Involvement of annexin A2 in serum-MAF dependent phagocytic activation of macrophages

K Kawakatsu, M Maemura, Y Seta… - Anticancer …, 2021 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Serum-derived macrophage activating factor (serum-MAF) is expected to
have adjuvant effects through rapid phagocytic activation, which depends on F-actin …

Historical and pharmacological studies on rehmannia root processing–Trends in usage and comparison of the immunostimulatory effects of its products with or without …

M Ota, J Nakazaki, Y Tabuchi, T Ono… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
… was repeated for 1–4 times to prepare SRR samples steamed for each 3, 6, 9, or 12 h
according to the textbook describing that one steaming time was 3 h to several hours (Maemura, …

Increases of vascular endothelin-converting enzyme activity and endothelin-1 level on atherosclerotic lesions in hyperlipidemic rabbits

H Mitani, M Takimoto, T Bandoh, M Kimura - European journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate vascular endothelin-converting enzyme activity and
the tissue level of endothelin-1 in the aorta related to atherosclerotic lesions in high …

CD4-1 and CD4-2 single positive are two major CD4 lymphocyte subpopulations in ginbuna crucian carp Carassius auratus langsdorfii

LM Lau, M Kuga, M Sano, G Kato - Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we established a murine cell line that expresses ginbuna crucian carp (ginbuna)
CD4-2 and used it to develop an anti-CD4-2 monoclonal antibody (mAb). An established …

Experience of using a non-invasive pulse-wave transit time-based cardiac output monitoring in patients undergoing robot-assisted surgery with pneumoperitoneum in …

M Kurota, T Takahashi, R Akimoto… - 山形大学紀要. 医学 …, 2020 - yamagata.repo.nii.ac.jp
Background: Estimated continuous cardiac output (esCCO) is a non-invasive technique for
monitoring continuous cardiac output (CCO) that is based on pulse-wave transit time. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Skipping breakfast during pregnancy and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Japanese women: the Tohoku medical megabank project birth and three …

M Aizawa, K Murakami, I Takahashi, T Onuma, A Noda… - Nutrition Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) adversely affect the prognosis of
mother and child, and the prognosis depends on the subtype of HDP. Skipping breakfast may …

Reconsideration of macrophage and dendritic cell classification

T Kadowaki, M Shimada, H Inagawa… - Anticancer …, 2012 - ar.iiarjournals.org
It is well known that the activation of innate immune cells, especially antigen-presenting cells
such as macrophages and dendritic cells, can ameliorate or exacerbate various diseases, …

The use of a two-step removal protocol and optimized culture conditions improve development and quality of zona free mouse embryos

W Fan, M Homma, R Xu, H Kunii, H Bai… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The zona pellucida (ZP) plays an important role in both the fertilization and embryonic
development. For the successful handling of early stage blastomeres for differentiation analysis, …

Comparison of the expression of cell surface poly-N-acetyllactosamine-type oligosaccharides in PC12 cells with those in its variant PC12D

M Fukuzumi, S Maruyama, M Sano, S Fukui - Glycobiology, 2001 - academic.oup.com
To explore the biological role of carbohydrate chains in the process of nerve cell differentiation,
we carried out a characterization of the carbohydrate structure of glycoproteins by …

Zoledronate inhibits osteoclast differentiation via suppressing vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 expression

T Nakagawa, K Ohta, R Uetsuki, H Kato, T Naruse… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Springer
Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a major oral complication;
however, its pathogenesis remains unclear. Impairment of osteoclast differentiation by …