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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Tsutomu OhtsukaSummaryAffiliation: Dokkyo University School of Medicine Country: Japan Publications
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Elevated expression of epidermal ornithine decarboxylase mRNA in sclerodermaT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
Br J Dermatol 139:1047-8. 1998..Possibly polyamines have an important part to play in the skin changes of SSc...
Serum interleukin-6 level is reflected in elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level in patients with systemic sclerosisTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
J Dermatol 37:801-6. 2010..53 ± 1.12 pg/mL) (P < 0.02, P < 0.01). The correlation between hs-CRP level and IL-6 level in SSc patients was 0.687 (P < 0.001). In conclusion, elevated serum IL-6 levels are reflected in elevated hs-CRP levels in SSc patients...
Quantitative echographic analysis of photochemotherapy on systemic sclerosis skinMichio Hashikabe
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi, 321 0293, Japan
Arch Dermatol Res 296:522-7. 2005..Quantitative echographic analysis was concluded to be a reliable method in evaluating the change of skin edema in SSc...
The involvement of immunoglobulin E isotype switch in scleroderma skin tissueTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
J Dermatol Sci 39:97-104. 2005..IgE is generated with isotype switch. During isotype switch, switch circles resulting from direct mu to epsilon, or from sequential mu to gamma via epsilon switching will be created...
Novel mutation in ATP2C1 gene in a Japanese patient with Hailey-Hailey diseaseTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 2 1 50 Minami Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343 8555, Japan
Dermatology 212:194-7. 2006..Another patient showed no mutation of the gene. These results demonstrate that a spectrum of ATP2C1 gene mutations is present in Japanese HHD patients...
Relation between elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and anti-mitochondria antibody in patients with systemic sclerosisTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Saitama, Japan
J Dermatol 35:70-5. 2008..5%) (P < 0.01). These results led us to the conclusion that elevated high-sensitivity CRP shows relation to the occurrence of anti-mitochondria antibody...
Palisading granuloma presenting in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosusTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
J Dermatol 35:452-5. 2008..She was diagnosed as having systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with a rheumatoid nodule. She is currently under treatment with cyclophosphamide (50 mg/day) without exaggeration of her systemic lupus erythematosus and nodule...
The correlation between response to oral cyclosporin therapy and systemic inflammation, metabolic abnormality in patients with psoriasisTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, 2 1 50 Mimami Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343 8555, Japan
Arch Dermatol Res 300:545-50. 2008..These results showed the correlation between response of oral cyclosporin therapy and systemic inflammation, metabolic abnormality in patients with psoriasis...
Effect of gammadelta T cell supernatant on human skin fibroblast proliferation and collagen production--possible role of transforming growth factor-beta and basic fibroblast growth factorTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University, Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Int J Dermatol 47:1135-40. 2008..Objective To study a role of cellular immune mechanism inducing fibroblast proliferation and collagen synthesis...
Oral tacrolimus treatment for refractory eosinophilic cellulitisT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Clin Exp Dermatol 34:e597-8. 2009..These results led us to the diagnosis of eosinophilic cellulitis. Treatment with oral corticosteroids (prednisolone 15 mg/day) was unsuccessful. Four weeks after the start of oral tacrolimus 1 mg/day, the eruption completely resolved...
Combinational effect of low-dose oral corticosteroid and mizoribine for ulcerative colitis in a patient with systemic sclerosisTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo Medical University, Saitama 343 8555, Japan
J Dermatol 37:71-4. 2010..She showed remarkable improvement for sclerodactyly and lower intestinal bleeding stopped after 6 months. She is under the same treatment without exaggeration and adverse effect of the drug until now...
Response to oral cyclosporine therapy and high sensitivity-CRP level in chronic idiopathic urticariaTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Int J Dermatol 49:579-84. 2010..Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is often resistant to common treatment of uriticaria...
Increased prevalence of human parvovirus B19 DNA in systemic sclerosis skinT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Koshigaya Hospital, 2 1 50, Saitoma, 343 8555, Japan
Br J Dermatol 150:1091-5. 2004..In recent years, the possible involvement of parvovirus B19 in systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been reported...
Different interaction of mast cells with human endothelial cells and fibroblastsT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, 321 0293 Tochigi, Japan
Eur J Dermatol 10:115-21. 2000..These results suggest the possibility that MC have a role in a number of chronic inflammatory diseases resulting in vascular injury and interstitial fibrosis...
The polymorphism of transforming growth factor-beta1 gene in Japanese patients with systemic sclerosisT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321 0293, Japan
Br J Dermatol 147:458-63. 2002..Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta has been shown to be a potent stimulator of collagen production by fibroblasts, and could play a role in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc)...
The polymorphism of telomerase RNA component gene in patients with systemic sclerosisT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321 0293, Japan
Br J Dermatol 147:250-4. 2002..It can be hypothesized that abnormalities of telomerase contribute to the emergence of abnormal fibroblast clones in systemic sclerosis (SSc)...
Upregulation of histidine decarboxylase mRNA expression in scleroderma skinT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
Arch Dermatol Res 293:171-7. 2001..The upregulation of histamine turnover appears to be involved in the formation of the skin abnormalities of SSc...
The effect of extracorporeal photochemotherapy on alpha1(I) and alpha1(III) procollagen mRNA expression in systemic sclerosis skin tissueTsutomu Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
Arch Dermatol Res 293:642-5. 2002
Quantitative analysis of alpha 1(I) and alpha 1(III) procollagen mRNA expression in systemic sclerosis skin tissue--an in situ hybridization studyT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
Arch Dermatol Res 291:575-82. 1999....
Quantitative analysis of microchimerism in systemic sclerosis skin tissueT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
Arch Dermatol Res 293:387-91. 2001..These results indicate that the elevated amount of male cell DNA in SSc skin tissue may contribute to the pathogenesis of SSc...
Digital ulcers and necroses: novel manifestations of angiocentric lymphomaT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321 0293, Japan
Br J Dermatol 142:1013-6. 2000....
Simultaneous analysis of [3H]-thymidine uptake and alpha 1(I) procollagen mRNA expression in systemic sclerosis skin fibroblasts--an in situ hybridization studyT Ohtsuka
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
Arch Dermatol Res 292:248-55. 2000..05). These results indicate that elevated DNA synthesis and elevated collagen mRNA synthesis in SSc skin fibroblasts are due to different clones with high DNA-synthesizing ability and high collagen-producing ability...
Detection of mucosal human papilloma virus DNA in bowenoid papulosis, Bowen's disease and squamous cell carcinoma of the skinNaoto Hama
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
J Dermatol 33:331-7. 2006..These results showed that mucosal HPV, including HPV 31 and 16, could be detected in SSC of the skin. Mucosal HPV, not only the epidermodysplasia verruciformis type, appear to induce malignant skin tumors...
Polymorphism of the vitamin D(3) receptor in patients with psoriasisHiroshi Okita
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321 0293, Japan
Arch Dermatol Res 294:159-62. 2002..These results show that the VDR genotype contributes to the liver dysfunction in patients with psoriasis, although no correlation was found between VDR genotype and the skin eruptions of psoriasis...
Lipodystrophia centrifugalis abdominalis infantilis-- immunohistochemical demonstration of an apoptotic process in the degenerating fatty tissueH Okita
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
Dermatology 201:370-2. 2000..He was diagnosed as having LCAI. The present case showed the possible involvement of apoptosis in the fatty tissue degeneration in LCAI...
Flow-cytometric DNA analysis in cutaneous fibrohistiocytic tumorsHiroshi Okita
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
Dermatology 207:357-61. 2003..CONCLUSION: Analysis of DNA ploidy using flow cytometry was concluded to be useful for the differentiation of malignant fibrohistiocytic tumors from benign ones...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis in a man with a human papilloma virus 31 infectionNaoto Hama
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
J Dermatol 32:581-4. 2005..A polymerase chain reaction was performed to detect human papilloma virus (HPV) DNA. The result revealed the presence of HPV in the SCC. The results of sequencing analysis showed that the DNA was HPV 31...
Leg ulcer presenting in a patient with congenital afibrinogenaemiaAkira Kinebuchi
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
Eur J Dermatol 12:70-2. 2002..This is the second reported case of congenital afibrinogenaemia presented with leg ulcer...
Elevated amount of human papillomavirus 31 DNA in a squamous cell carcinoma developed from bowenoid papulosisN Hama
Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
Dermatology 209:329-32. 2004..The HPV DNA in SCC and BP was shown to be HPV-31. These observations indicated that the elevated amount of HPV-31 DNA could have led to the emergence of SCC from BP under the condition of decreased cellular immunity...
Prevalence of human cytomegalovirus DNA in scleroderma skin tissueTsutomu Ohtsuka
Int J Dermatol 45:86-7. 2006
