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Inoue N, Hotta A, Goto T, Hirabayashi M, Uenoyama Y, Tsukamura H. Establishment of embryo transfer in the musk shrew (Suncus murinus). J Reprod Dev 2022; 68:340-344. [PMID: 36070889 PMCID: PMC9558812 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2022-003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The present study established techniques to induce pseudopregnancy, in vitro oocyte cultures from pronuclear to 2- to 4-cell stages, and embryo transfer in musk shrews, a
reflex ovulator. Offspring were subsequently obtained by transferring in vivo-developed or in vitro-cultured embryos. Female musk shrews received human
chronic gonadotropin (hCG), with or without mating stimuli, from vasectomized males to produce pseudopregnant recipients. Embryos at the 2- to 4-cell stage were collected 44–48 h after
mating. Another set of embryos was collected 26–27 h after mating and then cultured for 20 h from the pronuclear to 2- to 4-cell stages. Subsequently, embryos were transferred into the
oviducts of pseudopregnant recipients 24 or 48 h after the induction of pseudopregnancy. Offsprings were successfully obtained from recipients that received hCG 24 h before embryo transfer,
regardless of mating stimuli. These techniques may be valuable for producing transgenic musk shrews.
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- Naoko Inoue
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Center for Genetic Analysis of Behavior, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Center for Genetic Analysis of Behavior, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Morisaka H, Yoshimi K, Okuzaki Y, Hotta A, Takeda J, Mashimo T, Sano S. 283 Possibility of therapeutic application to autosomal dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa using large deletion genome editing with CRISPR-Cas3. J Invest Dermatol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Katsuki M, Suzuki Y, Kunitoki K, Sato Y, Sasaki K, Mashiyama S, Matsuoka R, Allen E, Saimaru H, Sugawara R, Hotta A, Tominaga T. Temporal muscle thickness and area with various characteristics data of the patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage who underwent endovascular coiling. Data Brief 2020; 31:105715. [PMID: 32462071 PMCID: PMC7243052 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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These data present the characteristics of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage who underwent endovascular coiling. We retrospectively collected data from the medical records of Iwaki City Medical Center including physiological symptoms, laboratory data, radiological data on admission, and modified Rankin Scale scores at 6 months. Our article entitled “Temporal Muscle as an Indicator of Sarcopenia is Independently Associated with Hunt and Kosnik Grade on Admission and the Modified Rankin Scale at 6 Month of Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treated by Endovascular Coiling” was based on these data [1]. We previously reported similar small dataset of elderly patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage who underwent surgical clipping [2], [3]. However, remarkably, this is the largest and the first dataset on temporal muscle thickness or area of patients of all ages with subarachnoid hemorrhage who underwent endovascular coiling, not surgical clipping.
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- Masahito Katsuki
- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, 16 Kuzehara, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima 973-8555, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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Katsuki M, Suzuki Y, Kunitoki K, Sato Y, Sasaki K, Mashiyama S, Matsuoka R, Allen E, Saimaru H, Sugawara R, Hotta A, Tominaga T. Temporal Muscle as an Indicator of Sarcopenia is Independently Associated with Hunt and Kosnik Grade on Admission and the Modified Rankin Scale Score at 6 Months of Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treated by Endovascular Coiling. World Neurosurg 2020; 137:e526-e534. [PMID: 32061954 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass and is considered an important factor for clinical outcomes in various diseases. Recent studies have shown that temporal muscle thickness (TMT) and area (TMA) can be novel indicators of sarcopenia. We examined clinical characteristics, including TMT and TMA, of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) treated by endovascular coiling. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 298 patients with SAH who were treated with endovascular coiling from 2009 to 2019 was conducted. Their premorbid modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score was 0-2. The association between the factors and Hunt and Kosnik (H-K) grades on admission and that between the clinical variables and mRS scores 6 months after the operation were analyzed. RESULTS In all 298 patients with SAH, Fisher group 4 and TMA <200 mm2 were independently associated with H-K grade III-V on admission in the multivariate analysis. In 254 patients with H-K grades I-III on admission, age, H-K grade III, presence of ventriculoperitoneal shunt, presence of postoperative complications, and TMA <200 mm2 were independent factors related to poor outcomes in the multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS The H-K grade on admission was independently associated with TMA. The mRS score 6 months after aneurysm treatment in patients with H-K grades I-III was also independently associated with TMA. Sarcopenia could be one of a few modifiable factors that prevent severe symptoms of SAH and improve outcomes after coiling by strengthened nutrition and physical activity.
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- Masahito Katsuki
- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Resident, Iwaki City Medical Center, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Sasaki-Honda M, Jonouchi T, Arai M, Hotta A, Mitsuhashi S, Nishino I, Matsuda R, Sakurai H. NEW GENES, FUNCTIONS AND BIOMARKERS. Neuromuscul Disord 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Yo K, Gomi T, Takeuchi H, Shishido M, Hotta A, Numano K, Ishizaki C, Kawashima M. 255 The effect of a neutrophil elastase inhibitor, NEI-L1, on skin wrinkles. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ueki K, Yoshizawa K, Moroi A, Ikawa H, Iguchi R, Kosaka A, Hotta A, Tsutsui T. Evaluation of maxillary sinus after Le Fort I osteotomy using different fixation materials. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2017.02.1119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Moroi A, Yoshizawa K, Iguchi R, Kosaka A, Ikawa H, Saida Y, Hotta A, Tsutsui T, Ueki K. Comparison of the computed tomography values of the bone fragment gap after sagittal split ramus osteotomy in mandibular prognathism with and without asymmetry. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2016; 45:1520-1525. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2016.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Moroi A, Saida Y, Tutui T, Hotta A, Iguchi R, Ikawa H, Kosaka A, Higuchi M, Yoshizawa K, Ueki K. Comparison between in skeletal stability after sagittal split ramus osteotomy with and without extraction of third molar in the mandibular prognathism patients. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2015.08.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ueki K, Moroi A, Iguchi R, Kosaka A, Ikawa H, Hotta A, Tsutsui T, Saida Y, Yoshizawa K. Changes in CT (computed tomography) value of mandibular ramus bone and fixation screws after sagittal split ramus osteotomy. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2015.08.357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hotta A, Tanabayashi K, Yamamoto Y, Fujita O, Uda A, Mizoguchi T, Yamada A. Seroprevalence of tularemia in wild bears and hares in Japan. Zoonoses Public Health 2011; 59:89-95. [PMID: 21824374 DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01422.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis. The distribution of the pathogen in Japan has not been studied well. In this study, seroprevalence of tularemia among wild black bears and hares in Japan was determined. Blood samples collected from 431 Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) and 293 Japanese hares (Lepus brachurus) between 1998 and 2009 were examined for antibodies against F. tularensis by micro-agglutination test (MA) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. By subsequent confirmatory tests using western blot (WB) and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA), eight sera from Japanese black bears were definitely shown to be seropositive. All of these eight bears were residents of the northeastern part of main-island of Japan, where human tularemia had been reported. On the other hand, no seropositive Japanese hares were found. These results suggest that Japanese black bears can serve as sentinel for tularemia surveillance and may help understand the distribution of F. tularensis throughout the country. This is the first report on detection of antibody to F. tularensis in black bears of Japan.
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- A Hotta
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Yoshida M, Sato T, Takiuchi H, Gotoh M, Iijima S, Nakae S, Shimokawa T, Kurokawa Y, Hotta A, Furukawa H. 6552 Phase II study of weekly paclitaxel as thirrd line chemotherapy for advanced or recurrent gastric cancer (Osaka Gastrointestinal Cancer Chemotherapy Study Group: OGSG0602). EJC Suppl 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)71274-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Myöhänen K, Hyppänen T, Pikkarainen T, Eriksson T, Hotta A. Near Zero CO2Emissions in Coal Firing with Oxy-Fuel Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler. Chem Eng Technol 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.200800566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Bourgeois P, Sato Y, Shaw J, Alarcon R, Bernstein AM, Bertozzi W, Botto T, Calarco J, Casagrande F, Distler MO, Dow K, Farkondeh M, Georgakopoulos S, Gilad S, Hicks R, Holtrop M, Hotta A, Jiang X, Karabarbounis A, Kirkpatrick J, Kowalski S, Milner R, Miskimen R, Nakagawa I, Papanicolas CN, Sarty AJ, Sirca S, Six E, Sparveris NF, Stave S, Stiliaris E, Tamae T, Tsentalovich G, Tschalaer C, Turchinetz W, Zhou ZL, Zwart T. Measurements of the generalized electric and magnetic polarizabilities of the proton at low Q2 using the virtual-compton-scattering reaction. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 97:212001. [PMID: 17155738 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.212001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The mean square polarizability radii of the proton have been measured for the first time in a virtual-Compton-scattering experiment performed at the MIT-Bates out-of-plane scattering facility. Response functions and polarizabilities obtained from a dispersion analysis of the data at Q2 = 0.057 GeV2/c2 are in agreement with O(p3) heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory. The data support the dominance of mesonic effects in the polarizabilities.
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- P Bourgeois
- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Kelly JJ, Roché RE, Chai Z, Jones MK, Gayou O, Sarty AJ, Frullani S, Aniol K, Beise EJ, Benmokhtar F, Bertozzi W, Boeglin WU, Botto T, Brash EJ, Breuer H, Brown E, Burtin E, Calarco JR, Cavata C, Chang CC, Chant NS, Chen JP, Coman M, Crovelli D, De Leo R, Dieterich S, Escoffier S, Fissum KG, Garde V, Garibaldi F, Georgakopoulus S, Gilad S, Gilman R, Glashausser C, Hansen JO, Higinbotham DW, Hotta A, Huber GM, Ibrahim H, Iodice M, de Jager CW, Jiang X, Klimenko A, Kozlov A, Kumbartzki G, Kuss M, Lagamba L, Laveissière G, Lerose JJ, Lindgren RA, Liyanage N, Lolos GJ, Lourie RW, Margaziotis DJ, Marie F, Markowitz P, McAleer S, Meekins D, Michaels R, Milbrath BD, Mitchell J, Nappa J, Neyret D, Perdrisat CF, Potokar M, Punjabi VA, Pussieux T, Ransome RD, Roos PG, Rvachev M, Saha A, Sirca S, Suleiman R, Strauch S, Templon JA, Todor L, Ulmer PE, Urciuoli GM, Weinstein LB, Wijesooriya K, Wojtsekhowski B, Zheng X, Zhu L. Recoil polarization for delta excitation in pion electroproduction. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 95:102001. [PMID: 16196919 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.102001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We measured angular distributions of recoil-polarization response functions for neutral pion electroproduction for W = 1.23 GeV at Q(2) = 1.0 (GeV/c)(2), obtaining 14 separated response functions plus 2 Rosenbluth combinations; of these, 12 have been observed for the first time. Dynamical models do not describe quantities governed by imaginary parts of interference products well, indicating the need for adjusting magnitudes and phases for nonresonant amplitudes. We performed a nearly model-independent multipole analysis and obtained values for Re (S(1+)/M(1+)) = -(6.84 +/- 0.15)% and Re (E(1+)/M(1+)) = -(2.91 +/- 0.19)% that are distinctly different from those from the traditional Legendre analysis based upon M1+ dominance and ll(pi) < or = 1 truncation.
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- J J Kelly
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, USA
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Rvachev MM, Benmokhtar F, Penel-Nottaris E, Aniol KA, Bertozzi W, Boeglin WU, Butaru F, Calarco JR, Chai Z, Chang CC, Chen JP, Chudakov E, Cisbani E, Cochran A, Cornejo J, Dieterich S, Djawotho P, Duran W, Epstein MB, Finn JM, Fissum KG, Frahi-Amroun A, Frullani S, Furget C, Garibaldi F, Gayou O, Gilad S, Gilman R, Glashausser C, Hansen JO, Higinbotham DW, Hotta A, Hu B, Iodice M, Iomni R, de Jager CW, Jiang X, Jones MK, Kelly JJ, Kox S, Kuss M, Laget JM, De Leo R, Lerose JJ, Liatard E, Lindgren R, Liyanage N, Lourie RW, Malov S, Margaziotis DJ, Markowitz P, Merchez F, Michaels R, Mitchell J, Mougey J, Perdrisat CF, Punjabi VA, Quéméner G, Ransome RD, Réal JS, Roché R, Sabatié F, Saha A, Simon D, Strauch S, Suleiman R, Tamae T, Templon JA, Tieulent R, Ueno H, Ulmer PE, Urciuoli GM, Voutier E, Wijesooriya K, Wojtsekhowski B. Quasielastic 3He(e,e'p)2H reaction at Q2 = 1.5 GeV2 for recoil momenta up to 1 GeV/c. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:192302. [PMID: 16090165 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.192302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2004] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We have studied the quasielastic 3He(e,e(')p)2H reaction in perpendicular coplanar kinematics, with the energy and the momentum transferred by the electron fixed at 840 MeV and 1502 MeV/c, respectively. The 3He(e,e(')p)2H cross section was measured for missing momenta up to 1000 MeV/c, while the A(TL) asymmetry was extracted for missing momenta up to 660 MeV/c. For missing momenta up to 150 MeV/c, the cross section is described by variational calculations using modern 3He wave functions. For missing momenta from 150 to 750 MeV/c, strong final-state interaction effects are observed. Near 1000 MeV/c, the experimental cross section is more than an order of magnitude larger than predicted by available theories. The A(TL) asymmetry displays characteristic features of broken factorization with a structure that is similar to that generated by available models.
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- M M Rvachev
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA
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Benmokhtar F, Rvachev MM, Penel-Nottaris E, Aniol KA, Bertozzi W, Boeglin WU, Butaru F, Calarco JR, Chai Z, Chang CC, Chen JP, Chudakov E, Cisbani E, Cochran A, Cornejo J, Dieterich S, Djawotho P, Duran W, Epstein MB, Finn JM, Fissum KG, Frahi-Amroun A, Frullani S, Furget C, Garibaldi F, Gayou O, Gilad S, Gilman R, Glashausser C, Hansen JO, Higinbotham DW, Hotta A, Hu B, Iodice M, Iomni R, de Jager CW, Jiang X, Jones MK, Kelly JJ, Kox S, Kuss M, Laget JM, De Leo R, Lerose JJ, Liatard E, Lindgren R, Liyanage N, Lourie RW, Malov S, Margaziotis DJ, Markowitz P, Merchez F, Michaels R, Mitchell J, Mougey J, Perdrisat CF, Punjabi VA, Quéméner G, Ransome RD, Réal JS, Roché R, Sabatié F, Saha A, Simon D, Strauch S, Suleiman R, Tamae T, Templon JA, Tieulent R, Ueno H, Ulmer PE, Urciuoli GM, Voutier E, Wijesooriya K, Wojtsekhowski B. Measurement of the 3He(e,e'p)pn reaction at high missing energies and momenta. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:082305. [PMID: 15783882 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.082305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Results of the Jefferson Lab Hall A quasielastic 3He(e,e'p)pn measurements are presented. These measurements were performed at fixed transferred momentum and energy, q=1502 MeV/c and omega=840 MeV, respectively, for missing momenta p(m) up to 1 GeV/c and missing energies in the continuum region, up to pion threshold; this kinematic coverage is much more extensive than that of any previous experiment. The cross section data are presented along with the effective momentum density distribution and compared to theoretical models.
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- F Benmokhtar
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Sparveris NF, Alarcon R, Bernstein AM, Bertozzi W, Botto T, Bourgeois P, Calarco J, Casagrande F, Distler MO, Dow K, Farkondeh M, Georgakopoulos S, Gilad S, Hicks R, Holtrop M, Hotta A, Jiang X, Karabarbounis A, Kirkpatrick J, Kowalski S, Milner R, Miskimen R, Nakagawa I, Papanicolas CN, Sarty AJ, Sato Y, Sirca S, Shaw J, Six E, Stave S, Stiliaris E, Tamae T, Tsentalovich G, Tschalaer C, Turchinetz W, Zhou ZL, Zwart T. Investigation of the conjectured nucleon deformation at low momentum transfer. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:022003. [PMID: 15698166 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.022003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report new precise H(e,e(')p)pi(0) measurements at the Delta(1232) resonance at Q(2)=0.127 (GeV/c)(2) obtained at the MIT-Bates out-of-plane scattering facility which are particularly sensitive to the transverse electric amplitude (E2) of the gamma(*)N-->Delta transition. The new data have been analyzed together with those of earlier measurements to yield precise quadrupole to dipole amplitude ratios: Re(E(3/2)(1+)/M(3/2)(1+))=(-2.3+/-0.3(stat+syst)+/-0.6(model))% and Re(S(3/2)(1+)/M(3/2)(1+))=(-6.1+/-0.2(stat+syst)+/-0.5(model))% for M(3/2)(1+)=(41.4+/-0.3(stat+syst)+/-0.4(model))(10(-3)/m(pi(+))). The derived amplitudes give credence to the conjecture of deformation in hadrons favoring, at low Q2, the dominance of mesonic effects.
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- N F Sparveris
- Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications and Department of Physics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Terentjev EM, Hotta A, Clarke SM, Warner M. Liquid crystalline elastomers: dynamics and relaxation of microstructure. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2003; 361:653-664. [PMID: 12871615 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The equilibrium mechanical response of nematic elastomers can be soft or hard depending on the relation between the imposed strains and the nematic director, in particular, if the local nematic director is able to respond by rotating. The dynamical response proves to be equally unusual. We examine the linear dynamic mechanical response of monodomain nematic elastomers under shear and the aspects of time-temperature superposition of the dynamical data across phase-transition regions. In the low-frequency region of the master curves, one finds a dramatic reduction of rubber plateau modulus and the rise in internal dissipation: in the shear geometries compatible with dynamic soft elasticity. Power-law variation of the storage modulus with frequency G' proportional, variant omega(a) agrees very well with the results of static stress relaxation, where each relaxation curve obeys the analogous power law G' proportional, variant t(-a) in the corresponding region of long times and temperatures.
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- E M Terentjev
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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We study the linear dynamic-mechanical response of monodomain nematic liquid crystalline elastomers under shear in the geometry that allows the director rotation. The aspects of time-temperature superposition are discussed at some length and Master Curves are obtained between the glassy state and the nematic transition temperature Tni. However, the time-temperature superposition did not work through the clearing point Tni, due to the transition from the "soft-elasticity" nematic regime to the ordinary isotropic rubber response. We focus on the low-frequency region of the Master Curves and establish the power law dependence of the modulus G' alpha w(a). This law agrees very well with the results of the static stress relaxation, where each relaxation curve obeys the analogous power law G' alpha t(-a) in the corresponding region of long times and temperatures.
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- A Hotta
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
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Clarke SM, Hotta A, Tajbakhsh AR, Terentjev EM. Effect of cross-linker geometry on dynamic mechanical properties of nematic elastomers. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2002; 65:021804. [PMID: 11863552 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.65.021804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We study three monodomain (single-crystal) nematic elastomer materials, all side-chain siloxane polymers with the same mesogenic groups but with different types of cross linking: (i) short flexible siloxane linkage affine to the network backbone, (ii) short flexible aliphatic cross links miscible with mesogenic side-chain groups, and (iii) long segments of main-chain nematic polymer. The dynamic mechanical response of these three systems shows a characteristically universal decrease of storage modulus and a corresponding increase of loss factor. This effect of "dynamic soft elasticity" is strongly anisotropic, depending on the nematic director orientation. We examine the important role of the average backbone chain anisotropy r(T)=l(parallel)/l(perpendicular), which is affected by the cross-linking geometry and contributes to the magnitude and frequency dependence of the dynamic anomaly, and discuss possible applications in mechanical damping and polarized acoustic technology.
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- S M Clarke
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- A. Hotta
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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Clarke SM, Hotta A, Tajbakhsh AR, Terentjev EM. Effect of crosslinker geometry on equilibrium thermal and mechanical properties of nematic elastomers. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 64:061702. [PMID: 11736197 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.061702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We study three monodomain (single-crystal) nematic elastomer materials, all side-chain siloxane polymers with the same mesogenic groups but with different types of crosslinking: (i) short flexible siloxane linkage affine to the network backbone, (ii) short flexible aliphatic crosslinks miscible with mesogenic side chain groups, and (iii) long segments of main-chain nematic polymer. Equilibrium physical properties of these three systems are very different, especially the spontaneous thermal expansion and anisotropic stress-strain response along and perpendicular to the uniform nematic director. In the latter case, we examine the soft elastic plateau during the director reorientation. We compare the nematic order-parameter Q(T), provided primarily by the side mesogenic groups and relatively constant between the samples, and the average backbone chain anisotropy r(T)=l( parallel)/l( perpendicular), which is strongly affected by the crosslinking geometry. The experimental data is compared quantitatively with theoretical models of nematic elastomers.
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- S M Clarke
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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Zhou ZL, Chen J, Soong SB, Young A, Jiang X, Alarcon R, Arenhövel H, Bernstein A, Bertozzi W, Comfort J, Dodson G, Dolfini S, Dooley A, Dow K, Farkhondeh M, Gilad S, Hicks R, Hotta A, Joo K, Kaloskamis NI, Karabarbounis A, Kowalski S, Kunz C, Margaziotis DJ, Mertz C, Miller M, Miskimen R, Miura T, Miyase H, Papanicolas CN, Peterson G, Ramirez A, Rowntree D, Sarty AJ, Shaw J, Suda T, Tamae T, Tieger D, Tjon JA, Tschalaer C, Tsentalovich E, Turchinetz W, Vellidis CE, Warren GA, Weinstein LB, Williamson S, Zhao J, Zwart T. Relativistic effects and two-body currents in (H)((-->)e(')p)n using out-of-plane detection. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:172301. [PMID: 11690266 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.172301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Measurements of the (2)H((-->)e,e(')p)n reaction were performed with the out-of-plane magnetic spectrometers (OOPS) at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator. The longitudinal-transverse, f(LT) and f(')(LT), and the transverse-transverse, f(TT), interference responses at a missing momentum of 210 MeV/c were simultaneously extracted in the dip region at Q2 = 0.15 (GeV/c)(2). In comparison to models of deuteron electrodisintegration, the data clearly reveal strong effects of relativity and final-state interactions and the importance of two-body meson-exchange currents and isobar configurations. We demonstrate that such effects can be disentangled by extracting these responses using the novel out-of-plane technique.
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- Z L Zhou
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Nakagawa I, Shaw J, Churchwell S, Jiang X, Asavapibhop B, Berisso MC, Bosted PE, Burchesky K, Casagrande F, Cichocki A, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Kobayashi T, Miskimen RA, Peterson GA, Rock SE, Suda T, Tamae T, Turchinetz W, Wang K. Measurement of the elastic magnetic form factor of (3)He at high momentum transfer. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 86:5446-5449. [PMID: 11415272 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.5446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2000] [Revised: 03/19/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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New electron scattering measurements have been made that extend data on the (3)He elastic magnetic form factor up to Q(2) = 42.6 fm(-2). These new data test theoretical conjectures regarding non-nucleonic effects in the three-body system. The very small cross sections, as low as 10(-40) cm(2)/sr, required the use of a high-pressure cryogenic gas target and a detector system with excellent background rejection capability. No existing theoretical calculation satisfactorily accounts for all the available data.
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- I Nakagawa
- Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 982-0826, Japan
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Nagaoka N, Matsubara T, Okazaki K, Masuda N, Shikaura K, Hotta A. Comparison of ticlopidine and cilostazol for the prevention of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Jpn Heart J 2001; 42:43-54. [PMID: 11324805 DOI: 10.1536/jhj.42.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Prevention of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) continues to be a significant problem. Recent controlled studies have demonstrated that cilostazol suppresses restenosis after PTCA. The effects of ticlopidine, another antiplatelet agent, were compared in terms of outcomes of patients randomized for treatment with the two drugs after PTCA. A total of 35 patients (47 lesions) were assigned prospectively and randomly to ticlopidine (17 patients, 24 lesions) and cilostazol (18 patients, 23 lesions) groups. Minimal luminal diameter (MLD) and percentage of stenosis to reference diameter were estimated before PTCA, just after the procedure and after 4 months follow-up. All patients underwent 4 months angiographic follow-up, at the end of which MLD was 2.03+/-0.71 mm in the ticlopidine group and 2.05+/-0.68 mm in the cilostazol group (p = 0.95), and the percentage of stenosis to reference diameter was 31.4+/-16.7% and 30.0+/-17.0%, respectively (p = 0.78). The restenosis rate was 12.5% in the ticlopidine group and 17.4% in the cilostazol group (p = 0.69), relatively low as compared to the 20% to 30% reported in previous studies. Adverse drug reactions during the follow-up period were observed in two of the ticlopidine group and none of the cilostazol group. We conclude that both ticlopidine and cilostazol are effective for the prevention of restenosis after PTCA, however the former may be associated with slight side effects.
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- N Nagaoka
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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Zhang GQ, Hotta A, Ho T, Yamaguchi T, Fukushi H, Hirai K. Evaluation of a recombinant 27-kDa outer membrane protein of Coxiella burnetii as an immunodiagnostic reagent. Microbiol Immunol 1998; 42:423-8. [PMID: 9688076 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02305.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The 27-kDa outer membrane protein from eight strains of Coxiella burnetii was expressed in the pET-21c protein expression system. Two fusion proteins with molecular masses of 30 and 32 kDa were evident in all eight of the recombinants by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting. A protein having an approximate size of 30 kDa was purified from the Escherichia coli lysates by one-step affinity purification. The utility of the purified recombinant protein in ELISA was also evaluated by testing its reactivity with human sera and comparing this reactivity with that of Nine Mile phase II antigen. All of the 40 IF-positive serum samples were ELISA-positive for both the Nine Mile phase II and recombinant antigens, and negative serum controls were negative for both antigens. These results suggest that ELISA with the 27-kDa recombinant antigen is a sensitive and specific method for detecting anti-C. burnetii antibodies in human sera.
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- G Q Zhang
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan
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Zhang GQ, Hotta A, Mizutani M, Ho T, Yamaguchi T, Fukushi H, Hirai K. Direct identification of Coxiella burnetii plasmids in human sera by nested PCR. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2210-3. [PMID: 9665993 PMCID: PMC105014 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2210-2213.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Nested PCR assays were used for the direct identification of Coxiella burnetii plasmids in human sera. A total of 81 serum samples from 81 patients with Q fever were tested by nested PCR with four sets of primers. The first set of primers was used to detect the genomic sequences. The second set of primers was used to detect the conserved sequences of the plasmids. Another two sets of primers were used to identify the QpH1 and QpRS plasmids. QpH1 and QpRS plasmid-specific sequences were identified in 40 (49.4%) and 24 (29.6%) of the serum samples, respectively. Both of the QpH1 and QpRS plasmid-specific sequences were detected in 5 (8.6%) of the serum samples but were not found in 12 (20.7%) of the serum samples. Furthermore, all of the 23 acute-phase serum samples were positive for the QpH1 plasmid and negative for the QpRS plasmid. Nested PCR with plasmid-specific primers appears to be a useful method for the direct typing of C. burnetii plasmids in human sera.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan
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To H, Hotta A, Zhang GQ, Nguyen SV, Ogawa M, Yamaguchi T, Fukushi H, Amano K, Hirai K. Antigenic characteristics of polypeptides of Coxiella burnetii isolates. Microbiol Immunol 1998; 42:81-5. [PMID: 9572039 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02255.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Eighteen Coxiella burnetii strains from a variety of clinical and geographical sources were screened for antigenic variation of polypeptides by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) coupled with Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB) staining or immunoblotting. These polypeptide profiles showed the greatest variability in the region from 33 to 8.1 kDa. Such differences in the antigenicity of the polypeptides were also recognized by immunoblotting with 15 various mouse anti-C. burnetii antisera. In addition, we detected a polypeptide at about 28 kDa which was immunodominant in strains from human cases of acute Q fever, milk and ticks but not immunogenic in strains from human cases of chronic Q fever. These findings suggest that this polypeptide is a marker to distinguish between acute and chronic strains.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan
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Lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of 8 isolates of Coxiella burnetii from a variety of clinical and geographical sources could be divided into four groups based on molecular heterogeneity in silver-stained sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) profiles in the region of the 10 to 17 kDa. The lipopolysaccharide of group 1 was identified on isolates from acute Q fever patient, milk and tick. The three remaining groups were primarily found on isolates from human cases of chronic Q fever. These LPSs shared many antigenic epitopes, as determined by immunoblotting with mouse anti-C. burnetii antisera.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan
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Zhang GQ, Nguyen SV, To H, Ogawa M, Hotta A, Yamaguchi T, Kim HJ, Fukushi H, Hirai K. Clinical evaluation of a new PCR assay for detection of Coxiella burnetii in human serum samples. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:77-80. [PMID: 9431924 PMCID: PMC124811 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.77-80.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A nested PCR method was developed for the detection of Coxiella burnetii in human serum samples. Two pairs of oligonucleotide primers were designed to amplify a 438-bp fragment of the com1 gene encoding a 27-kDa outer membrane protein of C. burnetii. The primers amplified the predicted fragments of 21 various strains of C. burnetii but did not react with DNA samples from other microorganisms. The 438-bp amplification products could be digested with restriction enzymes SspI and SalI. The utility of the nested PCR was evaluated by testing human serum samples. The com1 gene fragment was amplified from 135 (87%) of 155 indirect immunofluorescence test (IF)-positive serum samples and from 11 (11%) of 100 IF-negative serum samples. The nested PCR with primers targeted to the com1 gene appeared to be a sensitive, specific, and useful method for the detection of C. burnetii in serum samples.
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- G Q Zhang
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan
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PURPOSE To evaluate magnetic resonance (MR) signal intensities of orbital pseudotumors on short inversion time inversion-recovery (STIR) images and to predict the effect of treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sequential MR examinations were performed in 17 patients with orbital pseudotumors, before and after treatment. All patients underwent MR imaging with T1- and T2-weighted spin-echo or fast spin-echo sequences, and STIR sequences with two 0.5-T systems. Quantitatively and qualitatively, the differences in signal intensities among three therapeutic response groups (good, mild, and no responses) were analyzed for each pulse sequence. RESULTS Quantitatively, both contrast and contrast-to-noise ratio on STIR images corresponded well to the results of response to therapy for all background markers; contrast and contrast-to-noise ratio values in the good response group were the largest, while those in the no response group were the smallest (P < .0001). Qualitatively, the signal intensities of the lesions in the good response group were interpreted as hyperintense to the cerebral cortex in 14 (93%) or 11 (73%) of 15 lesions by two observers, respectively, while in the no response group, both observers assessed 16 (89%) of 18 lesions as hypo- or isointense to the muscle (P < .0001). CONCLUSION STIR images showed a variety of signal intensities in the lesions, and the signal intensities on the STIR images helped predict the response to the therapy in orbital pseudotumors.
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- C Asao
- Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan
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Baghaei H, Dubach J, Frodyma MB, Hicks RS, Miskimen RA, Peterson GA, Rokni SH, Hotta A, Suzuki T. Transverse form factors of 117Sn. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1993; 48:735-742. [PMID: 9968884 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.48.735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Frodyma M, Arnold RG, Benton D, Bosted PE, Clogher L, Dechambrier G, Katramatou AT, Lambert J, Lung A, Petratos GG, Rahbar A, Rock SE, Szalata ZM, Debebe B, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Peterson GA, Gearhart RA, Alster J, Lichtenstadt J, Dietrich F. Measurements of transverse electron scattering from the deuteron in the threshold region at high momentum transfers. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1993; 47:1599-1614. [PMID: 9968608 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.47.1599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Lee KS, Schmitt W, Baghaei H, Beck D, Bosted PE, Churchwell S, Frois B, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Martino J, Miskimen RA, Peterson GA, Platchkov S, Spengos M, Turchinetz W, Wang K, Williamson CF, Yates T, Zumbro JD. Measurements of deuteron threshold electrodisintegration: A probe of short-range meson exchange. Phys Rev Lett 1991; 67:2634-2637. [PMID: 10044478 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.67.2634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Miskimen RA, Baghaei H, Bosted PE, Dow KA, Frodyma M, Frois B, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Huffman RL, Lee KS, Martino J, Peterson GA, Platchkov S, Rock SE, Rokni SH, Turchinetz W, Zumbro JD. Elastic magnetic electron scattering from 13C at Q2=1 GeV2/c2. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1991; 44:1679-1682. [PMID: 9967576 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.44.1679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Arnold RG, Benton D, Bosted PE, Clogher L, deChambrier G, Katramatou AT, Lambert J, Lung A, Petratos GG, Rahbar A, Rock SE, Szalata ZM, Debebe B, Frodyma MB, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Peterson GA, Gearhart RA, Alster J, Lichtenstadt J, Dietrich F. Transverse electrodisintegration of the deuteron in the threshold region at high Q2. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1990; 42:1-5. [PMID: 9966683 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.42.r1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Bosted PE, Katramatou AT, Arnold RG, Benton D, Clogher L, DeChambrier G, Lambert J, Lung A, Petratos GG, Rahbar A, Rock SE, Szalata ZM, Debebe B, Frodyma M, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Peterson GA, Gearhart RA, Alster J, Lichtenstadt J, Dietrich F. Measurements of the deuteron and proton magnetic form factors at large momentum transfers. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1990; 42:38-64. [PMID: 9966689 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.42.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Hotta A, Dubach J, Hicks RS, Huffmann RL, Parker B, Peterson GA, Ryan PJ, Singhal RP, Halderson D. Electroexcitation of 4He in the near continuum. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1988; 38:1547-1551. [PMID: 9954966 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.38.1547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Arnold RG, Benton D, Bosted P, Clogher L, DeChambrier G, Katramatou AT, Lambert J, Lung A, Petratos GG, Rahbar A, Rock SE, Szalata ZM, Debebe B, Frodyma M, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Peterson GA, Gearhart RA, Alster J, Lichtenstadt J, Dietrich F. Measurements of transverse quasielastic electron scattering from the deuteron at high momentum transfers. Phys Rev Lett 1988; 61:806-809. [PMID: 10039435 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.61.806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Hicks RS, Button-Shafer J, Debebe B, Dubach J, Hotta A, Huffman RL, Lindgren RA, Peterson GA, Singhal RP. Determination of single-nucleon wave functions by transverse electron scattering. Phys Rev Lett 1988; 60:905-908. [PMID: 10037887 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.60.905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Hotta A, Hicks RS, Huffman RL, Peterson GA, Peterson RJ, Shepard JR. Transverse isoscalar excitations in 24Mg by 180 degrees electron scattering. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1987; 36:2212-2220. [PMID: 9954345 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.36.2212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Arnold RG, Benton D, Bosted P, Clogher L, DeChambrier G, Katramatou AT, Lambert J, Lung A, Petratos GG, Rahbar A, Rock SE, Szalata ZM, Gearhart RA, Debebe B, Frodyma M, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Peterson GA, Alster J, Lichtenstadt J, Dietrich F. Measurements of deuteron magnetic form factor high momentum transfer. Phys Rev Lett 1987; 58:1723-1726. [PMID: 10034518 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.58.1723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Parker B, Hicks RS, Hotta A, Huffman RL, Peterson GA, Plum MA, Ryan PJ, Singhal RP. Transverse quasielastic electron scattering from the deuteron. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1986; 34:2354-2357. [PMID: 9953726 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.34.2354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Takeuchi E, Murase M, Tanaka M, Hibi M, Yasuura K, Ogawa K, Hotta A, Saigusa H, Yoshida K, Abe T. [Replenishment of Young-GIK cardioplegia under the re-aortic cross clamp]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1986; 34:447-52. [PMID: 3734502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Hotta A. [Changes in serum enzyme activities following cardiac surgery--influence of myocardial temperature]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1984; 32:1065-72. [PMID: 6389726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Takahashi T, Takahashi K, Hotta A, Kogi K. Relations between direction-of-the-body stereotypes and direction-of-opening stereotypes for building components. J Hum Ergol (Tokyo) 1983; 12:159-71. [PMID: 6679559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Takeuchi E, Abe T, Murase M, Tanaka M, Kawamura M, Nogaki H, Kakihara R, Shioi K, Suenaga Y, Hibi M, Isaji F, Hotta A, Yano Y, Watanabe T, Itoh K, Saigusa H, Satoh K, Iyomasa Y. [A repair of tetralogy of Fallot with aortic regurgitation due to infective endocarditis]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1983; 31:520-6. [PMID: 6875326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Hayase S, Shimizu T, Iyomasa Y, Abe T, Murase M, Tanaka M, Nogaki H, Takeuchi E, Watanabe T, Yano H, Hotta A, Isaji F. [Efficacy of intravenous human immune globulin for the prevention of infection after open heart surgery]. Kyobu Geka 1983; 36:198-203. [PMID: 6855034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Takeuchi E, Hotta A, Isaji F, Watanabe T, Yano Y, Shioi K, Mizukawa Y, Hayase S, Sugiyama N, Nogaki H, Washizu T, Tanaka M, Murase M, Shimizu T, Abe T, Iyomasa Y. [Progress in valve surgery with GIK cardioplegia]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1983; 31:44-50. [PMID: 6343528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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