M. Minami

Publication List Details

Period

1980 - 2006

Number

35

Co-Authors

Hall coefficient of La$_{1.88-y}$Y$_y$Sr$_{0.12}$CuO$_4$ ($y=0, 0.04$) at low temperatures under high magnetic fields (2002)

Suzuki, T., Goto, T., Chiba, K., Minami, M., Oshima, Y., Fukase, T., ...

The Hall coefficient in the low-temperature tetragonal phase and the mid-temperature orthorhombic phase of La$_{1.88-y}$Y$_y$Sr$_{0.12}$CuO$_4$ ($y=0, 0.04$) single crystals is measured under high...

Grain Amaranths Research in Nepal (1998)

Nemoto, K, Baniya, B K, Minami, M, Ujihara, A

This paper reviewed the results of research activity of NHCRP (National Hill Crops Research Program) on grain amaranths in Nepal such as those on the collection, evaluation and utilization of the...

Quantitative Analysis of Rutin in Buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (1998)

Minami, M, Kitabayashi, H, Ujihara, A

For the quantitative analysis of rutin in common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and tartary buckwheat (F. tataricum), the operating condition of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and...

Quantitative Analysis of Capsaicinoid in Chili Pepper (Capsicum sp.) by High Performance Liquid Chromatograpy ― Operating Condition, Sampling and Sample Preparation ― (1998)

Minami, M, Matsushima, K, Ujihara, A

The feature of chili pepper (Capsicum sp.) is its peculiar pungency, whose principle is called capsaicinoid. In the breeding of chili pepper, quantitative determination of capsaicinoid content is...

Crops in Kashmir and Ladakh, India (1990)

Minami, M, Adhikary, B, Uehara, K, Ujihara, A

Crop distribution was investigated in the Kashmir and Ladakh regions of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India.  Fruit and vegetable production was highly developed in Srinagar (capital of...

SMALL SIGNAL GAIN COEFFICIENT AND POWER OUTPUT CALCULATIONS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE CO2 GASDYNAMIC LASER WITHOUT FLOW STAGNATIONS (1980)

Kasuya, K., Minami, M., Horioka, K., Niu, K.

This paper deals with numerical analyses of the flows in a bow shock wave (B.S.W.)- nozzle system which is applied to the gasdynamic laser (G.D.L.). In the B.S.W.- nozzle system, the dissociation of...

SMALL SIGNAL GAIN COEFFICIENT AND POWER OUTPUT CALCULATIONS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE CO2 GASDYNAMIC LASER WITHOUT FLOW STAGNATIONS (1980)

Kasuya, K., Minami, M., Horioka, K., Niu, K.

This paper deals with numerical analyses of the flows in a bow shock wave (B.S.W.)- nozzle system which is applied to the gasdynamic laser (G.D.L.). In the B.S.W.- nozzle system, the dissociation of...

SMALL SIGNAL GAIN COEFFICIENT AND POWER OUTPUT CALCULATIONS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE CO2 GASDYNAMIC LASER WITHOUT FLOW STAGNATIONS (1980)

Kasuya, K., Minami, M., Horioka, K., Niu, K.

This paper deals with numerical analyses of the flows in a bow shock wave (B.S.W.)- nozzle system which is applied to the gasdynamic laser (G.D.L.). In the B.S.W.- nozzle system, the dissociation of...

STAT3 activation is a critical step in gp130-mediated terminal differentiation and growth arrest of a myeloid cell line.

Minami, M, Inoue, M, Wei, S, Takeda, K, Matsumoto, M, Kishimoto, T, ...

Myeloid leukemia M1 cells can be induced for growth arrest and terminal differentiation into macrophages in response to interleukin 6 (IL-6) or leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). Recently, a large...

Stereospecific reduction of virginiamycin M1 as the virginiamycin resistance pathway in Streptomyces virginiae.

Lee, C K, Minami, M, Sakuda, S, Nihira, T, Yamada, Y

In a cell extract of Streptomyces virginiae, virginiamycin M1 was inactivated in the presence of NADPH, while virginiamycin S remained intact. The inactivated product of virginiamycin M1 was...

Functional association of idiotypic and I-J determinants on the antigen receptor of suppressor T cells.

Okuda, K, Minami, M, Ju, S T, Dorf, M E

The serological characteristics of the antigen receptor on 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetyl (NP) specific suppressor T cell hybridomas were analyzed. Three T-cell hybrids could be lysed with...

Involvement of oxidoreductive reactions of intracellular haemoglobin in the metabolism of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid in human erythrocytes.

Tomoda, A, Shirasawa, E, Nagao, S, Minami, M, Yoneyama, Y

3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid, a metabolite of tryptophan, was rapidly metabolized by human erythrocytes. The final product was determined to be cinnabarinic acid as detected by spectrophotometry, paper...

Effects of sarin on the nervous system in rescue team staff members and police officers 3 years after the Tokyo subway sarin attack.

Nishiwaki, Y, Maekawa, K, Ogawa, Y, Asukai, N, Minami, M, Omae, K

Although the clinical manifestations of acute sarin poisoning have been reported in detail, no comprehensive study of the chronic physical and psychiatric effects of acute sarin poisoning has been...

STAT3 activation is a critical step in gp130-mediated terminal differentiation and growth arrest of a myeloid cell line.

Minami, M, Inoue, M, Wei, S, Takeda, K, Matsumoto, M, Kishimoto, T, ...

Myeloid leukemia M1 cells can be induced for growth arrest and terminal differentiation into macrophages in response to interleukin 6 (IL-6) or leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). Recently, a large...

Stereospecific reduction of virginiamycin M1 as the virginiamycin resistance pathway in Streptomyces virginiae.

Lee, C K, Minami, M, Sakuda, S, Nihira, T, Yamada, Y

In a cell extract of Streptomyces virginiae, virginiamycin M1 was inactivated in the presence of NADPH, while virginiamycin S remained intact. The inactivated product of virginiamycin M1 was...

Functional association of idiotypic and I-J determinants on the antigen receptor of suppressor T cells.

Okuda, K, Minami, M, Ju, S T, Dorf, M E

The serological characteristics of the antigen receptor on 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetyl (NP) specific suppressor T cell hybridomas were analyzed. Three T-cell hybrids could be lysed with...

Involvement of oxidoreductive reactions of intracellular haemoglobin in the metabolism of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid in human erythrocytes.

Tomoda, A, Shirasawa, E, Nagao, S, Minami, M, Yoneyama, Y

3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid, a metabolite of tryptophan, was rapidly metabolized by human erythrocytes. The final product was determined to be cinnabarinic acid as detected by spectrophotometry, paper...

Effects of sarin on the nervous system in rescue team staff members and police officers 3 years after the Tokyo subway sarin attack.

Nishiwaki, Y, Maekawa, K, Ogawa, Y, Asukai, N, Minami, M, Omae, K

Although the clinical manifestations of acute sarin poisoning have been reported in detail, no comprehensive study of the chronic physical and psychiatric effects of acute sarin poisoning has been...

Down-regulation of suppressor cell induction.

Kuchroo, V K, Noma, T, Minami, M, Dorf, M E

A unidirectional cascade of cell interactions has been described previously that involves at least three distinct populations of suppressor T cells (Ts) that interact in appropriate succession to...

Abnormalities of third-order suppressor T cells in old (New Zealand black x New Zealand white) F1 mice.

Okuda, K, Nagaoka, S, Katoh, K, Matsunaga, K, Ishigatubo, Y, Minami, M, ...

The suppressor T cell (Ts) function of old NZW, NZB, C57BL/6 and (NZB X NZW) F1 [B/W)F1), mice to the 2,4-dinitro-1-fluorobenzene (DNFB) hapten was studied. Intravenous administration of...

Cellular autoimmunity to retinal specific antigens in patients with Behçet's disease.

Yamamoto, J H, Minami, M, Inaba, G, Masuda, K, Mochizuki, M

The notion that autoimmune mechanisms play a role in the pathogenesis of certain uveitic conditions in humans is supported by the observation that lymphocytes from such patients respond in culture...

Use of perfluorocarbon liquid during vitrectomy for severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Imamura, Y, Minami, M, Ueki, M, Satoh, B, Ikeda, T

Aim: To evaluate the value of using perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) during vitrectomy in eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).

Expression of endogenous retroviruses, ERV3 and lambda 4-1, in synovial tissues from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Takeuchi, K, Katsumata, K, Ikeda, H, Minami, M, Wakisaka, A, Yoshiki, T

We addressed the question of whether or not expression of human endogenous retroviruses (ERV), ERV3 and lambda 4-1, is related to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In genomic Southern...

Functional analysis of TCR gamma delta+ T cells in tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) of human pancreatic cancer.

Kitayama, J, Atomi, Y, Nagawa, H, Kuroda, A, Mutoh, T, Minami, M, ...

In six patients with advanced pancreatic carcinoma, TIL and tumour-draining lymphocytes (TDL) were isolated from primary pancreatic tumour and regional lymph nodes. In comparison with TDL and...

Pharmacological characterization of 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced excitation of afferent cervical vagus nerve in anaesthetized rats.

Yoshioka, M., Ikeda, T., Abe, M., Togashi, H., Minami, M., Saito, H.

1. An excitatory response to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was measured from the afferent vagus nerve of anaesthetized rats. Measurements were determined by an extracellular recording from the whole...

Suppression of naloxone-precipitated withdrawal jumps in morphine-dependent mice by stimulation of prostaglandin EP3 receptor.

Nakagawa, T., Minami, M., Katsumata, S., Ienaga, Y., Satoh, M.

1. We have shown that intracisternal (i.c.) administration of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) attenuates naloxone-precipitated withdrawal jumps in morphine-dependent mice, and the effect was partly...

Involvement of platelet cyclic GMP but not cyclic AMP suppression in leukocyte-dependent platelet adhesion to endothelial cells induced by platelet-activating factor in vitro.

Hirafuji, M., Nezu, A., Shinoda, H., Minami, M.

1. Incubation of endothelial cells with platelets in the absence or the presence of PAF (10 nM) markedly increased platelet cyclic AMP levels, which were significantly decreased by indomethacin (3...

Effects of ultraviolet B irradiation on cell–cell interaction; implication of morphological changes and actin filaments in irradiated cells

MAEKAWA, T L, TAKAHASHI, T A, FUJIHARA, M, AKASAKA, J, FUJIKAWA, S, MINAMI, M, ...

We studied the effects of ultraviolet B (UV-B) irradiation on cell–cell interactions using mouse lymphoma RMA cells and T cell hybridoma HTB-176.10 cells. RMA cells act as stimulators by presenting...

Hapten-specific T cell responses to 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl acetyl. XI. Pseudogenetic restrictions of hybridoma suppressor factors

Okuda, K, Minami, M, Sherr, DH, Dorf, ME

Suppressor factor derived from three different murine T cell hybridomas were characterized . They specifically inhibited 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl acetyl cutaneous sensitivity responses. The factors...

Contribution of mast cells to the T helper 2 response induced by simultaneous subcutaneous and oral immunization

Aoki, I, Itoh, S, Yokota, S, Tanaka, S‐I, Ishii, N, Okuda, K, ...

This work examines the contribution of mast cells to the synergistic enhancement of the T helper 2 (Th2) immune response elicited following simultaneous oral and subcutaneous (s.c.) immunization. The...

Large scaled analysis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA integration in HBV related hepatocellular carcinomas

Murakami, Y, Saigo, K, Takashima, H, Minami, M, Okanoue, T, Bréchot, C, ...

Background and aims: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA integration into or close to cellular genes is frequently detected in HBV positive hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC). We have previously shown that...