There were few studies assessed the postoperative sarcopenia in patients with cancers. The objective of present study was to assess whether postoperative development of sarcopenia could predict a poor prognosis in patients with adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction, (AEG) and upper gastric cancer (UGC).
Methods
Patients with AEG and UGC who were judged as non-sarcopenic before surgery were reassessed the presence of postoperative development of sarcopenia 6 months after surgery. Patients were divided into the development group or non-development group, and clinicopathological factors and prognosis between these two groups were analyzed.
Results
The 5-year overall survival rates were significantly poorer in the development group than non-development group (68.0% vs. 92.6%, P?=?0.0118). Multivariate analyses showed that postoperative development of sarcopenia was an independent prognostic factor for poor overall survival (P?=?0.0237).
Conclusions
Postoperative development of sarcopenia was associated with a poor prognosis in patients with AEG and UGC. 相似文献
The association between kidney function and cancer incidence is inconsistent among previous reports, and data on the Japanese population are lacking. It is unknown whether kidney function modifies the cancer risk of other factors. We aimed to evaluate the association of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with cancer incidence and mortality in 55 242 participants (median age, 57 years; 55% women) from the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study. We also investigated differences in cancer risk factors between individuals with and without kidney dysfunction. During a median 9.3-year follow-up period, 4278 (7.7%) subjects developed cancer. Moderately low and high eGFRs were associated with higher cancer incidence; compared with eGFR of 60-74 ml/min/1.73 m2, the adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) (95% confidence intervals [CIs]) for eGFRs of ≥90, 75-89, 45-59, 30-44 and 10-29 ml/min/1.73 m2 were 1.18 (1.07-1.29), 1.09 (1.01-1.17), 0.93 (0.83-1.04), 1.36 (1.00-1.84) and 1.12 (0.55-2.26), respectively. High eGFR was associated with higher cancer mortality, while low eGFR was not; the adjusted subdistribution HRs (95% CIs) for eGFRs of ≥90 and 75-89 ml/min/1.73 m2 were 1.58 (1.29-1.94) and 1.27 (1.08-1.50), respectively. Subgroup analyses of participants with eGFRs ≥60 and <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 revealed elevated cancer risks of smoking and family history of cancer in those with eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2, with significant interactions. Our findings suggest that the relationship between eGFR and cancer incidence was U-shaped. Only high eGFR was associated with cancer mortality. Kidney dysfunction enhanced cancer risk from smoking. 相似文献
Purpose: Orthodontic tooth movement occurs during the bone remodeling induced by therapeutic mechanical strain. It is important to investigate the relation between the strength of mechanical stress and bone formation activity. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of high-magnitude mechanical strain on bone formation in detail.Materials and methods: Osteoblast-like cells isolated from fetal rat calvariae were loaded with 18% cyclic tension force (TF) for 48?h. To phenotypically investigate the effect of TF, we measured the number and the size of bone nodules stained by von Kossa technique on day 21 after cell seeding and determined the calcium content of bone nodules on day 14. Furthermore, we examined the gene expression of BMP-2, Runx2 and Msx2, which are important factors for bone nodule formation, on days 1, 4 and 7 after TF loading.Results: The maximum bone nodule size in the control group was 1620 and 719?μm in the TF group. Furthermore, the mean number of bone nodules sized over 360?μm in the TF group was significantly decreased compared to the control group. The calcium content was also significantly decreased to 42% by TF loading. The mRNA expression of BMP-2, Runx2 and Msx2 was decreased 1 and 4 days after TF loading.Conclusion: The differentiation of bone forming progenitor cells into bone nodule forming cells was inhibited by TF due to the decreased expression of bone formation related factors such as BMP-2, Runx2 and Msx2. 相似文献
A 69-year-old man was admitted to our kidney center with endstage renal failure. We started intermittent peritoneal dialysis
immediately because of severe azotemia, hyperkalemia, and metabolic acidosis. Two weeks after admission, he developed uremic
pericarditis with frequent ventricular premature contractions and supraventricular premature contractions. The intermittent
peritoneal dialysis was then replaced by intensive hemodialysis, and oral administration of 300 mg/d of cibenzoline was started.
Four days later, he developed thirst, weakness, and dyspnea due to respiratory muscular paralysis. We initiated respiratory
support with a respirator because analysis of his blood gases revealed marked hypercapnia and hypoxia. He also developed hypoglycemia
and prolonged PQ and QRS intervals on the electrocardiogram, which we believed were due to cibenzoline intoxication; we discontinued
the cibenzoline immediately. All symptoms improved, and he was extubated 5 days later. After 2 months, his pericardial effusion
disappeared. He now continues maintenance hemodialysis as an outpatient. We suspect that the cibenzoline induced the respiratory
muscular paralysis for 2 reasons: 1) the patient experienced the respiratory muscular paralysis, at the same time he also
experienced thirst, weakness, hypoglycemia, and prolonged PQ and QRS intervals on electrocardiogram, and all of these symptoms
improved after the discontinuation of cibenzoline, and 2) his plasma concentration of cibenzoline became remarkably elevated,
to 20 times above the standard therapeutic level. This patient's clinical course indicates that hemodialysis might be superior
to intermittent peritoneal dialysis for treatment of cibenzoline intoxication. 相似文献
A case of cystadenocarcinoma of the liver is reported. The patient was a 73-year-old woman in whom a tumor was detected in
the lateral segment of the liver during a health examination. Ultrasonograms and computed tomograms showed a multilocular
cystic mass. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a multilocular lowintensity mass, including a high-intensity portion
and a portal branch compressed by the tumor. MRI with gadolinium showed an enhanced cyst wall. The cystic part of the tumor
became smaller and the solid part became larger over a 1-month period, indicating that the tumor was malignant. Subsegmentectomy
(S3) was performed and cystadenocarcinoma with cystadenoma was diagnosed by histopathological examination. Identification of
changes in the appearance of a tumor should be helpful for the differential diagnosis of cystadenoma and cystadenocarcinoma. 相似文献
Allergic predisposition among infants with bronchiolitis was examined. The number of infants with serum IgE exceeding mean +1 SD was 31/70 (44.3%). The rate of positive radioallergosorbent test (RAST) scores of 1 or more to mites, egg white, or milk was 31/71 (43.7%) and that of scores over 2 was 11/71 (15.5%). Eosinophils and/or mast cells were found in their nasal smears on several occasions. These results indicated that allergic predisposition may be observed among infants with bronchiolitis. 相似文献
H+/peptide transporter, PEPT1, is functionally expressed in some human cancer cell lines and might be a candidate molecular target for detection of cancers in vivo using PET. The aim of the present study was to establish a novel tumor-imaging technology using a PET tracer targeted to H+/peptide transporter(s). We also compared the tracer with 18F-FDG, focusing on the specificity of their accumulation between tumor and inflammatory tissues. METHODS: A dipeptide PET tracer, 11C-glycylsarcosine (11C-Gly-Sar), was injected intravenously into athymic mice transplanted with human pancreatic, prostate, and gastric cancer cells. The distribution patterns of 11C-Gly-Sar and 18F-FDG in the tumor-bearing mice, and in mice with inflammatory tissue, were assessed by imaging with a positron planar imaging system (PPIS). Tissue distributions of tracer radioactivity were also measured. The expression levels of PEPT1 and PEPT2 (PEPTs) proteins in tumor xenografts and inflammatory tissue were examined by immunohistochemical analysis. The messenger RNA expression levels of PEPTs in 58 available cancer cell lines were quantified by means of real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS: All 3 tumor xenografts were well visualized with the PPIS after injection of 11C-Gly-Sar. Expression of PEPTs in those xenografts was confirmed by immunohistochemical analysis. Tumor-to-blood concentration ratios of 11C-Gly-Sar increased in a time-dependent manner and were much higher than unity. Most of the radioactivity found in the tumor tissue was recovered as the intact tracer. These results indicated that 11C-Gly-Sar was taken up by the PEPTs in tumor xenografts. It is noteworthy that 11C-Gly-Sar was minimally present in inflammatory tissues that expressed no PEPT1 or PEPT2 protein, whereas 18F-FDG was highly accumulated, with the values of the selectivity index being >25.1 and 0.72 for 11C-Gly-Sar and 18F-FDG, respectively. The mRNAs of PEPT1 and PEPT2 were expressed in 27.6% and 93.1%, respectively, of the cancer cell lines examined in the present study. CONCLUSION: The present study indicates that 11C-Gly-Sar is a promising tumor-imaging agent and is superior to 18F-FDG for distinguishing between tumors and inflammatory tissue. Because PEPTs were ubiquitously expressed in various types of tumor cells examined, 11C-Gly-Sar could be useful for the detection of many types of cancers. 相似文献
Background: The study hypothesizes that nitrous oxide (N2O) releases opioid peptide in the brain stem, which results in inhibition of [gamma]-aminobutyric acid-mediated (GABAergic) neurons that tonically inhibit the descending noradrenergic inhibitory neurons (DNIN), resulting in activation of DNIN. In the spinal cord, activation of DNIN leads to the release of norepinephrine, which inhibits nociceptive processing through direct activation of [alpha]2 adrenoceptor and indirect activation of GABAergic neurons through [alpha]1 adrenoceptor. Arising from this hypothesis, it follows that GABAergic neurons will modulate the antinociceptive effect of N2O in diametrically opposite directions at supraspinal and spinal levels. The authors have tested this tenet and further examined the effect of midazolam, a GABA-mimetic agent, on N2O-induced antinociceptive effect.
Methods: Adult male Fischer rats were administered muscimol (GABAA receptor agonist) intracerebroventricularly (icv), gabazine (GABAA receptor antagonist) intrathecally (intrathecal), or midazolam intraperitoneally (intraperitoneal). Fifteen minutes later, they were exposed to air or 75% N2O and were subjected to the plantar test after 30 min of gas exposure. In some animals administered with midazolam, gas exposure was continued for 90 min, and the brain and spinal cord were examined immunohistochemically.
Results: The N2O-induced antinociceptive effect, which was attenuated by icv muscimol, intrathecal gabazine, and intraperitoneal midazolam. Midazolam inhibited N2O-induced c-Fos expression (a marker of neuronal activation) in the pontine A7 and spinal cord. 相似文献
Some reports have been written about hypokalemic periodic paralysis dealing with cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmia during the paralytic attack. However, no reports have been written about the cardiac function during the attack in cases of normokalemic periodic paralysis. So, we investigated cardiac function in two patients with normokalemic periodic paralysis. A 3.0 g dose of KCl was administered orally to the patients (1 male, 1 female) and 10 healthy volunteers (5 males, 5 females). Cardiac function by using ejection time (ET)/pre-ejection period (PEP), grasping power, and the level of plasma catecholamine were measured during the paralytic attack. Changes in the patients were compared with those in the volunteers. Next, a 3.0 g dose of KCl was administered to the patient, followed by intravenous dosing of 10% NaCl (50 ml) after which ET/PEP and grasping power measured. Lastly, a 60 mg dose of diltiazem, a 10 mg dose of nifedipine or a 80 mg dose of verapamil were administered, followed by a 3.0 g dose of KCl after which ET/PEP and grasping power were measured again. Thirty minutes after the administration of KCl, the grasping power decreased remarkably, from 32.0 kg to 17.0 kg in the male patient and from 30.0 kg to 20.0 kg in the female patient. By contrast, the ET/PEP showed a clear increase, from 3.47 to 6.17 in the male patient and from 2.84 to 5.45 in the female patient. Grasping power of the volunteers, however, did not change remarkably (avg. 40.3 kg before vs. 40.9 kg after in the males and avg. 26.9 kg before vs. 26.0 kg after in the females) and ET/PEP of the volunteers did not change remarkably (avg. 3.37 before vs. 3.17 after in the males and avg. 3.30 before vs. 3.43 after in the females). No significant changes were found in the levels of plasma catecholamine during the paralytic attack.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) 相似文献