M. Okano

Simultaneous magneto-optical trapping of lithium and ytterbium atoms towards production of ultracold polar molecules (2009)

Okano, M., Hara, H., Muramatsu, M., Doi, K., Uetake, S., Takasu, Y., ...

We have successfully implemented the first simultaneous magneto-optical trapping (MOT) of lithium ($^6$Li) and ytterbium ($^{174}$Yb) atoms, towards production of ultracold polar molecules of LiYb....

Observation of an energetic radiation burst from mountain-top thunderclouds (2009)

Tsuchiya, H., Enoto, T., Torii, T., Nakazawa, K., Yuasa, T., Torii, S., ...

During thunderstorms on 2008 September 20, a simultaneous detection of gamma rays and electrons was made at a mountain observatory in Japan located 2770 m above sea level. Both emissions, lasting 90...

Polycomb group proteins Ring1A/B are functionally linked to the core transcriptional regulatory circuitry to maintain ES cell identity (2008)

Endoh, M., Endo, T.A., Endoh, T., Fujimura, Y., Ohara, O., Toyoda, T., ...

The Polycomb group (PcG) proteins mediate heritable silencing of developmental regulators in metazoans, participating in one of two distinct multimeric protein complexes, the Polycomb repressive...

Spontaneous splitting of a quadruply charged vortex (2007)

Isoshima, T, Okano, M, Yasuda, H, Kasa, K, Huhtamaki, JAM, Kumakura, M, ...

Detection of High-Energy Gamma Rays from Winter Thunderclouds (2007)

Tsuchiya, H., Enoto, T., Yamada, S., Yuasa, T., Kawaharada, M., Kitaguchi, T., ...

A report is made on a comprehensive observation of a burstlike -ray emission from thunderclouds on the Sea of Japan, during strong thunderstorms on 6 January 2007. The detected emission, lasting for...

Detection of high-energy gamma rays from winter thunderclouds (2007)

Tsuchiya, H., Enoto, T., Yamada, S., Yuasa, T., Kawaharada, M., Kitaguchi, T., ...

A report is made on a comprehensive observation of a burst-like $\gamma$-ray emission from thunderclouds on the Sea of Japan, during strong thunderstorms on 2007 January 6. The detected emission,...

Three-dimensional photonic crystals based on double-angled etching and wafer-fusion techniques (2006)

Takahashi, S, Okano, M, Imada, M, Noda, S

Development of three-dimensional photonic-crystal waveguides at optical-communication wavelengths (2006)

Imada, M, Lee, LH, Okano, M, Kawashima, S, Noda, S

Design of compound-defect waveguides in three-dimensional photonic crystals (2006)

Kawashima, S, Okano, M, Imada, M, Noda, S

Three-dimensional photonic crystals based on double-angled etching and wafer-fusion techniques (2006)

Takahashi, S, Okano, M, Imada, M, Noda, S

Design of donor-type line-defect waveguides in three-dimensional photonic crystals (2005)

Kawashima, S, Lee, LH, Okano, M, Imada, M, Noda, S

Control of light emission by 3D photonic crystals (2004)

Ogawa, SP, Imada, M, Yoshimoto, S, Okano, M, Noda, S

Analysis of multimode point-defect cavities in three-dimensional photonic crystals using group theory in frequency and time domains (2004)

Okano, M, Noda, S

A channel drop filter using a single defect in a 2-D photonic crystal slab - Defect engineering with respect to polarization mode and ratio of emissions from upper and lower sides (2003)

Asano, T, Mochizuki, M, Noda, S, Okano, M, Imada, M

A channel drop filter using a single defect in a 2-D photonic crystal slab - Defect engineering with respect to polarization mode and ratio of emissions from upper and lower sides (2003)

Asano, T, Mochizuki, M, Noda, S, Okano, M, Imada, M

Coupling between a point-defect cavity and a line-defect waveguide in three-dimensional photonic crystal (2003)

Okano, M, Kako, S, Noda, S

Semiconductor three-dimensional and two-dimensional photonic crystals and devices (2002)

Noda, S, Imada, M, Okano, M, Ogawa, S, Mochizuki, M, Chutinan, A

Analysis of coupling between two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide and external waveguide (2002)

Miyai, E, Okano, M, Mochizuki, M, Noda, S

Analysis and design of single-defect cavities in a three-dimensional photonic crystal (2002)

Okano, M, Chutinan, A, Noda, S

Wider bandwidth with high transmission through waveguide bends in two-dimensional photonic crystal slabs (2002)

Chutinan, A, Okano, M, Noda, S

Interstitial lung disease associated with juvenile dermatomyositis: clinical features and efficacy of cyclosporin A (2002)

Kobayashi, I., Yamada, M., Takahashi, Y., Kawamura, N., Okano, M., Sakiyama, Y., ...

Objectives. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a rare complication of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical features of...

Topical Gentian Violet for Cutaneous Infection and Nasal Carriage with MRSA (2000)

Okano, M., Noguchi, S., Tabata, K., Matsumoto, Y.

Dnmt2 is not required for de novo and maintenance methylation of viral DNA in embryonic stem cells (1998)

Okano, M, Xie, S, Li, E

Measurement of Environmental Radiations with a Scintillation Spectrometer Equipped with Spherical Scintillators of Several Kinds (1988)

Okano, M., Izumo, K., Katou, T., Wada, M.

Scintillation spectroscopy, in which spherical scintillators of several kinds were used as detectors, has been applied to a study of environmental radiations. Spherical scintillators of NaI(Tl) of...

A Method for the Estimation of the Weak Gamma-Activity Distributed in the Thick Medium (1962)

Ishiyama, M., Nagahara, Y., Okano, M., Takano, M., Takeuchi, M., ...

A simpler method for the estimation of the gamma-activity distributed in the thick medium is presented. This method was proved to be useful by the exemplifying experiment where the potassium content...

Dnmt2 is not required for de novo and maintenance methylation of viral DNA in embryonic stem cells.

Okano, M, Xie, S, Li, E

We have shown previously that de novo methylation activities persist in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells homozygous for a null mutation of Dnmt1 that encodes the major DNA cytosine methyltransferase....

Human herpesvirus 6 infection and Kawasaki disease.

Okano, M, Luka, J, Thiele, G M, Sakiyama, Y, Matsumoto, S, Purtilo, D T

Eighteen of a total of 22 serum specimens (81.8%) from patients with Kawasaki disease were positive for immunoglobulin G or M antibodies to human herpesvirus 6, whereas 10 of 16 age- and sex-matched...

Epstein-Barr virus and human diseases: recent advances in diagnosis.

Okano, M, Thiele, G M, Davis, J R, Grierson, H L, Purtilo, D T

Since the discovery of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) from a cultured Burkitt's lymphoma cell line in 1964, the virus has been associated with Burkitt's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and infectious...

Severe chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection syndrome.

Okano, M, Matsumoto, S, Osato, T, Sakiyama, Y, Thiele, G M, Purtilo, D T

Reports of unusually severe lymphoproliferative disorders associated with extremely high antibody titers against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) have recently increased. The syndrome, which we designated...

Immune deficiency as a risk factor in Epstein-Barr virus-induced malignant diseases.

Purtilo, D T, Okano, M, Grierson, H L

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous DNA virus that normally infects silently, establishing lifelong latency. Substantial empirical observations support the view that immunodeficiency is...

Dnmt2 is not required for de novo and maintenance methylation of viral DNA in embryonic stem cells.

Okano, M, Xie, S, Li, E

We have shown previously that de novo methylation activities persist in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells homozygous for a null mutation of Dnmt1 that encodes the major DNA cytosine methyltransferase....

Human herpesvirus 6 infection and Kawasaki disease.

Okano, M, Luka, J, Thiele, G M, Sakiyama, Y, Matsumoto, S, Purtilo, D T

Eighteen of a total of 22 serum specimens (81.8%) from patients with Kawasaki disease were positive for immunoglobulin G or M antibodies to human herpesvirus 6, whereas 10 of 16 age- and sex-matched...

Epstein-Barr virus and human diseases: recent advances in diagnosis.

Okano, M, Thiele, G M, Davis, J R, Grierson, H L, Purtilo, D T

Since the discovery of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) from a cultured Burkitt's lymphoma cell line in 1964, the virus has been associated with Burkitt's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and infectious...

Severe chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection syndrome.

Okano, M, Matsumoto, S, Osato, T, Sakiyama, Y, Thiele, G M, Purtilo, D T

Reports of unusually severe lymphoproliferative disorders associated with extremely high antibody titers against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) have recently increased. The syndrome, which we designated...

Immune deficiency as a risk factor in Epstein-Barr virus-induced malignant diseases.

Purtilo, D T, Okano, M, Grierson, H L

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous DNA virus that normally infects silently, establishing lifelong latency. Substantial empirical observations support the view that immunodeficiency is...

Characterization of Epstein-Barr virus-induced lymphoproliferation derived from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells transferred to severe combined immunodeficient mice.

Okano, M., Taguchi, Y., Nakamine, H., Pirruccello, S. J., Davis, J. R., Beisel, K. W., ...

Mice with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) received 6 X 10(7) fresh human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) intraperitoneally from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-seropositive and...

Hemagglutination and graft-versus-host disease in the severe combined immunodeficiency mouse lymphoproliferative disease model.

Pirruccello, S. J., Nakamine, H., Beisel, K. W., Kleveland, K. L., Okano, M., Taguchi, Y., ...

In the course of evaluating the severe combined immunodeficiency mouse-human peripheral blood lymphocyte (SCID-PBL) model of lymphoproliferative disease, we noted hemagglutination occurring in...

A 75-kD autoantigen recognized by sera from patients with X-linked autoimmune enteropathy associated with nephropathy

Kobayashi, I, Imamura, K, Yamada, M, Okano, M, Yara, A, Ikema, S, ...

Autoimmune enteropathy (AIE) is a rare disorder characterized by intractable diarrhoea and anti-enterocyte autoantibody. In this study, we detected a 75-kD autoantigen which distributed through the...

   Novel mutations of FOXP3 in two Japanese patients with immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X linked syndrome (IPEX)

Kobayashi, I., Shiari, R., Yamada, M., Kawamura, N., Okano, M., Yara, A., ...

Expression of inflammatory mediators in the otitis media induced by Helicobacter pylori antigen in mice

Kariya, S, Okano, M, Fukushima, K, Nomiya, S, Kataoka, Y, Nomiya, R, ...

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that is recognized as one of the key factors in gastric diseases such as gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. Recent studies have shown...