Comparative demography of three coexisting Acer species in gaps and under closed canopy (2008)
H. Tanaka, M. Shibata, T. Masaki, S. Iida, K. Niiyama, S. Abe, ...
Questions: 1. Is there a trade-off between gap dependency and shade tolerance in each of the life-history stages of three closely related, coexisting species, Acer amoenum (Aa), A. mono (Am) and A....
Takeno, S, Ohnishi, J, Komatsu, T, Masaki, T, Sen, K, Ikeda, M
The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
Discovery of a novel modulator for insect ryanodine receptor (2006)
Kato, K, Kiyonaka, S, Mori, E, Masaki, T, Yasokawa, N, Hamaguchi, H, ...
Itami, T., Munejiri, S., Masaki, T., Aoki, H., Ishii, Y., Kamiyama, T., ...
The structure of liquid Sn was studied by neutron scattering experiments in the widest temperature range that was ever performed. Though, on increasing temperature, the existence of the shoulder in...
The effects of Sasa and canopy gap formation on tree regeneration in an old beech forest (2002)
M. Abe, J. Izaki, H. Miguchi, T. Masaki, A. Makita, T. Nakashizuka
We examined the response of tree seedling emergence and survival to the dieback of Sasa and canopy gap formation in an old-growth forest near Lake Towada, northern Japan. Synchronous death of Sasa...
Strength Analysis of Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystals. (1998)
Noguchi, K., Matsuda, Y., Oishi, M., Masaki, T., Nakayama, S.
Tensile strength of Y2O3-stablized ZrO2 polycrystals (Y-TZP) was measured by a newly developed tensile testing method with a rectangular bar. The tensile strength of Y-TZP was lower than that of the...
Interaction of massless Dirac field with a Poincar\'e gauge field (1997)
Nakariki, S., Masaki, T., Fukuma, K., Fukui, T., Mizouchi, M., Ohtani, T., ...
In this paper we consider a model of Poincar\'e gauge theory (PGT) in which a translational gauge field and a Lorentz gauge field are actually identified with the Einstein's gravitational field and a...
Inoue, A, Yanagisawa, M, Kimura, S, Kasuya, Y, Miyauchi, T, Goto, K, ...
Three distinct human endothelin-related genes were cloned by screening a genomic DNA library under a low hybridization stringency with a synthetic oligonucleotide probe encoding a portion of the...
Goto, K, Kasuya, Y, Matsuki, N, Takuwa, Y, Kurihara, H, Ishikawa, T, ...
Endothelin is a potent endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide recently characterized from porcine and human vascular endothelial cells. Here we provide evidence that endothelin activates the...
Endothelin-1 is an autocrine/paracrine growth factor for human cancer cell lines.
Shichiri, M, Hirata, Y, Nakajima, T, Ando, K, Imai, T, Yanagisawa, M, ...
We studied whether a novel vasoconstrictor peptide, endothelin-1 (ET-1), is synthesized by and released from human carcinoma cell lines, and whether ET-1 stimulates proliferation of these tumor...
Fujitani, Y, Ninomiya, H, Okada, T, Urade, Y, Masaki, T
When applied to quiescent human aortic smooth muscle cells (AOSMC), endothelin-1 (ET-1) caused significant increases in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity, [3H]thymidine incorporation,...
Takuwa, Y, Kasuya, Y, Takuwa, N, Kudo, M, Yanagisawa, M, Goto, K, ...
The mechanisms of endothelin-1 (ET) actions were investigated in cultured rat aortic vascular smooth muscle A-10 cells. The A-10 cells have a single class of high affinity binding sites for ET with...
Giaid, A, Gibson, S J, Ibrahim, B N, Legon, S, Bloom, S R, Yanagisawa, M, ...
The localization of endothelin 1 mRNA and endothelin-like immunoreactivity was investigated in samples of neurologically normal nervous system tissue from 10 adults by using in situ hybridization and...
TaqI polymorphism at the human preproendothelin-1 gene (EDN1)
Watanabe, M., Yanagisawa, M., Hamaguchi, H., Kanazawa, I., Masaki, T.
Aoyama, T, Sawamura, T, Furutani, Y, Matsuoka, R, Yoshida, M C, Fujiwara, H, ...
We have reported the cDNA cloning of a modified low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) receptor, designated lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1), which is postulated to be involved in endothelial...
Chen, M, Narumiya, S, Masaki, T, Sawamura, T
Lectin-like oxidized low-density-lipoprotein (oxLDL) receptor-1 (LOX-1) is a cell-surface endocytosis receptor for atherogenic oxLDL, which is highly expressed in endothelial cells. Recent studies...
Arinami, T, Ishikawa, M, Inoue, A, Yanagisawa, M, Masaki, T, Yoshida, M C, ...
Chromosomal assignments of the genes for the human endothelin family, the endothelin-1 gene (EDN1), the endothelin-2 gene (EDN2), and the endothelin-3 gene (EDN3), were accomplished by in situ...
Inoue, A, Yanagisawa, M, Kimura, S, Kasuya, Y, Miyauchi, T, Goto, K, ...
Three distinct human endothelin-related genes were cloned by screening a genomic DNA library under a low hybridization stringency with a synthetic oligonucleotide probe encoding a portion of the...
Goto, K, Kasuya, Y, Matsuki, N, Takuwa, Y, Kurihara, H, Ishikawa, T, ...
Endothelin is a potent endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide recently characterized from porcine and human vascular endothelial cells. Here we provide evidence that endothelin activates the...
Endothelin-1 is an autocrine/paracrine growth factor for human cancer cell lines.
Shichiri, M, Hirata, Y, Nakajima, T, Ando, K, Imai, T, Yanagisawa, M, ...
We studied whether a novel vasoconstrictor peptide, endothelin-1 (ET-1), is synthesized by and released from human carcinoma cell lines, and whether ET-1 stimulates proliferation of these tumor...
Fujitani, Y, Ninomiya, H, Okada, T, Urade, Y, Masaki, T
When applied to quiescent human aortic smooth muscle cells (AOSMC), endothelin-1 (ET-1) caused significant increases in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity, [3H]thymidine incorporation,...
Takuwa, Y, Kasuya, Y, Takuwa, N, Kudo, M, Yanagisawa, M, Goto, K, ...
The mechanisms of endothelin-1 (ET) actions were investigated in cultured rat aortic vascular smooth muscle A-10 cells. The A-10 cells have a single class of high affinity binding sites for ET with...
Giaid, A, Gibson, S J, Ibrahim, B N, Legon, S, Bloom, S R, Yanagisawa, M, ...
The localization of endothelin 1 mRNA and endothelin-like immunoreactivity was investigated in samples of neurologically normal nervous system tissue from 10 adults by using in situ hybridization and...
TaqI polymorphism at the human preproendothelin-1 gene (EDN1)
Watanabe, M., Yanagisawa, M., Hamaguchi, H., Kanazawa, I., Masaki, T.
Aoyama, T, Sawamura, T, Furutani, Y, Matsuoka, R, Yoshida, M C, Fujiwara, H, ...
We have reported the cDNA cloning of a modified low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) receptor, designated lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1), which is postulated to be involved in endothelial...
Chen, M, Narumiya, S, Masaki, T, Sawamura, T
Lectin-like oxidized low-density-lipoprotein (oxLDL) receptor-1 (LOX-1) is a cell-surface endocytosis receptor for atherogenic oxLDL, which is highly expressed in endothelial cells. Recent studies...
Arinami, T, Ishikawa, M, Inoue, A, Yanagisawa, M, Masaki, T, Yoshida, M C, ...
Chromosomal assignments of the genes for the human endothelin family, the endothelin-1 gene (EDN1), the endothelin-2 gene (EDN2), and the endothelin-3 gene (EDN3), were accomplished by in situ...
Suzuki, K, Muto, T, Masaki, T, Morioka, Y
The deoxyribonucleic (DNA) content was measured by microspectrophotometry in 100 specimens from 60 patients with ulcerative colitis, including six patients in whom the colitis was associated with...
Zonal adult Hirschsprung's disease.
Fu, C G, Muto, T, Masaki, T, Nagawa, H
BACKGROUND: Hirschsprung's disease is a congenital disorder which is rare in adulthood. In typical cases the aganglionosis involves mainly the rectum or rectosigmoid colon and the lesion starts from...
Yoshiji, H, Kuriyama, S, Yoshii, J, Ikenaka, Y, Noguchi, R, Hicklin, D J, ...
Background: It has been shown that expression of the potent angiogenic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and its receptors, flt-1 (VEGFR-1) and KDR/Flk-1 (VEGFR-2), increased during...
Hirai, T, Masaki, T, Kuratsune, M, Yorioka, N, Kohno, N
Proliferation of mesangial cells is a hallmark of glomerular disease, and understanding the regulatory mechanisms is critically important. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship...
Tominaga, K, Kuriyama, S, Yoshiji, H, Deguchi, A, Kita, Y, Funakoshi, F, ...
Background: Systemic adenoviral readministration appears to be limited by immunogenicity.
Endoscopic retreatment of recurrent choledocholithiasis after sphincterotomy
Sugiyama, M, Suzuki, Y, Abe, N, Masaki, T, Mori, T, Atomi, Y
Background: Endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) carries a substantial risk of recurrent choledocholithiasis but retreatment with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is safe and feasible....
Yasuda, N, Kasuya, Y, Yamada, G, Hama, H, Masaki, T, Goto, K
1. Electrical field stimulation (EFS; 10 V, 10 Hz, 2 ms) of porcine coronary artery strips precontracted with 10 nM endothelin-1 (ET-1) for 5 min caused a biphasic response, consisting of a slight...
A pertussis toxin-sensitive mechanism of endothelin action in porcine coronary artery smooth muscle.
Kasuya, Y., Takuwa, Y., Yanagisawa, M., Masaki, T., Goto, K.
1. Endothelin-1 (ET-1)-induced contraction of porcine coronary artery strips may be mediated via at least two intracellular signalling mechanisms, the activation of dihydropyridine-sensitive...
Endothelins: vasoconstrictor effects and localization in canine cerebral arteries.
Saito, A., Shiba, R., Yanagisawa, M., Masaki, T., Kimura, S., Yamada, K., ...
1. The vascular effects of endothelin and localization of endothelin-like immunoreactivity were characterized in isolated cerebral arteries of dogs. 2. Endothelin-like immunoreactivity was detected...
Enoki, T., Miwa, S., Sakamoto, A., Minowa, T., Komuro, T., Kobayashi, S., ...
1. Recombinant human ETA receptors were expressed in a mouse fibroblast cell line (Ltk- cell) and functional coupling of the receptors with Ca2+ permeable channels at low concentrations of...
Presenilin 1 Suppresses the Function of C-Jun Homodimers via Interaction with Qm/Jif-1
Imafuku, I., Masaki, T., Waragai, M., Takeuchi, S., Kawabata, M., ...
Presenilin 1 (PS1) is the causative gene for an autosomal dominant familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) mapped to chromosome 14. Here we show that QM/Jun-interacting factor (Jif)-1, a negative regulator...
Saunders, B. P., Masaki, T., Fukumoto, M., Halligan, S., Williams, C. B.
Eighty-nine consecutive patients attending for day-case colonoscopy were randomly allocated either polyethylene glycol/balanced electrolyte (PEG) mixture (n = 45) or a mannitol/Picolax mixture (n =...