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Humoral immunity is vital for host protection, yet aberrant antibody responses can trigger harmful inflammation and immune-related disorders. T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, central to humoral immunity, have garnered significant attention for unraveling immune mechanisms. This study shows the role of B-cell Oct-binding protein 1 (Bob1), a transcriptional coactivator, in Tfh cell regulation. Our investigation, utilizing conditional Bob1-deficient mice, suggests that Bob1 plays a critical role in modulating inducible T-cell costimulator expression and cellular respiration in Tfh cells. This regulation maintains the long-term functionality of Tfh cells, enabling their reactivation from central memory T cells to produce antibodies during recall responses. In a bronchial asthma model induced by house dust mite (HDM) inhalation, Bob1 is observed to enhance HDM-specific antibodies, including IgE, highlighting its pivotal function in Tfh cell regulation. Further exploration of Bob1-dependent mechanisms in Tfh cells holds promise for governing protective immunity and addressing immune-related disorders.
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Imunidade Humoral , Fator 1 de Transcrição de Octâmero , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares , Animais , Camundongos , Formação de Anticorpos , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares/imunologia , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/imunologia , Fator 1 de Transcrição de Octâmero/genética , Fator 1 de Transcrição de Octâmero/metabolismoRESUMO
N-glycosylation and proper processing of N-glycans are required for the function of membrane proteins including cell surface receptors. Fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) is involved in a wide variety of biological processes including embryonic development, osteogenesis, angiogenesis, and cell proliferation. Human FGFR3 contains six potential N-glycosylation sites, however, the roles of glycosylation have not been elucidated. The site-specific profiles of N-glycans of the FGFR3 extracellular domain expressed and secreted by CHO-K1 cells were examined, and glycan occupancies and structures of four sites were determined. The results indicated that most sites were fully occupied by glycans, and the dominant populations were the complex type. By examining single N-glycan deletion mutants of FGFR3, it was found that N262Q mutation significantly increased the population with oligomannose-type N-glycans, which was localized in the endoplasmic reticulum. Protein stability assay suggested that fraction with oligomannose-type N-glycans in the N262Q mutant is more stable than those in the wild type and other mutants. Furthermore, it was found that ligand-independent phosphorylation was significantly upregulated in N262Q mutants with complex type N-glycans. The findings suggest that N-glycans on N262 of FGFR3 affect the intracellular localization and phosphorylation status of the receptor.
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Fenômenos Biológicos , Polissacarídeos , Cricetinae , Animais , Humanos , Fosforilação , Glicosilação , Células CHO , Cricetulus , Polissacarídeos/metabolismo , Receptor Tipo 3 de Fator de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/genética , Receptor Tipo 3 de Fator de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/metabolismoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) is one of the standardized parent rating scales used to identify disruptive behavior problems in children in Western countries. This study aimed to determine norms for the Japanese version of the ECBI, including clinical cutoff scores among the general population in Japan. METHODS: This study established norms for the Japanese version of the ECBI using a sample of 1,992 parents of children aged 2-7, living in Japan. The research evaluates the validity and the reliability of the ECBI scores for the Intensity Scale and the Problem Scale. After validation, a clinical cutoff value of the ECBI scores was calculated, setting the cutoff to above the +1 standard deviation (SD) level based on the population distribution. RESULTS: The means of the Intensity and Problem Scale scores were 100.07 and 6.57, respectively. Cronbach's α for both the Intensity and the Problem scores was 0.91. At this point, we propose cutoff scores of 125 for the Intensity Scale and 14 for the Problem Scale. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the Japanese version of the ECBI is highly reliable and may be useful as a tool for assessing behavior problems in children.
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Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil , Comportamento Problema , Criança , Comportamento Infantil , Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil/diagnóstico , Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil/epidemiologia , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Japão , Psicometria , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
Chloride channels regulate cell volume by an efflux of chloride ions in response to osmotic stresses. These have been shown to play a role in cancer invasion. However, their function in cancer metastasis remains unclear. As the internal environment of the human body is rarely exposed to osmotic stress, we presumed that Cl- efflux in cancer cells is induced by mechanical stress caused by their crowded environment and invasion of their narrow interstitial spaces. In this study, we recruited atomic force microscopy to apply mechanical stress to mouse or human breast cancer cells with varying degrees of malignancy and examined their Cl- efflux by N-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-6-methoxyquinolinium bromide (MQAE), which is quenched via collision with Cl- ions. We found that intracellular MQAE fluorescence intensity increased immediately after cell compression, demonstrating induction of Cl- efflux by mechanical force. Furthermore, Cl- efflux ability showed correlation with the cancer metastatic potential. These results suggested that mechanical stress induced Cl- efflux may serve as a potential reporter for estimating the invasion ability of cancer cells.
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Cloretos , Neoplasias , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Tamanho Celular , Camundongos , Pressão OsmóticaRESUMO
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a chronic fibroinflammatory disease characterized by elevation of serum IgG4 level as well as infiltration of IgG4+ plasma cells in various affected organs. The etiology of IgG4-RD is still not fully understood. Since IgG4-RD is more prevalent in the elderly, aging in itself is considered to be an important risk factor of IgG4-RD. However, the relationship between the pathogenesis of IgG4-RD and immunosenescence remains unknown. To clarify age-related features underlying IgG4-RD, we focused on T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells, which share forkhead box P3 with regulatory T cells, since the percentage of Tfr cells is known to depend on age. Studies of blood specimens from patients with IgG4-RD and from healthy volunteers demonstrated a marked elevation of circulating Tfr (cTfr) cells in patients with IgG4-RD. Moreover, the percentage of cTfr cells was significantly correlated with various clinical parameters including the level of serum IgG4 and the number of involved organs in IgG4-RD patients. The percentages of tonsillar and blood Tfr cells were increased with aging in healthy volunteers, whereas the suppressive effect of cTfr cells on B cell function in elderly subjects was impaired in comparison with that in young subjects due to a defect in the production of a regulatory cytokine, IL-10. Given that the number of IL-10-producing cTfr cells in IgG4-RD patients was markedly increased compared with that in healthy elderly subjects, these findings suggest that an abnormal aging process of Tfr cells may be related to the pathogenesis of IgG4-RD.
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Envelhecimento/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Doença Relacionada a Imunoglobulina G4/imunologia , Interleucina-10/metabolismo , Tonsila Palatina/imunologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Células Cultivadas , Senescência Celular , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Humanos , Imunidade Humoral , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto JovemRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to study the pathological role of lymphocytes with a peripheral T helper-cell-like phenotype (PD-1+CXCR5-CD4+) in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). METHODS: PD-1+CXCR5-CD4+ T cells in the blood of patients with IgG4-RD (n = 53), patients with SS (n = 16) and healthy volunteers (n = 34) as controls were analysed by flow cytometry. Correlations between results obtained by flow cytometry and clinical parameters relevant to IgG4-RD were also analysed. RESULTS: The percentage and absolute number of PD-1+CXCR5- cells within total CD4+ T cells in IgG4-RD patients were significantly increased compared with those in healthy volunteers. Further analysis showed that there were marked positive correlations of the percentage of PD-1+CXCR5-CD4+ T cells with the serum level of IgG4 and the number of organs involved. Interestingly, granzyme A (GZMA)+ cells were enriched in PD-1+CXCR5-CD4+ T cells, and the percentage and absolute number of GZMA+PD-1+CXCR5-CD4+ T cells were significantly elevated in IgG4-RD patients. Although no obvious change was observed in the percentage of total CD4+ T cells, the percentage and absolute number of PD-1+CXCR5-CD4+ T cells decreased in accordance with a reduction of serum IgG4 level after treatment with glucocorticoids. CONCLUSION: In IgG4-RD, circulating CD4+ T-cell populations were composed of PD-1+CXCR5- cells, and the ratios of these cells were correlated with clinical manifestations of IgG4-RD. Further analysis of GZMA+PD-1+CXCR5-CD4+ T cells might lead to a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of ectopic lymphoid follicles and the persistent inflammation in IgG4-RD.
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) on mental health among Japanese women and to explore to what extent sexual IPV is an important contributor to the severity of mental health problems in comparison with physical and psychological IPV. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted of the medical records of participants during psychiatric consultation at the Institute of Women's Health, Tokyo Women's Medical University, including 62 women who experienced IPV without sexual violence and 83 women who experienced IPV with sexual violence. Mental health problems were compared, including anxiety, depression, suicidality, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and dissociative experiences. RESULTS: The results demonstrated a higher incidence and severity of somatic symptoms, insomnia, social dysfunction, severe depression and suicidality, PTSD, and dissociative experiences among women in the sexual IPV group than in the women who experienced IPV without sexual violence. In analyzing the relative contribution of sexual, physical, and psychological violence to the severity of mental health problems of the survivors, results indicated that sexual violence was an independent predictor of both PTSD and dissociative experiences. CONCLUSIONS: The present research showed that significant adverse effects on mental health were observed among women who experienced IPV with sexual violence compared with the ones without. These findings provide important implications for considering the specific approaches to meet the needs of those women experiencing sexual IPV and the need for timely and effective interventions, including healthcare, social services, and primary prevention.
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Ansiedade/psicologia , Depressão/psicologia , Transtornos Dissociativos/psicologia , Violência por Parceiro Íntimo/psicologia , Delitos Sexuais/psicologia , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/psicologia , Suicídio/psicologia , Adulto , Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Estudos Transversais , Depressão/epidemiologia , Transtornos Dissociativos/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Violência por Parceiro Íntimo/etnologia , Japão/epidemiologia , Saúde Mental , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Delitos Sexuais/etnologia , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/epidemiologia , Suicídio/etnologiaRESUMO
Candida glabrata is the second most common source of Candida infections in humans. In this pathogen, the maintenance of cell wall integrity (CWI) frequently precludes effective pharmacological treatment by antifungal agents. In numerous fungi, cell wall modulation is reported to be controlled by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, but how the latter affects CWI maintenance in C. glabrata is not clearly understood. Here, we characterized a C. glabrata strain harboring a mutation in the CNE1 gene, which encodes a molecular chaperone associated with nascent glycoprotein maturation in the ER. Disruption of cne1 induced ER stress and caused changes in the normal cell wall structure, specifically a reduction in the ß-1,6-glucan content and accumulation of chitin. Conversely, a treatment with the typical ER stress inducer tunicamycin up-regulated the production of cell wall chitin but did not affect ß-1,6-glucan content. Our results also indicated that C. glabrata features a uniquely evolved ER stress-mediated CWI pathway, which differs from that in the closely related species Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Furthermore, we demonstrated that ER stress-mediated CWI pathway in C. glabrata is also induced by the disruption of other genes encoding proteins that function in a correlated manner in the quality control of N-linked glycoproteins in the ER. These results suggest that calcineurin and ER quality control system act as a platform for maintaining CWI in C. glabrata.
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Calcineurina , Candida glabrata/citologia , Candida glabrata/fisiologia , Parede Celular/fisiologia , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais , Inibidores de Calcineurina/farmacologia , Calnexina/genética , Candida glabrata/genética , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Parede Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Parede Celular/genética , Parede Celular/metabolismo , Quitina/análise , Quitina/biossíntese , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Regulação Fúngica da Expressão Gênica , Glucanos/análise , Glucanos/biossíntese , Glicoproteínas/biossíntese , Glicoproteínas/metabolismo , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Mutação , Tacrolimo/farmacologia , Tunicamicina/farmacologia , Resposta a Proteínas não DobradasRESUMO
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a newly recognized systemic chronic fibroinflammatory disease. However, the pathogenesis of IgG4-RD remains unknown. To determine the pathophysiologic features of IgG4-RD, we examined T follicular helper (Tfh) cells in lesions and blood from patients with IgG4-RD. Patients with IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis (IgG4-DS) showed increased infiltration of Tfh cells highly expressing programmed death 1 and ICOS in submandibular glands. Tfh cells from IgG4-DS submandibular glands had higher expression of B cell lymphoma 6 and a greater capacity to help B cells produce IgG4 than did tonsillar Tfh cells. We also found that the percentage of programmed death 1hi circulating Tfh cells in IgG4-DS patients was higher than that in healthy volunteers and was well correlated with clinical parameters. Our findings indicate that anomalous Tfh cells in tissue lesions of IgG4-RD have features distinct from those in lymphoid counterparts or blood and potentially regulate local IgG4 production in IgG4-RD.
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Doenças Autoimunes/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Dacriocistite/imunologia , Imunoglobulina G/metabolismo , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/metabolismo , Glândula Submandibular/imunologia , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/imunologia , Adulto , Idoso , Movimento Celular , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Proteína Coestimuladora de Linfócitos T Induzíveis/metabolismo , Ativação Linfocitária , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Thyroid carcinoma is the most common endocrine malignancy and its prevalence has recently been increasing worldwide. We previously reported that the level of sorting nexin 5 (Snx5), an endosomal translocator, is preferentially decreased during the progression of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma into poorly differentiated carcinoma. To address the functional role of Snx5 in the development and progression of thyroid carcinoma, we established Snx5-deficient (Snx5-/- ) mice. In comparison to wild-type (Snx5+/+ ) mice, Snx5-/- mice showed enlarged thyroid glands that consisted of thyrocytes with large irregular-shaped vacuoles. Snx5-/- thyrocytes exhibited a higher growth potential and higher sensitivity to thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). A high content of early endosomes enriched with TSH receptors was found in Snx5-/- thyrocytes, suggesting that loss of Snx5 caused retention of the TSH receptor (TSHR) in response to TSH. Similar data were found for internalized EGF in primary thyrocytes. The increased TSH sensitivities in Snx5-/- thyrocytes were also confirmed by results showing that Snx5-/- mice steadily developed thyroid tumors with high metastatic potential under high TSH. Furthermore, a thyroid cancer model using carcinogen and an anti-thyroidal agent revealed that Snx5-/- mice developed metastasizing thyroid tumors with activation of MAP kinase and AKT pathways, which are postulated to be major pathways of malignant progression of human thyroid carcinoma. Our results suggest that thyrocytes require Snx5 to lessen tumorigenic signaling driven by TSH, which is a major risk factor for thyroid carcinoma. Copyright © 2017 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Nexinas de Classificação/genética , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Progressão da Doença , Camundongos Transgênicos , Receptores de Fatores de Crescimento/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/metabolismoRESUMO
Florid reactive follicular hyperplasia (FRFH), which is characterized by large germinal centers (GCs) within normal lymphoid follicles, is often observed in benign lesions of lymph nodes and other tissues. Because of the histologic similarity of FRFH to tumorous lesions such as follicular lymphoma, careful pathological examination is required to evaluate such lesions; however, little is known about the mechanism underlying the development of FRFH. In this study, we investigated T follicular helper (Tfh) cells in hyperplastic tonsils of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA), which frequently exhibits typical FRFH. When we analyzed tonsils of OSA and recurrent tonsillitis (RT) as a control, tonsils of OSA were found to harbor Tfh cells with a nearly 3-fold higher ratio in total CD4+ T cells than that in tonsils of RT. Further analysis showed that, in comparison to Tfh cells of RT tonsils, Tfh cells of OSA tonsils were relatively tolerant to CD3-mediated activation-induced cell death (AICD) and also expressed lower levels of a Bob1 transcription coactivator and IL-4, which fosters the development of GC-B cells. Given that Bob1 controls the proliferative activity in response to CD3 stimulation and has been suggested to have a role in the production of IL-4 in Tfh cells, the unique structure of FRFH is possibly associated with the function of Bob1lo Tfh cells.
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Centro Germinativo/patologia , Linfoma Folicular/diagnóstico , Tonsila Palatina/patologia , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/fisiologia , Transativadores/metabolismo , Animais , Citotoxicidade Celular Dependente de Anticorpos , Células Cultivadas , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Hiperplasia , Interleucina-4/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono , Transativadores/genéticaRESUMO
The maintenance of cell wall integrity in fungi is required for normal cell growth, division, hyphae formation, and antifungal tolerance. We observed that endoplasmic reticulum stress regulated cell wall integrity in Candida glabrata, which possesses uniquely evolved mechanisms for unfolded protein response mechanisms. Tetracycline-mediated suppression of KRE5, which encodes a predicted UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase localized in the endoplasmic reticulum, significantly increased cell wall chitin content and decreased cell wall ß-1,6-glucan content. KRE5 repression induced endoplasmic reticulum stress-related gene expression and MAP kinase pathway activation, including Slt2p and Hog1p phosphorylation, through the cell wall integrity signaling pathway. Moreover, the calcineurin pathway negatively regulated cell wall integrity, but not the reduction of ß-1,6-glucan content. These results indicate that KRE5 is required for maintaining both endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis and cell wall integrity, and that the calcineurin pathway acts as a regulator of chitin-glucan balance in the cell wall and as an alternative mediator of endoplasmic reticulum stress in C. glabrata.
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Candida glabrata/genética , Parede Celular/genética , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático/genética , Retículo Endoplasmático/metabolismo , Regulação Fúngica da Expressão Gênica , Glucosiltransferases/genética , Calcineurina/genética , Calcineurina/metabolismo , Candida glabrata/química , Candida glabrata/efeitos dos fármacos , Candida glabrata/metabolismo , Parede Celular/química , Parede Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Parede Celular/metabolismo , Quitina/biossíntese , Retículo Endoplasmático/efeitos dos fármacos , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Glucosiltransferases/antagonistas & inibidores , Glucosiltransferases/metabolismo , Hifas/química , Hifas/efeitos dos fármacos , Hifas/genética , Hifas/metabolismo , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por Mitógeno/genética , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Fosforilação/efeitos dos fármacos , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Tetraciclina/farmacologia , Resposta a Proteínas não Dobradas/efeitos dos fármacos , beta-Glucanas/metabolismoRESUMO
An aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) is a rare abnormality associated with life-threatening otorrhagia if inadvertently injured during middle-ear surgery including myringotomy. We present a case where a 3-year-old girl experienced massive otorrhagia following myringotomy, and computed tomographic scan showed the aberrant ICA. Bleeding was controlled by ear canal packing, but rebleeding occurred. Investigations by carotid angiography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the aberrant ICA in the middle ear. We attempted surgical repair using a high-flow bypass technique; however, the bypass graft was occluded by embolic complications, and eventually, ligation of the ICA was performed, which led to the paralysis of the patient's left limbs. In this report, management of iatrogenic aberrant ICA injuries and pseudoaneurysms in the middle ear are discussed based on the case that we experienced.
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Lesões das Artérias Carótidas/diagnóstico por imagem , Artéria Carótida Interna/diagnóstico por imagem , Hemorragia/diagnóstico por imagem , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Otológicos/efeitos adversos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/diagnóstico por imagem , Membrana Timpânica/cirurgia , Lesões das Artérias Carótidas/etiologia , Artéria Carótida Interna/anormalidades , Angiografia Cerebral , Pré-Escolar , Angiografia por Tomografia Computadorizada , Feminino , Hemorragia/etiologia , Humanos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
In an aging society, the number of patients suffering from vertigo and dizziness is increasing. Vertigo is mostly thought to occur owing to otorhinolaryngologic disease. In contrast, it is difficult to diagnose dizziness, because of its varied causes, and we believe that the number of elderly patients suffering from dizziness is increasing. Here, we evaluated the relationship between canal paralysis and symptoms at the first medical examination and age-related changes in caloric response, and obtained the following 3 main findings: (a) 41.3% of the patients with canal paralysis complained of dizziness at the first medical examination, with an increased tendency in patients aged >70 years; (b) the slow-phase eye velocity (SPEV) of patients aged >70 years was lower than that of patients aged ≤69 years, and the SPEV of patients complaining of vertigo was higher than that of patients who complained of dizziness during a caloric test, and (c) the percentage of patients complaining of dizziness and those not complaining of symptoms during a caloric test increased with age. In conclusion, patients with canal paralysis tend to complain of dizziness at the first medical examination, and the percentage of patients without vertigo during a caloric test increased with age.
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Testes Calóricos/métodos , Tontura/diagnóstico , Movimentos Oculares/fisiologia , Vertigem/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Tontura/epidemiologia , Tontura/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Vertigem/epidemiologia , Vertigem/fisiopatologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Defensins are small antimicrobial peptides and effector components of innate immune responses. Recent studies have shed light on their beneficial functions for the prevention of infection and potential for development of new drugs. Here, we showed the expression profiles of human defensins in palatine tonsils with 3 different diseases: tonsillar hypertrophy, recurrent tonsillitis and focal infection of the tonsil. RT-PCR analysis and immunofluorescence revealed that the expression of human α-defensin 4 and ß-defensin 3 (ß3) in palatine tonsils with tonsillar hypertrophy was lower than that in recurrent tonsillitis and focal infection of the tonsil, suggesting that chronic inflammation induces defensin expression. Interestingly, ß2 and ß3 mRNAs were specifically expressed by palatine tonsil tissues but not in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and mucosa of the small intestine. Additionally, we observed that exposure to a Toll-like receptor 4 ligand, lipopolysaccharide, which is used as a bacterial infection model, increases the production of ß2 in culture supernatants from tonsillar epithelial cells in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, these results indicate that ß2 produced by tonsillar epithelial cells plays an important role in the innate immune response for bacterial infections.
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Defensinas/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Imunidade Inata/imunologia , Tonsila Palatina/metabolismo , RNA/genética , Tonsilite/genética , Adulto , Células Cultivadas , Defensinas/biossíntese , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Tonsila Palatina/diagnóstico por imagem , Tonsila Palatina/imunologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Tonsilite/imunologia , Tonsilite/metabolismo , Adulto JovemRESUMO
It is necessary for the surgeon to be familiar with frontal recess anatomy during an endoscopic approach to the frontal sinuses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of frontal recess cells in Japanese adults as well as the association between the frontal recess and the location of the anterior ethmoidal artery (AEA). The frontal recess cells and the AEAs were retrospectively evaluated in CT scans of the nasal and paranasal sinuses for 89 patients. The prevalence of agger nasi cells was 90.7%. The frequency of frontal cell types 1, 2, 3 and 4 was 28.8, 0.6, 2.6 and 0%, respectively. Suprabullar cells (SBCs) and frontal bullar cells (FBCs) were identified in 78/96 sides (81.3%) and 24/96 sides (24%), respectively. The prevalence of the medial group of frontal recess cells (interfrontal sinus septal cells) was 12.4%. In 42/61 sides (68.9%), the AEAs were located within the posterior margin of the SBCs or the FBCs. Therefore, SBCs, FBCs and the vertical portion of the middle turbinate are reliable landmarks for the identification of AEAs.
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Artérias/anatomia & histologia , Seio Etmoidal/irrigação sanguínea , Seio Frontal/diagnóstico por imagem , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/métodos , Conchas Nasais/irrigação sanguínea , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Seio Etmoidal/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Conchas Nasais/diagnóstico por imagem , Adulto JovemRESUMO
More than 20 years have passed since cochlear implantation (CI) was first introduced in Japan. We began CI at the Sapporo Medical University Hospital in 1988; since then, up to the first half of 2015, we have performed CI on 280 ears. In patients aged less than and those aged over 18 years, 121 and 159 ears, respectively, have undergone surgery. This report presents typical cases of CI, such as an adult case, a bilateral case, a case where both hearing and vision were impaired, a pediatric case, a case with multiple handicaps, a case with a genetic mutation leading to severe hearing loss, and a complicated case. In addition, complications with CI cases experienced during extended follow-up periods are also summarized.
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Implante Coclear , Perda Auditiva/cirurgia , Audição/fisiologia , Hospitais Universitários , Adulto , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Perda Auditiva/epidemiologia , Humanos , Incidência , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Recently, the prevalence of allergic rhinitis has been dramatically increasing worldwide. As conventional therapies for allergic rhinitis, such as antihistamines, leukotriene receptor antagonists, nasal sprays and allergen immunotherapy, have limitations, the development of new drugs is required. Recent studies have revealed that epithelial cell-derived cytokines, including thymic stromal lymphopoietin, interleukin (IL)-25 and IL-33, are able to control immune cells, such as dendritic cells and T cells, thereby acting as 'master switches' in allergic disease. In addition, new roles have been identified for follicular helper T cells and regulatory B cells in allergic disease, and they are considered to be promising targets for new therapies. Thus, crosstalk between epithelial and immune cells, the epimmunome, underlies the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis. Greater understanding of the epimmunome may lead to breakthroughs in the development of new treatments for allergic rhinitis and will help us cure many patients suffering from its severe symptoms in the future.
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Citocinas/metabolismo , Imunidade Celular/imunologia , Mucosa Nasal/imunologia , Rinite Alérgica/imunologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Humanos , Mucosa Nasal/metabolismo , Rinite Alérgica/metabolismoRESUMO
Inflammasomes, large protein complexes typically consisting of a Nod-like receptor (NLR), adapter protein apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing CARD (ASC) and caspase-1, are postulated to be activated in response to danger signals arising from tumors. Inflammasomes are thought to have critical but contrasting roles through facilitating antitumor immunity and inducing oncogenic factors. However, the role and function of inflammasomes in oropharyngeal carcinoma remain unclear. We analyzed nine specimens of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and determined the expression of NLRP3, ASC, interleukin (IL)-1ß, IL-18 and caspase-1 in the specimens with and without human papilloma virus (HPV) infection using immunohistochemistry, and analyzed the correlations between the altered expression of these proteins and clinicopathological factors of oropharyngeal SCC. We found strong expression of NLRP3, ASC, IL-1ß, IL-18 and caspase-1 in human oropharyngeal SCC and weak or no expression of these proteins in normal tonsils. Furthermore, the distribution of mindbomb E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1 and inflammasome-associated proteins in oropharyngeal SCC was not significantly different; there was no correlation between the expression of inflammasome-associated proteins and HPV infection. These findings suggest that inflammasomes in oropharyngeal SCC play a key role through facilitating antitumor immunity and the possibility of new roles for inflammasomes in the oropharynx.
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/metabolismo , Imunidade Inata , Inflamassomos/biossíntese , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/metabolismo , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores Tumorais/biossíntese , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/diagnóstico , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/imunologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Inflamassomos/imunologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/imunologiaRESUMO
Sleep is important for children pertaining to their physical and mental growth. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children has been shown to have different effects as compared to OSAS in adults, including deficits in cognition and neuropsychological functions, hyperactivity, ADHD, behavior problems, aggressive behavior, learning problems and nocturnal enuresis. Hypertrophy of the adenoids and tonsils is a major cause of OSAS in children; therefore, adenotonsillectomy may decrease the effects of OSAS pertaining to physical and mental growth. It is important to accurately diagnose and appropriately treat OSAS in children to prevent OSAS in their adulthood.