Yasuyuki Ishii

Pressure-Induced Reentrant Oblique Antiferromagnetic Phase in Spin Dimer System TlCuCl_3 (2008)

Yamada, Fumiko, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Suzuki, Takao, Matsuzaki, Teiichiro, Tanaka, Hidekazu

Magnetization measurements under a hydrostatic pressure of P = 1.4 GPa were performed on the coupled spin dimer system TlCuCl_3, which exhibits a pressure-induced quantum phase transition from a...

Impact of non-homologous end-joining deficiency on random and targeted DNA integration: implications for gene targeting (2008)

Iiizumi, Susumu, Kurosawa, Aya, So, Sairei, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Chikaraishi, Yuichi, Ishii, Ayako, ...

In higher animal cells, the principal limitation of gene-targeting technology is the extremely low efficiency of targeted integration, which occurs three to four orders of magnitude less frequently...

Human Th1 differentiation induced by lipoarabinomannan/lipomannan from Mycobacterium bovis BCG Tokyo-172 (2008)

Ito, Toshihiro, Hasegawa, Akihiro, Hosokawa, Hiroyuki, Yamashita, Masakatsu, Motohashi, Shinichiro, Naka, Takashi, ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tubercle bacilli) and the related acid-fast bacteria including Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmett–Guerin (BCG) have a characteristic cell wall (CW) containing various...

Construction of an open-access database that integrates cross-reference information from the transcriptome and proteome of immune cells (2007)

Hijikata, Atsushi, Kitamura, Hiroshi, Kimura, Yayoi, Yokoyama, Ryo, Aiba, Yuichi, Bao, Yanyuan, ...

Motivation: Although a huge amount of mammalian genomic data does become publicly available, there are still hurdles for biologists to overcome before such data can be fully exploited. One of the...

Amino Acid Sequence Studies of the Light Subunit of Methylamine Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas AM1: Existence of Two Residues Binding the Prosthetic Group (1983)

ISHII, Yasuyuki, HASE, Toshiharu, FUKUMORI, Yoshihiro, MATSUBARA, Hiroshi, TOBARI, Jiro

The methylamine dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas AM1 is a tetramer composed of two subunits, Iight(L)- and heavy-subunits. The amino acid sequence of the L-subunit was determined by sequence analyses...

Methylamine Dehydrogenases of Methylomonas J and Pseudomonas AM1: Hybridization of Light and Heavy Subunits and Some Properties of an Isolated Hybrid Enzyme (1980)

MATSUMOTO, Takashi, SHIRAI, Shigeki, ISHII, Yasuyuki, TOBARI, Jiro

Hybridization reactions were carried out in vitro between the light and heavy subunits of two methylamine dehydrogenases obtained from Methylomonas J (formerly Pseudonionas sp. J) and Pseudomonas...

Posttranslational modification of the glycosylation inhibiting factor (GIF) gene product generates bioactive GIF

Watarai, Hiroshi, Nozawa, Risa, Tokunaga, Ayako, Yuyama, Noriko, Tomas, Mayumi, Hinohara, Atsushi, ...

Glycosylation inhibiting factor (GIF) and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) share an identical structure gene. Here we unravel two steps of posttranslational modifications in GIF/MIF...

DNA ligase IV-deficient cells are more resistant to ionizing radiation in the absence of Ku70: Implications for DNA double-strand break repair

Adachi, Noritaka, Ishino, Takayuki, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Takeda, Shunichi, Koyama, Hideki

Vertebrate cells have evolved two major pathways for repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), homologous recombination (HR) and nonhomologous DNA end-joining (NHEJ). To investigate the role of DNA...

Maintenance of Serum Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Nuclear Antigen 2 in Healthy Individuals from Different Age Groups in a Japanese Population with a High Childhood Incidence of Asymptomatic Primary EBV Infection

Harada, Shizuko, Kamata, Yoshio, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Eda, Hiroyuki, Kitamura, Ryo, Obayashi, Maya, ...

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigens 2 and 1 (EBNA-2 and EBNA-1, respectively) were studied using sera from healthy individuals of a population with a high...

Structural and Functional Differences in Two Cyclic Bacteriocins with the Same Sequences Produced by Lactobacilli

Kawai, Yasushi, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Arakawa, Kensuke, Uemura, Koichiro, Saitoh, Boku, Nishimura, Junko, ...

Lactobacillus gasseri LA39 and L. reuteri LA6 isolated from feces of the same human infant were found to produce similar cyclic bacteriocins (named gassericin A and reutericin 6, respectively) that...

A neuropeptide Y Y5 antagonist selectively ameliorates body weight gain and associated parameters in diet-induced obese mice

Ishihara, Akane, Kanatani, Akio, Mashiko, Satoshi, Tanaka, Takeshi, Hidaka, Masayasu, Gomori, Akira, ...

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is thought to have a major role in the physiological control of energy homeostasis. Among five NPY receptors described, the NPY Y5 receptor (Y5R) is a prime candidate to mediate...

Posttranslational modification of the glycosylation inhibiting factor (GIF) gene product generates bioactive GIF

Watarai, Hiroshi, Nozawa, Risa, Tokunaga, Ayako, Yuyama, Noriko, Tomas, Mayumi, Hinohara, Atsushi, ...

Glycosylation inhibiting factor (GIF) and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) share an identical structure gene. Here we unravel two steps of posttranslational modifications in GIF/MIF...

DNA ligase IV-deficient cells are more resistant to ionizing radiation in the absence of Ku70: Implications for DNA double-strand break repair

Adachi, Noritaka, Ishino, Takayuki, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Takeda, Shunichi, Koyama, Hideki

Vertebrate cells have evolved two major pathways for repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), homologous recombination (HR) and nonhomologous DNA end-joining (NHEJ). To investigate the role of DNA...

Maintenance of Serum Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Nuclear Antigen 2 in Healthy Individuals from Different Age Groups in a Japanese Population with a High Childhood Incidence of Asymptomatic Primary EBV Infection

Harada, Shizuko, Kamata, Yoshio, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Eda, Hiroyuki, Kitamura, Ryo, Obayashi, Maya, ...

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigens 2 and 1 (EBNA-2 and EBNA-1, respectively) were studied using sera from healthy individuals of a population with a high...

Structural and Functional Differences in Two Cyclic Bacteriocins with the Same Sequences Produced by Lactobacilli

Kawai, Yasushi, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Arakawa, Kensuke, Uemura, Koichiro, Saitoh, Boku, Nishimura, Junko, ...

Lactobacillus gasseri LA39 and L. reuteri LA6 isolated from feces of the same human infant were found to produce similar cyclic bacteriocins (named gassericin A and reutericin 6, respectively) that...

A neuropeptide Y Y5 antagonist selectively ameliorates body weight gain and associated parameters in diet-induced obese mice

Ishihara, Akane, Kanatani, Akio, Mashiko, Satoshi, Tanaka, Takeshi, Hidaka, Masayasu, Gomori, Akira, ...

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is thought to have a major role in the physiological control of energy homeostasis. Among five NPY receptors described, the NPY Y5 receptor (Y5R) is a prime candidate to mediate...

The Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 BgKL Variant, Unlike the BgOL Variant, Shows a Higher Association with Orolabial Infection than with Infections at Other Sites, Supporting the Variant-Dispersion-Replacement Hypothesis▿

Ozawa, Shigeru, Eda, Hiroyuki, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Ban, Fumihiko, Funabashi, Toshiyuki, Hata, Seiichiro, ...

The identification and geographic distribution of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) BglII restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) variants named BgKL and BgOL in clinical isolates from...

Blockade of body weight gain and plasma corticosterone levels in Zucker fatty rats using an orally active neuropeptide Y Y1 antagonist

Ishihara, Akane, Kanatani, Akio, Okada, Megumu, Hidaka, Masayasu, Tanaka, Takeshi, Mashiko, Satoshi, ...

An experiment was conducted to examine whether a potent, orally active and highly selective neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor antagonist attenuates hyperphagia and obesity in genetically obese Zucker fatty...

IL-21–induced Bɛ cell apoptosis mediated by natural killer T cells suppresses IgE responses

Harada, Michishige, Magara-Koyanagi, Kumiko, Watarai, Hiroshi, Nagata, Yuko, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Kojo, Satoshi, ...

Epidemiological studies have suggested that the recent increase in the incidence and severity of immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated allergic disorders is inversely correlated with Mycobacterium bovis...

A Monoclonal Antibody to the α2 Domain of Murine Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I that Specifically Kills Activated Lymphocytes and Blocks Liver Damage in the Concanavalin A Hepatitis Model

Matsuoka, Shuji, Tsurui, Hiromichi, Abe, Masaaki, Terashima, Kazuo, Nakamura, Kazuhiro, Hamano, Yoshitomo, ...

We earlier found that a rat monoclonal antibody (mAb) RE2 can induce rapid death of murine activated, but not resting, lymphocytes and lymphocyte cell lines, in a complement-independent manner, a...

Impact of non-homologous end-joining deficiency on random and targeted DNA integration: implications for gene targeting

Iiizumi, Susumu, Kurosawa, Aya, So, Sairei, Ishii, Yasuyuki, Chikaraishi, Yuichi, Ishii, Ayako, ...

In higher animal cells, the principal limitation of gene-targeting technology is the extremely low efficiency of targeted integration, which occurs three to four orders of magnitude less frequently...