S. Amano

Publication List Details

Period

1981 - 2006

Number

48

Co-Authors

VEGF164-mediated inflammation is required for pathological, but not physiological, ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization (2003)

Ishida, S., Usui, T., Yamashiro, K., Kaji, Y., Amano, S., Ogura, Y., ...

Hypoxia-induced VEGF governs both physiological retinal vascular development and pathological retinal neovascularization. In the current paper, the mechanisms of physiological and pathological...

DISLOCATION MOTION IN VA METALS STUDIED BY INTERNAL FRICTION (1981)

Okuda, S., Mizubayashi, H., Kuramochi, N., Amano, S., Shimada, M., Tatekawa, H.

Dislocation motion in Va metals, V, Nb and Ta at low temperatures was studied by internal friction and dynamic modulus measurements. The results on pure and impure Nb and Ta support the assignment...

DISLOCATION MOTION IN VA METALS STUDIED BY INTERNAL FRICTION (1981)

Okuda, S., Mizubayashi, H., Kuramochi, N., Amano, S., Shimada, M., Tatekawa, H.

Dislocation motion in Va metals, V, Nb and Ta at low temperatures was studied by internal friction and dynamic modulus measurements. The results on pure and impure Nb and Ta support the assignment...

DISLOCATION MOTION IN VA METALS STUDIED BY INTERNAL FRICTION (1981)

Okuda, S., Mizubayashi, H., Kuramochi, N., Amano, S., Shimada, M., Tatekawa, H.

Dislocation motion in Va metals, V, Nb and Ta at low temperatures was studied by internal friction and dynamic modulus measurements. The results on pure and impure Nb and Ta support the assignment...

Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbria-stimulated bone resorption in vitro is inhibited by a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Hanazawa, S, Kawata, Y, Murakami, Y, Naganuma, K, Amano, S, Miyata, Y, ...

Our previous study (Y. Kawata, S. Hanazawa, S. Amano, Y. Murakami, T. Matsumoto, K. Nishida, and S. Kitano, Infect. Immun. 62:3012-3016, 1994) showed that Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae stimulate...

Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae induce expression of the neutrophil chemotactic factor KC gene of mouse peritoneal macrophages: role of protein kinase C.

Hanazawa, S, Murakami, Y, Takeshita, A, Kitami, H, Ohta, K, Amano, S, ...

To account for infiltration of the periodontal tissues by neutrophils, the present study was undertaken to examine whether Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae, important structures involved in...

Bacteroides (Porphyromonas) gingivalis fimbriae activate mouse peritoneal macrophages and induce gene expression and production of interleukin-1.

Hanazawa, S, Murakami, Y, Hirose, K, Amano, S, Ohmori, Y, Higuchi, H, ...

The purpose of this study was to examine whether Bacteroides (Porphyromonas) gingivalis fimbriae, an important structure involved in attachment of the bacteria to periodontal tissues, activate...

Monoclonal antibody against a serotype antigen of Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) endodontalis and characteristics of the antigen.

Hanazawa, S, Sagiya, T, Amano, S, Nishikawa, H, Kitano, S

Recent studies have demonstrated the presence of three serotypes (O1K1, O1K2, and O1K-) of Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) endodontalis. In the present study, a hybridoma cell line producing monoclonal...

Bacteroides gingivalis fimbriae stimulate production of thymocyte-activating factor by human gingival fibroblasts.

Hanazawa, S, Hirose, K, Ohmori, Y, Amano, S, Kitano, S

In a previous report (Y. Ohmori, S. Hanazawa, S. Amano, T. Miyoshi, K. Hirose, and S. Kitano, infect. Immun. 55:947-954, 1987), we showed that human gingival fibroblasts spontaneously produce...

Spontaneous production of thymocyte-activating factor by human gingival fibroblasts and its autoregulatory effect on their proliferation.

Ohmori, Y, Hanazawa, S, Amano, S, Miyoshi, T, Hirose, K, Kitano, S

The purpose of this study was to examine whether human gingival fibroblasts produce a cytokine which modulates in immune and inflammatory responses including alterations in connective tissue...

Humoral antibody response against Bacteroides gingivalis-specific antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody in adult periodontal patients.

Miyoshi, T, Hanazawa, S, Hirose, K, Saitoh, K, Amano, S, Ohmori, Y, ...

An antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody specific for Bacteroides gingivalis was purified in the presence of 0.5% (wt/vol) beta-octyl-glucoside by immunoadsorbent column chromatography. The...

Functional role of interleukin 1 in periodontal disease: induction of interleukin 1 production by Bacteroides gingivalis lipopolysaccharide in peritoneal macrophages from C3H/HeN and C3H/HeJ mice.

Hanazawa, S, Nakada, K, Ohmori, Y, Miyoshi, T, Amano, S, Kitano, S

Hot phenol-water-extracted lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Bacteroides gingivalis 381 was purified by Sephadex G-100 chromatography with Tris buffer supplemented with sodium deoxycholate and EDTA...

Application of monoclonal antibodies to the detection of black-pigmented Bacteroides spp. in subgingival plaques by immunoslot blot assay.

Hanazawa, S, Tanaka, S, Kin, M, Amano, S, Nakada, K, Masuda, T, ...

The aim of the present study was to assess the application of monoclonal antibodies to the detection of black-pigmented Bacteroides spp. in subgingival plaques by immunoslot blot assay. Subgingival...

Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae stimulate bone resorption in vitro.

Kawata, Y, Hanazawa, S, Amano, S, Murakami, Y, Matsumoto, T, Nishida, K, ...

Our previous study demonstrated that Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae induce the expression of interleukin-1, a potent bone-resorbing cytokine, in macrophages. This demonstration suggested to use...

Reactive oxygen intermediates increase vascular endothelial growth factor expression in vitro and in vivo.

Kuroki, M, Voest, E E, Amano, S, Beerepoot, L V, Takashima, S, Tolentino, M, ...

Elevated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels are required for ocular and tumor angiogenesis in animal models. Ischemic hypoxia is strongly correlated with increased VEGF expression in...

Advanced glycation end products increase retinal vascular endothelial growth factor expression.

Lu, M, Kuroki, M, Amano, S, Tolentino, M, Keough, K, Kim, I, ...

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are linked with the development of diabetic retinopathy; however, the pathogenic mechanisms are poorly defined. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels...

Purification of native p94, a muscle-specific calpain, and characterization of its autolysis.

Kinbara, K, Ishiura, S, Tomioka, S, Sorimachi, H, Jeong, S Y, Amano, S, ...

p94, a skeletal muscle-specific calpain, has attracted much attention because its gene is responsible for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A. p94, however, has not been characterized at the...

Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbria-stimulated bone resorption in vitro is inhibited by a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Hanazawa, S, Kawata, Y, Murakami, Y, Naganuma, K, Amano, S, Miyata, Y, ...

Our previous study (Y. Kawata, S. Hanazawa, S. Amano, Y. Murakami, T. Matsumoto, K. Nishida, and S. Kitano, Infect. Immun. 62:3012-3016, 1994) showed that Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae stimulate...

Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae induce expression of the neutrophil chemotactic factor KC gene of mouse peritoneal macrophages: role of protein kinase C.

Hanazawa, S, Murakami, Y, Takeshita, A, Kitami, H, Ohta, K, Amano, S, ...

To account for infiltration of the periodontal tissues by neutrophils, the present study was undertaken to examine whether Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae, important structures involved in...

Bacteroides (Porphyromonas) gingivalis fimbriae activate mouse peritoneal macrophages and induce gene expression and production of interleukin-1.

Hanazawa, S, Murakami, Y, Hirose, K, Amano, S, Ohmori, Y, Higuchi, H, ...

The purpose of this study was to examine whether Bacteroides (Porphyromonas) gingivalis fimbriae, an important structure involved in attachment of the bacteria to periodontal tissues, activate...

Monoclonal antibody against a serotype antigen of Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) endodontalis and characteristics of the antigen.

Hanazawa, S, Sagiya, T, Amano, S, Nishikawa, H, Kitano, S

Recent studies have demonstrated the presence of three serotypes (O1K1, O1K2, and O1K-) of Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) endodontalis. In the present study, a hybridoma cell line producing monoclonal...

Bacteroides gingivalis fimbriae stimulate production of thymocyte-activating factor by human gingival fibroblasts.

Hanazawa, S, Hirose, K, Ohmori, Y, Amano, S, Kitano, S

In a previous report (Y. Ohmori, S. Hanazawa, S. Amano, T. Miyoshi, K. Hirose, and S. Kitano, infect. Immun. 55:947-954, 1987), we showed that human gingival fibroblasts spontaneously produce...

Spontaneous production of thymocyte-activating factor by human gingival fibroblasts and its autoregulatory effect on their proliferation.

Ohmori, Y, Hanazawa, S, Amano, S, Miyoshi, T, Hirose, K, Kitano, S

The purpose of this study was to examine whether human gingival fibroblasts produce a cytokine which modulates in immune and inflammatory responses including alterations in connective tissue...

Humoral antibody response against Bacteroides gingivalis-specific antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody in adult periodontal patients.

Miyoshi, T, Hanazawa, S, Hirose, K, Saitoh, K, Amano, S, Ohmori, Y, ...

An antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody specific for Bacteroides gingivalis was purified in the presence of 0.5% (wt/vol) beta-octyl-glucoside by immunoadsorbent column chromatography. The...

Functional role of interleukin 1 in periodontal disease: induction of interleukin 1 production by Bacteroides gingivalis lipopolysaccharide in peritoneal macrophages from C3H/HeN and C3H/HeJ mice.

Hanazawa, S, Nakada, K, Ohmori, Y, Miyoshi, T, Amano, S, Kitano, S

Hot phenol-water-extracted lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Bacteroides gingivalis 381 was purified by Sephadex G-100 chromatography with Tris buffer supplemented with sodium deoxycholate and EDTA...

Application of monoclonal antibodies to the detection of black-pigmented Bacteroides spp. in subgingival plaques by immunoslot blot assay.

Hanazawa, S, Tanaka, S, Kin, M, Amano, S, Nakada, K, Masuda, T, ...

The aim of the present study was to assess the application of monoclonal antibodies to the detection of black-pigmented Bacteroides spp. in subgingival plaques by immunoslot blot assay. Subgingival...

Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae stimulate bone resorption in vitro.

Kawata, Y, Hanazawa, S, Amano, S, Murakami, Y, Matsumoto, T, Nishida, K, ...

Our previous study demonstrated that Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae induce the expression of interleukin-1, a potent bone-resorbing cytokine, in macrophages. This demonstration suggested to use...

Reactive oxygen intermediates increase vascular endothelial growth factor expression in vitro and in vivo.

Kuroki, M, Voest, E E, Amano, S, Beerepoot, L V, Takashima, S, Tolentino, M, ...

Elevated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels are required for ocular and tumor angiogenesis in animal models. Ischemic hypoxia is strongly correlated with increased VEGF expression in...

Advanced glycation end products increase retinal vascular endothelial growth factor expression.

Lu, M, Kuroki, M, Amano, S, Tolentino, M, Keough, K, Kim, I, ...

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are linked with the development of diabetic retinopathy; however, the pathogenic mechanisms are poorly defined. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels...

Purification of native p94, a muscle-specific calpain, and characterization of its autolysis.

Kinbara, K, Ishiura, S, Tomioka, S, Sorimachi, H, Jeong, S Y, Amano, S, ...

p94, a skeletal muscle-specific calpain, has attracted much attention because its gene is responsible for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A. p94, however, has not been characterized at the...

Extrasynaptic location of laminin beta 2 chain in developing and adult human skeletal muscle.

Wewer, U. M., Thornell, L. E., Loechel, F., Zhang, X., Durkin, M. E., Amano, S., ...

We have investigated the distribution of the laminin beta 2 chain (previously s-laminin) in human fetal and adult skeletal muscle and compared it to the distribution of laminin beta 1. Immunoblotting...

Development of a novel rat mutant with spontaneous limbic-like seizures.

Amano, S., Ihara, N., Uemura, S., Yokoyama, M., Ikeda, M., Serikawa, T., ...

A new epileptic rat mutant with spontaneous seizures was developed by successive mating and selection from an inherited cataract rat. The procedures for developing the mutant and the symptomatology,...

Comparative study of intraoperative mitomycin C and β irradiation in pterygium surgery

Amano, S., Motoyama, Y., Oshika, T., Eguchi, S., Eguchi, K.

AIMS—To compare the rate of recurrence and complication after surgery for primary pterygium performed by one surgeon using either intraoperative mitomycin C or β irradiation.
METHODS—A...

Advanced glycation end products in human optic nerve head

Amano, S., Kaji, Y., Oshika, T., Oka, T., Machinami, R., Nagai, R., ...

AIMS—To localise advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in human optic nerve head.
METHODS—Optic nerve samples from 13 elderly individuals (seven diabetics and six non-diabetics) were obtained...

Influence of glistenings on the optical quality of acrylic foldable intraocular lens

Oshika, T., Shiokawa, Y., Amano, S., Mitomo, K.

AIMS—To assess the influence of glistenings on the optical quality of acrylic foldable intraocular lens.
METHODS—Several degrees of glistenings in the optic were experimentally created by...

Compound heterozygosity for COL7A1 mutations in twins with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: a recessive paternal deletion/insertion mutation and a dominant negative maternal glycine substitution result in a severe phenotype.

Christiano, A. M., Anton-Lamprecht, I., Amano, S., Ebschner, U., Burgeson, R. E., Uitto, J.

We have previously demonstrated genetic linkage between the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) and the dominant (DDEB) and recessive (RDEB) forms of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) and have...

A randomised, placebo controlled clinical trial of the aldose reductase inhibitor CT-112 as management of corneal epithelial disorders in diabetic patients

Nakahara, M, Miyata, K, Otani, S, Miyai, T, Nejima, R, Yamagami, S, ...

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of topical aldose reductase inhibitor CT-112 (5-[3-ethoxy-4-pentyloxyphenyl]-2,4-thiazolidinedione) on corneal epithelial barrier function in diabetic patients.