K Yamamoto

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Affiliation: Kyoto University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi GPR1 regulates filamentous growth through FLO11 in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    H Tamaki
    Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606 8502, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 267:164-8. 2000
  2. ncbi Glucose-dependent cell size is regulated by a G protein-coupled receptor system in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Hisanori Tamaki
    Division of Integrated Life Sciences, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
    Genes Cells 10:193-206. 2005
  3. ncbi Expression of two glutathione S-transferase genes in the yeast Issatchenkia orientalis is induced by o-dinitrobenzene during cell growth arrest
    H Tamaki
    Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
    J Bacteriol 181:2958-62. 1999
  4. ncbi G-protein coupled receptor from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    C W Yun
    Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 240:287-92. 1997
  5. ncbi Gpr1p, a putative G-protein coupled receptor, regulates glucose-dependent cellular cAMP level in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    C W Yun
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606 8502, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 252:29-33. 1998
  6. ncbi Characterization of endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from Bacillus sp. and syntheses of neo-oligosaccharides using its transglycosylation activity
    H Ashida
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606 8502, Japan
    Arch Biochem Biophys 373:394-400. 2000
  7. ncbi Cloning of a gene encoding thermostable cellobiohydrolase from Thermoascus aurantiacus and its expression in yeast
    J Hong
    Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, 606-8502 Kyoto, Japan
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 63:42-50. 2003
  8. ncbi Modification of allergic inflammation in murine model of rhinitis by different bacterial ligands: involvement of mast cells and dendritic cells
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Microbiology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    Clin Exp Allergy 36:760-9. 2006
  9. ncbi Trypsin inhibitory activity of bovine fetuin de-O-glycosylated by endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase
    H Ashida
    Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 64:2266-8. 2000
  10. ncbi Transcriptional regulation of tyrosine phenol-lyase gene of Erwinia herbicola AJ2985
    H Suzuki
    Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 59:2339-41. 1995

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  1. ncbi GPR1 regulates filamentous growth through FLO11 in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    H Tamaki
    Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606 8502, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 267:164-8. 2000
    ..These results indicate that GPR1 regulates both pseudohyphal and invasive growth by a cAMP-dependent mechanism...
  2. ncbi Glucose-dependent cell size is regulated by a G protein-coupled receptor system in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Hisanori Tamaki
    Division of Integrated Life Sciences, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
    Genes Cells 10:193-206. 2005
    ..Our study indicates that the yeast G-protein coupled receptor system consisting of Gpr1 and Gpa2 regulates cell size by affecting both growth rate and cell division...
  3. ncbi Expression of two glutathione S-transferase genes in the yeast Issatchenkia orientalis is induced by o-dinitrobenzene during cell growth arrest
    H Tamaki
    Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
    J Bacteriol 181:2958-62. 1999
    ..orientalis cells sense xenobiotics and arrest cell growth as a mechanism for preventing the induction of mutations by these compounds, while the levels of expression of the GST genes are up-regulated for detoxification...
  4. ncbi G-protein coupled receptor from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    C W Yun
    Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 240:287-92. 1997
    ..It is likely that a Gpr1p monitors the extracellular signal such as nutrition and transduce it via Gpa2p a possible positive regulator of cAMP level...
  5. ncbi Gpr1p, a putative G-protein coupled receptor, regulates glucose-dependent cellular cAMP level in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    C W Yun
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606 8502, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 252:29-33. 1998
    ..Our findings suggest that Gpr1p is part of the nutrition sensing machinery most likely acting as a receptor to monitor glucose as well as other fermentable sugars and regulate cellular cAMP levels...
  6. ncbi Characterization of endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from Bacillus sp. and syntheses of neo-oligosaccharides using its transglycosylation activity
    H Ashida
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606 8502, Japan
    Arch Biochem Biophys 373:394-400. 2000
    ..Using this transglycosylation activity of the endoglycosidase, it may be possible to synthesize neo-oligosaccharides...
  7. ncbi Cloning of a gene encoding thermostable cellobiohydrolase from Thermoascus aurantiacus and its expression in yeast
    J Hong
    Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, 606-8502 Kyoto, Japan
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 63:42-50. 2003
    ..0. The recombinant enzyme was found to be highly glycosylated and this glycosylation was shown to contribute to the thermostability of the enzyme. CBHI expression was shown to be induced at higher temperature in T. aurantiacus...
  8. ncbi Modification of allergic inflammation in murine model of rhinitis by different bacterial ligands: involvement of mast cells and dendritic cells
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Microbiology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    Clin Exp Allergy 36:760-9. 2006
    ..It has been suggested that airway bacterial infections exacerbate allergic disorders, and bacterial components in the air affect allergic inflammation via Toll-like receptors expressed on mast cells and dendritic cells in the airway mucosa...
  9. ncbi Trypsin inhibitory activity of bovine fetuin de-O-glycosylated by endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase
    H Ashida
    Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 64:2266-8. 2000
    ..In contrast, the trypsin inhibitory activity of asialo- and de-O-glycosylated fetuin decreased about a half and one-third of that of native fetuin, respectively...
  10. ncbi Transcriptional regulation of tyrosine phenol-lyase gene of Erwinia herbicola AJ2985
    H Suzuki
    Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 59:2339-41. 1995
    ..The 5' flanking region of its gene, tpl, was analyzed and its transcriptional start point was determined. A presumed -35, -10 promoter region, TyrR box, and operator-like region were also found in this region...
  11. ncbi Mechanism of site-specific DNA damage induced by methylhydrazines in the presence of copper(II) or manganese(III)
    S Kawanishi
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biochemistry 30:3069-75. 1991
    ..These results suggest that the Cu(I)-peroxide complex rather than the .CH3 plays a more important role in methylhydrazine plus Cu(II)-induced DNA damage...
  12. ncbi Analysis of low temperature inducible mechanism of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase of Escherichia coli K-12
    W Hashimoto
    Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 61:34-9. 1997
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  13. ncbi Microbial system for polysaccharide depolymerization: enzymatic route for gellan depolymerization by Bacillus sp. GL1
    W Hashimoto
    Research Institute for Food Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
    Arch Biochem Biophys 339:17-23. 1997
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  14. ncbi Binding specificity of Lactobacillus to glycolipids
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 228:148-52. 1996
    ..This indicated that sialic acid inhibited the adhesion of L.casei to tissues. L.casei actually bound nonacid glycosphingolipids but not acid glycosphingolipids extracted from the small intestinal mucosa of rats...
  15. ncbi Transcriptional regulation of tyrosine phenol-lyase gene mediated through TyrR and cAMP receptor protein
    T Katayama
    Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo ku, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 63:1823-7. 1999
    ..The DNA bending between two TyrR boxes, which is triggered by the binding of cAMP receptor protein, may facilitate the conformational change of TyrRs...
  16. ncbi Enhancement of activity-dependent calcium increase by neurotrophin-4 in visual cortex pyramidal neurons
    N Kato
    Department of Integrative Brain Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
    Brain Res 832:179-83. 1999
    ..With ryanodine injected intracellularly, the effect of NT-4 was significantly reduced, suggesting an involvement of intracellular calcium release in this NT-4-induced enhancement of calcium transient...
  17. ncbi Effects of A-P translation and rotation on the wear of UHMWPE in a total knee joint simulator
    K Kawanabe
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
    J Biomed Mater Res 54:400-6. 2001
    ..The shapes of the tibial wear tracks were rectangular and the area of the track increased when rotation and translation were added...
  18. ncbi Effects of amphetamine on rat embryos developing in vitro
    Y Yamamoto
    Department of Legal Medicine, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
    Reprod Toxicol 12:133-7. 1998
    ..The observed embryotoxic effects appeared to depend on the AMP concentration. Our results demonstrated the direct embryotoxic effects of AMP on rats. The direct dysmorphogenic effect of AMP might be weaker than that of methamphetamine...
  19. ncbi Distinct temporal profiles of activity-dependent calcium increase in pyramidal neurons of the rat visual cortex
    N Kato
    Department of Integrative Brain Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606 8501 and Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama 332 0012, Japan
    J Physiol 519:467-79. 1999
    ..6. Such variety in the mechanisms of calcium increase may be relevant to the role of calcium as a versatile second messenger for various types of synaptic plasticity...
  20. ncbi Specificity of mutations induced by riboflavin mediated photosensitization in the supF gene of Escherichia coli
    K Tano
    Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori, Osaka 590 0494
    Mutat Res 420:7-13. 1998
    ..Riboflavin-mediated photosensitization may also produce lesions on DNA causing G:C to C:G changes by unknown mechanisms...
  21. ncbi Uterine expression of prostaglandin H2 synthase in late pregnancy and during parturition in prostaglandin F receptor-deficient mice
    K Tsuboi
    Department of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
    Endocrinology 141:315-24. 2000
    ..These results suggest that COX-1-derived PGs are responsible for the induction of luteolysis, and that COX-2-derived PGs play a role in the final pathway of parturition...
  22. ncbi Oxidation of specific SH protein of mitochondria by photodynamic action of hematoporphyrin. Relevance to uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
    Biochem Pharmacol 42:1087-92. 1991
    ..The possibility of the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation through such a modification of the Pi/H+ symporter is discussed...
  23. ncbi Chemoenzymatic synthesis of a novel glycopeptide using a microbial endoglycosidase
    K Yamamoto
    Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
    Carbohydr Res 305:415-22. 1997
    ..The glycosylated Peptide T was highly stable against proteolysis in comparison to native Peptide T and N-acetylglucosaminyl Peptide T...
  24. ncbi Listeriolysin O derived from Listeria monocytogenes inhibits the effector phase of an experimental allergic rhinitis induced by ovalbumin in mice
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Microbiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    Clin Exp Immunol 144:475-84. 2006
    ..Taken together, these data showed that rLLO suppresses the effector phase of allergic rhinitis by inhibition of Th2 cell recruitment to nasal mucosa and type I allergic reaction...
  25. ncbi Interleukin-12 gene expression in human monocyte-derived macrophages stimulated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG: cytokine regulation and effect of NK cells
    H Matsumoto
    Department of Infection and Inflammation, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
    Infect Immun 65:4405-10. 1997
    ..We concluded that the coexistence of NK cells was essential for the induction of IL-12 in MDM stimulated with BCG rather than through the secretion of IFN-gamma...
  26. ncbi Peripheral blood T-cell responses to pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in primary biliary cirrhosis: role of antigen-presenting dendritic cells
    S M Akbar
    Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan, Teikyo University Mizonokuchi Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
    Eur J Clin Invest 31:639-46. 2001
    ..This is the first report on the effectiveness of antigen-pulsed DCs for the elucidation of autoantigen-specific immune response in human autoimmune diseases...
  27. ncbi Similarity among the Drosophila (6-4)photolyase, a human photolyase homolog, and the DNA photolyase-blue-light photoreceptor family
    T Todo
    Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Science 272:109-12. 1996
    ..A homolog of the Drosophila (6-4)photolyase gene was also cloned from human cells...
  28. ncbi Enzymatic syntheses of T antigen-containing glycolipid mimicry using the transglycosylation activity of endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase
    H Ashida
    Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bioresponse, Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan
    Carbohydr Res 330:487-93. 2001
    ....
  29. ncbi Purification, molecular cloning, and expression of lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    M Chihara-Siomi
    Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan
    Arch Biochem Biophys 296:505-13. 1992
    ..Expression plasmids encoding lipA followed by the complete or incomplete lipB gene downstream of the lac promoter of pUC18 were constructed. lipA was expressed in Escherichia coli 1100 only in the presence of the complete lipB gene...
  30. ncbi Site-specific DNA damage and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine formation by hydroxylamine and 4-hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide in the presence of Cu(II): role of active oxygen species
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
    Carcinogenesis 14:1397-401. 1993
    ..The role of Cu(II)-mediated DNA damage and 8-OH-dG formation in the genotoxicity of NH2OH, 4-HAQO and 4-NQO is discussed...
  31. ncbi Morphological imaging in the localization of neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumors found by somatostatin receptor scintigraphy
    T Saga
    Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawahara cho, Shogoin, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, 606 8507, Japan
    Acta Radiol 46:227-32. 2005
    ..To evaluate the necessity of morphological images (MI) in reading somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) in patients with suspected neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) tumors...
  32. ncbi Binding of CO at the Pro2 side is crucial for the activation of CO-sensing transcriptional activator CooA. (1)H NMR spectroscopic studies
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
    J Biol Chem 276:11473-6. 2001
    ..These observations are consistent with the view that the movement of the NH(2) terminus triggers the conformational transition to the DNA binding form...
  33. ncbi Intervention of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine attenuates the development of allergic airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness in mice
    S Kawasaki
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Immunol 166:2055-62. 2001
    ..This study also represents the first success in controlling Th2 cytokine production in vivo by targeting a chemokine...
  34. ncbi Listeriolysin O, a cytolysin derived from Listeria monocytogenes, inhibits generation of ovalbumin-specific Th2 immune response by skewing maturation of antigen-specific T cells into Th1 cells
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Microbiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
    Clin Exp Immunol 142:268-74. 2005
    ..Taken together, these data show clearly that LLO is capable of inhibiting Th2 immune response by skewing differentiation of antigen-specific T cells into Th1 cells...
  35. ncbi Non-point pollution of Ishikari river, Hokkaido, Japan
    H Tachibana
    Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
    Water Sci Technol 44:1-8. 2001
    ....
  36. ncbi Development of dento-maxillofacial cone beam X-ray computed tomography system
    K Yamamoto
    Hitachi Medico Technology Co, Ltd, Chiba, Japan
    Orthod Craniofac Res 6:160-2. 2003
    ..The developed system has sufficient spatial resolution, resolution of 3-D images and image distortion for diagnosis of dentomaxillofacial region...
  37. ncbi The effects of CD40- and interleukin (IL-4)-activated CD23+ cells on the production of IL-10 by mononuclear cells in Graves' disease: the role of CD8+ cells
    K Uchimura
    Department of Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
    Clin Exp Immunol 128:308-12. 2002
    ....
  38. ncbi Telomerase inhibition enhances apoptosis in human acute leukemia cells: possibility of antitelomerase therapy
    A Nakajima
    First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Japan
    Leukemia 17:560-7. 2003
    ..These results suggest that antitelomerase therapy may be useful in some acute leukemias in combination with antileukemic agents such as daunorubicin...
  39. ncbi Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma haploinsufficiency enhances B cell proliferative responses and exacerbates experimentally induced arthritis
    K Setoguchi
    Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    J Clin Invest 108:1667-75. 2001
    ..These findings indicate that PPAR gamma plays a critical role in the control of B cell response and imply a role in diseases in which B cell hyperreactivity is involved, such as arthritis and autoimmunity...
  40. ncbi Pancreatic islet regeneration by ephedrine in mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes
    L M Xiu
    Third Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine. Japan
    Am J Chin Med 29:493-500. 2001
    ..It is therefore suggested that Ephedrae herba may regenerate atrophied pancreatic islets, restore the secretion of insulin, and thus correct hyperglycemia...
  41. ncbi Association of transporter associated with antigen processing genes with Behçet's disease in Japanese
    K Takizawa
    Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women s Medical University, 10 22 Kawada cho, Shinjuku ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Autoimmunity 36:161-5. 2003
    ..5%) as compared to the control group (0.0%). [p = 0.03, RR = 15.4]. These results suggest the possibility that TAP molecule play some part in formation of skin lesion, such as erythema nodosum in BD in Japanese...
  42. ncbi Serum hepatocyte growth factor levels are increased in patients with congestive heart failure
    S Ueno
    Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi-machi, Tochigi, Japan
    J Card Fail 7:329-34. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: HGF levels in serum are increased in patients with acute exacerbation of CHF...
  43. ncbi An immunohistological study of the localization characteristics of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine in the allergic inferior turbinate mucosa with reference to the effectiveness of trichloroacetic acid treatment
    K Yao
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
    Am J Rhinol 15:395-402. 2001
    ....
  44. ncbi FcgammaRIIB gene polymorphisms in Japanese periodontitis patients
    K Yasuda
    Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Gakkocho dori, Niigata, Japan
    Genes Immun 4:541-6. 2003
    ..011). These results document the association of FcgammaRIIB gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to periodontitis in the Japanese...
  45. ncbi Verification of the computational dosimetry system in JAERI (JCDS) for boron neutron capture therapy
    H Kumada
    Department of Research Reactor, Tokai Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan
    Phys Med Biol 49:3353-65. 2004
    ..These basic and clinical verifications demonstrated that JCDS has enough performance for the BNCT dosimetry. Further investigations are recommended for precise dose distribution and faster calculation environment...
  46. ncbi Onecut transcription factor OC2 is a direct target of T-bet in type-1 T-helper cells
    K Furuno
    Department of Molecular Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    Genes Immun 9:302-8. 2008
    ..These results suggest that not only cell-extrinsic regulation via the IFN-gamma/STAT1 pathway, but also cell-intrinsic transcriptional positive feedback loop between T-bet and OC2 could be involved in Th1 development...
  47. ncbi Education and imaging. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: arteriovenous malformation of the pancreas
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Gastroenterology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23:498. 2008
  48. ncbi [A prospective study of vaccinal guidelines for children with refractory convulsive seizures--a nationwide multi-institutional questionnaire survey]
    K Iyoda
    No To Hattatsu 39:456-8. 2007
  49. ncbi Chronic posterior dislocation of the glenohumeral joint complicated by a fractured proximal humerus: a case report
    K Takase
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Japan
    J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 14:204-7. 2006
    ..At 20-month follow-up, the patient had no pain, and her shoulder range of motion was forward flexion 160 degrees, abduction 140 degrees, external rotation 40 degrees, and internal rotation L3...
  50. ncbi Citrullinated fibrinogen detected as a soluble citrullinated autoantigen in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluids
    Y Takizawa
    Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, 1138655 Japan
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:1013-20. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: cFBG is detected as a soluble citrullinated autoantigen in RASFs and may therefore be a genuine candidate antigen for ACPA in patients with RA...
  51. ncbi Risk and prognostic factors for Japanese patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation
    Y Atsuta
    Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya, Japan
    Bone Marrow Transplant 37:289-96. 2006
    ..Our patients could not be accurately classified when the proposed prognostic models from Western countries were used, thus indicating the need for a different model to identify high-risk patients...
  52. ncbi Differential regulation of Th1 responses and CD154 expression in human CD4+ T cells by IFN-alpha
    H Shibuya
    Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    Clin Exp Immunol 132:216-24. 2003
    ....
  53. ncbi Morphological studies on the ageing and osteoarthritis of the articular cartilage in C57 black mice
    K Yamamoto
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 13:8-18. 2005
    ..To study the cause and mechanism of joint degeneration in osteoarthritis, through histopathological and ultrastructural-histochemical experiments on the articular cartilage of the knees of the C57 black mouse...
  54. ncbi The ability of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs to induce and maintain improvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. epidemiology of DMARDs treatment in Japan
    M Nagashima
    Department of Joint Disease and Rheumatism, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    Clin Exp Rheumatol 23:27-35. 2005
    ..DMARDs used in the second course of treatment were not efficacious and there was no improvement in the survival rate compared to the first course of treatment...
  55. ncbi Reversible primary hypothyroidism in Japanese patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis
    T Sanai
    Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga, Japan
    Clin Nephrol 69:107-13. 2008
    ..Eight patients who had undergone treatment for thyroid disease before starting hemodialysis therapy, and 3 patients with amyloidosis due to rheumatoid arthritis were excluded...
  56. ncbi A full genome scan for gastric cancer
    M Aoki
    J Med Genet 42:83-7. 2005
  57. ncbi Identification of novel MUNC13-4 mutations in familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and functional analysis of MUNC13-4-deficient cytotoxic T lymphocytes
    K Yamamoto
    Division of Molecular Population Genetics, Department of Molecular Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, and Kyushu University COE Programme on Lifestyle Related Diseases, Kyushu University, Japan
    J Med Genet 41:763-7. 2004
    ..FHL2 subtype with perforin (PRF1) mutation accounts for 30% of all FHL cases, while FHL with MUNC13-4 mutation was recently identified and designated as FHL3 subtype...
  58. ncbi Chronic expanding hematoma in combination with a pseudoaneurysm: a case report
    K Yamamoto
    Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Int Angiol 27:266-8. 2008
    ..These hematomas were termed as chronic expanding hematomas. In this report, we describe a case of chronic expanding hematoma with a pseudoaneurysm that underwent surgical biopsy, which led to an increase in its expansion speed...
  59. ncbi Association of the Pro90Ser CD36 mutation with elevated free fatty acid concentrations but not with insulin resistance syndrome in Japanese
    S Kajihara
    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, 5 1 1 Nabeshima, Saga 849 8501, Japan
    Clin Chim Acta 314:125-30. 2001
    ....
  60. ncbi Identification of the sequence responsible for the nuclear localization of human Cdc6
    Y Takei
    Division of Molecular Cell Pharmacology, National Children s Medical Research Center, Tokyo, Japan
    FEBS Lett 447:292-6. 1999
    ....
  61. ncbi Polymorphism of TAPASIN and its linkage disequilibria with HLA class II genes in the Japanese population
    H Furukawa
    Department of Research, Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Center, Tokyo, Japan
    Tissue Antigens 52:279-81. 1998
    ..Several frequent four-locus haplotypes were identified, including DRB1*0901-DQB1*0303-DPB1*0501-TAPASIN*02, DRB1*0901-DQB1*0303-DPB1*0201-TAPASIN*02 and DRB1*1302-DQB1*0604-DPB1*0401-TAPASIN*02...
  62. ncbi Cloning and characterization of a mouse homologue (mNthl1) of Escherichia coli endonuclease III
    A H Sarker
    Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700 8558, Japan
    J Mol Biol 282:761-74. 1998
    ..The mNthl1 gene was shown to lie immediately adjacent to the tuberous sclerosis 2 (Tsc2) gene in a 5'-to-5' orientation by sequence analysis and was assigned to chromosome 17A3 by in situ hybridization...
  63. ncbi Analysis of bilirubin uridine 5'-diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferase gene mutations in seven patients with Crigler-Najjar syndrome type II
    K Yamamoto
    Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
    J Hum Genet 43:111-4. 1998
    ..Although the first and the second type of mutations are recessive, the third type appears to be dominant with incomplete penetrance, since the allele frequency of the insertion mutation of the TATAA element is very high (40%)...
  64. ncbi Expression of cathepsin E in pancreas: a possible tumor marker for pancreas, a preliminary report
    T Azuma
    Second Department of Internal Medicine, Fukui Medical School, Japan
    Int J Cancer 67:492-7. 1996
    ....
  65. ncbi Requirement for Stat4 in interleukin-12-mediated responses of natural killer and T cells
    W E Thierfelder
    Department of Biochemistry, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
    Nature 382:171-4. 1996
    ..However, all IL-12 functions tested were disrupted, including the induction of IFN-gamma, mitogenesis, enhancement of natural killer cytolytic function and Th1 differentiation...
  66. ncbi Cell cycle-dependent expression of the mouse Rad51 gene in proliferating cells
    A Yamamoto
    Department of Molecular Embryology, Research Institute of Microbial Diseases, Osaka, Japan
    Mol Gen Genet 251:1-12. 1996
    ..Thus, mouse Rad51 expression is closely related to the state of cell proliferation and is presumably involved in DNA repair coupled with DNA replication, as well as in meiotic DNA recombination in spermatocytes...
  67. ncbi Induction of IL-2 receptor expression and proliferation of T cell clones by a novel cytokine(s)
    T Kato
    Department of Allergology, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Cell Immunol 142:79-93. 1992
    ..These observations suggest that IL-2RIF activity is mediated by a novel cytokine(s) and the cytokine plays an important role as a second signal in the activation of the TH1 clone...
  68. ncbi Distribution and regulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in murine adipose tissue in vivo. Induction by tumor necrosis factor-alpha and lipopolysaccharide
    F Samad
    Scripps Research Institute, Department of Vascular Biology, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
    J Clin Invest 97:37-46. 1996
    ..These studies suggest that the adipose tissue itself may be an important contributor to the elevated PAI-1 levels observed in the plasma under obese conditions...
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    Department of Biochemistry, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Japan
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    S Kajihara
    Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan
    Am J Hum Genet 57:549-55. 1995
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    Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4 6 1 Shirokanedai, Minato ku, Tokyo 108 8639, Japan
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    Department of Hematopoietic Factors, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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    Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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    Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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    Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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    Department of Molecular Genetics and Radioisotope Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411 8540, Japan
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    M Yamaguchi
    Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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    K Yamamoto
    University of Colorado, Denver, USA
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    T Iwane
    Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
    Water Sci Technol 43:91-9. 2001
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    H Nakagami
    Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
    Diabetes 50:1472-81. 2001
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    Department of Radiology, Osaka Medical College
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    Y Hamamoto
    Department of Dermatology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
    Clin Exp Dermatol 26:42-4. 2001
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  85. ncbi Isolation and characterization of the fission yeast gene Sprpa12+ reveals that the conserved C-terminal zinc-finger region is dispensable for the function of its product
    Y Imazawa
    Department of Biochemistry, Saitama Medical School, Moroyama, Japan
    Mol Gen Genet 264:852-9. 2001
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    Laboratory of Rheumatic Diseases, SNP Research Center, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Tokyo, Japan
    Am J Hum Genet 68:674-85. 2001
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    T Kobayashi
    Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University, Japan
    J Periodontol 71:1425-32. 2000
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether FcgammaR polymorphisms are also associated with generalized early-onset periodontitis (G-EOP) in Japanese patients...
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    K Yamamoto
    Science 232:227-9. 1986
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