K. Yamazaki

Publication List Details

Period

1990 - 2009

Number

127

Co-Authors

Magnetic noises due to direct-current electric railcars (2007)

K. Yamazaki, K. Kato, K. Kobayashi, A. Haga, Y. Kumagai, K. Fujiwara

Biomagnetic signals are very weak compared with those of environmental magnetic fields due to trains and motor cars. In Japan, fluctuation and frequency dependence of the environmental magnetic...

Construction of the Central Control System for the Large Helical Device (LHD) Fusion Experiment (2007)

K. Yamazaki, H. Yamada, K. Y. Watanabe, K. Nishimura, S. Yamaguchi, M. Shoji, ...

The world’s largest superconducting helical fusion facility, the Large Helical Device (LHD), is in the final stage of the 8-year construction schedule at the National Institute for Fusion Science...

An Effective Combination of Magnetic and Conductive Layers (2007)

Of Magnetically Shielded, K. Yamazaki, K. Kato, K. Fujiwara

this paper, the 3-D magnetic field analysis is carried out by using the finite element method taking account of eddy currents [5] to estimate an effective combination of magnetic and conductive...

Electron heat transport comparison in the Large Helical Device and TJ-II (2007)

García, J., Dies, J., Castejón, F., Yamazaki, K.

The electron heat transport in the Large Helical Device (LHD) [K. Ida, T. Shimozuma, H. Funaba et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 085003 (2003)] and TJ-II [F. Castejón, V. Tribaldos, I. García-Cortés,...

Model-driven design and implementation of discrete event control for a machine tool control system (2007)

Liu, Y., Li, W., Yamazaki, K., Fujishima, M.

Design and implementation of discrete event control for machine tool control system is extremely complicated. In current industrial practice, designers tend to derive implementations from a rough...

An intelligent NC program processor for CNC system of machine tool (2007)

Liu, Y, Guo, X, Li, W, Yamazaki, K, Kashihara, K, Fujishima, M

NC program interpreting is one of the most important tasks of CNC in machine tool system. The existing CNC systems only support vendor-specific NC program input, which restrict the applying of other...

Early visual component of ERP reflected the mental imagery generation and inspection (2007)

Yamazaki, K., Katayama, J.

Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2007 Annual Meeting, May 5-8, 2007. Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers New York, NY. Poster presented at the 2007 CNS annual meeting

Relationship between periodontal infections and systemic disease (2007)

Seymour, G. J., Ford, P. J., Cullinan, M. P., Leishman, S., Yamazaki, K.

Oral conditions such as gingivitis and chronic periodontitis are found worldwide and are among the most prevalent microbial diseases of mankind. The cause of these common inflammatory conditions is...

Cardiovascular and oral disease interactions: what is the evidence? (2007)

Ford, P. J., Yamazaki, K., Seymour, G. J.

This paper reviews the evidence for the interaction of oral disease (more specifically, periodontal infections) with cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death...

Relationship between periodontal infections and systemic disease (2007)

Seymour, G. J., Ford, P. J., Cullinan, M. P., Leishman, S., Yamazaki, K.

Oral conditions such as gingivitis and chronic periodontitis are found worldwide and are among the most prevalent microbial diseases of mankind. The cause of these common inflammatory conditions is...

Cardiovascular and oral disease interactions: what is the evidence? (2007)

Ford, P. J., Yamazaki, K., Seymour, G. J.

This paper reviews the evidence for the interaction of oral disease (more specifically, periodontal infections) with cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death...

A phase II trial of gefitinib as first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations (2006)

Asahina, H., Yamazaki, K., Kinoshita, I., Sukoh, N., Harada, M., Yokouchi, H., ...

Retrospective analysis has shown that activating mutations in exons 18-21 of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are a predictor of response to gefitinib. We conducted a phase II trial...

Magnetic Noise Rejection in the MCG Using Independent Component Analysis (2006)

K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki, Y Uchikawa, T Simizu, K Nakai, K Kawazoe, ...

In magnetocardiogram (MCG) measurements, the magnetic noise from any magnetic wire, used to suture the sternum after heart surgery, becomes a problem. As one method of noise rejection, independent...

Active Magnetic Compensation Composed of Shielding Panels (2006)

K Kato, K Yamazaki, T Sato, A Haga, T Okitsu, K Muramatsu, ...

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) with materials of high permeability and active shield systems have been used to shield magnetic noise for biomagnetic measurements up to now. However, these...

MCG Measurement in the Environment of Active Magnetic Shield (2006)

K Yamazaki, K Kato, K Kobayashi, A Igarashi, T Sato, A Haga, ...

MCG (Magnetocardiography) measurement by a SQUID gradiometer was attempted with only active magnetic shielding (active shielding). A three-axis-canceling-coil active shielding system, where three...

Magnetic Noise Rejection in the MCG Using Independent Component Analysis (2006)

K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki, Y Uchikawa, T Simizu, K Nakai, K Kawazoe, ...

In magnetocardiogram (MCG) measurements, the magnetic noise from any magnetic wire, used to suture the sternum after heart surgery, becomes a problem. As one method of noise rejection, independent...

Active Magnetic Compensation Composed of Shielding Panels (2006)

K Kato, K Yamazaki, T Sato, A Haga, T Okitsu, K Muramatsu, ...

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) with materials of high permeability and active shield systems have been used to shield magnetic noise for biomagnetic measurements up to now. However, these...

MCG Measurement in the Environment of Active Magnetic Shield (2006)

K Yamazaki, K Kato, K Kobayashi, A Igarashi, T Sato, A Haga, ...

MCG (Magnetocardiography) measurement by a SQUID gradiometer was attempted with only active magnetic shielding (active shielding). A three-axis-canceling-coil active shielding system, where three...

Active Magnetic Compensation Composed of Shielding Panels (2006)

K Kato, K Yamazaki, T Sato, A Haga, T Okitsu, K Muramatsu, ...

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) with materials of high permeability and active shield systems have been used to shield magnetic noise for biomagnetic measurements up to now. However, these...

MCG Measurement in the Environment of Active Magnetic Shield (2006)

K Yamazaki, K Kato, K Kobayashi, A Igarashi, T Sato, A Haga, ...

MCG (Magnetocardiography) measurement by a SQUID gradiometer was attempted with only active magnetic shielding (active shielding). A three-axis-canceling-coil active shielding system, where three...

Magnetic Noise Rejection in the MCG Using Independent Component Analysis (2006)

K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki, Y Uchikawa, T Simizu, K Nakai, K Kawazoe, ...

In magnetocardiogram (MCG) measurements, the magnetic noise from any magnetic wire, used to suture the sternum after heart surgery, becomes a problem. As one method of noise rejection, independent...

Magnetic Noise Rejection in the MCG Using Independent Component Analysis (2006)

K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki, Y Uchikawa, T Simizu, K Nakai, K Kawazoe, ...

In magnetocardiogram (MCG) measurements, the magnetic noise from any magnetic wire, used to suture the sternum after heart surgery, becomes a problem. As one method of noise rejection, independent...

Active Magnetic Compensation Composed of Shielding Panels (2006)

K Kato, K Yamazaki, T Sato, A Haga, T Okitsu, K Muramatsu, ...

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) with materials of high permeability and active shield systems have been used to shield magnetic noise for biomagnetic measurements up to now. However, these...

MCG Measurement in the Environment of Active Magnetic Shield (2006)

K Yamazaki, K Kato, K Kobayashi, A Igarashi, T Sato, A Haga, ...

MCG (Magnetocardiography) measurement by a SQUID gradiometer was attempted with only active magnetic shielding (active shielding). A three-axis-canceling-coil active shielding system, where three...

Time course of the mental imagery generation and inspection: An ERP study (2006)

Yamazaki, K., Katayama, J.

In a previous behavioral study, it was indicated that image generation is a sequential process whereas inspection can be parallel (Kosslyn1988). Image generation and inspection are neighboring...

Development of 5-Axis Linear Motor Driven Super-Precision Machine (2006)

Sriyotha, P., Nakamoto, K., Sugai, M., Yamazaki, K.

Recent strong demand for production of ultra-precision components drives the need for 5-axis super-precision machines. A design study of such a 5-axis super-precision machine, which is capable of...

Stability properties of anisotropic pressure stellarator plasmas with fluid and noninteractive energetic particles (2006)

Cooper, W. A., Graves, J. P., Tran, T. M., Gruber, R., Yamaguchi, T., Narushima, Y., ...

The three-dimensional (3-D) VMEC code has been modified to model an energetic species with a variant of a Bi-Maxwellian distribution function that satisfies the constraint B . del F-h = 0, and the...

Anisotropic pressure bi-Maxwellian distribution function model for three-dimensional equilibria (2006)

Cooper, W. A., Graves, J. P., Hirshman, S. P., Yamaguchi, T., Narushima, Y., Okamura, S., ...

A formulation of the anisotropic pressure magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium problem for three-dimensional plasmas with imposed nested magnetic surfaces is developed based on a bi-Maxwellian model of...

Effect of aging on carotid artery stiffness and baroreflex sensitivity during head-out water immersion in man (2005)

Ueno,L.M., Miyachi,M., Matsui,T., Takahashi,K., Yamazaki,K., Hayashi,K., ...

To examine the possible age-related blood pressure (BP) deregulation in response to central hypervolemia, we measured spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (SBRS), carotid arterial compliance (CC), and...

Three-dimensional anisotropic pressure equilibria that model balanced tangential neutral beam injection effects (2005)

Cooper, W. A., Hirshman, S. P., Yamaguchi, T., Narushima, Y., Okamura, S., Sakakibara, S., ...

Fixed boundary three-dimensional anisotropic pressure equilibria are computed that are consistent with a family of distribution functions that load particles preferentially towards v parallel to...

Effect of periodontal treatment on the C-reactive protein and proinflammatory cytokine levels in Japanese periodontitis patients (2005)

Yamazaki, K, Honda, T, Oda, T, Ueki-Maruyama, K, Nakajima, T, Yoshie, H, ...

Background: Recent epidemiological studies have shown that individuals with periodontitis have a significantly increased risk of developing coronary heart disease. In addition to conventional risk...

Regulatory T-cells infiltrate periodontal disease tissues (2005)

Nakajima, T, Ueki-Maruyama, K, Oda, T, Ohsawa, Y, Ito, H, Seymour, GJ, ...

CD4(+) CD25(+) regulatory T ( Tr) cells are critical in regulating the immune response and thereby play an important role in the defense against infection and control of autoimmune diseases. Our...

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Inagaki, S., Yokoyama, M., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Idei, H., Inagaki, S., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Idei, H., Inagaki, S., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Extension and its characteristics of ECRH plasma in the LHD (2004)

Kubo, Shin, Shimozuma, T., Yoshimura, Y., Notake, T., Inagaki, S., Yokoyama, M., ...

One of the main objectives of the LHD is to extend the plasma confinement database for helical systems and to demonstrate such extended plasma confinement properties to be sustained in steady state....

Review on the progress of the LHD experiment (2004)

Motojima, O., Yamada, H., Komori, A., Watanabe, K. Y., Mutoh, T., Takeiri, Y., ...

Recent progress in the Large Helical Device (LHD) experiment during the last 2 yr is reviewed. The LHD has been extending its operational regime toward fusion-relevant conditions while taking...

Magnetohydrodynamic stability of free-boundary quasi-axisymmetric stellarator equilibria with finite bootstrap current (2004)

Cooper, W. A., Margalet, S. F. I., Allfrey, S. J., Kisslinger, J., Wobig, H. F. G., Narushima, Y., ...

The impact of the bootstrap current is investigated on the equilibrium properties of a two-period quasi-axisymmetric stellarator reactor with free boundary and on the corresponding ideal...

T-cell clonality to Porphyromonas gingivalis and human heat shock protein 60s in patients with atherosclerosis and periodontitis (2004)

Yamazaki, K, Ohsawa, Y, Itoh, H, Ueki, K, Tabeta, K, Oda, T, ...

Individuals with periodontitis have been reported to have a significantly increased risk of developing coronary heart disease. Several studies have demonstrated that the immune response to heat shock...

Effect of periodontal treatment on the serum antibody levels to heat shock proteins (2004)

Yamazaki, K, Ueki-Maruayama, K, Honda, T, Nakajima, T, Seymour, GJ

We have shown previously that both humoral and cellular immune responses to heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) are elevated in chronic periodontitis patients compared with non-diseased subjects. The aim...

Four years' observations of terrestrial lipid class compounds in marine aerosols from the western North Pacific (2003)

Kawamura, K., Ishimura, Y., Yamazaki, K., 河村, 公隆

‘An edited version of this paper was published by AGU.’Copyright 2003, American Geophysical Union, Global Biogeochemical Cycles,17

The effect of magnetic field modification on heavy ion movement in advanced stellarators and helical devices (2003)

Shishkin, A., Shyshkin, O., Wobig, H., Igitkhanov, Y., Motojima, O., Morimoto, S., ...

Two new physics mechanisms that can be used to shield and exhaust the impurity ions in the toroidal magnetic traps with the rotational transform from the external current coils are considered here....

A new class of quasi-omnigenous configurations (2003)

Isaev, M. Yu., Nührenberg, J., Mikhailov, M. I., Cooper, W. A., Watanabe, K. Y., Yokoyama, M., ...

An approximation to a quasi-omnigenous structure of the magnetic field strength has been numerically obtained by optimization of the magnetic configuration of a conventional heliotron/torsatron. This...

A demonstration of magnetic field optimization in LHD (2003)

Murakami, S., Yamada, H., Wakasa, A., Sasao, M., Isobe, M., Ozaki, T., ...

The behaviors of trapped particles in helical ripples are complicated and would enhance the radial transport of energetic particles and thermal plasma (neoclassical transport) in heliotrons. Thus the...

MHD instabilities and their effects on plasma confinement in the large helical device plasmas (2003)

Toi, K., Ohdachi, S., Yamamoto, S., Nakajima, N., Sakakibara, S., Watanabe, K. Y., ...

MHD stability of NBI heated plasmas and impacts of MHD modes on plasma confinement are intensively studied in the Large Helical Device (LHD). Three characteristic MHD instabilities were observed,...

Impact of heat deposition profile on global confinement of NBI heated plasmas in the LHD (2003)

Yamada, H., Murakami, S., Yamazaki, K., Kaneko, O., Miyazawa, J., Sakamoto, R., ...

Energy confinement and heat transport of net-current-free NBI heated plasmas in the large helical device (LHD) are discussed with emphasis on density and power deposition profile dependences....

Recent advances in the LHD experiment (2003)

Motojima, O., Ohyabu, N., Komori, A., Kaneko, O., Yamada, H., Kawahata, K., ...

In the first four years of the LHD experiment, several encouraging results have emerged, the most significant of which is that MHD stability and good transport are compatible in the inward shifted...

A new class of quasi-omnigenous configurations (2003)

Isaev, M. Y., Nuhrenberg, J., Mikhailov, M. I., Cooper, W. A., Watanabe, K. Y., Yokoyama, M., ...

An approximation to a quasi-omnigenous structure of the magnetic field strength has been numerically obtained by optimization of the magnetic configuration of a conventional heliotron/torsatron. This...

Single-nucleotide polymorphism in the CD14 promoter and periodontal disease expression in a Japanese population (2003)

Yamazaki, K, Ueki-Maruyama, K, Oda, T, Tabeta, K, Shimada, Y, Tai, H, ...

It has been reported that there is a relationship between a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the promoter region of the CD 14 gene at position -159 (C-->T) and infectious diseases. The aim...

T cell regulation of the immune response to infection in periodontal diseases (2003)

Yamazaki, K, Yoshie, H, Seymour, GJ

Although T cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis and are considered to be central both in progression and control of the chronic inflammatory periodontal diseases, the precise contribution...

Bootstrap current destabilization of ideal MHD modes in three- dimensional reactor configurations (2002)

Cooper, W. A., Margalet, S. F., Allfrey, S. J., Isaev, M. Y., Mikhailov, M. I., Shafranov, V. D., ...

In current-free stellarators, the parallel current density is normally too weak to drive global external kink modes. However, at finite values of beta, the bootstrap current (BC) can provide...

Bootstrap current destabilization of ideal MHD modes in three-dimensional reactor configurations (2002)

Cooper, W. A., Margalet, S. F., Allfrey, S. J., Isaev, M. Y., Mikhailov, M. I., Shafranov, V. D., ...

In current-free stellarators, the parallel current density is normally too weak to drive global external kink modes. However, at finite values of beta, the bootstrap current (BC) can provide...

Accumulation of Human Heat Shock Protein 60-Reactive T Cells in the Gingival Tissues of Periodontitis Patients (2002)

Yamazaki, K, Ohsawa, Y, Tabeta, K, Ito, H, Ueki, K, Oda, T, ...

This paper, published in Infection and Immunity, demonstrates that T cells stimulated with P.gingivalis GroEL, and with HSP60 had identical nucleotide sequences in their TCR Beta-chain gene, thus...

Destructive periodontitis lesions are determined by the nature of the lymphocytic response (2002)

Gemmell, E, Yamazaki, K, Seymour, GJ

It is now 35 years since Brandtzaeg and Kraus (1965) published their seminal work entitled Autoimmunity and periodontal disease. Initially, this work led to the concept that destructive periodontitis...

Accumulation of human heat shock protein 60-reactive T cells in the gingival tissues of periodontitis patients (2002)

Yamazaki, K., Ohsawa, Y., Tabeta, K., Ito, H., Ueki, K., Oda, T., ...

Heat shock protein 60s (hsp60) are remarkably immunogenic, and both T-cell and antibody responses to hsp60 have been reported in various inflammatory conditions. To clarify the role of hsp60 in...

Accumulation of human heat shock protein 60-reactive T cells in the gingival tissues of periodontitis patients (2002)

Yamazaki, K., Ohsawa, Y., Tabeta, K., Ito, H., Ueki, K., Oda, T., ...

Heat shock protein 60s (hsp60) are remarkably immunogenic, and both T-cell and antibody responses to hsp60 have been reported in various inflammatory conditions. To clarify the role of hsp60 in...

Configuration flexibility and extended regimes in Large Helical Device (2001)

Yamada, H., Komori, A., Ohyabu, N., Kaneko, O., Kawahata, K., Watanabe, K. Y., ...

Recent experimental results in the Large Helical Device have indicated that a large pressure gradient can be formed beyond the stability criterion for the Mercier (high-n) mode. While the stability...

MHD characteristics in the high beta regime of the Large Helical Device (2001)

Sakakibara, S., Yamada, H., Watanabe, K., Narushima, Y., Toi, K., Ohdachi, S., ...

The highest volume averaged beta values beta (t) of 2.2% at B-t = 0.75 T (gas puff) and 2.4% at D-t = 1.3 T (pellet) in helical devices have been achieved in LHD. The beta (t) dependence of MHD...

Effect of toroidal current and profile on ballooning instability mechanisms in a quasiaxisymmetric stellarator (2001)

Cooper, W. A., Okamura, S., Yamazaki, K.

Finite toroidal plasma current reduces the magnitude of the normal magnetic field line curvature near midvolume in a quasiaxisymmetric stellarator. This improves the ideal ballooning stability...

Selective expansion of T cells in gingival lesions of patients with chronic inflammatory periodontal disease (2000)

Yamazaki, K., Nakajima, T., Ohsawa, Y., Tabeta, K., Yoshie, H., Sakurai, K., ...

Chronic inflammatory periodontal diseases are characterized by a cellular infiltrate and are similar in many respects to other chronic inflammatory diseases. While periodontopathic bacteria have been...

Selective expansion of T cells in gingival lesions of patients with chronic inflammatory periodontal disease (2000)

Yamazaki, K., Nakajima, T., Ohsawa, Y., Tabeta, K., Yoshie, H., Sakurai, K., ...

Chronic inflammatory periodontal diseases are characterized by a cellular infiltrate and are similar in many respects to other chronic inflammatory diseases. While periodontopathic bacteria have been...

Stable Open Loop Walking in Quadruped Robots with Stick Legs (1999)

M. Buehler, A. Cocosco, K. Yamazaki, R. Battaglia

In our previous work we have shown that walking can be implemented on quadrupeds with stiff legs and only one actuated degree of freedom in the hip, based on the concept of controlled momentum...

SCOUT: A simple quadruped that walks, climbs, and runs. (1998)

Buehler Battaglia, M. Buehler, R. Battaglia, A. Cocosco, G. Hawker, J. Sarkis, ...

A simple mechanical design for quadrupedal locomotion, termed SCOUT, is proposed, featuring only one degree of freedom per leg. This paper demonstrates experimentally that our first prototype SCOUT-1...

Locations of human genes for {{alpha}}1A, {{alpha}}1B, and {{alpha}}1E calcium channels determined by radiation hybrid mapping (1998)

Yamazaki, K, Oki, T, Tanaka, I

To determine more detailed locations of human P/Q-type (&agr;1A), N-type (&agr;1B), and Rtype (&agr;1E) calcium channel genes, we have mapped CACNL1A4 (&agr;1A) CACNL1A5 (&agr;1B), and CACNL1A6...

Isomorphism for graphs of bounded distance width (1997)

Yamazaki, K., Bodlaender, H.L., Thilikos, D.M.

In this paper, we study the Graph Isomorphism problem on graphs of bounded treewidth, bounded degree or bounded bandwidth. Graph Isomorphism can be solved in polynomial time for graphs of bounded...

Mechanical alloying processing and rapid plasma activated sintering consolidation of nanocrystalline iron-aluminides (1996)

Venkataswamy, MA, Schneider, JA, Groza, JR, Mukherjee, AK, Yamazaki, K, Shoda, K

Mechanical alloying (MA) has been used to produce the Fe3Al intermetallic compound from elemental Fe and Al powders. A high energy Spex 8000 mixer mill as well as a low energy mechanical attritor...

Dichotic listening in patients with partial section of the corpus callosum (1995)

Sugishita, M., Otomo, K., Yamazaki, K., Shimizu, H., Yoshioka, M., Shinohara, A.

Patients with a complete section of the corpus callosum have been observed to exhibit strong left-ear suppression when different speech stimuli are presented to both ears simultaneously (so-called...

Radon Concentration, Absorbed Dose Rate in Air and Concentration of Natural Radionuclides in Soil in the Osaka District of Japan (1992)

Megumi, K., Abe, S., Abe, M., Matsunami, T., Ishiyama, T., Kimura, S., ...

Radon concentrations in outdoor air at 18 sites in the Osaka district, in the central part of Japan's main island, were measured with electrostatic integrating radon monitors which were developed by...

Optimization of Cooling Pipe System of Plastic Molding (1970)

T. Matsumori, K. Yamazaki, Y. Matsui

n a plastic injection molding, design of cooling pipe system is one of the important problems to reduce internal residual stresses of molded products. If plastic materials in the injection molding...

A Method for the Mixed Discrete Non-Linear Problems by Particle Swarm Optimization (1970)

S. Kitayama, M. Arakawa, K. Yamazaki

An approach for the Mixed Discrete Non-Linear Problems (MDNLP) by Particle Swarm Optimization is proposed. The penalty function to handle the discrete design variables is employed, in which the...

Biased expression of T cell receptor Vβ genes in periodontitis patients

YAMAZAKI, K, NAKAJIMA, T, GEMMELL, E, KJELDSEN, M, SEYMOUR, G J, HARA, K

The aim of the present study was to investigate the hypothesis that there is selective activation and expansion of a limited repertoire of T cell receptor (TCR)-bearing T cells in periodontitis...

Do the Aged Dissave in Japan? Evidence from Micro Data.

Horioka, C.Y., Kasuga, N., Yamazaki, K., Watanabe, W.

In this paper, we analyse the saving behavior of the aged in Japan using household-level data from a 1992 survey conducted by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

Post-challenge hyperinsulinaemia rather than hyperglycaemia is associated with the severity of coronary artery disease in patients without a previous diagnosis of diabetes mellitus

Satoh, H, Terada, H, Uehara, A, Katoh, H, Matsunaga, M, Yamazaki, K, ...

Objective: To ascertain the prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) but no previous diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) and to examine the relation...

Increased E2F-1 expression via tumour cell proliferation and decreased apoptosis are correlated with adverse prognosis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus

Yamazaki, K, Hasegawa, M, Ohoka, I, Hanami, K, Asoh, A, Nagao, T, ...

Background: The retinoblastoma (Rb) pathway, which governs cell cycle progression, is frequently genetically altered in cancer, causing deregulated expression of the E2F-1 transcription factor, which...

Relationship of periodontal infection to serum antibody levels to periodontopathic bacteria and inflammatory markers in periodontitis patients with coronary heart disease

Yamazaki, K, Honda, T, Domon, H, Okui, T, Kajita, K, Amanuma, R, ...

Several reports have demonstrated a possible association of periodontal infections with coronary heart disease (CHD) by elevated antibody titre to periodontopathic bacteria in CHD patients compared...

Application of devices for safe laparoscopic hepatectomy

Kaneko, H., Otsuka, Y., Tsuchiya, M., Tamura, A., Katagiri, T., Yamazaki, K.

The continuing evolution of a variety of laparoscopic instrument and device has been gradually applied to the laparoscopic hepatectomy in many countries. Recent experience has persuaded us that there...

Growth inhibition of non-small cell lung cancer cells by AP-1 blockade using a cJun dominant-negative mutant

Shimizu, Y, Kinoshita, I, Kikuchi, J, Yamazaki, K, Nishimura, M, Birrer, M J, ...

cJun, a major constituent of AP-1 transcription factor transducing multiple mitogen growth signals, is frequently overexpressed in non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs). The purpose of this study is...

Differences in the histological findings, phenotypic marker expressions and genetic alterations between adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia and distal stomach

Tajima, Y, Yamazaki, K, Makino, R, Nishino, N, Masuda, Y, Aoki, S, ...

Adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia (C-Ca) is possibly a specific subtype of gastric carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to clarify the differences in the clinicopathological characteristics...

A phase II trial of gefitinib as first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations

Asahina, H, Yamazaki, K, Kinoshita, I, Sukoh, N, Harada, M, Yokouchi, H, ...

Retrospective analysis has shown that activating mutations in exons 18–21 of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are a predictor of response to gefitinib. We conducted a phase II trial...

N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase-3 is a potential new marker for non-small cell lung cancers

Dosaka-Akita, H, Kinoshita, I, Yamazaki, K, Izumi, H, Itoh, T, Katoh, H, ...

N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase-3 (GalNAc-T3) is an enzyme involved in the initial glycosylation of mucin-type O-linked proteins. In the present study, we used immunohistochemistry to examine...

Inhibition of proliferation and induction of differentiation of glioma cells with Datura stramonium agglutinin

Sasaki, T, Yamazaki, K, Yamori, T, Endo, T

We found that a lectin, Datura stramonium agglutinin, induced irreversible differentiation in C6 glioma cells. The differentiated cells had long processes, a low rate of proliferation and a high...