Mamoru Watanabe

Methods for correcting plumage color fading in the Barn Swallow (2008)

Masaru Hasegawa, Emi Arai, Mamoru Watanabe, Masahiko Nakamura

It is necessary to correct plumage color fading when comparing the plumage coloration of birds captured at different times during the breeding season. We proposed two methods for correcting plumage...

Inducible expression of microRNA-194 is regulated by HNF-1{alpha} during intestinal epithelial cell differentiation (2008)

Hino, Kimihiro, Tsuchiya, Kiichiro, Fukao, Taro, Kiga, Kotaro, Okamoto, Ryuichi, Kanai, Takanori, ...

Maintenance of the intestinal epithelium is based on well-balanced molecular mechanisms that confer the stable and continuous supply of specialized epithelial cell lineages from multipotent...

Regulatory Interaction of HNF1{alpha} to microRNA194 Gene During Intestinal Epithelial Cell Differentiation (2007)

Hino, Kimihiro, Fukao, Taro, Watanabe, Mamoru

Maintenance of intestinal epithelium is based on wellbalanced molecular mechanisms that confer the stable and continuous supply of specialized epithelial cell lineages from multipotent progenitors....

Measurements of Several Metallic Elements and Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) in Saliva from Patients with Taste Disorder (2005)

Watanabe, Mamoru, Asatsuma, Masumi, Ikui, Akihiro, Ikeda, Minoru, Yamada, Yoshiaki, Nomura, Shuichi, ...

We have measured and compared several metallic elements and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in saliva from patients with taste disorder and healthy subjects. Stimulated whole saliva was collected...

Fabrication and Characterization of Multilayer Ultrathin Films of Exfoliated MnO2 Nanosheets and Polycations (2003)

Lianzhou Wang, Yoshitomo Omomo, Nobuyuki Sakai,, Katsutoshi Fukuda, Izumi Nakai, Yasuo Ebina, ...

This was the first journal paper to demonstrate the self-assembly of MnO2 thin film in sub- to nano-meter scale. The electrochemical study of the MnO2 ultrathin film was proved to be very promising...

Redoxable Nanosheet Crystallites of MnO2 Derived via Delamination of a Layered Manganese Oxide (2003)

Yoshitomo Omomo, Takayoshi Sasaki, Lianzhou Wang, Mamoru Watanabe

This work represents a significant advance in the modification of layered MnO2 materials (a very important electrode material for battery and capacitor applications), which has been published in...

Fabrication and Characterization of Multilayer Ultrathin Films of Exfoliated MnO2 Nanosheets and Polycations (2003)

Lianzhou Wang, Yoshitomo Omomo, Nobuyuki Sakai,, Katsutoshi Fukuda, Izumi Nakai, Yasuo Ebina, ...

This was the first journal paper to demonstrate the self-assembly of MnO2 thin film in sub- to nano-meter scale. The electrochemical study of the MnO2 ultrathin film was proved to be very promising...

Redoxable Nanosheet Crystallites of MnO2 Derived via Delamination of a Layered Manganese Oxide (2003)

Yoshitomo Omomo, Takayoshi Sasaki, Lianzhou Wang, Mamoru Watanabe

This work represents a significant advance in the modification of layered MnO2 materials (a very important electrode material for battery and capacitor applications), which has been published in...

Redoxable nanosheet crystallites of MnO2 derived via delamination of a layered manganese oxide (2003)

Omomo, Yoshitomo, Sasaki, Takayoshi, Wang, Lianzhou, Watanabe, Mamoru

This paper reports on the swelling and exfoliation behavior of a layered protonic manganese oxide, H0.13MnO2.0.7H(2)O, in a solution of tetrabutylammonium (TBA) hydroxide and the formation and...

Fabrication and characterization of multilayer ultrathin films of exfoliated MnO2 nanosheets and polycations (2003)

Wang, Lianzhou, Omomo, Yoshitomo, Sakai, Nobuyuki, Fukuda, Katsutoshi, Nakai, Izumi, Ebina, Yasuo, ...

Multilayer ultrathin films composed of exfoliated nanosheets of manganese oxide and poly(diallyldimethylammonium) (PDDA) ions have been fabricated onto various substrates via electrostatic...

Redoxable nanosheet crystallites of MnO2 derived via delamination of a layered manganese oxide (2003)

Omomo, Yoshitomo, Sasaki, Takayoshi, Wang, Lianzhou, Watanabe, Mamoru

This paper reports on the swelling and exfoliation behavior of a layered protonic manganese oxide, H0.13MnO2.0.7H(2)O, in a solution of tetrabutylammonium (TBA) hydroxide and the formation and...

Fabrication and characterization of multilayer ultrathin films of exfoliated MnO2 nanosheets and polycations (2003)

Wang, Lianzhou, Omomo, Yoshitomo, Sakai, Nobuyuki, Fukuda, Katsutoshi, Nakai, Izumi, Ebina, Yasuo, ...

Multilayer ultrathin films composed of exfoliated nanosheets of manganese oxide and poly(diallyldimethylammonium) (PDDA) ions have been fabricated onto various substrates via electrostatic...

Effects of Sucrose Intake on Spermatophore Mass Produced by Male Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio xuthus L (1999)

Mamoru Watanabe, Masayo Hirota

A one-day old virgin male of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus, requires about 50 min (at ca. 26.5°C) to transfer a spermatophore into the bursa copulatrix of a virgin female. Under such...

Effects of Sucrose Intake on Spermatophore Mass Produced by Male Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio xuthus L (1999)

Mamoru Watanabe, Masayo Hirota

A one-day old virgin male of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus, requires about 50 min (at ca. 26.5°C) to transfer a spermatophore into the bursa copulatrix of a virgin female. Under such...

Preparation of Na(1-x)Ti(2+x)Al(5-x)O12 Whiskers by Calcining With Excess Na2O. (1998)

Fujiki, Yoshinori, Nishio, Toshiyuki, Watanabe, Mamoru

Na(1-x)Ti(2+x)Al(5-x)O12(NTAO) whiskers were effectively grown by the solid reactions in the presence of excess Na2O. A y value in the experimental formula Na(1-x+y)Ti(2+x)Al(5-X)O(12+y/2) was used...

Cytolytic and IFN-γ-producing activities of γδ T cells in the mouse intestinal epithelium are T cell receptor-β-chain dependent

Kohyama, Masako, Nanno, Masanobu, Kawaguchi-Miyashita, Mariko, Shimada, Shinichiro, Watanabe, Mamoru, Hibi, Toshifumi, ...

We analyzed the cytolytic activity of intraepithelial T cells (IEL) isolated from the small intestines of 2- to 3-month-old mutant mice rendered deficient in different gene(s) in which the number of...

Effect of Infection with Ribonucleic Acid Bacteriophage R23 on the Inducible Synthesis of β-Galactosidase in Escherichia coli

Watanabe, Hiroko, Watanabe, Mamoru

Infection by ribonucleic acid (RNA) bacteriophage R23 inhibited the synthesis of β-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. The inhibition, although not complete, was apparent shortly after infection and...

Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 (IRF-1) and IRF-2 Distinctively Up-Regulate Gene Expression and Production of Interleukin-7 in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells

Oshima, Shigeru, Nakamura, Tetsuya, Namiki, Shin, Okada, Eriko, Tsuchiya, Kiichiro, Okamoto, Ryuichi, ...

Intestinal epithelial cell-derived interleukin (IL)-7 functions as a pleiotropic and nonredundant cytokine in the human intestinal mucosa; however, the molecular basis of its production has remained...

Regulation of Hepatitis C Virus Replication by Interferon Regulatory Factor 1

Kanazawa, Nobuhiko, Kurosaki, Masayuki, Sakamoto, Naoya, Enomoto, Nobuyuki, Itsui, Yasuhiro, Yamashiro, Tsuyoshi, ...

Cellular antiviral responses are mediated partly by the expression of interferon-stimulated genes, triggered by viral genomes, their transcripts and replicative intermediates. Persistent replication...

Inhibition of intracellular hepatitis C virus replication by synthetic and vector-derived small interfering RNAs

Yokota, Takanori, Sakamoto, Naoya, Enomoto, Nobuyuki, Tanabe, Yoko, Miyagishi, Makoto, Maekawa, Shinya, ...

Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) efficiently inhibit gene expression by RNA interference. Here, we report efficient inhibition, by both synthetic and vector-derived siRNAs, of hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Cytolytic and IFN-γ-producing activities of γδ T cells in the mouse intestinal epithelium are T cell receptor-β-chain dependent

Kohyama, Masako, Nanno, Masanobu, Kawaguchi-Miyashita, Mariko, Shimada, Shinichiro, Watanabe, Mamoru, Hibi, Toshifumi, ...

We analyzed the cytolytic activity of intraepithelial T cells (IEL) isolated from the small intestines of 2- to 3-month-old mutant mice rendered deficient in different gene(s) in which the number of...

Effect of Infection with Ribonucleic Acid Bacteriophage R23 on the Inducible Synthesis of β-Galactosidase in Escherichia coli

Watanabe, Hiroko, Watanabe, Mamoru

Infection by ribonucleic acid (RNA) bacteriophage R23 inhibited the synthesis of β-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. The inhibition, although not complete, was apparent shortly after infection and...

Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 (IRF-1) and IRF-2 Distinctively Up-Regulate Gene Expression and Production of Interleukin-7 in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells

Oshima, Shigeru, Nakamura, Tetsuya, Namiki, Shin, Okada, Eriko, Tsuchiya, Kiichiro, Okamoto, Ryuichi, ...

Intestinal epithelial cell-derived interleukin (IL)-7 functions as a pleiotropic and nonredundant cytokine in the human intestinal mucosa; however, the molecular basis of its production has remained...

Regulation of Hepatitis C Virus Replication by Interferon Regulatory Factor 1

Kanazawa, Nobuhiko, Kurosaki, Masayuki, Sakamoto, Naoya, Enomoto, Nobuyuki, Itsui, Yasuhiro, Yamashiro, Tsuyoshi, ...

Cellular antiviral responses are mediated partly by the expression of interferon-stimulated genes, triggered by viral genomes, their transcripts and replicative intermediates. Persistent replication...

Inhibition of intracellular hepatitis C virus replication by synthetic and vector-derived small interfering RNAs

Yokota, Takanori, Sakamoto, Naoya, Enomoto, Nobuyuki, Tanabe, Yoko, Miyagishi, Makoto, Maekawa, Shinya, ...

Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) efficiently inhibit gene expression by RNA interference. Here, we report efficient inhibition, by both synthetic and vector-derived siRNAs, of hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Interleukin 7 Transgenic Mice Develop Chronic Colitis with Decreased Interleukin 7 Protein Accumulation in the Colonic Mucosa

Watanabe, Mamoru, Ueno, Yoshitaka, Yajima, Tomoharu, Okamoto, Susumu, Hayashi, Tatsuhiko, Yamazaki, Motomi, ...

We have demonstrated that intestinal epithelial cells produce interleukin 7 (IL-7), and IL-7 serves as a potent regulatory factor for proliferation of intestinal mucosal lymphocytes expressing...

Inducible expression of microRNA-194 is regulated by HNF-1α during intestinal epithelial cell differentiation

Hino, Kimihiro, Tsuchiya, Kiichiro, Fukao, Taro, Kiga, Kotaro, Okamoto, Ryuichi, Kanai, Takanori, ...

Maintenance of the intestinal epithelium is based on well-balanced molecular mechanisms that confer the stable and continuous supply of specialized epithelial cell lineages from multipotent...

Analysis of International Migration Patterns Affecting Physician Supply in Canada

Watanabe, Mamoru, Comeau, Melanie, Buske, Lynda

This paper analyzes the migration patterns of both Canadian medical school graduates and international medical graduates (IMGs), and the impact of these patterns on physician supply in Canada....