S. Matsumoto

Publication List Details

Period

1938 - 9999

Number

184

Co-Authors

Thermal Conversion of Semi-Insulating GaAs in High-Temperature Annealing. (9999)

Ohkubo, N., Shishikura, M., Matsumoto, S.

High-temperature annealing of Semi-insulating GaAs has been studied. Thermal conversion induced by annealing at 1060-1200 C can be explained by the causes of both the reduction of EL2 concentration...

A history of smoking is inversely correlated with the incidence of gemcitabine-induced neutropenia (2009)

Kanai, M., Morita, S., Matsumoto, S., Nishimura, T., Hatano, E., Yazumi, S., ...

Background: Smoking may affect the efficacy of chemotherapy and the incidence of adverse events. We investigated the correlation between smoking history and gemcitabine-induced neutropenia. Patients...

Improvements in the technique for the detection of single proteins for extended time periods (2008)

X. Jin, J. Li, M. Shinjo, Y. Matsumura, H. Kihara, H. M. Sonawt, ...

Formation of turn/bend structures initiates the self folding process through collapse for β- barrel having conserved buldges of cyclophilins

High Power test of a low group velocity X-band Accelerator Structure for CLIC (2008)

Döbert, S, Grudiev, A, Riddone, G, Taborelli, M, Wuensch, W, Zennaro, R, ...

In recent years evidence has been found that the maximum sustainable gradient in an accelerating structure depends on the rf power flow through the structure. The CLIC study group has consequently...

Abstract Liquid Droplet in Contact with a Solid Surface (2007)

S. Maruyama, T. Kurashige, S. Matsumoto, Y. Yamaguchi, T. Kimura

A liquid droplet in contact with a solid surface was simulated by the molecular dynamics method, in order to study the microscopic aspects of the liquid-solid contact phenomena and phase change heat...

Compensation of the Crossing Angle with Crab Cavities at KEKB (2007)

Abe, T., Akai, K., Akemoto, M., Akiyama, A., Arinaga, M., Ebihara, K., ...

Crab cavities have been installed in the KEKB B--Factory rings to compensate the crossing angle at the collision point and thus increase luminosity. The beam operation with crab crossing has been...

Measurement of thermal expansion by double extensometers between 290 K and 5 K. (2005)

Sugano, M., Itoh, K., Nyilas, A., Kiyoschi, T., Matsumoto, S.

17th Internat.Symp.on Superconductivity (ISS 2004), Niigata, J, November 23-25, 2004

Multiple finite Riemann zeta functions (2004)

Kimoto, K., Kurokawa, N., Matsumoto, S., Wakayama, M.

Observing a multiple version of the divisor function we introduce a new zeta function which we call a multiple finite Riemann zeta function. We utilize some $q$-series identity for proving the zeta...

Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of MCC-465, a doxorubicin (DXR) encapsulated in PEG immunoliposome, in patients with metastatic stomach cancer (2004)

Matsumura, Y., Gotoh, M., Muro, K., Yamada, Y., Shirao, K., Shimada, Y., ...

Background: MCC-465 is an immunoliposome-encapsulated doxorubicin (DXR). The liposome is tagged with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and the F(ab′)2 fragment of human monoclonal antibody GAH, which...

Hardness and Young's modulus of high-quality cubic boron nitride films grown by chemical vapor deposition (2003)

Jiang, X., Philip, J., Zhang, W.J., Hess, P., Matsumoto, S.

The elastic and mechanical properties of high-quality cubic boron nitride (cBN) films with a few, microns thickness and submicron grain size grown on silicon substrates by chemical vapor deposition...

Comparison of two Macintosh laryngoscope blades in 300 patients (2003)

Asai, T., Matsumoto, S., Fujise, K., Johmura, S., Shingu, K.

Background. There are two forms of Macintosh laryngoscope blade. Compared with the standard blade, the English blade is longer, its curve is more continuous across the entire length of the blade, the...

Leafwise cohomology and rigidity of certain Lie group actions (2002)

Matsumoto, S.

ICM2002 Satellite Conference: New Directions in Dynamical Systems Abstracts (August 2002 Kyoto)

Leafwise cohomology and rigidity of certain Lie group actions (2002)

Matsumoto, S.

ICM2002 Satellite Conference: New Directions in Dynamical Systems Abstracts (August 2002 Kyoto)

Growth characteristics and texture of cubic boron nitride films produced by CVD (2002)

Jiang, X., Helming, K., Zhang, W.J., Matsumoto, S.

Communication: Thick cubic BN films have been grown by bias-assisted DC jet plasma CVD (see Figure). The composition, morphology, and structure of the deposited films are studied. The growth is shown...

Correlation Between the Loss of the Chaperone-like Activity and the Oxidation, Isomerization and Racemization of Gamma-irradiated Alpha-crystallin¶ (2001)

N. Fujii, K. Hiroki, S. Matsumoto, K. Masuda, M. Inoue, Y. Tanaka, ...

Alpha-crystallin possesses a molecular chaperone-like activity that prevents proteins from aggregating; however, the mechanism of this activity is not well known. Here we have taken gamma-irradiated...

High-quality, faceted cubic boron nitride films grown by chemical vapor deposition (2001)

Zhang, W.J., Jiang, X, Matsumoto, S.

Thick cubic boron nitride (cBN) films showing clear crystal facetes were achieved by chemical vapor deposition. The films show the highest crystallinity of cBN films ever achieved from gas phase....

Comparison of patient-controlled epidural analgesia with and without night-time infusion following gastrectomy (2001)

Komatsu, H., Matsumoto, S., Mitsuhata, H.

To assess the analgesic efficacy and side effects of a supplemental night‐time infusion in patient‐controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) after gastrectomy, we carried out a randomized,...

Vacuum Structure of Twisted Scalar Field Theories on M^{D-1} \otimes S^1 (2000)

Hatanaka, H., Matsumoto, S., Ohnishi, K., Sakamoto, M.

We study scalar field theories on M^{D-1} \otimes S^1, which allow to impose twisted boundary conditions for the S^1 direction, in detail and report several interesting properties overlooked so far....

Secondary ion mass spectrometry round-robin study for relative sensitivity factors in gallium arsenide (1998)

Homma, Y., Tohjou, F., Masamoto, A., Shibata, M., Shichi, H., Yoshioka, Y., ...

Round-robin studies on relative sensitivity factors (RSFs) in secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) were conducted using bulk GaAs samples uniformly doped with various impurity elements. A total of...

Constraints on Non-Standard Contributions to the Charged-Current Interactions (1997)

Hagiwara, K, Matsumoto, S

The success of the quantum level predictions of the Standard Model on the $Z$ boson properties, on $\mw$ and on $\mt$, which makes use of the muon lifetime as an input, implies a stringent constraint...

One Loop Supersymmetric QCD Radiative Corrections to the top quark production in $p\bar{p}$ collisions (1996)

Alam, S., Hagiwara, K., Matsumoto, S.

The purpose of this note is to give the one loop radiative corrections to the top quark pair production in the $p\bar{p}$ annihilation at the Fermilab Tevatron in the context of the Minimal...

Threshold Voltage Characteristics of Superconductor Gate nMOSFET at 4.2 K (1996)

Kurosawa, I., Maezawa, M., Aoyagi, M., Nakagawa, H., Yamamoto, K., Matsumoto, S.

We propose a high mobility superconductor gate nMOSFET using undoped Si as the substrate. We have studied superconducting NbN gate nMOSFETs fabricated on p-type Si, undoped Si and n-type Si...

Threshold Voltage Characteristics of Superconductor Gate nMOSFET at 4.2 K (1996)

Kurosawa, I., Maezawa, M., Aoyagi, M., Nakagawa, H., Yamamoto, K., Matsumoto, S.

We propose a high mobility superconductor gate nMOSFET using undoped Si as the substrate. We have studied superconducting NbN gate nMOSFETs fabricated on p-type Si, undoped Si and n-type Si...

Threshold Voltage Characteristics of Superconductor Gate nMOSFET at 4.2 K (1996)

Kurosawa, I., Maezawa, M., Aoyagi, M., Nakagawa, H., Yamamoto, K., Matsumoto, S.

We propose a high mobility superconductor gate nMOSFET using undoped Si as the substrate. We have studied superconducting NbN gate nMOSFETs fabricated on p-type Si, undoped Si and n-type Si...

Supersymmetric contribution to the quark-lepton universality violation in charged currents (1995)

Hagiwara, K., Matsumoto, S., Yamada, Y.

The supersymmetric one-loop contribution to the quark-lepton universality violation in the low-energy charged current weak interactions is studied. It is shown that the recent experimental data with...

Constraints on New Physics in the Electroweak Bosonic Sector from Current Data and Future Experiments (1995)

Hagiwara, K., Matsumoto, S., Szalapski, R.

Extensions of the Standard Model which involve a new scale, $\Lambda$, may, for energies sufficiently small compared to this new scale, be expressed in terms of operators with energy dimension...

Novel Approach to Confront Electroweak Data and Theory (1994)

Hagiwara, K., Haidt, D., Kim, C. S., Matsumoto, S.

A novel approach to study electroweak physics at one-loop level in generic ${\rm SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y}$ theories is introduced. It separates the 1-loop corrections into two pieces: process specific...

Methylmethacrylate bone cement does not release histamine in patients undergoing prosthetic replacement of the femoral head (1994)

MITSUHATA, H., SAITOH, J., SAITOH, K., FUKUDA, H., HIRABAYASI, Y., SHIMIZU, R., ...

This study was designed to see if methyl methacrylate monomer bone cement released his tamine in 13 patients undergoing total hip replacement surgery with a cemented prosthesis, compared with seven...

Electroweak Radiative Corrections (1993)

Hagiwara, K., Matsumoto, S., Kim, C. S.

A new framework to study electroweak physics at one-loop level in general ${\rm SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y}$ theories is introduced. It separates the 1-loop corrections into two pieces: process specific...

Consequences of a Possible Di-Gamma Resonace at TRISTAN (1993)

Hagiwara, K., Matsumoto, S., Tanaka, M.

If high mass di-gamma events observed at LEP are due to the production of a di-gamma resonance via its leptonic coupling, its consequences can be observed at TRISTAN. We find that a predicted $Z$...

Functional cross-reactivities of some locustamyotropins and Bombyx pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (1992)

Matsumoto, S, Mitsui, T CORA

Naturally occurring, recently isolated insect neuropeptides locustamyotropin II and III and Bombyx pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide I (PBAN-I) bearing common carboxy terminals...

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION OF LIQUID CRYSTALS BY ORGANIC METAL COMPLEXES (1979)

Matsumoto, S., Mizunoya, K., Nakagawa, D., Kaneko, N., Kawamoto, M.

Polynuclear metal complexes of various carboxylic acids are presented, which are not only useful for surface-inducing stable molecular alignments of liquid crystals (LC's) but also particularly...

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION OF LIQUID CRYSTALS BY ORGANIC METAL COMPLEXES (1979)

Matsumoto, S., Mizunoya, K., Nakagawa, D., Kaneko, N., Kawamoto, M.

Polynuclear metal complexes of various carboxylic acids are presented, which are not only useful for surface-inducing stable molecular alignments of liquid crystals (LC's) but also particularly...

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION OF LIQUID CRYSTALS BY ORGANIC METAL COMPLEXES (1979)

Matsumoto, S., Mizunoya, K., Nakagawa, D., Kaneko, N., Kawamoto, M.

Polynuclear metal complexes of various carboxylic acids are presented, which are not only useful for surface-inducing stable molecular alignments of liquid crystals (LC's) but also particularly...

Homeostatic regulation of intestinal epithelia by intraepithelial gamma delta T cells.

Komano, H, Fujiura, Y, Kawaguchi, M, Matsumoto, S, Hashimoto, Y, Obana, S, ...

Although T cells bearing gamma delta T-cell receptors have long been known to be present in the epithelial lining of many organs, their specificity and function remain elusive. In the present study,...

Molecular characterization of a short interspersed repetitive element from tobacco that exhibits sequence homology to specific tRNAs.

Yoshioka, Y, Matsumoto, S, Kojima, S, Ohshima, K, Okada, N, Machida, Y

We have characterized a family of tRNA-derived short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) in the tobacco genome. Members of this family of SINEs, designated TS, have a composite structure and...

Cytolytic activity of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes in germ-free mice is strain dependent and determined by T cells expressing gamma delta T-cell antigen receptors.

Kawaguchi, M, Nanno, M, Umesaki, Y, Matsumoto, S, Okada, Y, Cai, Z, ...

We have compared the cytolytic activities and the cellular compositions of the intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte (i-IEL) populations in three different combinations of conventional (CV) and...

Appearance of a metronidazole-resistant Helicobacter pylori strain in an infected-ICR-mouse model and difference in eradication of metronidazole-resistant and -sensitive strains.

Matsumoto, S, Washizuka, Y, Matsumoto, Y, Tawara, S, Ikeda, F, Yokota, Y, ...

We tested whether antibiotic-resistant strains appeared in vivo after the failure of treatment using the Helicobacter pylori-infected euthymic mouse model. The numbers of colonies isolated from 56...

Nitrite reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces inflammatory cytokines in cultured respiratory cells.

Oishi, K, Sar, B, Wada, A, Hidaka, Y, Matsumoto, S, Amano, H, ...

Persistent infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa increases interleukin-8 (IL-8) levels and causes dense neutrophil infiltrations in the airway of patients with chronic airway diseases. To investigate...

Analysis of the genes encoding the antigen 85 complex and MPT51 from Mycobacterium avium.

Ohara, N, Ohara-Wada, N, Kitaura, H, Nishiyama, T, Matsumoto, S, Yamada, T

The components of the fibronectin-binding antigen 85 complex (85A, 85B, and 85C) and the related protein MPB/MPT51 are major secreted proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis...

HrpA, a new ribosome-associated protein which appears in heat-stressed Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin.

Ohara, N, Ohara, N, Naito, M, Miyazaki, C, Matsumoto, S, Tabira, Y, ...

A novel 18-kDa heat shock protein, HrpA, has been identified from Mycobacterium bovis BCG. HrpA was rapidly synthesized in membrane and ribosome fractions but not in the cytoplasmic fraction under...

Toxicity and toxins of natural blooms and isolated strains of Microcystis spp. (Cyanobacteria) and improved procedure for purification of cultures.

Shirai, M, Ohtake, A, Sano, T, Matsumoto, S, Sakamoto, T, Sato, A, ...

All samples of cyanobacterial blooms collected from 1986 to 1989 from Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, were hepatotoxic. The 50% lethal doses (LD50s) of the blooms to mice ranged from 76...

Effect of protein binding in serum on therapeutic efficacy of cephem antibiotics.

Tawara, S, Matsumoto, S, Kamimura, T, Goto, S

The effect of protein binding in serum of eight cephem antibiotics (ceftazidime, ceftizoxime, cefotiam, cefmetazole, cefpiramide, cefazolin, cefuzonam, ceftriaxone) on their therapeutic efficacies...

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...

Effects of fecal microorganisms and their chloroform-resistant variants derived from mice, rats, and humans on immunological and physiological characteristics of the intestines of ex-germfree mice.

Okada, Y, Setoyama, H, Matsumoto, S, Imaoka, A, Nanno, M, Kawaguchi, M, ...

In order to elucidate the nature of intestinal flora affecting the immunological and physiological parameters of the intestine, we produced several kinds of ex-germfree mice associated with fecal...

Bone marrow-derived osteoclast-like cells from a patient with craniometaphyseal dysplasia lack expression of osteoclast-reactive vacuolar proton pump.

Yamamoto, T, Kurihara, N, Yamaoka, K, Ozono, K, Okada, M, Yamamoto, K, ...

Craniometaphyseal dysplasia (CMD) is a rare craniotubular bone dysplasia transmitted in autosomal dominant or recessive form. This disease is characterized by cranial bone hyperostosis and deformity...

Further Studies on the Replication of Rabies and Rabies-Like Viruses in Organized Cultures of Mammalian Neural Tissues

Matsumoto, S., Schneider, L. G., Kawai, A., Yonezawa, T.

Organized cultures of mammalian spinal and dorsal root ganglions were used for a comparative study of the neurocytopathology caused by rabies and so-called rabies-like viruses. Electron microscopy...

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...

Molecular cloning of a novel cytokine cDNA encoding the ninth member of the fibroblast growth factor family, which has a unique secretion property.

Miyamoto, M, Naruo, K, Seko, C, Matsumoto, S, Kondo, T, Kurokawa, T

Glia-activating factor (GAF) is a novel heparin-binding growth factor purified from the culture supernatant of a human glioma cell line. It shows a spectrum of activity slightly different from those...

Biochemical basis for the enhanced toxicity of deoxyribonucleosides toward malignant human T cell lines.

Carson, D A, Kaye, J, Matsumoto, S, Seegmiller, J E, Thompson, L

Human malignant T cell lines have high levels of deoxyribonucleoside phosphorylating activity and low levels of deoxyribonucleotide dephosphorylating activity. When incubated with deoxyadenosine or...

Increased IL-6-production by cells isolated from the fibrous bone dysplasia tissues in patients with McCune-Albright syndrome.

Yamamoto, T, Ozono, K, Kasayama, S, Yoh, K, Hiroshima, K, Takagi, M, ...

McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is characterized by café-au-lait spot, multiple endocrine hyperfunction, and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. A somatic point mutation of Gsalpha protein was reported to...

Clinical role for a superantigen in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.

Abe, J, Onimaru, M, Matsumoto, S, Noma, S, Baba, K, Ito, Y, ...

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is an enteric pathogen that causes a variety of clinical symptoms in the human. Recently, we reported the production of a superantigen (Y. pseudotuberculosis-derived...

Histone gene organization of fission yeast: a common upstream sequence.

Matsumoto, S, Yanagida, M

Histone genes of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe were cloned from Charon 4A and cosmid gene libraries by hybridization, and their nucleotide sequences were determined. The genome of S....

Growth retardation and early death of beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase knockout mice with augmented proliferation and abnormal differentiation of epithelial cells.

Asano, M, Furukawa, K, Kido, M, Matsumoto, S, Umesaki, Y, Kochibe, N, ...

Carbohydrate chains on a glycoprotein are important not only for protein conformation, transport and stability, but also for cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. UDP-Gal:N-acetylglucosamine...

Induction of long-term remission in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with percutaneous isolated liver chemoperfusion.

Ku, Y, Iwasaki, T, Fukumoto, T, Tominaga, M, Muramatsu, S, Kusunoki, N, ...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report the long-term results of percutaneous isolated liver chemoperfusion with hepatic venous isolation and charcoal hemoperfusion (HVI-CHP) in patients with...

Manometric diagnosis of sphincter of Oddi spasm as a cause of postcholecystectomy pain and the treatment by endoscopic sphincterotomy.

Tanaka, M, Ikeda, S, Matsumoto, S, Yoshimoto, H, Nakayama, F

Seventeen patients with postcholecystectomy pain and nine controls were studied by nonoperative biliary manometry with stimulation of sphincter of Oddi spasm by morphine. The controls remained...

Choledochoscopic electrohydraulic lithotripsy and lithotomy for stones in the common bile duct, intrahepatic ducts, and gallbladder.

Yoshimoto, H, Ikeda, S, Tanaka, M, Matsumoto, S, Kuroda, Y

Choledochoscopic lithotomy with the aid of electrohydraulic lithotripsy was performed in 40 patients, including 16 patients with choledocholithiasis, 15 with hepatolithiasis, and 9 with...

Sulphonylurea receptor 2B and Kir6.1 form a sulphonylurea-sensitive but ATP-insensitive K+ channel.

Yamada, M, Isomoto, S, Matsumoto, S, Kondo, C, Shindo, T, Horio, Y, ...

1. We analysed the K+ channel composed of the sulphonylurea receptor 2B (SUR2B) and an inwardly rectifying K+ channel subunit Kir6.1 coexpressed in a mammalian cell line, HEK293T, with the patch...

Distribution of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans and peanut agglutinin-binding molecules during bovine fetal palatine ridge formation.

Takanosu, M, Amasaki, H, Matsumoto, S, Kimata, K

The expression of proteoglycans detected by the monoclonal antibodies MO-225, 3B3 and 2B6 and of peanut agglutinin-binding molecules was examined histochemically during the development of bovine...

Homeostatic regulation of intestinal epithelia by intraepithelial gamma delta T cells.

Komano, H, Fujiura, Y, Kawaguchi, M, Matsumoto, S, Hashimoto, Y, Obana, S, ...

Although T cells bearing gamma delta T-cell receptors have long been known to be present in the epithelial lining of many organs, their specificity and function remain elusive. In the present study,...

Molecular characterization of a short interspersed repetitive element from tobacco that exhibits sequence homology to specific tRNAs.

Yoshioka, Y, Matsumoto, S, Kojima, S, Ohshima, K, Okada, N, Machida, Y

We have characterized a family of tRNA-derived short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) in the tobacco genome. Members of this family of SINEs, designated TS, have a composite structure and...

Cytolytic activity of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes in germ-free mice is strain dependent and determined by T cells expressing gamma delta T-cell antigen receptors.

Kawaguchi, M, Nanno, M, Umesaki, Y, Matsumoto, S, Okada, Y, Cai, Z, ...

We have compared the cytolytic activities and the cellular compositions of the intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte (i-IEL) populations in three different combinations of conventional (CV) and...

Appearance of a metronidazole-resistant Helicobacter pylori strain in an infected-ICR-mouse model and difference in eradication of metronidazole-resistant and -sensitive strains.

Matsumoto, S, Washizuka, Y, Matsumoto, Y, Tawara, S, Ikeda, F, Yokota, Y, ...

We tested whether antibiotic-resistant strains appeared in vivo after the failure of treatment using the Helicobacter pylori-infected euthymic mouse model. The numbers of colonies isolated from 56...

Nitrite reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces inflammatory cytokines in cultured respiratory cells.

Oishi, K, Sar, B, Wada, A, Hidaka, Y, Matsumoto, S, Amano, H, ...

Persistent infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa increases interleukin-8 (IL-8) levels and causes dense neutrophil infiltrations in the airway of patients with chronic airway diseases. To investigate...

Analysis of the genes encoding the antigen 85 complex and MPT51 from Mycobacterium avium.

Ohara, N, Ohara-Wada, N, Kitaura, H, Nishiyama, T, Matsumoto, S, Yamada, T

The components of the fibronectin-binding antigen 85 complex (85A, 85B, and 85C) and the related protein MPB/MPT51 are major secreted proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis...

HrpA, a new ribosome-associated protein which appears in heat-stressed Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin.

Ohara, N, Ohara, N, Naito, M, Miyazaki, C, Matsumoto, S, Tabira, Y, ...

A novel 18-kDa heat shock protein, HrpA, has been identified from Mycobacterium bovis BCG. HrpA was rapidly synthesized in membrane and ribosome fractions but not in the cytoplasmic fraction under...

Toxicity and toxins of natural blooms and isolated strains of Microcystis spp. (Cyanobacteria) and improved procedure for purification of cultures.

Shirai, M, Ohtake, A, Sano, T, Matsumoto, S, Sakamoto, T, Sato, A, ...

All samples of cyanobacterial blooms collected from 1986 to 1989 from Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, were hepatotoxic. The 50% lethal doses (LD50s) of the blooms to mice ranged from 76...

Effect of protein binding in serum on therapeutic efficacy of cephem antibiotics.

Tawara, S, Matsumoto, S, Kamimura, T, Goto, S

The effect of protein binding in serum of eight cephem antibiotics (ceftazidime, ceftizoxime, cefotiam, cefmetazole, cefpiramide, cefazolin, cefuzonam, ceftriaxone) on their therapeutic efficacies...

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...

Effects of fecal microorganisms and their chloroform-resistant variants derived from mice, rats, and humans on immunological and physiological characteristics of the intestines of ex-germfree mice.

Okada, Y, Setoyama, H, Matsumoto, S, Imaoka, A, Nanno, M, Kawaguchi, M, ...

In order to elucidate the nature of intestinal flora affecting the immunological and physiological parameters of the intestine, we produced several kinds of ex-germfree mice associated with fecal...

Bone marrow-derived osteoclast-like cells from a patient with craniometaphyseal dysplasia lack expression of osteoclast-reactive vacuolar proton pump.

Yamamoto, T, Kurihara, N, Yamaoka, K, Ozono, K, Okada, M, Yamamoto, K, ...

Craniometaphyseal dysplasia (CMD) is a rare craniotubular bone dysplasia transmitted in autosomal dominant or recessive form. This disease is characterized by cranial bone hyperostosis and deformity...

Further Studies on the Replication of Rabies and Rabies-Like Viruses in Organized Cultures of Mammalian Neural Tissues

Matsumoto, S., Schneider, L. G., Kawai, A., Yonezawa, T.

Organized cultures of mammalian spinal and dorsal root ganglions were used for a comparative study of the neurocytopathology caused by rabies and so-called rabies-like viruses. Electron microscopy...

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...

Molecular cloning of a novel cytokine cDNA encoding the ninth member of the fibroblast growth factor family, which has a unique secretion property.

Miyamoto, M, Naruo, K, Seko, C, Matsumoto, S, Kondo, T, Kurokawa, T

Glia-activating factor (GAF) is a novel heparin-binding growth factor purified from the culture supernatant of a human glioma cell line. It shows a spectrum of activity slightly different from those...

Biochemical basis for the enhanced toxicity of deoxyribonucleosides toward malignant human T cell lines.

Carson, D A, Kaye, J, Matsumoto, S, Seegmiller, J E, Thompson, L

Human malignant T cell lines have high levels of deoxyribonucleoside phosphorylating activity and low levels of deoxyribonucleotide dephosphorylating activity. When incubated with deoxyadenosine or...

Increased IL-6-production by cells isolated from the fibrous bone dysplasia tissues in patients with McCune-Albright syndrome.

Yamamoto, T, Ozono, K, Kasayama, S, Yoh, K, Hiroshima, K, Takagi, M, ...

McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is characterized by café-au-lait spot, multiple endocrine hyperfunction, and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. A somatic point mutation of Gsalpha protein was reported to...

Clinical role for a superantigen in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.

Abe, J, Onimaru, M, Matsumoto, S, Noma, S, Baba, K, Ito, Y, ...

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is an enteric pathogen that causes a variety of clinical symptoms in the human. Recently, we reported the production of a superantigen (Y. pseudotuberculosis-derived...

Histone gene organization of fission yeast: a common upstream sequence.

Matsumoto, S, Yanagida, M

Histone genes of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe were cloned from Charon 4A and cosmid gene libraries by hybridization, and their nucleotide sequences were determined. The genome of S....

Sulphonylurea receptor 2B and Kir6.1 form a sulphonylurea-sensitive but ATP-insensitive K+ channel.

Yamada, M, Isomoto, S, Matsumoto, S, Kondo, C, Shindo, T, Horio, Y, ...

1. We analysed the K+ channel composed of the sulphonylurea receptor 2B (SUR2B) and an inwardly rectifying K+ channel subunit Kir6.1 coexpressed in a mammalian cell line, HEK293T, with the patch...

Distribution of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans and peanut agglutinin-binding molecules during bovine fetal palatine ridge formation.

Takanosu, M, Amasaki, H, Matsumoto, S, Kimata, K

The expression of proteoglycans detected by the monoclonal antibodies MO-225, 3B3 and 2B6 and of peanut agglutinin-binding molecules was examined histochemically during the development of bovine...

Growth retardation and early death of beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase knockout mice with augmented proliferation and abnormal differentiation of epithelial cells.

Asano, M, Furukawa, K, Kido, M, Matsumoto, S, Umesaki, Y, Kochibe, N, ...

Carbohydrate chains on a glycoprotein are important not only for protein conformation, transport and stability, but also for cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. UDP-Gal:N-acetylglucosamine...

Induction of long-term remission in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with percutaneous isolated liver chemoperfusion.

Ku, Y, Iwasaki, T, Fukumoto, T, Tominaga, M, Muramatsu, S, Kusunoki, N, ...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report the long-term results of percutaneous isolated liver chemoperfusion with hepatic venous isolation and charcoal hemoperfusion (HVI-CHP) in patients with...

Manometric diagnosis of sphincter of Oddi spasm as a cause of postcholecystectomy pain and the treatment by endoscopic sphincterotomy.

Tanaka, M, Ikeda, S, Matsumoto, S, Yoshimoto, H, Nakayama, F

Seventeen patients with postcholecystectomy pain and nine controls were studied by nonoperative biliary manometry with stimulation of sphincter of Oddi spasm by morphine. The controls remained...

Choledochoscopic electrohydraulic lithotripsy and lithotomy for stones in the common bile duct, intrahepatic ducts, and gallbladder.

Yoshimoto, H, Ikeda, S, Tanaka, M, Matsumoto, S, Kuroda, Y

Choledochoscopic lithotomy with the aid of electrohydraulic lithotripsy was performed in 40 patients, including 16 patients with choledocholithiasis, 15 with hepatolithiasis, and 9 with...

A step-wise expansion of intestinal intraepithelial T lymphocytes in association with microbial colonization is defined by sensitivity to cyclosporin A.

Kawaguchi-Miyashita, M, Nanno, M, Shimada, S, Nagaoka, N, Okada, Y, Matsumoto, S, ...

Murine intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) consist of T cells bearing alpha beta-antigen receptor (alpha beta-IELs) and those bearing gamma delta-IELs). Although gamma delta-IELs outnumber...

Regulation of IgE and IgG4 synthesis in patients with hyper IgE syndrome.

Ishizaka, A, Joh, K, Shibata, R, Wagatsuma, Y, Nakanishi, M, Tomizawa, K, ...

In order to investigate the imbalance of IgG subclasses and its relationship to IgE level, 14 patients with hyper IgE syndrome (HIE syndrome) were examined for serum IgG subclasses and IgE levels and...

Expansion of alpha beta T-cell receptor-bearing intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes after microbial colonization in germ-free mice and its independence from thymus.

Umesaki, Y, Setoyama, H, Matsumoto, S, Okada, Y

A large proportion of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) comprises alpha beta and gamma delta T-cell receptor (TcR)-bearing T cells. The numbers of alpha beta and gamma delta IEL are...

Human monocyte-derived chemotactic factor for granulocytes.

Tono-Oka, T, Nakayama, M, Matsumoto, S

Production of the chemotactic factor for granulocytes (CFG) by human mononuclear cells was studied using the agarose plate method. CFG was produced by mononuclear cells placed in an agarose well, and...

Synovial fibroblasts of patients with rheumatoid arthritis attach to and invade normal human cartilage when engrafted into SCID mice.

Müller-Ladner, U., Kriegsmann, J., Franklin, B. N., Matsumoto, S., Geiler, T., Gay, R. E., ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been thought to be largely a T-cell-mediated disease. To evaluate the role of T-cell-independent pathways in RA, we examined the interaction between isolated RA synovial...

Regression of fundic gland polyps following acquisition of Helicobacter pylori

Watanabe, N, Seno, H, Nakajima, T, Yazumi, S, Miyamoto, S, Matsumoto, S, ...

The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection is very low in patients with fundic gland polyps (FGPs) of the stomach. We report here two cases with multiple FGPs that regressed following new H...

The inductive effect of interleukin-4 on IgG4 and IgE synthesis in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.

Ishizaka, A, Sakiyama, Y, Nakanishi, M, Tomizawa, K, Oshika, E, Kojima, K, ...

Using murine monoclonal antibodies against human IgG subclasses, specific and sensitive ELISAs assay to quantify the four human IgG subclasses in cell culture supernatants were established. The...

Interleukin-4 regulates the interleukin-2 receptors on human peripheral blood B lymphocytes.

Tomizawa, K, Ishizaka, A, Kojima, K, Nakanishi, M, Sakiyama, Y, Matsumoto, S

The high-affinity interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor (IL-2R) consists of the non-covalent association of at least two subunits, p55 and p70-75, capable of binding IL-2 with low and intermediate affinity,...

The suppressive effect of gammaglobulin preparations on in vitro pokeweed mitogen-induced immunoglobulin production.

Hashimoto, F, Sakiyama, Y, Matsumoto, S

The effect of the supplementation with several gammaglobulin (GG) preparations on the in vitro immunoglobulin synthesis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from normal subjects stimulated...

Hyper-response of serum IgG1 to Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan in patients with hyper-IgE syndrome.

Ishizaka, A, Kojima, K, Sakiyama, Y, Matsumoto, S, Kuwajima, K, Wagatsuma, Y, ...

The hyper-IgE (HIE) syndrome is characterized by high IgE serum levels, chronic dermatitis and recurrent infections. To determine whether an impairment of the antibody response to Staphylococcus...

Fucoidan derived from Cladosiphon okamuranus Tokida ameliorates murine chronic colitis through the down-regulation of interleukin-6 production on colonic epithelial cells

MATSUMOTO, S, Nagaoka, M, HARA, T, Kimura-Takagi, I, MISTUYAMA, K, UEYAMA, S

Our previous study indicated that the interleukin (IL)-6/STAT-3 signal was up-regulated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in both humans and animal models. We also discovered phosphorylated STAT-3...

In vivo demonstration of T lymphocyte migration and amelioration of ileitis in intestinal mucosa of SAMP1/Yit mice by the inhibition of MAdCAM-1

Matsuzaki, K, Tsuzuki, Y, Matsunaga, H, Inoue, T, Miyazaki, J, Hokari, R, ...

The aetiology of Crohn's disease (CD) remains unknown. Since SAMP1/Yit mice have been reported to develop CD-like spontaneous enteric inflammation, such mice have been studied as an animal model of...

Probiotic Lactobacillus-induced improvement in murine chronic inflammatory bowel disease is associated with the down-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines in lamina propria mononuclear cells

Matsumoto, S, Hara, T, Hori, T, Mitsuyama, K, Nagaoka, M, Tomiyasu, N, ...

IL-6/STAT-3 signals play key roles in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is known that Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) improves inflammatory disorders. This study aimed to elucidate the...

Diminished cytokine signalling against bacterial components in mononuclear leucocytes from ulcerative colitis patients after leukocytapheresis

Mitsuyama, K, Suzuki, A, Matsumoto, S, Tomiyasu, N, Takaki, K, Takedatsu, H, ...

Infiltration by circulating inflammatory cells is a prominent local inflammatory feature of ulcerative colitis (UC). Several trials have suggested that leukocytapheresis by filtration can benefit...

A form of circulating interleukin-6 receptor component soluble gp130 as a potential interleukin-6 inhibitor in inflammatory bowel disease

Mitsuyama, K, Tomiyasu, N, Suzuki, A, Takaki, K, Takedatsu, H, Masuda, J, ...

The presence and the role of soluble gp130, the soluble form of a component of the interleukin (IL)-6 receptor complex, were investigated in inflammatory bowel disease. The serum concentrations of...

Prostaglandin E2 down-regulates viable Bacille Calmette–Guérin-induced macrophage cytotoxicity against murine bladder cancer cell MBT-2 in vitro

YAMADA, H, KURODA, E, MATSUMOTO, S, MATSUMOTO, T, YAMADA, T, YAMASHITA, U

The regulatory effect of prostaglandin (PG) E2 and a cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor on Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG)-induced macrophage cytotoxicity in a bladder cancer cell, MBT-2, was studied in...

Cheiro-oral syndrome with bilateral oral involvement: a study of pontine lesions by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.

Matsumoto, S, Kaku, S, Yamasaki, M, Imai, T, Nabatame, H, Kameyama, M

Two cases of unusual cheiro-oral syndrome due to small pontine haemorrhage are described, in which both sides of the mouth were involved in the initial stage. High resolution magnetic resonance...

Epidural compression of the cauda equina caused by vertebral osteoblastic metastasis of prostatic carcinoma: resolution by hormonal therapy

Susuki, K., Matsumoto, S., Kitagawa, N., Shinohara, H., Hasegawa, O., Kuroiwa, Y.

A 59 year old man with prostatic carcinoma developed epidural compression of the cauda equina caused by bony expansion from a vertebral osteoblastic metastasis. For medical reasons he could not...

Clinical similarities of hereditary progressive/dopa responsive dystonia caused by different types of mutations in the GTP cyclohydrolase I gene

Tamaru, Y., Hirano, M., Ito, H., Kawamura, J., Matsumoto, S., Imai, T., ...

OBJECTIVE—Hereditary progressive dystonia with pronounced diurnal fluctuation ((HPD)/dopa responsive dystonia (DRD)) is a childhood onset dystonia which responds to levodopa. Various clinical signs...

Physiological roles of γδ T-cell receptor intraepithelial lymphocytes in cytoproliferation and differentiation of mouse intestinal epithelial cells

MATSUMOTO, S, NANNO, M, WATANABE, N, MIYASHITA, M, AMASAKI, H, SUZUKI, K, ...

In this study we aimed to elucidate the physiological role of γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) in the mouse intestine. For this purpose, we used T-cell receptor (TCR) Vγ4/Vδ5 transgenic mice...

A Molecular Dynamics Study Of Interface Phenomena Of A Liquid Droplet

S. Maruyama, S. Matsumoto, M. Shoji, A. Ogita

Liquid droplets of argon surrounded by the vapor for various temperatures and various sizes have been simulated by the molecular dynamics method. Macroscopic characteristics of droplets such as...

C-BAND LINAC RF-SYSTEM FOR e + e - LINEAR COLLIDER

Shintake Akasaka Bane, T. Shintake, N. Akasaka, H. Hayano, K. Kubo, ...

this paper, some advantages of the C-band system and details of the current design will be described.

Vibration Studies Of The Stanford Linear Accelerator

Turner Adolphsen Bowden, J. L. Turner, C. Adolphsen, G. B. Bowden, F. J. Decker, S. C. Hartman, ...

Vibration measurements of the linear accelerator structures in the SLC linac show a 1 micron rms vertical motion. This motion reduces to 0.2 micron rms motion when the cooling water to the...

Predictive value of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia for the efficacy of oral fluoropyrimidine S-1 in advanced gastric carcinoma

Yamanaka, T, Matsumoto, S, Teramukai, S, Ishiwata, R, Nagai, Y, Fukushima, M

Myelosuppression that occurs during chemotherapy has been reported to be a predictor of better survival in patients with breast or lung carcinomas. We evaluated the prognostic implications of...

A phase II study of single-agent gefitinib as first-line therapy in patients with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer

Suzuki, R, Hasegawa, Y, Baba, K, Saka, H, Saito, H, Taniguchi, H, ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of gefitinib (‘IRESSA') in Japanese patients with previously untreated stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This was a...

Cimetidine increases survival of colorectal cancer patients with high levels of sialyl Lewis-X and sialyl Lewis-A epitope expression on tumour cells

Matsumoto, S, Imaeda, Y, Umemoto, S, Kobayashi, K, Suzuki, H, Okamoto, T

Cimetidine has been shown to have beneficial effects in colorectal cancer patients. In this study, a total of 64 colorectal cancer patients who received curative operation were examined for the...