Y. Shimomura

Publication List Details

Period

2000 - 2007

Number

35

Co-Authors

Evaluating customer requirements in Eco-VA (2006)

Sakao, T., Oberender, C., Krone, N., Shimomura, Y., Birkhofer, H., Reichl, H.

Products must be environmentally friendly as well as conform with the market in order to go for a sustainable society. A tool named Eco-Value Analysis (Eco-VA) has been developed by modifying the...

Comparison of ITER performance predicted by semi-empirical and theory-based transport models (2003)

Mukhovatov,V., Shimomura,Y., Polevoi,A., Shimada,M., Sugihara,M., Bateman,G., ...

The values of Q = (fusion power)/(auxiliary heating power) predicted for ITER by three different methods are compared. The first method utilizes an empirical confinement-time scaling and prescribed...

Overview of physics basis for ITER (2003)

Mukhovatov,V., Shimada,M., Chudnovskiy,A. N., Costley,A. E., Gribov,Y., Federici,G., ...

ITER will be the first magnetic confinement device with burning DT plasma and fusion power of about 0.5 GW. Parameters of ITER plasma have been predicted using methodologies summarized in the ITER...

Comparison of ITER performance predicted by semi-empirical and theory-based transport models (2003)

Mukhovatov, V., Shimomura, Y., Polevoi, A., Shimada, M., Sugihara, M., Bateman, G., ...

The values of Q = (fusion power)/(auxiliary heating power) predicted for ITER by three different methods are compared. The first method utilizes an empirical confinement-time scaling and prescribed...

Overview of physics basis for ITER (2003)

Mukhovatov, V., Shimada, M., Chudnovskiy, A. N., Costley, A. E., Gribov, Y., Federici, G., ...

ITER will be the first magnetic confinement device with burning DT plasma and fusion power of about 0.5 GW. Parameters of ITER plasma have been predicted using methodologies summarized in the ITER...

Magnon scattering processes and low temperature resistivity in CMR manganites (2000)

Furukawa, N., Shimomura, Y., Akimoto, T., Moritomo, Y.

Low temperature resistivity of CMR manganites is investigated. At the ground state, conduction electrons are perfectly spin polarized, which is called half-metallic. From one-magnon scattering...

Characterization of a rabbit cationic protein (CAP18) with lipopolysaccharide-inhibitory activity.

Hirata, M, Shimomura, Y, Yoshida, M, Morgan, J G, Palings, I, Wilson, D, ...

Cationic antibacterial proteins (CAP) were purified from rabbit granulocytes, and the effects of CAP on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced tissue factor generation by murine peritoneal macrophages and...

Simulation of the initial stage of endochondral ossification: in vitro sequential culture of growth cartilage cells and bone marrow cells.

Suzuki, F, Takase, T, Takigawa, M, Uchida, A, Shimomura, Y

Growth cartilage cells were isolated from the ribs of young rats and cultured at high cell density in Ham's F-12 medium supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum. During 7 days, glycosaminoglycans and...

Crystallization of the middle part of the mitochondrial electron transfer chain: cytochrome bc1-cytochrome c complex.

Ozawa, T, Tanaka, M, Shimomura, Y

Complex III (cytochrome bc1 particle; ubiquinol:ferricytochrome c oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.22) was purified from beef heart mitochondria by affinity chromatography. Phospholipids were depleted by...

Crystallization of cytochrome bc1 complex.

Ozawa, T, Tanaka, M, Shimomura, Y

Complex III (cytochrome bc1 particle; ubiquinol:ferricytochrome c oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.2.2) was purified from beef heart mitochondria by a combination of hydrophobic interaction and affinity...

Preservation of the activity state of hepatic branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase during the isolation of mitochondria.

Zhang, B, Paxton, R, Goodwin, G W, Shimomura, Y, Harris, R A

A comparison was conducted of current methods for estimation of the activity states (proportion of enzyme in active, dephosphorylated, form) of hepatic branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase....

Gender difference in regulation of branched-chain amino acid catabolism.

Kobayashi, R, Shimomura, Y, Murakami, T, Nakai, N, Fujitsuka, N, Otsuka, M, ...

Regulation of the activity state of the hepatic branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase (BCODH) complex during the light-dark cycle differs markedly in male and female rats. Female rats exhibit a...

Isolation and chromosomal localization of a cornea-specific human keratin 12 gene and detection of four mutations in Meesmann corneal epithelial dystrophy.

Nishida, K, Honma, Y, Dota, A, Kawasaki, S, Adachi, W, Nakamura, T, ...

Keratin 12 (K12) is an intermediate-filament protein expressed specifically in corneal epithelium. Recently, we isolated K12 cDNA from a human corneal epithelial cDNA library and determined its full...

Homozygosity mapping of a gene responsible for gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy to chromosome 1p.

Tsujikawa, M, Kurahashi, H, Tanaka, T, Okada, M, Yamamoto, S, Maeda, N, ...

Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized clinically by grayish corneal deposits of amyloid and by severely impaired visual acuity. Most...

Characterization of a rabbit cationic protein (CAP18) with lipopolysaccharide-inhibitory activity.

Hirata, M, Shimomura, Y, Yoshida, M, Morgan, J G, Palings, I, Wilson, D, ...

Cationic antibacterial proteins (CAP) were purified from rabbit granulocytes, and the effects of CAP on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced tissue factor generation by murine peritoneal macrophages and...

Simulation of the initial stage of endochondral ossification: in vitro sequential culture of growth cartilage cells and bone marrow cells.

Suzuki, F, Takase, T, Takigawa, M, Uchida, A, Shimomura, Y

Growth cartilage cells were isolated from the ribs of young rats and cultured at high cell density in Ham's F-12 medium supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum. During 7 days, glycosaminoglycans and...

Crystallization of the middle part of the mitochondrial electron transfer chain: cytochrome bc1-cytochrome c complex.

Ozawa, T, Tanaka, M, Shimomura, Y

Complex III (cytochrome bc1 particle; ubiquinol:ferricytochrome c oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.22) was purified from beef heart mitochondria by affinity chromatography. Phospholipids were depleted by...

Crystallization of cytochrome bc1 complex.

Ozawa, T, Tanaka, M, Shimomura, Y

Complex III (cytochrome bc1 particle; ubiquinol:ferricytochrome c oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.2.2) was purified from beef heart mitochondria by a combination of hydrophobic interaction and affinity...

Preservation of the activity state of hepatic branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase during the isolation of mitochondria.

Zhang, B, Paxton, R, Goodwin, G W, Shimomura, Y, Harris, R A

A comparison was conducted of current methods for estimation of the activity states (proportion of enzyme in active, dephosphorylated, form) of hepatic branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase....

Gender difference in regulation of branched-chain amino acid catabolism.

Kobayashi, R, Shimomura, Y, Murakami, T, Nakai, N, Fujitsuka, N, Otsuka, M, ...

Regulation of the activity state of the hepatic branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase (BCODH) complex during the light-dark cycle differs markedly in male and female rats. Female rats exhibit a...

Homozygosity mapping of a gene responsible for gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy to chromosome 1p.

Tsujikawa, M, Kurahashi, H, Tanaka, T, Okada, M, Yamamoto, S, Maeda, N, ...

Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized clinically by grayish corneal deposits of amyloid and by severely impaired visual acuity. Most...

Isolation and chromosomal localization of a cornea-specific human keratin 12 gene and detection of four mutations in Meesmann corneal epithelial dystrophy.

Nishida, K, Honma, Y, Dota, A, Kawasaki, S, Adachi, W, Nakamura, T, ...

Keratin 12 (K12) is an intermediate-filament protein expressed specifically in corneal epithelium. Recently, we isolated K12 cDNA from a human corneal epithelial cDNA library and determined its full...

Detecting herpesvirus DNA in uveitis using the polymerase chain reaction.

Yamamoto, S, Pavan-Langston, D, Kinoshita, S, Nishida, K, Shimomura, Y, Tano, Y

BACKGROUND: Herpesviruses are involved in the pathogenesis of many ocular diseases including keratitis, iridocyclitis, and acute retinal necrosis syndrome. The rapid and accurate diagnosis of...

Comparison of the effects of intraocular irrigating solutions on the corneal endothelium in intraocular lens implantation.

Matsuda, M, Kinoshita, S, Ohashi, Y, Shimomura, Y, Ohguro, N, Okamoto, H, ...

We conducted a randomised prospective controlled study to determine the effects of a glucose glutathione bicarbonate solution (BSS Plus) and a citrate acetate bicarbonate solution (S-MA2) on the...

Corneal guttata associated with the corneal dystrophy resulting from a βig-h3 R124H mutation

Akimune, C., Watanabe, H., Maeda, N., Okada, M., Yamamoto, S., Kiritoshi, A., ...

AIMS—To investigate the frequency of corneal guttata in patients with a corneal dystrophy resulting from an Arg124His (R124H) mutation of βig-h3 gene.
METHODS—Slit lamp examination was...