Sapporo City University

How Language Affects Attitudes to Engagement with the Recovery Process: A Comparative Study of the Language of Two Step-Based Recovery Programs

This study examines perceptions of the language used in Alcoholics Anonymous’ Twelve Steps (AA12) and Buddhist Eight Step Recovery (B8) among individuals recovering from alcohol use disorder (AUD). Using questionnaire data (N = 29) and Critical Discourse Analysis, participants pr...

Serum soluble Fas levels and incidence of biliary tract cancer in a nested case-control study

Abstract Background: Soluble Fas (sFas) plays multiple roles in tumorigenesis and cancer dissemination by avoiding apoptosis via connection to Fas ligand. We assessed associations of serum sFas levels with the incidence of extrahepatic biliary tract cancer (eBTC) in a prospective...

Early administration of calcineurin inhibitors limits tolerogenic effect of PTCy in allogeneic hematopoietic transplant

We recently demonstrated early administration of calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) after murine allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) inhibits terminal exhaustion of donor T cells and hampers tolerance induction. However, the role of CNIs in regulating T-cell exhau...