Signaling through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) axis is responsible for aerobic glycolysis mediated by glucose …

H Makinoshima, M Takita, K Saruwatari… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Oncogenic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling plays an important role in
regulating global metabolic pathways, including aerobic glycolysis, the pentose phosphate …

Association of Probiotic Clostridium butyricum Therapy with Survival and Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Patients with Lung Cancer

Y Tomita, T Ikeda, S Sakata, K Saruwatari, R Sato… - Cancer immunology …, 2020 - AACR
Gut dysbiosis caused by antibiotics impairs response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB).
Gut microbiota is becoming an attractive therapeutic target for cancer. The Clostridium …

Clostridium butyricum therapy restores the decreased efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade in lung cancer patients receiving proton pump inhibitors

…, M Anai, S Hamada, S Iyama, K Saruwatari… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Oral microbiota is associated with human diseases including cancer. Emerging evidence
suggests that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which allow the oral microbiome to translocate into …

Disorder of coagulation-fibrinolysis system: an emerging toxicity of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies

…, S Ishizuka, N Sato, K Saruwatari… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A disruption of immune checkpoints leads to imbalances in immune homeostasis, resulting
in immune-related adverse events. Recent case studies have suggested the association …

Aggressive tumor microenvironment of solid predominant lung adenocarcinoma subtype harboring with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations

K Saruwatari, S Ikemura, K Sekihara, T Kuwata, S Fujii… - Lung Cancer, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Tumor microenvironment critically affects cancer progression. This study aimed
to identify differences in microenvironments of lung adenocarcinomas with epidermal growth …

Protective effect of bevacizumab on chemotherapy-related acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung …

…, N Sato, K Akaike, H Okabayashi, K Saruwatari… - BMC pulmonary …, 2019 - Springer
Background Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (AE-ILD) is the most serious
complication in lung cancer patients with pre-existing ILD receiving chemotherapy. The role of …

Prognostic factor analysis in patients with small-cell lung cancer treated with third-line chemotherapy

K Saruwatari, S Umemura, S Nomura, K Kirita… - Clinical Lung Cancer, 2016 - Elsevier
Background There is little information on the clinical outcome of patients with small-cell lung
cancer (SCLC) treated with third-line chemotherapy. The purpose of this study was to clarify …

The risks and benefits of immune checkpoint blockade in anti-AChR antibody-seropositive non-small cell lung cancer patients

K Saruwatari, R Sato, S Nakane, S Sakata… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) monoclonal antibodies (Abs) unleash an
immune response to cancer. However, a disruption of the immune checkpoint function by …

Association of Clostridium butyricum Therapy Using the Live Bacterial Product CBM588 with the Survival of Patients with Lung Cancer Receiving …

…, S Sakata, K Imamura, S Iyama, T Jodai, K Saruwatari… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Gut microbiota is a key regulators of the efficacy of immune checkpoint
inhibitor (ICIs). Thus, manipulating microbiota may enhance cancer treatment outcomes. …

A potential mechanism of the onset of acute eosinophilic pneumonia triggered by an anti‐PD‐1 immune checkpoint antibody in a lung cancer patient

…, S Iyama, T Kimura, K Saruwatari… - Immunity …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The impact of immune checkpoint blockade on immunity in cancer patients is
not completely elucidated due to the complexity of the immune network. Recent studies have …