Toshiaki Takahashi

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Affiliation: Kochi Medical School
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Metabolic effects of X-ray irradiation on adult human articular chondrocytes
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 11:631-4. 2003
  2. ncbi Posture of the trunk in the sagittal plane is associated with gait in community-dwelling elderly population
    Daisuke Hirose
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku Kochi, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 19:57-63. 2004
  3. ncbi Novel technique for suspension culture of autologous chondrocytes improves cell proliferation and tissue architecture
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Cell Transplant 12:667-76. 2003
  4. ncbi Trunk deformity is associated with a reduction in outdoor activities of daily living and life satisfaction in community-dwelling older people
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, 783 8505 Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
    Osteoporos Int 16:273-9. 2005
  5. ncbi A new computer-assisted method for measuring the tibio-femoral angle in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee
    T Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783 8505, Japan
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 12:256-9. 2004
  6. ncbi Knee pain in people aged 80 years and older is not associated with gait parameter and functional performance
    Yasunori Nagano
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Rehabil Res 26:131-6. 2003
  7. ncbi Anatomical reconstruction of chronic lateral ligament injury of the ankle using pedicle tendon of the extensor digitorum longus
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, 783 8505, Kochi, Japan
    Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 123:175-9. 2003
  8. ncbi Vertical ground reaction force shape is associated with gait parameters, timed up and go, and functional reach in elderly females
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
    J Rehabil Med 36:42-5. 2004
  9. ncbi Cross talk between COX-2 inhibitor and hyaluronic acid in osteoarthritic chondrocytes
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 14:139-44. 2004
  10. ncbi Role of apoptosis inhibition in various chondrocyte culture systems
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 11:299-303. 2003

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  1. ncbi Metabolic effects of X-ray irradiation on adult human articular chondrocytes
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 11:631-4. 2003
    ..This suggests that it is important to consider whether there is an osteoarthritic joint in the area that is to receive radiation therapy during tumor surgery...
  2. ncbi Posture of the trunk in the sagittal plane is associated with gait in community-dwelling elderly population
    Daisuke Hirose
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku Kochi, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 19:57-63. 2004
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether abnormal posture of the trunk in the sagittal plane would affect gait and functional performance in the elderly...
  3. ncbi Novel technique for suspension culture of autologous chondrocytes improves cell proliferation and tissue architecture
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Cell Transplant 12:667-76. 2003
    ....
  4. ncbi Trunk deformity is associated with a reduction in outdoor activities of daily living and life satisfaction in community-dwelling older people
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, 783 8505 Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
    Osteoporos Int 16:273-9. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi A new computer-assisted method for measuring the tibio-femoral angle in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee
    T Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783 8505, Japan
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 12:256-9. 2004
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the inter- and intraobserver variability in measuring the tibio-femoral angle using our new computer-assisted method, and to compare it with a conventional manual method...
  6. ncbi Knee pain in people aged 80 years and older is not associated with gait parameter and functional performance
    Yasunori Nagano
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Rehabil Res 26:131-6. 2003
    ..However, in the group aged 80 years and over, there was no significant difference between participants with and without knee pain for these parameters...
  7. ncbi Anatomical reconstruction of chronic lateral ligament injury of the ankle using pedicle tendon of the extensor digitorum longus
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, 783 8505, Kochi, Japan
    Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 123:175-9. 2003
    ..Since 1989, we have performed ligament reconstruction using the extensor digitorum longus tendon as a pedicle graft for patients with chronic lateral instability of the ankle...
  8. ncbi Vertical ground reaction force shape is associated with gait parameters, timed up and go, and functional reach in elderly females
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
    J Rehabil Med 36:42-5. 2004
    ....
  9. ncbi Cross talk between COX-2 inhibitor and hyaluronic acid in osteoarthritic chondrocytes
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 14:139-44. 2004
    ..Administration of COX-2 inhibitors plus HA could be used as a new alternative way of treating osteoarthritis...
  10. ncbi Role of apoptosis inhibition in various chondrocyte culture systems
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 11:299-303. 2003
    ..These data suggest that suspension culture with autologous serum is useful in simultaneously maintaining cell proliferation and minimizing apoptosis in cultured human articular chondrocytes...
  11. ncbi Mechanoreceptors and length of the patellar ligament after Ho-YAG laser treatment: a long-term follow-up in rabbits
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan, 783 8505
    Acta Orthop Scand 73:653-7. 2002
    ..Fewer Pacinian and Ruffini corpuscles were found in the irradiated ligaments than in the intact ones at 2 weeks after treatment, but we found no difference between irradiated and intact ligaments at 18 months after treatment...
  12. ncbi Pain in arthroscopic knee surgery under local anesthesia
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Acta Orthop Scand 75:580-3. 2004
    ..We evaluated pain during arthroscopic knee surgery performed under local anesthesia, with respect to various types of lesions and specific procedures used...
  13. ncbi The role of apoptotic resistance in irradiated adult articular chondrocytes
    Michio Toda
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 9:349-52. 2002
    ..These results demonstrated that the non-degenerated chondrocytes of X-ray irradiation were highly resistant for apoptosis, and this knowledge could be applied to allogenic chondrocytes implantation...
  14. ncbi Mechanism of combined injuries of the posterior cruciate ligament and the posterolateral ligament while wake boarding
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, 783 8505 Kochi, Japan
    Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 124:639-41. 2004
    ..Subsequently, tearing of the PCL in the midsubstance occurred due to increased flexion of the knee...
  15. ncbi A combination of selective COX-2 inhibitors and hydrogen peroxide increase the reactive oxygen species formation in osteosarcoma cells after X-ray irradiation
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 14:405-8. 2004
    ..Therefore, low doses of COX-2 inhibitor and hydrogen peroxide together, in combination with irradiation, is a potentially useful alternative form of radiotherapy for apoptotic-resistant neoplasms such as osteosarcoma...
  16. ncbi Lysosomal dysfunction on hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis of osteoarthritic chondrocytes
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Medical School, Kochi University, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 14:197-200. 2004
    ..Anti-oxidants may have a therapeutic application in the prevention of lysosomal dysfunction to inhibit chondrocyte apoptosis and degradation of the cartilage matrix...
  17. ncbi Selective COX-2 inhibitor regulates the MAP kinase signaling pathway in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes after induction of nitric oxide
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shigenobu cho, Onsen gun, Ehime 791 0295, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 15:213-9. 2005
    ..NO-induced OA chondrocytes were associated with the p38 and the p44/42 MAPK signaling pathways, in a pathway that is distinct from PGE2-mediated apoptosis...
  18. ncbi Mechanism of hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis of the human osteosarcoma cell line HS-Os-1
    Yasuhiro Ogawa
    Department of Radiology, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku Shi, Kochi Prefecture 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 12:459-63. 2003
    ..We therefore concluded that intracellular ROS formation is involved in the hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis of HS-Os-1 cells...
  19. ncbi Mechanism of apoptotic resistance of human osteosarcoma cell line, HS-Os-1, against irradiation
    Yasuhiro Ogawa
    Department of Radiology, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku Shi, Kochi Prefecture 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 12:453-8. 2003
    ....
  20. ncbi Apoptotic-resistance of the human osteosarcoma cell line HS-Os-1 to irradiation is converted to apoptotic-susceptibility by hydrogen peroxide: a potent role of hydrogen peroxide as a new radiosensitizer
    Yasuhiro Ogawa
    Department of Radiology, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku Shi, Kochi Prefecture 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 12:845-50. 2003
    ..1 mM) is potentially applicable in clinical radiotherapy for many kinds of apoptotic-resistant neoplasms in terms of achieving both local control and improving survival benefit of patients...
  21. ncbi Immunocytochemical characteristics of human osteosarcoma cell line HS-Os-1: possible implication in apoptotic resistance against irradiation
    Yasuhiro Ogawa
    Department of Radiology, Medical School, Kochi University, Oko cho, Nankoku Shi, Kochi Prefecture 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 14:397-403. 2004
    ....
  22. ncbi The role of selective COX-2 inhibitors in reactive oxygen species formation in osteosarcoma cells after X-ray irradiation
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Medical School, Kochi University, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 13:661-4. 2004
    ..Thus, radiotherapy with selective COX-2 inhibitions has limitations in the treatment of radioresistant osteosarcoma to obtain the effective achievement, it is indispensable to combine another agent in future studies...
  23. ncbi Comparison of radiation-induced reactive oxygen species formation in adult articular chondrocytes and that in human peripheral T cells: possible implication in radiosensitivity
    Yasuhiro Ogawa
    Department of Radiology, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku Shi, Kochi Prefecture 783 8505, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 11:455-9. 2003
    ....
  24. ncbi Treatment for HTLV-I associated arthropathy: a case study and synovial tissue culture analysis
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Rheumatol Int 26:74-9. 2005
    ..This is a case study describing the treatment of a patient diagnosed with HAAP. We also analyzed the effects of various agents on cultured synovial tissue explants from the patient...
  25. ncbi Localized synovial hypertrophy in the anteromedial compartment of the osteoarthritic knee
    Masahiko Ikeuchi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Toon, Japan
    Arthroscopy 21:1457-61. 2005
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  26. ncbi Simultaneous live video presentation during knee arthroscopy
    Masanobu Tanaka
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko-cho, Nankoku, 783-8505, Japan
    J Orthop Sci 8:518-21. 2003
    ..Live video-presented outpatient arthroscopic knee surgery could be considered a method for improving patient understanding of knee pathology...
  27. ncbi Modification of the functional reach test: analysis of lateral and anterior functional reach in community-dwelling older people
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Orthopaedics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Arch Gerontol Geriatr 42:167-73. 2006
    ..Lateral FR should be considered as a new, alternative means of assessing geriatric social activity and mental status in the elderly...
  28. ncbi Posterior-anterior weight-bearing radiograph in 15 degree knee flexion in medial osteoarthritis
    Norio Yamanaka
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
    Skeletal Radiol 32:28-34. 2003
    ....
  29. ncbi Recovery of muscle strength after high tibial osteotomy
    Tateo Kawazoe
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko-cho, Nankoku 783-8505, Japan
    J Orthop Sci 8:160-5. 2003
    ....
  30. ncbi Malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast with expression of osteonectin and vinculin
    N Kuroda
    First Department of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
    Pathol Int 51:277-82. 2001
    ..Further studies will be necessary to elucidate the significance of vinculin and osteonectin expression in malignant phyllodes tumor...
  31. ncbi Salivary duct carcinoma: cytologic characteristics and application of androgen receptor immunostaining for diagnosis
    T Moriki
    Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
    Cancer 93:344-50. 2001
    ..The authors investigated the cytologic characteristics and utility of AR immunostaining on cytologic smears for the diagnosis of patients with SDC...
  32. ncbi Analysis of the shape of the tibial tray in total knee arthroplasty using a three dimension finite element model
    Shinya Miyoshi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783 8505, Japan
    Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 17:521-5. 2002
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the stress and displacement change with differing shapes of the tibial component in total knee arthroplasty...
  33. ncbi Flexion of the knee increases the distance between the popliteal artery and the proximal tibia: MRI measurements in 15 volunteers
    J Shiomi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
    Acta Orthop Scand 72:626-8. 2001
    ..More distally, no significant difference was noted with increasing flexion. Flexion of the knee may minimize injury to the popliteal artery in procedures between the level of the joint and 15 mm distal to the joint...
  34. ncbi Ultrasonographic evaluation of congenital dislocation of the knee
    N Kamata
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko-cho Nankoku, Kochi, Japan 783-8505
    Skeletal Radiol 31:539-42. 2002
    ..Further, we were able to serially evaluate the abnormal findings and provide advice regarding daily activity to the parents of the patient with CDK...
  35. ncbi Expression profiling with progression of dystrophic change in dysferlin-deficient mice (SJL)
    Naoki Suzuki
    Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1 1 Seiryo machi, Sendai 980 8574, Japan
    Neurosci Res 52:47-60. 2005
    ..We must reveal some other molecules which may work with dysferlin in order to clarify the pathological network of dysferlinopathy. This process may lead to future improvements in the therapy for human dysferlinopathy...
  36. ncbi The influence of Celecoxib on matrix synthesis by chondrocytes under mechanical stress in vitro
    Seiji Iimoto
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, Toon City, Ehime, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 16:1083-8. 2005
    ..These findings show that excessive mechanical stress decreases synthesis of matrix components in chondrocytes through a NO-regulated pathway, and suggest that Celecoxib has a protective effect on matrix metabolism...
  37. ncbi Response to Dr. Cooke's question re. Takahashi T et al. A new computer-assisted method for measuring the tibio-femoral angle in patients w/osteoarthritis of the knee. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2004:256-9
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 13:180. 2005
  38. ncbi Combination therapy with telmisartan and spironolactone alleviates L-NAME exacerbated nephrosclerosis with an increase in PPAR-gamma and decrease in TGF-beta(1)
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Hypertension and Cardiorenal Disease, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    Int Heart J 48:637-47. 2007
    ..The anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic effects due to PPAR-gamma activation and TGF-beta(1) inhibition may participate in the renoprotection of this combination therapy...
  39. ncbi Efonidipine reduces proteinuria and plasma aldosterone in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis
    Toshihiko Ishimitsu
    Department of Hypertension and Cardiorenal Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    Hypertens Res 30:621-6. 2007
    ..A further large-scale clinical trial will be needed in order to apply the findings of this study to the treatment of patients with renal disease...
  40. ncbi Polyglutamine represses cAMP-responsive-element-mediated transcription without aggregate formation
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Neurology, Resource Branch for Brain Disease Research, Center for Bioresource-Based Research, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan
    Neuroreport 16:295-9. 2005
    ..The results demonstrated that the repression of cAMP-responsive-element-mediated transcription is an early event caused by a soluble form of polyglutamine stretch...
  41. ncbi [Mutational and clinical features of Japanese patients with dysferlinopathy (Miyoshi myopathy and limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B)]
    Masashi Aoki
    Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine
    Rinsho Shinkeigaku 45:938-42. 2005
    ..The G3370T mutation may be associated with a milder form of MM and LGMD2B. By contrast, the G3510A mutation appears to be associated with a severe form of MM...
  42. ncbi Bone morphogenetic protein-2 and -9 regulate the interaction of insulin-like growth factor-I with growth plate chondrocytes
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Bone and Joint Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
    Int J Mol Med 20:53-7. 2007
    ..Taken together, these data suggest that the BMPs may modulate the action of IGF-I via the type 1 IGF receptor and/or IGF binding proteins...
  43. ncbi Cardiorenal protective effects of year-long antihypertensive therapy with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or a calcium channel blocker in spontaneously hypertensive rats
    Toshihiko Ishimitsu
    Department of Hypetension and Cardiorenal Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    Am J Hypertens 19:1233-40. 2006
    ..The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of year-long antihypertensive therapy with a calcium channel blocker and an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor on cardiac and renal injury...
  44. ncbi A case of dysferlinopathy presenting choreic movements
    Toshiaki Takahashi
    Department of Neurology and Division of Clinical Research, Nishitaga National Hospital, Sendai, Japan
    Mov Disord 21:1513-5. 2006
    ..The patient had no evidence of other causes of chorea. It is suggested that the chorea may be associated with the altered expression of the brain isoform of dysferlin...
  45. ncbi Late-onset distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles without mutation in the GNE or dysferlin genes
    Naoki Suzuki
    Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryo-machi, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
    Muscle Nerve 32:812-4. 2005
    ..We speculate that dysferlin is involved in the pathogenesis of the myopathy in these patients, which may represent a new disease entity presenting as a distal myopathy...
  46. ncbi Dysferlinopathy associated with rigid spine syndrome
    Toshiko Nagashima
    Department of Neurology, Seiwa Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
    Neuropathology 24:341-6. 2004
    ..This study might propose some clues to resolve the combination of musular dystrophies and rigid spine syndrome...
  47. ncbi [A patient with distal muscular dystrophy without mutations in dysferlin gene but with abnormal dysferlin localization in muscle fibers]
    Isao Hozumi
    Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Gifu Graduate School of Medicine
    Rinsho Shinkeigaku 44:699-702. 2004
    ..The mechanism of dysferlin expression should be elucidated to obtain a conclusive pathogenetic mechanism underlying this disorder...
  48. ncbi Characteristics of the increase in plasma brain natriuretic peptide level in left ventricular systolic dysfunction, associated with muscular dystrophy in comparison with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
    Jun Demachi
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
    Neuromuscul Disord 14:732-9. 2004
    ..Differences in the left ventricular distension and in the physical activity might explain at least partially the different plasma brain natriuretic peptide levels...
  49. ncbi [A patient with limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B (LGMD2B) manifesting cardiomyopathy]
    Satoshi Kuru
    Department of Neurology, Suzuka National Hospital
    Rinsho Shinkeigaku 44:375-8. 2004
    ..Moreover echocardiogram revealed ventricular enlargement and diffuse hypokinesia suggesting secondary cardiomyopathy atributable to muscular dystrophy. Careful cardiac monitoring should be carried out in dysferlinopathy patients...
  50. ncbi Novel dysferlin mutations and characteristic muscle atrophy in late-onset Miyoshi myopathy
    Naoki Suzuki
    Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
    Muscle Nerve 29:721-3. 2004
    ..Even older patients with atrophy in the posterior compartment of the distal lower extremities and a relatively high serum creatine kinase level should be examined for the dysferlin gene...
  51. ncbi Aprataxin, the causative protein for EAOH is a nuclear protein with a potential role as a DNA repair protein
    Yasuteru Sano
    Department of Neurology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
    Ann Neurol 55:241-9. 2004
    ....
  52. ncbi Miyoshi myopathy patients with novel 5' splicing donor site mutations showed different dysferlin immunostaining at the sarcolemma
    Akiko Saito
    Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 8 35 1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890 8520, Japan
    Acta Neuropathol 104:615-20. 2002
    ..These results suggest that a splicing mutation of the dysferlin gene may have the potential to cause decreased dysferlin expression but may not be related to the milder clinical phenotype...