Patient Series. Thirty-two parkinsonian patients (15 women, 17 men; mean age [±SD], 67 ±7.4
y) were studied. All patients with Parkinson's disease who were admitted to or attended …

To examine the functional significance and morphological characteristics of starvation-induced
autophagy in the adult heart, we made green fluorescent protein-microtubule-associated …

Background The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment with granulocyte
colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), which mobilizes endothelial progenitor cells from bone …

The insulin-sensitizing drug pioglitazone has been reported to be protective against
myocardial infarction. However, its precise mechanism is unclear. Rabbits underwent 30 min of …

Methods Patients diagnosed as having clinically definite sporadic and idiopathic PD and
MSA with onset after age 40 years were studied. 5 Diagnosis of PD or MSA was made more …

Autophagy is simultaneously a mode of programmed cell death and an important physiological
process for cell survival, but its pathophysiological significance in cardiac myocytes …

Background In animal models, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) improves post-infarct
cardiac function. However, in pilot studies involving patients with angina and acute …

Although recanalization of the infarct-related artery late after myocardial infarction (MI) is
known to reduce both cardiac remodeling and mortality, the mechanisms responsible are not …

OBJECTIVE: Statins have been reported to be protective against myocardial infarction (MI).
Moreover, statin drugs upregulate nitric oxide (NO) in coronary artery independent of lipid-…

サルコイドーシス経過中に自己免疫性溶血性貧血を合併した 1 症例を報告する. 症例は, 65 歳・女性
で平成 6 年 1 月に両下肺野の網状陰影と縦隔リンパ節の腫脹, 皮下結節を認め, 皮下結節の生検…