to clarify the signal transduction mechanisms which are mediated by the expression of these proto-oncogenes in each tissue following irradiation.

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Production of xanthones with free radical scavenging properties, emodin and sclerotiorin by the cultured lichen mycobionts of Pyrenula japonica.

From the cultures of the spore-derived mycobionts of the lichen Pyrenula japonica, two new xanthones, 1,8-dihydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl-5-methoxyxanthone and 1,2,8-trihydroxy-5-methoxy-3-methylxanthone, were isolated along with 1,7-dihydroxy-3-methylxanthone, 1,5,8-trihydroxy-3-methylxanthone, 1,8-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-3-methylxanthone, emodin and sclerotiorin. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods. Sclerotiorin was isolated for the first time from lichen mycobionts. Radical scavenging activities of the isolated xanthones were also studied.

Ascomycota↗