Y. Miura

Publication List Details

Period

1987 - 2008

Number

136

Co-Authors

Preparation and Characterization of Nanofiber Nonwoven Textile for Electromagnetic Wave Shielding (2008)

Sonehara, M, Sato, T, Takasaki, M, Konishi, H, Yamasawa, K, Miura, Y

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Photoproduction of neutral kaons on the liquid deuterium target in the threshold region (2007)

Tsukada, K., Takahashi, T., Watanabe, T., Fujii, Y., Futatsukawa, K., Hashimoto, O., ...

The photoproduction process of neutral kaons on a liquid deuterium target is investigated near the threshold region, Egamma = 0.8-1.1 GeV. K0 events are reconstructed from positive and negative...

Ion-interaction chromatography of several metallocyanide complexes stabilized by adding cyanide in a neutral mobile phase (2007)

Miura, Y, Takenami, N, Haddad, PR

Standard solutions (at 10–5 M levels) of Cu(I)- and Fe(II)-cyanide complexes were stabilized for at least 5 h using 0.5 mM cyanide solution (around pH 9) as a medium. Complexes of Cu(I)- and...

Recent progress on the development and analysis of the ITPA global H-mode confinement database (2007)

McDonald, D. C., Cordey, J. G., Thomsen, K., Kardaun, Ojwf, Snipes, J. A., Greenwald, M., ...

This paper describes the updates to and analysis of the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) Global H-Mode Confinement Database version 3 (DB3) over the period 1994-2004. Global data, for...

Redundant roles of Sox17 and Sox18 in early cardiovascular development of mouse embryos (2007)

Sakamoto, Y., Hara, K., Kanai-Azuma, M., Matsui, T., Miura, Y., Tsunekawa, N., ...

Sox7, -17 and -18 constitute the Sox subgroup F (SoxF) of HMG box transcription factor genes, which all are co-expressed in developing vascular endothelial cells in mice. Here we characterized...

Ion-interaction chromatography of several metallocyanide complexes stabilized by adding cyanide in a neutral mobile phase (2007)

Miura, Y, Takenami, N, Haddad, PR

Standard solutions (at 10–5 M levels) of Cu(I)- and Fe(II)-cyanide complexes were stabilized for at least 5 h using 0.5 mM cyanide solution (around pH 9) as a medium. Complexes of Cu(I)- and...

Redundant roles of Sox17 and Sox18 in early cardiovascular development of mouse embryos (2007)

Sakamoto, Y., Hara, K., Kanai-Azuma, M., Matsui, T., Miura, Y., Tsunekawa, N., ...

Sox7, -17 and -18 constitute the Sox subgroup F (SoxF) of HMG box transcription factor genes, which all are co-expressed in developing vascular endothelial cells in mice. Here we characterized...

Ion-interaction chromatography of several metallocyanide complexes stabilized by adding cyanide in a neutral mobile phase (2007)

Miura, Y, Takenami, N, Haddad, PR

Standard solutions (at 10–5 M levels) of Cu(I)- and Fe(II)-cyanide complexes were stabilized for at least 5 h using 0.5 mM cyanide solution (around pH 9) as a medium. Complexes of Cu(I)- and...

Photo-production of neutral kaons on 12C in the threshold region (2006)

Watanabe, T., Bydžovský, P., Dobashi, K., Endo, S., Fujii, Y., Hashimoto, O., ...

Kaon photo-production process on $^{12}$C has been studied by measuring neutral kaons in a photon energy range of 0.8$-$1.1 GeV. Neutral kaons were identified by the invariant mass constructed from...

Coincidence Measurement of the Nonmesonic Weak Decay of ^{12}_{Lambda}C (2006)

Kim, M. J., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H., Fukuda, T., ...

We have measured the angular correlation of the pair nucleons np and nn emitted from the nonmesonic weak decay (NMWD) of ^{12}_{Lambda}C produced via the (pi^+,K^+) reaction in coincidence...

The role of aspect ratio and beta in H-mode confinement scalings (2006)

Kaye, S. M., Valovic, M., Chudnovskiy, A., Cordey, J. G., McDonald, D., Meakins, A., ...

The addition of high power, low aspect ratio data from the NSTX and MAST experiments has motivated a new investigation of the effect of aspect ratio on confinement scaling. Various statistical...

Exclusive proton asymmetry measurement in non-mesonic weak decay of polarized 5_Lambda_He (2005)

Maruta, T., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H., Fukuda, T., ...

The asymmetry parameter alpha_p^NM for a proton exclusively emitted in the Lambda p -> np process was, for the first time, measured in the non-mesonic weak decay of a polarized 5_La,bda_He...

Exclusive Measurement of the Nonmesonic Weak Decay of ^{5}_{\Lambda}He Hypernucleus (2005)

Kang, B. H., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H., Fukuda, T., ...

We performed a coincidence measurement of two nucleons emitted from the nonmesonic weak decay (NMWD) of ^{5}_{\Lambda}He formed via the ^{6}Li(\pi^+,K^+) reaction. The energies of two nucleons and...

Stabilization of sulfide and sulfite and ion-pair chromatography of mixtures of sulfide, sulfite, sulfate and thiosulfate (2005)

Miura, Y, Matsushita, Y, Haddad, PR

Ion chromatography of sulfide, sulfite, sulfate and thiosulfate in a mixture is often difficult because of instability of sulfide and sulfite, poor separation of sulfide from common anions such as...

Orbital selectivity of the kink in the dispersion of Sr2RuO4 (2005)

Iwasawa, H., Aiura, Y., Saitoh, T., Hase, I., Ikeda, S. I., Yoshida, Y., ...

We present detailed energy dispersions near the Fermi level on the monolayer perovskite ruthenate Sr2RuO4, determined by high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. An orbital...

Isolation of Bovine Arboviruses from Culicoides Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Southern Japan: 1985–2002 (2005)

T. Yanase, T. Kato, T. Kubo, K. Yoshida, S. Ohashi, M. Yamakawa, ...

In 1985–2002, surveillance for bovine arboviruses was conducted in Kagoshima, located in the most southern part of the main islands of Japan and known to be an area where bovine arboviral diseases...

Scaling of the energy confinement time with beta and collisionality approaching ITER conditions (2005)

Cordey, J. G., Thomsen, K., Chudnovskiy, A., Kardaun, Ojwf, Takizuka, T., Snipes, J. A., ...

The condition of the latest version of the ELMy H-mode database has been re-examined. It is shown that there is bias in the ordinary least squares regression for some of the variables. To address...

Stabilization of sulfide and sulfite and ion-pair chromatography of mixtures of sulfide, sulfite, sulfate and thiosulfate (2005)

Miura, Y, Matsushita, Y, Haddad, PR

Ion chromatography of sulfide, sulfite, sulfate and thiosulfate in a mixture is often difficult because of instability of sulfide and sulfite, poor separation of sulfide from common anions such as...

Stabilization of sulfide and sulfite and ion-pair chromatography of mixtures of sulfide, sulfite, sulfate and thiosulfate (2005)

Miura, Y, Matsushita, Y, Haddad, PR

Ion chromatography of sulfide, sulfite, sulfate and thiosulfate in a mixture is often difficult because of instability of sulfide and sulfite, poor separation of sulfide from common anions such as...

Nucleon-nucleon coincidence measurement in the non-mesonic weak decay of 5_Lambda-He and 12_Lambda-C hypernuclei (2004)

Okada, S., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H. C., Fukuda, T., ...

We have measured both yields of neutron-proton and neutron-neutron pairs emitted from the non-mesonic weak decay process of 5_Lambda-He and 12_Lambda-C hypernuclei produced via the (pi^+,K^+)...

Neutron and proton energy spectra from the non-mesonic weak decays of 5_Lambda-He and 12_Lambda-C (2004)

Okada, S., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H. C., Fukuda, T., ...

We have simultaneously measured the energy spectra of neutrons and protons emitted in the non-mesonic weak decays of 5_Lambda-He and 12_Lambda-C hypernuclei produced via the (pi^+,k^+) reaction with...

Measurement of the $\pi^-$ decay width of $^5_\Lambda$He (2004)

Kameoka, S., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H. C., Fukuda, T., ...

We have precisely measured $\Lambda \to p\pi^-$ decay width of \5LHe and demonstrated significantly larger $\alpha$ -$\Lambda$ overlap than expected from the central repulsion $\alpha$-$\Lambda$...

pi^0 decay branching ratios of 5_Lambda-He and 12_Lambda-C hypernuclei (2004)

Okada, S., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H. C., Fukuda, T., ...

We precisely measured pi^0 branching ratios of 5_Lambda-He and 12_Lambda-C hypernuclei produced via (pi^+,k^+) reaction. Using these pi^0 branching ratios with the pi^- branching ratios and the...

Proton asymmetry in non-mesonic weak decay of light hypernuclei (2004)

Maruta, T., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H., Fukuda, T., ...

We have obtained the decay asymmetry parameters in non-mesonic weak decay of polarized Lambda-hypernuclei by measuring the proton asymmetry. The polarized Lambda-hypernuclei, 5_Lambda-He,...

Spectrophotometric determination of sulfide in the presence of sulfite and thiosulfate via the precipitation of bismuth(III) Sulfide (2004)

Miura, Y, Fujisaki, M, Haddad, PR

A photometric method has been developed for the determination of sulfide at 10-5 mol dm-3 levels, which is based on the reaction of sulfide with a given excess amount of bismuth(III) to form a...

Review on the progress of the LHD experiment (2004)

Motojima, O., Yamada, H., Komori, A., Watanabe, K. Y., Mutoh, T., Takeiri, Y., ...

Recent progress in the Large Helical Device (LHD) experiment during the last 2 yr is reviewed. The LHD has been extending its operational regime toward fusion-relevant conditions while taking...

Spectrophotometric determination of sulfide in the presence of sulfite and thiosulfate via the precipitation of bismuth(III) Sulfide (2004)

Miura, Y, Fujisaki, M, Haddad, PR

A photometric method has been developed for the determination of sulfide at 10-5 mol dm-3 levels, which is based on the reaction of sulfide with a given excess amount of bismuth(III) to form a...

Spectrophotometric determination of sulfide in the presence of sulfite and thiosulfate via the precipitation of bismuth(III) Sulfide (2004)

Miura, Y, Fujisaki, M, Haddad, PR

A photometric method has been developed for the determination of sulfide at 10-5 mol dm-3 levels, which is based on the reaction of sulfide with a given excess amount of bismuth(III) to form a...

Separation of thiosulfate and the polythionates in gold thiosulfate leach solutions by capillary electrophoresis (2003)

O'Reilly, JW, Dicinoski, GW, Miura, Y, Haddad, PR

A technique for the separation of thiosulfate (S2O32-), polythionates (SxO62-, x = 3 to 5) and the gold(I) thiosulfate complex (Au(S2O3)23-) using capillary electrophoresis with simultaneous UV...

High mach flow associated with plasma detachment in JT-60U (2003)

Hatayama,A., Hoshino,K., Miyamoto,K., Komatsu,N., Itami,K., Sakurai,S., ...

Recent new results of the high Mach flows associated with plasma detachment are presented on the basis of numerical simulations and their comparisons with experiments in JT-60U divertor plasma. The...

Enhanced pedestal pressure and parameter-linkages determining edge pedestal structure in JT-60U Type I and Type II ELMy H-mode (2003)

Kamada,Y., Takenaga,H., Urano,H., Takizuka,T., Hatae,T., Miura,Y.

Based on the expanded H-mode operational regimes in JT-60U utilizing the improved capability of high triangularity (δ) operation, the multiple pellet injection and high power heating including the...

High mach flow associated with plasma detachment in JT-60U (2003)

Hatayama, A., Hoshino, K., Miyamoto, K., Komatsu, N., Itami, K., Sakurai, S., ...

Recent new results of the high Mach flows associated with plasma detachment are presented on the basis of numerical simulations and their comparisons with experiments in JT-60U divertor plasma. The...

Enhanced pedestal pressure and parameter-linkages determining edge pedestal structure in JT-60U Type I and Type II ELMy H-mode (2003)

Kamada, Y., Takenaga, H., Urano, H., Takizuka, T., Hatae, T., Miura, Y.

Based on the expanded H-mode operational regimes in JT-60U utilizing the improved capability of high triangularity (δ) operation, the multiple pellet injection and high power heating including the...

Recent advances in the LHD experiment (2003)

Motojima, O., Ohyabu, N., Komori, A., Kaneko, O., Yamada, H., Kawahata, K., ...

In the first four years of the LHD experiment, several encouraging results have emerged, the most significant of which is that MHD stability and good transport are compatible in the inward shifted...

Separation of thiosulfate and the polythionates in gold thiosulfate leach solutions by capillary electrophoresis (2003)

O'Reilly, JW, Dicinoski, GW, Miura, Y, Haddad, PR

A technique for the separation of thiosulfate (S2O32-), polythionates (SxO62-, x = 3 to 5) and the gold(I) thiosulfate complex (Au(S2O3)23-) using capillary electrophoresis with simultaneous UV...

Separation of thiosulfate and the polythionates in gold thiosulfate leach solutions by capillary electrophoresis (2003)

O'Reilly, JW, Dicinoski, GW, Miura, Y, Haddad, PR

A technique for the separation of thiosulfate (S2O32-), polythionates (SxO62-, x = 3 to 5) and the gold(I) thiosulfate complex (Au(S2O3)23-) using capillary electrophoresis with simultaneous UV...

Self-organization of supramolecular helical dendrimers into complex electronic materials (2002)

Percec,V., Glodde,M., Bera,T. K., Miura,Y., Shiyanovskaya,I., Singer,K. D., ...

The discovery of electrically conducting organic crystals 1 and polymers(1-4) has widened the range of potential optoelectronic materials(5-9), provided these exhibit sufficiently high charge carrier...

Rapid ion chromatography of L -ascorbic acid, nitrite, sulfite, oxalate, iodide and thiosulfate by isocratic elution utilizing a postcolumn reaction with cerium(IV) and fluorescence detection (2002)

Miura, Y, Hatakeyama, M, Hosino, T, Haddad, PR

Rapid separation and determination of mixtures of Image -ascorbic acid, nitrite, sulfite, oxalate, iodide and thiosulfate by conventional ion chromatography is often difficult due to incomplete...

Self-organization of supramolecular helical dendrimers into complex electronic materials (2002)

Percec, V., Glodde, M., Bera, T. K., Miura, Y., Shiyanovskaya, I., Singer, K. D., ...

The discovery of electrically conducting organic crystals 1 and polymers(1-4) has widened the range of potential optoelectronic materials(5-9), provided these exhibit sufficiently high charge carrier...

Rapid ion chromatography of L -ascorbic acid, nitrite, sulfite, oxalate, iodide and thiosulfate by isocratic elution utilizing a postcolumn reaction with cerium(IV) and fluorescence detection (2002)

Miura, Y, Hatakeyama, M, Hosino, T, Haddad, PR

Rapid separation and determination of mixtures of Image -ascorbic acid, nitrite, sulfite, oxalate, iodide and thiosulfate by conventional ion chromatography is often difficult due to incomplete...

Separation of polythionates and the gold thiosulfate complex in gold thiosulfate leach solutions by ion-interaction chromatography (2002)

O'Reilly, JW, Shaw, MJ, Dicinoski, GW, Grosse, AC, Miura, Y, Haddad, PR

A method for the separation of the polythionates (SxO62–, x= 3–5) in gold thiosulfate leach solutions using ion-interaction chromatography with conductivity and ultraviolet (UV) detection is...

Separation of polythionates and the gold thiosulfate complex in gold thiosulfate leach solutions by ion-interaction chromatography (2002)

O'Reilly, JW, Shaw, MJ, Dicinoski, GW, Grosse, AC, Miura, Y, Haddad, PR

A method for the separation of the polythionates (SxO62–, x= 3–5) in gold thiosulfate leach solutions using ion-interaction chromatography with conductivity and ultraviolet (UV) detection is...

Separation of polythionates and the gold thiosulfate complex in gold thiosulfate leach solutions by ion-interaction chromatography (2002)

O'Reilly, JW, Shaw, MJ, Dicinoski, GW, Grosse, AC, Miura, Y, Haddad, PR

A method for the separation of the polythionates (SxO62, x= 35) in gold thiosulfate leach solutions using ion-interaction chromatography with conductivity and ultraviolet (UV) detection is described....

Separation of polythionates and the gold thiosulfate complex in gold thiosulfate leach solutions by ion-interaction chromatography (2002)

O'Reilly, JW, Shaw, MJ, Dicinoski, GW, Grosse, AC, Miura, Y, Haddad, PR

A method for the separation of the polythionates (SxO62–, x= 3–5) in gold thiosulfate leach solutions using ion-interaction chromatography with conductivity and ultraviolet (UV) detection is...

Rapid ion chromatography of L -ascorbic acid, nitrite, sulfite, oxalate, iodide and thiosulfate by isocratic elution utilizing a postcolumn reaction with cerium(IV) and fluorescence detection (2002)

Miura, Y, Hatakeyama, M, Hosino, T, Haddad, PR

Rapid separation and determination of mixtures of Image -ascorbic acid, nitrite, sulfite, oxalate, iodide and thiosulfate by conventional ion chromatography is often difficult due to incomplete...

The N-Terminal Flanking Region of the Invariant Chain Peptide Augments the Immunogenicity of a Cryptic “Self” Epitope from a Tumor-Associated Antigen (2001)

Hess, A.D., Thoburn, C., Chen, W., Miura, Y., Wall, E. Van Der

The N-terminal flanking region of the invariant chain peptide termed CLIP appears to have superagonistic properties interacting with the T cell receptor and the MHC class II molecule at or near the...

Yield Strength of Al-Li Solid Solution Alloys at High Temperatures. (1998)

Miura, Y., Nishitani, S., Furukawa, M., Nemoto, M.

Single and polycrystals of an Al-Li compound (approx.5 at % Li) were tested in compression from 77 to 823 K and from 0.00014 to 0.00066/s. Critical resolved shear stress decreased with temperature...

Growth and Properties of Multilayered Ba- and Sr-Ferrites' Films (1997)

Fujii, T., Kato, H., Miura, Y., Takada, J.

Thin films of c-axis oriented Ba- and Sr-hexaferrits (BaM and SrM) were prepared by reactive evaporation method without any post heat treatments. Subsequently growth of BaM/SrM multilayered films was...

Growth and Properties of Multilayered Ba- and Sr-Ferrites' Films (1997)

Fujii, T., Kato, H., Miura, Y., Takada, J.

Thin films of c-axis oriented Ba- and Sr-hexaferrits (BaM and SrM) were prepared by reactive evaporation method without any post heat treatments. Subsequently growth of BaM/SrM multilayered films was...

Growth and Properties of Multilayered Ba- and Sr-Ferrites' Films (1997)

Fujii, T., Kato, H., Miura, Y., Takada, J.

Thin films of c-axis oriented Ba- and Sr-hexaferrits (BaM and SrM) were prepared by reactive evaporation method without any post heat treatments. Subsequently growth of BaM/SrM multilayered films was...

ACOUSTIC EMISSION DURING DEFORMATION OF Al-Li ALLOYS (1987)

Furukawa, M., Miura, Y., Nemoto, M.

The relationship between tensile elongation and acoustic emission (AE) detected during compressive deformation of Al-Li and Al-Li-Zr alloys has been investigated for a range of microstructure. For...

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF YIELD STRENGTH OF Al-Li SINGLE CRYSTALS (1987)

Miura, Y., Yusu, K., Furukawa, M., Nemoto, M.

Compressive yield strength of single crystals of Al-Li binary alloys were measured as functions of test temperature and aging condition. Dislocation structures of deformed and undeformed crystals...

ACOUSTIC EMISSION DURING DEFORMATION OF Al-Li ALLOYS (1987)

Furukawa, M., Miura, Y., Nemoto, M.

The relationship between tensile elongation and acoustic emission (AE) detected during compressive deformation of Al-Li and Al-Li-Zr alloys has been investigated for a range of microstructure. For...

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF YIELD STRENGTH OF Al-Li SINGLE CRYSTALS (1987)

Miura, Y., Yusu, K., Furukawa, M., Nemoto, M.

Compressive yield strength of single crystals of Al-Li binary alloys were measured as functions of test temperature and aging condition. Dislocation structures of deformed and undeformed crystals...

ACOUSTIC EMISSION DURING DEFORMATION OF Al-Li ALLOYS (1987)

Furukawa, M., Miura, Y., Nemoto, M.

The relationship between tensile elongation and acoustic emission (AE) detected during compressive deformation of Al-Li and Al-Li-Zr alloys has been investigated for a range of microstructure. For...

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF YIELD STRENGTH OF Al-Li SINGLE CRYSTALS (1987)

Miura, Y., Yusu, K., Furukawa, M., Nemoto, M.

Compressive yield strength of single crystals of Al-Li binary alloys were measured as functions of test temperature and aging condition. Dislocation structures of deformed and undeformed crystals...

An Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein, p180, Is Highly Expressed in Human Cytomegalovirus-Permissive Cells and Interacts with the Tegument Protein Encoded by UL48

Ogawa-Goto, K., Irie, S., Omori, A., Miura, Y., Katano, H., Hasegawa, H., ...

We have used a virus overlay assay to detect cellular proteins associated with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) particles. The radiolabeled HCMV particles specifically bound to two host proteins with...

Microtubule Network Facilitates Nuclear Targeting of Human Cytomegalovirus Capsid

Ogawa-Goto, K., Tanaka, K., Gibson, W., Moriishi, E., Miura, Y., Kurata, T., ...

We assessed the requirement of the host cytoskeleton for the intracytosolic transport of incoming human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) capsids. Treatments with microtubule (MT)-depolymerizing drugs...

Ganglioside GM3: an acidic membrane component that increases during macrophage-like cell differentiation can induce monocytic differentiation of human myeloid and monocytoid leukemic cell lines HL-60 and U937.

Nojiri, H, Takaku, F, Terui, Y, Miura, Y, Saito, M

When human myeloid and monocytoid leukemic cell lines HL-60 and U937, respectively, were treated with an exogenous sialoglycosphingolipid, ganglioside GM3, in serum-free medium, cell growth was...

Microinjection of smg/rap1/Krev-1 p21 into Swiss 3T3 cells induces DNA synthesis and morphological changes.

Yoshida, Y, Kawata, M, Miura, Y, Musha, T, Sasaki, T, Kikuchi, A, ...

Microinjection of either Ki-rasVal-12 p21 or the GDP-bound form of Ki-ras p21 plus smg GDP dissociation stimulator (GDS), a stimulatory GDP/GTP exchange protein for Ki-ras p21, smg/rap1/Krev-1 p21,...

Functional maturation of membrane potential changes and superoxide-producing capacity during differentiation of human granulocytes.

Kitagawa, S, Ohta, M, Nojiri, H, Kakinuma, K, Saito, M, Takaku, F, ...

The alterations of stimulus-induced membrane potential changes, superoxide (O2-)-producing capacity and phagocytic activity during differentiation of human granulocytes were investigated in the human...

Loss-of-function mutations in the rice homeobox gene OSH15 affect the architecture of internodes resulting in dwarf plants.

Sato, Y, Sentoku, N, Miura, Y, Hirochika, H, Kitano, H, Matsuoka, M

The rice homeobox gene OSH15 (Oryza sativa homeobox) is a member of the knotted1-type homeobox gene family. We report here on the identification and characterization of a loss-of-function mutation in...

Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis: novel mutations in the TRKA (NTRK1) gene encoding a high-affinity receptor for nerve growth factor.

Mardy, S, Miura, Y, Endo, F, Matsuda, I, Sztriha, L, Frossard, P, ...

Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is characterized by recurrent episodes of unexplained fever, anhidrosis (inability to sweat), absence of reaction to noxious stimuli,...

Biosynthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoic Acid) Copolymer from CO(inf2) in Pseudomonas acidophila through Introduction of the DNA Fragment Responsible for Chemolithoautotrophic Growth of Alcaligenes hydrogenophilus

Yagi, K., Miyawaki, I., Kayashita, A., Kondo, M., Kitano, Y., Murakami, Y., ...

Pseudomonas acidophila is a bacterial strain producing a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) (PHA) copolymer from low-molecular-weight organic compounds such as formate and acetate. The genes responsible...

Emptying of intracellular Ca2+ stores stimulates Ca2+ entry in mouse pancreatic beta-cells by both direct and indirect mechanisms.

Miura, Y, Henquin, J C, Gilon, P

1. In non-excitable cells, the depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores triggers Ca2+ influx by a process called capacitative Ca2+ entry. In the present study, we have investigated how the emptying of...

Abnormal expansion of naïve B lymphocytes after unrelated cord blood transplantation – a case report

SHONO, Y, TOUBAI, T, OTA, S, IBATA, M, MASHIKO, S, HIRATE, D, ...

A 33-year-old woman underwent unrelated cord blood transplantation (U-CBT) for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)-related secondary AML. She showed impressive increases in the number of CD19+ B cells in...

An Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein, p180, Is Highly Expressed in Human Cytomegalovirus-Permissive Cells and Interacts with the Tegument Protein Encoded by UL48

Ogawa-Goto, K., Irie, S., Omori, A., Miura, Y., Katano, H., Hasegawa, H., ...

We have used a virus overlay assay to detect cellular proteins associated with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) particles. The radiolabeled HCMV particles specifically bound to two host proteins with...

Microtubule Network Facilitates Nuclear Targeting of Human Cytomegalovirus Capsid

Ogawa-Goto, K., Tanaka, K., Gibson, W., Moriishi, E., Miura, Y., Kurata, T., ...

We assessed the requirement of the host cytoskeleton for the intracytosolic transport of incoming human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) capsids. Treatments with microtubule (MT)-depolymerizing drugs...

Ganglioside GM3: an acidic membrane component that increases during macrophage-like cell differentiation can induce monocytic differentiation of human myeloid and monocytoid leukemic cell lines HL-60 and U937.

Nojiri, H, Takaku, F, Terui, Y, Miura, Y, Saito, M

When human myeloid and monocytoid leukemic cell lines HL-60 and U937, respectively, were treated with an exogenous sialoglycosphingolipid, ganglioside GM3, in serum-free medium, cell growth was...

Microinjection of smg/rap1/Krev-1 p21 into Swiss 3T3 cells induces DNA synthesis and morphological changes.

Yoshida, Y, Kawata, M, Miura, Y, Musha, T, Sasaki, T, Kikuchi, A, ...

Microinjection of either Ki-rasVal-12 p21 or the GDP-bound form of Ki-ras p21 plus smg GDP dissociation stimulator (GDS), a stimulatory GDP/GTP exchange protein for Ki-ras p21, smg/rap1/Krev-1 p21,...

Functional maturation of membrane potential changes and superoxide-producing capacity during differentiation of human granulocytes.

Kitagawa, S, Ohta, M, Nojiri, H, Kakinuma, K, Saito, M, Takaku, F, ...

The alterations of stimulus-induced membrane potential changes, superoxide (O2-)-producing capacity and phagocytic activity during differentiation of human granulocytes were investigated in the human...

Emptying of intracellular Ca2+ stores stimulates Ca2+ entry in mouse pancreatic beta-cells by both direct and indirect mechanisms.

Miura, Y, Henquin, J C, Gilon, P

1. In non-excitable cells, the depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores triggers Ca2+ influx by a process called capacitative Ca2+ entry. In the present study, we have investigated how the emptying of...

Loss-of-function mutations in the rice homeobox gene OSH15 affect the architecture of internodes resulting in dwarf plants.

Sato, Y, Sentoku, N, Miura, Y, Hirochika, H, Kitano, H, Matsuoka, M

The rice homeobox gene OSH15 (Oryza sativa homeobox) is a member of the knotted1-type homeobox gene family. We report here on the identification and characterization of a loss-of-function mutation in...

Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis: novel mutations in the TRKA (NTRK1) gene encoding a high-affinity receptor for nerve growth factor.

Mardy, S, Miura, Y, Endo, F, Matsuda, I, Sztriha, L, Frossard, P, ...

Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is characterized by recurrent episodes of unexplained fever, anhidrosis (inability to sweat), absence of reaction to noxious stimuli,...

Biosynthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoic Acid) Copolymer from CO(inf2) in Pseudomonas acidophila through Introduction of the DNA Fragment Responsible for Chemolithoautotrophic Growth of Alcaligenes hydrogenophilus

Yagi, K., Miyawaki, I., Kayashita, A., Kondo, M., Kitano, Y., Murakami, Y., ...

Pseudomonas acidophila is a bacterial strain producing a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) (PHA) copolymer from low-molecular-weight organic compounds such as formate and acetate. The genes responsible...

Abnormal expansion of naïve B lymphocytes after unrelated cord blood transplantation – a case report

SHONO, Y, TOUBAI, T, OTA, S, IBATA, M, MASHIKO, S, HIRATE, D, ...

A 33-year-old woman underwent unrelated cord blood transplantation (U-CBT) for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)-related secondary AML. She showed impressive increases in the number of CD19+ B cells in...

Effect of local anaesthetics on human natural killer cell activity.

Takagi, S, Kitagawa, S, Oshimi, K, Takaku, F, Miura, Y

We explored the effects of local anaesthetics, which are proposed to affect the plasma membrane, on human natural killer (NK) cells. Human NK cell activity was inhibited by lidocaine and procaine in...

Isolation of a peptide associated with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia from red cell membranes.

Kajii, E, Ikemoto, S, Ueki, J, Miura, Y

A 12,000 molecular weight (12 kD) peptide which did not relate to immunoglobulins or complements was purified from the supernatants of dispase-treated red cells of four patients with autoimmune...

Effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on respiratory burst activity of neutrophils in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Ohsaka, A, Kitagawa, S, Yuo, A, Motoyoshi, K, Furusawa, S, Miura, Y, ...

The superoxide (O2-)-releasing capacity in response to N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) and the priming effects of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) and...

Survey of Japanese physicians' attitudes towards the care of adult patients in persistent vegetative state.

Asai, A, Maekawa, M, Akiguchi, I, Fukui, T, Miura, Y, Tanabe, N, ...

OBJECTIVES: Ethical issues have recently been raised regarding the appropriate care of patients in persistent vegetative state (PVS) in Japan. The purpose of our study is to study the attitudes and...

Medical decisions concerning the end of life: a discussion with Japanese physicians.

Asai, A, Fukuhara, S, Inoshita, O, Miura, Y, Tanabe, N, Kurokawa, K

OBJECTIVES: Life-sustaining treatment at the end of life gives rise to many ethical problems in Japan. Recent surveys of Japanese physicians suggested that they tend to treat terminally ill patients...

Platelet monoamine oxidase B and plasma β-phenylethylamine in Parkinson's disease

Zhou, G, Miura, Y, Shoji, H, Yamada, S, Matsuishi, T

OBJECTIVE—To evaluate the correlation between changes in platelet monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B) activity and plasma β-phenylethylamine (PEA) concentrations in patients with Parkinson's disease...

The effects of ICRF-154 in combination with other anticancer agents in vitro.

Kano, Y., Narita, T., Suzuki, K., Akutsu, M., Suda, K., Sakamoto, S., ...

We studied the effects of ICRF-154 in combination with 11 anticancer agents on four human leukaemia cell lines. Cells were incubated for 3 days in the presence of two drugs (ICRF-154 and one other),...

Influence of leukaemic cells on the colony formation of human bone marrow cells in vitro II. Suppressive effects of leukaemic cell extracts.

Chiyoda, S., Mizoguchi, H., Asano, S., Takaku, F., Miura, Y.

The influence of leukaemic cells on the colony formation of human bone marrow cells was studied in vitro as an extension of our previous work (Chiyoda et al., 1975). An extract of leukaemic bone...

Adenovirus-mediated interferon α gene transfer induces regional direct cytotoxicity and possible systemic immunity against pancreatic cancer

Ohashi, M, Yoshida, K, Kushida, M, Miura, Y, Ohnami, S, Ikarashi, Y, ...

We previously demonstrated a characteristically high sensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells to interferon alpha (IFN-α) gene transfer, which induced a more prominent growth suppression and cell...

A prospective study of stomach cancer death in relation to green tea consumption in Japan

Hoshiyama, Y, Kawaguchi, T, Miura, Y, Mizoue, T, Tokui, N, Yatsuya, H, ...

To evaluate whether green tea consumption provides protection against stomach cancer death, relative risks were calculated using Cox proportional hazards regression analysis in the Japan...

Fine mapping and DNA fiber FISH analysis locates the tobamovirus resistance gene L3 of Capsicum chinense in a 400-kb region of R-like genes cluster embedded in highly repetitive sequences

Tomita, R., Murai, J., Miura, Y., Ishihara, H., Liu, S., Kubotera, Y., ...

The tobamovirus resistance gene L3 of Capsicum chinense was mapped using an intra-specific F2 population (2,016 individuals) of Capsicum annuum cultivars, into one of which had been introduced the C....