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Kobayashi, Mio ; Kakuda, Yuko ; Harada, Kenichi ; Sato, Yasunori ; Sasaki, Motoko ; Ikeda, Hiroko ; Terada, Mitsuhiro ; Mukai, Munenori ; Kaneko, Shuichi ; Nakanuma, Yasuni ; 小林, 水緒 ; 原田, 憲一 ; 佐藤, 保則 ; 佐々木, 素子 ; 池田, 博子 ; 金子, 周一 ; 中沼, 安二
出版情報: World Journal of Gastroenterology.  20  pp.3597-3608,  2014.  Baishideng Publishing Group Co
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/00061729
概要: 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />AIM: To investigate histological and immunohistochemical differences in hepatitis between autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) with AIH features. METHODS: Liver needle biopsies of 41 PBC with AIH features and 43 AIH patients were examined. The activity of periportal and lobular inflammation was scored 0 (none or minimal activity) to 4 (severe), and the degree of hepatitic rosette formation and emperipolesis was semiquantatively scored 0-3. The infiltration of mononuclear cells positive for CD20, CD38, CD3, CD4, and CD8 and positive for immunoglobulins (IgG, IgM, and IgA) at the periportal areas (interface hepatitis) and in the hepatic lobules (lobular hepatitis) were semiquantitatively scored in immunostained liver sections (score 0-6). Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), immunoglobulins, and autoantibodies at the time of liver biopsy were correlated with the histological and immunohistochemical scores of individual lesions. RESULTS: Lobular hepatitis, hepatitic rosette formation, and emperipolesis were more extensive and frequent in AIH than in PBC. CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ cell infiltration scores were higher in the hepatic lobules and at the interface in AIH but were also found in PBC. The degree of mononuclear cell infiltration correlated well with the degree of interface and lobular hepatitis in PBC, but to a lesser degree in AIH. CD20+ cells were mainly found in the portal tracts and, occasionally, at the interface in both diseases. Elevated AST correlated well with the hepatocyte necroinflammation and mononuclear cell infiltration, specifically CD38+ cells in PBC. No correlation existed between autoantibodies and inflammatory cell infiltration in PBC or AIH. While most AIH cases were IgG-predominant at the interface, PBC cases were divided into IgM-predominant, IgM/IgGequal, and IgG-predominant types, with the latter sharing several features with AIH. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the hepatocellular injuries associated with interface and lobular hepatitis in AIH and PBC with interface hepatitis may not be identical. © 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited. All rights reserved. 続きを見る
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Sato, Hirohide ; Sato, Yasunori ; Harada, Kenichi ; Sasaki, Motoko ; Hirano, Katsuyasu ; Nakanuma, Yasuni ; 佐藤, 保則 ; 原田, 憲一 ; 佐々木, 素子 ; 中沼, 安二
出版情報: World Journal of Gastroenterology.  19  pp.6125-6126,  2013.  Baishideng Publishing Group Co
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/00061731
概要: 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />A 77-year-old woman complained of epigastralgia, and a tumor (5 cm in diameter) of the gallbladder n eck was detected by image analysis. Following cholecystectomy, the tumor was pathologically diagnosed as intraductal papillary neoplasm (IPN), gastric type, with associated invasive carcinoma. About 10 mo later, intraluminal multiple masses (3 foci, up to 1.8 cm) were noted in the extrahepatic bile duct, and the resected specimen showed that all tumors had similar gross and microscopic features as seen in gallbladder IPN without invasion, and they were synchronous multiple lesions. This case showed a papillary tumor of the gallbladder of gastric phenotype, and confirmed that the gallbladder is a target of IPN in addition to the bile ducts. © 2013 Baishideng. All rights reserved. 続きを見る
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Sasaki, Motoko ; Araki, Ichiro ; Yasui, Toshiaki ; Kinoshita, Masaru ; Itatsu, Keita ; Nojima, Takayuki ; Nakanuma, Yasuni ; 佐々木, 素子 ; 野島, 孝之 ; 中沼, 安二
出版情報: World Journal of Gastroenterology.  15  pp.615-621,  2009.  Baishideng Publishing Group Co
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/00061734
概要: 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />We report a case of primary localized malignant biphasic mesothelioma of the liver in a 66-year-old man associated with asbestosis. The tumor was detected as a hepatic nodule, 4 cm in diameter, in the right lobe (S8 segment) on CT scan. Histopathological examination demonstrated an intrahepatic tumor with central necrosis consisting of a papillary epithelioid pattern on the surface of the liver, microcystic (microglandular or adenomatoid) pattern mainly in the subcapsular area and sarcomatoid pattern intermingled with microcystic pattern in the major part of the hepatic nodular tumor. Tumor cells, especially of epithelioid type, showed distinct immunoreactivity for mesothelial markers (WT-1, calretinin, D2-40, CK5/6, mesothelin, thrombomodulin) and no immunoreactivity for epithelial (adenocarcinoma) markers (CEA, CD15, BerEP4, BG8, MOC31). P53 immunoreactivity was detected focally in papillary epithelioid tumor cells and extensively in microcystic and sarcomatoid components, suggesting that the papillary epithelioid mesothelioma arose on the surface of the liver, and tumor cells showing microcystic and sarcomatoid patterns invaded and grew into the liver. To date, this is the first case of primary localized malignant biphasic mesothelioma of the liver, since all three primary hepatic mesotheliomas reported so far were epithelioid type. © 2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng. All rights reserved. 続きを見る
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佐々木, 素子 ; Sasaki, Motoko
出版情報: 金沢大学十全医学会雑誌.  113  pp.61-65,  2004-06-01. 
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/4494
概要: 金沢大学医学系研究科形態機能病理学<br />総説
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Sasaki, Motoko ; Ikeda, Hiroko ; Sawada, Seiko ; Sato, Yasunori ; Nakanuma, Yasuni
出版情報: Journal of Clinical Pathology.  60  pp.1102-1107,  2007-10-01.  BMJ Publishing Group
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/19776
概要: 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />Background: Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease targeting the intrahepati c small bile ducts showing chronic non-suppurative destructive cholangitis (CNSDC). Recent studies suggest that naturally-occurring CD4+CD25high regulatory T cells (Tregs) expressing Forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) play an active role in immunological self-tolerance. Aims: To investigate whether Foxp3+Tregs are involved in the pathogenesis of PBC. Methods: Foxp3+Tregs was detected immunohistochemically in livers from patients with PBC (n = 27), chronic viral hepatitis (CVH) (n = 15), and normal subjects (n = 10). The distribution of Tregs in portal tracts was semi-quantitatively evaluated in each groups. Levels of Foxp3, IL-10, TGFβ, IFNγ and TNFα mRNA was evaluated in PBC (n= 15) and control livers (n = 21) using semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR. Results: In PBC and CVH livers, the amounts of infiltrating Foxp3+Tregs in portal tracts were in parallel with the degree of portal inflammation irrespective of disease. The infiltration of Foxp3+Tregs into portal tracts with CNSDC in PBC was foremost in comparison with inflamed portal tracts in CVH or those without CNSDC in PBC (p<0.05). Focally, Tregs infiltrated into the biliary epithelial layer at the site of CNSDC. The level of Foxp3, IL-10 and TGFβ mRNA expression was high in PBC compared with normal livers (p<0.05). IFNγ and TNFα mRNA was high in early PBC and CVH livers. Conclusion: Results of this evaluation of Foxp3+Tregs do not suggest that the reduced regulatory function accounts for the development of CNSDC in PBC. 続きを見る
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Ohira, Shusaku ; Itatsu, Keita ; Sasaki, Motoko ; Harada, Kenichi ; Sato, Yasunori ; Zen, Yoh ; Ishikawa, Akira ; Oda, Koji ; Nagasaka, Tetsuro ; Nimura, Yuji ; Nakanuma, Yasuni
出版情報: Pathology International.  56  pp.381-389,  2006-07-01.  Blackwell Publishing
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/7535
概要: 金沢大学大学院医学系研究科がん細胞学<br />Tumor-stromal interactions are important for the progression of malignant tumors. The purpose of the present study was to examine interactions of cholangiocarcinoma (CC) cells and stromal fibroblasts with respect to stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1. Two cell lines of CC (HuCCT-1 and CCKS-1) and WI-38 fibroblast cell line were used for cell culture, and 12 CC tissue specimens for immunohistochemical studies. Invasion of CC cells was increased significantly by the supernatant from fibroblast cultures, but not by the supernatant from fibroblasts cocultured with CC cells. Expression of SDF-1 in cultured fibroblasts was downregulated by TGF-β1 treatment, and coculture with CC cells and anti-TGF-β1 neutralizing antibody restored the decreased SDF-1 expression, suggesting that TGF-β1 secreted from CC cells might have reduced the expression of SDF-1 by fibroblasts and might have reduced the increased invasion of CC cells induced by the supernatant from fibroblasts. Immunohistochemical expression of TGF-β1 in CC cells was focal or negative and that of SDF-1 was evident in stromal fibroblasts at the invasive front of CC. In conclusion, local mutual influence of TGF-β1 secreted from carcinoma cells and SDF-1 expressed by stromal fibroblasts may be involved in invasion of CC cells. © 2006 Japanese Society of Pathology. 続きを見る
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Sasaki, Motoko ; Ikeda, Hiroko ; Kataoka, Hiroaki ; Nakanuma, Yasuni
出版情報: Virchows Archiv.  449  pp.462-471,  2006-10-01.  Springer Verlag
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/3035
概要: 金沢大学大学院医学系研究科<br />The repair system of damaged biliary mucosa was not fully clarified so far in primary biliary cirrhos is (PBC). Given that related factors of the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) such as HGF activator (HGFA) and HGFA inhibitor type 1 (HAI-1) participate in the repair of injured gastrointestinal mucosa, we investigated the involvement of the HGF/HGFA/HAI-1 system in PBC and control livers. The expression of HGFA, HAI-1, and c-Met was examined in PBC livers (n=24), diseased livers (control, n=30), and normal livers (n=15) by immunohistochemistry and semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. We examined the expression of HGFA, HAI-1, and c-Met, and the effect of HGF administration on cell proliferation and wound healing, and HAI expression in cultured mouse biliary epithelial cells (BECs). HAI-1 expression was faint in control livers, whereas it was significantly augmented in damaged small bile ducts, bile ductules, and periportal hepatocytes in PBC (p<0.05). HGFA and c-Met were homogeneously expressed in BECs in PBC and control livers. HAI-1 expression was increased at the front of wound healing and the treatment with HGF-enhanced HAI-1 expression, cell proliferation, and wound healing in cultured BECs. HGF/HGFA/HAI-1 system may participate in biliary mucosal repair as reported in gastrointestinal mucosal repair. © Springer-Verlag 2006. 続きを見る
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Sakurai, Masaru ; Takamura, Toshinari ; Ota, Tsuguhito ; Ando, Hitoshi ; Akahori, Hiroshi ; Kaji, Kyosuke ; Sasaki, Motoko ; Nakanuma, Yasuni ; Miura, Katsuyuki ; Kaneko, Shuichi
出版情報: Journal of Gastroenterology.  42  pp.312-317,  2007-04-01.  Springer Verlag
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/5487
概要: 金子, 周一<br />金沢大学大学院医学系研究科環境社会医学<br />Background: To address the hypothesis that liver steatosis causes systemic insulin resistance, we sought to determine the liver histological feature that most strongly contributes to insulin resistance in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods: Liver biopsy specimens were obtained from 131 patients with clinically suspected NAFLD. The stage, grade of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and level of steatosis were scored and analyzed in relation to the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and the metabolic clearance rate (MCR), measured using the glucose clamp method. Results: In the univariate analysis, the degree of hepatic steatosis (r = 0.458, P < 0.001), stage (r = 0.360, P < 0.001), and grade (r = 0.349, P < 0.01) of NASH were significantly correlated with the HOMA-IR. Multiple regression analysis adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, and each histological score showed that steatosis was significantly and independently associated with HOMA-IR (coefficient = 1.42, P < 0.001), but not with the stage (coefficient = 0.33, P = 0.307) or grade (coefficient = 0.67, P = 0.134) of NASH. Similar independent relationships were observed between steatosis and MCR, but the relationship was weaker (coefficient = -0.98, P = 0.076). Conclusions: Steatosis of the liver, but not the stage or the grade of NASH, is associated with insulin resistance in patients with NAFLD. © Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2007. 続きを見る
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Niwa, Hideki ; Sasaki, Motoko ; Haratake, Joji ; Kasai, Takahiko ; Katayanagi, Kazuyoshi ; Kurumaya, Hiroshi ; Matsuda, Shinji ; Minato, Hiroshi ; Zen, Yoh ; Uchiyama, Akio ; Miwa, Atsuo ; Saito, Katsuhiko ; Sudo, Yoshiko ; Nakanuma, Yasuni
出版情報: Hepatology Research.  37  pp.923-931,  2007-11-01.  Elsevier
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/7120
概要: 金沢大学大学院医学系研究科がん細胞学<br />Aim: Serum antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are occasionally noted in patients with non-alcoholic st eatohepatitis (NASH). We examined the significance of ANA in NASH. Methods: We compared clinicopathological features in patients with ANA-positive NASH (n = 35) and ANA-negative NASH (n = 36). Inflammatory cell profiles and the distribution of oxidative stress markers were also examined immunohistochemically. Results: ANA-positive NASH was significantly associated with female gender (P = 0.005), high degree of portal inflammation (P = 0.039), interface activity (P = 0.036) and hepatocellular ballooning (P = 0.0008). In addition, ANA of high titer (320-fold or more) was significantly associated with the histological grade and stage of NASH (P = 0.02). The degree of steatosis wais rather mild in the high-titer ANA group(P = 0.01). The analysis of inflammatory cell profiles revealed that CD3-positive T cells were predominant and plasma cells were rather few in the portal area and hepatic lobules in both ANA-positive and ANA-negative groups. There was no difference in the distribution of oxidative stress markers between ANA-positive and ANA-negative groups. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the presence of ANA may be related to the progression of NASH and that a different type of autoimmune mechanism may be involved in the pathogenesis of NASH with ANA, compared to the pathogenesis of autoimmune hepatitis. © 2007 The Japan Society of Hepatology. 続きを見る
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Sasaki, Motoko ; Ikeda, Hiroko ; Nakanuma, Yasuni ; 佐々木, 素子 ; 中沼, 安二
出版情報: Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica.  38  pp.295-303,  2005-01-01.  日本組織細胞化学会
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/6777
概要: 金沢大学大学院医学系研究科がん細胞学<br />Mucin secreted by mucosal epithelial cells plays a role in the protection of the mucosal surface and also is involved in pathological processes. So far, MUC1-4, 5AC, 5B, 6-8, 11-13 and 15-17 genes coding the backbone mucin core protein have been identified in humans. Their diverse physiological distribution and pathological alterations have been reported. We have studied the expression profiles of MUC genes in the intrahepatic biliary system in developmental, normal and diseased livers using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. Fetal intrahepatic bile ducts and ductal plates frequently express MUC1, while intrahepatic large bile ducts after birth express mainly MUC3 mucin. In hepatolithiasis, MUC5AC (gastric foveolar epithelial type) and MUC6 (pyloric gland type) mucins are newly expressed in surface epithelial cells and proliferated peribiliary glands, respectively, and the expression of gel-forming mucin may play a role in lithogenesis. Most biliary epithelial dysplasias and cholangiocarcinomas associated with hepatolithiasis expressed MUC5AC, suggesting that intrahepatic bile ducts express the gastric foveolar phenotype during carcinogenesis. In addition, intestinal metaplasia, intraductal papillary tumor and mucinous carcinoma, characterized by MUC2 expression, are occasionally associated with hepatolithiasis in a CDX2 homeobox gene-dependent manner. These findings may suggest the presence of intestinal metaplasia-related carcinogenesis in the intrahepatic biliary system as in the stomach. 続きを見る