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T Yazaki

Publications and source records attributed to T Yazaki.

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PubMed1987

Establishment of a new prostatic carcinoma cell line (TSU-Pr1).

A new epithelial cell line, TSU-Pr1, from a human prostatic adenocarcinoma metastatic to lymph node has been established in long term tissue culture. The cultured cells show loss of contact inhibition, rapid growth in vitro and growth in athymic nude mice. Karyotypic analysis demonstrated an aneuploid karyotype with a modal chromosome number of 80 including a Y-chromosome and at least 10 marker chromosomes. The cells produced only a small amount of prostatic acid phosphatase, and heterotransplanted tumors did not have nuclear androgen receptors.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1987

Study on congenital complete heart block in children by 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring.

Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring was performed in 18 children with a congenital complete heart block (CCHB). They had no cardiac structural anomalies. These patients could be divided into 3 groups according to the pattern of fluctuations in beat-to-beat ventricular rates. Type 1 patients showed rapid and transient fluctuations and demonstrated a high correlation between atrial and ventricular rates. Type 3 patients showed a constant ventricular rate and little variation through the 24 hour period and there was no appreciable correlation between atrial and ventricular rates. Twelve of 18 patients had additional arrhythmias. A few sporadic ventricular premature contractions (VPCs) were found in 9 patients, and bigeminy of VPCs or ventricular tachycardias were seen in 2 patients during exercise. Frequent and sudden prolongation of RR intervals was found during sleep in 3 patients. The longest intervals of ventricular asystoles were 7.2, 3.2 and 3.2 sec, respectively. The mechanism of this phenomenon appeared to be not only an exit block, but also arrest or a lack of automaticity of a subsidiary pacemaker. One of these patients developed frequent Stokes-Adams attacks. Type 3 patients with sudden prolongation of RR intervals and/or frequent ventricular arrhythmias should be under careful observation. Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring is recommended for children with CCHB for evaluation of potential risk factors for Stokes-Adams attacks.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Immunoglobulin subclass antibodies to varicella-zoster virus.

Commercially available mouse monoclonal antibodies to human IgG subclass (IgG1 to IgG4) were applied to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to measure IgG subclass-specific antibodies to varicella-zoster virus in children naturally infected with varicella-zoster virus and in varicella vaccine recipients. In children naturally infected with varicella-zoster virus, IgG 1 antibody was detected 2 weeks after onset of the disease in all cases, its activity increased at 1 month after onset, and almost equal antibody value was maintained 10 years after infection. This pattern of antibody response was similar to that of total IgG antibody to varicella-zoster virus after natural infection. On the other hand, low antibody activity was found in IgG2 only at 1 month of the disease. The highest antibody level of IgG3 was shown 2 weeks after onset of the disease; then, it gradually decreased, and no antibody activity was detected 10 years later. IgG4 antibody was first detected 1 month after onset and an almost equal level of antibody was shown 10 years after the disease. After inoculation of children with a live varicella vaccine, in contrast, IgG subclass antibody responses to vaccine recipients were almost equal to those after natural infection.

Antibodies, Viral↗
PubMed1987

[Idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum: a case report].

A 25-year-old man complained of painless, firm scrotal nodules which increased in number and size for the last 7 years. Physical examination was unremarkable except for many, firm painless nodules near the scrotal raphe. Preoperative diagnosis was multiple scrotal tumors of unknown etiology. Surgical excision was performed under epidural anesthesia. On microscopic examination, the nodules were located in the dermis and composed of calcified material which was positive with the von Kossa calcium stain. There were numerous foreign giant cells and dense fibrosis at the margins of the lesions. Idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum was the final diagnosis. Although its etiology is unknown, the literature reviewed supported the view that the mast cell accumulation and its degranulation are related to idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

[A case of multiple urothelial tumors with chronic renal failure].

We report a case of multiple urothelial tumors (left renal pelvis, ureter and bladder) with chronic renal failure in a 72-year-old man. The patient was admitted because of gross hematuria with increasing volume and intervals on September 14, 1985. Admission evaluation including excretory urography, retrograde pyelography, computed tomography and cystoscopy revealed multiple urothelial tumors in the left renal pelvis, ureter and bladder. Radical surgery, however, was postponed because of pneumothorax induced by an inadvertent insertion of the CVP catheter at operation. Subsequent respiratory disturbance persisted so that he was observed at the outpatient clinic following right ureterocutaneostomy. Gradual increase in anemia and decrease in renal function, however, prompted another admission. Gross hematuria necessitating frequent blood replacement could not be controlled by transurethral resection of bladder tumors. Therefore left nephroureterectomy with resection of bladder cuff was performed after internal arteriovenous shunt had been established, because favorable results regarding tumor resection were obtained from preoperative evaluations. He showed satisfactory recovery and was spared hemodialysis despite eventful postoperative course with transient decrease in renal function. The patient was discharged on 130th postoperative day and is now being followed up at the outpatient clinic. The relevant literature is also reviewed briefly.

Aged↗
PubMed1986

Fluorescence study of renal cell carcinoma with antibodies to renal tubular antigens, intermediate filaments, and lectins.

A fluorescence study was performed in 16 renal cell carcinomas using antibodies to renal tubular antigens (RTA), two intermediate filaments, cytokeratin and vimentin, and two lectins, soybean agglutinin (SBA) and peanut agglutinin (PNA). We observed the presence of RTA, cytokeratin, and vimentin in all of our specimens. The expression of vimentin, the cytoskeletal protein of mesenchymal cells, was considered to be very interesting feature of the tumor. Binding sites of SBA, normally present in glomeruli, proximal and distal tubules, were detectable in the neoplastic cells in only 37.5% of our specimens. PNA did not react with the tumor except for the small area of 2 specimens. Lectins may be useful for estimating the characteristics or renal cell carcinoma including its malignant potentials, and antibodies to RTA and intermediate filaments seem to be available for the diagnosis of the tumor in metastatic lesions.

Antibodies↗
PubMed1985

Large renal hemangioma necessitating nephrectomy.

An unusually large renal hemangioma with nonfunction on an excretory urogram is reported. Preoperative angiography revealed typical early draining veins in the kidney. Contrary to the previously reported cases preoperative angiography precluded renal salvage procedure. The resected kidney was nearly completely replaced with cavernous hemangioma. To the best of our knowledge this is the largest renal hemangioma on record.

Aged↗
PubMed1985

Usefulness of scintigraphic imaging using 131iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine in localization of asymptomatic pheochromocytoma.

Localization of either multiple, metastatic and/or asymptomatic pheochromocytomas sometimes is elusive because all imaging methods to date have been nonspecific in character. We report 2 cases in which scintigraphy was used with a new radiopharmaceutical agent, 131iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine, for the accurate localization of pheochromocytoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of asymptomatic pheochromocytoma imaged by 131iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy.

3-Iodobenzylguanidine↗
PubMed1985

Circulating immune complexes and immunosuppressive acidic protein in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Sera from 23 patients with renal cell carcinoma were tested for circulating immune complexes by Clq binding assay and immunosuppressive acidic protein by single radial immunodiffusion. The mean values of circulating immune complexes and immunosuppressive acidic protein in the patients were significantly higher than those of normal controls, and over-all positive rates were 52 and 35 per cent, respectively. There was a significant correlation between immunosuppressive acidic protein levels and the extent of tumor invasion. Immunosuppressive acidic protein may be a more useful marker than circulating immune complexes. However, presently synthetic evaluations of patients with various nonspecific markers, including these 2 factors, will be necessary.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

Viral replication and immunologic responses in children naturally infected with varicella-zoster virus and in varicella vaccine recipients.

Replication of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and immunologic responses to VZV were examined by a sensitive culture technique for viral isolation and standard immunologic assays in children after close exposure to wild-type VZV or after inoculation with strain Oka varicella vaccine. Naturally infected children who developed clinical varicella had viremia between five days before and one day after clinical onset of disease, with the highest isolation rate one and two days before onset, and seroconversion followed two days later. Virus was not isolated from blood 12 and 13 days after contact in subclinically infected children. In the vaccine recipients a positive skin test reaction to VZV was observed as early as four to five days after immunization, and antibody appeared later. Virus was not isolated from blood and throat of the vaccinees from three to 14 days after immunization.

Antibodies, Viral↗