Okamoto, Yoshiko K., Kataza, Hirokazu, Honda, M., Fujiwara, H., Momose, M., Ohashi, N., ...
We made mid-infrared observations of the 10Msun Herbig Be star HD200775 with the Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer (COMICS) on the 8.2m Subaru Telescope. We discovered diffuse emission of...
Evidence for the constancy of U in the Mott transition of V2O3 (2009)
Fujiwara, H., Sekiyama, A., Allen, J. W., Yamaguchi, J., Funabashi, G., ...
We have performed high-resolution hard X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HAXPES) for the Mott-Hubbard system (V(1-x)Cr(x))2O3 in the paramagnetic metal (PM), paramagnetic insulator (PI) and...
Rosner, H., Gegner, J., Regesch, D., Schnelle, W., Gumeniuk, R., Leithe-Jasper, A., ...
We present a combined study of the electronic structure of the superconducting skutterudite derivative SrPt4Ge12 by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and full potential band structure...
Fujiwara, H., Ogawa, S., Motoyama, M., Takei, Y., Machida, S., Taneichi, A., ...
Infertility patients are known to be at increased risk of endometrial carcinoma (EC) and atypical hyperplasia (AH). However, the incidence and clinical features of EC and AH in these patients remain...
T. Nakamura, K. Terada, H. Takeda, A. Ebina, H. Fujiwara
Introduction Through robotic soccer issue, we focus on "perception" and "situation and behavior" problem among RoboCup physical agent challenges [1]. So far, we have implemented...
Uruma, M., Sekiyama, A., Fujiwara, H., Yano, M., Fujita, H., Imada, S., ...
We report on experimental data of the three-dimensional bulk Fermi surfaces of the layered strongly correlated Ca1.5Sr0.5RuO4 system. The measurements have been performed by means of hn-depndent...
The Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI (2007)
Murakami, H., Baba, H., Barthel, P., Clements, D. L., Cohen, M., Doi, Y., ...
The Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI (2007)
Murakami, H., Baba, H., Barthel, P., Clements, D. L., Cohen, M., Doi, Y., ...
AKARI, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006 February 21, and started observations in May of the same year. AKARI has a 68.5 cm cooled telescope, together...
Yano, M., Sekiyama, A., Fujiwara, H., Amano, Y., Imada, S., Muro, T., ...
Soft and hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) has been performed for one of the heavy fermion system CeRu$_2$Si$_2$ and a $4f$-localized ferromagnet CeRu$_2$Ge$_2$ in the paramagnetic phase....
Water-Bloom Treatment by Underwater Pulsed Streamer-like Discharges (2007)
Akiyama, Hidenori, Li, Zi, Ohno, T., Lin, X.F., Sato, H., Namihira, Takao, ...
Cyanobacteria blooms (or water blooms) at a water surface of dams or lakes are caused by eutrophia of the water, and have caused serious environmental problems all over the world. Effects of pulsed...
The Infrared Camera (IRC) for AKARI - Design and Imaging Performance (2007)
Onaka, T., Matsuhara, H., Wada, T., Fujishiro, N., Fujiwara, H., Ishigaki, M., ...
The Infrared Camera (IRC) is one of two focal-plane instruments on the AKARI satellite. It is designed for wide-field deep imaging and low-resolution spectroscopy in the near- to mid-infrared...
Fujiwara, H., Kataoka, R., Suzuki, M., Maeda, S., Nozawa, S., Hosokawa, K., ...
From simultaneous observations of the European incoherent scatter Svalbard radar (ESR) and the Cooperative UK Twin Located Auroral Sounding System (CUTLASS) Finland radar on 9 March 1999, we have...
Fujiwara, H., Kataoka, R., Suzuki, M., Maeda, S., Nozawa, S., Hosokawa, K., ...
From simultaneous observations of the European incoherent scatter Svalbard radar (ESR) and the Cooperative UK Twin Located Auroral Sounding System (CUTLASS) Finland radar on 9 March 1999, we have...
Measurement of the spin and magnetic moment of 23Al (2006)
Ozawa, A., Matsuta, K., Nagatomo, T., Mihara, M., Yamada, K., Yamaguchi, T., ...
For the first time, we obtained the g factor for the ground state of 23Al by use of a -NMR measurement. 23Al has a small proton separation energy and is a potential proton-halo candidate. The...
Yano, M., Sekiyama, A., Fujiwara, H., Saita, T., Imada, S., Muro, T., ...
Three-dimensional Fermi surfaces at a high temperature have been clarified for a strongly correlated Ce compound, ferromagnet CeRu$_2$Ge$_2$ in the paramagnetic phase, by virtue of a soft x-ray...
Fujiyama, S., Takigawa, M., Kikuchi, J., Cui, H-B., Fujiwara, H., Kobayashi, H.
We report results of 77Se NMR frequency shift in the normal state of the organic charge-transfer-salt k-(BETS)2FeBr4 which shows magnetic field-induced superconductivity (FISC). From a simple mean...
Fujisawa, M., Ono, T., Fujiwara, H., Tanaka, H., Sikolenko, V., Meissner, M., ...
TlCuCl$_3$ is a coupled spin dimer system, which has a singlet ground state with an excitation gap of $\Delta/g\mu_{\mathrm B}$ = 5.5 T. TlCu$_{1-x}$Mg$_x$Cl$_3$ doped with nonmagnetic Mg$^{2+}$ ions...
Inoue, A, Takahashi, KA, Arai, Y, Tonomura, H, Sakao, K, Saito, M, ...
Inada, S, Fujiwara, H, Atsuji, K, Takashima, K, Araki, Y, Kubota, T, ...
Kobayashi, H, Minatoguchi, S, Bao, N, Yasuda, S, Misao, Y, Uno, Y, ...
Inverse Problems in Applied Sciences —towards breakthrough— (2006)
J. Cheng, J. Y. Lee, M. Yamamoto, J. Cheng, ...
Publication of this series is partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for formation of COE.
Yoshioka, S., Fujiwara, H., Nakayama, T., Kosaka, K., Mori, T., Fujii, S.
BACKGROUND: There are few effective approaches to infertile patients with repeated failure in IVF–embryo transfer therapy. Since recent evidence suggests that some populations of maternal immune...
Yoshioka, S., Fujiwara, H., Nakayama, T., Kosaka, K., Mori, T., Fujii, S.
BACKGROUND: There are few effective approaches to infertile patients with repeated failure in IVF-embryo transfer therapy. Since recent evidence suggests that some populations of maternal immune...
Yoshioka, S., Fujiwara, H., Nakayama, T., Kosaka, K., Mori, T., Fujii, S.
BACKGROUND: There are few effective approaches to infertile patients with repeated failure in IVF-embryo transfer therapy. Since recent evidence suggests that some populations of maternal immune...
Deep impact: observations from a worldwide Earth-based campaign (2005)
Meech, K.J., Ageorges, N., A'Hearn, M.F., Arpigny, C., Ates, A., Aycock, J., ...
On 4 July 2005, many observatories around the world and in space observed the collision of Deep Impact with comet 9P/Tempel 1 or its aftermath. This was an unprecedented coordinated observational...
Deep Impact: Observations from a Worldwide Earth-Based Campaign (2005)
Meech, K.J., Ageorges, N., Arpigny, C., Ates, A., Aycock, J., ...
On 4 July 2005, many observatories around the world and in space observed the collision of Deep Impact with comet 9P/Tempel 1 or its aftermath. This was an unprecedented coordinated observational...
The search for optical emission on and before the GRB trigger with the WIDGET telescope (2005)
Tamagawa, T., Usui, F., Urata, Y., Abe, K., Onda, K., Tashiro, M., ...
WIDGET is a robotic telescope for monitoring the HETE-2 field-of-view to detect Gamma-ray Burst optical flashes or possible optical precursors. The system has 62degx62deg wide field-of-view which...
Fano resonance in a multimode tapered fiber coupled with a microspherical cavity (2005)
Fujiwara, H, Takeuchi, S, Sasaki, K
Fano resonance in a tapered optical fiber in contact with a high-Q microsphere is demonstrated. Multimode waves propagating in a 2.3 mu m diameter taper were coupled with a single whispering gallery...
Kobayashi, M., Sato, H., Sugawara, H., Fujiwara, H., Aoki, Y.
We have investigated the electrical resistivity of the heavy fermion superconductor PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ in the mixed state. We found unusual double minima in the flux-flow resistivity as a function...
Suga, S., Imada, S., Higashiya, A., Shigemoto, A., Kasai, S., Sing, M., ...
We report on the Cu 1s resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) of Cu-O one-dimensional (1D) strongly correlated insulator systems with contrasting atomic arrangements, namely edge-sharing CuGeO3...
High-energy photoemission on Fe3O4: Small polaron physics and the Verwey transition (2004)
Schrupp, D., Sing, M., Tsunekawa, M., Fujiwara, H., Kasai, S., Sekiyama, A., ...
We have studied the electronic structure and charge ordering (Verwey) transition of magnetite (Fe3O4) by soft x-ray photoemission. Due to the enhanced probing depth and the use of different surface...
Wind accretion in binary stars - I. Mass accretion ratio (2004)
Nagae, T., Oka, K., Matsuda, T., Fujiwara, H., Hachisu, I., Boffin, H. M. J.
Three-dimensional hydrodynamic calculations are performed in order to investigate mass transfer in a close binary system, in which one component undergoes mass loss through a wind. The mass ratio is...
Sekiyama, A., Fujiwara, H., Higashiya, A., Imada, S., Kuwahara, H., Tokura, Y., ...
Unusual temperature and doping dependence of the Mn 3d spectral functions of manganese perovskites Nd1-xSrxMnO3 has been revealed by the high-resolution Mn 2p-3d resonance photoemission. The...
Mutual Experimental and Theoretical Validation of Bulk Photoemission Spectra of Sr1-xCaxVO3 (2004)
Sekiyama, A., Fujiwara, H., Imada, S., Suga, S., Eisaki, H., Uchida, S. I., ...
Mutual Experimental and Theoretical Validation of Bulk Photoemission Spectra of Sr1-xCaxVO3 (2003)
Sekiyama, A., Fujiwara, H., Imada, S., Suga, S., Eisaki, H., Uchida, S. I., ...
We report high-resolution high-energy photoemission spectra together with parameter-free LDA+DMFT (local density approximation + dynamical mean-field theory) results for Sr1-xCaxVO3, a prototype 3d1...
Transient production of F-region irregularities associated with TCV passage (2003)
Kataoka, R., Fukunishi, H., Hosokawa, K., Fujiwara, H., Yukimatu, A. S., Sato, N., ...
Transient production of F-region plasma irregularities due to traveling convection vortices (TCVs) was investigated using the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) combined with ground...
Transient production of F-region irregularities associated with TCV passage (2003)
Kataoka, R., Fukunishi, H., Hosokawa, K., Fujiwara, H., Yukimatu, A. S., Sato, N., ...
Transient production of F-region plasma irregularities due to traveling convection vortices (TCVs) was investigated using the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) combined with ground...
Genuine Electronic States of Vanadium Perovskites Revealed by High-Energy Photoemission (2002)
Sekiyama, A., Fujiwara, H., Imada, S., Eisaki, H., Uchida, S. I., Takegahara, K., ...
Bulk-sensitive high-resolution photoemission was carried out on a prototype 3d1 metallic Sr1-xCaxVO3. In a strong contrast to so far reported results, the bulk spectral functions are revealed to be...
Maeda, S., Nozawa, S., Sugino, M., Fujiwara, H., Suzuki, M.
Simultaneous Common Program Two experiments by the EISCAT UHF radar at Tromsø and the EISCAT Svalbard radar at Longyearbyen from 00:00 to 15:00 UT on 22 September 1998 and 9 March 1999 have been...
Maeda, S., Nozawa, S., Sugino, M., Fujiwara, H., Suzuki, M.
Simultaneous Common Program Two experiments by the EISCAT UHF radar at Tromsø and the EISCAT Svalbard radar at Longyearbyen from 00:00 to 15:00 UT on 22 September 1998 and 9 March 1999 have been...
Development of a Gamma Ray Monitor using a CdZnTe Semiconductor Detector (2002)
Shiomi, T., Nakamura, T., Nishizawa, H., Tsudaka, Y., Fujiwara, H., ...
The aim of this study was to develop a new X ray and gamma ray monitor using the CdZnTe semiconductor detector, which has high sensitivity at room temperature. The pulse height spectra and the...
Atomic Carbon and CO Isotope Emission in the Vicinity of DR15 (2001)
Oka, T., Yamamoto, S., Iwata, M., Maezawa, H., Ikeda, M., Ito, T., ...
We present observations of the 3P1-3P0 fine structure transition of atomic carbon [CI], the J=3-2 transition of CO, as well as of the J=1-0 transitions of 13CO and C18O toward DR15, an HII region...
Kohn, F, Fujiwara, H, ...
Vosch,T., Hofkens,J., Cotlet,M., Köhn,F., Fujiwara,H., Gronheid,R., ...
Balicas, L., Brooks, J. S., Storr, K., Graf, D., Uji, S., Shinagawa, H., ...
Shubnikov-De Haas effect (SdH) effect and angular dependent magnetoresistance oscillations (AMRO) were observed in the organic superconductor: $\kappa$-(BETS)$_2$FeBr$_4$. In contrast to its...
Iesaka, Y., Yamane, T., Goya, M., Takahashi, A., Fujiwara, H., Okamoto, Y., ...
Introduction In orthodromic common atrial flutter (AFL), details of intraseptal propagation of the flutter (FL) wave exiting from the isthmus between the inferior vena cava and tricuspid annulus...
Hiraoka, T., Kamada, Y., Matsumoto, T., Fujiwara, H., Sugimoto, T., Noguchi, S., ...
A new donor molecule, benzotetrathiafulvalenothioquinone-1,3-dithiolemethide (1) was prepared and electorochemically oxidized in the presence of NEt(4)-MX(4) (M = Fe, Ga; X = Cl, Br) to give its...
Hattori, N, Fujiwara, H, Maeda, M, Yoshioka, S, Higuchi, T, Mori, T, ...
Ko, MS, Threat, TA, Wang, X, Horton, JH, Cui, Y, Wang, X, ...
Yamada, S, Fujiwara, H, Ueda, M, Honda, T, Nakayama, T, Higuchi, T, ...
Yamada, S, Fujiwara, H, Kataoka, N, Honda, T, Nakayama, T, Higuchi, T, ...
Wijesuriya, R, Maruo, S, Zou, JP, Ogawa, M, Umehara, K, Yamashita, M, ...
Yoshioka, S, Fujiwara, H, Yamada, S, Nakayama, T, Higuchi, T, Inoue, T, ...
Testing for the programming circuit of LUT-based FPGAs (1997)
Michinishi, H., Yokohira, T., Okamoto, T., Inoue, T., Fujiwara, H.
The programming circuit of look-up table based FPGAs consists of two shift registers, a control circuit and a configuration memory (SRAM) cell array. Because the configuration memory cell array can...
Takabatake, K, Fujiwara, H, Goto, Y, Nakayama, T, Higuchi, T, Maeda, M, ...
Honda, T, Fujiwara, H, Yamada, S, Fujita, K, Nakamura, K, Nakayama, T, ...
Yotsumoto, S, Fujiwara, H, Horton, JH, Mosby, TA, Wang, X, Cui, Y, ...
Reversible complete atrioventricular block due to malignant lymphoma (1994)
OTSUJI, Y., ARIMA, N., FUJIWARA, H., SAITO, K., KISANUKI, A., TANAKA, H.
An 83-year-old man was hospitalized due to general fatigue and dyspnoea. He was diagnosed as having complete atrioventricular (AV) block due to cardiac involvement by a malignant lymphoma. Eleven...
SITE OCCUPANCY OF Fe ATOM IN RFe4+xAl8-x (R = Gd, Er, Y) AND THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES (1988)
Kamimori, T., Liu, W., Kadomatsu, H., Goto, M., Fujiwara, H.
The compound systems RFe4+xAl8-x with ThMn12 type structure have been studied from the Mössbauer effect and a.c. susceptibility in the range of 0 ≤ x ≤ for R = Gd, Er and Y. In these...
SITE OCCUPANCY OF Fe ATOM IN RFe4+xAl8-x (R = Gd, Er, Y) AND THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES (1988)
Kamimori, T., Liu, W., Kadomatsu, H., Goto, M., Fujiwara, H.
The compound systems RFe4+xAl8-x with ThMn12 type structure have been studied from the Mössbauer effect and a.c. susceptibility in the range of 0 ≤ x ≤ for R = Gd, Er and Y. In these...
SITE OCCUPANCY OF Fe ATOM IN RFe4+xAl8-x (R = Gd, Er, Y) AND THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES (1988)
Kamimori, T., Liu, W., Kadomatsu, H., Goto, M., Fujiwara, H.
The compound systems RFe4+xAl8-x with ThMn12 type structure have been studied from the Mössbauer effect and a.c. susceptibility in the range of 0 ≤ x ≤ for R = Gd, Er and Y. In these...
Rich, E A, Elmets, C A, Fujiwara, H, Wallis, R S, Ellner, J J
The effects of ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) on accessory function of human blood adherent mononuclear cells (ADH) for antigen and mitogen-induced responses, and production by ADH of the amplifying...
Kawai, C., Sakurai, T., Fujiwara, H., Matsumori, A., Yui, Y.
There were 84 confirmed cases of congestive (or dilated) cardiomyopathy (CCM or DCM), 57 of hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy (HNCM) and 52 of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)...
Yoshida, K, Taga, T, Saito, M, Suematsu, S, Kumanogoh, A, Tanaka, T, ...
gp130 is a ubiquitously expressed signal-transducing receptor component shared by interleukin 6, interleukin 11, leukemia inhibitory factor, oncostatin M, ciliary neurotrophic factor, and...
The absence of IgE antibody-mediated augmentation of immune responses in CD23-deficient mice.
Fujiwara, H, Kikutani, H, Suematsu, S, Naka, T, Yoshida, K, Yoshida, K, ...
The CD23 antigen, a low-affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RII), is a type II membrane-bound glycoprotein expressed on various cells, particularly mature B cells. A number of functions have been...
Kosugi, A, Weissman, A M, Ogata, M, Hamaoka, T, Fujiwara, H
The intracellular fate of newly synthesized T-cell receptor (TCR) chains was compared in CD4+CD8+ (double positive; DP) thymocytes and in CD4+CD8- or CD4-CD8+ (single positive; SP) thymocytes....
Takahashi, H, Okazaki, S, Fujiwara, H
The telomeres of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, consist of pentanucleotide repeats (TTAGG)n . We previously characterized the non-LTR element TRAS1, which terminates with oligo (A) in a head to tail...
The telomeres of the silkworm Bombyx mori consist of (TTAGG)n repeats and harbor a large number of sequence-specific non-LTR retrotransposons such as TRAS1 and SART1. In order to ascertain if TRAS1...
Okazaki, S, Ishikawa, H, Fujiwara, H
We characterized TRAS1, a retrotransposable element which was inserted into the telomeric repetitive sequence (CCTAA)n of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The complete sequence of TRAS1, a stretch of 7.8...
Kosugi, A, Shima, J, Sano, H, Ogata, M, Kusama, T, Fujiwara, H, ...
Muramyl di- or tripeptide (MDP or MTP) hapten derivatives bearing various structures were synthesized, and the correlation of these structures with cross-reactivity with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and...
Model for clonal elimination in the thymus.
Kosaka, H, Ogata, M, Hikita, I, Maruo, S, Sugihara, S, Matsubara, H, ...
A thymic stromal cell clone, MRL104.8a, expresses class I as well as class II H-2k antigens after exposure to gamma-interferon. This clone also produces thymic stroma-derived T-cell growth factor...
Augmented expression of atrial natriuretic polypeptide gene in ventricle of human failing heart.
Saito, Y, Nakao, K, Arai, H, Nishimura, K, Okumura, K, Obata, K, ...
To elucidate the expression of the atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) gene in the ventricle of the human failing heart, we have measured ANP and ANP messenger RNA (ANPmRNA) levels in left...
We determined the structure around the gap region between 28S alpha and 28S beta rRNA of Bombyx mori, a lepidopteran insect, to know the introduction mechanism of the hidden break, an interruption of...
Introns and their flanking sequences of Bombyx mori rDNA.
Fujiwara, H, Ogura, T, Takada, N, Miyajima, N, Ishikawa, H, Maekawa, H
We obtained two different clones (16 kb and 13 kb) of B. mori rDNA with intron sequence within the 28S-rRNA coding region. The sequence surrounding the intron was found to be highly conserved as...
Primary and secondary structure of 5.8S rRNA from the silkgland of Bombyx mori.
Fujiwara, H, Kawata, Y, Ishikawa, H
Nucleotide sequence of 5.8S rRNA of the silkworm, Bombyx mori has been determined by gel sequencing methods. The 5.8S rRNA was the longest so far reported, with the 5'-terminal sequence several...
The Tetrahymena 5.8S rRNA is 154 nucleotides long, the shortest so far reported except for the split 5.8S rRNAs of Diptera (m5.8S plus 2S rRNA). In this molecule several nucleotides are deleted in...
A simple method for screening of NotI linking clones.
Kusuda, J, Kameoka, Y, Takahashi, I, Fujiwara, H, Hashimoto, K
Structure of the Bombyx mori rDNA: initiation site for its transcription.
The initiation site of rDNA transcription in Bombyx mori was determined to be located at 909bp upstream from the 5'- end of mature 18s rRNA by S1-nuclease mapping and primer extension experiment. An...
Tsuyuguchi, I, Shiratsuchi, H, Fujiwara, H, Teraoka, O
Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from tuberculosis patients were studied for their in vitro proliferative response stimulated with purified protein derivative (PPD)-tuberculin. Studies were...
In vitro tuberculin reactivity of lymphocytes from patients with tuberculous pleurisy.
Fujiwara, H, Okuda, Y, Fukukawa, T, Tsuyuguchi, I
Mononuclear cells in pleural fluid from patients with tuberculous pleurisy were predominantly T cells. Responsiveness of pleural fluid T cells to purified protein derivative of tuberculin were...
Terasawa, H, Kohda, D, Hatanaka, H, Nagata, K, Higashihashi, N, Fujiwara, H, ...
The three-dimensional structure of human insulin-like growth factor II was determined at high resolution in aqueous solution by NMR and simulated annealing based calculations. The structure is quite...
Aoyama, T, Sawamura, T, Furutani, Y, Matsuoka, R, Yoshida, M C, Fujiwara, H, ...
We have reported the cDNA cloning of a modified low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) receptor, designated lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1), which is postulated to be involved in endothelial...
Okazaki, S, Tsuchida, K, Maekawa, H, Ishikawa, H, Fujiwara, H
A pentanucleotide repetitive sequence, (TTAGG)n, has been isolated from a silkworm genomic library, using cross-hybridization with a (TTNGGG)5 sequence, which is conserved among most eukaryotic...
Yoshida, K, Taga, T, Saito, M, Suematsu, S, Kumanogoh, A, Tanaka, T, ...
gp130 is a ubiquitously expressed signal-transducing receptor component shared by interleukin 6, interleukin 11, leukemia inhibitory factor, oncostatin M, ciliary neurotrophic factor, and...
The absence of IgE antibody-mediated augmentation of immune responses in CD23-deficient mice.
Fujiwara, H, Kikutani, H, Suematsu, S, Naka, T, Yoshida, K, Yoshida, K, ...
The CD23 antigen, a low-affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RII), is a type II membrane-bound glycoprotein expressed on various cells, particularly mature B cells. A number of functions have been...
Kosugi, A, Weissman, A M, Ogata, M, Hamaoka, T, Fujiwara, H
The intracellular fate of newly synthesized T-cell receptor (TCR) chains was compared in CD4+CD8+ (double positive; DP) thymocytes and in CD4+CD8- or CD4-CD8+ (single positive; SP) thymocytes....
Takahashi, H, Okazaki, S, Fujiwara, H
The telomeres of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, consist of pentanucleotide repeats (TTAGG)n . We previously characterized the non-LTR element TRAS1, which terminates with oligo (A) in a head to tail...
The telomeres of the silkworm Bombyx mori consist of (TTAGG)n repeats and harbor a large number of sequence-specific non-LTR retrotransposons such as TRAS1 and SART1. In order to ascertain if TRAS1...
Okazaki, S, Ishikawa, H, Fujiwara, H
We characterized TRAS1, a retrotransposable element which was inserted into the telomeric repetitive sequence (CCTAA)n of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The complete sequence of TRAS1, a stretch of 7.8...
Kosugi, A, Shima, J, Sano, H, Ogata, M, Kusama, T, Fujiwara, H, ...
Muramyl di- or tripeptide (MDP or MTP) hapten derivatives bearing various structures were synthesized, and the correlation of these structures with cross-reactivity with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and...
Model for clonal elimination in the thymus.
Kosaka, H, Ogata, M, Hikita, I, Maruo, S, Sugihara, S, Matsubara, H, ...
A thymic stromal cell clone, MRL104.8a, expresses class I as well as class II H-2k antigens after exposure to gamma-interferon. This clone also produces thymic stroma-derived T-cell growth factor...
Augmented expression of atrial natriuretic polypeptide gene in ventricle of human failing heart.
Saito, Y, Nakao, K, Arai, H, Nishimura, K, Okumura, K, Obata, K, ...
To elucidate the expression of the atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) gene in the ventricle of the human failing heart, we have measured ANP and ANP messenger RNA (ANPmRNA) levels in left...
We determined the structure around the gap region between 28S alpha and 28S beta rRNA of Bombyx mori, a lepidopteran insect, to know the introduction mechanism of the hidden break, an interruption of...
Introns and their flanking sequences of Bombyx mori rDNA.
Fujiwara, H, Ogura, T, Takada, N, Miyajima, N, Ishikawa, H, Maekawa, H
We obtained two different clones (16 kb and 13 kb) of B. mori rDNA with intron sequence within the 28S-rRNA coding region. The sequence surrounding the intron was found to be highly conserved as...
Primary and secondary structure of 5.8S rRNA from the silkgland of Bombyx mori.
Fujiwara, H, Kawata, Y, Ishikawa, H
Nucleotide sequence of 5.8S rRNA of the silkworm, Bombyx mori has been determined by gel sequencing methods. The 5.8S rRNA was the longest so far reported, with the 5'-terminal sequence several...
The Tetrahymena 5.8S rRNA is 154 nucleotides long, the shortest so far reported except for the split 5.8S rRNAs of Diptera (m5.8S plus 2S rRNA). In this molecule several nucleotides are deleted in...
A simple method for screening of NotI linking clones.
Kusuda, J, Kameoka, Y, Takahashi, I, Fujiwara, H, Hashimoto, K
Structure of the Bombyx mori rDNA: initiation site for its transcription.
The initiation site of rDNA transcription in Bombyx mori was determined to be located at 909bp upstream from the 5'- end of mature 18s rRNA by S1-nuclease mapping and primer extension experiment. An...
Tsuyuguchi, I, Shiratsuchi, H, Fujiwara, H, Teraoka, O
Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from tuberculosis patients were studied for their in vitro proliferative response stimulated with purified protein derivative (PPD)-tuberculin. Studies were...
In vitro tuberculin reactivity of lymphocytes from patients with tuberculous pleurisy.
Fujiwara, H, Okuda, Y, Fukukawa, T, Tsuyuguchi, I
Mononuclear cells in pleural fluid from patients with tuberculous pleurisy were predominantly T cells. Responsiveness of pleural fluid T cells to purified protein derivative of tuberculin were...
Okazaki, S, Tsuchida, K, Maekawa, H, Ishikawa, H, Fujiwara, H
A pentanucleotide repetitive sequence, (TTAGG)n, has been isolated from a silkworm genomic library, using cross-hybridization with a (TTNGGG)5 sequence, which is conserved among most eukaryotic...
Terasawa, H, Kohda, D, Hatanaka, H, Nagata, K, Higashihashi, N, Fujiwara, H, ...
The three-dimensional structure of human insulin-like growth factor II was determined at high resolution in aqueous solution by NMR and simulated annealing based calculations. The structure is quite...
Aoyama, T, Sawamura, T, Furutani, Y, Matsuoka, R, Yoshida, M C, Fujiwara, H, ...
We have reported the cDNA cloning of a modified low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) receptor, designated lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1), which is postulated to be involved in endothelial...
Release of a suppressor cell-inducing factor by monocytes from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Fujiwara, H, Ohnishi, K, Kishimoto, S, Ellner, J J, Tsuyuguchi, I
We observed that blood monocytes from tuberculous patients secreted a factor which induced suppressor cells. Monocyte-enriched adherent cells were prepared from peripheral blood mononuclear cells...
Fujiwara, H, Hamaoka, T, Teshima, K, Aoki, H, Kitagawa, M
Induction of killer and helper T-cell activities towards transplantation antigens of two tumour cell lines was analysed in the allogeneic and syngeneic host combinations. The lymphoid cells from...
Negoro, S, Takashima, T, Fujiwara, H, Tsuyuguchi, I
In the spleen of mice immunized with bromelin treated rat red blood cells (RBC), the number of PFC against bromelin treated isologous RBC increased, although immunization with non-treated rat RBC or...
Tanaka, J., Fujiwara, H., Torisu, M.
The effects of vitamin E on the humoral immune response to hamster erythrocytes (HRBC) and 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl (TNP) were studied in mice. Inbred SL mice were fed on a diet supplemented with 0, 20...
Takemura, G., Fujiwara, H., Yoshida, H., Wu, D. J., Matsuda, M., Ishida, M., ...
To determine whether or not male (NZWXBXSB)F1 [WXB)F1) mice exhibiting a lupus-like syndrome died of acute myocardial infarction (MI), and whether acute MI is directly related to small coronary...
Hasegawa, K., Fujiwara, H., Doyama, K., Mukoyama, M., Nakao, K., Fujiwara, T., ...
Although brain natriuretic peptide is expressed in ventricles of failing hearts including dilated cardiomyopathy, its morphological localization is still unclear. In this study, we analyzed the...
Onodera, T, Fujiwara, H, Tanaka, M, Wu, D J, Matsuda, M, Takemura, G, ...
The postmortem histology and the results of cineangiography after selective intracoronary thrombolysis in vessels that were recanalized and in those that were not were compared in 21 patients who...
Tanaka, M, Fujiwara, H, Onodera, T, Wu, D J, Hamashima, Y, Kawai, C
The distribution of fibrosis was studied quantitatively in the entire left ventricular wall of a transverse slice of the heart from 10 necropsy cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 10 cases of...
Pathological features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without asymmetrical septal hypertrophy.
Tanaka, M, Fujiwara, H, Kawai, C
In a heart with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without asymmetrical septal hypertrophy the number of transmural myocytes, the mean size of myocytes, and the percentage area of interstitial space were...
Takemura, G, Takatsu, Y, Fujiwara, H
Background—Abnormal microcirculation has been suggested in hearts with pathological conditions, particularly in hypertrophic hearts, even in the presence of normal epicardial coronary arteries....
Yoshida, H., Fujiwara, H., Fujiwara, T., Ikehara, S., Hamashima, Y.
Male (NZW x BXSB)F1 mice ([W x B]F1) were used as a model for small coronary artery disease. The mortality rate for 162 mice was 0% at 12 weeks and 37% at 24 weeks. The incidence of myocardial...
Histology of the lens in the Weill-Marchesani syndrome.
Fujiwara, H., Takigawa, Y., Ueno, S., Okuda, K.
The Weill-Marchesani syndrome is a rare systemic connective tissue disease characterised by small stature, brachydactyly, ectopia lentis, and spherophakia. Three siblings with typical manifestations...
ARIX gene polymorphisms in patients with congenital superior oblique muscle palsy
Jiang, Y, Matsuo, T, Fujiwara, H, Hasebe, S, Ohtsuki, H, Yasuda, T
Aim: To identify ARIX gene polymorphisms in patients with congenital superior oblique muscle palsy and to find the relation between the ARIX gene and congenital superior oblique muscle palsy.
Decreased suppressor T cell activity in patients with hepatic cirrhosis (HC).
Tomino, S, Fujiwara, H, Kagimoto, T, Mitsuya, H, Nishimura, H, Kishimoto, S
Hypergammaglobulinaemia (HGG) is frequently found in patients with hepatic cirrhosis (HC). Using an assay system of in vitro PWM-stimulated immunoglobulin (Ig) production, the amounts of IgG, IgA,...
Rich, E A, Elmets, C A, Fujiwara, H, Wallis, R S, Ellner, J J
The effects of ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) on accessory function of human blood adherent mononuclear cells (ADH) for antigen and mitogen-induced responses, and production by ADH of the amplifying...
Fujiwara, H., Kato, N., Shuntoh, H., Tanaka, C.
The effect of dopamine receptor activation on electrically- or high K+ (30 mM)-evoked neurotransmitter release and rise in intracellular Ca2+ concentration was investigated using slices of guinea-pig...
Kubota, T, Fujiwara, H, Ueda, Y, Itoh, T, Yamashita, T, Yoshimura, T, ...
Cimetidine, a H2 receptor antagonist, has been reported to improve survival in gastrointestinal cancer patients. These effects have largely been attributed to the enhancing effects of cimetidine on...