Atsushi Watanabe

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Affiliation: Nippon Medical School
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Prevalence of c.1559delT in ALPL, a common mutation resulting in the perinatal (lethal) form of hypophosphatasia in Japanese and effects of the mutation on heterozygous carriers
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Division of Clinical Genetics, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    J Hum Genet 56:166-8. 2011
  2. ncbi Genetic aspects of the vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS, EDSIV) in Japan
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Division of Clinical Genetics, Nippon Medical School Main Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    Circ J 71:261-5. 2007
  3. ncbi Prenatal genetic diagnosis of severe perinatal (lethal) hypophosphatasia
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Division of Clinical Genetics, Nippon Medical School Hospital
    J Nihon Med Sch 74:65-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
    J Nihon Med Sch 75:254-61. 2008
  5. ncbi Osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation by adipose-derived stem cells harvested from GFP transgenic mice
    Rei Ogawa
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Toky 113-8603, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 313:871-7. 2004
  6. ncbi Expression of cochlin mRNA splice variants in the inner ear
    Kuwon Sekine
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    Audiol Neurootol 15:88-96. 2010
  7. ncbi Expression of full-length Cochlin p63s is inner ear specific
    Lishu Li
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
    Auris Nasus Larynx 32:219-23. 2005
  8. ncbi Expression of cochlin in the vestibular organ of rats
    Tetsuo Ikezono
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 67:252-8. 2005
  9. ncbi Transient cardiomyopathy in a patient with congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Beals syndrome)
    Tae Matsumoto
    Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    J Nihon Med Sch 73:285-8. 2006
  10. ncbi Chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells isolated from GFP transgenic mice
    Rei Ogawa
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    J Nihon Med Sch 71:240-1. 2004

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Publications32

  1. ncbi Prevalence of c.1559delT in ALPL, a common mutation resulting in the perinatal (lethal) form of hypophosphatasia in Japanese and effects of the mutation on heterozygous carriers
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Division of Clinical Genetics, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    J Hum Genet 56:166-8. 2011
    ..Our results indicate that the only way to reliably detect whether individuals are pl-HPP carriers is to perform the ALPL mutation analysis...
  2. ncbi Genetic aspects of the vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS, EDSIV) in Japan
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Division of Clinical Genetics, Nippon Medical School Main Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    Circ J 71:261-5. 2007
    ..Affected individuals with vEDS are at risk of arterial rupture, aneurysm, and/or dissection; gastrointestinal perforation or rupture; and uterine rupture during pregnancy, which may lead to sudden death...
  3. ncbi Prenatal genetic diagnosis of severe perinatal (lethal) hypophosphatasia
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Division of Clinical Genetics, Nippon Medical School Hospital
    J Nihon Med Sch 74:65-9. 2007
    ..As a result, prenatal genetic counseling for hypophosphatasia with collaboration between obstetricians and clinical genetics teams...
  4. ncbi Vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
    J Nihon Med Sch 75:254-61. 2008
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  5. ncbi Osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation by adipose-derived stem cells harvested from GFP transgenic mice
    Rei Ogawa
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Toky 113-8603, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 313:871-7. 2004
    ..Since this cell population can be easily identified through fluorescence microscopy, it may be an ideal source of ASCs for further experiments on stem cell biology and tissue engineering...
  6. ncbi Expression of cochlin mRNA splice variants in the inner ear
    Kuwon Sekine
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    Audiol Neurootol 15:88-96. 2010
    ..The short mRNA was detected only in the inner ear, and this variant may provide a clue to understanding the formation and function of cochlin isoforms...
  7. ncbi Expression of full-length Cochlin p63s is inner ear specific
    Lishu Li
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
    Auris Nasus Larynx 32:219-23. 2005
    ..These results will be central to understanding the function of Cochlin and its role in the pathophysiology of DFNA9...
  8. ncbi Expression of cochlin in the vestibular organ of rats
    Tetsuo Ikezono
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 67:252-8. 2005
    ..These findings support the theory that deposition of acidophilic substance in the inner ear caused by mutation of cochlin can induce a secondary retrograde dendritic degeneration of the vestibular nerves...
  9. ncbi Transient cardiomyopathy in a patient with congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Beals syndrome)
    Tae Matsumoto
    Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    J Nihon Med Sch 73:285-8. 2006
    ..This is the first report of CCA with transient cardiomyopathy. We discuss the mechanism of the spontaneous improvement of cardiomyopathy in this case on the basis of expression of the responsible gene...
  10. ncbi Chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells isolated from GFP transgenic mice
    Rei Ogawa
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    J Nihon Med Sch 71:240-1. 2004
    ..This cell population can be easily identified through fluorescence microscope, it should be an ideal source of ASCs for further experiments of stem cell biology and tissue engineering...
  11. ncbi Adipogenic differentiation by adipose-derived stem cells harvested from GFP transgenic mice-including relationship of sex differences
    Rei Ogawa
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1 1 5 Sendagi Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8603, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 319:511-7. 2004
    ..89 times greater than those harvested from male mice. This suggests that the adipogenic differentiation of ASCs is closely related to sex differences...
  12. ncbi Identification of a novel Cochlin isoform in the perilymph: insights to Cochlin function and the pathogenesis of DFNA9
    Tetsuo Ikezono
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 314:440-6. 2004
    ..The pathogenesis of DFNA9 is not fully clarified as yet, and this novel perilymph-associated CTP isoform might provide mechanistic clues to how mutations in the COCH gene damage the inner ear function...
  13. ncbi Cochlin-tomoprotein: a novel perilymph-specific protein and a potential marker for the diagnosis of perilymphatic fistula
    Tetsuo Ikezono
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Tokyo 113 8603, Japan
    Audiol Neurootol 14:338-44. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to determine whether CTP, a novel perilymph-specific protein, could be used as a marker for the diagnosis of PLF...
  14. ncbi The performance of Cochlin-tomoprotein detection test in the diagnosis of perilymphatic fistula
    Tetsuo Ikezono
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    Audiol Neurootol 15:168-74. 2010
    ..To establish a definite diagnostic test for PLF using CTP as a biochemical marker, we examined the diagnostic performance of the CTP detection test...
  15. ncbi A novel mutation screening system for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, vascular type by high-resolution melting curve analysis in combination with small amplicon genotyping using genomic DNA
    Banyar Than Naing
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, and Division of Clinical Genetics, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 405:368-72. 2011
    ..A better understanding of the genotype-phenotype correlation in COL3A1 using this method will lead to improve in diagnosis and treatment...
  16. ncbi Conservative management of hyperreactio luteinalis: a case report
    Takashi Abe
    Division of Reproductive Medicine, Perinatology and Gynecologic Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Japan
    J Nihon Med Sch 78:241-5. 2011
    ..The present report describes case of HL in a woman with a normal singleton pregnancy in whom conservative management allowed the preservation of both ovaries...
  17. ncbi Visualization of newly deposited tau in neurofibrillary tangles and neuropil threads
    Tomohiro Miyasaka
    Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 64:665-74. 2005
    ..Based on TM4-positive NFT counts and total NFT counts, we speculate that NFTs in the human hippocampus are produced at a constant rate irrespective of the disease stage...
  18. ncbi Global diffuse distribution in the brain and efficient gene delivery to the dorsal root ganglia by intrathecal injection of adeno-associated viral vector serotype 1
    Naotaka Iwamoto
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    J Gene Med 11:498-505. 2009
    ..As an alternative approach, we examined the feasibility of intrathecal (IT) injection of adeno-associated viral vector serotype 1 (AAV1)...
  19. ncbi Lentivirus-mediated expression of angiostatin efficiently inhibits neovascularization in a murine proliferative retinopathy model
    Tsutomu Igarashi
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Gene Therapy, Research Center for Advanced Medical Technology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
    Gene Ther 10:219-26. 2003
    ..These data suggest that the anti-angiogenic activity of angiostatin has therapeutic potential for the treatment of retinal neovascularization...
  20. ncbi Bovine hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor c-Met: cDNA cloning and expression analysis in the mammary gland
    Daisuke Yamaji
    Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0818, Japan
    Domest Anim Endocrinol 30:239-46. 2006
    ..These results suggest pivotal roles of HGF and c-Met in the development of bovine mammary gland...
  21. ncbi Interchromosomal duplication of major histocompatibility complex class I regions in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a species with a presumably recent tetraploid ancestry
    Takashi Shiina
    Department of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa 259 1193, Japan
    Immunogenetics 56:878-93. 2005
    ..The interchromosomal duplication and the homology levels are supportive of the tetraploid model...
  22. ncbi Effects of Rho-kinase inhibitor on vasopressin-induced chronic myocardial damage in rats
    Shin ichi Satoh
    First Laboratory for Pharmacology, Institute of Life Science Research, Asahi Kasei Corporation, 632-1, Mifuku, Ohito-cho, Tagata-gun, 410-2321, Japan
    Life Sci 72:103-12. 2002
    ..Inhibition of Rho-kinase is efficacious in preventing the ECG change and development of fibrosis induced by vasopressin in this model...
  23. ncbi [Case of systemic mastocytosis with hemophagocytic syndrome]
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Third Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita
    Nippon Naika Gakkai Zasshi 92:874-6. 2003
  24. ncbi Cloning and characterization of the promoter region of the bovine membrane tethering protein p115 gene and its regulation in mammary epithelial cells
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Hokkaido Research Station, National Institute of Animal Health, 4 Hitsujigaoka, Sapporo 062 0045, Japan
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1629:60-72. 2003
    ..Furthermore, the results suggested that p115 gene transcription is activated by E(2), by insulin, or by both in association with the stimulation of mammary epithelial cell proliferation...
  25. ncbi Multidisciplinary treatment by pneumonectomy, PMX and CHDF in a case of pulmonary suppuration complicated with septic shock
    Noriyuki Takahashi
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
    Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 9:319-22. 2003
    ..Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003; 9: 319-22)..
  26. ncbi Mating communication systems of four Plusiinae species distributed in Japan: identification of the sex pheromones and field evaluation
    Shin-Ichi Inomata
    Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
    J Chem Ecol 31:1429-42. 2005
    ..Using previously published chemical and biosynthetic data, together with the finding from this study, we propose a classification of the Plusiinae sex pheromones...
  27. ncbi Molecular aging of tau: disulfide-independent aggregation and non-enzymatic degradation in vitro and in vivo
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Biomolecular Characterization Division, Characterization Center, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Japan
    J Neurochem 90:1302-11. 2004
    ..Similar degradation products starting from the bulky residues next to asparaginyl residues were found in the smeared tau in vivo partially purified from the homogenates from Alzheimer's disease brains...
  28. ncbi Complete nucleotide sequence of the Cryptomeria japonica D. Don. chloroplast genome and comparative chloroplast genomics: diversified genomic structure of coniferous species
    Tomonori Hirao
    Institute of Wood Technology, Akita Prefectural University, 11 1 Kaieisaka, Noshiro, Akita 016 0876, Japan
    BMC Plant Biol 8:70. 2008
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  29. ncbi Effects of intramammary infusions of interleukin-8 on milk protein composition and induction of acute-phase protein in cows during mammary involution
    Atsushi Watanabe
    Hokkaido Research Station, National Institute of Animal Health, Sapporo 062 0045, Japan
    Can J Vet Res 72:291-6. 2008
    ..In the cows infused with 25 microg of rbIL-8, the rectal temperature and serum haptoglobin level were transiently elevated after the infusion, showing that intramammary infusion of rbIL-8 could elicit systemic inflammation...
  30. ncbi Leptin inhibits hepatocyte growth factor-induced ductal morphogenesis of bovine mammary epithelial cells
    Daisuke Yamaji
    Laboratories of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0818, Japan
    Jpn J Vet Res 54:183-9. 2007
    ..These results suggest that stroma-derived factors intricately regulate mammary epithelial morphogenesis...
  31. ncbi Rapid evolution of major histocompatibility complex class I genes in primates generates new disease alleles in humans via hitchhiking diversity
    Takashi Shiina
    Department of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan
    Genetics 173:1555-70. 2006
    ..This is most likely reminiscent of the fact that these hsSNV and hv1SNV have been selected in adaptation to the constantly evolving microbial antigenic repertoire...
  32. ncbi CLAC: a novel Alzheimer amyloid plaque component derived from a transmembrane precursor, CLAC-P/collagen type XXV
    Tadafumi Hashimoto
    Department of Neuropathology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113 0033
    EMBO J 21:1524-34. 2002
    ..Both secreted and membrane-tethered forms of CLAC-P/collagen type XXV specifically bound to fibrillized Abeta, implicating these proteins in beta-amyloidogenesis and neuronal degeneration in AD...