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Abe K, Akutsu R, Ali A, Alt C, Andreopoulos C, Anthony L, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Asada Y, Ashida Y, Atkin ET, Awataguchi Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barrow D, Barry C, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak M, Beloshapkin A, Bench F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Berns L, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bourguille B, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bravo Berguño D, Bronner C, Bubak A, Buizza Avanzini M, Calcutt J, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Cook L, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dokania N, Dolan S, Doyle TA, Drapier O, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Eklund L, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Fernandez P, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Fiorillo G, Francois C, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fujita R, Fukuda D, Fukuda R, Fukuda Y, Fusshoeller K, Gameil K, Giganti C, Golan T, Gonin M, Gorin A, Guigue M, Hadley DR, Haigh JT, Hamacher-Baumann P, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hiramoto A, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hong Van NT, Iacob F, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jakkapu M, Jamieson B, Jenkins SJ, Jesús-Valls C, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Kasetti SP, Kataoka Y, Katori T, Kato Y, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kikawa T, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kostin A, Kowalik K, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kukita N, Kuribayashi S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Kuze M, Labarga L, Lagoda J, Lamoureux M, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Litchfield RP, Liu SL, Li X, Longhin A, Ludovici L, Lu X, Lux T, Machado LN, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Marti-Magro L, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Matsubara T, Matsushita K, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Miura M, Molina Bueno L, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Munteanu L, Murphy S, Nagai Y, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakamura A, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Ngoc TV, Niewczas K, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Nonnenmacher TS, Nova F, Novella P, Nowak J, Nugent JC, O'Keeffe HM, O'Sullivan L, Odagawa T, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Parker WC, Pasternak J, Paudyal P, Pavin M, Payne D, Penn GC, Pickering L, Pidcott C, Pintaudi G, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Porwit K, Posiadala-Zezula M, Pritchard A, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Radics B, Ratoff PN, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruggeri AC, Ruggles CA, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Schloesser CM, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaykina A, Shiozawa M, Shorrock W, Shvartsman A, Smirnov A, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Soler FJP, Sonoda Y, Steinmann J, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Sztuc AA, Tada M, Tajima M, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Tanaka S, Thompson LF, Toki W, Touramanis C, Towstego T, Tsui KM, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Uno W, Vagins M, Valder S, Vallari Z, Vargas D, Vasseur G, Vilela C, Vinning WGS, Vladisavljevic T, Volkov VV, Wachala T, Walker J, Walsh JG, Wang Y, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wood K, Wret C, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Yano T, Yasutome K, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoshida T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zaremba K, Zarnecki G, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Zsoldos S, Zykova A. Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance in a Long-Baseline Muon Antineutrino Beam. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:161802. [PMID: 32383902 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.161802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Electron antineutrino appearance is measured by the T2K experiment in an accelerator-produced antineutrino beam, using additional neutrino beam operation to constrain parameters of the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) mixing matrix. T2K observes 15 candidate electron antineutrino events with a background expectation of 9.3 events. Including information from the kinematic distribution of observed events, the hypothesis of no electron antineutrino appearance is disfavored with a significance of 2.40σ and no discrepancy between data and PMNS predictions is found. A complementary analysis that introduces an additional free parameter which allows non-PMNS values of electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance also finds no discrepancy between data and PMNS predictions.
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Abe K, Akutsu R, Ali A, Alt C, Andreopoulos C, Anthony L, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Arihara T, Asada Y, Ashida Y, Atkin ET, Awataguchi Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barrow D, Barry C, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak M, Beloshapkin A, Bench F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Berns L, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bourguille B, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Berguño DB, Bronner C, Bubak A, Avanzini MB, Calcutt J, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Cicerchia M, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Cook L, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dokania N, Dolan S, Doyle TA, Drapier O, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Eguchi A, Eklund L, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Fernandez P, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Fiorillo G, Francois C, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fujita R, Fukuda D, Fukuda R, Fukuda Y, Fusshoeller K, Gameil K, Giganti C, Golan T, Gonin M, Gorin A, Guigue M, Hadley DR, Haigh JT, Hamacher-Baumann P, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hassani S, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hiramoto A, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hong Van NT, Iacob F, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jakkapu M, Jamieson B, Jenkins SJ, Jesús-Valls C, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Junjie X, Jurj PB, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Kasetti SP, Kataoka Y, Katori T, Kato Y, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kikawa T, Kikutani H, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kostin A, Kowalik K, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kukita N, Kuribayashi S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Kuze M, Labarga L, Lagoda J, Lamoureux M, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Litchfield RP, Liu SL, Li X, Longhin A, Ludovici L, Lu X, Lux T, Machado LN, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Marti-Magro L, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Matsubara T, Matsushita K, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McElwee J, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Miura M, Bueno LM, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Munteanu L, Murphy S, Nagai Y, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakamura A, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Naseby CER, Ngoc TV, Niewczas K, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Noah E, Nonnenmacher TS, Nova F, Novella P, Nowak J, Nugent JC, O’Keeffe HM, O’Sullivan L, Odagawa T, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Pari M, Parker WC, Parsa S, Pasternak J, Paudyal P, Pavin M, Payne D, Penn GC, Pickering L, Pidcott C, Pintaudi G, Guerra ESP, Pistillo C, Popov B, Porwit K, Posiadala-Zezula M, Pritchard A, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Radics B, Ratoff PN, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruggeri AC, Ruggles CA, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Santucci G, Schloesser CM, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaykina A, Shiozawa M, Shorrock W, Shvartsman A, Smirnov A, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Soler FJP, Sonoda Y, Steinmann J, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Sztuc AA, Tada M, Tajima M, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Tanaka S, Thompson LF, Toki W, Touramanis C, Towstego T, Tsui KM, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Uno W, Vagins M, Valder S, Vallari Z, Vargas D, Vasseur G, Vilela C, Vinning WGS, Vladisavljevic T, Volkov VV, Wachala T, Walker J, Walsh JG, Wang Y, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wood K, Wret C, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Yano T, Yasutome K, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoshida T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zaremba K, Zarnecki G, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Zsoldos S, Zykova A. Constraint on the matter–antimatter symmetry-violating phase in neutrino oscillations. Nature 2020; 580:339-344. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2177-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Koshimoto S, Arimoto M, Saitou K, Hashizume A, Kako J, McManus K, Amano K, Nakajima Y, Uetake H, Matsushima E. The effectiveness of individual nutritional counselling for patients with advanced cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A preliminary study. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz434.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shimizuguchi T, Nakajima Y, Miyake Y, Shibata Y, Taguchi K, Ogawa H, Hayakawa S, Ito K, Machitori Y, Nihei K, Karasawa K. Radiation Therapy and Risk of Herpes Zoster in General Cancer Patients: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.1302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Taguchi K, Ito K, Ogawa H, Nakajima Y, Shimizuguchi T, Nihei K, Karasawa K. Femoral Fractures after Radical Treatment of Soft-Tissue Sarcomas of the Proximal Lower Extremity. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.2524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Fujiwara H, Kanamori J, Nakajima Y, Kawano T, Miura A, Fujita T, Akita K, Daiko H. An anatomical hypothesis: a "concentric-structured model" for the theoretical understanding of the surgical anatomy in the upper mediastinum required for esophagectomy with radical mediastinal lymph node dissection. Dis Esophagus 2019; 32:5250778. [PMID: 30561581 DOI: 10.1093/dote/doy119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Understanding the surgical anatomy is the key to reducing surgical invasiveness especially in the upper mediastinal dissection for esophageal cancer, which is supposed to have a significant impact on curability and morbidity. However, there is no theoretical recognition regarding the surgical anatomy required for esophagectomy, although the surgical anatomy in abdominal digestive surgery has been developed on the basis of embryological findings of intestinal rotation and fusion fascia. Therefore, we developed a hypothesis of a 'concentric-structured model' of the surgical anatomy in the upper mediastinum based on human embryonic development. This model was characterized by three factors: (1) a concentric and symmetric three-layer structure, (2) bilateral vascular distribution, and (3) an 'inter-layer potential space' composed of loose connective tissue. The concentric three-layer structure consists of the 'visceral layer', the 'vascular layer', and the 'parietal layer': the visceral layer containing the esophagus, trachea, and recurrent laryngeal nerves as the central core, the vascular layer of major blood vessels surrounding the visceral core to maintain the circulation, and the parietal layer as the outer frame of the body. The bilateral vascular distribution consists of the inferior thyroid arteries and bronchial arteries originating from the bilateral dorsal aortae in an embryo. This bilateral vascular distribution may be related to the formation of the proper mesentery of the esophagus and frequent lymph node metastasis observed in the visceral layer around recurrent laryngeal nerves. The three concentric layers are bordered by loose connective tissue called the 'inter-layer potential space'. This inter-layer potential space is the fundamental factor of our concentric-structured model as the appropriate surgical plane of dissection. The peripheral blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics transition between each layer, thereby penetrating this loose connective tissue forming the inter-layer potential space. Recurrent laryngeal nerves also transition from the vascular layer after branching off from the vagal nerves and then ascend consistently in the visceral layer. We investigated the validity of this concentric-structured model, confirming the intraoperative images and the surgical outcomes of thoracoscopic esophagectomy in a prone position (TSEP) before and after the introduction of this hypothetical anatomy model. A total of 226 patients with esophageal cancer underwent TSEP from January 2015 to December 2016. After the introduction of this model, the surgical outcomes in 105 patients clearly improved for the operation time of the thoracoscopic procedure (160 min vs. 182 min, P = 0.01) and the incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy (19.0% vs. 36.4%, P = 0.004). Moreover, we were able to identify the concentric and symmetric layer structure through surgical dissection along the inter-layer potential space between the visceral and vascular layers ('viscero-vascular space') in all 105 cases after introduction of the hypothetical model. The concentric-structured model based on embryonic development is clinically beneficial for achieving less-invasive esophagectomy by ensuring a theoretical understanding of the surgical anatomy in the upper mediastinum.
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Fujioka I, Ichikawa Y, Nakajima Y, Kasahara M, Hattori M, Nemoto T. Efficiency of leukocyte depletion filters and micro-aggregate filters following intra-operative cell salvage during cesarean delivery. Int J Obstet Anesth 2019; 41:59-64. [PMID: 31358431 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2019.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intra-operative cell salvage is not routinely used during cesarean delivery because it is not cost-effective for patients at low risk of hemorrhage and there are theoretical concerns about amniotic fluid embolism. Some guidelines recommend using leukocyte depletion filters to decrease the risk of amniotic fluid embolism before re-infusing salvaged blood, but these filters are not available in Japan. We compared the efficacy and safety of leukocyte depletion and micro-aggregate filters in combination with intra-operative cell salvage during cesarean delivery. METHODS Blood was collected in a Cell Saver 5 reservoir during cesarean delivery. Four samples were collected: pre-wash, post-wash, post-filtration with a leukocyte depletion filter and post-filtration with a micro-aggregate filter. Each sample was analyzed for amniotic fluid markers of zinc coproporphyrin-1 and sialyl-Tn, for fetal hemoglobin, and the sample underwent pathological examination for white blood cells and squamous cells. Post-filtration samples were compared using paired t-tests with P <0.05 indicating statistical significance. RESULTS Zinc coproporphyrin-1 and sialyl-Tn were negative at almost all sample points. Squamous cells decreased by 59.1% post-wash and 91.2% post-filtration using a leukocyte depletion filter. Leukocyte depletion filters removed 99.7% of white blood cells and were more effective in removing white blood cells than micro-aggregate filters (P=0.02). CONCLUSION Leucocyte depletion filters are more effective in removing white blood cells and squamous cells than micro-aggregate filters, and their introduction for intra-operative cell salvage during cesarean delivery should be considered in Japanese clinical practice.
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Shibukawa A, Kojima K, Nakajima Y, Nishimura Y, Yoshizawa S, Sudo Y. Photochemical Characterization of a New Heliorhodopsin from the Gram-Negative Eubacterium Bellilinea caldifistulae (BcHeR) and Comparison with Heliorhodopsin-48C12. Biochemistry 2019; 58:2934-2943. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Iida J, Ishii S, Nakajima Y, Sessler DI, Teramae H, Kageyama K, Maeda S, Anada N, Shibasaki M, Sawa T, Nakayama Y. Hyperglycaemia augments lipopolysaccharide-induced reduction in rat and human macrophage phagocytosis via the endoplasmic stress-C/EBP homologous protein pathway. Br J Anaesth 2019; 123:51-59. [PMID: 31084986 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Macrophage phagocytosis constitutes an essential part of the host defence against microbes and the resolution of inflammation. Hyperglycaemia during sepsis is reported to reduce macrophage function, and thus, potentiate inflammatory deterioration. We investigated whether high-glucose concentrations augment lipopolysaccharide-induced reduction in macrophage phagocytosis via the endoplasmic stress-C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) pathway using animal and laboratory investigations. METHODS Peritoneal macrophages of artificially ventilated male Wistar rats, divided into four groups based on target blood glucose concentrations achieved by glucose administration with or without lipopolysaccharide, were obtained after 24 h. Human macrophages were also cultured in normal or high glucose with or without lipopolysaccharide exposure for 72 h. Changes in the phagocytic activity, intranuclear CHOP expression, and intracellular Akt phosphorylation status of macrophages were evaluated. These changes were also evaluated in human macrophages after genetic knock-down of CHOP by specific siRNA transfection or resolvin D2 treatment. RESULTS Lipopolysaccharide impaired phagocytosis, increased intranuclear expression of CHOP, and inhibited Akt phosphorylation in both rat peritoneal and human macrophages. Hyperglycaemic glucose concentrations augmented these changes. Genetic knock-down of CHOP restored phagocytic ability and Akt phosphorylation in human macrophages. Furthermore, resolvin D2 co-incubation restored the inhibited phagocytosis and Akt phosphorylation along with the inhibition of intranuclear CHOP expression in human macrophages. CONCLUSIONS These findings imply that controlling endoplasmic reticulum stress might provide new strategies for restoring reduced macrophage phagocytosis in sepsis-induced hyperglycaemia.
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Murase M, Nakayama Y, Sessler DI, Mukai N, Ogawa S, Nakajima Y. Changes in platelet Bax levels contribute to impaired platelet response to thrombin after cardiopulmonary bypass: prospective observational clinical and laboratory investigations. Br J Anaesth 2019; 119:1118-1126. [PMID: 29040496 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Anucleate platelets can undergo apoptosis in response to various stimuli, as do nucleated cells. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) causes platelet dysfunction and can also activate platelet apoptotic pathways. We therefore evaluated time-dependent changes in blood platelet Bax (a pro-apoptotic molecule) levels and platelet dysfunction after cardiac surgery. Methods We assessed blood samples obtained from subjects having on-pump or off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery ( n =20 each). We also evaluated the in vitro effects of platelet Bax increase in eight healthy volunteers. Results Thrombin-induced platelet calcium mobilisation and platelet-surface glycoprotein Ib (GPIb) expression were lowest at weaning from CPB and did not recover on postoperative day one. On-pump surgery increased platelet expression of Bax, especially the oligomerised form, along with translocation of Bax from the cytosol to mitochondria and platelet-surface tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α)-converting enzyme (TACE) expression. In contrast, mitochondrial cytochrome c expression was reduced. While similar in direction, the magnitude of the observed changes was smaller in patients having off-pump surgery. In vitro , a cell-permeable Bax peptide increased platelet Bax expression to the same extent seen during bypass and produced similar platelet changes. These apoptotic-like changes were largely reversed by Bcl-xL pre-administration, and were completely reversed by combined application of inhibitors that stabilise outer mitochondrial membrane permeability and TACE. Conclusions CPB increases platelet Bax expression, which contributes to reduced platelet-surface GPIb expression and thrombin-induced platelet calcium changes. These changes in platelet apoptotic signalling might contribute to platelet dysfunction after CPB. Clinical trial registration UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (number UMIN000006033).
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Inui M, Suekuni K, Kajihara Y, Hosokawa S, Takabatake T, Nakajima Y, Matsuda K, Ohara K, Uchiyama H, Tsutsui S. Static and dynamic structures of liquid Ba 8Ga 16Sn 30: a melt of the thermoelectric clathrate compounds. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2018; 30:455101. [PMID: 30251705 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aae3f3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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X-ray diffraction and inelastic x-ray scattering measurements of liquid Ba8Ga16Sn30 have been carried out to investigate local structure and atomic dynamics in the liquid. The pair distribution function shows shorter and longer interatomic distances in the first coordination shell. The dynamic structure factor exhibits the inelastic excitations on both sides of the quasielastic central peak. The inelastic excitations disperse with increasing the momentum transfer, suggesting the longitudinal acoustic mode. We found a low energy excitation in addition to the longitudinal acoustic excitation in the dynamic structure factor and it reminds us a strong relationship with a rattling motion of a guest (Ba) atom in the solid state. The temperature dependence of the pair distribution function and the longitudinal acoustic excitation energy is very weak in a range from 600 to 900 °C. The result suggests that Ba and other atoms in the melt are located around minimum positions of the effective pair potential approximated as a harmonic one.
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Kito S, Nihei K, Machitori Y, Suda Y, Kanda M, Suganami R, Nakajima Y, Furuya T, Hashimoto S, Karasawa K. Estimation Geometric Uncertainty of Dynamic Tracking Technique for Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Abe K, Akutsu R, Ali A, Amey J, Andreopoulos C, Anthony L, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ashida Y, Azuma Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barry C, Batkiewicz M, Bench F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Berner RM, Berns L, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bourguille B, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buizza Avanzini M, Calcutt J, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dokania N, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Fernandez P, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Fiorillo G, Francois C, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fujita R, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Gameil K, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Golan T, Gonin M, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh JT, Hamacher-Baumann P, Hansen D, Harada J, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hiramoto A, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hosomi F, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Imber J, Inoue T, Intonti RA, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Katori T, Kato Y, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Koller PP, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kowalik K, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Kuze M, Labarga L, Lagoda J, Lamoureux M, Lasorak P, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Lou T, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Martin JF, Martins P, Maruyama T, Matsubara T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Murphy S, Nagai Y, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakanishi Y, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Niewczas K, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Nonnenmacher TS, Novella P, Nowak J, O'Keeffe HM, O'Sullivan L, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Paudyal P, Pavin M, Payne D, Pickering L, Pidcott C, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Porwit K, Posiadala-Zezula M, Pritchard A, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rondio E, Rossi B, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruggeri AC, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sasaki S, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaw D, Shiozawa M, Smirnov A, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sonoda Y, Steinmann J, Stewart T, Stowell P, Suda Y, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Sztuc AA, Tacik R, Tada M, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tamura R, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Thakore T, Thompson LF, Toki W, Touramanis C, Tsui KM, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Uno W, Vagins M, Vallari Z, Vasseur G, Vilela C, Vladisavljevic T, Volkov VV, Wachala T, Walker J, Wang Y, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wret C, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yamasu S, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Yano T, Yasutome K, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoshida T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zaremba K, Zarnecki G, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Zsoldos S, Zykova A. Search for CP Violation in Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations by the T2K Experiment with 2.2×10^{21} Protons on Target. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:171802. [PMID: 30411920 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.171802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The T2K experiment measures muon neutrino disappearance and electron neutrino appearance in accelerator-produced neutrino and antineutrino beams. With an exposure of 14.7(7.6)×10^{20} protons on target in the neutrino (antineutrino) mode, 89 ν_{e} candidates and seven anti-ν_{e} candidates are observed, while 67.5 and 9.0 are expected for δ_{CP}=0 and normal mass ordering. The obtained 2σ confidence interval for the CP-violating phase, δ_{CP}, does not include the CP-conserving cases (δ_{CP}=0, π). The best-fit values of other parameters are sin^{2}θ_{23}=0.526_{-0.036}^{+0.032} and Δm_{32}^{2}=2.463_{-0.070}^{+0.071}×10^{-3} eV^{2}/c^{4}.
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Li Z, Abe K, Bronner C, Hayato Y, Ikeda M, Iyogi K, Kameda J, Kato Y, Kishimoto Y, Marti L, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakano Y, Nakayama S, Orii A, Pronost G, Sekiya H, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Takeda A, Takenaka A, Tanaka H, Tasaka S, Tomura T, Akutsu R, Kajita T, Nishimura Y, Okumura K, Tsui K, Fernandez P, Labarga L, Blaszczyk F, Gustafson J, Kachulis C, Kearns E, Raaf J, Stone J, Sulak L, Berkman S, Tobayama S, Elnimr M, Kropp W, Locke S, Mine S, Weatherly P, Smy M, Sobel H, Takhistov V, Ganezer K, Hill J, Kim J, Lim I, Park R, Himmel A, O’Sullivan E, Scholberg K, Walter C, Ishizuka T, Nakamura T, Jang J, Choi K, Learned J, Matsuno S, Smith S, Amey J, Litchfield R, Ma W, Uchida Y, Wascko M, Cao S, Friend M, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Ishii T, Kobayashi T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Abe KE, Hasegawa M, Suzuki A, Takeuchi Y, Yano T, Hayashino T, Hiraki T, Hirota S, Huang K, Jiang M, Mori M, Nakamura KE, Nakaya T, Patel N, Wendell R, Anthony L, McCauley N, Pritchard A, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Murase M, Muto F, Mijakowski P, Frankiewicz K, Jung C, Li X, Palomino J, Santucci G, Vilela C, Wilking M, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Ito S, Fukuda D, Ishino H, Kibayashi A, Koshio Y, Nagata H, Sakuda M, Xu C, Kuno Y, Wark D, Di Lodovico F, Richards B, Sedgwick S, Tacik R, Kim S, Cole A, Thompson L, Okazawa H, Choi Y, Ito K, Nishijima K, Koshiba M, Suda Y, Yokoyama M, Calland R, Hartz M, Martens K, Murdoch M, Quilain B, Simpson C, Suzuki Y, Vagins M, Hamabe D, Kuze M, Okajima Y, Yoshida T, Ishitsuka M, Martin J, Nantais C, Tanaka H, Towstego T, Konaka A, Chen S, Wan L, Zhang Y, Minamino A, Wilkes R. Measurement of the tau neutrino cross section in atmospheric neutrino oscillations with Super-Kamiokande. Int J Clin Exp Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.98.052006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Wong SK, Yoshizawa S, Nakajima Y, Cuadra MJ, Nogi Y, Nakamura K, Takami H, Ogura Y, Hayashi T, Chiura HX, Hamasaki K. Amylibacter kogurei sp. nov., a novel marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from the coastal sea surface microlayer of a marine inlet. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2872-2877. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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An F, Balantekin A, Band H, Bishai M, Blyth S, Cao D, Cao G, Cao J, Chan Y, Chang J, Chang Y, Chen H, Chen S, Chen Y, Chen Y, Cheng J, Cheng Z, Cherwinka J, Chu M, Chukanov A, Cummings J, Ding Y, Diwan M, Dolgareva M, Dove J, Dwyer D, Edwards W, Gill R, Gonchar M, Gong G, Gong H, Grassi M, Gu W, Guo L, Guo X, Guo Y, Guo Z, Hackenburg R, Hans S, He M, Heeger K, Heng Y, Higuera A, Hsiung Y, Hu B, Hu T, Huang H, Huang X, Huang Y, Huber P, Huo W, Hussain G, Jaffe D, Jen K, Ji X, Ji X, Jiao J, Johnson R, Jones D, Kang L, Kettell S, Khan A, Koerner L, Kohn S, Kramer M, Kwok M, Langford T, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lee J, Lei R, Leitner R, Leung J, Li C, Li D, Li F, Li G, Li Q, Li S, Li S, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li Z, Liang H, Lin C, Lin G, Lin S, Lin S, Lin YC, Ling J, Link J, Littenberg L, Littlejohn B, Liu J, Liu J, Loh C, Lu C, Lu H, Lu J, Luk K, Ma X, Ma X, Ma Y, Malyshkin Y, Martinez Caicedo D, McDonald K, McKeown R, Mitchell I, Nakajima Y, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Ochoa-Ricoux J, Olshevskiy A, Pan HR, Park J, Patton S, Pec V, Peng J, Pinsky L, Pun C, Qi F, Qi M, Qian X, Qiu R, Raper N, Ren J, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan X, Steiner H, Sun J, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Treskov K, Tsang K, Tse WH, Tull C, Viaux N, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang C, Wang M, Wang N, Wang R, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Y, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wei H, Wen L, Whisnant K, White C, Wise T, Wong H, Wong S, Worcester E, Wu CH, Wu Q, Wu W, Xia D, Xia J, Xing Z, Xu J, Xu Y, Xue T, Yang C, Yang H, Yang L, Yang M, Yang M, Yang Y, Ye M, Ye Z, Yeh M, Young B, Yu Z, Zeng S, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang C, Zhang H, Zhang J, Zhang Q, Zhang R, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhou L, Zhuang H, Zou J. Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay. Int J Clin Exp Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.97.052009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nakajima Y, Tsukamoto T, Kumagai Y, Ogura Y, Hayashi T, Song J, Kikukawa T, Demura M, Kogure K, Sudo Y, Yoshizawa S. Presence of a Haloarchaeal Halorhodopsin-Like Cl - Pump in Marine Bacteria. Microbes Environ 2018; 33:89-97. [PMID: 29553064 PMCID: PMC5877348 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me17197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Light-driven ion-pumping rhodopsins are widely distributed among bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes in the euphotic zone of the aquatic environment. H+-pumping rhodopsin (proteorhodopsin: PR), Na+-pumping rhodopsin (NaR), and Cl--pumping rhodopsin (ClR) have been found in marine bacteria, which suggests that these genes evolved independently in the ocean. Putative microbial rhodopsin genes were identified in the genome sequences of marine Cytophagia. In the present study, one of these genes was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli cells and the rhodopsin protein named Rubricoccus marinus halorhodopsin (RmHR) was identified as a light-driven inward Cl- pump. Spectroscopic assays showed that the estimated dissociation constant (Kd,int.) of this rhodopsin was similar to that of haloarchaeal halorhodopsin (HR), while the Cl--transporting photoreaction mechanism of this rhodopsin was similar to that of HR, but different to that of the already-known marine bacterial ClR. This amino acid sequence similarity also suggested that this rhodopsin is similar to haloarchaeal HR and cyanobacterial HRs (e.g., SyHR and MrHR). Additionally, a phylogenetic analysis revealed that retinal biosynthesis pathway genes (blh and crtY) belong to a phylogenetic lineage of haloarchaea, indicating that these marine Cytophagia acquired rhodopsin-related genes from haloarchaea by lateral gene transfer. Based on these results, we concluded that inward Cl--pumping rhodopsin is present in genera of the class Cytophagia and may have the same evolutionary origins as haloarchaeal HR.
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Inoue S, Yoshizawa S, Nakajima Y, Kojima K, Tsukamoto T, Kikukawa T, Sudo Y. Spectroscopic characteristics ofRubricoccus marinusxenorhodopsin (RmXeR) and a putative model for its inward H+transport mechanism. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:3172-3183. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05033j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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On the basis of functional and spectroscopic characterization, we propose a model for the inward proton transport inRmXeR, a newly discovered microbial rhodopsin.
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Kiyomi A, Miyakawa R, Uematsu N, Ono H, Nakajima Y, Hirano T, Sugiura M. Effects of sinomenine, cepharanthine, and tetrandrine on 2D and 3D cultured triple negative breast cancer cells. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx658.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Maeda K, Izawa M, Nakajima Y, Jin Q, Hirose T, Nakamura T, Koshino H, Kanamaru K, Ohsato S, Kamakura T, Kobayashi T, Yoshida M, Kimura M. Increased metabolite production by deletion of an HDA1-type histone deacetylase in the phytopathogenic fungi, Magnaporthe oryzae (Pyricularia oryzae) and Fusarium asiaticum. Lett Appl Microbiol 2017; 65:446-452. [PMID: 28862744 DOI: 10.1111/lam.12797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play an important role in the regulation of chromatin structure and gene expression. We found that dark pigmentation of Magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph Pyricularia oryzae) ΔMohda1, a mutant strain in which an orthologue of the yeast HDA1 was disrupted by double cross-over homologous recombination, was significantly stimulated in liquid culture. Analysis of metabolites in a ΔMohda1 mutant culture revealed that the accumulation of shunt products of the 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melanin and ergosterol pathways were significantly enhanced compared to the wild-type strain. Northern blot analysis of the ΔMohda1 mutant revealed transcriptional activation of three melanin genes that are dispersed throughout the genome of M. oryzae. The effect of deletion of the yeast HDA1 orthologue was also observed in Fusarium asiaticum from the Fusarium graminearum species complex; the HDF2 deletion mutant produced increased levels of nivalenol-type trichothecenes. These results suggest that histone modification via HDA1-type HDAC regulates the production of natural products in filamentous fungi. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Natural products of fungi have significant impacts on human welfare, in both detrimental and beneficial ways. Although HDA1-type histone deacetylase is not essential for vegetative growth, deletion of the gene affects the expression of clustered secondary metabolite genes in some fungi. Here, we report that such phenomena are also observed in physically unlinked genes required for melanin biosynthesis in the rice blast fungus. In addition, production of Fusarium trichothecenes, previously reported to be unaffected by HDA1 deletion, was significantly upregulated in another Fusarium species. Thus, the HDA1-inactivation strategy may be regarded as a general approach for overproduction and/or discovery of fungal metabolites.
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Nakajima Y, Brennan J, Castillo E, Lam S, Vilke G. 258 Factors Associated With Ambulance Use in Emergency Department Patients. Ann Emerg Med 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.07.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Kito S, Karasawa K, Nihei K, Suda Y, Kanda M, Okano T, Nakajima Y, Furuya T, Hashimoto S. The Novel Method to Reconstruct Three-Dimensional Target Motion From Body Surface Motion for Dynamic Moving Phantom. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.2239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Meemook K, Nakajima Y, Nakamura M, Hussaini A, Kar S. P1368Anaemia is a predictor of mortality in patients with mitral regurgitation undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx502.p1368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Bishai M, Blyth S, Cao D, Cao GF, Cao J, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen QY, Chen SM, Chen YX, Chen Y, Cheng J, Cheng ZK, Cherwinka JJ, Chu MC, Chukanov A, Cummings JP, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Dolgareva M, Dove J, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Gill R, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Grassi M, Gu WQ, Guo L, Guo XH, Guo YH, Guo Z, Hackenburg RW, Hans S, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu T, Huang EC, Huang HX, Huang XT, Huang YB, Huber P, Huo W, Hussain G, Jaffe DE, Jen KL, Ji XP, Ji XL, Jiao JB, Johnson RA, Jones D, Kang L, Kettell SH, Khan A, Kohn S, Kramer M, Kwan KK, Kwok MW, Langford TJ, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lee JHC, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung JKC, Li C, Li DJ, Li F, Li GS, Li QJ, Li S, Li SC, Li WD, Li XN, Li XQ, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin S, Lin SK, Lin YC, Ling JJ, Link JM, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu JL, Liu JC, Loh CW, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Luk KB, Ma XY, Ma XB, Ma YQ, Malyshkin Y, Martinez Caicedo DA, McDonald KT, McKeown RD, Mitchell I, Nakajima Y, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Ngai HY, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevskiy A, Pan HR, Park J, Patton S, Pec V, Peng JC, Pinsky L, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Qiu RM, Raper N, Ren J, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Steiner H, Stoler P, Sun JL, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Treskov K, Tsang KV, Tull CE, Viaux N, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Wei HY, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White CG, Whitehead L, Wise T, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu CH, Wu Q, Wu WJ, Xia DM, Xia JK, Xing ZZ, Xu JL, Xu Y, Xue T, Yang CG, Yang H, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Yang YZ, Ye M, Ye Z, Yeh M, Young BL, Yu ZY, Zeng S, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang CC, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang R, Zhang XT, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang YM, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZY, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhou L, Zhuang HL, Zou JH. Evolution of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:251801. [PMID: 28696753 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.251801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The Daya Bay experiment has observed correlations between reactor core fuel evolution and changes in the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum. Four antineutrino detectors in two experimental halls were used to identify 2.2 million inverse beta decays (IBDs) over 1230 days spanning multiple fuel cycles for each of six 2.9 GW_{th} reactor cores at the Daya Bay and Ling Ao nuclear power plants. Using detector data spanning effective ^{239}Pu fission fractions F_{239} from 0.25 to 0.35, Daya Bay measures an average IBD yield σ[over ¯]_{f} of (5.90±0.13)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission and a fuel-dependent variation in the IBD yield, dσ_{f}/dF_{239}, of (-1.86±0.18)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission. This observation rejects the hypothesis of a constant antineutrino flux as a function of the ^{239}Pu fission fraction at 10 standard deviations. The variation in IBD yield is found to be energy dependent, rejecting the hypothesis of a constant antineutrino energy spectrum at 5.1 standard deviations. While measurements of the evolution in the IBD spectrum show general agreement with predictions from recent reactor models, the measured evolution in total IBD yield disagrees with recent predictions at 3.1σ. This discrepancy indicates that an overall deficit in the measured flux with respect to predictions does not result from equal fractional deficits from the primary fission isotopes ^{235}U, ^{239}Pu, ^{238}U, and ^{241}Pu. Based on measured IBD yield variations, yields of (6.17±0.17) and (4.27±0.26)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission have been determined for the two dominant fission parent isotopes ^{235}U and ^{239}Pu. A 7.8% discrepancy between the observed and predicted ^{235}U yields suggests that this isotope may be the primary contributor to the reactor antineutrino anomaly.
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Mukai K, Zhu W, Nakajima Y, Kobayashi M, Nakatani T. Non-invasive longitudinal monitoring of angiogenesis in a murine full-thickness cutaneous wound healing model using high-resolution three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. Skin Res Technol 2017; 23:581-587. [DOI: 10.1111/srt.12374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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