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Uemura S, Namikawa T, Uchida K, Hanazaki K. Gastrointestinal: Giant gallbladder. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 37:2206. [PMID: 35535652 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- S Uemura
- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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Ade PAR, Ahmed Z, Amiri M, Barkats D, Thakur RB, Bischoff CA, Beck D, Bock JJ, Boenish H, Bullock E, Buza V, Cheshire JR, Connors J, Cornelison J, Crumrine M, Cukierman A, Denison EV, Dierickx M, Duband L, Eiben M, Fatigoni S, Filippini JP, Fliescher S, Goeckner-Wald N, Goldfinger DC, Grayson J, Grimes P, Hall G, Halal G, Halpern M, Hand E, Harrison S, Henderson S, Hildebrandt SR, Hilton GC, Hubmayr J, Hui H, Irwin KD, Kang J, Karkare KS, Karpel E, Kefeli S, Kernasovskiy SA, Kovac JM, Kuo CL, Lau K, Leitch EM, Lennox A, Megerian KG, Minutolo L, Moncelsi L, Nakato Y, Namikawa T, Nguyen HT, O'Brient R, Ogburn RW, Palladino S, Prouve T, Pryke C, Racine B, Reintsema CD, Richter S, Schillaci A, Schwarz R, Schmitt BL, Sheehy CD, Soliman A, Germaine TS, Steinbach B, Sudiwala RV, Teply GP, Thompson KL, Tolan JE, Tucker C, Turner AD, Umiltà C, Vergès C, Vieregg AG, Wandui A, Weber AC, Wiebe DV, Willmert J, Wong CL, Wu WLK, Yang H, Yoon KW, Young E, Yu C, Zeng L, Zhang C, Zhang S. Improved Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves using Planck, WMAP, and BICEP/Keck Observations through the 2018 Observing Season. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:151301. [PMID: 34678017 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.151301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2, Keck Array, and BICEP3 CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2018 observing season. We add additional Keck Array observations at 220 GHz and BICEP3 observations at 95 GHz to the previous 95/150/220 GHz dataset. The Q/U maps now reach depths of 2.8, 2.8, and 8.8 μK_{CMB} arcmin at 95, 150, and 220 GHz, respectively, over an effective area of ≈600 square degrees at 95 GHz and ≈400 square degrees at 150 and 220 GHz. The 220 GHz maps now achieve a signal-to-noise ratio on polarized dust emission exceeding that of Planck at 353 GHz. We take auto- and cross-spectra between these maps and publicly available WMAP and Planck maps at frequencies from 23 to 353 GHz and evaluate the joint likelihood of the spectra versus a multicomponent model of lensed ΛCDM+r+dust+synchrotron+noise. The foreground model has seven parameters, and no longer requires a prior on the frequency spectral index of the dust emission taken from measurements on other regions of the sky. This model is an adequate description of the data at the current noise levels. The likelihood analysis yields the constraint r_{0.05}<0.036 at 95% confidence. Running maximum likelihood search on simulations we obtain unbiased results and find that σ(r)=0.009. These are the strongest constraints to date on primordial gravitational waves.
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- P A R Ade
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Service des Basses Températures, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Service des Basses Températures, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille 13288, France
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Banba K, Shimizu T, Sato M, Namikawa T, Yamazaki K, Wada F, Sakai K. Intake of foods is worse in the patients with dementia with lewy bodies than alzheimer’s disease. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.09.537] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Shimizu T, Tamamura Y, Sato M, Banba K, Namikawa T, Nishikimi T. Frailty syndrome may be induced easily by zinc deficiency or hypoalbuminemia in the elderly people. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.09.242] [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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Adachi S, Aguilar Faúndez MAO, Akiba Y, Ali A, Arnold K, Baccigalupi C, Barron D, Beck D, Bianchini F, Borrill J, Carron J, Cheung K, Chinone Y, Crowley K, El Bouhargani H, Elleflot T, Errard J, Fabbian G, Feng C, Fujino T, Goeckner-Wald N, Hasegawa M, Hazumi M, Hill CA, Howe L, Katayama N, Keating B, Kikuchi S, Kusaka A, Lee AT, Leon D, Linder E, Lowry LN, Matsuda F, Matsumura T, Minami Y, Namikawa T, Navaroli M, Nishino H, Peloton J, Pham ATP, Poletti D, Puglisi G, Reichardt CL, Segawa Y, Sherwin BD, Silva-Feaver M, Siritanasak P, Stompor R, Tajima O, Takatori S, Tanabe D, Teply GP, Vergès C. Internal Delensing of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization B-Modes with the POLARBEAR Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:131301. [PMID: 32302154 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.131301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Using only cosmic microwave background polarization data from the polarbear experiment, we measure B-mode polarization delensing on subdegree scales at more than 5σ significance. We achieve a 14% B-mode power variance reduction, the highest to date for internal delensing, and improve this result to 22% by applying for the first time an iterative maximum a posteriori delensing method. Our analysis demonstrates the capability of internal delensing as a means of improving constraints on inflationary models, paving the way for the optimal analysis of next-generation primordial B-mode experiments.
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- S Adachi
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
- Departamento de Física, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago, Chile
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy
- Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU), Via Beirut 2, 34014 Trieste, Italy
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
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- Computational Cosmology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Berkeley Satellite, the University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0222, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Berkeley Satellite, the University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Research Center for the Early Universe, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- Research Center for the Early Universe, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, 91400 Orsay, France
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
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- International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy
- Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU), Via Beirut 2, 34014 Trieste, Italy
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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Shimizu T, Namikawa T, Banba K, Tamamura Y, Takezawa A, Nishikimi T. MON-PO530: In Fasting, BMI, Activity of Daily Living and Immunity are not Deteriorated Even when Rapid Turnover Proteins Decrease, However, Thereafter, Deteriorated with a Reduction of Serum Albumin. Clin Nutr 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(19)32363-5] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Ade PAR, Ahmed Z, Aikin RW, Alexander KD, Barkats D, Benton SJ, Bischoff CA, Bock JJ, Bowens-Rubin R, Brevik JA, Buder I, Bullock E, Buza V, Connors J, Cornelison J, Crill BP, Crumrine M, Dierickx M, Duband L, Dvorkin C, Filippini JP, Fliescher S, Grayson J, Hall G, Halpern M, Harrison S, Hildebrandt SR, Hilton GC, Hui H, Irwin KD, Kang J, Karkare KS, Karpel E, Kaufman JP, Keating BG, Kefeli S, Kernasovskiy SA, Kovac JM, Kuo CL, Larsen NA, Lau K, Leitch EM, Lueker M, Megerian KG, Moncelsi L, Namikawa T, Netterfield CB, Nguyen HT, O'Brient R, Ogburn RW, Palladino S, Pryke C, Racine B, Richter S, Schillaci A, Schwarz R, Sheehy CD, Soliman A, St Germaine T, Staniszewski ZK, Steinbach B, Sudiwala RV, Teply GP, Thompson KL, Tolan JE, Tucker C, Turner AD, Umiltà C, Vieregg AG, Wandui A, Weber AC, Wiebe DV, Willmert J, Wong CL, Wu WLK, Yang H, Yoon KW, Zhang C. Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves Using Planck, WMAP, and New BICEP2/Keck Observations through the 2015 Season. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:221301. [PMID: 30547645 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.221301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the bicep2/Keck CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2015 observing season. This includes the first Keck Array observations at 220 GHz and additional observations at 95 and 150 GHz. The Q and U maps reach depths of 5.2, 2.9, and 26 μK_{CMB} arcmin at 95, 150, and 220 GHz, respectively, over an effective area of ≈400 square degrees. The 220 GHz maps achieve a signal to noise on polarized dust emission approximately equal to that of Planck at 353 GHz. We take auto and cross spectra between these maps and publicly available WMAP and Planck maps at frequencies from 23 to 353 GHz. We evaluate the joint likelihood of the spectra versus a multicomponent model of lensed-ΛCDM+r+dust+synchrotron+noise. The foreground model has seven parameters, and we impose priors on some of these using external information from Planck and WMAP derived from larger regions of sky. The model is shown to be an adequate description of the data at the current noise levels. The likelihood analysis yields the constraint r_{0.05}<0.07 at 95% confidence, which tightens to r_{0.05}<0.06 in conjunction with Planck temperature measurements and other data. The lensing signal is detected at 8.8σ significance. Running a maximum likelihood search on simulations we obtain unbiased results and find that σ(r)=0.020. These are the strongest constraints to date on primordial gravitational waves.
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- P A R Ade
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Service des Basses Températures, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z8, Canada
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Shimizu T, Tamamura Y, Takezawa A, Namikawa T, Banba K, Nishikimi T. Lower activity of daily living decreases serum albumin and salivary secretion which may cause aspiration pneumonia in the elderly. Clin Nutr 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.06.1784] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Shimizu T, Namikawa T, Banba K, Nishikimi T. MON-P229: Albumin is Crucial to Live Effectively for the Elderly People. Clin Nutr 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(17)30859-2] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Shimizu T, Namikawa T, Banba K, Nishikimi T. MON-P043: The Severity of Community Acquired Pneumonia is Strongly Assocated with Serum Albumin. Clin Nutr 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(17)31040-3] [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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Takahashi T, Fujitani K, Omori T, Nishikawa K, Hayashi T, Namikawa T, Otsuji E, Takiguchi S, Doki Y. 5-ALA administration for photodynamic diagnosis of peritoneal metastases due to advanced gastric cancer: A randomised, double-blind, multicentre phase I/II study. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx378.010] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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1. The E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1 (WWP1) gene, the mutation of which causes muscular dystrophy in chickens, is expressed not only in the pectoral muscle, but also in a number of tissues such as the kidney. Therefore, this study examined some parameters related to kidney function in muscular dystrophic (MD) chickens. 2. Plasma osmolality, Na+ and K+ concentrations, aldosterone levels, and the expression of aquaporin (AQP) 2, AQP3, and α subunits of the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (αENaC) were analysed in the kidneys of 5-week-old MD chickens and White Leghorn (WL) chickens under physiological conditions or after one day of water deprivation. 3. Plasma osmolality, Na+ concentrations, and plasma aldosterone levels were significantly higher in MD chickens than in WL chickens. αENaC mRNA expression levels were lower in MD chickens than in WL chickens. AQP2 and AQP3 mRNA expression levels were similar in the two strains of chickens. 4. Plasma osmolality correlated with aldosterone levels and AQP2 and αENaC mRNA levels in WL chickens. In MD chickens, plasma osmolality correlated with AQP2 mRNA levels, but not with plasma aldosterone or αENaC mRNA levels. 5. These results suggest that neither water reabsorption nor the expression of AQP2 and AQP3 is impaired in MD chickens and that a WWP1 gene mutation may or may not directly induce an abnormality in Na+-reabsorption in the kidneys of MD chickens, potentially through αENaC.
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- N Saito
- a Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan.,b Avian Bioresource Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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- b Avian Bioresource Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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- b Avian Bioresource Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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- b Avian Bioresource Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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- c Laboratory Animal Research Station , Nippon Institute for Biological Science , Hokuto , Japan
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- b Avian Bioresource Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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Shimizu T, Yamaguchi T, Mizokami C, Nikaido T, Murakami N, Saito Y, Sasaki M, Banba K, Namikawa T. MON-P166: Serum Albumin May Play an Important Role to Prevent Aspiration Pneumonia by Enhancing the Secretion of Saliva. Clin Nutr 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(16)30800-7] [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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Karkare KS, Ade PAR, Ahmed Z, Alexander KD, Amiri M, Barkats D, Benton SJ, Bischoff CA, Bock JJ, Boenish H, Bowens-Rubin R, Buder I, Bullock E, Buza V, Connors J, Filippini JP, Fliescher ST, Grayson JA, Halpern M, Harrison SA, Hilton GC, Hristov VV, Hui H, Irwin KD, Kang JH, Karpel E, Kefeli S, Kernasovskiy SA, Kovac JM, Kuo CL, Leitch EM, Lueker M, Megerian KG, Monticue V, Namikawa T, Netterfield CB, Nguyen HT, O'Brient R, Ogburn RW, Pryke CL, Reintsema CD, Richter S, St. Germaine MT, Schwarz R, Sheehy CD, Staniszewski ZK, Steinbach B, Teply GP, Thompson KL, Tolan JE, Tucker C, Turner AD, Vieregg AG, Wandui A, Weber A, Willmert J, Wong CL, Wu WLK, Yoon KW. Optical characterization of the BICEP3 CMB polarimeter at the South Pole. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1117/12.2231747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- K. S. Karkare
- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- The Univ. of British Columbia (Canada)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- California Institute of Technology (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States)
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- California Institute of Technology (United States)
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- California Institute of Technology (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- California Institute of Technology (United States)
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities (United States)
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- California Institute of Technology (United States)
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- California Institute of Technology (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
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- Univ. of California, Berkeley (United States)
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Tsuburaya A, Nishikawa K, Kobayashi M, Kawada J, Namikawa T, Fukushima R, Kojima H, Tanabe K, Yamaguchi K, Yoshino S, Takahashi M, Hirabayashi N, Sato S, Nemoto H, Rino Y, Yoshikawa T, Nakajima J, Tan P, Morita S, Sakamoto J. 198P Molecular biomarker study in randomized phase II trial of capecitabine plus cisplatin versus S-1 plus cisplatin as a first-line treatment for advanced gastric cancer: XParTS IIb. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv523.59] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Namikawa T, Shimizu T, Jyoko C, Hatakeyama H, Yamaoka M, Inoue K, Okumura M, Inada S, Sano K. PP148-SUN: Activities of Daily Living are Associated with Nutrition Status in the Elderly Admitted to Geriatric Health Services Facilities. Clin Nutr 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(14)50190-2] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Shimizu T, Namikawa T, Jyoko C, Hatakeyama H, Yamaoka M, Inoue K, Oukmura M, Inada S, Sano K. PP150-SUN: Immunity and Nutritional Evaluation in the Elderly with Chronic Urinary Tract Infection. Clin Nutr 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(14)50192-6] [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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Kinoshita K, Akiyama T, Mizutani M, Shinomiya A, Ishikawa A, Younis HH, Tsudzuki M, Namikawa T, Matsuda Y. Endothelin receptor B2 (EDNRB2) is responsible for the tyrosinase-independent recessive white (mo(w) ) and mottled (mo) plumage phenotypes in the chicken. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86361. [PMID: 24466053 PMCID: PMC3900529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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A mutation that confers white plumage with black eyes was identified in the Minohiki breed of Japanese native chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). The white plumage, with a few partially pigmented feathers, was not associated with the tyrosinase gene, and displayed an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance against the pigmented phenotype. All F1 offspring derived from crosses with mottled chickens (mo/mo), which show characteristic pigmented feathers with white tips, had plumage with a mottled-like pattern. This result indicates that the white plumage mutation is a novel allele at the mo locus; we propose the gene symbol mo(w) for this mutant allele. Furthermore, the F1 hybrid between the mo(w) /mo(w) chicken and the panda (s/s) mutant of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), whose causative gene is the endothelin receptor B2 (EDNRB2) gene, showed a mo(w)/mo(w) chicken-like plumage, suggesting the possibility that the mutations in parental species are alleles of the same gene, EDNRB2. Nucleotide sequencing of the entire coding region of EDNRB2 revealed a non-synonymous G1008T substitution, which causes Cys244Phe amino acid substitution in exon 5 (which is part of the extracellular loop between the putative fourth and fifth transmembrane domains of EDNRB2) in the mutant chicken. This Cys244Phe mutation was also present in individuals of four Japanese breeds with white plumage. We also identified a non-synonymous substitution leading to Arg332His substitution that was responsible for the mottled (mo/mo) plumage phenotype. These results suggest that the EDN3 (endothelin 3)-EDNRB2 signaling is essential for normal pigmentation in birds, and that the mutations of EDNRB2 may cause defective binding of the protein with endothelins, which interferes with melanocyte differentiation, proliferation, and migration.
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- Keiji Kinoshita
- Avian Bioscience Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Avian Bioscience Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
- Japanese Avian Bioresource Project Research Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Avian Bioscience Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Avian Bioscience Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Jin W, Yamada K, Ikami M, Kaji N, Tokeshi M, Atsumi Y, Mizutani M, Murai A, Okamoto A, Namikawa T, Baba Y, Ohta M. P18 Application of IgY to ELISA, LFDs, and immunopillar chips for detecting staphylococcal enterotoxins in milk and dairy products. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8579(13)70263-2] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Jin W, Yamada K, Ikami M, Kaji N, Tokeshi M, Atsumi Y, Mizutani M, Murai A, Okamoto A, Namikawa T, Baba Y, Ohta M. Application of IgY to sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, lateral flow devices, and immunopillar chips for detecting staphylococcal enterotoxins in milk and dairy products. J Microbiol Methods 2013; 92:323-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Yamada K, Wanchun J, Ohkura T, Murai A, Hayakawa R, Kinoshita K, Mizutani M, Okamoto A, Namikawa T, Ohta M. Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Using a Specific Anti-PBP2a Chicken IgY Antibody. Jpn J Infect Dis 2013; 66:103-8. [DOI: 10.7883/yoken.66.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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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Namikawa T, Iwabu J, Kitagawa H, Okabayashi T, Kobayashi M, Hanazaki K. Solitary gastric metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma, presenting 23 years after radical nephrectomy. Endoscopy 2012; 44 Suppl 2 UCTN:E177-8. [PMID: 22622731 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- T Namikawa
- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan.
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Yamatsuji T, Fujiwara Y, Matsumoto H, Hato S, Namikawa T, Hanazaki K, Ninomiya M, Fujiwara T, Hirai T, Naomoto Y. Feasibility of Oral Administration of S-1 for Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Gastric Cancer; 4-week S-1 Administration followed by 2-week rest vs. 2-week Administration followed by 1-Week Rest. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)33341-x] [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: 12/01/2022] Open
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Namikawa T, Iwabu J, Tsujii S, Kitagawa H, Kobayashi M, Hanazaki K. Education and imaging. Gastrointestinal: asymptomatic spontaneous isolated dissection of superior mesenteric artery diagnosed incidentally. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011; 26:1811. [PMID: 22097940 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06936.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- T Namikawa
- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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Tochika N, Namikawa T, Kamiji I, Kitamura M, Okamoto K, Hanazaki K. Subcutaneous continuous suction drainage for prevention of surgical site infection. J Hosp Infect 2011; 78:67-8. [PMID: 21421275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Dorji T, Mannen H, Namikawa T, Inamura T, Kawamoto Y. Diversity and phylogeny of mitochondrial DNA isolated from mithun Bos frontalis located in Bhutan. Anim Genet 2011; 41:554-6. [PMID: 20331596 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02033.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We sequenced the 16S rRNA gene in mitochondrial DNA to characterize mithun located in Bhutan and to increase our understanding of its origin. We compared mithun with yak, European cattle, Bhutanese zebu and Indian zebu. Sequencing revealed low nucleotide diversity within the mithun population and their phylogenetic proximity to gaur. A close relationship between Bhutanese mithun and gaur was confirmed by an additional comparison with wild gaur specimens from three locations in Bhutan. Direct domestication of mithun from gaur was supported, while maternal contribution from the cattle lineage during domestication was not supported.
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- T Dorji
- Department of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan
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Tadano R, Kinoshita K, Mizutani M, Atsumi Y, Fujiwara A, Saitou T, Namikawa T, Tsudzuki M. Molecular characterization reveals genetic uniformity in experimental chicken resources. Exp Anim 2010; 59:511-4. [PMID: 20660997 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.59.511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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The objective of the present study was to conduct the genetic characterization of nine experimental chicken lines based on multilocus microsatellite analysis. Commercial chicken lines were also analyzed in order to compare their levels of genetic uniformity with those of the experimental lines. In six experimental lines, more than 80% of genotyped loci showed fixed allele for all individuals in each line, whereas only 17.5% of genotyped loci were fixed in commercial lines, at the maximum. One of experimental lines (GSN/1) was categorized as a highly inbred line on the basis of all individuals having the same, single allele at every microsatellite locus. Genetic information obtained from the present study should be helpful for the utilization and management of experimental chicken resources.
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- Ryo Tadano
- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Tanaka K, Takizawa T, Dorji T, Amano T, Mannen H, Maeda Y, Yamamoto Y, Namikawa T. Polymorphisms in the bovine hemoglobin-beta gene provide evidence for gene-flow between wild species of Bos (Bibos) and domestic cattle in Southeast Asia. Anim Sci J 2010; 82:36-45. [PMID: 21269357 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2010.00808.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The electrophoretic variation in bovine hemoglobin-beta (HBB) is one of the most investigated genetic markers. The presence of a unique HBB variant, HBB(X), in Southeast Asian cattle has been reputed as a sign of gene-flow from wild bovine species. In this study, we analyzed the DNA sequences of HBB genes in domestic and wild bovine species to verify this belief. Isoelectric focusing of HBB chain revealed that the HBB(X) in domestic cattle had dimorphism and was separated into HBB(X1) and HBB(X2). The HBB(X1) had the same DNA sequence of the common HBB variant in gayal (Bos gaurus frontalis), while some of the HBB(X2) were identical with that of Cambodian banteng (Bos javanicus birmanicus). As a result, we confirmed that the bovine HBB variants can be a good indicator of introgression between wild and domestic cattle. The HBB(X1) was always predominant to HBB(X2) in the continental populations, suggesting that the gaur had contributed to the gene pool of domestic cattle in this region much more than the banteng. On the other hand, the mitochondrial DNA analysis could not detect gene-flow from wild species. Autosomal markers that can trace the phylogeny between alleles are suitable for the assessment of bovine interspecific introgression.
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- Kazuaki Tanaka
- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Chūō, Sagamihara, Japan.
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Tanaka K, Takizawa T, Murakoshi H, Dorji T, Nyunt MM, Maeda Y, Yamamoto Y, Namikawa T. Molecular phylogeny and diversity of Myanmar and Bhutan mithun based on mtDNA sequences. Anim Sci J 2010; 82:52-6. [PMID: 21269359 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2010.00819.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The mithun (Bos frontalis), synonymous with mithan and gayal, is considered to be a domesticated form of gaur (B. gaurus). However, there has been a controversy concerning its origin. In an effort to address this issue, the mitochondrial cytochrome b (cytb) genes of 20 mithun from Myanmar and 13 from Bhutan were sequenced to trace its maternal origin. Seven cytb haplotypes were found in the 33 mithun, and the phylogenetic tree for these haplotypes clearly showed three embranchments involving five gaur types, a B. indicus type, and a B. taurus type. Sixteen Myanmar and 12 Bhutan mithun had gaur haplotypes, while a B. indicus haplotype was found in three Myanmar and one Bhutan mithun. The B. taurus haplotype was detected in a single Myanmar animal. These results demonstrated that the principal maternal origin of mithun was gaur and suggested that it was directly domesticated from gaur. However, some introgression of domestic cattle existed in current mithun populations. The presence of cattle mtDNA raised the question of how many cattle nuclear genes might have been integrated into the gene pool of mithun.
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- Kazuaki Tanaka
- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Chūō, Sagamihara, Japan.
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Shimogiri T, Msalya G, Myint SL, Okamoto S, Kawabe K, Tanaka K, Mannen H, Minezawa M, Namikawa T, Amano T, Yamamoto Y, Maeda Y. Allele distributions and frequencies of the six prion protein gene (PRNP) polymorphisms in Asian native cattle, Japanese breeds, and mythun (Bos frontalis). Biochem Genet 2010; 48:829-39. [PMID: 20623331 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-010-9364-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Six polymorphic sites of the bovine prion protein gene (PRNP) were genotyped in 569 animals of Asian native cattle, Japanese breeds, purebred mythun (Bos frontalis), and mythun x cattle composite animals. At the 23-bp indel site, a deletion (23-) allele was a major allele in all populations except mythun. At the 12-bp indel site, an insertion (12+) allele was a major allele in all populations. The 14-bp indel site was polymorphic in all Asian native cattle. In the octapeptide repeat region, a six-repeat allele was a major allele in all populations, and 5/5 and 4/6 genotypes were detected in Japanese Black and Mongolian cattle and in mythun, respectively. Two nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (K3T and S154N) were detected in Asian native cattle and mythun. Haplotype analysis using the genotypes of the six sites estimated 33 different haplotypes. The haplotype 23- 12- K 6 S 14+ was found in all populations.
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- Takeshi Shimogiri
- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan,
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Ono H, Nakao N, Yamamura T, Kinoshita K, Mizutani M, Namikawa T, Iigo M, Ebihara S, Yoshimura T. Red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) as a model for studying the molecular mechanism of seasonal reproduction. Anim Sci J 2010; 80:328-32. [PMID: 20163644 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00628.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photoperiodism is an adaptation mechanism that enables animals to predict seasonal changes in the environment. Japanese quail is the best model organism for studying photoperiodism. Although the recent availability of chicken genome sequences has permitted the expansion from single gene to genome-wide transcriptional analysis in this organism, the photoperiodic response of the domestic chicken is less robust than that of the quail. Therefore, in the present study, we examined the photoperiodic response of the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), a predecessor of the domestic chicken, to test whether this animal could be developed as an ideal model for studying the molecular mechanisms of seasonal reproduction. When red jungle fowls were transferred from short-day- to long-day conditions, gonadal development and an increase in plasma LH concentration were observed. Furthermore, rapid induction of thyrotropin beta subunit, a master regulator of photoperiodism, was observed at 16 h after dawn on the first long day. In addition, the long-day condition induced the expression of type 2 deiodinase, the key output gene of photoperiodism. These results were consistent with the results obtained in quail and suggest that the red jungle fowl could be an ideal model animal for the genome-wide transcriptional analysis of photoperiodism.
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- Hiroko Ono
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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Namikawa T, Ito S, Amano T. Genetic relationships and phylogeny of East and Southeast Asian cattle: genetic distance and principal component analyses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1984.tb00019.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Namikawa T. Geographic distribution of bovine Hemoglobin-beta (Hbb) alleles and the phylogenetic analysis of the cattle in Eastern Asia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1981.tb00338.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Valdez MB, Mizutani M, Kinoshita K, Fujiwara A, Yazawa H, Shimada K, Namikawa T, Yamagata T. Differential Development of Sex-related Characters of Chickens from the GSP and PNP/DO Inbred Lines after Left Ovariectomy. J Reprod Dev 2010; 56:154-61. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.09-156s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Marcos B Valdez
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan
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Tsunoda K, Chang H, Chang G, Sun W, Dorji T, Tshering G, Yamamoto Y, Namikawa T. Phylogeny of local sheep breeds in East Asia, focusing on the Bayanbulak sheep in China and the Sipsu sheep in Bhutan. Biochem Genet 2009; 48:1-12. [PMID: 19731008 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-009-9282-y] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The phylogenetic positions of the Bayanbulak sheep in China and the Sipsu sheep in Bhutan in the northern Asian sheep group were determined on the basis of allele frequency data for five informative and polymorphic loci of blood protein and nonproteins, such as transferrin (TF), arylesterase (ES), hemoglobin-beta (HB-beta), X-protein (XP), and potassium transport (KE), using different electrophoretic and ion-densitometric techniques. Based on Nei's genetic distance, clustering analysis by the UPGMA method showed that the Bayanbulak sheep is clustered in the northern Asian sheep group. Furthermore, the Bayanbulak sheep belongs to a subgroup containing the Khalkhas and Hu sheep of the Mongolian sheep group, which is distinguished from another subgroup of the small-tailed Han, Tan, Tong, and Wadi sheep. The Bayanbulak sheep was closest to the Hu sheep, despite a morphological difference in the fat deposits. In addition to these findings, the Sipsu sheep was verified to belong to the Baruwal sheep.
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- Kenji Tsunoda
- Department of Legal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kakoi H, Namikawa T, Takenaka O, Takenaka A, Amano T, Martojo H. Divergence between the Anoas of Sulawesi and the Asiatic Water buffaloes, inferred from their complete amino acid sequences of hemoglobin ß chains. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1994.tb00466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Namikawa T, Nagai A, Takenaka O, Takenaka A. Bovine haemoglobin beta A Zebu, beta A43(CD3)Ser----Thr: an intermediate globin type between the beta A and beta D Zambia is present in Indian zebu cattle. Anim Genet 2009; 18:133-41. [PMID: 3662113 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1987.tb00752.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 01/06/2023]
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Two bovine haemoglobin beta chains, electrophoretically identical with the beta A chain of Herefords, were obtained from Ongole and Banteng, Bos javanicus, cattle. The amino acid residue differences of the two beta chains were compared by electrophoresis, cation-exchange and reverse-phase chromatography, amino acid analyses, and Edman degradation in comparison with beta A chain. The results showed that two beta chains differed from the beta A chain of the Hereford breed by the substitution of serine with threonine at the beta 43 position. No other difference was found between the two chains and beta A. This new beta chain type was termed beta A Zebu, which forms a possible evolutionarily transitional type between the beta A and the rare variant beta D Zambia found previously in African zebu cattle. The beta A Zebu differentiates from the previous beta B by at least four amino acid substitutions involving five codon-base changes.
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- T Namikawa
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Japan
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Watanabe T, Suzuki T, Ishikawa A, Yokota Y, Ueda HR, Yamada RG, Tei H, Imai S, Tomida S, Kobayashi J, Naito E, Yasuo S, Nakao N, Namikawa T, Yoshimura T, Ebihara S. Genetic and molecular analysis of wild-derived arrhythmic mice. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4301. [PMID: 19173005 PMCID: PMC2628734 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004301] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A new circadian variant was isolated by screening the intercross offspring of wild-caught mice (Mus musculus castaneus). This variant was characterized by an initial maintenance of damped oscillations and subsequent loss of rhythmicity after being transferred from light-dark (LD) cycles to constant darkness (DD). To map the genes responsible for the persistence of rhythmicity (circadian ratio) and the length of free-running period (tau), quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis was performed using F(2) mice obtained from an F(1) cross between the circadian variant and C57BL/6J mice. As a result, a significant QTL with a main effect for circadian ratio (Arrhythmicity; Arrh-1) was mapped on Chromosome (Chr) 8. For tau, four significant QTLs, Short free-running period (Sfp-1) (Chr 1), Sfp-2 (Chr 6), Sfp-3 (Chr 8), Sfp-4 (Chr 11) were determined. An epistatic interaction was detected between Chr 3 (Arrh-2) and Chr 5 (Arrh-3). An in situ hybridization study of clock genes and mouse Period1::luciferase (mPer1::luc) real-time monitoring analysis in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) suggested that arrhythmicity in this variant might not be attributed to core circadian mechanisms in the SCN neurons. Our strategy using wild-derived variant mice may provide a novel opportunity to evaluate circadian and its related disorders in human that arise from the interaction between multiple variant genes.
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- Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Infectious Disease, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Division of Applied Genetics and Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Laboratory for Systems Biology, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Hyogo, Japan
- Functional Genomics Subunit, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Hyogo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Systems Biology, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Hyogo, Japan
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- Research Group of Chronogenomics, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Applied Genetics and Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biomodeling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Valdez MB, Mizutani M, Kinoshita K, Fujiwara A, Yazawa H, Yamagata T, Shimada K, Namikawa T. 112. DIFFERENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEX-RELATED CHARACTERS OF THE GSP AND PNP/DO CHICKENS AFTER LEFT-OVARIECTOMY. Reprod Fertil Dev 2009. [DOI: 10.1071/srb09abs112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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To elucidate the strain difference in the sex reversal of genetic female to phenotypic male, GSP and PNP/DO females were left ovariectomized (ovx) between one day to three days after hatching and the degree of masculinization based on sex-related characters, histological analysis of the right gonad and hormone assay were assessed at one year of age. The GSP and PNP/DO inbred lines were both derived from the Fayoumi breed and are only differentiated based on red blood cell antigens type carried by each of the inbred line. Comb and wattles were found to be significantly bigger (P < 0.05) in the GSP ovx compared to the PNP/DO ovx, although male plumage pattern were more pronounced in the PNP/DO ovx. Spurs were observed both in the GSP and PNP/DO ovx with no significant difference (P > 0.05) in length to the respective male controls and body weight were not significantly different (P > 0.05) to the female controls. The size of the right gonad were significantly bigger (P < 0.05) in the GSP ovx than the PNP/DO ovx. Positive correlations were found in the sex related characters as well as plasma testosterone level and the right gonad weight both in the GSP and PNP/DO ovx except for the spur length which resulted into a negative correlation in the PNP/DO ovx. Histological analysis revealed that the right gonad of PNP/DO ovx are morphologically developed compared to GSP ovx showing more advance stages of spermatogenesis. It could be inferred that PNP/DO females which exhibit hereditary persistent right oviduct, are more responsive to the masculinizing effect of ovariectomy compared to GSP females, suggesting that genetic background may have a possible contribution on the degree of masculinization and subsequent development of sex related characters.
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Nakao N, Ono H, Yamamura T, Anraku T, Takagi T, Higashi K, Yasuo S, Katou Y, Kageyama S, Uno Y, Kasukawa T, Iigo M, Sharp PJ, Iwasawa A, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Niimi T, Mizutani M, Namikawa T, Ebihara S, Ueda HR, Yoshimura T. Thyrotrophin in the pars tuberalis triggers photoperiodic response. Nature 2008; 452:317-22. [PMID: 18354476 DOI: 10.1038/nature06738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2007] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Molecular mechanisms regulating animal seasonal breeding in response to changing photoperiod are not well understood. Rapid induction of gene expression of thyroid-hormone-activating enzyme (type 2 deiodinase, DIO2) in the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is the earliest event yet recorded in the photoperiodic signal transduction pathway. Here we show cascades of gene expression in the quail MBH associated with the initiation of photoinduced secretion of luteinizing hormone. We identified two waves of gene expression. The first was initiated about 14 h after dawn of the first long day and included increased thyrotrophin (TSH) beta-subunit expression in the pars tuberalis; the second occurred approximately 4 h later and included increased expression of DIO2. Intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of TSH to short-day quail stimulated gonadal growth and expression of DIO2 which was shown to be mediated through a TSH receptor-cyclic AMP (cAMP) signalling pathway. Increased TSH in the pars tuberalis therefore seems to trigger long-day photoinduced seasonal breeding.
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- Nobuhiro Nakao
- Division of Biomodelling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Adjei S, Sato A, Nagase T, Matsubara K, Matsuda Y, Namikawa T, Ishikawa A. Genetic linkage map of the house musk shrew, Suncus murinus, constructed with PCR-based and RFLP markers. Exp Anim 2008; 57:129-34. [PMID: 18421175 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.57.129] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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A genetic linkage map for Suncus murinus was previously constructed with 11 marker loci. In this study, we developed 172 new microsatellite and three RFLP markers, and re-constructed a new framework map by combining all markers. The new map comprises 42 markers that are distributed into 12 linkage groups, two of which are assigned to chromosomes, and spans 403.5 cM with an average inter-marker distance of 13.5 cM.
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- Samuel Adjei
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Valdez MB, Mizutani M, Fujiwara A, Yazawa H, Yamagata T, Shimada K, Namikawa T. Histocompatible chicken inbred lines: homogeneities in the major histocompatibility complex antigens of the GSP, GSN/1, PNP/DO and BM-C inbred lines assessed by hemagglutination, mixed lymphocyte reaction and skin transplantation. Exp Anim 2008; 56:329-38. [PMID: 18075192 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.56.329] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Chicken inbred lines of the GSP, GSN/1, PNP/DO and BM-C have been established by selection of a specific allele at the B blood group locus (MHC B-G region) and other polymorphic loci through pedigree mating. To extend the potential of these inbred lines as experimental animals in Aves, we assessed the antigenic homogeneities of the MHC antigens by three immunological methods. Antigenic variations of red blood cells (RBCs) were surveyed in the inbred lines and a random-bred line (NG) derived from the Nagoya breed by using ten kinds of intact antisera produced in the inbred line of chickens against RBCs of a red junglefowl and hybrids. In the hemagglutination test, no individual variations were found within the inbred line at all, while all the ten antisera detected highly heterogeneous reactions in individuals of the NG. The reciprocal one-way mixed lymphocyte reactions gave constantly higher stimulation responses (P<0.01) between individual pairs from the inbred lines having different B alleles compared to pairs within the inbred line, while lower stimulation was observed between pairs of the GSP and GSN/1 inbred lines both having the B(21) allele. In reciprocal skin transplantation, the transplanted skingrafts within the inbred line and between individuals from the GSP and GSN/1 inbred lines survived more than 100 days, while all the skingrafts showed signs of rejection within 7 days among the inbred lines having different B alleles. The results obtained by the three practical methods coincidentally indicated that the individuals in the respective four inbred lines were histocompatible, and further, that the GSP and GSN/1 individuals were histocompatible.
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- Marcos B Valdez
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Japan
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Tadano R, Nishibori M, Imamura Y, Matsuzaki M, Kinoshita K, Mizutani M, Namikawa T, Tsudzuki M. High genetic divergence in miniature breeds of Japanese native chickens compared to Red Junglefowl, as revealed by microsatellite analysis. Anim Genet 2008; 39:71-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01690.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shimada K, Valdez MB, Mizutani M, Namikawa T. Potential application of sperm bearing female-specific chromosome in chickens. Cytogenet Genome Res 2007; 117:240-7. [PMID: 17675865 DOI: 10.1159/000103185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This paper reviews studies on sex reversal experiments in chickens, production of sperm bearing a female-specific chromosome, its application for poultry resources and finally a mechanism of sex differentiation of gonads in the chicken.
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- K Shimada
- Division of Applied Genetics and Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Science, Nagoya University Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan.
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Kurachi M, Kawamoto Y, Tsubota Y, Chau BL, Dang VB, Dorji T, Yamamoto Y, Nyunt MM, Maeda Y, Chhum-Phith L, Namikawa T, Yamagata T. Phylogeography of wild musk shrew (Suncus murinus) populations in Asia based on blood protein/enzyme variation. Biochem Genet 2007; 45:543-63. [PMID: 17551826 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-007-9096-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2006] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The musk shrew (Suncus murinus) is an insectivore species that inhabits tropical and subtropical Asia widely. To clarify the genetic relationship among wild musk shrew populations, we examined the electrophoretic variants of biparentally inherited genetic markers at 10 loci coding for eight blood proteins/enzymes in a total of 639 animals and compared the results obtained from the mitochondrial DNA data. The principal-component analysis performed using the allele frequency data revealed that the 17 populations could be divided into two major groups, a South Asian group and a Southeast Asian group that includes several island populations bound by Myanmar. The degrees of genetic divergence among populations were higher within the Southeast Asian group than within the South Asian group. This finding was incongruent with the mtDNA diversity. Analysis conducted at the individual level showed that a shrew from the central region in Myanmar that carries a South Asian type of mtDNA showed the electrophoretic variants specific to the Southeast Asian group, suggesting that this region is a contact zone between the two major groups.
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- Megumi Kurachi
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Ishikawa A, Kim EH, Bolor H, Mollah MBR, Namikawa T. A growth QTL (Pbwg1) region of mouse chromosome 2 contains closely linked loci affecting growth and body composition. Mamm Genome 2007; 18:229-39. [PMID: 17514348 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-007-9009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2006] [Accepted: 03/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Previous QTL studies have identified 24 QTLs for body weight and growth from 3 to 10 weeks after birth in an intersubspecific backcross mouse population between C57BL/6J and wild Mus musculus castaneus that has 60% of the body size of C57BL/6J. The castaneus allele at the most potent QTL (Pbwg1) on proximal chromosome 2 retards growth. In this study we have developed a congenic strain with a 44.1-Mb interval containing the castaneus allele at Pbwg1 by recurrent backcrossing to C57BL/6J. The congenic mouse developed was characterized by significantly higher body weight gain between 1 and 3 weeks of age and lower weight of white fat pads at 10 weeks of age than C57BL/6J. However, no clear difference in body weight at 1-10 weeks of age was observed between congenic and C57BL/6J strains. QTL analysis with 269 F(2) mice between the two strains did not identify any QTLs for body weight at 1, 3, 6, and 10 weeks of age, but it discovered eight closely linked QTLs affecting body weight gain from 1 to 3 weeks of age, lean body weight, weight of white fat pads, and body length within the Pbwg1 region. The castaneus alleles at all fat pad QTLs reduced the phenotypes, whereas at the remaining growth and body composition QTLs, they increased the trait values. These results illustrate that Pbwg1, which initially appeared to be a single locus, was resolved into several loci with opposite effects on the composition traits of overall body weight. This gives a reason for the loss of the Pbwg1 effect found in the original backcross population.
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- Akira Ishikawa
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan.
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Kurachi M, Chau BL, Dang VB, Dorji T, Yamamoto Y, Nyunt MM, Maeda Y, Chhum-Phith L, Namikawa T, Yamagata T. Population structure of wild musk shrews (Suncus murinus) in Asia based on mitochondrial DNA variation, with research in Cambodia and Bhutan. Biochem Genet 2007; 45:165-83. [PMID: 17318375 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-006-9051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The musk shrew (Suncus murinus) is a small mammalian species belonging to Insectivora. It is widely distributed in Asia. To identify the genetic relationship among wild musk shrew populations and examine its migration route, we investigated the populations of Cambodia and Bhutan by using mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and compared them with other Asian populations previously described. Four haplotypes were detected in Cambodia and eight in Bhutan. A total of 53 haplotypes were detected in Asia and were classified largely into two groups, the Continental and Island types, based on a minimum spanning network. From the distribution of mtDNA types in wild musk shrews, three major population groups are identified in Asia: South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Malay. It is suggested that the Malay population group was a mix of South and Southeast Asian population groups and that this was a contact area of the two groups. In addition, other contact areas between the South and Southeast Asian groups exist in Myanmar, but unlike the Malay, the Myanmar area was the border of these groups.
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- Megumi Kurachi
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Kobayashi M, Ichikawa K, Okamoto K, Namikawa T, Okabayashi T, Araki K. Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair. A new mesh fixation method without stapling. Surg Endosc 2006; 20:1621-5. [PMID: 16897287 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0585-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Accepted: 04/03/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent advances in laparoscopic surgery have made various abdominal surgeries possible. To avoid wound infection, mesh repair of abdominal incisional hernias is performed laparoscopically. Here we present a new procedure to fix mesh to the abdominal wall. SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Four anchoring sutures are made using a suture-grasping device; the additional transabdominal sutures are then made with a modified double-needle device. Additional circumferential fixation with tacks is not necessary. CONCLUSIONS This new mesh fixation method involves simple suturing techniques and is less time consuming than the conventional procedure.
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- M Kobayashi
- Department of Tumor Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Oko-cho, Nankoku, 783-8505, Japan
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Kobayashi M, Okamoto K, Namikawa T, Okabayashi T, Araki K. Laparoscopic lymph node dissection around the inferior mesenteric artery for cancer in the lower sigmoid colon and rectum: is D3 lymph node dissection with preservation of the left colic artery feasible? Surg Endosc 2005; 20:563-9. [PMID: 16391959 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0160-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2005] [Accepted: 07/19/2005] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND When we perform laparoscopic lymph node dissection around the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA), we preserve the left colic artery (LCA) to maintain the blood supply to the proximal sigmoid colon. In this study, we present our laparoscopic D2 and D3 lymph node (LN) dissection technique and evaluate its applicability and safety. METHODS We performed LN dissection on 23 rectal and lower sigmoid colon cancer cases from April 2002 to December 2004. For D3 LN dissection, the incision to the mesosigmoid extends to just before the root of the IMA, which is exposed with an ultrasonic cutting and coagulating surgical device to avoid bleeding. Then, the arterial wall is exposed with a dissecting electrocautery spatula down to the LCA, at least 2 cm of which is exposed. Adipose tissue surrounding the IMA and inferior mesenteric vein is dissected. For D2 LN dissection, we partially expose the IMA to confirm the location of the LCA. RESULTS The mean times taken for D2 and D3 LN dissections were 36.2 and 68.2 min, respectively. Both procedures took longer in male patients. There was a trend for the procedure overall to take less time in female patients. However, D2 dissection took significantly longer in male than female patients (p < 0.05). In women, D3 dissection took significantly longer than D2 (p < 0.05), but this trend was not seen in men. Increased experience among surgeons with this procedure was associated with significantly faster LN dissections in men (p < 0.05), but not in women (p = 0.493). Pearson product moment analysis identified a relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the time taken for D2 LN dissection (r = 0.765), but not D3 LN dissection (r = 0.158). There was no treatment-related morbidity with this technique. CONCLUSIONS This method was safe and feasible for all patients in this series, but takes longer to perform in male patients.
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- M Kobayashi
- Department of Tumor Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
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Horio F, Teradaira S, Imamura T, Anunciado RVP, Kobayashi M, Namikawa T, Niki I. The HND mouse, a nonobese model of type 2 diabetes mellitus with impaired insulin secretion. Eur J Endocrinol 2005; 153:971-9. [PMID: 16322404 DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to develop a novel type 2 diabetes model designated the HND (Horio-Niki diabetic) mouse, by transferring diabetogenic genes from wild castaneus mice (Mus musculus castaneus) captured in the Philippines into laboratory mice (C57BL/6J:B6). METHODS Offspring from the cross between a wild male and a B6 female were backcrossed to the sire. One male backcross which exhibited fasting hyperglycemia was crossed with a B6 female to comprise the fundamental stock (F0). Thereafter, full-sib mating was performed, and mice with impaired glucose tolerance were selected and bred from the F2 generation. Characterization of the phenotype of HND mice and insulin release from their islets was evaluated with F12 generation males. RESULTS The male HND mice were lean, and spontaneously exhibited impaired glucose tolerance at a high incidence rate at 6 weeks of age. Their serum insulin levels in response to intraperitoneal glucose were markedly attenuated. However, glucose-induced insulin release from isolated HND islets was not affected. Notably, inhibition of glucose-induced insulin release by epinephrine was more pronounced in HND islets than in B6 islets. Moreover, in vivo treatment of HND mice with the alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonist clonidine resulted in marked hypoinsulinemic hyperglycemia. CONCLUSIONS We suggest the HND mouse may be a distinctive and useful model for type 2 diabetes with impaired neural control of insulin secretion.
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- Fumihiko Horio
- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Matsumoto-cho 1200, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan.
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