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A crude extract from immature green tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves promotes Toll-like receptor 7-mediated interferon-α production in human macrophage-like cellsManami Monobe
NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science NIVTS, 2769 Kanaya Shishidoi, Shimada, Shizuoka, 428 8501, Japan
Cytotechnology 64:145-8. 2012..In addition IFN-α production was inhibited by treatment with TLR7 inhibitors or a phagocytosis inhibitor...
Increased plasma concentration of epigallocatechin in mice after orally administering a green tea (Camellia sinensis L.) extract supplemented by steamed riceManami Monobe
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, NARO, 2769 Kanaya, Shimada, Shizuoka 428 8501, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 75:152-4. 2011..05) increased by supplementing with steamed rice. This enhanced bioavailability was due to the increased concentration of plasma non-gallated catechins, especially epigallocatechin (EGC)...- Effect on the epigallocatechin gallate/epigallocatechin ratio in a green tea (Camellia sinensis L.) extract of different extraction temperatures and its effect on IgA production in miceManami Monobe
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, NARO, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 74:2501-3. 2010..7. Oral administration of the mixture with a high EGC ratio (1:2-3 = EGCG/EGC) resulted in greater IgA production by murine Peyer's patch cells... - Enhancement of the phagocytic activity of macrophage-like cells with a crude polysaccharide derived from green tea (Camellia sinensis) extractManami Monobe
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, NARO, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 74:1306-8. 2010..Furthermore, the crude tea polysaccharide increased phagocytosis through toll-like receptor 7... - Enhancement of phagocytic activity of macrophage-like cells by pyrogallol-type green tea polyphenols through caspase signaling pathwaysManami Monobe
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, NARO, 2769 Kanaya, Shimada, Shizuoka, 428 8501, Japan
Cytotechnology 62:201-3. 2010..These results suggest that the pyrogallol-type structure in green tea polyphenols may be important for enhancement of the phagocytic activity through caspase signaling pathways... 
Immunostimulating activity of a crude polysaccharide derived from green tea (Camellia sinensis) extractManami Monobe
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, NARO, Shizuoka, Japan
J Agric Food Chem 56:1423-7. 2008..These results suggest that the catechin-polysaccharide complex is a very important molecule in the immunomodulating activity of tea extracts...- Technique for screening immune-enhancing polysaccharides in food using 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-differentiated HL60 cellsManami Monobe
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, 2769 Kanaya, Shimada, Shizuoka 428 8501, Japan
J Agric Food Chem 55:2543-7. 2007..The rate of phagocytosis was measured with a flow cytometer. VD3-differentiated cells but not non- and PMA-differentiated cells resulted in an elevation of phagocytic activity by various immune-enhancing polysaccharides in foods... - Effects of glycine betaine on bone marrow death and intestinal damage by gamma rays and carbon ionsM Monobe
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, National Agriculture Research Organization, 2769 Kanaya, Shimada, Shizuoka 428 8501, Japan
Radiat Prot Dosimetry 122:494-7. 2006..05) increased the crypt survival for gamma rays, but not for carbon ions. GB might be a potential protector against normal tissue damage as a side effect in radiotherapy... - Protective effects of melatonin on gamma-ray induced intestinal damageManami Monobe
Department of Radiation Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda shi, Chiba, Japan
Int J Radiat Biol 81:855-60. 2005..To examine the protective effects of melatonin on intestinal damage induced by gamma-rays... - The efficacy of early treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis with benifuuki green tea containing O-methylated catechin before pollen exposure: an open randomized studyMari Maeda-Yamamoto
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Shizuoka
Allergol Int 58:437-44. 2009..In this study we assessed the effects of 'benifuuki' green tea on clinical symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis... - Effect of green tea powder (Camellia sinensis L. cv. Benifuuki) particle size on O-methylated EGCG absorption in rats; The Kakegawa StudyMari Maeda-Yamamoto
National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 2769 Kanaya Shishidoi, Shimada, Shizuoka, 428 8501, Japan
Cytotechnology 63:171-9. 2011..86 μm group. This result suggests that drinking Benifuuki green tea with a particle size of around 2 μm would deliver the anti-allergic EGCG3"Me and the anti-oxidant EGCG efficiently... - Glycine betaine, a beer component, protects radiation-induced injuryManami Monobe
Department of Radiation Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda shi, Chiba, Japan
J Radiat Res 46:117-21. 2005..05) increased the percent survival of irradiated mice with either gamma-rays or carbon ions. In conclusion, glycine betaine is a potent protector against damages caused by low- and high-LET radiation... - Effect of nitric oxide on gamma-ray-induced micronucleus frequency in RAW264.7 cellsSachiko Tokuzumi
Department of Radiation Bioscience, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda-shi, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
Radiat Res 164:723-32. 2005..NO may act as a signal for repair systems, e.g. for nonhomologous recombination and for the replication system in S phase, to reduce the MN frequency... - Beta-pseudouridine, a beer component, reduces radiation-induced chromosome aberrations in human lymphocytesManami Monobe
Division of Heavy ion Radiobiology Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Mutat Res 538:93-9. 2003..It is concluded that beta-pseudouridine, a nucleoside present in tRNA, is a potent protector against damage caused by radiation with direct and indirect actions... - Radioprotective activities of beer administration for radiation-induced acute toxicity in miceManami Monobe
Graduate School of Science Technology, Chiba University, Japan
Radiother Oncol 73:S127-9. 2004..The DRF (D10) of beer- and ethanol-administered mice for carbon ions was 1.08 and 1.07, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The radioprotection by beer-administration is due to not only OH radical-scavenge action by the ethanol contained in beer... - Effects of beer administration in mice on acute toxicities induced by X rays and carbon ionsManami Monobe
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, 1 33, Yayoi cho, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8522, Japan
J Radiat Res 44:75-80. 2003..Radioprotection by beer administration is not solely due to OH radical-scavenging action by the ethanol contained in beer... - Loss of heterozygosity in heavy-ion-induced murine T-cell lymphomasShizuko Kakinuma
Low Dose Radiation Effect Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Biol Sci Space 17:187. 2003..These results indicate that mechanistic differences may exist between carbon-ion- and X-ray-induced lymphomagenesis... - Relative biological effectiveness of 290 MeV/u carbon ions for the growth delay of a radioresistant murine fibrosarcomaSachiko Koike
Heavy Ion Radiobiology Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 5555, Japan
J Radiat Res 43:247-55. 2002..These results together with our earlier study on the skin reaction support the use of an RBE of 3.0 in clinical trials of 80 keV/microm carbon beams. The RBE values for low doses of carbon beams were also considered...