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Okimoto Y, Peng X, Tamura M, Morita T, Onda K, Ishikawa T, Koshihara S, Todoroki N, Kyomen T, Itoh M. Ultrasonic propagation of a metallic domain in Pr0.5Ca0.5CoO3 undergoing a photoinduced insulator-metal transition. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 103:027402. [PMID: 19659241 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.027402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Femtosecond optical response was investigated on a perovskite-type cobalt oxide, Pr0.5Ca0.5CoO3 during an insulator-metal (I-M) transition accompanied with the change in spin configuration. After photoirradiation at 30 K, the reflectivity showed a sudden and large increase with subsequent variation depending on the observed photon energy. An exact calculation of Maxwell's equations for the Pr0.5Ca0.5CoO3 after the photoirradiation enabled us to observe the ultrafast dynamics of I-M phase transition and the motion of the photonically created metallic domain at the velocity of ultrasonic wave.
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Ueno A, Abe N, Suzuki M, Shigemune Y, Hirayama K, Mori E, Tashiro M, Itoh M, Fujii T. Reactivation of the medial temporal lobe and visual association areas during the retrieval of visual information: a positron emission tomography study. Neuroimage 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(09)70480-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Hiramatsu A, Miwa H, Shikami M, Ikai T, Tajima E, Yamamoto H, Imai N, Hattori A, Kyo T, Watarai M, Miura K, Satoh A, Itoh M, Imamura A, Mihara H, Katoh Y, Nitta M. Disease-specific expression of VEGF and its receptors in AML cells: possible autocrine pathway of VEGF/type1 receptor of VEGF in t(15;17) AML and VEGF/type2 receptor of VEGF in t(8;21) AML. Leuk Lymphoma 2009; 47:89-95. [PMID: 16465716 DOI: 10.1080/10428190500270386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Various angiogenic factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and an associated molecule, placenta growth factor (PlGF), are thought to be important for normal and malignant hematopoiesis. This study examined mRNA expression of VEGF, PlGF and receptors for these molecules in AML cells and identified the disease-specific patterns of expression. AML M3 having t(15;17) abnormality showed highest expression of VEGF and VEGF receptor type 1 (VEGFR1), suggesting the autocrine pathway of VEGF-VEGFR1. Then, t(8;21) AML demonstrated augmented expression of VEGF and VEGF receptor type 2 (VEGFR2), suggesting VEGF-VEGFR2 autocrine pathway. Then, addition of VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor in Kasumi-1, a t(8;21) AML cell line, resulted in marked inhibition of cell growth, although growth inhibitory effect of R2 kinase inhibitor to HL-60 was marginal. In addition, cell cycle analysis study showed S-phase cell population reduction by R2 kinase inhibitor in Kasumi-1, but not in HL-60. This observation is thought to be the rationale for novel molecular target therapy directed to angiogenic molecules.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Autocrine Communication/genetics
- Cell Cycle/drug effects
- Cell Cycle/physiology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- Disease
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic/genetics
- HL-60 Cells
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/metabolism
- Middle Aged
- Placenta Growth Factor
- Pregnancy Proteins/biosynthesis
- Pregnancy Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/biosynthesis
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1/biosynthesis
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/antagonists & inhibitors
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/biosynthesis
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/genetics
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Krum D, Hare J, Delavelle A, Soubelet E, Vaillant R, Belanger B, Choudhuri I, Sra J, Pandozi C, Dottori S, Ficili S, Galeazzi M, Lavalle C, Pandozi A, Russo M, Santini M, Berger T, Pehboeck D, Stuehlinger M, Dichtl W, Silye R, Takami M, Yoshida A, Fukuzawa K, Takami K, Kumagai H, Tanaka S, Itoh M, Hirata K, Ficili S, Pandozi C, Galeazzi M, Russo M, Lavalle C, Bernardi C, Amati F, Santini M, Tanaka S, Yoshida A, Fukuzawa K, Takami K, Kumagai H, Takami M, Itoh M, Hirata K, De Ponti R, Marazzi R, De Luca L, De Sanctis V, Caravati F, Panchetti L, Salerno-Uriarte JA, Luik A, Wondraschek R, Merkel M, Schmitt C, Marazzi R, De Ponti R, Lumia D, Lunardi L, Cremona V, Fugazzola C, Salerno-Uriarte JA, Pandozi C, Dottori S, Ficili S, Galeazzi M, Lavalle C, Russo M, Camastra GS, Santini M. Poster Session 1: New tools for ablation. Europace 2009. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Potpara T, Grujic M, Ostojic M, Vujisic B, Polovina M, Mujovic N, Hatzinikolaou-Kotsakou E, Reppas E, Beleveslis TH, Moschos G, Kotsakou M, Tsakiridis K, Simeonidou E, Papandreou A, Tsigas G, Michalakeas C, Tsitlakidis C, Alexopoulos D, Lekakis J, Kremastinos DT, Poci D, Backmn L, Karlsson TH, Edvardsson N, Golzio PG, Vinci M, Amellone C, Jorfida M, Veglio V, Gaido E, Trevi GP, Bongiorni MG, Ding L, Hua WEI, Zhang SHU, Chen KEPING, Wang FZ, Chen XIN, Dokumaci B, Dokumaci AS, Ozyildirim S, Yolcu M, Uyan C, Nicolas-Franco S, Rodriguez Gonzalez J, Albacete-Moreno C, Ruiz-Villa G, Sanchez-Martos A, Bixquert-Genoves D, Skoczynski P, Gajek J, Zysko D, Porebska M, Josiak K, Mazurek W, Providencia RA, Silva J, Seca L, Gomes PL, Barra S, Mota P, Nascimento J, Leitao-Marques AM, Kikuchi Y, Brady PA, Erne P, Val-Mejias J, Schwab J, Schimpf R, Orlov M, Mattioni T, Amlie J, Sacher F, Lahitton B, Laborderie J, Wright M, Haissaguerre M, Berger T, Zwick R, Dichtl W, Stuehlinger M, Pachinger O, Hintringer F, Toli K, Koutras K, Stauropoulos J, Vichos S, Mantas J, Rodriguez Artuza CR, Hidalgo L JA, Garcia A, Fumero P, Perez A, Rangel I, Providencia RA, Silva J, Seca L, Gomes PL, Nascimento J, Leitao-Marques AM, Perl S, Stiegler P, Kollmann A, Rotman B, Lercher P, Anelli-Monti M, Tscheliessnigg KH, Pieske BM, Nakamura K, Naito S, Kumagai K, Goto K, Iwamoto J, Funabashi N, Oshima S, Komuro I, Toli K, Stavropoulos J, Koutras D, Vichos S, Mantas J, Di Biase L, Beheiry S, Hongo R, Horton R, Morganti K, Hao S, Javier Sanchez J, Natale A, Digby G, Parfrey B, Morriello F, Lim L, Hopman WM, Simpson CS, Redfearn DP, Baranchuk A, Madsen T, Schmidt EB, Toft E, Christensen JH, Patel D, Shaheen M, Sonne K, Mohanty P, Dibiase L, Horton RP, Sanchez JE, Natale A, Krynski T, Stec SM, Stanke A, Baszko A, Kulakowski P, Rondano E, Bortnik M, Occhetta E, Teodori G, Caimmi PP, Marino PN, Osmancik P, Peroutka Z, Herman D, Stros P, Budera P, Straka Z, Petrac D, Radeljic V, Delic-Brkljacic D, Manola S, Pavlovic N, Inama G, Pedrinazzi C, Adragao P, Arribas F, Landolina M, Merino JL, De Sousa J, Gulizia M, Neuzil P, Holy F, Skoda J, Petru J, Sediva L, Kralovec S, Brada J, Taborsky M, Takami M, Yoshida A, Fukuzawa K, Takami K, Kumagai H, Tanaka S, Itoh M, Hirata K, Jacques F, Champagne J, Doyle D, Charbonneau E, Dagenais F, Voisine P, Dumont E, Aboelhoda A, Nawar M, Khadragui I, Loutfi M, Ramadan B, Makboul G, Gianfranchi L, Pacchioni F, Bettiol K, Alboni P, Gallardo Lobo R, Pap R, Bencsik G, Makai A, Marton G, Saghy L, Forster T, Stockburger M, Trautmann F, Nitardy A, Just-Teetzmann M, Schade S, Celebi O, Krebs A, Dietz R, Pastore CA, Douglas RA, Samesima N, Martinelli Filho M, Nishioka SAD, Pastor Fuentes A, Perea J, Tur N, Berzal B, Boldt LH, Polotzki M, Posch MG, Perrot A, Lohse M, Rolf S, Ozcelik C, Haverkamp W, Tunyan LG, Grigoryan SV, Barsheshet A, Abu Sham'a R, Kuperstein R, Feinberg MS, Sandach A, Luria D, Eldar M, Glikson M, Vatasescu RG, Berruezo A, Iorgulescu C, Fruntelata A, Dorobantu M, Chaumeil A, Philippon F, O'hara G, Blier L, Molin F, Gilbert M, Champagne J, Paslawska U, Gajek J, Zysko D, Noszczyk-Nowak A, Skrzypczak P, Nicpon J, Mazurek W, Chevallier S, Van Oosterom A, Pruvot E, Iga A, Igarashi M, Itou H, Fujino T, Tsubota T, Yamazaki J, Yoshihara K, Arsenos P, Gatzoulis K, Dilaveris P, Gialernios T, Papaioannou T, Masoura K, Archontakis S, Stefanadis C, Nasr GM, Khashaba A, Osman H, El-Barbary M, Heinke M, Heinke T, Ismer B, Kuehnert H, Surber R, Figulla HR. Poster session 3: Miscellaneous. Europace 2009. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Watanabe N, Yoshioka S, Itoh M, Satoh Y, Furuta M, Komatsu S, Sumio Y, Fujita T, Yamada T, Sasaki Y. The G allele at the c.-312A>G SNP in the EDG1 gene associated with high marbling in Japanese Black cattle is at a low frequency in breeds not selected for marbling. Anim Genet 2009; 40:579. [PMID: 19392819 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01871.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kanda J, Ichinohe T, Shimazaki C, Hamaguchi M, Watanabe A, Ishida H, Yoshihara T, Morimoto A, Uoshima N, Adachi S, Inukai T, Sawada A, Oka K, Itoh M, Hino M, Maruya E, Saji H, Uchiyama T, Kodera Y. Long-term survival after HLA-haploidentical SCT from noninherited maternal antigen-mismatched family donors: impact of chronic GVHD. Bone Marrow Transplant 2009; 44:327-9. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2009.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Yamada T, Itoh M, Nishimura S, Taniguchi Y, Miyake T, Sasaki S, Yoshioka S, Fujita T, Shiga K, Morita M, Sasaki Y. Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the endothelial differentiation sphingolipid G-protein-coupled receptor 1 gene with marbling in Japanese Black beef cattle. Anim Genet 2008; 40:209-16. [PMID: 19133939 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01822.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Marbling defined by the amount and distribution of intramuscular fat, so-called Shimofuri, is an economically important trait of beef cattle in Japan. The endothelial differentiation sphingolipid G-protein-coupled receptor 1 (EDG1) gene, involved in blood vessel formation, has been previously shown to be expressed at different levels in musculus longissimus muscle between low-marbled and high-marbled steer groups. It is located within the genomic region of a quantitative trait locus for marbling, and thus was considered as a positionally functional candidate for the gene responsible for marbling. In this study, two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 5' untranslated region (UTR) and the 3' UTR of EDG1, referred to as c.-312A>G and c.*446G>A, respectively, were detected between the two steer groups. The two SNPs were associated with the predicted breeding value for beef marbling standard number by analyses using a population of Japanese Black beef cattle. The effect of genotypes at each of the SNPs on the predicted breeding value for subcutaneous fat thickness was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). Reporter gene assays revealed no significant differences in gene expression between alleles at each of the SNPs. These findings suggest that EDG1 SNPs, although they may not be regarded as a causal mutation, may be useful for effective marker-assisted selection to increase the levels of marbling in Japanese Black beef cattle.
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Baker PJ, Lancaster T, Blundell SJ, Hayes W, Pratt FL, Itoh M, Kuroiwa S, Akimitsu J. Muon spin relaxation study of LaTiO(3) and YTiO(3). JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2008; 20:465203. [PMID: 21693843 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/46/465203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report muon spin relaxation (μSR) measurements on two Ti(3+) containing perovskites, LaTiO(3) and YTiO(3), which display long-range magnetic order at low temperature. For both materials, oscillations in the time dependence of the muon polarization are observed which are consistent with three-dimensional magnetic order. From our data we identify two magnetically inequivalent muon stopping sites. The μSR results are compared with the magnetic structures of these compounds previously derived from neutron diffraction and μSR studies on structurally similar compounds.
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Kimura S, Matsuda M, Masuda T, Hondo S, Kaneko K, Metoki N, Hagiwara M, Takeuchi T, Okunishi K, He Z, Kindo K, Taniyama T, Itoh M. Longitudinal spin density wave order in a quasi-1D Ising-like quantum antiferromagnet. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 101:207201. [PMID: 19113372 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.207201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2008] [Revised: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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From neutron diffraction measurements on a quasi-1D Ising-like Co2+ spin compound BaCo2V2O8, we observed an appearance of a novel type of incommensurate ordering in magnetic fields. This ordering is essentially different from the Néel-type ordering, which is expected for the classical system, and the peculiar spin structure is caused by quantum fluctuation inherent in the quantum spin chain. A Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid nature characteristic of the gapless quantum 1D system is responsible for the realization of the incommensurate ordering.
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Tamura S, Takimoto Y, Hoshida Y, Okada K, Yoshimura M, Uji K, Yoshida A, Miki H, Itoh M. A case of primary oropharyngeal and gastric syphilis mimicking oropharyngeal cancer. Endoscopy 2008; 40 Suppl 2:E235-6. [PMID: 18991216 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Dohmae S, Okubo T, Higuchi W, Takano T, Isobe H, Baranovich T, Kobayashi S, Uchiyama M, Tanabe Y, Itoh M, Yamamoto T. Bacillus cereus nosocomial infection from reused towels in Japan. J Hosp Infect 2008; 69:361-7. [PMID: 18602188 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/11/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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It was noticed that there was an increase in Bacillus cereus nosocomial infections in the summer from 2000 to 2005. In 2005, five bloodstream infections occurred in five patients related to catheter use. The causative strains were distinct from each other and belonged to novel multilocus sequence types (ST): ST365, ST366, ST367 and ST368. Two ST365 strains from two patients were further distinguished by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. B. cereus contamination was observed with reused (dried and steamed) towels (>10(6)cfu/towel) and washing machines in hospital linen rooms. B. cereus strains from towels belonged to ST167, ST365, ST380 and ST382, and a proportion of these were the same, or similar, to strains from patients. All the hospital strains of B. cereus were distinct from those from food-poisoning strains (ST26, ST142, ST381). Ciprofloxacin resistance was observed only in hospital strains. Neither emetic toxin nor cytotoxin K gene, usually present in food poisoning strains, were found in the hospital strains, except for one patient isolate. The data suggest that specific B. cereus strains are circulating within a hospital, with genotypes, antibiotic susceptibilities and virulence gene patterns generally distinct from those of food poisoning, and that in Japan, towels are an important source of contamination, especially in summer.
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Arihara K, Ogihara S, Sakata J, Itoh M, Kondo Y. Antimicrobial activity of Enterococcus faecalis against Listeria monocytogenes. Lett Appl Microbiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1991.tb00605.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kamikubo Y, Takahashi D, Koyama M, Itoh M, Takahira M. [Treatment of massive endobronchial hemorrhage after cardiopulmonary bypass by selective coil embolization of the bronchial artery]. KYOBU GEKA. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF THORACIC SURGERY 2008; 61:359-362. [PMID: 18464478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A 68-year-old woman underwent aortic valve replacement to treat her aortic regurgitation. The operation was performed successfully. Just before coming off cardiopulmonary bypass, massive hemorrhage occurred through the endotracheal tube. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy could not find the bleeding site and 1,350 ml of blood had been lost. Bronchial angiography under percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass revealed the right middle branch to be the bleeding site. The endotrachial bleeding was treated successfully by selective coil embolization of the bronchial artery. No further bronchial bleeding occurred. Although we found the bleeding site, we could not identify the cause of hemorrhage.
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Katsuno T, Umeda K, Matsui T, Hata M, Tamura A, Itoh M, Takeuchi K, Fujimori T, Nabeshima YI, Noda T, Tsukita S, Tsukita S. Deficiency of zonula occludens-1 causes embryonic lethal phenotype associated with defected yolk sac angiogenesis and apoptosis of embryonic cells. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:2465-75. [PMID: 18353970 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-12-1215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Zonula occludens (ZO)-1/2/3 are the members of the TJ-MAGUK family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases associated with tight junctions. To investigate the role of ZO-1 (encoded by Tjp1) in vivo, ZO-1 knockout (Tjp1(-/-)) mice were generated by gene targeting. Although heterozygous mice showed normal development and fertility, delayed growth and development were evident from E8.5 onward in Tjp1(-/-) embryos, and no viable Tjp1(-/-) embryos were observed beyond E11.5. Tjp1(-/-) embryos exhibited massive apoptosis in the notochord, neural tube area, and allantois at embryonic day (E)9.5. In the yolk sac, the ZO-1 deficiency induced defects in vascular development, with impaired formation of vascular trees, along with defective chorioallantoic fusion. Immunostaining of wild-type embryos at E8.5 for ZO-1/2/3 revealed that ZO-1/2 were expressed in almost all embryonic cells, showing tight junction-localizing patterns, with or without ZO-3, which was confined to the epithelial cells. ZO-1 deficiency depleted ZO-1-expression without influence on ZO-2/3 expression. In Tjp1(+/+) yolk sac extraembryonic mesoderm, ZO-1 was dominant without ZO-2/3 expression. Thus, ZO-1 deficiency resulted in mesoderms with no ZO-1/2/3, associated with mislocalization of endothelial junctional adhesion molecules. As a result, angiogenesis was defected in Tjp1(-/-) yolk sac, although differentiation of endothelial cells seemed to be normal. In conclusion, ZO-1 may be functionally important for cell remodeling and tissue organization in both the embryonic and extraembryonic regions, thus playing an essential role in embryonic development.
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Kimura S, Takeuchi T, Okunishi K, Hagiwara M, He Z, Kindo K, Taniyama T, Itoh M. Novel ordering of an S = 1/2 quasi-1d Ising-like antiferromagnet in magnetic field. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 100:057202. [PMID: 18352418 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.057202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2007] [Revised: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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High-field specific heat measurements on BaCo(2)V(2)O(8), which is a good realization of an S=1/2 quasi-one-dimensional (1D) Ising-like antifferomagnet, have been performed in magnetic fields up to 12 T along the chain and at temperature down to 200 mK. We have found a new magnetic ordered state in the field-induced phase above H(c) approximately 3.9 T. We suggest that a novel type of the incommensurate order, which is caused by the quantum effect inherent in the S=1/2 quasi-1D Ising-like antiferromagnet, appears in the field-induced phase.
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Amemiya F, Maekawa S, Itakura Y, Kanayama A, Matsui A, Takano S, Yamaguchi T, Itakura J, Kitamura T, Inoue T, Sakamoto M, Yamauchi K, Okada S, Yamashita A, Sakamoto N, Itoh M, Enomoto N. Targeting Lipid Metabolism in the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection. J Infect Dis 2008; 197:361-70. [DOI: 10.1086/525287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Zegers RGT, Adachi T, Akimune H, Austin SM, van den Berg AM, Brown BA, Fujita Y, Fujiwara M, Galès S, Guess CJ, Harakeh MN, Hashimoto H, Hatanaka K, Hayami R, Hitt GW, Howard ME, Itoh M, Kawabata T, Kawase K, Kinoshita M, Matsubara M, Nakanishi K, Nakayama S, Okumura S, Ohta T, Sakemi Y, Shimbara Y, Shimizu Y, Scholl C, Simenel C, Tameshige Y, Tamii A, Uchida M, Yamagata T, Yosoi M. Extraction of weak transition strengths via the (3He, t) reaction at 420 MeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:202501. [PMID: 18233136 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.202501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Differential cross sections for transitions of known weak strength were measured with the (3He, t) reaction at 420 MeV on targets of 12C, 13C, 18O, 26Mg, 58Ni, 60Ni, 90Zr, 118Sn, 120Sn, and 208Pb. Using these data, it is shown that the proportionalities between strengths and cross sections for this probe follow simple trends as a function of mass number. These trends can be used to confidently determine Gamow-Teller strength distributions in nuclei for which the proportionality cannot be calibrated via beta-decay strengths. Although theoretical calculations in the distorted-wave Born approximation overestimate the data, they allow one to understand the main experimental features and to predict deviations from the simple trends observed in some of the transitions.
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Nakamura Y, Qu N, Terayama H, Naito M, Yi SQ, Moriyama H, Itoh M. Structure of thymic cysts in congenital lymph nodes-lacking mice. Anat Histol Embryol 2007; 37:126-30. [PMID: 17986312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2007.00806.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The ALY (aly/aly) mouse, a mutant of the C57BL/6j strain, has a severe immunodeficiency because of immature development of the immune organs. Both lymph nodes and Peyer's patches are lacking and both the thymus and spleen are small. Previous microscopical observation of their thymus glands revealed the presence of an indistinct border between the cortex and medulla, the absence of Hassal's corpuscles and the reduction of the medullary epithelial cell population. However, other microscopical findings for these glands have not yet been reported. In the present study, we performed light and electron microscopical observation of the thymus and found the consistent presence of extremely irregular shaped cystic cavities lined by microvilli-bearing epithelium in the medulla. The cysts comprised ceca and did not open into adjacent capillaries, although they contained some lymphocytes and macrophages in their lumens. In the thymus glands of normal C57BL/6j mice, only some small cysts oval in shape could be inconspicuously found in the medulla. Therefore, the thymic cysts may normally regress during thymic development, however, in ALY mice, the cysts may remain because of the organ immaturity.
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Kato T, Itoh M, Hanashita J, Itoi T, Matsumoto T, Ono Y, Imamura S, Hayakawa N, Suzuki A, Mizutani Y, Uchigata Y, Oda N. Severe hypoglycaemia in a person with insulin autoimmune syndrome accompanied by insulin receptor anomaly type B. Diabet Med 2007; 24:1279-81. [PMID: 17956452 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS A rare case of the insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) accompanied by insulin receptor anomaly is reported. METHODS Antibodies to insulin and insulin receptor were determined in the patient with severe hypoglycaemia before and after the treatment with prednisolone. RESULTS Titers of antibody to insulin and insulin receptors were 73.0% and 41.5%, respectively. Drug-induced lymphocyte stimulation tests were all negative for the suspicious drugs. Her HLA-DR was DRB1*0403/04051. Following steroid therapy, the formation of antibodies was suppressed and alleviated her symptoms. Scatchard analysis yielded findings specific to polyclonal antibodies. CONCLUSIONS The changes in autoantibodies resulted in alleviation of the hypoglycemic symptoms as a result of steroid therapy.
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Li T, Garg U, Liu Y, Marks R, Nayak BK, Rao PVM, Fujiwara M, Hashimoto H, Kawase K, Nakanishi K, Okumura S, Yosoi M, Itoh M, Ichikawa M, Matsuo R, Terazono T, Uchida M, Kawabata T, Akimune H, Iwao Y, Murakami T, Sakaguchi H, Terashima S, Yasuda Y, Zenihiro J, Harakeh MN. Isotopic dependence of the giant monopole resonance in the even-A 112-124Sn isotopes and the asymmetry term in nuclear incompressibility. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:162503. [PMID: 17995244 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.162503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The strength distributions of the giant monopole resonance (GMR) have been measured in the even-A Sn isotopes (A=112-124) with inelastic scattering of 400-MeV alpha particles in the angular range 0 degrees -8.5 degrees . We find that the experimentally observed GMR energies of the Sn isotopes are lower than the values predicted by theoretical calculations that reproduce the GMR energies in 208Pb and 90Zr very well. From the GMR data, a value of Ktau = -550 +/- 100 MeV is obtained for the asymmetry term in the nuclear incompressibility.
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Kitamura H, Shioiri T, Itoh M, Sato Y, Shichiri K, Someya T. Does operational diagnosis of schizophrenia significantly impact intellectual deficits in psychotic disorders? JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH : JIDR 2007; 51:812-20. [PMID: 17803499 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.00964.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that, as a group, patients with schizophrenia have intellectual deficits that may precede the manifestation of psychotic symptoms; however, how successfully intelligence tests are able to discriminate schizophrenia from other psychotic disorders has yet to be investigated in detail. METHODS Using Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) data for 55 inpatients with schizophrenia and 28 inpatients with non-schizophrenic psychotic disorders (NSPD) (schizophreniform disorder, brief psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition, and psychotic disorders not otherwise specified), intelligence performance was compared between schizophrenia and NSPD and among different subtypes of schizophrenia. RESULTS There were no significant differences in intelligence quotient (IQ), verbal IQ (VIQ) and performance IQ (PIQ) discrepancy, and subtest scores of WAIS-R between the patients with schizophrenia and those with NSPD. These diagnostic groups were not discriminated well by any WAIS-R variables. Schizophrenia patients with prominent negative symptoms, on the other hand, had a significantly larger IQ discrepancy (VIQ > PIQ) than those without prominent negative symptoms and NSPD patients. Intelligence performance in schizophrenia did not differ with respect to diagnostic subtypes and longitudinal courses. CONCLUSIONS The current study failed to show diagnostic usefulness of WAIS-R in discriminating schizophrenia and other psychoses. A diagnosis of schizophrenia does not significantly impact intellectual deficits in psychotic disorders.
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Kawachi Y, Itoh M, Fujisawa Y, Furuta J, Nakamura Y, Banno T, Takahashi T, Otsuka F. Epidermal cell necrosis with direct epidermal infiltration of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded small nuclear RNA-positive T lymphocytes in a patient with EBV-associated haemophagocytic syndrome. Br J Dermatol 2007; 157:1053-6. [PMID: 17725675 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08142.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kimura S, Yashiro H, Okunishi K, Hagiwara M, He Z, Kindo K, Taniyama T, Itoh M. Field-induced order-disorder transition in antiferromagnetic BaCo(2)V(2)O(8) driven by a softening of spinon excitation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:087602. [PMID: 17930982 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.087602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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High field magnetization and ESR measurements on the quasi-one-dimensional (1D) antiferromagnet BaCo(2)V(2)O(8) have been performed in magnetic fields up to 50 T along the chain. The experimental results are explained well in terms of a 1D S=1/2 antiferromagnetic XXZ model in longitudinal fields. We show that the quantum phase transition from the Néel ordered phase to the spin liquid one in the model is responsible for a peculiar order to disorder transition in BaCo(2)V(2)O(8).
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Ishikawa SI, Tamaki S, Arihara K, Itoh M. Egg Yolk Protein and Egg Yolk Phosvitin Inhibit Calcium, Magnesium, and Iron Absorptions in Rats. J Food Sci 2007; 72:S412-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2007.00417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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