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J Viral Hepat ; 24(6): 472-476, 2017 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27983762

ABSTRACT

We compared the background characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis C who achieved eradication of hepatitis C virus (HCV), that is sustained virologic response (SVR), with interferon (IFN)-based versus IFN-free antiviral therapy in Japan. In addition, we used a previously reported risk assessment model to compare the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after SVR by treatment type. Pretreatment characteristics of 1533 patients who achieved SVR with IFN-based therapy and 1086 patients with IFN-free therapy from five institutions across Japan were compared. The risk of HCC after SVR was assessed based on pretreatment characteristics, and the incidence of HCC after SVR was estimated in both groups. Age and serum alpha-fetoprotein levels were higher, platelet count was lower, and liver fibrosis was more advanced in patients who achieved SVR with IFN-free therapy compared with IFN-based therapy. The incidence of HCC after SVR in the IFN-free group was estimated to be more than twofold higher than in the IFN-based therapy group (7.29% vs. 3.09%, and 6.23% vs. 3.01% when excluding patients who have underwent curative treatment for HCC). There are large differences in pretreatment characteristics between patients who achieved SVR with IFN-based and IFN-free therapies in Japan, which are associated with differential risk of HCC after SVR. These differences can influence the incidence of HCC after SVR and should be taken into consideration when comparing IFN-based and IFN-free therapies in terms of hepatocarcinogenesis suppression with HCV eradication.


Subject(s)
Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/epidemiology , Hepatitis C, Chronic/complications , Hepatitis C, Chronic/drug therapy , Interferons/therapeutic use , Liver Neoplasms/epidemiology , Sustained Virologic Response , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Hepatitis C, Chronic/pathology , Humans , Incidence , Japan/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Risk Assessment
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Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis ; 33(3): 297-301, 2016 Oct 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27758998

ABSTRACT

Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease that can affect multiple organs. The lungs, eyes, and skin are known to be highly affected organs in sarcoidosis. There have been reports based on random muscle biopsy that 32-80% of systemic sarcoidosis comprises noncaseating granulomas; however, muscle involvement in sarcoidosis is generally asymptomatic and has an unknown frequency. We describe a case of acute to subacute sarcoid myositis of the skeletal and extraocular muscles. Typical ophthalmic involvement (manifested by infiltration of the ocular adnexa, intraocular inflammation, or infiltration of the retrobulbar visual pathways) and extraocular sarcoid myositis (as with the present case) is infrequently reported. It is important to keep in mind the rare yet perhaps underestimated entity of sarcoid myositis, and to utilize muscle biopsy and imaging tests for appropriate diagnosis and management of patients with sarcoidosis.


Subject(s)
Myositis/diagnosis , Oculomotor Muscles , Sarcoidosis/diagnosis , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Biopsy , Female , Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Myositis/drug therapy , Oculomotor Muscles/drug effects , Oculomotor Muscles/pathology , Prednisolone/therapeutic use , Sarcoidosis/drug therapy , Treatment Outcome
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J Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 16(4): 460-6, 2001 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11354286

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cyclosporine A (Cys) and verapamil (Ver) sensitize multidrug-resistant (MDR) cells to various anticancer drugs by interacting with membrane glycoproteins involved in the drug efflux. In the present study, we assessed the effect of Cys on the modulation of doxorubicin (DOR) sensitivity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines, and their DOR-resistant sublines. METHODS: The sensitivity to DOR and the chemosensitizing effects of Cys were assessed by using two human HCC cell lines, PLC/PRF/5 and Hep-3B, and their DOR-resistant sublines, PLC/DOR and 3B/DOR. The expression of multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) and multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) mRNA in these cells were detected by using a RT-PCR. The HCC cell lines grown in individual wells of 24-well plates were incubated with DOR that were sequentially diluted in culture medium in combination with 5 micromol/L Cys for 24 h. The cell viability in each well was measured by using a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. RESULTS: The mRNA of MDR1 and that of MRP were readily detectable in the HCC cell lines by RT-PCR. When 5 micromol/L Cys was added to the culture, the 50% inhibiting concentration (IC50) of DOR was reduced from 0.93 +/- 0.29 microg/mL to 0.32 +/- 0.10 microg/mL in PLC/PRF/5, and from 0.25 +/- 0.07 microg/mL to 0.09 +/- 0.04 microg/mL in Hep-3B. Furthermore, in the presence of 5 micromol/L Cys, the IC50 of DOR was reduced from 48.63 +/- 17.04 microg/mL to 0.49 +/- 0.14 microg/mL in PLC/DOR, and from 4.60 +/- 1.22 microg/mL to 0.15 +/- 0.06 microg/mL in 3B/DOR. The amounts of PCR products of MDR1 mRNA in PLC/DOR and 3B/DOR were greater than those in PLC/PRF/5 and Hep-3B, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In HCC, the amplification of MDR1 mRNA is probably the main mechanism underlying acquired DOR resistance. Cyclosporine is also indicated to be highly active in potentiating the anticancer activity of DOR in HCC cells and their DOR-resistant sublines.


Subject(s)
Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/drug therapy , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/physiopathology , Cyclosporine/therapeutic use , Doxorubicin/therapeutic use , Liver Neoplasms/drug therapy , Liver Neoplasms/physiopathology , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/genetics , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/metabolism , Drug Resistance , Drug Synergism , Humans , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Hepatogastroenterology ; 47(35): 1340-2, 2000.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11100347

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND/AIMS: We investigated the prevalence of hepatitis G virus infection among inhabitants of a hepatitis C virus endemic area. METHODOLOGY: Two hundred and eighty-eight inhabitants, who underwent medical examinations for health screening, were enrolled in this epidemiological study. HGV RNA and HCV RNA were detected by polymerase chain reaction. We also examined anti-HGV envelope protein (E2) antibodies in all serum samples. RESULTS: In these 288 inhabitants, we found anti-HCV antibodies (HCV-Ab) and HCV RNA in 28.5% and 17.4%, respectively. HGV RNA and anti-HGV E2 were detected in 9 (3.1%) and 16 (5.5%), respectively. One patient was positive for both HGV RNA and anti-HGV E2. The exposure rate, expressed as the percentage of people with HGV RNA and/or anti-HGV E2, was 8.3%, which was significantly lower than the incidence of positive HCV-Ab. Of the 24 patients with HGV RNA and/or anti-HGV E2, 15 (62.5%) were positive for HCV-Ab, of those HCV RNA was detected in 9 (37.5%). Further, we found a higher prevalence of HGV exposure in patients with HCV-Ab than in those without (8.3% vs. 4.4%). CONCLUSIONS: HGV infection was not identical to the epidemic hepatitis C virus infection among inhabitants of this town, suggesting that hepatitis C virus might be less infectious than hepatitis C virus.


Subject(s)
Endemic Diseases , Flaviviridae , Hepatitis C/epidemiology , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/epidemiology , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Hepatitis Antibodies/blood , Hepatitis C Antibodies/blood , Humans , Japan/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , RNA, Viral/blood
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Microbiol Immunol ; 24(5): 409-18, 1980.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6159520

ABSTRACT

Polar monotrichous flagella (M-flagella) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus have antigens in common with those of various species of Vibrio including V. cholerae and V. anguillarum, and of Beneckea, revealed by gel diffusion tests with flagelli monomers. However, antiserum against M-flagellin of V. parahaemolyticus did not agglutinate cells of V. cholerae and V. anguillarum, although it did agglutinate cells of V. parahaemolyticus. Agglutination tests after absorption of the antiserum with purified M-flagellar filaments or flagellin monomers and H-agglutination inhibition tests demonstrated that there are two different antigenic determinants in M-flagella as in lateral flagella. One is on the surface of the M-flagella (surface antigenic determinant, SA) and disappears or is buried in dissociated monomers. The other is inside the flagella (internal antigenic determinant, IA) and is exposed when the flagella are dissociated to flagellin monomers. SA of V. parahaemolyticus is different from those of V. cholerae and V. anguillarum, whereas the three species have a common IA.


Subject(s)
Antigens, Bacterial/immunology , Antigens, Surface/immunology , Epitopes , Flagella/immunology , Vibrio parahaemolyticus/immunology , Vibrio/immunology , Agglutination Tests
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