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T Oka

Publications and source records attributed to T Oka.

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PubMed1989

Immortalization of rat spleen and thymus T cells by human T-cell leukemia virus type I.

Co-cultivation of thymus and spleen cells of Fisher and Lewis rats with lethally irradiated MT-2 cells harboring human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) resulted in the establishment of lymphoid cell lines, FIRT-1, FIRS-1, LERT-1, and LERS-1, respectively. Cells of these cell lines had rat T-cell characters as demonstrated by the positive reaction to monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to rat T cell antigens (Thy 1 and pan T). They lacked surface immunoglobulins and strongly expressed rat interleukin-2 receptor antigen (Tac) and Ia antigen. Karyotypic analysis revealed that they had the normal rat karyotype in early cultures, but showed marked aneuploidy after long cultivation. None of them expressed HTLV gag proteins (p19 and p24) or virus particles, but they contained HTLV-I proviral DNA monoclonally and weakly expressed pX gene products (p40x). They were not transplantable into syngeneic newborn rats.

Animals↗
PubMed1989

Significance of exercise and bed rest in pregnancy--pregnancy and walking (1).

Prior to evaluating the significance of bed rest in managing obstetric diseases, characteristics of physiology of pregnant women were examined on the basis of 24 hours heart rate changes in eight pregnant women at the third trimester and also distances covered in walking by a total of 53 multiparas and of 87 primiparas during free-living daily activities were measured by means of a pedometer. A significantly higher mean heart rate was observed in those pregnant women even during sleep than in non-pregnant control. The primiparas showed significant decreases in the pedometer readings in all stages except for 15-27 weeks of gestation, while the multiparas of less than 28 weeks exhibited no decrease as compared with non-pregnant control. The decrease in the pedometer readings were marked in both primiparas and multiparas, the value being much lower than that of any other week of gestation. However, the equation of weight x distance covered in walking remains rather constant throughout gestation.

Female↗
PubMed1989

Quantitative analysis of microvasculature of rat pancreas transplants in acute rejection.

The changes of the microvasculature of rat pancreas transplants during acute rejection were investigated and quantitatively analyzed. The vessels in pancreas transplants increased in caliber and decreased in density during acute rejection. These changes were marked in the exocrine pancreas, especially in central zones, whereas changes in islets were mild. These results indicate that the early deterioration of exocrine function is closely related to vascular destruction.

Animals↗
PubMed1989

[Effects of portal venous administration with allogenic cells on renal allograft survival in the rat].

The effects of administration of donor lymphocytes via portal vein (PV) on capacity of alloreactivity and renal allograft survival were investigated in comparison with those of intra-venous (IV) administration in the rats. Orthotopic renal transplantations were performed from Brown-Norway (BN, RT-In) to Lewis (LEW, RT-11) male rats. Donor lymphocytes were prepared from BN or third party DA(RT-1a) rat spleens and lymph nodes and injected via PV or IV to LEW rats on the day of transplantation (day 0). Untreated LEW hosts rejected BN grafts at 7.8 +/- 0.6 days (n = 10). IV administration of 1 x 10(8) BN cells to LEW rats caused a slight prolongation of BN graft survival to 10.4 +/- 3.1 days (n = 9, p less than 0.05), whereas PV inoculation of the same number of BN cells further prolonged graft survival to 28.9 +/- 9.2 days (n = 9, p less than 0.01). This effect was antigen specific; the administration of 1 x 10(8) third party DA cells via PV to LEW rats did not prolong survival of BN graft (MST = 7.4 +/- 0.8, n = 6). Serum from tolerant recipients had significant antigen specific suppressor effect (70.6%) on the MLR proliferative reaction of LEW responder cells toward donor BN cells, but not third party DA cells. Spleen cells from these recipients did not show any suppressive effect. These results demonstrate that PV administration of donor lymphoid cells to recipients results in rapidly inducible and long-lasting immunologic tolerance specific to donor alloantigen, and that this tolerance is mediated by serum factor induced in hosts, but not by suppressor cells.

Animals↗
PubMed1989

[An autopsy case of adenocarcinoma of the lung with signet ring cells, manifesting with aphasia and hemiparesis due to nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis].

A 42-year-old male was admitted to Tokyo University Hospital because of confusion, aphasia and right hemiparesis. Cranial computed tomography and cerebral angiography demonstrated cerebral infarction due to occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery, while chest roentgenography disclosed a nodular shadow in the right upper lobe and swelling of right hilar and paratracheal lymph nodes. These findings suggested carcinoma of pulmonary origin and tumor-associated cerebral thrombosis, but a possibility of gastric cancer was raised by the finding of cervical lymph node biopsy which revealed signet ring cells in metastatic adenocarcinoma. He developed disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome and died on the 83rd hospital day. Autopsy revealed adenocarcinoma of the lung with signet ring cells and non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis which appeared to be responsible for the cerebral infarction. The relationship between adenocarcinoma of the lung with signet ring cells and non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis was discussed.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1989

[Performance of various prepared abutment forms. Posterior fixed bridge abutment].

The clinical techniques of the students were examined by analyzing the results of some measurements on the side wall inclination as a width and height of the full formed abutment of posterior fixed bridge, and the results of full covered crown data were compared. Significant differences in the inclination degree to the axis between upper and lower were not noticed in either premolars or molars on the mesio-distal side wall and bucco-lingual side wall, and were noticed between premolars and molars of the same jaw on both side walls. Margin diameter and height of diameter of the premolars showed a closer rank correlation than molars in mesio-distal side wall, but in bucco-lingual side wall, molars showed a closer rank correlation than premolars.

Bicuspid↗
PubMed1989

[Roentogenologic pathologic evaluation of allograft rejection in heart-lung transplantation--an experimental study in Japanese monkey].

Experimental heart-lung transplantation was carried out in Japanese Monkey (Macaca fuscata). Twelve monkeys survived two to thirty-three days. Pathologic examination of the lung was performed at the time of open lung biopsy and autopsy. Postoperative chest roentogenogram was also studied in seven monkeys. In the early postoperative period, central cloudiness and enhancement of the interstitial change were observed, which started from the second or third postoperative day and reached their peak between the fifth and eighth postoperative day. Pathological study revealed no obvious monocyte infiltration in the lung of this stage. Two types of pulmonary rejection were observed, one is alveolar and vascular rejection. The other is vascular type of rejection, which started as early as in the twelfth postoperative day in a case. In the former, consolidation of the lung was noticed and useful in the diagnosis, but in the latter, no distinct change was observed in plain chest roentogenogram.

Animals↗
PubMed1989

[A case of metastatic lung tumor of the colon cancer with ova of schistosoma japonicum in the resected lung specimen].

A 69-year-old man underwent right middle lobectomy because of the tumor lesion in the right middle lung. He had ever been in Celebes and China (riverside area of the Yangtze), the infected area of schistosomiasis japonica, for military service during the World War II. Resected lung specimen was carefully examined at the department of pathology in our hospital. Several ova of Schistosoma japonicum were discovered scattered in the specimen, and the pathological feature of the lung lesion was revealed to be metastasis of the sigmoid colon cancer which was resected 4 years ago at a certain hospital. The ova of Schistosoma japonicum were also distributed near the colon lesion. Recently in Japan, it is said, acute infected case of schistosomiasis japonica has been ceased, however, in cases of chronic stage of this disease, hepatoma or lower intestinal cancers are still discovered through the careful follow up study.

Adenocarcinoma, Papillary↗
PubMed1989

[Extramammary Paget's disease with a large mass in male genitalia: a case report].

A 57-year-old Japanese man presented with a mass 3 cm in diameter at the root of the penis. The patient had noticed the mass growing for 5 years, but had no pain or itching. Histological examination revealed it to be invasive Paget's disease, and the mass was resected along with skin of normal appearance within 3 cm around it. Regional lymph node metastasis was also revealed in the operation, and irradiation at the pelvic and inguinal region was done. Extramammary Paget's disease with a large mass is relatively rare, and invasive extramammary Paget's disease has a poor prognosis.

Adenocarcinoma↗