Kazuo Ando

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• Postpartum chronic pelvic pain and pelvic girdle pain. Minerva anestesiologica Komatsu, R., Ando, K., Flood, P. D. 2019

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• Differential Dynamics of the Maternal Immune System in Healthy Pregnancy and Preeclampsia FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY Han, X., Ghaemi, M. S., Ando, K., Peterson, L. S., Ganio, E. A., Tsai, A. S., Gaudilliere, D. K., Stelzer, I. A., Einhaus, J., Bertrand, B., Stanley, N., Culos, A., Tanada, A., Hedou, J., Tsai, E. S., Fallahzadeh, R., Wong, R. J., Judy, A. E., Winn, V. D., Druzins, M. L., Blumenfeld, Y. J., Hlatky, M. A., Quaintance, C. C., Gibbs, R. S., Carvalho, B., Shaw, G. M., Stevenson, D. K., Angst, M. S., Aghaeepour, N., Gaudilliere, B. 2019; 10

  View details for DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01305

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• Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Consensus Statement: Monitoring Recommendations for Prevention and Detection of Respiratory Depression Associated With Administration of Neuraxial Morphine for Cesarean Delivery Analgesia. Anesthesia and analgesia Bauchat, J. R., Weiniger, C. F., Sultan, P., Habib, A. S., Ando, K., Kowalczyk, J. J., Kato, R., George, R. B., Palmer, C. M., Carvalho, B. 2019

  Abstract

  The majority of women undergoing cesarean delivery in the United States receive neuraxial morphine, the most effective form of postoperative analgesia for this surgery. Current American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) recommend respiratory monitoring standards following neuraxial morphine administration in the general surgical population that may be too frequent and intensive when applied to the healthy obstetric population receiving a single dose of neuraxial morphine at the time of surgery. There is limited evidence to support or guide the optimal modality, frequency, and duration of respiratory monitoring in the postoperative cesarean delivery patient receiving a single dose of neuraxial morphine. Consistent with the mission of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) to improve outcomes in pregnancy for women and neonates, the purpose of this consensus statement is to encourage the use of this highly effective analgesic technique while promoting safe practice and patient-centered care. The document aims to reduce unnecessary interruptions from respiratory monitoring in healthy mothers while focusing vigilance on monitoring in those women at highest risk for respiratory depression following neuraxial morphine administration. This consensus statement promotes the use of low-dose neuraxial morphine and multimodal analgesia after cesarean delivery, gives perspective on the safety of this analgesic technique in healthy women, and promotes patient risk stratification and perioperative risk assessment to determine and adjust the intensity, frequency, and duration of respiratory monitoring.

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• Systemic Immunologic Consequences of Chronic Periodontitis. Journal of dental research Gaudilliere, D. K., Culos, A., Djebali, K., Tsai, A. S., Ganio, E. A., Choi, W. M., Han, X., Maghaireh, A., Choisy, B., Baca, Q., Einhaus, J. F., Hedou, J. J., Bertrand, B., Ando, K., Fallahzadeh, R., Ghaemi, M. S., Okada, R., Stanley, N., Tanada, A., Tingle, M., Alpagot, T., Helms, J. A., Angst, M. S., Aghaeepour, N., Gaudilliere, B. 2019: 22034519857714

  Abstract

  Chronic periodontitis (ChP) is a prevalent inflammatory disease affecting 46% of the US population. ChP produces a profound local inflammatory response to dysbiotic oral microbiota that leads to destruction of alveolar bone and tooth loss. ChP is also associated with systemic illnesses, including cardiovascular diseases, malignancies, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, the mechanisms underlying these adverse health outcomes are poorly understood. In this prospective cohort study, we used a highly multiplex mass cytometry immunoassay to perform an in-depth analysis of the systemic consequences of ChP in patients before (n = 28) and after (n = 16) periodontal treatment. A high-dimensional analysis of intracellular signaling networks revealed immune system-wide dysfunctions differentiating patients with ChP from healthy controls. Notably, we observed exaggerated proinflammatory responses to Porphyromonas gingivalis-derived lipopolysaccharide in circulating neutrophils and monocytes from patients with ChP. Simultaneously, natural killer cell responses to inflammatory cytokines were attenuated. Importantly, the immune alterations associated with ChP were no longer detectable 3 wk after periodontal treatment. Our findings demarcate systemic and cell-specific immune dysfunctions in patients with ChP, which can be temporarily reversed by the local treatment of ChP. Future studies in larger cohorts are needed to test the boundaries of generalizability of our results.

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• Multiomics modeling of the immunome, transcriptome, microbiome, proteome and metabolome adaptations during human pregnancy. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) Ghaemi, M. S., DiGiulio, D. B., Contrepois, K., Callahan, B., Ngo, T. T., Lee-McMullen, B., Lehallier, B., Robaczewska, A., Mcilwain, D., Rosenberg-Hasson, Y., Wong, R. J., Quaintance, C., Culos, A., Stanley, N., Tanada, A., Tsai, A., Gaudilliere, D., Ganio, E., Han, X., Ando, K., McNeil, L., Tingle, M., Wise, P., Maric, I., Sirota, M., Wyss-Coray, T., Winn, V. D., Druzin, M. L., Gibbs, R., Darmstadt, G. L., Lewis, D. B., Partovi Nia, V., Agard, B., Tibshirani, R., Nolan, G., Snyder, M. P., Relman, D. A., Quake, S. R., Shaw, G. M., Stevenson, D. K., Angst, M. S., Gaudilliere, B., Aghaeepour, N. 2019; 35 (1): 95–103

  Abstract

  Motivation: Multiple biological clocks govern a healthy pregnancy. These biological mechanisms produce immunologic, metabolomic, proteomic, genomic and microbiomic adaptations during the course of pregnancy. Modeling the chronology of these adaptations during full-term pregnancy provides the frameworks for future studies examining deviations implicated in pregnancy-related pathologies including preterm birth and preeclampsia.Results: We performed a multiomics analysis of 51 samples from 17 pregnant women, delivering at term. The datasets included measurements from the immunome, transcriptome, microbiome, proteome and metabolome of samples obtained simultaneously from the same patients. Multivariate predictive modeling using the Elastic Net (EN) algorithm was used to measure the ability of each dataset to predict gestational age. Using stacked generalization, these datasets were combined into a single model. This model not only significantly increased predictive power by combining all datasets, but also revealed novel interactions between different biological modalities. Future work includes expansion of the cohort to preterm-enriched populations and in vivo analysis of immune-modulating interventions based on the mechanisms identified.Availability and implementation: Datasets and scripts for reproduction of results are available through: https://nalab.stanford.edu/multiomics-pregnancy/.Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

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• ASSESSMENT OF MATERNAL PERIPHERAL IMMUNE SYSTEM BY MASS CYTOMETRY TO PREDICT THE ONSET OF LABOR Ando, K., Han, X., Ghaemi, S., Angst, M., Carvalho, B., Aghaeepour, N., Gaudilliere, B. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. 2018: 403

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• Mass Cytometry and Proteomic Based Prediction of the Onset of Labor. Ando, K., Han, X., Ghaemi, S., Tsai, A., Ganio, E., Gaudilliere, D., Culos, T., Shaw, G., Wong, R., Stevenson, D., Carvalho, B., Tingle, M., Angst, M., Aghaeepor, N., Gaudilliere, B., Stanford March Dimes Prematurity SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. 2018: 153A

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• Centrally administered isoproterenol induces sympathetic outflow via brain prostaglandin E-2-mediated mechanisms in rats AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE-BASIC & CLINICAL Ando, K., Kondo, F., Yamaguchi, N., Tachi, M., Fukayama, M., Yoshikawa, K., Gosho, M., Fujiwara, Y., Okada, S. 2015; 189: 1–7

  Abstract

  Brain β-adrenoceptor stimulation can induce elevations of plasma levels of noradrenaline. However, there have been no detailed studies related to signaling pathways downstream of β-adrenoceptors responsible for central sympathetic outflow. In the present study, we pharmacologically examined the possibility that centrally administered isoproterenol can induce elevations of plasma noradrenaline levels in a brain prostaglandin-dependent manner. In addition, we also examined whether or not intracerebroventricular administration of isoproterenol could release endogenously synthesized prostaglandin (PG) E2 in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) by using the brain microdialysis technique combined with liquid chromatography-ion trap tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ITMS(n)). Under urethane anesthesia, a femoral venous line was inserted for infusion of saline and a femoral arterial line was inserted for collecting blood samples. Next, animals were placed in a stereotaxic apparatus for application of test agents. Catecholamines in the plasma were extracted by alumina absorption and were assayed by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Quantification of PGE2 in rat PVN microdialysates was performed by the LC-ITMS(n) method. We demonstrated that centrally administered isoproterenol-induced elevations of plasma noradrenaline could be mediated via activation of β-adrenoceptors and the downstream phospholipase A2-cyclooxygenase pathway. Furthermore, PGE2 in the PVN and the PGE2 receptor EP3 subtype appear to play an important role in the process. Our results suggest that central isoproterenol-induced sympathetic outflow is mediated via brain PGE2 in a PGE2 receptor EP3 subtype-dependent manner.

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• Particulate matter in bicarbonate Ringer’s solution Experimental and clinical cardiology. Ando, K., Akahori, T., Nakamura, E., Fujiwara, Y., Kinoshita, H. 2014: 139-142
• Right ventricular perforation due to a stabilizing bar installed for the Nuss procedure MINERVA ANESTESIOLOGICA Sakakibara, K., Kinoshita, H., Ando, K., Yasuda, Y., Mori, Y., Fujiwara, Y. 2013; 79 (7): 820–21

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• Role of naofen in apoptosis of hepatocytes induced by lipopolysaccharide through mitochondrial signaling in rats HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH Fan, J., Feng, G., Huang, L., Tsunekawa, K., Honda, T., Katano, Y., Hirooka, Y., Goto, H., Kandatsu, N., Ando, K., Fujiwara, Y., Koide, T., Okada, S., Ishikawa, N. 2012; 42 (7): 696–705

  Abstract

    Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) causes apoptosis of hepatocytes, which is probably mediated by inflammatory substances released from Kupffer cells (KCs). Recently, we have reported that naofen, a newly found intracellular WD40-repeat protein, has a role in inducing the apoptosis in HEK293 cells. Hence, the present study was undertaken to investigate a role of naofen in the LPS-induced apoptosis of rat hepatocytes.  Rats were treated with i.v. injections of LPS, and livers were extirpated to evaluate expression of naofen and apoptosis. In in vitro experiments, hepatocytes and KCs were separately isolated from rat livers. The incubation medium for KCs treated with LPS (KC-CM) was used for hepatocyte culture.  Intravenous injections of LPS enhanced the expression of naofen in the livers. Livers showed terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive staining, and elevated caspase-3 activity. In isolated KCs or hepatocytes, LPS hardly affected naofen expression and caspase-3 activity, whereas incubation of hepatocytes with KC-CM enhanced both naofen expression and caspase-3 activation. Transfection of hepatocyte with naofen siRNA prevented such effects of KC-CM, and clearly eliminated KC-CM-induced reduction of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL. In contrast, overexpression of naofen in hepatocytes downregulated Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, released cytochrome c from mitochondria, and activated caspase-3.  These results indicate that LPS may induce the hepatic apoptosis in association with enhanced naofen expression, and that naofen may mediate the activation of caspase-3 through downregulating the Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL expression, and releasing cytochrome c from mitochondria to cytoplasm.

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