K. Morimoto

Publication List Details

Period

1948 - 2006

Number

61

Co-Authors

Hole Doping Effects on Spin-gapped Na2Cu2TeO6 via Topochemical Na Deficiency (2006)

Morimoto, K., Itoh, Y., Yoshimura, K., Kato, M., Hirota, K.

We report the magnetic susceptibility and NMR studies of a spin-gapped layered compound Na2Cu2TeO6 (the spin gap $\Delta\sim$ 250 K), the hole doping effect on the Cu2TeO6 plane via a topochemical Na...

Some experimental studies on time-of-flight radiography using a pulsed neutron source (2005)

Kiyanagi, Y., Sakamoto, N., Iwasa, H., Kamiyama, T., Hiraga, F., Sato, S., ...

We are developing a fiber type two-dimentional (2-D) position-sensitive detector having a spatial resolution less than 0.5 mm in order to use it in the time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. The detector...

Some experimental studies on time-of-flight radiography using a pulsed neutron source (2005)

Kiyanagi, Y., Sakamoto, N., Iwasa, H., Kamiyama, T., Hiraga, F., Sato, S., ...

We are developing a fiber type two-dimentional (2-D) position-sensitive detector having a spatial resolution less than 0.5 mm in order to use it in the time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. The detector...

Some experimental studies on time-of-flight radiography using a pulsed neutron source (2005)

Kiyanagi, Y., Sakamoto, N., Iwasa, H., Kamiyama, T., Hiraga, F., Sato, S., ...

We are developing a fiber type two-dimentional (2-D) position-sensitive detector having a spatial resolution less than 0.5 mm in order to use it in the time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. The detector...

Production and decay properties of $^{272}$111 and its daughter nuclei (2004)

Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Haba, H., Ideguchi, E., Peter, J., ...

The production and decay of $^{272}111 has been investigated using a gas-filled recoil ion separator in irradiations of $^{209}$Bi targets with $^{64}$Ni beam at 320, 323 and 326 MeV. We have...

Production and decay properties of $^{272}$111 and its daughter nuclei (2004)

Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Haba, H., Ideguchi, E., Peter, J., ...

The production and decay of $^{272}111 has been investigated using a gas-filled recoil ion separator in irradiations of $^{209}$Bi targets with $^{64}$Ni beam at 320, 323 and 326 MeV. We have...

Measurement of parity-nonconserving rotation of neutron spin in the 0.734-eV p-wave resonance of $^{139}La$ (2001)

Haseyama, T., Asahi, K., Bowman, J. D., Delheij, P. P. J., Funahashi, H., Ishimoto, S., ...

The parity nonconserving spin rotation of neutrons in the 0.734-eV p-wave resonance of $^{139}La$ was measured with the neutron transmission method. Two optically polarized $^3He$ cells were used...

Characterization of a unique variant of bat rabies virus responsible for newly emerging human cases in North America.

Morimoto, K, Patel, M, Corisdeo, S, Hooper, D C, Fu, Z F, Rupprecht, C E, ...

The silver-haired bat variant of rabies virus (SHBRV) has been identified as the etiological agent of a number of recent human rabies cases in the United States that are unusual in not having been...

Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding Clostridium paraputrificum chitinase ChiB and analysis of the functions of novel cadherin-like domains and a chitin-binding domain.

Morimoto, K, Karita, S, Kimura, T, Sakka, K, Ohmiya, K

The Clostridium paraputrificum chiB gene, encoding chitinase B (ChiB), consists of an open reading frame of 2,493 nucleotides and encodes 831 amino acids with a deduced molecular weight of 90,020....

Cloning and characterization of the Salmonella typhimurium ada gene, which encodes O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase.

Hakura, A, Morimoto, K, Sofuni, T, Nohmi, T

The ada gene of Escherichia coli encodes O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase, which serves as a positive regulator of the adaptive response to alkylating agents and as a DNA repair enzyme. The...

"Fibrinogen Tokyo II". An abnormal fibrinogen with an impaired polymerization site on the aligned DD domain of fibrin molecules.

Matsuda, M, Baba, M, Morimoto, K, Nakamikawa, C

A hereditary dysfibrinogenemia associated with defective aggregation of fibrin monomers was found in a 39-yr-old female and in the members of her immediate family, who had all been asymptomatic. The...

Formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase enhances arsenic-induced DNA strand breaks in PHA-stimulated and unstimulated human lymphocytes.

Li, D, Morimoto, K, Takeshita, T, Lu, Y

To confirm that arsenic (As) induces oxidative DNA damage in phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated and unstimulated human lymphocytes, we used the alkaline comet assay combined with specific enzyme...

The central role of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF-41) in psychological stress in rats.

Morimoto, A, Nakamori, T, Morimoto, K, Tan, N, Murakami, N

1. We investigated the central role of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF-41) in psychological stress-induced responses, including cardiovascular, thermoregulatory and locomotive activity in...

Cardiovascular responses induced in free-moving rats by immune cytokines.

Morimoto, K, Morimoto, A, Nakamori, T, Tan, N, Minagawa, T, Murakami, N

1. We investigated the effect of intraperitoneal (I.P.) injections of the immune cytokines, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) on cardiovascular responses in free-moving...

Possible involvement of prostaglandins in psychological stress-induced responses in rats.

Morimoto, A, Watanabe, T, Morimoto, K, Nakamori, T, Murakami, N

1. We investigated the effect of pre-treatment with intraperitoneal (I.P.) injection of indomethacin, an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, on psychological stress-induced responses including...

ACTH release induced in rats by noradrenaline is mediated by prostaglandin E2.

Watanabe, T, Morimoto, A, Morimoto, K, Nakamori, T, Murakami, N

1. We investigated the involvement of prostaglandin E2 in the development of the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) response induced by noradrenaline (NA) in rats. 2. Intravenous (i.v.) injection of...

Calcium current-dependent and voltage-dependent inactivation of calcium channels in Helix aspersa

Brown, A. M., Morimoto, K., Tsuda, Y., Wilson, D. L.

1. Inactivation of the Ca channels has been examined in isolated nerve cell bodies of Helix aspersa using the suction pipette method for voltage clamp and internal perfusion.

8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine in human leukocyte DNA and daily health practice factors: effects of individual alcohol sensitivity.

Nakajima, M, Takeuchi, T, Takeshita, T, Morimoto, K

A typical oxidative DNA damage, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), was evaluated in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and mononuclear leukocytes (MN) by an anaerobic determination method. The...

Low Km aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) polymorphism, alcohol-drinking behavior, and chromosome alterations in peripheral lymphocytes.

Morimoto, K, Takeshita, T

Excessive drinking of alcohol is now widely known to be one of the major lifestyle choices that ca effect health. Among the various effects of alcohol drinking, cytogenetic and other genotoxic...

Scanning electron microscopic study of rabbit ovarian follicle microvasculature using resin injection-corrosion casts.

Kanzaki, H, Okamura, H, Okuda, Y, Takenaka, A, Morimoto, K, Nishimura, T

The microvasculature of rabbit ovarian follicles was investigated three dimensionally with resin casting/SEM technique. Characteristic vascular patterns were revealed around the follicles of various...

Studies of the repair of O6-alkylguanine and O4-alkylthymine in DNA by alkyltransferases from mammalian cells and bacteria.

Pegg, A E, Dolan, M E, Scicchitano, D, Morimoto, K

O6-Methylguanine in DNA is repaired by the action of a protein termed O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AT) which transfers the methyl group to a cysteine residue in its own sequence. Since the...

Genotoxic effects of alpha-endosulfan and beta-endosulfan on human HepG2 cells.

Lu, Y, Morimoto, K, Takeshita, T, Takeuchi, T, Saito, T

alpha-Endosulfan and ss-endosulfan are isomers of endosulfan, a pesticide used worldwide. In this study, we examined the genotoxicity of [alpha]- and ss-endosulfan in vitro with a HepG2 cell line. We...

Characterization of a unique variant of bat rabies virus responsible for newly emerging human cases in North America.

Morimoto, K, Patel, M, Corisdeo, S, Hooper, D C, Fu, Z F, Rupprecht, C E, ...

The silver-haired bat variant of rabies virus (SHBRV) has been identified as the etiological agent of a number of recent human rabies cases in the United States that are unusual in not having been...

Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding Clostridium paraputrificum chitinase ChiB and analysis of the functions of novel cadherin-like domains and a chitin-binding domain.

Morimoto, K, Karita, S, Kimura, T, Sakka, K, Ohmiya, K

The Clostridium paraputrificum chiB gene, encoding chitinase B (ChiB), consists of an open reading frame of 2,493 nucleotides and encodes 831 amino acids with a deduced molecular weight of 90,020....

Cloning and characterization of the Salmonella typhimurium ada gene, which encodes O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase.

Hakura, A, Morimoto, K, Sofuni, T, Nohmi, T

The ada gene of Escherichia coli encodes O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase, which serves as a positive regulator of the adaptive response to alkylating agents and as a DNA repair enzyme. The...

"Fibrinogen Tokyo II". An abnormal fibrinogen with an impaired polymerization site on the aligned DD domain of fibrin molecules.

Matsuda, M, Baba, M, Morimoto, K, Nakamikawa, C

A hereditary dysfibrinogenemia associated with defective aggregation of fibrin monomers was found in a 39-yr-old female and in the members of her immediate family, who had all been asymptomatic. The...

Scanning electron microscopic study of rabbit ovarian follicle microvasculature using resin injection-corrosion casts.

Kanzaki, H, Okamura, H, Okuda, Y, Takenaka, A, Morimoto, K, Nishimura, T

The microvasculature of rabbit ovarian follicles was investigated three dimensionally with resin casting/SEM technique. Characteristic vascular patterns were revealed around the follicles of various...

The central role of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF-41) in psychological stress in rats.

Morimoto, A, Nakamori, T, Morimoto, K, Tan, N, Murakami, N

1. We investigated the central role of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF-41) in psychological stress-induced responses, including cardiovascular, thermoregulatory and locomotive activity in...

Cardiovascular responses induced in free-moving rats by immune cytokines.

Morimoto, K, Morimoto, A, Nakamori, T, Tan, N, Minagawa, T, Murakami, N

1. We investigated the effect of intraperitoneal (I.P.) injections of the immune cytokines, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) on cardiovascular responses in free-moving...

Possible involvement of prostaglandins in psychological stress-induced responses in rats.

Morimoto, A, Watanabe, T, Morimoto, K, Nakamori, T, Murakami, N

1. We investigated the effect of pre-treatment with intraperitoneal (I.P.) injection of indomethacin, an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, on psychological stress-induced responses including...

ACTH release induced in rats by noradrenaline is mediated by prostaglandin E2.

Watanabe, T, Morimoto, A, Morimoto, K, Nakamori, T, Murakami, N

1. We investigated the involvement of prostaglandin E2 in the development of the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) response induced by noradrenaline (NA) in rats. 2. Intravenous (i.v.) injection of...

Formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase enhances arsenic-induced DNA strand breaks in PHA-stimulated and unstimulated human lymphocytes.

Li, D, Morimoto, K, Takeshita, T, Lu, Y

To confirm that arsenic (As) induces oxidative DNA damage in phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated and unstimulated human lymphocytes, we used the alkaline comet assay combined with specific enzyme...

Calcium current-dependent and voltage-dependent inactivation of calcium channels in Helix aspersa

Brown, A. M., Morimoto, K., Tsuda, Y., Wilson, D. L.

1. Inactivation of the Ca channels has been examined in isolated nerve cell bodies of Helix aspersa using the suction pipette method for voltage clamp and internal perfusion.

8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine in human leukocyte DNA and daily health practice factors: effects of individual alcohol sensitivity.

Nakajima, M, Takeuchi, T, Takeshita, T, Morimoto, K

A typical oxidative DNA damage, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), was evaluated in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and mononuclear leukocytes (MN) by an anaerobic determination method. The...

Low Km aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) polymorphism, alcohol-drinking behavior, and chromosome alterations in peripheral lymphocytes.

Morimoto, K, Takeshita, T

Excessive drinking of alcohol is now widely known to be one of the major lifestyle choices that ca effect health. Among the various effects of alcohol drinking, cytogenetic and other genotoxic...

Studies of the repair of O6-alkylguanine and O4-alkylthymine in DNA by alkyltransferases from mammalian cells and bacteria.

Pegg, A E, Dolan, M E, Scicchitano, D, Morimoto, K

O6-Methylguanine in DNA is repaired by the action of a protein termed O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AT) which transfers the methyl group to a cysteine residue in its own sequence. Since the...

Genotoxic effects of alpha-endosulfan and beta-endosulfan on human HepG2 cells.

Lu, Y, Morimoto, K, Takeshita, T, Takeuchi, T, Saito, T

alpha-Endosulfan and ss-endosulfan are isomers of endosulfan, a pesticide used worldwide. In this study, we examined the genotoxicity of [alpha]- and ss-endosulfan in vitro with a HepG2 cell line. We...

Factors associated with poor visual outcome in acute retinal necrosis.

Matsuo, T, Morimoto, K, Matsuo, N

We reviewed 22 consecutive patients (26 eyes) with acute retinal necrosis to elucidate whether there was any sign at an early stage to predict poor visual outcome. Final visual acuity of the patients...

Intramolecular epitope spreading among anti-caspase-8 autoantibodies in patients with silicosis, systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, as well as in healthy individuals

Ueki, A, Isozaki, Y, Tomokuni, A, Hatayama, T, Ueki, H, Kusaka, M, ...

Dysregulation of apoptosis through the Fas-Fas ligand pathway is relevant in autoimmune disease onset. We recently reported elevated serum levels of sFas in patients with silicosis, systemic...

Serum antibodies to carbonic anhydrase IV in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis

Nishimori, I, Miyaji, E, Morimoto, K, Nagao, K, Kamada, M, Onishi, S

Background and aims: Serum antibodies to carbonic anhydrase (CA) II have been reported in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and Sjögren’s syndrome (SjS). However, their significance in...

Hard metal asthma: cross immunological and respiratory reactivity between cobalt and nickel?

Shirakawa, T, Kusaka, Y, Fujimura, N, Kato, M, Heki, S, Morimoto, K

Eight asthmatic patients with hard metal asthma due to cobalt underwent bronchial provocation challenge with nickel sulphate. Seven patients developed a fall in FEV1 of 20% or more after inhaling...

Uptake of bleomycin by human brain tumours 1

Hayakawa, T., Ushio, Y., Morimoto, K., Hasegawa, H., Mogami, H., Horibata, K.

The uptake of bleomycin (BLM) by various types of brain tumours after intravenous or intrathecal administration was investigated by bioassay in 67 patients. The correlation between the BLM...

Risk factors for sensitisation to methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride.

Yokota, K, Johyama, Y, Yamaguchi, K, Fujiki, Y, Takeshita, T, Morimoto, K

OBJECTIVES: To examine an association between specific IgE to methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA) and exposure time, atopic history, smoking habits, and total IgE concentrations. METHODS: A...