Masao Tsuchiya

Heart Disease, Other Circulatory Diseases, and Onset of Major Depression among Community Residents in Japan: Results of the World Mental Health Survey Japan 2002-2004 (2008)

Takasaki, Yohsuke, Kawakami, Norito, Tsuchiya, Masao, Ono, Yutaka, Nakane, Yoshibumi, Nakamura, Yosikazu, ...

We examined whether selected circulatory diseases (heart disease, stroke, diabetes and hypertension) were associated with an increased risk of major depression in the Japanese community population....

Job strain and smoking cessation among Japanese male employees: a two-year follow-up study (2008)

Fukuoka, Etsuko, Hirokawa, Kumi, Kawakami, Norito, Tsuchiya, Masao, Haratani, Takashi, Kobayashi, Fumio, ...

The purpose of the present study was to assess the association between job strain and smoking cessation among Japanese male employees. In 1997, a baseline questionnaire was given to 2,625 (2,113...

The immediate effects of 10-minute relaxation training on salivary immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) and mood state for Japanese female medical co-workers (2007)

Taniguchi, Toshiyo, Hirokawa, Kumi, Tsuchiya, Masao, Kawakami, Norito

This study examined the effects of relaxation training on salivary IgA (s-IgA) and mood state in Japanese female medical workers. Participants were enrolled and assigned to relaxation or control...

Tissue immune complexes demonstrated in the liver of patients with chronic aggressive hepatitis using FITC-labelled human Clq. (2007)

Tsuji, Takao, Araki, Kiyonori, Inoue, Junichi, Onoue, Kimiaki, Tsuchiya, Masao, Shinohara, Toru, ...

Immune complexes in liver specimens from 10 patients with chronic liver diseases [2 with chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH), 3 with chronic aggressive hepatitis (CAH) of moderate activity, 3 with CAH...

Existence of serum HBe antigen and expression of liver HB surface and core antigens in hepatitis type B patients. (2007)

Tsuji, Takao, Naito, Kunihiko, Inoue, Junichi, Tsuchiya, Masao, Araki, Kiyonori, Shinohara, Toru, ...

A study of 52 liver biopsies (47 hepatitis type B and 5 asymptomatic carriers) was performed to clarify the roles of HBe antigen (HBeAg), HB surface antigen (HBsAg) and HB core antigen (HBcAg). In...

Detection of tissue T-cell in patients with chronic active hepatitis using fragmented sheep red blood cell (SRBC) membrane. (2007)

Tsuji, Takao, Inoue, Junichi, Shinohara, Toru, Tsuchiya, Masao, Onoue, Kimiaki, Araki, Kiyonori, ...

Fragmented sheep red blood cell (SRBC) membrane was used for detection of T-cells in liver biopsy specimens from patients with chronic active hepatitis. SRBC was separated with Lymphoprep, sonicated,...

Topical Application of a Novel, Water-soluble γ-Tocopherol Derivative Prevents UV-induced Skin Damage in Mice¶ (2005)

Shingo Yasuoka, Jiro Takata, Yoshiharu Karube, Eiko Katoh, Toshi Tsuzuki, Junko Kizu, ...

We investigated whether the topical application of a novel, water-soluble γ-tocopherol (γ-Toc) derivative, γ-tocopherol-N,N-dimethylglycinate hydrochloride (γ-TDMG), could protect against...