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Masayuki Hori, Takahiro Yasumi, Saeko Shimodera, Hirofumi Shibata, Eitaro Hiejima, Hirotsugu Oda, Kazushi Izawa, Tomoki Kawai, Masataka Ishimura, Naoko Nakano, Ryutaro Shirakawa, Ryuta Nishikomori, Hidetoshi Takada, Satoshi Morita, Hisanori Horiuchi, Osamu Ohara, Eiichi Ishii, Toshio Heike, A CD57+ CTL Degranulation Assay Effectively Identifies Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Type 3 Patients., Journal of clinical immunology, 10.1007/s10875-016-0357-3, 37, 1, 92-99, 2017.01, PURPOSE: Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 3 (FHL3) is a genetic disorder that results in immune dysregulation. It requires prompt and accurate diagnosis. A natural killer (NK) cell degranulation assay is often used to screen for FHL3 patients. However, we recently encountered two cases of late-onset FHL3 carrying novel UNC13D missense mutations: in these cases, the degranulation assays using freshly isolated and interleukin (IL)-2-activated NK cells yielded contradictory results. Since the defective degranulation of CD57+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in these cases was helpful for making the diagnosis, we assessed whether the CD57+ CTL degranulation assay more effectively identified FHL3 patients than the NK cell assays. METHODS: Forty additional patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis were prospectively screened for FHL3 by measuring the perforin expression in NK cells and the expression of Munc13-4, syntaxin-11, and Munc18-2 in platelets and by performing NK cell and CTL degranulation assays. The results were confirmed by genetic analysis. RESULTS: The freshly isolated NK cell degranulation assay detected FHL3 patients with high sensitivity (100%) but low specificity (71%). The IL-2-stimulated NK cell assay had improved specificity, but 3 out of the 31 non-FHL3 patients still showed degranulation below the threshold level. The CD57+ CTL degranulation assay identified FHL3 patients with high sensitivity and specificity (both 100%). CONCLUSIONS: The CD57+ CTL degranulation assay more effectively identified FHL3 patients than the NK cell-based assays.. |
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Etsuro Nanishi, Takayuki Hoshina, Hidetoshi Takada, Masataka Ishimura, Hisanori Nishio, Takahiro Uehara, Yumi Mizuno, Shunji Hasegawa, Shouichi Ohga, Masayoshi Nagao, Maiko Igarashi, Shuhei Yajima, Yoshio Kusumoto, Noriko Onishi, Yoji Sasahara, Takahiro Yasumi, Toshio Heike, Toshiro Hara, A nationwide survey of common viral infections in childhood among patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases., The Journal of infection, 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.07.018, 73, 4, 358-68, 2016.10, OBJECTIVES: Patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) are highly susceptible to various microorganisms. However, no population-based studies have been performed among common viral pathogens, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rotavirus (RV), varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and influenza virus (IV). The objective of this study was to reveal the clinical burden of these four infections among PID patients in Japan. METHODS: We conducted a nationwide survey by sending questionnaires to 898 hospitals with pediatric departments throughout Japan. RESULTS: Nine hundred ten PID patients from 621 hospitals were registered (response rate: 69.2%). Fifty-four of the patients were hospitalized due to these viral infections. The durations of hospitalization due to RSV and RV infections differed significantly in the PID patients with and without cellular immunodeficiency (12.0 vs 6.5 days, p = 0.041; and 14.0 vs 6.0 days, p = 0.031, respectively). There was no significant difference in the duration of hospitalization in PID patients with and without cellular immunodeficiency who were hospitalized with IV infections (7.3 vs 6.1 days, p = 0.53). CONCLUSIONS: Special attention should be paid to PID patients with compromised cellular immunity who present with RSV and RV infection due to their high risk for severe disease.. |
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Masataka Ishimura, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yumi Mizuno, Hidetoshi Takada, Motohiro Goto, Takehiko Doi, Takayuki Hoshina, Shouichi Ohga, Koichi Ohshima, Toshiro Hara, A non-invasive diagnosis of histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis by means of gene expression profile analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells., Journal of clinical immunology, 10.1007/s10875-013-9897-y, 33, 5, 1018-26, 2013.07, Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (HNL), also called Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, is a benign, self-limiting inflammatory disease with fever and painful cervical lymphadenopathy of unknown etiology. A lymph node biopsy is required for the definitive diagnosis because of no specific symptoms or laboratory findings for HNL. To establish the rapid non-invasive diagnostic method for this disease, we investigated genes specifically expressed in the patients by analyzing whole transcriptome using microarray analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). The top five up-regulated genes (IFI44L, CXCL10, GBP1, EPSTI1 and IFI27) in HNL were interferon-induced genes (ISGs). The expression levels of the up-regulated genes by microarray were verified by quantitative PCR. High levels of serum CXCL10 concentration were confirmed at the symptomatic phase of HNL patients. The expression levels of these 5 genes positively correlated with each other (r(2) = 0.28-0.60). The genes were also highly expressed in HNL lymph nodes. The discriminant analysis using the expression levels of these five genes distinguished HNL with 84% accuracy. The combination of up-regulated ISGs in HNL seemed to be a specific response induced by viral infections or autoantigens. An analysis of the gene expression profile of PBMC may provide a rapid non-invasive diagnosis of HNL.. |
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Maiko Noguchi, Hiroshi Moritake, Sachiyo Kamimura, Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Jiro Inagaki, Adalimumab for treatment of hemophagocytic syndrome following unrelated bone marrow transplantation in a boy with Behcet's disease and secondary myelodysplastic syndrome., Bone marrow transplantation, 10.1038/s41409-018-0180-y, 53, 9, 1214-1217, 2018.09. |
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Masako Ichiyama, Shouichi Ohga, Masayuki Ochiai, Koichi Tanaka, Yuka Matsunaga, Takeshi Kusuda, Hirosuke Inoue, Masataka Ishimura, Tomohito Takimoto, Yui Koga, Taeko Hotta, Dongchon Kang, Toshiro Hara, Age-specific onset and distribution of the natural anticoagulant deficiency in pediatric thromboembolism., Pediatric research, 10.1038/pr.2015.180, 79, 1-1, 81-6, 2016.01, BACKGROUND: The early diagnosis of inherited thrombophilia in children is challenging because of the rarity and hemostatic maturation. METHODS: We explored protein C (PC), protein S (PS), and antithrombin (AT) deficiencies in 306 thromboembolic patients aged ≤20 y using the screening of plasma activity and genetic analysis. RESULTS: Reduced activities were determined in 122 patients (40%). Low PC patients were most frequently found in the lowest age group (0-2 y, 45%), while low PS or low AT patients were found in the highest age group (16-20 y; PS: 30% and AT: 20%). Genetic study was completed in 62 patients having no other causes of thromboembolism. Mutations were determined in 18 patients (8 PC, 8 PS, and 2 AT genes). Six of eight patients with PC gene mutation were found in age 0-2 y (75%), while six of eight patients with PS gene mutation were in 7-20 y. Two AT gene-mutated patients were older than 4 y. Four PC-deficient and two PS-deficient patients carried compound heterozygous mutations. All but one PC gene-mutated patient suffered from intracranial thromboembolism, while PS/AT gene-mutated patients mostly developed extracranial venous thromboembolism. CONCLUSION: Stroke in low PC infants and deep vein thrombosis in low PS/AT school age children could be targeted for genetic screening of pediatric thrombophilias.. |
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R Ni, K Ihara, K Miyako, M Takemoto, M Ishimura, H Kohno, N Matsuura, A Yoshimura, T Hara, Association study of polymorphisms in SOCS family genes with type 1 diabetes mellitus., International journal of immunogenetics, 33, 1, 7-10, 2006.02, Suppressors of cytokine signalling (SOCS) proteins play important roles in the negative regulation of cytokine signal. We first searched for polymorphisms in SOCS-1, SOCS-3 and SOCS-5 genes, and examined the association of the polymorphisms with type 1 diabetes (T1D). As a result, we did not find any significant associations between SOCS genes and T1D.. |
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Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Yuko Ichimiya, Eiko Terashi, Katsuhide Eguchi, Yasunari Sakai, Hidetoshi Takada, Asahito Hama, Hitoshi Kanno, Tsutomu Toki, Etsuro Ito, Shouichi Ohga, Atypical erythroblastosis in a patient with Diamond-Blackfan anemia who developed del(20q) myelodysplasia., International journal of hematology, 10.1007/s12185-018-2424-4, 108, 2, 228-231, 2018.08, Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital red cell aplasia arising from ribosomal protein (RP) defects. Affected patients present with neonatal anemia, occasional dysmorphism, and cancer predisposition. An anemic newborn was diagnosed with DBA due to RPL5 mutation (c.473_474del, p.K158SfsX26). Refractory anemia required regular transfusions and iron chelation therapy. Pancytopenia occurred at age 16 years. Bone-marrow studies showed myelodysplasia, erythroblastosis, and clonal evolution of del(20)(q11.2q13.3). Severe anemia required transfusions. Del(20q), including the L3MBTL1 gene, is reported to be relevant to the hematological phenotype of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. A combined defect of RPL5 and L3MBTL1 may contribute to the aberrant erythropoiesis in the present case.. |
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Yutaro Yada, Michiko Torio, Yuhki Koga, Fumiya Yamashita, Takuya Ichimura, Katsuhide Eguchi, Masataka Ishimura, Yuichi Mushimoto, Akio Hiwatashi, Momoko Sasazuki, Ryutaro Kira, Yasunari Sakai, Shouichi Ohga, Brain-sparing cord blood transplantation for the borderline stage of adrenoleukodystrophy., Molecular genetics and metabolism reports, 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100778, 28, 100778-100778, 2021.09, BACKGROUND: Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is an X-linked disorder characterized by rapidly progressive deterioration of neurocognitive functions and premature death. In addition to the difficulty in identifying the earliest signs of ALD, treatment-associated exacerbation of neurological symptoms has been an obstacle to achieve successful hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for affected children. CASE REPORT: We report a 9-year-boy with ALD. He presented with impairment in social skills compatible to the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder from 3 years of age. He showed progressive strabismus, slurred speech and dysmetria at 6 years of age. The head MRI showed symmetrical T2-hyperintense lesions in the occipital white matters with a gadolinium enhancement, which extended to the internal capsules. The Loes score was thus calculated as 13. Very-long-chain-fatty-acids were increased to 1.800 (C24:0/C22:0) and 0.077 (C26:0/C22:0) in leukocytes. Sanger sequencing confirmed the pathogenic variant in ABCD1 (NM_000033.4:p.Gly512Ser). After multidisciplinary discussions over the treatment options, we performed a cord blood HCT with a reduced intensity conditioning (fludarabine, melphalan and brain-sparing total body irradiation). He was fully recovered with >90% chimerism of donor leukocytes at 55 days after HCT. He experienced three times of generalized seizures after discharge, that has been well controlled for 2 years without other complications or neurocognitive deteriorations. CONCLUSION: For patients with ALD on a borderline indication for HCT, brain-sparing irradiation might be an alternative option in reduced intensity conditioning. Careful decision-making process and tailored conditioning are critical for the successful outcome of HCT for children with ALD.. |
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Jun Muneuchi, Shouichi Ohga, Masataka Ishimura, Kazuyuki Ikeda, Kenichiro Yamaguchi, Akihiko Nomura, Hidetoshi Takada, Yasunobu Abe, Toshiro Hara, Cardiovascular complications associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection., Pediatric cardiology, 10.1007/s00246-008-9343-8, 30, 3, 274-81, 2009.04, This study aimed to assess the outcome of cardiovascular diseases for patients with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV). The study enrolled 15 patients (7 boys and 8 girls) who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for CAEBV, including 10 patients with T-cell type and 3 patients with natural killer (NK)-cell type. The median age at the CAEBV onset was 6.3 years (range, 1.2-17.8 years). Regular cardiologic studies were performed during the median follow-up period of 8 years (range, 2-20 years). Nine patients (60%) had cardiac diseases including coronary artery lesion (CAL) (n = 4, 44%), decreased left ventricular ejection fraction and pericardial effusion in (n = 3, 33%), complete atrioventricular block (n = 1), and sudden arrest (n = 1). The frequency of fever (78%, p = 0.04) or cytopenias (100%, p = 0.01), as the major symptom among patients with cardiac complications, was higher than among those without complications. The median time from disease onset to detection of CAL was 3.4 years (range, 1.8-8.6 years). The mean z-score increased to 3.98. Seven patients (78%) with cardiac complications died of disease progression, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-related events, or both. In two patients, CAL regressed after allogeneic cord blood transplantation. Among CAEBV patients, CAL was the most common cardiac complication and could not be controlled without the eradication of EBV-infected T- and NK-cells.. |
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Toshihiko Kakiuchi, Katsuhide Eguchi, Daisuke Koga, Hiroi Eguchi, Masanori Nishi, Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Muneaki Matsuo, Changes in bone marrow and peripheral blood lymphocyte subset findings with onset of hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia., Medicine, 10.1097/MD.0000000000028953, 101, 8, e28953, 2022.02, RATIONALE: Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia (HAAA) is a rare illness that results in bone marrow failure following hepatitis development. The etiological agent remains unknown in most HAAA cases. However, clinical features of the disease and immunotherapy response indicate that immune-mediated factors play a central role in the pathogenesis of HAAA. Activation of cytotoxic T cells and increase in CD8 cells could exert cytotoxic effects on the myelopoietic cells in the bone marrow. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 15-month-old boy was brought to our hospital with complaints of generalized petechiae and purpura observed a week prior to hospitalization. His liver was palpated 3 cm below the costal margin, platelet count was 0 × 104/μL, and alanine aminotransferase level was 1346 IU/L. A blood test indicated cytomegalovirus infection, and 3 bone marrow examinations revealed progressive HAAA. As the disease progressed to the 3rd, 6th, and 9th week after onset, CD4+ T cells were markedly decreased, CD8+ T cells were markedly increased, and the CD4/CD8 ratio was significantly decreased. The number of B cells and natural killer cells decreased with time, eventually reaching 0.0%. DIAGNOSIS: HAAA. INTERVENTIONS: Rabbit antithymocyte globulin and eltrombopag olamine (a thrombopoietin receptor agonist) were administered. OUTCOMES: The patient's platelet count returned to normal, and bone marrow transplantation was avoided. The peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) improved as the patient's general condition recovered. LESSONS: This case demonstrates that HAAA induced by cytomegalovirus infection features decreasing CD4+ and increasing CD8+ PBLs as the bone marrow hypoplasia progresses. The PBLs return to their normal levels with the recovery from the disease. Our case findings thus support the involvement of immunological abnormality in HAAA.. |
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Naoki Egami, Masayuki Ochiai, Masako Ichiyama, Hirosuke Inoue, Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Souichi Suenobu, Toshiya Nishikubo, Akira Ishiguro, Taeko Hotta, Takeshi Uchiumi, Dongchon Kang, Shouichi Ohga, Clinical Impact of Heritable Thrombophilia on Neonatal-Onset Thromboembolism: A Nationwide Study in Japan., The Journal of pediatrics, 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.07.001, 238, 259-267, 2021.11, OBJECTIVE: To clarify the incidence and genetic risk of neonatal-thromboembolism, we conducted a nationwide study exploring the impact of thrombophilia on neonatal-thromboembolism in Japan. STUDY DESIGN: A questionnaire survey was conducted for perinatal centers in Japan, focusing on the clinical expression, genotype, treatment, and outcome of patients who developed thromboembolism within 28 days of birth from 2014 to 2018. RESULTS: The estimated incidence of neonatal-thromboembolism was 0.39 cases per 10 000 live births. Intracranial lesions and purpura fulminans occurred in 66 and 5 of 77 patients, respectively. Fifty-eight (75.3%) infants presented within 3 days after birth. Four (5.2%) died, and 14 (18.2%) survived with disability. At the diagnosis, |
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Shouichi Ohga, Masataka Ishimura, Goichi Yoshimoto, Toshihiro Miyamoto, Hidetoshi Takada, Tamami Tanaka, Koichi Ohshima, Yoshiyasu Ogawa, Ken-Ichi Imadome, Yasunobu Abe, Koichi Akashi, Toshiro Hara, Clonal origin of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infected T/NK-cell subpopulations in EBV-positive T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative disorders of childhood., Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.01.014, 51, 1, 31-7, 2011.05, BACKGROUND: In Japan, chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) may manifest with infection of T-cells or NK-cells, clonal lymphoid proliferations, and overt lymphoid malignancy. These EBV-positive lymphoproliferative disorders (EBV(+)LPD) of childhood are related to, but distinct from the infectious mononucleosis-like CAEBV seen in Western populations. The clonal nature of viral infection within lymphoid subsets of patients with EBV(+)LPD of childhood is not well described. OBJECTIVES: Viral distribution and clonotype were assessed within T-cell subsets, NK-cells, and CD34(+)stem cells following high purity cell sorting. STUDY DESIGN: Six Japanese patients with EBV(+)LPD of childhood (3 T-cell LPD and 3 NK-cell LPD) were recruited. Prior to immunochemotherapy, viral loads and clonal analyses of T-cell subsets, NK-cells, and CD34(+)stem cells were studied by high-accuracy cell sorting (>99.5%), Southern blotting and real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS: Patient 1 had a monoclonal proliferation of EBV-infected γδT-cells and carried a lower copy number of EBV in αβT-cells. Patients 2 and 3 had clonal expansions of EBV-infected CD4(+)T-cells, and lower EBV load in NK-cells. Patients 4, 5 and 6 had EBV(+)NK-cell expansions with higher EBV load than T-cells. EBV-terminal repeats were determined as clonal bands in the minor targeted populations of 5 patients. The size of terminal repeats indicated the same clonotype in minor subsets as in the major subsets of four patients. EBV was not, however, detected in the bone marrow-derived CD34(+)stem cells of patients. CONCLUSIONS: A single EBV clonotype may infect multiple NK-cell and T-cell subsets of patients with EBV(+)LPD of childhood. CD34(+)stem cells are spared, suggesting infection of more differentiated elements.. |
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Hiroe Itami, Shigeo Hara, Masanori Matsumoto, Shin Imamura, Rie Kanai, Kei Nishiyama, Masataka Ishimura, Shouichi Ohga, Makiko Yoshida, Ryojiro Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Ogawa, Yujiro Asada, Yoko Sekita-Hatakeyama, Kinta Hatakeyama, Chiho Ohbayashi, Complement activation associated with ADAMTS13 deficiency may contribute to the characteristic glomerular manifestations in Upshaw-Schulman syndrome., Thrombosis research, 10.1016/j.thromres.2018.08.020, 170, 148-155, 2018.10, INTRODUCTION: Upshaw-Schulman syndrome (USS) is a congenital form of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) associated with loss-of-function mutations in the ADAMTS13 gene, possibly leading to aberrant complement activation and vascular injury. However, USS is extremely rare, and there have been no systematic studies correlating histopathological severity with local ADAMTS13 expression and complement activation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Here, we compared histopathological features, ADAMTS13 immunoreactivity, and immunoreactivity of complement proteins C4d and C5b-9 among renal biopsy tissues from five USS cases, ten acquired TTP cases, and eleven controls. RESULTS: Pathological analysis revealed chronic glomerular sclerotic changes in the majority of USS cases (4 of 5), with minor glomerular pathology in the remaining case. In two of these four severe cases, more than half of the glomerular segmental sclerosis area was localized in the perihilar region. The average number of ADAMTS13-positive cells per glomerulus was significantly lower in USS cases than controls (p |
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Pin Fee Chong, Michiko Torio, Fumihiko Fujii, Yuichiro Hirata, Wakato Matsuoka, Yuri Sonoda, Yuko Ichimiya, Yutaro Yada, Noriyuki Kaku, Masataka Ishimura, Momoko Sasazuki, Yuhki Koga, Masafumi Sanefuji, Yasunari Sakai, Shouichi Ohga, Critical vitamin deficiencies in autism spectrum disorder: Reversible and irreversible outcomes., European journal of clinical nutrition, 10.1038/s41430-022-01170-x, 2022.06, Vitamin deficiencies are an emerging concern in the management of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Particular attention is required for recognizing the variable signs caused by unbalanced food intakes. We herein report two patients with multiple vitamin deficiencies who needed critical care showing different prognoses. Patient 1 with 'Shoshin' beriberi presenting with cardiac arrest had thiamine deficiency developed severe neurological sequelae despite rapid vitamin supplementation. Patient 2, who had leg pain and a limping gait, showed a rapid recovery with intravenous infusion and tube feeding after being diagnosed with scurvy. A literature search revealed several children with ASD with critically ill thiamine deficiency, but few reports documented a life-threatening condition in the form of cardiac arrest at the onset. Considering the high observation rate of food selectivity in children with ASD, early intervention is required to prevent the exacerbation of vitamin deficiencies to severe neurological disabilities.. |
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Masako Ichiyama, Hirosuke Inoue, Masayuki Ochiai, Masataka Ishimura, Akira Shiraishi, Junko Fujiyoshi, Hironori Yamashita, Kazuo Sato, Shinya Matsumoto, Taeko Hotta, Takeshi Uchiumi, Dongchon Kang, Shouichi Ohga, Diagnostic challenge of the newborn patients with heritable protein C deficiency., Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 10.1038/s41372-018-0262-0, 39, 2, 212-219, 2019.02, ABSTARCT: OBJECTIVE: The diagnosis of neonatal-onset protein C (PC) deficiency is challenging. This study aimed to establish the neonatal screening of heritable PC deficiency in Japan. STUDY DESIGN: We determined the changes in plasma activity levels of PC and protein S (PS) in healthy neonates, and studied newborn patients with PROC mutation in the Japanese registry. RESULT: Physiological PC and PS levels increased with wide range. The PC/PS-activity ratios converged after birth. The PC/PS-activity ratios of 19 patients with biallelic mutations, but not, 9 with monoallelic mutation, were lower than those of 13 without mutation. The logistic regression analyses established a formula including two significant variables of PC activity (cut-off |
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Koichi Kusuhara, Shouichi Ohga, Takayuki Hoshina, Mitsumasa Saito, Yuka Sasaki, Masataka Ishimura, Hidetoshi Takada, Masaki Fujita, Toshiro Hara, Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin lymphadenitis in a patient with gp91phox- chronic granulomatous disease 25 years after vaccination., European journal of pediatrics, 10.1007/s00431-008-0824-9, 168, 6, 745-7, 2009.06, A boy developed ipsilateral axillary lymphadenitis after Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) inoculation at the age of 5 months. Subsequently, he was diagnosed with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) by the nitroblue tetrazolium assay when he was 4 years old. Body computerized tomography (CT) performed at the age of 25 years showed enlarged lymph nodes in the left periclavicular and axillary regions, and was confirmed by gallium scintigraphy. Mycobacterial culture, smear, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the sputum and gastric fluid were negative. Whole-blood IFN-gamma assay was negative as well. Mycobacterium bovis BCG was isolated from the lymph node biopsy by PCR amplification and culture. No mutation of the IFN-gamma receptor 1 could be identified. In conclusion, CGD can be the underlying condition for BCG-itis; whole-blood IFN-gamma assay might be useful in differentiating BCG infection and tuberculosis in CGD patients; BCG vaccination is contraindicated in X-linked CGD.. |
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Kenichiro Yamamura, Hidetoshi Takada, Kiyoshi Uike, Yasutaka Nakashima, Yuichiro Hirata, Hazumu Nagata, Tomohito Takimoto, Masataka Ishimura, Eiji Morihana, Shouichi Ohga, Toshiro Hara, Early progression of atherosclerosis in children with chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular syndrome., Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 10.1093/rheumatology/keu180, 53, 10, 1783-7, 2014.10, OBJECTIVE: Chronic inflammation plays a key role in the development of atherosclerosis. Early progression of atherosclerosis has been reported in patients with RA. Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are autosomal dominant autoinflammatory disorders caused by heterozygous NLRP3 gene mutations. Chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular (CINCA) syndrome is the most severe form of CAPS and patients display early onset of rash, fever, uveitis and joint manifestations. However, there has been no previous report on atherosclerosis in patients with CAPS. The objective of this study is to assess the development of atherosclerosis in patients with CINCA syndrome. METHODS: Intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid arteries, stiffness parameter β, ankle brachial index (ABI) and pressure wave velocity (PWV) were evaluated by ultrasonography in 3 patients with CINCA syndrome [mean age 9.0 years (S.D. 5.3)] and 19 age-matched healthy controls [9.3 years (S.D. 4.3)]. RESULTS: The levels of carotid IMT, stiffness parameter β and PWV in CINCA syndrome patients were significantly higher than those in healthy controls [0.51 mm (S.D. 0.05) vs 0.44 (0.04), P = 0.0021; 6.1 (S.D. 1.7) vs 3.9 (1.0), P = 0.0018; 1203 cm/s (S.D. 328) vs 855 (114), P = 0.017, respectively]. CONCLUSION: Patients with CINCA syndrome showed signs of atherosclerosis from their early childhood. The results of this study emphasize the importance of chronic inflammation in the development of atherosclerosis. Further analysis on atherosclerosis in young patients with CINCA syndrome may provide more insights into the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.. |
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Shouichi Ohga, Kiyomi Ichino, Kazunori Urabe, Masataka Ishimura, Hidetoshi Takada, Ryuta Nishikomori, Masutaka Furue, Toshiro Hara, Early-onset sarcoidosis mimicking refractory cutaneous histiocytosis., Pediatric blood & cancer, 50, 3, 723-6, 2008.03, A 10-year-old female was diagnosed as having early-onset sarcoidosis (EOS) after a prolonged skin disease. A granuloma emerged on the face at age 2 and massive lesions extended to the rest of the body. Repeated biopsies indicated histiocytic proliferation. At age 7, fever, disseminated macular eruptions, and multinucleated giant cells in the bone marrow prompted vinblastine and prednisolone therapy. Five months after stopping therapy, hypercalcemic crisis occurred along with fever, cytopenias, and interferon-gamma-nemia indicating a macrophage activation syndrome. A biopsy of nodules confirmed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. The atypical EOS should be differentiated from histiocytosis.. |
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Koji Kanno, Yoshiaki Cho, Shuichi Fujii, Yuki Ami, Osamu Nishizeki, Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Naoki Fujiwara, Ecthyma Gangrenosum in an Infant with Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 Deficiency., The Journal of pediatrics, 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.08.015, 239, 241-242, 2021.12. |
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Takafumi Nozaki, Hidetoshi Takada, Masataka Ishimura, Kenji Ihara, Kohsuke Imai, Tomohiro Morio, Masao Kobayashi, Shigeaki Nonoyama, Toshiro Hara, Endocrine complications in primary immunodeficiency diseases in Japan., Clinical endocrinology, 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04390.x, 77, 4, 628-34, 2012.10, BACKGROUND: In spite of the accumulating evidence on the interaction between the immune and endocrine systems based on the recent progress in molecular genetics, there have been few epidemiological studies focused on the endocrine complications associated with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID). OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and clinical features of endocrine complications in patients with PID in a large-scale study. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: This survey was conducted on patients with PID who were alive on 1 December 2008 and those who were newly diagnosed and died between 1 December 2007 and 30 November 2008 in Japan. We investigated the prevalence and the clinical data of the endocrine complications in 923 patients with PID registered in the secondary survey. RESULTS: Among 923 PID patients, 49 (5·3%) had endocrine disorders. The prevalence of the endocrine diseases was much higher in patients with PID than in the general population in the young age group, even after excluding patients with immune dysregulation. CONCLUSIONS: Endocrine disorders are important complications of PID. Analysis of the endocrine manifestations in patients with PID in a large-scale study may provide further insights into the relationship between the immune and endocrine systems.. |
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Shouichi Ohga, Masafumi Sanefuji, Masataka Ishimura, Akihiko Nomura, Hiroyuki Torisu, Ryutaro Kira, Hidetoshi Takada, Yumi Mizuno, Yukumasa Kazuyama, Toshiro Hara, Epstein-Barr virus load in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection., The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 10.1097/INF.0b013e318178d21e, 27, 11, 1027-30, 2008.11, Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is a rare chronic mononucleosis syndrome involving clonally proliferating EBV-infected T-/NK-cells. EBV DNA was quantified in nonpleocytotic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 9 patients. Three patients with neurologic and/or neuroimaging abnormalities showed high CSF copy numbers. In 1 patient, CSF copy number exceeded the peripheral blood value. CSF EBV-load may predict the central nervous system involvement of EBVT-/NK-cells.. |
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Yuri Sonoda, Motoshi Sonoda, Kousuke Yonemoto, Masafumi Sanefuji, Ryoji Taira, Yoshitomo Motomura, Masataka Ishimura, Hiroyuki Torisu, Ryutaro Kira, Koichi Kusuhara, Yasunari Sakai, Shouichi Ohga, Favorable outcomes of interferon-α and ribavirin treatment for a male with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis., Journal of neuroimmunology, 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2021.577656, 358, 577656-577656, 2021.09, Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a slow virus infection associated with mutant measles virus (MeV). The long-term outcome of antiviral treatments remains to be determined. We herein present a Japanese boy who was diagnosed with SSPE at 10 years of age. Intraventricular infusions of interferon-α effectively prevented the progress of symptoms during 14 years of follow-up period. Flow-cytometric analysis demonstrated higher proportion of T helper 17 cells (Th17, 18.2%) than healthy controls (4.8-14.5%) despite the normal subpopulation of peripheral lymphocytes. These data suggest that a group of patients with SSPE may show favorable responses to intraventricular infusions of interferon-α.. |
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Masako Ichiyama, Shouichi Ohga, Masayuki Ochiai, Kotaro Fukushima, Masataka Ishimura, Michiko Torio, Michiyo Urata, Taeko Hotta, Dongchon Kang, Toshiro Hara, Fetal hydrocephalus and neonatal stroke as the first presentation of protein C deficiency., Brain & development, 10.1016/j.braindev.2015.07.004, 38, 2, 253-6, 2016.02, Severe protein C-deficiency is a rare heritable thrombophilia of the newborn. Infants with biallelic PROC mutations present purpura fulminans and intracranial thromboembolism, while the prenatal onset of mutated heterozygotes remains unclear. We herewith present the first case of fetal ventriculomegaly and neonatal stroke associated with heterozygous PROC mutation. The infant was born to a healthy mother at 38 gestational weeks. The fetal growth had been normal, but the routine ultrasound screening had indicated mild hydrocephalus at 28 weeks of gestation. He developed convulsions two days after birth. Computed tomography of the brain revealed multiple hemorrhagic infarctions and ventriculomegaly. Dissociated levels of the plasma activity between protein C (21%) and protein S (42%) reached to determine the heterozygote of PROC c.574_576delAAG, a common thrombophilic predisposition in Asian ancestries. PC-mutant heterozygotes may have a limited high risk of cerebral thromboembolism during the perinatal course.. |
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Tetsuko Kobayashi, Yuhki Koga, Masataka Ishimura, Kentaro Nakashima, Wakako Kato, Hiroaki Ono, Motoshi Sonoda, Katsuhide Eguchi, Reiji Fukano, Satoshi Honjo, Yoshinao Oda, Shouichi Ohga, Fever and Skin Involvement at Diagnosis Predicting the Intractable Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: 40 Case-Series in a Single Center., Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001080, 40, 3, e148-e153, 2018.04, Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) occurs as a clonal disease with enigmatic immune responses. LCH patients occasionally present with fever, although the significance remains elusive. We investigated the predicting factors for developing intractable disease of refractory and/or reactivated LCH. In total, 40 pediatric LCH patients managed in Kyushu University from 1998 to 2014 were enrolled. The medical records were analyzed retrospectively. Sixteen patients suffered from multisystem (MS) LCH involving risk organs (ROs) (n=4) or not (n=12). In total, 24 patients had single-system LCH affecting bone (multi n=8, single n=13), skin (n=2), or lymph node lesions (n=1). Eight patients had the intractable disease of 7 MS or 1 multibone LCH. Two patients died from MS LCH with or without RO involvement. Ten patients showed persistent fever (>38°C) at onset. Intractable cases had fever, RO and skin involvement, leukocytosis, coagulopathy, microcytic anemia, higher levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptor and C-reactive protein, more frequently at diagnosis. Multivariate analysis indicated that fever and skin lesions at diagnosis were independently associated with the intractability (odds ratio: fever, 35.5; 95% confidence interval, 3.0-1229.1; skin lesions, 24.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.9-868.7). Initial fever and skin involvement might predict the development of intractable and fatal-risk LCH even without the RO involvement.. |
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Masataka Ishimura, Mitsumasa Saito, Shouichi Ohga, Takayuki Hoshina, Haruhisa Baba, Michiyo Urata, Ryutaro Kira, Hidetoshi Takada, Koichi Kusuhara, Dongchon Kang, Toshiro Hara, Fulminant sepsis/meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae in a protein C-deficient heterozygote treated with activated protein C therapy., European journal of pediatrics, 10.1007/s00431-008-0816-9, 168, 6, 673-7, 2009.06, A 13-month-old Japanese female with Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis presented with unusually severe septic shock and cerebral infarction in half a day of fever. The initial therapy of plasma-derived activated protein C (Anact C) led to an impressive effect on the aggressive condition. However, purpura fulminans and the consistent decline of plasma protein C activity (TAC, Asp46Tyr). This is the first report of infectious purpura fulminans in a protein C-deficient heterozygote. The clinical onset and treatment course adequately corroborated the aggravated immune/hemostatic reactions and the cytoprotective effects of activated protein C replacement in human heterozygous protein C deficiency. The monitoring of plasma protein C activity and sufficient administration of activated protein C product could improve the outcome of severe sepsis in children.. |
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Tomoko Henzan, Takuji Yamauchi, Ikumi Yamanaka, Teppei Sakoda, Yuichiro Semba, Masayasu Hayashi, Yoshikane Kikushige, Hiroyuki Mishima, Masataka Ishimura, Yuhki Koga, Toshihiro Miyamoto, Shouichi Ohga, Koichi Akashi, Takahiro Maeda, Yuya Kunisaki, Granulocyte collection by polymorphonuclear cell-targeting apheresis with medium-molecular-weight hydroxyethyl starch., International journal of hematology, 10.1007/s12185-021-03207-6, 114, 6, 691-700, 2021.12, Granulocyte transfusion (GTX) is a therapeutic option for patients with prolonged neutropenia suffering from severe infections. Efficient granulocyte collection by apheresis from donors requires clear separation of granulocytes from red blood cells (RBCs), and infusion of high-molecular-weight (MW) hydroxyethyl starch (HES) facilitates RBC sedimentation. Recent research has shown that apheresis with medium-MW HES may prevent adverse effects of high-MW HES on donors, but the rationale for collection with medium-MW HES has yet to be evaluated. To validate the use of medium-MW HES, we first performed experiments with whole blood samples to determine how efficiently high-, medium- and low-MW HES separated granulocytes from RBCs, and found that medium-MW HES was just as efficient as high-MW HES. We also reviewed clinical data of granulocyte apheresis at our institution to evaluate granulocyte yields. Retrospective analysis of granulocyte collection revealed that apheresis with medium-MW HES yielded sufficient granulocytes for GTX and that donor anemia reduced collection efficiency. These results collectively may help us to establish a safer method for apheresis targeting polymorphonuclear granulocytes as an alternative to high-MW HES.. |
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Satoshi Miyamoto, Katsutsugu Umeda, Mio Kurata, Masakatsu Yanagimachi, Akihiro Iguchi, Yoji Sasahara, Keiko Okada, Takashi Koike, Reo Tanoshima, Masataka Ishimura, Masafumi Yamada, Maho Sato, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Michiko Kajiwara, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Masami Inoue, Yoshiko Hashii, Hiromasa Yabe, Koji Kato, Yoshiko Atsuta, Kohsuke Imai, Tomohiro Morio, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Inborn Errors of Immunity Other than Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in Japan: Retrospective Analysis for 1985-2016., Journal of clinical immunology, 10.1007/s10875-021-01199-w, 42, 3, 529-545, 2022.04, PURPOSE: Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a curative therapy for most patients with inborn errors of immunity (IEI). We conducted a nationwide study on HCT for patients with IEI other than severe combined immunodeficiency (non-SCID) in Japan. METHODS: Data from the Japanese national database (Transplant Registry Unified Management Program, TRUMP) for 566 patients with non-SCID IEI, who underwent their first HCT between 1985 and 2016, were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: The 10-year overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) were 74% and 64%, respectively. The 10-year OS for HCT from unrelated bone marrow (URBM), accounting for 39% of HCTs, was comparable to that for HCT from matched sibling donor (MSD), 79% and 81%, respectively. HCT from unrelated cord blood (URCB), accounting for 28% of HCTs, was also common, with a 10-year OS of 69% but less robust engraftment. The intensity of conditioning was not associated with OS or neutrophil recovery; however, myeloablative conditioning was more frequently associated with infection-related death. Patients who received myeloablative irradiation showed poor OS. Multivariate analyses revealed that HCT in 1985-1995 (hazard ratio [HR], 2.0; P = 0.03), URCB (HR, 2.0; P = 0.01), and related donor other than MSD (ORD) (HR, 2.9; P |
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Satoshi Miyamoto, Katsutsugu Umeda, Mio Kurata, Akira Nishimura, Masakatsu Yanagimachi, Masataka Ishimura, Maho Sato, Tomonari Shigemura, Motohiro Kato, Yoji Sasahara, Akihiro Iguchi, Takashi Koike, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Michiko Kajiwara, Masami Inoue, Yoshiko Hashii, Hiromasa Yabe, Koji Kato, Yoshiko Atsuta, Kohsuke Imai, Tomohiro Morio, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Patients: a Japanese Retrospective Study., Journal of clinical immunology, 10.1007/s10875-021-01112-5, 41, 8, 1865-1877, 2021.11, PURPOSE: Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a curative therapy for patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Here, we conducted a nationwide study to assess the outcome of SCID patients after HCT in Japan. METHODS: A cohort of 181 SCID patients undergoing their first allogeneic HCT in 1974-2016 was studied by using the Japanese national database (Transplant Registry Unified Management Program, TRUMP). RESULTS: The 10-year overall survival (OS) of the patients who received HCT in 2006-2016 was 67%. Umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation was performed in 81 patients (45%). The outcomes of HCT from HLA-matched UCB (n = 21) and matched sibling donors (n = 22) were comparable, including 10-year OS (91% vs. 91%), neutrophil recovery (cumulative incidence at 30 days, 89% vs. 100%), and platelet recovery (cumulative incidence at 60 days, 89% vs. 100%). Multivariate analysis of the patients who received HCT in 2006-2016 demonstrated that the following factors were associated with poor OS: bacterial or fungal infection at HCT (hazard ratio (HR): 3.8, P = 0.006), cytomegalovirus infection prior to HCT (HR: 9.4, P = 0.03), ≥ 4 months of age at HCT (HR: 25.5, P = 0.009), and mismatched UCB (HR: 19.8, P = 0.01). CONCLUSION: We showed the potential of HLA-matched UCB as a donor source with higher priority for SCID patients. We also demonstrated that early age at HCT without active infection is critical for a better prognosis, highlighting the importance of newborn screening for SCID.. |
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Tsubasa Okano, Kohsuke Imai, Yuki Tsujita, Noriko Mitsuiki, Kenichi Yoshida, Chikako Kamae, Kenichi Honma, Kanako Mitsui-Sekinaka, Yujin Sekinaka, Tamaki Kato, Katsuyuki Hanabusa, Eri Endo, Takehiro Takashima, Haruka Hiroki, Tzu-Wen Yeh, Keisuke Tanaka, Masakazu Nagahori, Ikuya Tsuge, Yuki Bando, Fuminori Iwasaki, Yoshiaki Shikama, Masami Inoue, Tomiko Kimoto, Naohiko Moriguchi, Yuki Yuza, Takashi Kaneko, Kyoko Suzuki, Tomoyo Matsubara, Yoshihiro Maruo, Tomoaki Kunitsu, Tomoko Waragai, Hideki Sano, Yuko Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Tasaki, Osamu Suzuki, Toshihiko Shirakawa, Motohiro Kato, Toru Uchiyama, Masataka Ishimura, Tetsuzo Tauchi, Hiroshi Yagasaki, Shiann-Tarng Jou, Hsin-Hui Yu, Hirokazu Kanegane, Sven Kracker, Anne Durandy, Daiei Kojima, Hideki Muramatsu, Taizo Wada, Yuzaburo Inoue, Hidetoshi Takada, Seiji Kojima, Seishi Ogawa, Osamu Ohara, Shigeaki Nonoyama, Tomohiro Morio, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for progressive combined immunodeficiency and lymphoproliferation in patients with activated phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase δ syndrome type 1., The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.04.032, 143, 1, 266-275, 2019.01, BACKGROUND: Activated phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase δ syndrome type 1 (APDS1) is a recently described primary immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by recurrent respiratory tract infections, lymphoid hyperplasia, and Herpesviridae infections caused by germline gain-of-function mutations of PIK3CD. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be considered to ameliorate progressive immunodeficiency and associated malignancy, but appropriate indications, methods, and outcomes of HSCT for APDS1 remain undefined. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to analyze the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, prognosis, and treatment of APDS1 and explore appropriate indications and methods of HSCT. METHODS: We reviewed retrospectively the medical records of cohorts undergoing HSCT at collaborating facilities. RESULTS: Thirty-year overall survival was 86.1%, but event-free survival was 39.6%. Life-threatening events, such as severe infections or lymphoproliferation, were frequent in childhood and adolescence and were common indications for HSCT. Nine patients underwent HSCT with fludarabine-based reduced-intensity conditioning. Seven patients survived after frequent adverse complications and engraftment failure. Most symptoms improved after HSCT. CONCLUSION: Patients with APDS1 showed variable clinical manifestations. Life-threatening progressive combined immunodeficiency and massive lymphoproliferation were common indications for HSCT. Fludarabine-based reduced-intensity conditioning-HSCT ameliorated clinical symptoms, but transplantation-related complications were frequent, including graft failure.. |
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Yuko Ichimiya, Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Shunsuke Kanno, Shouichi Ohga, Hemorrhagic Pneumonia as the First Manifestation of Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia with Immunodeficiency., Journal of clinical immunology, 10.1007/s10875-019-00626-3, 39, 3, 264-266, 2019.04. |
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Masataka Ishimura, Shouichi Ohga, Masako Ichiyama, Koichi Kusuhara, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshiro Hara, Masaharu Takahashi, Hiroaki Okamoto, Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia during a primary infection of genotype 1a torque teno virus., European journal of pediatrics, 10.1007/s00431-009-1116-8, 169, 7, 899-902, 2010.07, A 12-year-old Japanese boy suffered from severe acute hepatitis and pancytopenia. The patient underwent successful bone marrow transplantation from an HLA-identical sister. Torque teno virus (TTV) DNA of genotype 1a and IgM-class antibody against the virus were detected in sera at the onset of hepatitis. TTV/1a DNA and anti-TTV/1a IgM antibody levels were undetectable on the 16th and 46th days after the onset of illness, respectively. Anti-TTV/1a IgG antibody was positive throughout the observation period. Sequential viral load and anti-TTV/1a IgM antibody suggested a primary infection of TTV/1a. Genomic sequence of the virus coincided with that of the original strain first isolated from human. TTV DNA was quantified at 130 copies in 10(5) bone marrow mononuclear cells, which suggested that infection of hematopoietic cells might be the cause of aplasia. This is the first report of TTV hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia assessed by the anti-TTV antibodies and viral load in peripheral blood and bone marrow.. |
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Mari Kurokawa, Kei Nishiyama, Yuhki Koga, Katsuhide Eguchi, Takashi Imai, Utako Oba, Akira Shiraishi, Hazumu Nagata, Noriyuki Kaku, Masataka Ishimura, Satoshi Honjo, Shouichi Ohga, Hyperferritinemia and acute kidney injury in pediatric patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation., Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 10.1007/s00467-020-04619-y, 35, 10, 1977-1984, 2020.10, BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) often occurs in pediatric patients who received allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). We evaluated the risk and effect of HCT-related AKI in pediatric patients. METHODS: We retrospectively studied the survival and renal outcome of 69 children 100 days and 1-year posttransplant in our institution in 2004-2016. Stage-3 AKI developed in 34 patients (49%) until 100 days posttransplant. RESULTS: The 100-day overall survival (OS) rates of patients with stage-3 AKI were lower than those without it (76.5% vs. 94.3%, P = 0.035). The 1-year OS rates did not differ markedly between 21 post-100-day survivors with stage-3 AKI and 29 without it (80.8% vs. 87.9%, P = 0.444). The causes of 19 deaths included the relapse of underlying disease or graft failure (n = 11), treatment-related events (4), and second HCT-related events (4). Underlying disease of malignancy (crude hazard ratio (HR) 5.7; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.20 to 14.96), > 1000 ng/mL ferritinemia (crude HR 4.29; 95% CI, 2.11 to 8.71), stem cell source of peripheral (crude HR 2.96; 95% CI, 1.22 to 7.20) or cord blood (crude HR 2.29; 95% CI, 1.03 to 5.06), and myeloablative regimen (crude HR 2.56; 95% CI, 1.24 to 5.26), were identified as risk factors for stage-3 AKI until 100 days posttransplant. Hyperferritinemia alone was significant (adjusted HR 5.52; 95% CI, 2.21 to 13.76) on multivariable analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Hyperferritinemia was associated with stage-3 AKI and early mortality posttransplant. Pretransplant iron control may protect the kidney of pediatric HCT survivors.. |
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Kazuhiro Ohkubo, Kenji Ihara, Shouichi Ohga, Masataka Ishimura, Toshiro Hara, Hypothyroidism and levothyroxine-responsive liver dysfunction in a patient with ring chromosome 18 syndrome., Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, 10.1089/thy.2011.0521, 22, 10, 1080-3, 2012.10, BACKGROUND: Ring chromosome 18 [r18] is a rare constitutional chromosomal aberration syndrome, characterized by dysmorphic face, hypoactivity, short stature, and delayed development. Autoimmune thyroiditis and immunoglobulin (Ig) A deficiency are occasionally associated with chromosome-18 deletion syndromes. SUMMARY: Here, we report a 2-year-old male child with r(18) syndrome and a selective IgA deficiency ( |
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Lili Cui, Hidetoshi Takada, Tomohito Takimoto, Junko Fujiyoshi, Masataka Ishimura, Toshiro Hara, Immunoregulatory function of neonatal nucleated red blood cells in humans., Immunobiology, 10.1016/j.imbio.2016.04.004, 221, 8, 853-61, 2016.08, We found that human cord blood nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) have a regulatory function in the innate immune reaction. These cells suppressed the production of inflammatory cytokines including TNF-α and IL-1β from monocytes in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The NRBCs exerted their regulatory function even without cell-to-cell contact with the monocytes. However, IL-10 production from the monocytes by LPS stimulation in the presence of NRBCs was higher than that from LPS-stimulated monocytes cultured in the absence of NRBCs. Addition of an anti-IL-10 receptor blocking antibody restored the inflammatory cytokine production from the monocytes, suggesting that the functional change of the monocytes caused by the interaction with NRBCs was mediated by the increased IL-10 production. A whole-genome microarray analysis revealed that the monocytes expressed increased amounts of IL-10 superfamily genes after interacting with NRBCs. IL-19, which is a member of the IL-10 superfamily, enhanced IL-10 production from the monocytes, which suggested a cooperative role of the IL-10 superfamily in the suppression of inflammatory cytokine production from monocytes. Arginase, which was reported to play an important role in the suppressive function of NRBCs in mice monocytes, was found to have no significant role in human monocytes. The NRBCs seem to have a regulatory role through the induction of IL-10/IL-19 production by monocytes to suppress a vigorous innate immune reaction, which can be harmful to fetuses.. |
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Jun Muneuchi, Masataka Ishimura, Hidetoshi Takada, Takayuki Hoshina, Rina Utsunomiya, Kazuyuki Ikeda, Kenichiro Yamaguchi, Shouichi Ohga, Koichi Kusuhara, Toshiro Hara, Incomplete Kawasaki disease in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease., Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society, 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03059.x, 52, 3, e134-6, 2010.06. |
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Hidetoshi Takada, Masataka Ishimura, Tomohito Takimoto, Toaki Kohagura, Hideto Yoshikawa, Masue Imaizumi, Koichi Shichijyou, Yoko Shimabukuro, Tomoo Kise, Nobuyuki Hyakuna, Osamu Ohara, Shigeaki Nonoyama, Toshiro Hara, Invasive Bacterial Infection in Patients with Interleukin-1 Receptor-associated Kinase 4 Deficiency: Case Report., Medicine, 10.1097/MD.0000000000002437, 95, 4, e2437, 2016.01, Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) deficiency (OMIM #607676) is a rare primary immunodeficiency of innate immune defect. We identified 10 patients from 6 families with IRAK4 deficiency in Japan, and analyzed the clinical characteristics of this disease. Nine patients had homozygous c.123_124insA mutation, and 1 patient had c.123_124insA and another nonsense mutation (547C>T). Umbilical cord separation occurred on the 14th day after birth or thereafter. Two patients had no severe infections owing to the prophylactic antibiotic treatment. Severe invasive bacterial infections occurred before the age of 3 in the other 8 patients. Among them, 7 patients had pneumococcal meningitis. Five patients died of invasive bacterial infection during infancy, although intravenous antibiotic treatment was started within 24 hours after onset in 4 patients among them. Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid of the patients who had fatal meningitis revealed very low glucose levels with only mild pleocytosis. The clinical courses of invasive bacterial infections were often rapidly progressive despite the early, appropriate antibiotic treatment in IRAK4 deficiency patients. The early diagnosis and appropriate prophylaxis of invasive bacterial infections are necessary for the patients.. |
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Takehiko Doi, Shouichi Ohga, Naoko Ito, Masataka Ishimura, Naohiro Suga, Akihiko Nomura, Hidetoshi Takada, Masanori Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Fujimura, Toshiro Hara, Limited renal prophylaxis in regular plasmatherapy for heritable ADAMTS13 deficiency., Pediatric blood & cancer, 10.1002/pbc.24553, 60, 9, 1557-8, 2013.09. |
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Takashi Imai, Akira Shiraishi, Kei Nishiyama, Masataka Ishimura, Shouichi Ohga, Lipopolysaccharide-induced monocyte death in a novel ZnF7 domain mutation of TNFAIP3., The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.01.026, 8, 6, 2071-2074, 2020.06. |
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Hidetoshi Takada, Masataka Ishimura, Hiroko Inada, Shouichi Ohga, Koichi Kusuhara, Yoichi Moroi, Masutaka Furue, Toshiro Hara, Lipopolysaccharide-induced monocytic cell death for the diagnosis of mild neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease., The Journal of pediatrics, 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.01.038, 152, 6, 885-7, 2008.06, In this report, we describe a boy who showed mild symptoms of neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease. Although his symptoms and laboratory findings were similar to those of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, further examinations revealed papilledema, meningitis, and a NLRP3 mutation. His peripheral blood monocytes died within 24 hours after lipopolysaccharide stimulation, a test that may be useful for diagnosis even in mild cases.. |
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Takehiko Doi, Shouichi Ohga, Masataka Ishimura, Hidetoshi Takada, Kanako Ishii, Kenji Ihara, Hideyuki Nagai, Toshiro Hara, Long-term liposteroid therapy for idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis., European journal of pediatrics, 10.1007/s00431-013-2065-9, 172, 11, 1475-81, 2013.11, UNLABELLED: Control of refractory bleeding in idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) is challenging. Based on the effect of liposteroid (dexamethasone palmitate) for acute bleeding in two reported cases, the long-term utility was assessed in all nine IPH children (including the first two cases) treated in a tertiary center for 20 years. The median at disease onset was 2.3 years (range, 1.2 to 8.6). All had life-threatening and/or repetitive bleeding on prednisolone (PSL) therapy. Liposteroid was intravenously infused at 0.8 mg/kg/day for three consecutive days at the time of acute bleeding. Single infusion was followed by a longer interval from weekly to monthly accompanied by low-dose PSL (less than 0.3 mg/kg/day). Monthly infusion as maintenance therapy was continued for prophylaxis of bleeding. Treatment outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. During the observation period of a median of 11.0 years (range 2.4-16.9 years), no one died. Five patients were weaned and the other one was being weaned from liposteroid for the cure or long remission (median, 5.5 years). Three others were on liposteroid therapy because of active disease. Neither patient had respiratory symptoms, although three showed subnormal %vital capacity. Serum levels of KL-6 and ferritin were normal in all and all but one patient(s), respectively. Four patients (three on liposteroid therapy) showed low bone mineral density. There were no obese patients. Height SD score did not significantly decrease except for one patient. CONCLUSION: The liposteroid therapy might improve the survival of IPH patients with reducing the adverse effects of steroids, although prospective control studies are needed.. |
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Masataka Ishimura, Shouichi Ohga, Yoshihisa Nagatoshi, Jun Okamura, Tatsuro Tajiri, Kenichi Kohashi, Yoshinao Oda, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshiro Hara, Malignant hepatic tumor occurring 10 yrs after a histocompatible sibling donor bone marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anemia., Pediatric transplantation, 11, 8, 945-9, 2007.12, A 13-yr-old boy developed post-transplant liver tumor. At three yrs of age, this patient underwent a histocompatible sibling donor BMT for severe aplastic anemia, after a conditioning with antithymocyte globulin and cyclophosphamide. He became a HBV carrier after BMT. Stable mixed chimerism and mild thrombocytopenia, but no active hepatitis continued. At age 13, abdominal pain was a sign of massive tumor. Extremely high levels of alpha-fetoprotein indicated the clinical diagnosis of hepatoblastoma that might be the first report as post-BMT malignancy. The necropsy specimens revealed that the tumor was recipient cell-origin and showed the histopathological features of both hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Prolonged mixed chimerism and hepatitis virus infection might induce a rare oncogenesis after non-irradiated conditioning.. |
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Takada H, Nomura A, Ishimura M, Ichiyama M, Ohga S, Hara T, NEMO mutation as a cause of familial occurrence of Behçet's disease in female patients., Clin Genet. , 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01432.x., 78, 6, 575-579, 2010.12. |
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Ishimura M, Takada H, Doi T, Imai K, Sasahara Y, Kanegane H, Nishikomori R, Morio T, Heike T, Kobayashi M, Ariga T, Tsuchiya S, Nonoyama S, Miyawaki T, Hara T
, Nationwide Survey of Patients with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases in Japan, Journal of Clinical Immunology, 31, 968-976, 2011.12. |
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Ichiro Yonese, Chizuko Sakashita, Ken-Ichi Imadome, Tohru Kobayashi, Masahide Yamamoto, Akihisa Sawada, Yoshinori Ito, Noriko Fukuhara, Asao Hirose, Yusuke Takeda, Masanori Makita, Tomoyuki Endo, Shun-Ichi Kimura, Masataka Ishimura, Osamu Miura, Shouichi Ohga, Hiroshi Kimura, Shigeyoshi Fujiwara, Ayako Arai, Nationwide survey of systemic chronic active EBV infection in Japan in accordance with the new WHO classification., Blood advances, 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001451, 4, 13, 2918-2926, 2020.07, Systemic chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (sCAEBV) was defined as a T- or NK-cell neoplasm in the 2017 World Health Organization (WHO) classification. To clarify the clinical features of sCAEBV under this classification and review the effects of chemotherapy, we performed a nationwide survey in Japan from 2016 through 2018 of patients with sCAEBV newly diagnosed from January 2003 through March 2016. One hundred cases were evaluated. The patients were aged 1 to 78 years (median, 21) and included 53 males and 47 females. Spontaneous regression was not observed in patients with active disease. In the childhood-onset group (age, 45 years) were female. The prognosis of the childhood-onset group was better than those of the adolescent/adult- and elderly-onset groups. The main chemotherapies used were a combination of cyclosporine A, steroids, and etoposide (cooling therapy) in 52 cases and cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone (CHOP) in 45 cases. The rate of complete response (CR), defined as complete resolution of disease activity, was 17% for cooling therapy and 13% for CHOP. Virological CR was not observed. The 3-year overall survival rates in patients treated with chemotherapy only (n = 20), chemotherapy followed by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT; n = 47), and allo-HSCT only (n = 12) were 0%, 65%, and 82%, respectively. Distinct characteristics were observed between childhood- and elderly-onset sCAEBV, and they appeared to be different disorders. Chemotherapy is currently insufficient to resolve disease activity and eradicate infected cells. The development of an effective treatment is urgently needed.. |
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Masataka Ishimura, Hidetoshi Takada, Takehiko Doi, Kousuke Imai, Yoji Sasahara, Hirokazu Kanegane, Ryuta Nishikomori, Tomohiro Morio, Toshio Heike, Masao Kobayashi, Tadashi Ariga, Shigeru Tsuchiya, Shigeaki Nonoyama, Toshio Miyawaki, Toshiro Hara, Nationwide survey of patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases in Japan., Journal of clinical immunology, 10.1007/s10875-011-9594-7, 31, 6, 968-76, 2011.12, To determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of patients with in Japan, we conducted a nationwide survey of primary immunodeficiency disease (PID) patients for the first time in 30 years. Questionnaires were sent to 1,224 pediatric departments and 1,670 internal medicine departments of Japanese hospitals. A total of 1,240 patients were registered. The estimated number of patients with PID was 2,900 with a prevalence of 2.3 per 100,000 people and homogenous regional distribution in Japan. The male-to-female ratio was 2.3:1 with a median age of 12.8 years. Adolescents or adults constituted 42.8% of the patients. A number of 25 (2.7%) and 78 (8.5%) patients developed malignant disorders and immune-related diseases, respectively, as complications of primary immunodeficiency disease. Close monitoring and appropriate management for these complications in addition to prevention of infectious diseases is important for improving the quality of life of PID patients.. |
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Michiko Torio, Masataka Ishimura, Shouichi Ohga, Takehiko Doi, Rina Utsunomiya, Kazuhiro Ohkubo, Naohiro Suga, Katsunori Tatsugami, Takayuki Matsumoto, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshiro Hara, Nephrolithiasis as an extra-intestinal presentation of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease unclassified., Journal of Crohn's & colitis, 10.1016/j.crohns.2010.05.012, 4, 6, 674-8, 2010.12, Urolithiasis is quite rare in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) compared with the incidence at 9-18% in adult cases. The diagnosis and treatment of pediatric IBD is challenging. Indeterminate colitis (IC), originally proposed as a subgroup of fulminant IBD, has also been used for patients when the diagnosis of either UC or CD cannot be made with certainty. Such patients should be diagnosed as having "IBD unclassified" based on evidence including mucosal biopsy samples. We report herewith a 9-year-old boy with isolated colitis that reached a diagnosis of IBD unclassified. Infliximab therapy led to a successful remission after the refractory course. However, urolithiases were impacted in the urethral valves and vesico-ureteral junction. Microhematuria was noticed from the onset of colitis. Renal calculi were detected on the X-ray films during the first line treatment. Transurethrally crushed stones consisted of calcium oxalate. Renal calculi are more closely associated with CD than ulcerative colitis in adult patients for the ileal involvement. The oxalate stones and treatment response indicated a CD-like pathophysiology. Nephrolithiasis might be a rare but noticeable extra-intestinal presentation of pediatric IBD. Infliximab therapy could be an option in pediatric refractory colitis to change the critical steroid dependency.. |
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Katsuhide Eguchi, Masataka Ishimura, Motoshi Sonoda, Hiroaki Ono, Akira Shiraishi, Shunsuke Kanno, Yuhki Koga, Hidetoshi Takada, Shouichi Ohga, Nontuberculous mycobacteria-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in MonoMAC syndrome., Pediatric blood & cancer, 10.1002/pbc.27017, 65, 7, e27017, 2018.07. |
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Tadahiro Yanagi, Tatsuki Mizuochi, Yugo Takaki, Keisuke Eda, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Masataka Ishimura, Hidetoshi Takada, Dror S Shouval, Alexandra E Griffith, Scott B Snapper, Yushiro Yamashita, Ken Yamamoto, Novel exonic mutation inducing aberrant splicing in the IL10RA gene and resulting in infantile-onset inflammatory bowel disease: a case report., BMC gastroenterology, 10.1186/s12876-016-0424-5, 16, 10-10, 2016.01, BACKGROUND: Although deleterious mutations in interleukin-10 and its receptor molecules cause severe infantile-onset inflammatory bowel disease, there are no reports of mutations affecting this signaling pathway in Japanese patients. Here we report a novel exonic mutation in the IL10RA gene that caused unique splicing aberrations in a Japanese patient with infantile-onset of inflammatory bowel disease in association with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and a transient clinical syndrome mimicking juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. CASE PRESENTATION: A Japanese boy, who was the first child of non-consanguineous healthy parents, developed bloody diarrhea, perianal fistula, and folliculitis in early infancy and was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. He also developed immune thrombocytopenic purpura and transient features mimicking juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. The patient failed to respond to various treatments, including elemental diet, salazosulfapyridine, metronidazole, corticosteroid, infliximab, and adalimumab. We identified a novel mutation (c.537G > A, p.T179T) in exon 4 of the IL10RA gene causing unique splicing aberrations and resulting in lack of signaling through the interleukin-10 receptor. At 21 months of age, the patient underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and achieved clinical remission. CONCLUSIONS: We describe a novel exonic mutation in the IL10RA gene resulting in infantile-onset inflammatory bowel disease. This mutation might also be involved in his early-onset hematologic disorders. Physicians should be familiar with the clinical phenotype of IL-10 signaling defects in order to enable prompt diagnosis at an early age and referral for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.. |
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Shunichi Adachi, Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Katsuhide Eguchi, Tamami Tanaka, Yoshitomo Motomura, Shouichi Ohga, Optimal biologics for juvenile idiopathic arthritis in an infection with SARS-CoV-2 α-variant., Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 10.1111/pai.13686, 33, 1, e13686, 2022.01. |
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Ohga S, Kang D, Kinjo T, Ochiai M, Doi T, Ishimura M, Kayamori Y, Urata M, Yamamoto J, Suenobu S.-I, Kanagane H, Ikenoue T, Shirahata A, Hara T, Paediatric presentation and outcome of congenital protein C deficiency in Japan, Haemophilia, 10.1111/hae.12097, 19, 3, 378-384, 2013.05. |
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Kei Nishiyama, Yuka Watanabe, Masataka Ishimura, Kenichi Tetsuhara, Takashi Imai, Hikaru Kanemasa, Kenji Ueki, Yoshitomo Motomura, Noriyuki Kaku, Yasunari Sakai, Ken-Ichi Imadome, Shouichi Ohga, Parvovirus B19-Infected Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in Hereditary Spherocytosis., Open forum infectious diseases, 10.1093/ofid/ofaa288, 7, 8, ofaa288, 2020.08, BACKGROUND: Human parvovirus B19 (B19V) causes glomerulopathy or microangiopathy, but not tubulopathy. We experienced an 11-year-old girl with spherocytosis who developed acute kidney injury on a primary infection of B19V. She presented with anuria, encephalopathy, thrombocytopenia, and coagulopathy, along with no apparent aplastic crisis. METHODS: Continuous hemodiafiltration, immunoglobulin, and intensive therapies led to a cure. RESULTS: A kidney biopsy resulted in a histopathological diagnosis of tubulointerstitial nephritis without immune deposits. The virus capsid protein was limitedly expressed in the tubular epithelial cells with infiltrating CD8-positive cells. CONCLUSIONS: Viral and histopathological analyses first demonstrated B19-infected tubulointerstitial nephritis due to the aberrant viremia with hereditary spherocytosis.. |
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Rie Shirayama, Hideyuki Takedani, Yushi Chikasawa, Akira Ishiguro, Masataka Ishimura, Kiyotaka Isobe, Mitsuhiro Uchiba, Yoshiyasu Ogata, Harumi Kakuda, Koichi Kusuhara, Akira Shirahata, Perioperative safety and haematostatic efficacy of a new bypassing agent pd-FVIIa/FX (Byclot) in haemophilia patients with high-responding type inhibitors., Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis, 10.1097/MBC.0000000000000851, 30, 8, 385-392, 2019.12, : The novel agent pd-FVIIa/FX is a 1 : 10 protein weight mixture of activated factor VII (FVIIa) and factor X (FX) derived from donated blood plasma. A phase III clinical trial of pd-FVIIa/FX revealed high efficacy for bleeding episodes in haemophilia patients with inhibitors. However, up to now, only one case of this new agent being used for surgery had been reported. The objective of this study is to evaluate the perioperative haemostatic efficacy and safety of pd-FVIIa/FX in haemophilia patients with inhibitors. We retrospectively reviewed 25 operation charts from 14 haemophilia patients with high-responding inhibitors using pd-FVIIa/FX during the perioperative period. Efficacy was evaluated by attending physicians and results divided into four groups (excellent, good, fair, and poor). The operation chart was provided by nine Japanese medical institutes with expertise in haemophilia management. Out of the total of 25 surgical procedures, 44% (11/25) were classified as major surgery and the remainders were minor surgeries. In all of the surgeries but one, rFVIIa and/or APCC were administered in combination or sequential method. In all cases except one, the haemostatic efficiency rate was judged as excellent or good by treating physicians for an overall efficacy rate of 96%. No thrombotic adverse effects were reported. This study's results suggest that both combination and sequential therapy of pd-FVIIa/FX and other bypassing agents are well tolerated and effective for the control of perioperative bleeding in haemophilia patients with high-responding inhibitors.. |
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Yasuaki Hagio, Akira Shiraishi, Masataka Ishimura, Motoshi Sonoda, Katsuhide Eguchi, Hidetaka Yamamoto, Yoshinao Oda, Shouichi Ohga, Posttransplant recipient-derived CD4+ T-cell lymphoproliferative disease in X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome., Pediatric blood & cancer, 10.1002/pbc.27529, 66, 3, e27529, 2019.03. |
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Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Katsuhide Eguchi, Akira Shiraishi, Shunsuke Kanno, Noriyuki Kaku, Hirosuke Inoue, Yoshitomo Motomura, Masayuki Ochiai, Yasunari Sakai, Manabu Nakayama, Osamu Ohara, Shouichi Ohga, Prognostic factors for survival of herpes simplex virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis., International journal of hematology, 10.1007/s12185-019-02738-3, 111, 1, 131-136, 2020.01, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) occurs in neonates with disseminated infection of herpes simplex virus (HSV). Little has been reported on the control of rapid HLH progression. We studied the cytokine profile and genetic basis of two index cases with divergent outcomes after early treatment of type 2 HSV infection. One survivor had fever and elevated serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin-6 (IL-6), interferon (IFN)-β, and IFN-γ at diagnosis. The other neonate had no fever or TNF-α production, but significant IL-6 or IFN responses during the treatment course, and died 19 days after birth. Among 16 reported cases of neonatal HSV-HLH including index cases, eight deceased neonates experienced significantly less fever at presentation (p = 0.028), lower platelet counts (p = 0.019), and lower ratios of soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) to ferritin levels (p = 0.044) than eight survivors. The 100-day overall survival rates were significantly higher in patients with fever (p = 0.004), > 100 × 109/L of platelet counts (p = 0.035) or > 20 of sIL-2R/ferritin ratio at diagnosis (p = 0.004). The first febrile and cytokine responses to HSV infection predict the early outcome of neonatal HSV-HLH.. |
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Motoshi Sonoda, Masataka Ishimura, Katsuhide Eguchi, Yutaro Yada, Nina Lenhartová, Akira Shiraishi, Tamami Tanaka, Yasunari Sakai, Shouichi Ohga, Progressive B cell depletion in human MALT1 deficiency., Clinical and experimental immunology, 10.1111/cei.13662, 206, 3, 237-247, 2021.12, Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma-translocation gene 1 (MALT1)-deficiency is a rare combined immunodeficiency characterized by recurrent infections, dermatitis and enteropathy. We herein investigate the immunological profiles of our patient and previously reported children with MALT1-deficiency. A mutation analysis was performed by targeted panel sequencing for primary immunodeficiency. Lymphocyte subset, activation and B cell differentiation were analyzed by flow cytometry and t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding. Pneumocystis pneumonia developed in a 6-month-old Japanese infant with atopic dermatitis, enteritis and growth restriction. This infant showed agammaglobulinemia without lymphopenia. At 8 years of age, the genetic diagnosis of MALT1-deficiency was confirmed on a novel homozygous mutation of c.1102G>T, p.E368X. T cell stimulation tests showed impairments in the production of interleukin-2, phosphorylation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) p65 and differentiation of B cells. In combination with the literature data, we found that the number of circulatory B cells, but not T cells, were inversely correlated with the age of patients. The hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) successfully reconstituted the differentiation of mature B cells and T cells. These data conceptualize that patients with complete MALT1-deficiency show aberrant differentiation and depletion of B cells. The early diagnosis and HCT lead to a cure of the disease phenotype associated with the loss-of-function mutations in human CARD11.. |
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Vlad Tocan, Kazuhiro Ohkubo, Kanako Higashi, Naoko Toda, Kanako Kojima-Ishii, Kei Nishiyama, Masataka Ishimura, Hidetoshi Takada, Osamu Sakamoto, Fusako Sasaki, Kazuko Yoshimura, Shinichi Hirose, Shouichi Ohga, Reappraising newborn screening for cobalamin C disorder., Pediatrics and neonatology, 10.1016/j.pedneo.2017.11.002, 59, 4, 415-417, 2018.08. |
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Shun Koyamaishi, Takuya Kamio, Akie Kobayashi, Tomohiko Sato, Ko Kudo, Shinya Sasaki, Rika Kanezaki, Daiichiro Hasegawa, Hideki Muramatsu, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Yoji Sasahara, Hidefumi Hiramatsu, Harumi Kakuda, Miyuki Tanaka, Masataka Ishimura, Masanori Nishi, Akira Ishiguro, Hiromasa Yabe, Takeo Sarashina, Masaki Yamamoto, Yuki Yuza, Nobuyuki Hyakuna, Kenichi Yoshida, Hitoshi Kanno, Shouichi Ohga, Akira Ohara, Seiji Kojima, Satoru Miyano, Seishi Ogawa, Tsutomu Toki, Kiminori Terui, Etsuro Ito, Reduced-intensity conditioning is effective for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in young pediatric patients with Diamond-Blackfan anemia., Bone marrow transplantation, 10.1038/s41409-020-01056-1, 56, 5, 1013-1020, 2021.05, Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only curative therapy for the hematologic manifestations of Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA). However, data regarding the optimal conditioning regimen for DBA patients are limited. We retrospectively compared the outcomes of DBA patients who underwent HSCT using either myeloablative conditioning (MAC) or reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens. The patients belonged to a cohort treated at our hospitals between 2000 and 2018. HSCT was performed in 27 of 165 patients (16.4%). The median age at the time of HSCT was 3.6 years. Stem cell sources included bone marrow for 25 patients (HLA-matched sibling donors, n = 5; HLA-mismatched related donors, n = 2; HLA-matched/mismatched unrelated donors, n = 18) or cord blood for 2 patients. MAC or RIC regimens were used in 12 and 15 patients, respectively. Engraftment was successful in all 27 patients who underwent HSCT. Three patients who underwent HSCT using MAC regimens developed sinusoidal obstruction syndrome. The 3-year overall survival (OS) and failure-free survival rates (FFS) post-transplantations were 95.2% and 88.4%, respectively, with no significant differences between MAC and RIC regimens. Our data suggest that HSCTs using RIC regimens are effective and obtain engraftment with excellent OS and FFS for young DBA patients.. |
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Kenji Murata, Takayuki Hoshina, Sagano Onoyama, Tamami Tanaka, Shunsuke Kanno, Masataka Ishimura, Yuhki Koga, Hideki Nakayama, Shouichi Ohga, Reduction in the Number of Varicella-Zoster Virus-Specific T-Cells in Immunocompromised Children with Varicella., The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine, 10.1620/tjem.250.181, 250, 3, 181-190, 2020.03, Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised hosts. The immune response to VZV of healthy subjects has been rigorously assessed, but little is known about that of immunocompromised individuals. This study aimed to clarify the primary response to VZV infection in immunocompromised children. This prospective study enrolled six immunocompromised children (median age, 33 months; range, 20-62) receiving steroids or immunosuppressants, and 10 immunocompetent children (median age, 32 months; range, 15-81) with varicella. The immunocompromised children were three patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, two recipients with liver transplantation and one patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Interferon-γ-producing CD69+T-cells produced by VZV stimulation (VZV-specific T-cells) were studied during the acute or convalescent phase. To further address the direct effect of immunosuppressants, we analyzed the number of VZV-specific T-cells after stimulating peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained from healthy adults with live-attenuated VZV with or without prednisolone, cyclosporine-A, or tacrolimus. The circulating numbers of lymphocytes in the convalescent stage but not acute stage were lower in immunocompromised children compared with immunocompetent children. In the acute stage, immunocompromised patients showed lower VZV-specific CD8+T-cell counts than immunocompetent subjects. In contrast, in the convalescent phase, immunocompromised patients had lower VZV-specific CD4+T-cell counts than immunocompetent hosts. The in vitro culture of activated lymphocytes with prednisolone or immunosuppressants significantly decreased the proportion of VZV-specific CD4+T-cells. In conclusion, the decreased numbers of VZV-specific CD8+T-cells during the acute phase and VZV-specific CD4+T-cells during the convalescent phase of disease may account for severe varicella in immunocompromised children.. |
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Takayuki Hoshina, Yui Yamaguchi, Shouichi Ohga, Ryutaro Kira, Masataka Ishimura, Hidetoshi Takada, Tamami Tanaka, Toshiro Hara, Sjogren's syndrome-associated meningoencephalomyelitis: cerebrospinal fluid cytokine levels and therapeutic utility of tacrolimus., Journal of the neurological sciences, 267, 1-2, 182-6, 2008.04, Serial changes in the circulating and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokine levels were assessed in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome (SS)-associated meningoencephalomyelitis. A 16-yr-old girl diagnosed as having primary SS at 8 yr of age presented headache and vomiting. CSF studies revealed lymphocyte-dominant pleocytosis and high IgM index, but no evidence of infection. Disturbed consciousness and diffuse slow waves on electroencephalogram led to the diagnosis of SS-meningoencephalitis. The clinical condition subsided after a cycle of dexamethasone therapy, however, 2 months later urinary retention and paresthesia of the lower body developed. Craniospinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed extensive intraparenchymal lesions with high T2-weighted signal intensity adjacent to the posterior left horn of lateral ventricle of the brain and the longitudinal lesion from C5 to T10 of the spinal cord. High-dose methyl-prednisolone and subsequent tacrolimus therapy has effectively controlled the activity of SS-meningoencephalomyelitis. Monitoring of systemic and CSF cytokine levels during the course of illness revealed that CSF interleukin-6, but not interferon-gamma or tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels were the sensitive indicator of disease activity. The unique cytokine profile, differing from those of infectious meningitis may be useful for predicting the central nervous system involvement in autoimmune disease.. |
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Sayaka Okuzono, Masataka Ishimura, Shunsuke Kanno, Motoshi Sonoda, Noriyuki Kaku, Yoshitomo Motomura, Hisanori Nishio, Utako Oba, Masuo Hanada, Jun-Ichi Fukushi, Michiyo Urata, Dongchon Kang, Hidetoshi Takada, Shouichi Ohga, Streptococcus pyogenes-purpura fulminans as an invasive form of group A streptococcal infection., Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 10.1186/s12941-018-0282-9, 17, 1, 31-31, 2018.07, BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pyogenes is an uncommon pathogen of purpura fulminans, and the pathogenesis of S. pyogenes-purpura fulminans remains unclear because of paucity of cases. We reported a pediatric case of S. pyogenes-purpura fulminans with literature review of the disease. CASE PRESENTATION: A 3-year-old boy showed limping, lethargy and acral gangrene within 24 h. A diagnosis of S. pyogenes-purpura fulminans was made for bacterial isolation from throat and peripheral blood. Intensive therapy led to a survival with amputation of the left distal metatarsal bone, and normal development. The isolated M12 carried no mutation of csrS/R or rgg. Thrombophilia or immunodeficiency was excluded. DISCUSSION: Twelve-reported cases (9 pediatric and 3 elderly) of S. pyogenes-purpura fulminans started with shock and coagulopathy. Five patients age |
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Masaki Shimizu, Asami Shimbo, Masatoshi Takagi, Katsuhide Eguchi, Masataka Ishimura, Junichi Sugita, Tomohiro Morio, Hirokazu Kanegane, Successful treatment of joint and fascial chronic graft-versus-host disease with baricitinib., Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 10.1093/rheumatology/keab599, 61, 1, e1-e3, 2021.12. |
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Koichi Kusuhara, Takayuki Hoshina, Mitsumasa Saito, Masataka Ishimura, Hirosuke Inoue, Takahiko Horiuchi, Tetsuji Sato, Toshiro Hara, Successful treatment of a patient with tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome using a half-dose of etanercept., Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society, 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03525.x, 54, 4, 552-5, 2012.08, TNF receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is caused by mutations of TNFRSF1A gene and characterized by recurrent febrile episodes of prolonged duration and initial good response to steroids. Etanercept, a TNF blocker, has been used as a putative molecular-targeted agent for TRAPS, with some patients showing limited efficacy. Here, we report a patient with TRAPS who recovered from steroid dependency by etanercept and kept remission with a reduced dose of etanercept. The pathophysiology of TRAPS still remains to be elucidated and several hypotheses have been proposed. In the most recent hypothesis, the concerted action of wild-type and mutant TNF receptors plays an important role in provoking enhanced inflammation in TRAPS. The excellent response to etanercept in our patient suggested that there is heterogeneity in TRAPS patients in terms of the contribution of normal TNF signaling to autoinflammation.. |
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Masataka Ishimura, Shouichi Ohga, Akihiko Nomura, Taikai Toubo, Eiji Morihana, Yusuke Saito, Hisanori Nishio, Makoto Ide, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshiro Hara, Successful umbilical cord blood transplantation for severe chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection after the double failure of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation., American journal of hematology, 80, 3, 207-12, 2005.11, An 11-year-old boy with severe chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) underwent successful cord blood transplantation (CBT) after consecutive failure of peripheral blood and bone marrow transplantation from his HLA-mismatched mother. CB cells from an unrelated donor were infused after conditioning with total body irradiation (12 Gy), melphalan (120 mg/m(2)), and etoposide (600 mg/m(2)). Complete remission without circulating EBV-DNA has continued for 15 months after a delayed hematologic recovery. This is the first successful report of CBT for CAEBV. CB may therefore be an alternate source of stem cells for the curative treatment of CAEBV, despite the absence of EBV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes.. |
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Higuchi Y, Shimizu J, Hatanaka M, Kitano E, Kitamura H, Takada H, Masataka Ishimura, Toshiro Hara, Ohara O, Asagoe K, Kubo K, The identification of a novel splicing mutation in C1qB in a Japanese family with C1q deficiency: a case report, PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY, 10.1186/1546-0096-11-41, 11, 2013.10. |
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Hikaru Kanemasa, Masataka Ishimura, Katsuhide Eguchi, Tamami Tanaka, Etsuro Nanishi, Akira Shiraishi, Motohiro Goto, Yoshitomo Motomura, Shouichi Ohga, The immunoregulatory function of peripheral blood CD71+ erythroid cells in systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis., Scientific reports, 10.1038/s41598-021-93831-3, 11, 1, 14396-14396, 2021.07, CD71+ erythroid cells (CECs) are recognized to have an immunoregulatory function via direct cell-cell interaction and soluble mediators. Circulating CECs appear in newborns or patients with hemolytic and cardiopulmonary disorders. To assess the biological role of CECs in systemic inflammation, we studied the gene expression and function in systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells of SoJIA patients expressed upregulated erythropoiesis-related genes. It represented the largest expansion of CECs during active phase SoJIA among other inflammatory diseases. Despite the opposing roles of erythropoietin and hepcidin in erythropoiesis, both serum levels were in concert with the amounts of SoJIA-driven CECs. Circulating CECs counts in inflammatory diseases were positively correlated with the levels of C-reactive protein, IL-6, IL-18, or soluble TNF receptors. Co-culture with active SoJIA-driven CECs suppressed secretions of IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-8 from healthy donor monocytes. The top upregulated gene in SoJIA-driven CECs was ARG2 compared with CECs from cord blood controls, although cytokine production from monocytes was suppressed by co-culture, even with an arginase inhibitor. CECs are driven to the periphery during the acute phase of SoJIA at higher levels than other inflammatory diseases. Circulating CECs may control excessive inflammation via the immunoregulatory pathways, partly involving arginase-2.. |
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Yuka Matsunaga, Masataka Ishimura, Hazumu Nagata, Kiyoshi Uike, Tadamune Kinjo, Masayuki Ochiai, Kenichiro Yamamura, Hidetoshi Takada, Yoshihisa Tanoue, Masaki Hayakawa, Masanori Matsumoto, Toshiro Hara, Shouichi Ohga, Thrombotic microangiopathy in a very young infant with mitral valvuloplasty., Pediatrics and neonatology, 10.1016/j.pedneo.2018.02.002, 59, 6, 595-599, 2018.12, BACKGROUND: Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) are microvascular occlusive disorders characterized by systemic or intrarenal platelet aggregation, thrombocytopenia, and red cell fragmentation. Post-operative TMA mostly occurs in adult patients with cardiovascular surgery, with the distinct pathophysiology from classical thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) although the exact pathophysiology remains unclear. CASE PRESENTATION: A one-month-old infant developed TMA after the initial surgery of double outlet right ventricle. ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 13 (ADAMTS13) activity was sustained (64%) with the undetectable inhibitor. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) multimer analyses showed absent high-molecular weight multimers. Echocardiography disclosed severe mitral regurgitation. The mitral valve repair 32 days after the initial valvuloplasty led to prompt resolution of TMA. These suggested that TMA occurred in association with valvulopathy-triggered turbulent shear flow, mechanical hemolysis and endothelial damage. The consumption of large VWF multimers might account for the vascular high shear stress shown in Heyde syndrome. CONCLUSION: The youngest case of post-operative TMA underscores the critical coagulopathy after the first surgical intervention for congenital heart disease.. |
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Hirofumi Inoue, Shin-Ichi Terachi, Takeshi Uchiumi, Tetsuji Sato, Michiyo Urata, Masataka Ishimura, Yui Koga, Taeko Hotta, Toshiro Hara, Dongchon Kang, Shouichi Ohga, The clinical presentation and genotype of protein C deficiency with double mutations of the protein C gene., Pediatric blood & cancer, 10.1002/pbc.26404, 64, 7, 2017.07, BACKGROUND: Severe protein C (PC) deficiency is a rare heritable thrombophilia leading to thromboembolic events during the neonatal period. It remains unclear how individuals with complete PC gene (PROC) defects develop or escape neonatal stroke or purpura fulminans (PF). PROCEDURE: We studied the onset of disease and the genotype of 22 PC-deficient patients with double mutations in PROC based on our cohort (n = 12) and the previous reports (n = 10) in Japan. RESULTS: Twenty-two patients in 20 unrelated families had 4 homozygous and 18 compound heterozygous mutations. Sixteen newborns presented with PF (n = 11, 69%), intracranial thromboembolism and hemorrhage (n = 13, 81%), or both (n = 8, 50%), with most showing a plasma PC activity of |
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Yousuke Higuchi, Junya Shimizu, Michiyo Hatanaka, Etsuko Kitano, Hajime Kitamura, Hidetoshi Takada, Masataka Ishimura, Toshiro Hara, Osamu Ohara, Kenji Asagoe, Toshihide Kubo, The identification of a novel splicing mutation in C1qB in a Japanese family with C1q deficiency: a case report., Pediatric rheumatology online journal, 10.1186/1546-0096-11-41, 11, 1, 41-41, 2013.10, C1q deficiency is a rare disease that is associated with a high probability of developing systemic lupus erythematosus. We report a 4-year-old Japanese girl who presented with fever, facial erythema, joint pain, and oral ulceration. Complement deficiencies were suspected because of her persistent hypocomplementemia and normal levels of the complement proteins C3 and C4. We identified a novel homozygous splicing mutation in the C1qB gene, c.187 + 1G > T, which is the first mutation to be confirmed in a Japanese individual. Because treatment with steroids and immunosuppressive drugs was not effective, we commenced use of fresh frozen plasma to provide C1q supplements. Currently, the patient remains almost asymptomatic, and we are attempting to control the drug dosage and administration intervals of fresh frozen plasma.. |
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Takimoto T, Takada H, Ishimura M, Kirino M, Hata K, Ohara O, Morio T, Hara T., Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome in a girl caused by heterozygous WASP mutation and extremely skewed X-chromosome inactivation: a novel association with maternal uniparental isodisomy 6., Neonatology, 10.1159/000370059, 107, 3, 185-190, 2015.01. |
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Makiko Kirino, Masayuki Ochiai, Masako Ichiyama, Hirosuke Inoue, Takeshi Kusuda, Tadamune Kinjo, Masataka Ishimura, Shouichi Ohga, Transient Hemi-Lower Limb Ischemia in the Newborn: Arterial Thrombosis or Persistent Sciatic Artery?, AJP reports, 10.1055/s-0037-1598044, 7, 1, e13-e16, 2017.01, Neonatal thromboembolism occurs with various predispositions and triggers. Early diagnosis of the thrombosis is challenging and essential for the therapeutic interventions. We herein report two newborns who presented with transient hemi-lower limb ischemia due to (1) arterial thrombosis or (2) a persistent sciatic artery (PSA). The patient with arterial thrombosis showed elevations of fibrin degradation product and D-dimer and received antithrombin and heparin intravenously. The patient with PSA was immediately assessed by a contrast-enhanced computed tomography because of a transient ischemic episode with no evidence of hypercoagulability. Newborns suspected of having arterial thrombosis may need urgent surgical intervention along with thrombolytic and anticoagulant therapy to prevent organ ischemia and amputation of extremities. Conversely, some PSA cases have reportedly been treated conservatively. This vascular anomaly was previously reported as a cause of lower limb ischemia only in a newborn. PSA is a critical differential diagnosis of neonatal arterial thrombosis that needs urgent therapeutic intervention.. |
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Akira Shiraishi, Shouichi Ohga, Takehiko Doi, Masataka Ishimura, Tomohito Takimoto, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshihiro Miyamoto, Yasunobu Abe, Toshiro Hara, Treatment choice of immunotherapy or further chemotherapy for Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis., Pediatric blood & cancer, 10.1002/pbc.24039, 59, 2, 265-70, 2012.08, BACKGROUND: Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (EBV-HLH) leads to an aggressive and often fatal course without appropriate treatment. Etoposide therapy is crucial for the better prognosis, although it remains unknown what patients need cytotoxic agents. Since we have complied with step-up strategy in a tertiary center, treatment outcomes were studied to search predictors for disease course. METHODS: The study enrolled 22 EBV-HLH patients treated between 1999 and 2010 in Kyushu University. Immunotherapy, chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation (SCT) proceeded in stages unless patients attained a consecutive >21 days-afebrile remission. Clinical and laboratory data and outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: Median age of 9 males and 13 females was 5 years (range: 9 months-41 years). Sixteen patients (73%) presented at age 60% of EBV-HLH patients. Early immunotherapy may modulate T-cell activation and reduce the chance of unnecessary chemotherapy.. |
