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Nagamachi N, Nakayama T, Nishiuchi K, Hashimoto Y, Azuma K. [Biochemical and clinical observations in a patient with placental sulfatase deficiency]. NIHON SANKA FUJINKA GAKKAI ZASSHI 1982; 34:1801-4. [PMID: 7175282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Azuma K. [Recent research progress on interferon]. [HOKKAIDO IGAKU ZASSHI] THE HOKKAIDO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 1982; 57:139-46. [PMID: 6180965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Azuma K, Nozaki K, Murai T, Kodama Y, Kirimoto T. [CT appearance of primary malignant lymphoma of brain--report of three cases--(author's transl)]. RINSHO HOSHASEN. CLINICAL RADIOGRAPHY 1982; 27:375-8. [PMID: 7047804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Azuma M, Azuma K. The action of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on the hypersensitivity of frog photoreceptor. Vision Res 1982; 22:151-5. [PMID: 6179299 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(82)90176-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The increase in sensitivity of frog photoreceptors after illumination, "hypersensitivity", was studied by recording fast-PIII responses of the isolated bull frog retina superfused with physiological saline containing 5 mM sodium aspartate. The hypersensitivity is mot marked after illumination which bleaches only 0.01% of the rhodopsin initially present. The wavelength of light, which is optimum to induce the hypersensitivity, is about 500 nm. Several kinds of phosphodiesterase inhibitors, isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX), papaverine, theophylline and caffeine act to induce the hypersensitivity, as does lowered extracellular concentrations of calcium ion, [Ca2+]out. Such action of phosphodiesterase inhibitor can be antagonized by an increase in [Ca2+]out. The relation between effects of Ca2+ and cyclic nucleotides on photoreceptor is discussed.
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Ebata T, Kobayashi K, Denno R, Gotoh Y, Azuma K, Totsuka M, Hayasaka H. [Effects of FUT-175 in endotoxin shock (author's transl)]. MASUI. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 1982; 31:56-61. [PMID: 7077821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Ebata T, Kobayashi K, Denno R, Gotoh Y, Azuma K, Totsuka M, Hayasaka H. [Effects of reduced glutathione and dexamethasone in endotoxin shock (author's transl)]. MASUI. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 1981; 30:832-6. [PMID: 7321174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Yoshizaki K, Mimura T, Takeuchi S, Azuma K, Nitta E, Akiyama T, Oono Y, Yamano S, Inui Y, Masuda T, Matsuka G, Takahashi H. [A measurement of testosterone-binding globulin (TBG) by the use of exchange assay -- dynamics during the pregnancy, labor and puerperal periods and a difference by the fetal sex (author's transl)]. ACTA OBSTETRICA ET GYNAECOLOGICA JAPONICA 1981; 33:461-8. [PMID: 7195136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Azuma K, Kaneko K. [Bedside nursing. Assistance of a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an innovation in communication with the patient with frequent complaints]. KANGOGAKU ZASSHI 1981; 45:306-8. [PMID: 6787247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Azuma K, Azuma M. The regeneration of visual pigments and the change of rod hypersensitivity after irradiation by bleaching light in frog retina. Photochem Photobiol 1980; 32:529-38. [PMID: 6969896 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1980.tb03799.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Azuma K, Matsushita S. [Postoperative clinical course of patients with lung cancer and the focal points in health instruction to be given after discharge from the hospital]. [KANGO GIJUTSU] : [NURSING TECHNIQUE] 1980; 26:661-70. [PMID: 6155497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Azuma M, Azuma K. The increase in sensitivity following light illumination in frog photoreceptors. Vision Res 1979; 19:1171-5. [PMID: 317766 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(79)90014-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fujita K, Yamada Y, Azuma K, Hirozawa S. Effect of leaf extracts of Aloe arborescens Mill subsp. natalensis Berger on growth of Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1978; 14:132-6. [PMID: 686703 PMCID: PMC352416 DOI: 10.1128/aac.14.1.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The antifungal activity of a lyophilized powder containing aloe leaf homogenate (whole-leaf powder) against Trichophyton mentagrophytes was investigated. The minimal inhibitory concentration was 25 mg/ml by the agar dilution method, using Sabouraud glucose agar medium. At subinhibitory concentrations, the powder exerted its main effect on colony growth by prolongation of the lag phase and inhibition of growth rate. Homogenates of fresh whole leaf were filtered through Whatman GF/A paper, and the filtrate was dialyzed and concentrated by molecular filtration using an Amicon hollow-fiber dialyzer concentrator DC-2, and a powder containing components with molecular weights higher than 10,000 (high-molecular-weight component powder) was prepared by lyophilization. The minimal inhibitory concentrations against three strains of T. mentagrophytes were all 10 mg/ml. The inhibitory activity was fungicidal and was lost by heating at 100 degrees C for 30 min. Both the whole-leaf powder and the high-molecular-weight component powder induced various morphological abnormalities in spores and hyphae by the inhibition of spore germination and development of hyphae.
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1. Bleaching/regeneration cycles were performed in perfused frog retina while the optical transmittance at suitable wave-lengths was measured continously. Rhodopsin was identified from its spectral absorbance, its photosensitivity and from the kinetics of its regeneration. 2. In the absence of the pigment epithelium regeneration was complete when not more than 2-5% of the rhodopsin initially present had been bleached. However, the cycles could be repeated to a total of regenerated rhodopsin exceeding that explicable on the utilization of stored chromophores. The rate of regeneration was fast, with 0-12 min-1 rate constant, following first order reaction kinetics. Under these conditions the cycle does not seem to involve stages beyond metarhodopsin II. With the moderate bleaching intensities used, half-time 53 min, the Bunsen-Roscoe law was obeyed up to 15 min, indicating a capacity for the photoproducts to be accomondated in situ for subsequent regeneration. 3. It is concluded that only substantial bleaches, which exceed that capacity, result in hydrolysed chromophores. These surplus chromophores become esterified and are temporarily taken up by the pigment epithelium to be re-entered into the visual cycle as fast as they can be processed by the regenerative machinery of the rod outer segments.
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Yamada Y, Azuma K. Evaluation of the in vitro antifungal activity of allicin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1977; 11:743-9. [PMID: 856026 PMCID: PMC352060 DOI: 10.1128/aac.11.4.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Allicin was effective in vitro against Candida, Cryptococcus, Trichophyton, Epidermophyton, and Microsporum. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of allicin against these organisms were 3.13 to 6.25 mug/ml by the agar dilution method and 1.57 to 6.25 mug/ml by the broth dilution method, using Sabouraud glucose (SG) medium. However decreased activity was demonstrated against Aspergillus. The MIC of allicin against various pathogenic fungi was affected considerably by differences in the experimental conditions, e.g., incubation time, inoculum size, type of medium, and medium pH. The MIC of allicin against Candida, Cryptococcus, and Aspergillus remained constant after more than 3 days of incubation, and that against Dermatophytes remained constant after more than 10 days of incubation. Decreasing the inoculum size increased the susceptibility to allicin. The antifungal activity of allicin was stronger on SG agar medium with a pH of 5.6 than on the same medium with a pH of 6.0 or higher. By microscopical observation, allicin induced morphological abnormalities in hyphae of Trichophyton mentagrophytes Morita. Percent germination of spores of the Morita strain at 24 h in SG agar medium was greatly decreased with an allicin concentration of 3.13 mug/ml, and the lethal dose for the spores was about four times higher than the fungistatic concentration. These results suggest that allicin inhibits both germination of spores and growth of hyphae.
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Azuma K, Azuma M, Suzuki T. Circular dichroism of cephalopod rhodopsin and its intermediates in the bleaching and photoregeneration process. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1975; 393:520-30. [PMID: 238616 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(75)90079-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the bleaching process of cephalopod rhodopsin, a new intermediate was found in the conversion process from lumirhodopsin to metarhodopsin. This intermediate of octopus has an absorption peak at about 475 nm and has been named as M475. The circular dichroism value of M475 is too small to be evaluated. On the other hand, lumirhodopsin shows a negative CD at 470 nm, a positive CD at 350 nm and a large positive CD band with three peaks at 280, 287 and 295 nm. Such a large CD band in the ultraviolet region is not observed in rhodopsin, M475 and metarhodopsin. This CD seems to be mainly due to tryptophan and tyrosine residues restricted in free rotation in the protein moiety of lumirhodopsin. The intermediate in the photoregeneration process of cephalopod rhodopsin, P380, has a positive CD band at the main peak, 380 nm, and also a large positive CD band in the ultraviolet region like lumirhodopsin.
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Azuma K, Azuma M, Sakaguchi K, Kito Y. Reversible spectral change of squid retinochrome by salts. Nature 1975; 253:206-7. [PMID: 234177 DOI: 10.1038/253206a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hasegawa M, Azuma K, Oashi T. [Proceedings: Dynamic elasticity of the major arterial stem]. NIHON SEIRIGAKU ZASSHI. JOURNAL OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1974; 36:380. [PMID: 4478564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Azuma M, Azuma K, Kito Y. Circular dichroism of squid retinochrome. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1974; 351:133-41. [PMID: 4834683 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(74)90072-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Yamaguchi H, Azuma K, Minoura Y. Asymmetrische Hydroborierung von Dien-Polymeren. Colloid Polym Sci 1974. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01555679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kito Y, Suzuki T, Sugahara M, Azuma M, Azuma K, Mishima K. Squid rhodopsin and retinochrome. NATURE: NEW BIOLOGY 1973; 243:53-4. [PMID: 17315368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Azuma M, Azuma K, Kito Y. Circular dichrosim of visual pigment analogues containing 3 -dehydroretinal and 5,6-epoxy-3-dehydroretinal as the chromophore. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1973; 295:520-7. [PMID: 4699576 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(73)90048-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Yase Y, Matsumoto N, Azuma K, Nakai Y, Shiraki H. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Association with schizophrenic symptoms and showing Alzheimer's tangles. ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY 1972; 27:118-28. [PMID: 5040632 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1972.00490140022005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Okamoto K, Azuma K, Yamamura S. [Nursing of fever in patients with gynecologic diseases]. [KANGO GIJUTSU] : [NURSING TECHNIQUE] 1972; 18:104-13. [PMID: 4481611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Azuma K. [Studies on vacuum firing of fusing porcelain with special reference to home product high fusing dental porcelain]. SHIGAKU = ODONTOLOGY; JOURNAL OF NIHON DENTAL COLLEGE 1972; 59:443-59. [PMID: 4500823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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