Anatomical variation of arterial supply to the rabbit spleen     

Reona IKEGAMI  Yoshimasa TANIMOTO  Miori KISHIMOTO  Hideshi SHIBATA 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2016,78(2):199-202

The rabbit, which is widely used as an experimental animal and is also popular as a companion animal, has a flat and elongated spleen with the longitudinal hilus running along its visceral surface. The spleen receives via the hilus an arterial supply that is essential for splenic nutrition and normal functioning. However, the distribution and variation of the arteries to the spleen have not been studied in detail. This study investigated anatomical variations of splenic arterial supply in 33 New Zealand White rabbits with a colored latex injection into arteries. We also examined whether the length of the spleen correlated with the number of the splenic branches of the splenic artery. The splenic artery always arose as the first independent branch of the celiac artery and ran along the splenic hilus to usually provide 6 (range, 3 to 10) splenic branches to the spleen. There was a moderate correlation (R=0.6) between the number of splenic branches and the longitudinal length of the spleen. The splenic branches often arose as a trunk or trunks in common with short gastric arteries. The number of common trunk(s) was usually 1 (range, 0 to 4). The data showed that the pattern and number of arterial branches to the spleen varied according to the individual animal, suggesting that such variations should be considered when performing experimental and veterinary surgical treatments in rabbits.  相似文献   

Spontaneous well-differentiated pancreatic islet cell carcinoma with vascular invasion in a male F344 rat     

Shiori Fujiwara  Yuko Yamaguchi  Tsubasa Saito  Tomomi Nakazawa  Kazutoshi Tamura 《Journal of toxicologic pathology》2022,35(1):99

This case report describes a case of spontaneous pancreatic islet cell carcinoma with vascular invasion in a 110-week-old male F344 rat. Histologically, a pancreatic nodule consisting of tumor cells and many blood-rich vessels, and covered with a fibrous capsule showed local invasion in the capsule and adjacent acinar tissues, encircling a large duct-like structure (DS). The tumor was composed of well-differentiated tumor cells resembling normal pancreatic islet cells, which had small round nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm. Mitotic figures were rare. Immunohistochemistry revealed that the tumor cells were positive for insulin. Although endothelial cells were not detected, the DS wall showed cells positive for α-smooth muscle actin and elastic fibers, suggesting that the DS is the pancreatic artery. This is a rare case of islet cell carcinoma consisting of well-differentiated tumor cells with invasion of the pancreatic artery in a rat.  相似文献   

Cadmium transport and tolerance in rice: perspectives for reducing grain cadmium accumulation   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

Shimpei Uraguchi  Toru Fujiwara 《Rice》2011,5(1):1-8

In recent decades, numerous studies have attempted to project the impact of hypothesised anthropogenic climate change on rice production. In this study, we offer a comprehensive review of our current understanding related to temperature, CO₂, and water-demand parameters in rice growth models. As to future rice yield, night time temperature should be focused in the models as well as day time temperature owing to the contribution of temperature on the night time respiration. Furthermore, although CO₂-enhanced photosynthesis is critical for the accurate prediction of rice production in a higher CO₂ atmosphere, we found that recent well-developed photosynthesis-stomatal model cannot realize the variation of CO₂ stomatal sensitivity with humidity conditions. To estimate water stress under projected climate-change conditions, rice growth model should be required to link with water resource model, which includes natural processes and anthropogenic regulations. The understanding of abilities and limitations in the models is important not only to improve the schemes that models employ, but to also critically review the simulated results.  相似文献   

Nephroblastoma with liver and lung metastases in an adult dog     

H Nakayama  T Hayashi  R Takahashi  K Fujiwara 《Nippon juigaku zasshi. The Japanese journal of veterinary science》1984,46(6):897-900

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Pathological observations of feline mast cell tumor   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

N Goto  M Ozasa  R Takahashi  K Ishida  K Fujiwara 《Nippon juigaku zasshi. The Japanese journal of veterinary science》1974,36(6):483-494

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Induction of autoimmune tubulo-interstitial nephritis in guinea pigs immunized with the canine renal basement membranes     

K Shirota  K Fujiwara 《Nippon juigaku zasshi. The Japanese journal of veterinary science》1985,47(6):1018-1021

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The effects of within-species and between-species variation in wood density on the photodegradation depth profiles of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa)     

Yutaka Kataoka  Makoto Kiguchi  Takeshi Fujiwara  Philip D. Evans 《Journal of Wood Science》2005,51(5):531-536

Low density wood is more rapidly eroded than denser wood when exposed to the weather, possibly because it is more susceptible to photodegradation. Fourier transform infrared microscopy was used to examine: (1) the depth of photodegradation in earlywood and latewood of sugi (Japanese cedar) and earlywood of hinoki (Japanese cypress) exposed for up to 1500 h to artificial sunlight emitted by a xenon lamp (375 W/m² within the 300 to 700 nm spectral range); and (2) the relationship between the density of wood tissues and depth of photodegradation. The depth of photodegradation varied between species (sugi and hinoki) as well as within a growth ring (sugi earlywood and latewood), and there was an inversely proportional relationship between depth of photodegradation and wood density. These findings may explain why low density earlywood is more rapidly eroded than latewood during weathering, and more generally, why there is an inverse relationship between the density of wood species and their rate of erosion during artificial and natural weathering. Part of this work was presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Sapporo, August 2004  相似文献   

Nickel-catalyzed carbonization of wood for coproduction of functional carbon and fluid fuels I: production of crystallized mesoporous carbon     

Tsutomu Suzuki  Kyoko Suzuki  Yukio Takahashi  Mitsuhiro Okimoto  Tetsuo Yamada  Noriyasu Okazaki  Yuichi Shimizu  Masashi Fujiwara 《Journal of Wood Science》2007,53(1):54-60

Japanese larch wood loaded with nickel (1%–4%) alone or with nickel and calcium (0.25%–1.5%) was carbonized at 800°–900°C for 0–120min with a heating rate of 5°–20°C min⁻¹ in a helium flow of 5.8−46.4 ml STP cm⁻² min⁻¹ to examine the influence of these variables on the crystallization of carbon (the formation of T component) and the development of mesoporosity. From the obtained results, reaction conditions suitable for effective production of carbon with the dual functions of adequate electroconductivity and adsorption capacity in liquid phase were established, thereby explaining the factors that govern the process. It was also confirmed that mesopore having a diameter of about 4 nm was selectively produced at the cost of specific (BET) surface area in parallel with the formation of T component. This result provided good insight into how the simultaneous dual function could be realized.  相似文献   

Observation of machined surface and subsurface structure of hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) produced in slow-speed orthogonal cutting using X-ray computed tomography     

Yosuke Matsuda  Yuko Fujiwara  Yoshihisa Fujii 《Journal of Wood Science》2015,61(2):128-135

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Growth changes in bighand thornyhead <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sebastolobus macrochir</Emphasis> off the Pacific coast of northern Honshu,Japan     

Tsutomu Hattori  Yoji Narimatsu  Masaki Ito  Yuji Ueda  Kunihiro Fujiwara  Daiji Kitagawa 《Fisheries Science》2007,73(2):341-347

ABSTRACT:     The biomass of bighand thornyhead Sebastolobus macrochir was increased by the high recruitment success of the 1999–2002 year classes off the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan. In this study, the growth of bighand thornyhead was examined over a 9-year period from 1996 to 2004 in this area. The growth of the 1999 year class and the 2000–2002 year classes was reduced at 3 and 2 years old, respectively, while the 1999–2002 year classes were smaller than the 1993–1998 year classes. In 2-, 3- and 4-year-old fish, the relationship between abundance and mean standard length was expressed by negative linear regressions, while fish became smaller when abundance of the year class was larger. Mean bottom temperatures were stable at depths of 350–900 m; variations in water temperature were small in the main distribution area of bighand thornyhead. We discuss the factors affecting the growth of bighand thornyhead via changes in the demersal fish community and feeding habits.  相似文献