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    Effects of background mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on the Disc1 L100P behavioral phenotype associated with schizophrenia in mice

    Disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) is a promising candidate susceptibility gene for psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. Several previous studies reported th...

    Yosefu Arime, Ryutaro Fukumura, Ikuo Miura in Behavioral and Brain Functions (2014)

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    The evolution of mitochondrial genomes in modern frogs (Neobatrachia): nonadaptive evolution of mitochondrial genome reorganization

    Although mitochondrial (mt) gene order is highly conserved among vertebrates, widespread gene rearrangements occur in anurans, especially in neobatrachians. Protein coding genes in the mitogenome experience ad...

    Yun **a, Yuchi Zheng, Ikuo Miura, Pamela BY Wong, Robert W Murphy in BMC Genomics (2014)

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    Double-hit lymphomas and complex variant translocations of t(14;18)(q32;q21.3)

    Masayuki Kato, Ikuo Miura in Annals of Hematology (2013)

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    QTL on mouse chromosomes 1 and 4 causing sperm-head morphological abnormality and male subfertility

    The B10.M mouse strain represents a model for male subfertility as it produces a significantly low number of offspring. The only known male reproductive phenotype of this strain is its high frequency of sperm-...

    Hideo Gotoh, Keitaro Hirawatari, Naoto Hanzawa, Ikuo Miura in Mammalian Genome (2012)

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    Independent degeneration of W and Y sex chromosomes in frog Rana rugosa

    The frog Rana rugosa uniquely possesses two different sex-determining systems of XX/XY and ZZ/ZW, separately in the geographic populations. The sex chromosomes of both types share the same origin at chromosome 7,...

    Ikuo Miura, Hiromi Ohtani, Mitsuaki Ogata in Chromosome Research (2012)

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    Primary splenic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma manifesting in red pulp

    We evaluated six cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) involving the red pulp of the spleen. All had B symptoms and an aggressive clinical course. The lymphoma cells proliferated diffusely and non-coh...

    Makoto Kashimura, Masahiro Noro, Bunshiro Akikusa, Atsushi Okuhara in Virchows Archiv (2008)

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    Comparative chromosome map** of sex-linked genes and identification of sex chromosomal rearrangements in the Japanese wrinkled frog (Rana rugosa, Ranidae) with ZW and XY sex chromosome systems

    There are regional variations of sex chromosome morphologies in the Japanese wrinkled frog, Rana rugosa (2n = 26): heterogametic ZZ/ZW-type and XX/XY-type sex chromosomes, and two different types of homomorphic s...

    Yoshinobu Uno, Chizuko Nishida, Yuki Oshima, Satoshi Yokoyama in Chromosome Research (2008)

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    Close relation between 14q32/IGH translocations and chromosome 13 abnormalities in multiple myeloma: a high incidence of 11q13/CCND1 and 16q23/MAF

    Many B-cell tumors have chromosomal translocations that result from failures of the immunoglobulin (Ig) gene during V(D)J recombination, somatic hypermutation (SHM), and class switch recombination (CSR). Nearl...

    Madoka Takimoto, Kohei Ogawa, Yo Kato, Tasuku Saito in International Journal of Hematology (2008)

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    The t(1;3)(p34;q27)translocation: a nonrandom BCL6 rearrangement in diffuse large B cell lymphoma

    Nozomi Niitsu, Hirokazu Nakamine, Yuki Hagiwara, Ken Tanae in Annals of Hematology (2008)

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    Disentangling genetic vs. environmental causes of sex determination in the common frog, Rana temporaria

    Understanding of sex ratio dynamics in a given species requires understanding its sex determination system, as well as access for reliable tools for sex identification at different life stages. As in the case ...

    Chikako Matsuba, Ikuo Miura, Juha Merilä in BMC Genetics (2008)

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    A case of acute myeloblastic leukemia with a novel variant of t(8;21)(q22;q22)

    We encountered a case of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), with extramedullary leukemia (EML) and a masked type of the variant translocation t(8;21)(q22;q22). Morphologically, the AML M2 subtype according to ...

    Keiki Kawakami, Kazuhiro Nishii, Ryuu Hyou in International Journal of Hematology (2008)

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    t(6;14)(q15;q32) in a Patient with CD5+CD10+ Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

    A 68-year-old man presented with systemic lymph node swelling. A biopsy specimen taken from the right cervical lymph node showed that the normal architecture was replaced by a diffuse proliferation of large ly...

    Miyuki Hayama, Nozomi Niitsu, Masaaki Higashihara in International Journal of Hematology (2007)

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    Nationwide Survey of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Japan

    Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a disorder of the mononuclear phagocyte system, can be classified into two distinct forms: primary HLH (FHL) and secondary HLH. To clarify the epidemiology and clinica...

    Eiichi Ishii, Shouichi Ohga, Shinsaku Imashuku in International Journal of Hematology (2007)

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    Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia with Dysplastic Bone Marrow Eosinophils Showing t(5;17)(q13;q11) and a Secondary Chromosomal Aberration, inv(16)(p13q22)

    inv(16)(p13q22) is associated with de novo acute myelomonocytic leukemia with dysplastic bone marrow eosinophils (AMML Eo), which has a relatively favorable clinical course with a longer remission duration and...

    Rika Sakai, Katsumichi Fujimaki, Etsuko Yamazaki in International Journal of Hematology (2006)

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    Multicenter phase II study of the CyclOBEAP (CHOP-like + etoposide and bleomycin) regimen for patients with poor-prognosis aggressive lymphoma

    Our aim was to study the efficacy of the addition of etoposide and bleomycin to a [cyclophosphamide (CPA), doxorubicin (DXR), vincristine (VCR), and prednisone (PDN)] CHOP-like regimen for the treatment of agg...

    Nozomi Niitsu, Masataka Okamoto, Sadao Aoki, Hirokazu Okumura in Annals of Hematology (2006)

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    An XX/XY sex microchromosome system in a freshwater turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae) with genetic sex determination

    Heteromorphic sex chromosomes are rare in turtles, having been described in only four species. Like many turtle species, the Australian freshwater turtle Chelodina longicollis has genetic sex determination, but n...

    Tariq Ezaz, Nicole Valenzuela, Frank Grützner, Ikuo Miura in Chromosome Research (2006)

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    Successful Reduced-Intensity Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Severe Coronary Artery Disease

    A 60-year-old Japanese man with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and effort angina was referred to our clinic for treatment of MDS.The patient was transfusion-dependent and displayed coronary artery disease (CAD...

    Shigeki Kosugi, Makoto Hirokawa, Yoshinari Kawabata in International Journal of Hematology (2006)

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    The dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps has ZZ/ZW micro-sex chromosomes

    The bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps (Agamidae: Reptilia) is an agamid lizard endemic to Australia. Like crocodilians and many turtles, temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is common in agamid lizards, a...

    Tariq Ezaz, Alexander E. Quinn, Ikuo Miura, Stephen D. Sarre in Chromosome Research (2005)

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    Implementation of the modified-SHIRPA protocol for screening of dominant phenotypes in a large-scale ENU mutagenesis program

    SHIRPA is a three-stage protocol for the comprehensive assessment of primarily mouse behavior. The first stage consists of high-throughput phenoty** of 33 behavioral observations and 7 metabolic or disease o...

    Hiroshi Masuya, Maki Inoue, Yumiko Wada, Aya Shimizu, Junko Nagano in Mammalian Genome (2005)

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    Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Monitoring of BCR-ABL-Positive Neutrophils in Chronic-Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients during the Primary Stage of Imatinib Mesylate Therapy

    We describe a method for monitoring chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients treated with imatinib that uses fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to detect BCR- ABL in peripheral blood (PB) granulocytes. Firs...

    Naoto Takahashi, Ikuo Miura, Yoshimi Kobayashi in International Journal of Hematology (2005)

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