H. Sasaki

Publication List Details

Period

1964 - 2008

Number

148

Co-Authors

pedestrian’s (2008)

T Kuroda, H Sasaki, T Tateishi, K Maeda, Y Yasumuro, Y Manabe, ...

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Destabilization of mixed Rossby gravity waves and the formation of equatorial zonal jets (2008)

HUA, Bach-Lien, D'ORGEVILLE, Marc, FRUMAN, Mark, MENESGUEN, Claire, SCHOPP, Richard, KLEIN, Patrice, ...

stability of mixed Rossby gravity (MRG) waves has been investigated numerically using three-dimensionally consistent high-resolution Simulations of the continuously stratified primitive equations....

XI. Neuroenergetics: Relevance for Functional Brain Imaging, eds P. J. (2008)

In Eukaryotes, R. Y. Tsien, K. Mikoshiba, J. Altman, R. Caminiti, ...

The HFSP workshops were initiated by Michel Cuénod (Secretary-General, HFSPO) with the support of the Board of Trustees and the Council of Scientists. The workshops, held in English, are organized...

Deep ocean inertia-gravity waves simulated in a high-resolution global coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM - art. no. L04610 (2008)

KOMORI, N, OHFUCHI, W, TAGUCHI, B, SASAKI, H, KLEIN, Patrice

In order to investigate the deep ocean inertia-gravity waves, a high-resolution global coupled atmosphere-ocean simulation is carried out with a coupling interval of 20 minutes. Large (similar to...

Intraseasonal meridional current variability in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean (2008)

Ogata, T., Sasaki, H., Murty, V.S.N., Sarma, M.S.S., Masumoto, Y.

Intraseasonal variability in meridional current in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean is investigated by use of results from a high-resolution ocean general circulation model. Both the simulated and...

Equatorial deep jets triggered by a large vertical scale variability within the western boundary layer (2007)

D'ORGEVILLE, Marc, HUA, Bach-Lien, SASAKI, H

The response of the deep equatorial ocean to an oscillatory baroclinic western boundary current is investigated in a continuously stratified primitive equation model. The symmetry of the current...

Projection Clutching System for Force Transmission System based on Tulip-shaped Electrostatic Clutch (2007)

Sasaki, H., Takagi, S., Shikida, M., Sato, K.

We have previously proposed an arrayed vertical motion system based on a tulip-shaped electrostatic clutch for producing haptic displays. The system has an advantage in that it is able to...

Electrostatic Latch Mechanism for Handling Projection on Arrayed Vertical Motion System (2007)

Takagi, S., Sasaki, H., Shikida, M., Sato, K.

We have previously proposed an arrayed vertical motion system based on a tulip-shaped electrostatic clutch for producing haptic displays. The system has an advantage in that it is able to...

Decadal variability in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension simulated in an eddy-resolving OGCM (2006)

Nonaka, M, Nakamura, H, Tanimoto, Y, Kagimoto, T, Sasaki, H, 谷本, 陽一

Through analysis of a hindcast integration of an eddy-resolving quasi-global ocean general circulation model, decadal variability in the Kuroshio–Oyashio Extension region is investigated, with...

Decadal variability in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension simulated in an eddy-resolving OGCM (2006)

Nonaka, M, Nakamura, H, Tanimoto, Y, Kagimoto, T, Sasaki, H

Through analysis of a hindcast integration of an eddy-resolving quasi-global ocean general circulation model, decadal variability in the Kuroshio–Oyashio Extension region is investigated, with...

Decadal variability in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension simulated in an eddy-resolving OGCM (2006)

Nonaka, M, Nakamura, H, Tanimoto, Y, Kagimoto, T, Sasaki, H

Through analysis of a hindcast integration of an eddy-resolving quasi-global ocean general circulation model, decadal variability in the Kuroshio–Oyashio Extension region is investigated, with...

A Novel Type of Mechanical Power Transmission Array for Switching Densely-Arrayed Actuator Systems (2006)

Sasaki, H., Shikida, M., Sato, K.

This paper proposes a novel type mechanical transmission system for driving arrayed elements. The main advantage of this system is that it is able to operate individually arrayed elements with...

A statistical study on the effect of earthquakes on the ionosphere, based on the subionospheric LF propagation data in Japan (2006)

Maekawa, S., Horie, T., Yamauchi, T., Sawaya, T., Ishikawa, M., Hayakawa, M., ...

A superimposed epoch analysis has been undertaken, in order to find the correlation of the ionospheric perturbations with seismic activity. We take the wave path from the Japanese LF transmitter...

A statistical study on the effect of earthquakes on the ionosphere, based on the subionospheric LF propagation data in Japan (2006)

Maekawa, S., Horie, T., Yamauchi, T., Sawaya, T., Ishikawa, M., Hayakawa, M., ...

A superimposed epoch analysis has been undertaken, in order to find the correlation of the ionospheric perturbations with seismic activity. We take the wave path from the Japanese LF transmitter...

Epidemiology of the optic nerve grey crescent in the Reykjavik Eye Study. (2005)

Jonsson, O, Damji, K F, Jonasson, F, Arnarsson, A, Eysteinsson, T, Sasaki, H, ...

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THE EFFECTS OF CHOLINE ON HEPATIC ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF FAT, (2005)

KING,N. W., Jones,L. D., Sasaki,H., Schaffner,F.

The administration of intravenous fat emulsion to rats produces dilatation of the hepatic rough endoplasmic reticulum similar to that which occurs in choline deficiency. In the present study the...

Association between endometriosis and genetic polymorphisms of the estradiol-synthesizing enzyme genes HSD17B1 and CYP19 (2005)

Tsuchiya, M., Nakao, H., Katoh, T., Sasaki, H., Hiroshima, M., Tanaka, T., ...

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, an estrogen-dependent disease, is believed to be influenced by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Here, we evaluated whether the risk and severity of endometriosis...

Association between endometriosis and genetic polymorphisms of the estradiol-synthesizing enzyme genes HSD17B1 and CYP19 (2005)

Tsuchiya, M., Nakao, H., Katoh, T., Sasaki, H., Hiroshima, M., Tanaka, T., ...

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, an estrogen-dependent disease, is believed to be influenced by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Here, we evaluated whether the risk and severity of endometriosis...

Anatomical comparison of a defect in the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava with the normal azygos system. (2004)

Kawashima, T., Sasaki, H.

During anatomical practice between 2001-2002 at the Tokyo Women¿s Medical University, a defect in the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava was encountered in a 94-year-old male cadaver....

Anatomical comparison of a defect in the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava with the normal azygos system. (2004)

Kawashima, T., Sasaki, H.

During anatomical practice between 2001-2002 at the Tokyo Women¿s Medical University, a defect in the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava was encountered in a 94-year-old male cadaver....

Prevalence of open-angle glaucoma in Iceland: Reykjavik Eye Study (2003)

Jonasson, F, Damji, K F, Arnarsson, A, Sverrisson, T, Wang, L, Sasaki, H, ...

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Caveolin-3 gene mutation in Japanese with rippling muscle disease (2003)

Yabe, Ichiro, Kawashima, A, Kikuchi, S, Higashi, T, Fukazawa, T, Hamada, T, ...

Objectives: Rippling muscle disease (RMD) is a rare myopathy characterized by percussion-induced rapid muscle contractions, muscle mounding, and rippling. Recently a caveolin-3 gene (CAV3) mutation...

Caveolin-3 gene mutation in Japanese with rippling muscle disease (2003)

Yabe, Ichiro, Kawashima, A, Kikuchi, S, Higashi, T, Fukazawa, T, Hamada, T, ...

Objectives: Rippling muscle disease (RMD) is a rare myopathy characterized by percussion-induced rapid muscle contractions, muscle mounding, and rippling. Recently a caveolin-3 gene (CAV3) mutation...

Caveolin-3 gene mutation in Japanese with rippling muscle disease (2003)

Yabe, Ichiro, Kawashima, A, Kikuchi, S, Higashi, T, Fukazawa, T, Hamada, T, ...

Objectives: Rippling muscle disease (RMD) is a rare myopathy characterized by percussion-induced rapid muscle contractions, muscle mounding, and rippling. Recently a caveolin-3 gene (CAV3) mutation...

An Experimental Study on BEM-Based Cortical Imaging of Human SEP Activities (1998)

Zhang, X., Towle, V. L., Sasaki, H., Lian, J., Li, G. L.

The boundary element method (BEM) based cortical imaging technique (CIT) has been applied to an experimental study on human somatorsensory evoked potentials (SEPs) recorded from a patient. The...

Application of Fracture Mechanics to Strength Analysis of Glued Lap Joints (1976)

KOMATSU, K., SASAKI, H., MAKU, T.

この論文は国立情報学研究所の学術雑誌公開支援事業により電子化されました。

Estimating Fracture Toughness from Nonlinear Load-Deflection Relation (1976)

KOMATSU, K., SASAKI, H., MAKU, T.

この論文は国立情報学研究所の学術雑誌公開支援事業により電子化されました。

Multiple imprinted sense and antisense transcripts, differential methylation and tandem repeats in a putative imprinting control region upstream of mouse Igf2

Moore, T., Constancia, M., Zubair, M., Bailleul, B., Feil, R., Sasaki, H., ...

The mouse insulin-like growth factor 2 (Igf2) locus is a complex genomic region that produces multiple transcripts from alternative promoters. Expression at this locus is regulated by parental...

Tissue-specific response of the human platelet-activating factor receptor gene to retinoic acid and thyroid hormone by alternative promoter usage.

Mutoh, H, Fukuda, T, Kitamaoto, T, Masushige, S, Sasaki, H, Shimizu, T, ...

We have studied the effects of retinoic acid (RA) and thyroid hormone (3,3',5-triiodothyronine; T3) on platelet-activating factor receptor (PAFR) gene expression in intact rats and the ability of two...

Myosin-actin interaction plays an important role in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 release from host cells.

Sasaki, H, Nakamura, M, Ohno, T, Matsuda, Y, Yuda, Y, Nonomura, Y

We examined the potential role of myosin and actin in the release of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from infected cells. Wortmannin (100 nM to 5 microM), an effective inhibitor of myosin...

Role of Src homology 3 domains in assembly and activation of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase.

Sumimoto, H, Kage, Y, Nunoi, H, Sasaki, H, Nose, T, Fukumaki, Y, ...

The phagocyte NADPH oxidase, dormant in resting cells, is activated during phagocytosis to produce superoxide, a precursor of microbicidal oxidants. The activated oxidase is a complex of...

Physical association of JAK1 and JAK2 tyrosine kinases with the interleukin 2 receptor beta and gamma chains.

Tanaka, N, Asao, H, Ohbo, K, Ishii, N, Takeshita, T, Nakamura, M, ...

The functional interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptors contain the beta and gamma chains which are necessary for the transduction of cell growth signals. Monoclonal antibodies specific for the beta chain and...

Hemopoietic stem-cell compartment of the SCID mouse: double-exponential survival curve after gamma irradiation.

Taniguchi, S, Hirabayashi, Y, Inoue, T, Kanisawa, M, Sasaki, H, Komatsu, K, ...

It has been reported that SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency, scid/scid) mice are more radiosensitive than normal mice. In the present studies, graded doses of radiation were given to bone marrow...

K-sam gene encodes secreted as well as transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase.

Katoh, M, Hattori, Y, Sasaki, H, Tanaka, M, Sugano, K, Yazaki, Y, ...

K-sam was first identified as a gene amplified in the stomach cancer cell line KATO-III. The size of the major transcript of the K-sam gene was 3.5 kilobases in KATO-III cells, and we have previously...

Unusually high conservation of untranslated sequences in cDNAs for Trimeresurus flavoviridis phospholipase A2 isozymes.

Ogawa, T, Oda, N, Nakashima, K, Sasaki, H, Hattori, M, Sakaki, Y, ...

As a step toward understanding the structure and function of phospholipases A2 (PLA2s), we isolated and sequenced several cDNAs encoding Trimeresurus flavoviridis venom PLA2 isozymes including two...

Establishment of a highly sensitive and specific exon-trapping system.

Hamaguchi, M, Sakamoto, H, Tsuruta, H, Sasaki, H, Muto, T, Sugimura, T, ...

We have established a highly sensitive and specific exon-trapping system (SETS) with a specific plasmid vector in which an exon in a given DNA segment is identified by its ability to remain as a...

Widely spaced, directly repeated PuGGTCA elements act as promiscuous enhancers for different classes of nuclear receptors.

Kato, S, Sasaki, H, Suzawa, M, Masushige, S, Tora, L, Chambon, P, ...

We describe here a novel class of cis-acting response elements for retinoid, vitamin D, and estrogen receptors which are widely spaced (10 to 200 bp) direct repeats (DRs) of the canonical 5'-AGGTCA...

Monoclonal antibodies against heparin-binding growth factor II/basic fibroblast growth factor that block its biological activity: invalidity of the antibodies for tumor angiogenesis.

Matsuzaki, K, Yoshitake, Y, Matuo, Y, Sasaki, H, Nishikawa, K

Two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against bovine heparin-binding growth factor II (HBGF-II)/basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) were obtained from mouse hybridoma cell lines. They were highly...

Specific DNA binding of the two chicken Deformed family homeodomain proteins, Chox-1.4 and Chox-a.

Sasaki, H, Yokoyama, E, Kuroiwa, A

The cDNA clones encoding two chicken Deformed (Dfd) family homeobox containing genes Chox-1.4 and Chox-a were isolated. Comparison of their amino acid sequences with another chicken Dfd family...

Activation of an imprinted Igf 2 gene in mouse somatic cell cultures.

Eversole-Cire, P, Ferguson-Smith, A C, Sasaki, H, Brown, K D, Cattanach, B M, Gonzales, F A, ...

The mouse insulin-like growth factor II gene (Igf 2), located on distal chromosome 7, is parentally imprinted such that the paternal allele is expressed while the maternal allele is transcriptionally...

Effect of c-myc gene expression on early inducible reactions required for erythroid differentiation in vitro.

Kaneko-Ishino, T, Kume, T U, Sasaki, H, Obinata, M, Oishi, M

By employing cell fusion between two genetically marked mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cells in which an artificially introduced c-myc gene had been placed under the control of human metallothionein...

Identification of glucagon in the gastrointestinal tract.

Sasaki, H, Rubalcava, B, Baetens, D, Blazquez, E, Srikant, C B, Orci, L, ...

Gel filtration studies on Bio-Gel P-10 columns of a 50-fold purified porcine duodenal extract revealed a main peak of glucagon-like immunoreactivity (GLI) in the 2,900 mol wt zone and a smaller peak...

Molecular analysis of a variant type of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy showing cerebellar ataxia and pyramidal tract signs.

Furuya, H, Yoshioka, K, Sasaki, H, Sakaki, Y, Nakazato, M, Matsuo, H, ...

A Japanese family with atypical type I familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) in Iiyama, Japan was studied. Most of the family members have dysfunctions in the central nervous system, in addition...

Ancestral Origins of the Machado-Joseph Disease Mutation: A Worldwide Haplotype Study

Gaspar, C., Lopes-Cendes, I., Hayes, S., Goto, J., Arvidsson, K., Dias, A., ...

Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder originally described in families of Portuguese-Azorean ancestry. The cloning of the MJD1 gene allowed identification...

Optical determination of impulse conduction velocity during development of embryonic chick cervical vagus nerve bundles.

Sakai, T, Komuro, H, Katoh, Y, Sasaki, H, Momose-Sato, Y, Kamino, K

1. Employing an optical method for multiple-site simultaneous recording of electrical activity, we have determined the conduction velocity in cervical vagus nerve bundles isolated from 5- to...

Multiple imprinted sense and antisense transcripts, differential methylation and tandem repeats in a putative imprinting control region upstream of mouse Igf2

Moore, T., Constancia, M., Zubair, M., Bailleul, B., Feil, R., Sasaki, H., ...

The mouse insulin-like growth factor 2 (Igf2) locus is a complex genomic region that produces multiple transcripts from alternative promoters. Expression at this locus is regulated by parental...

Tissue-specific response of the human platelet-activating factor receptor gene to retinoic acid and thyroid hormone by alternative promoter usage.

Mutoh, H, Fukuda, T, Kitamaoto, T, Masushige, S, Sasaki, H, Shimizu, T, ...

We have studied the effects of retinoic acid (RA) and thyroid hormone (3,3',5-triiodothyronine; T3) on platelet-activating factor receptor (PAFR) gene expression in intact rats and the ability of two...

Myosin-actin interaction plays an important role in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 release from host cells.

Sasaki, H, Nakamura, M, Ohno, T, Matsuda, Y, Yuda, Y, Nonomura, Y

We examined the potential role of myosin and actin in the release of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from infected cells. Wortmannin (100 nM to 5 microM), an effective inhibitor of myosin...

Role of Src homology 3 domains in assembly and activation of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase.

Sumimoto, H, Kage, Y, Nunoi, H, Sasaki, H, Nose, T, Fukumaki, Y, ...

The phagocyte NADPH oxidase, dormant in resting cells, is activated during phagocytosis to produce superoxide, a precursor of microbicidal oxidants. The activated oxidase is a complex of...

Physical association of JAK1 and JAK2 tyrosine kinases with the interleukin 2 receptor beta and gamma chains.

Tanaka, N, Asao, H, Ohbo, K, Ishii, N, Takeshita, T, Nakamura, M, ...

The functional interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptors contain the beta and gamma chains which are necessary for the transduction of cell growth signals. Monoclonal antibodies specific for the beta chain and...

Hemopoietic stem-cell compartment of the SCID mouse: double-exponential survival curve after gamma irradiation.

Taniguchi, S, Hirabayashi, Y, Inoue, T, Kanisawa, M, Sasaki, H, Komatsu, K, ...

It has been reported that SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency, scid/scid) mice are more radiosensitive than normal mice. In the present studies, graded doses of radiation were given to bone marrow...

K-sam gene encodes secreted as well as transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase.

Katoh, M, Hattori, Y, Sasaki, H, Tanaka, M, Sugano, K, Yazaki, Y, ...

K-sam was first identified as a gene amplified in the stomach cancer cell line KATO-III. The size of the major transcript of the K-sam gene was 3.5 kilobases in KATO-III cells, and we have previously...

Unusually high conservation of untranslated sequences in cDNAs for Trimeresurus flavoviridis phospholipase A2 isozymes.

Ogawa, T, Oda, N, Nakashima, K, Sasaki, H, Hattori, M, Sakaki, Y, ...

As a step toward understanding the structure and function of phospholipases A2 (PLA2s), we isolated and sequenced several cDNAs encoding Trimeresurus flavoviridis venom PLA2 isozymes including two...

Establishment of a highly sensitive and specific exon-trapping system.

Hamaguchi, M, Sakamoto, H, Tsuruta, H, Sasaki, H, Muto, T, Sugimura, T, ...

We have established a highly sensitive and specific exon-trapping system (SETS) with a specific plasmid vector in which an exon in a given DNA segment is identified by its ability to remain as a...

Widely spaced, directly repeated PuGGTCA elements act as promiscuous enhancers for different classes of nuclear receptors.

Kato, S, Sasaki, H, Suzawa, M, Masushige, S, Tora, L, Chambon, P, ...

We describe here a novel class of cis-acting response elements for retinoid, vitamin D, and estrogen receptors which are widely spaced (10 to 200 bp) direct repeats (DRs) of the canonical 5'-AGGTCA...

Monoclonal antibodies against heparin-binding growth factor II/basic fibroblast growth factor that block its biological activity: invalidity of the antibodies for tumor angiogenesis.

Matsuzaki, K, Yoshitake, Y, Matuo, Y, Sasaki, H, Nishikawa, K

Two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against bovine heparin-binding growth factor II (HBGF-II)/basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) were obtained from mouse hybridoma cell lines. They were highly...

Specific DNA binding of the two chicken Deformed family homeodomain proteins, Chox-1.4 and Chox-a.

Sasaki, H, Yokoyama, E, Kuroiwa, A

The cDNA clones encoding two chicken Deformed (Dfd) family homeobox containing genes Chox-1.4 and Chox-a were isolated. Comparison of their amino acid sequences with another chicken Dfd family...

Activation of an imprinted Igf 2 gene in mouse somatic cell cultures.

Eversole-Cire, P, Ferguson-Smith, A C, Sasaki, H, Brown, K D, Cattanach, B M, Gonzales, F A, ...

The mouse insulin-like growth factor II gene (Igf 2), located on distal chromosome 7, is parentally imprinted such that the paternal allele is expressed while the maternal allele is transcriptionally...

Effect of c-myc gene expression on early inducible reactions required for erythroid differentiation in vitro.

Kaneko-Ishino, T, Kume, T U, Sasaki, H, Obinata, M, Oishi, M

By employing cell fusion between two genetically marked mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cells in which an artificially introduced c-myc gene had been placed under the control of human metallothionein...

Identification of glucagon in the gastrointestinal tract.

Sasaki, H, Rubalcava, B, Baetens, D, Blazquez, E, Srikant, C B, Orci, L, ...

Gel filtration studies on Bio-Gel P-10 columns of a 50-fold purified porcine duodenal extract revealed a main peak of glucagon-like immunoreactivity (GLI) in the 2,900 mol wt zone and a smaller peak...

Molecular analysis of a variant type of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy showing cerebellar ataxia and pyramidal tract signs.

Furuya, H, Yoshioka, K, Sasaki, H, Sakaki, Y, Nakazato, M, Matsuo, H, ...

A Japanese family with atypical type I familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) in Iiyama, Japan was studied. Most of the family members have dysfunctions in the central nervous system, in addition...

Optical determination of impulse conduction velocity during development of embryonic chick cervical vagus nerve bundles.

Sakai, T, Komuro, H, Katoh, Y, Sasaki, H, Momose-Sato, Y, Kamino, K

1. Employing an optical method for multiple-site simultaneous recording of electrical activity, we have determined the conduction velocity in cervical vagus nerve bundles isolated from 5- to...

Ancestral Origins of the Machado-Joseph Disease Mutation: A Worldwide Haplotype Study

Gaspar, C., Lopes-Cendes, I., Hayes, S., Goto, J., Arvidsson, K., Dias, A., ...

Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder originally described in families of Portuguese-Azorean ancestry. The cloning of the MJD1 gene allowed identification...

Restricted expression of cell adhesion kinase-beta in rat tissues.

Mitaka, T., Shindoh, M., Mochizuki, Y., Sasaki, H., Ishino, M., Matsuya, M., ...

Cell adhesion kinase-beta (CAK-beta) is a protein tyrosine kinase of the focal adhesion kinase subfamily, which contains large amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains. We studied the tissue distribution...

Increased susceptibility to airway responses in CD40-deficient mice

TAKAHASHI, H, EBIHARA, S, KANDA, A, KAMANAKA, M, SATO, T, HABU, S, ...

The interaction between CD40 and its ligand (CD154) is crucial for IL-12 production and effective humoral immunity such as IgE production. Although the interaction seems to play a crucial role in...

Pulmonary tuberculosis and serum IgE

Ohrui, T, Zayasu, K, Sato, E, Matsui, T, Sekizawa, K, Sasaki, H

Several recent studies indicate that mycobacterium or viral infection may reduce IgE levels or suppress atopy or both. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether Mycobacterium...

Epidemiology of the optic nerve grey crescent in the Reykjavik Eye Study

Jonsson, O, Damji, K F, Jonasson, F, Arnarsson, A, Eysteinsson, T, Sasaki, H, ...

Aim: To establish the epidemiology of the grey crescent in a white population within the age range most susceptible to glaucoma.

The role of cyclic AMP in non-adrenergic non-cholinergic contraction in guinea-pig bronchi.

Aikawa, T., Sekizawa, K., Morikawa, M., Itabashi, S., Sasaki, H., Takishima, T.

1. We investigated the role of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) in non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) contraction in guinea-pig bronchial strips. 2. Forskolin (3 nM to 1 microM)...

Effects of adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptide on airway and pulmonary vascular smooth muscle in guinea-pigs.

Pinto, A., Sekizawa, K., Yamaya, M., Ohrui, T., Jia, Y. X., Sasaki, H.

1. The airway and pulmonary vascular effects of adrenomedullin were studied in the guinea-pig isolated trachea, main bronchi and pulmonary artery in vitro and compared to the effects of calcitonin...

Inhibitory actions of prostaglandin E1 on non-adrenergic non-cholinergic contraction in guinea-pig bronchi.

Aikawa, T., Sekizawa, K., Itabashi, S., Sasaki, H., Takishima, T.

We have investigated the effect of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) contraction in guinea-pig bronchial strips. PGE1 (10 nM to 10 microM) did not alter baseline...

The role of nitric oxide in cholinergic neurotransmission in rat trachea.

Sekizawa, K., Fukushima, T., Ikarashi, Y., Maruyama, Y., Sasaki, H.

1. We have investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in cholinergic contraction in rat trachea. 2. Methylene blue (10 nM to 30 microM) potentiated cholinergic contraction induced by electrical field...

Effect of inspiratory flow rate on bronchomotor tone in normal and asthmatic subjects.

Hida, W, Arai, M, Shindoh, C, Liu, Y N, Sasaki, H, Takishima, T

The effect of the inspiratory flow rate during deep inspiration on the regulation of bronchomotor tone was studied in nine normal and 22 asthmatic subjects. Changes in bronchial tone were assessed by...

Laryngeal resistance immediately after panting in asthmatic subjects.

Yanai, M, Ohrui, T, Sekizawa, K, Sasaki, H, Takishima, T

The panting manoeuvre may be used during the assessment of airway resistance and in asthmatic patients during bronchial provocation testing or spontaneous asthma. To study whether panting opens the...

Nephropathy and growth hormone deficiency in a patient with mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation.

Yorifuji, T, Kawai, M, Momoi, T, Sasaki, H, Furusho, K, Muroi, J, ...

A mitochondrial A 3243 G mutation in the tRNA(Leu(UUR)) gene was first described as a common cause of MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like...

Uniparental and functional X disomy in Turner syndrome patients with unexplained mental retardation and X derived marker chromosomes.

Yorifuji, T, Muroi, J, Kawai, M, Uematsu, A, Sasaki, H, Momoi, T, ...

We analysed parental origin and X inactivation status of X derived marker (mar(X)) or ring X (r(X)) chromosomes in six Turner syndrome patients. Two of these patients had mental retardation of...

Spinocerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1) in the Japanese in Hokkaido may derive from a single common ancestry.

Wakisaka, A, Sasaki, H, Takada, A, Fukazawa, T, Suzuki, Y, Hamada, T, ...

Spinocerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1) is caused by expansion of an unstable CAG triplet repeat located on the short arm of chromosome 6. Precise mapping has shown a positional relationship to closely...

Erdheim-Chester disease and slowly progressive cerebellar dysfunction.

Fukazawa, T, Tsukishima, E, Sasaki, H, Hamada, K, Hamada, T, Tashiro, K

A 59 year old woman developed pronounced thirst, increased water intake, and increased urinary output followed by slowly progressive cerebellar symptoms. Brain MRI showed abnormal hyperintensity on...

Hereditary caeruloplasmin deficiency: clinicopathological study of a patient.

Kawanami, T, Kato, T, Daimon, M, Tominaga, M, Sasaki, H, Maeda, K, ...

A 58 year old patient with dementia, oral dyskinesia, and diabetes mellitus is described. He had an undetectable concentration of serum caeruloplasmin, as an autosomal recessive trait. Brain MRI...

Tuberculin responses and risk of pneumonia in immobile elderly patients

Nakayama, K., Monma, M., Fukushima, T., Ohrui, T., Sasaki, H.

BACKGROUND—Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to tuberculin is an important marker of T helper 1 (Th1) mediated acquired immunity against tuberculosis. Depressed DTH responses to...

Increased blood carboxyhaemoglobin concentrations in inflammatory pulmonary diseases

Yasuda, H, Yamaya, M, Yanai, M, Ohrui, T, Sasaki, H

Background: Exhaled carbon monoxide has been reported to increase in inflammatory pulmonary diseases and to be correlated with blood carboxyhaemoglobin (Hb-CO) concentration. A study was undertaken...

Electrophysiological features of central motor conduction in spinocerebellar atrophy type 1, type 2, and Machado-Joseph disease

Yokota, T, Sasaki, H, Iwabuchi, K, Shiojiri, T, Yoshino, A, Otagiri, A, ...

OBJECTIVES—To characterise electrophysiologically the central motor conduction of spinocerebellar atrophy type 1 (SCA1), type 2 (SCA2), and Machado-Joseph disease (MJD).
METHODS—Motor evoked...

Increased circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with bacterial pneumonia: evidence that bone marrow derived cells contribute to lung repair

Yamada, M, Kubo, H, Ishizawa, K, Kobayashi, S, Shinkawa, M, Sasaki, H

Background: Tissue repair often occurs in organs damaged by various inflammatory diseases including pneumonia. Inflammatory stimuli induce a rapid and massive release of inflammatory cells from the...

Coexisting primary hyperparathyroidism and Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy--an unusual association.

Sasaki, H., Tsutsu, N., Asano, T., Yamamoto, T., Kikuchi, M., Okumura, M.

Primary hyperparathyroidism associated with Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy was diagnosed in a 22 year old Japanese woman, the second such case to be reported. Albright's hereditary...

Prognostic significance of histopathological subtypes in stage I pure yolk sac tumour of the ovary.

Sasaki, H., Furusato, M., Teshima, S., Kiyokawa, T., Tada, A., Aizawa, S., ...

The correlation between histological subtype [endodermal sinus (ES), polyvesicular vitelline (PV), glandular (G) and hepatoid (H) subtypes] and the prognosis of pure yolk sac tumours (YSTs) of the...

Tumour angiogenesis in latent prostatic carcinoma.

Furusato, M., Wakui, S., Sasaki, H., Ito, K., Ushigome, S.

Unrestrained growth of various malignant tumours has been shown to depend upon a critical number of tumour cells which have switched to the angiogenic phenotype. Angiogenic phenotypes were noted in...

Prognostic value of nuclear morphometry in patients with TNM stage T1 ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma

Liu, C Q, Sasaki, H, Fahey, M T, Sakamoto, A, Sato, S, Tanaka, T

In 40 patients with TNM stage T1 ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma, we used nuclear morphometry to study the relations among morphometric variables, clinical prognostic factors and outcome. The...