N. Ishikawa

Publication List Details

Period

1958 - 2009

Number

55

Co-Authors

ABSTRACTS (2009)

Abdelwahab, A., Gardner, M., Parkash, R., Basta, M., Sapp, J., Veltmann, C., ...

Introduction: Scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) is often unmappable. Data regarding the outcomes of ablation for mappable vs unmappable VT are lacking. Methods: Catheter ablation of...

Study on the behavior of oxygen atoms in swift heavy ion irradiated CeO2 by means of synchrotron radiation X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (2008)

Iwase, A., Ohno, H., Ishikawa, N., Baba, Y., Hirao, N., Sonoda, T., ...

To study the effects of swift heavy ion irradiation on cerium dioxide (CeO2), CeO2 sintered pellets were irradiated with 200 MeV Xe ions at room temperature. For irradiated and unirradiated samples,...

Oxygen defects created in CeO2 irradiated with 200 MeV Au (2008)

Ohhara, K., Ishikawa, N., Sakai, S., Matsumoto, Y., Michikami, O., Ohta, Y.

In this study CeO2 films were irradiated with 200 MeV Au in order to investigate damages created by electronic energy deposition. In Raman spectra after the irradiation, a broad band appears at...

Study on the behavior of oxygen atoms in swift heavy ion irradiated CeO2 by means of synchrotron radiation X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (2008)

Iwase, A., Ohno, H., Ishikawa, N., Baba, Y., Hirao, N., Sonoda, T., ...

To study the effects of swift heavy ion irradiation on cerium dioxide (CeO2), CeO2 sintered pellets were irradiated with 200 MeV Xe ions at room temperature. For irradiated and unirradiated samples,...

Oxygen defects created in CeO2 irradiated with 200 MeV Au (2008)

Ohhara, K., Ishikawa, N., Sakai, S., Matsumoto, Y., Michikami, O., Ohta, Y.

In this study CeO2 films were irradiated with 200 MeV Au in order to investigate damages created by electronic energy deposition. In Raman spectra after the irradiation, a broad band appears at...

Swift and Suzaku Observations of the X-Ray Afterglow from the GRB 060105 (2006)

Tashiro, M. S., Abe, K., Angelini, L., Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., Ishikawa, N., ...

Results are presented of early X-ray afterglow observations of GRB 060105 by Swift and Suzaku. The bright, long gamma-ray burst GRB 060105 triggered the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) at 06:49:28...

Nuclear Spin Driven Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in a New Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnet: Bis(phthalocyaninato)holmium anion (2005)

Ishikawa, N., Sugita, M., Wernsdorfer, W.

The first measurements of magnetization hysteresis loops on diluted single crystal of [(Pc)2Ho]-TBA+ (Pc: phthalocyaninato, TBA: tetrabutylammonium) in the subkelvin temperature range are reported....

Quantum tunneling of magnetization in lanthanide single-molecule magnets, bis(phthalocyaninato)terbium and bis(phthalocyaninato)-dysprosium anions (2005)

Ishikawa, N., Sugita, M., Wernsdorfer, W.

Magnetization versus field measurements were performed on single crystals of [(Pc)2TbIII0.02YIII0.98]^TBA+ and [(Pc)2DyIII0.02YIII0.98]^TBA+ (Pc: phthalocyaninato, TBA: tetrabutylammonium) at 0.04 K....

Vortex phase diagram in BSCCO with damage tracks created by 30 MeV fullerene irradiation (2004)

Ishikawa, N., Van Der Beek, C. J., Dunlop, A., Jaskierowicz, G., Li, Ming, Kes, P. H., ...

Using 30 MeV C60 fullerene irradiation, we have produced latent tracks of diameter 20 nm and length 200 nm, near the surface of single crystalline BSCCO. A preliminary transmission electron...

Vortex Phase Diagram in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+$\delta$ with Damage Tracks Created by 30 MeV Fullerene Irradiation (2004)

Ishikawa, N., Dunlop, A., Jaskierowicz, G., Li, Ming, H. Kes, P., ...

Using 30 MeV C60 fullerene irradiation, we have produced latent tracks of diameter 20 nm and length 200 nm, near the surface of single crystalline Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ. A preliminary transmission...

Vortex Phase Diagram in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+$\delta$ with Damage Tracks Created by 30 MeV Fullerene Irradiation (2004)

Ishikawa, N., Dunlop, A., Jaskierowicz, G., Li, Ming, H. Kes, P., ...

Using 30 MeV C60 fullerene irradiation, we have produced latent tracks of diameter 20 nm and length 200 nm, near the surface of single crystalline Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ. A preliminary transmission...

E-Cell 2: Multi-platform E-Cell simulation system (2003)

Takahashi, K., Ishikawa, N., Sadamoto, Y., Sasamoto, H., Ohta, S., Shiozawa, A., ...

Summary: A new version of the E-Cell simulation system, which runs on Windows as well as Linux, has been released as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Availability:...

Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Primary Cardiac Arrest among Persons With and Without Clinically Recognized Heart Disease (2003)

Sullivan, J., Ishikawa, N., Sheppard, L., Siscovick, D., Checkoway, H., Kaufman, J.

The authors studied the association between incidence of primary cardiac arrest and daily measures of fine particulate matter (≤2.5 µm) using a case-crossover study of 1,206 Washington State...

Helicobacter pylori infection in rheumatoid arthritis: effect of drugs on prevalence and correlation with gastroduodenal lesions (2002)

Ishikawa, N., Fuchigami, T., Matsumoto, T., Kobayashi, H., Sakai, Y., Tabata, H., ...

Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of Helicobacter pylori infection on clinical features in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) under medication with...

Is there a place for the late cardioversion of atrial fibrillation?. A long-term follow-up study of patients with post-thyrotoxic atrial fibrillation (2000)

Nakazawa, H, Lythall, D.A, Noh, J, Ishikawa, N, Sugino, K, Ito, K, ...

Aims As atrial fibrillation is associated with significant mortality and morbidity, restoration of sinus rhythm is desirable. However, previous data suggest that cardioversion should be restricted to...

Escherichia coli MutY protein has a guanine-DNA glycosylase that acts on 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine:guanine mispair to prevent spontaneous G:C-->C:G transversions.

Zhang, Q M, Ishikawa, N, Nakahara, T, Yonei, S

Low rates of spontaneous G:C-->C:G transversions would be achieved not only by the correction of base mismatches during DNA replication but also by the prevention and removal of oxidative base damage...

Pharmacokinetics of a new quinolone, AM-833, in mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, and monkeys.

Kusajima, H, Ishikawa, N, Machida, M, Uchida, H, Irikura, T

The pharmacokinetics of AM-833 [6,8-difluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)-1, 4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid] were studied in mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, and monkeys by...

Plasma (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan and fungal antigenemia in patients with candidemia, aspergillosis, and cryptococcosis.

Miyazaki, T, Kohno, S, Mitsutake, K, Maesaki, S, Tanaka, K, Ishikawa, N, ...

(1-->3)-beta-D-Glucan is one of the major structural components of fungi, and it seems that it can be detected by the fractionated (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan-sensitive component from a Limulus lysate,...

Diagnosis of invasive candidiasis by detection of mannan antigen by using the avidin-biotin enzyme immunoassay.

Nakamura, A, Ishikawa, N, Suzuki, H

The diagnosis of invasive candidiasis was attempted by detection of circulating mannan antigen by using an avidin-biotin-amplified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (AB-ELISA), and this method was...

Molecular cloning of mouse intestinal trefoil factor and its expression during goblet cell changes.

Tomita, M, Itoh, H, Ishikawa, N, Higa, A, Ide, H, Murakumo, Y, ...

A cDNA encoding mouse intestinal trefoil factor (mITF) was successfully cloned and sequenced from the small intestine of C57BL/6 mouse by using the combination of reverse transcription-PCR and rapid...

Mortality and survival for Down syndrome in Japan.

Masaki, M, Higurashi, M, Iijima, K, Ishikawa, N, Tanaka, F, Fujii, T, ...

Mortality and survival data for 1,052 Japanese patients with Down syndrome who were born between 1966 and 1975 were analyzed. The survival rate at age 10 was estimated to be about 86%. Mortality in...

Escherichia coli MutY protein has a guanine-DNA glycosylase that acts on 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine:guanine mispair to prevent spontaneous G:C-->C:G transversions.

Zhang, Q M, Ishikawa, N, Nakahara, T, Yonei, S

Low rates of spontaneous G:C-->C:G transversions would be achieved not only by the correction of base mismatches during DNA replication but also by the prevention and removal of oxidative base damage...

Pharmacokinetics of a new quinolone, AM-833, in mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, and monkeys.

Kusajima, H, Ishikawa, N, Machida, M, Uchida, H, Irikura, T

The pharmacokinetics of AM-833 [6,8-difluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)-1, 4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid] were studied in mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, and monkeys by...

Plasma (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan and fungal antigenemia in patients with candidemia, aspergillosis, and cryptococcosis.

Miyazaki, T, Kohno, S, Mitsutake, K, Maesaki, S, Tanaka, K, Ishikawa, N, ...

(1-->3)-beta-D-Glucan is one of the major structural components of fungi, and it seems that it can be detected by the fractionated (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan-sensitive component from a Limulus lysate,...

Diagnosis of invasive candidiasis by detection of mannan antigen by using the avidin-biotin enzyme immunoassay.

Nakamura, A, Ishikawa, N, Suzuki, H

The diagnosis of invasive candidiasis was attempted by detection of circulating mannan antigen by using an avidin-biotin-amplified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (AB-ELISA), and this method was...

Molecular cloning of mouse intestinal trefoil factor and its expression during goblet cell changes.

Tomita, M, Itoh, H, Ishikawa, N, Higa, A, Ide, H, Murakumo, Y, ...

A cDNA encoding mouse intestinal trefoil factor (mITF) was successfully cloned and sequenced from the small intestine of C57BL/6 mouse by using the combination of reverse transcription-PCR and rapid...

Mortality and survival for Down syndrome in Japan.

Masaki, M, Higurashi, M, Iijima, K, Ishikawa, N, Tanaka, F, Fujii, T, ...

Mortality and survival data for 1,052 Japanese patients with Down syndrome who were born between 1966 and 1975 were analyzed. The survival rate at age 10 was estimated to be about 86%. Mortality in...

Early cytokine responses during intestinal parasitic infections.

Ishikawa, N, Goyal, P K, Mahida, Y R, Li, K F, Wakelin, D

Infections with gastro-intestinal nematodes elicit immune and inflammatory responses mediated by cytokines released from T-helper type-2 (Th2) cells. In vitro assays of cells from the mesenteric...

Detection of Leu-19 (CD56) antigen on human thyroid epithelial cells by an immunohistochemical method.

Migita, K, Eguchi, K, Kawakami, A, Ida, H, Fukuda, T, Kurata, A, ...

The Leu-19 (CD56) antigen, which is recognized by anti-Leu-19 and NKH-1 monoclonal antibody, is a 200,000-220,000 molecular weight (MW) glycoprotein that is expressed predominantly on human natural...

Immune-mediated alteration of the terminal sugars of goblet cell mucins in the small intestine of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis-infected rats.

Ishikawa, N, Horii, Y, Nawa, Y

Alteration of terminal sugars of goblet cell mucins in the small intestinal mucosa was examined by lectin histochemistry in rats infected with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. To see whether alteration...

Inhibition of autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction by monoclonal antibodies specific for the β chain of HLA-DR antigens

Kasahara, M., Ikeda, H., Ogasawara, K., Ishikawa, N., Okuyama, T., Fukasawa, Y., ...

Recent studies using rabbit antisera to the separated HLA-DR α and β subunits have suggested that α chain-specific, but not β chain-specific, antisera inhibit T cell proliferative responses in...

Expression of adhesion molecules on infiltrating T cells in thyroid glands from patients with Graves' disease.

Ishikawa, N, Eguchi, K, Ueki, Y, Nakashima, M, Shimada, H, Ito, K, ...

The present study was performed to elucidate the role of adhesion molecules in the pathogenesis of Graves' disease. Peripheral blood and intrathyroidal mononuclear cells were obtained from 14...

Cytokine regulation of HLA on thyroid epithelial cells

Migita, K., Eguchi, K., Otsubo, T., Kawakami, A., Nakao, H., Ueki, Y., ...

The regulation of class I and class II HLA expression in human thyroid follicular cells was studied in vitro. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) enhanced the expression of class I antigen on...

Synergy in antigen presentation by thyroid epithelial cells and monocytes from patients with graves' disease

Eguchi, K., Otsubo, T., Kawabe, Y., Shimomura, Chikako, Ueki, Y., Nakao, H., ...

The present study was undertaken to examine the ability of thyrocytes from Graves' patients to present purified protein derivative (PPD) to autologous peripheral blood T cells. Normal human...

Cytotoxic activity of interleukin-2 (IL-2) activated killer cells toward thyroid epithelial cells

Migita, K., Eguchi, K., Tezuka, H., Otsubo, T., Kawakami, A., Nakao, H., ...

We investigated the sensitivity of thyroid epithelial cells (thyrocytes) to IL-2 activated killer cells. The thyrocytes were lysed by autologous and allogeneic IL-2-activated killer cells; there were...

The remarkable proliferation of helper T cell subset in response to autologous thyrocytes and intrathyroidal T cells from patients with graves' disease

Eguchi, K., Otsubo, T., Kawabe, Y., Ueki, Y., Fukuda, T., Matsunaga, Mayumi, ...

We have studied cellular interactions among thyrocytes, intrathyroidal T cells and peripheral blood T cells from Graves' patients. In the autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction of Graves' patients,...

Modulation of Fas-mediated apoptosis of human thyroid epithelial cells by IgG from patients with Graves' disease (GD) and idiopathic myxoedema

KAWAKAMI, A, EGUCHI, K, MATSUOKA, N, TSUBOI, M, URAYAMA, S, KAWABE, Y, ...

The expression of two autoimmune thyroid diseases, GD and idiopathic myxoedema, is associated with antibodies to the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor. Thyroid stimulating antibodies (TSAb)...

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...

Fas/FasL mediated apoptosis of thyrocytes in Graves' disease

Sera, N, Kawakami, A, Nakashima, T, Nakamura, H, Imaizumi, M, Koji, T, ...

We examined in the present study the possible involvement of Fas and its ligand (FasL) in the process of Graves' disease. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that few normal thyrocytes expressed Fas...

Sister chromatid exchange analysis in lymphocytes of workers exposed to hexavalent chromium.

Nagaya, T, Ishikawa, N, Hata, H

To investigate the usefulness of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) analysis in lymphocytes as an indicator for mutagenic effects after in vivo exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr), SCE frequency was...

Association of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid with carcinoembryonic antigen.

Ishikawa, N., Hamada, S.

To investigate the association between medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), we assayed 78 sera from patients with thyroid diseases for CEA, employing the...