YCU PR Office, Author at Yokohama City University

2023-11-15

Influence on the accuracy in ChatGPT: Differences in the amount of information per medical field

Objectives Although ChatGPT was not developed for medical use, there is growing interest in its use in medical fields. Understanding its capabilities and precautions for its use in the medical field is an urgent matter. We hypothesized that differences in the amounts of information published in different medical fields would be proportionate to the amounts of training ChatGPT receives in those fields, and hence its accuracy in providing answers.

2023-11-10

Structural basis for ligand recognition and signaling of hydroxy- carboxylic acid receptor 2

Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptors (HCAR1, HCAR2, and HCAR3) transduce Gi/o signaling upon biding to molecules such as lactic acid, butyric acid and 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid, which are associated with lipolytic and atherogenic activity, and neuroinflammation.

2023-11-06

Changes in the Number of Gastrointestinal Cancers and Stage at Diagnosis with COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: A Multicenter Cohort Study Cancers

The number of gastrointestinal cancer patients declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Japan, the number of early-stage gastric and colorectal cancer patients decreased significantly.

2023-11-02

Structural bases for the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease induced by single amino acid substitutions of myelin protein zero

Myelin protein zero (MPZ or P0) is a transmembrane protein which functions to glue membranes in peripheral myelin. Inter-membrane adhesion is mediated by homophilic interactions between the extracellular domains (ECDs) of MPZ.