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Open AccessFeasibility study of an intervention program to enhance self-confidence of kindergarten teachers who deal with radiation-related health concerns from parents with young children
Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident in March 2011, radiation anxiety was high among residents in affected areas. Enhancing radiation-related health literacy is effective in reducing ...
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Open AccessA new non-invasive graphical method for quantification of cerebral blood flow with[ \(^{123}\hbox {I}\) ] IMP
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Analysis of the binding of bovine and human fibrinogen to ferritin: evidence that fibrinogen is a common ferritin-binding protein in mammals
Both human and horse fibrinogen are heme-binding proteins, and horse fibrinogen also exhibits heme-mediated ferritin binding. This study found that bovine and human fibrinogen are heme-mediated ferritin-bindin...
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Open AccessReduced canine BRCA2 expression levels in mammary gland tumors
Mammary tumors are the most common tumor type in intact female dogs. Recently, the breast cancer 2 early onset (BRCA2) gene was proposed to be associated with tumorigenesis in dogs. The expression level of BRCA2 ...
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Open AccessThe presence of heat-labile factors interfering with binding analysis of fibrinogen with ferritin in horse plasma
Horse fibrinogen has been identified as a plasma specific ferritin-binding protein. There are two ways in the binding of ferritin-binding protein with ferritin: one is direct binding and the other is indirect ...
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Open AccessQuantifying longitudinal right ventricular dysfunction in patients with old myocardial infarction by using speckle-tracking strain echocardiography
We investigated longitudinal right ventricular (RV) function assessed using speckle-tracking strain echocardiography in patient with myocardial infarction (MI), and identified the contributing factors for RV d...
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Open AccessEchocardiographic estimation of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure using the combination of diastolic annular and mitral inflow velocities
We aimed to identify the clinical utility of a simple echocardiographic approach for estimating the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) on the basis of the combined assessment of mitral inflow and tissue...
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Iron-dependent binding of bovine milk α-casein with holo-lactoferrin, but not holo-transferrin
Bovine milk α-casein has been identified as an iron- and heme-binding protein. However, the physiological role of its iron-binding remains to be elucidated in more detail. α-Casein was immobilized on CNBr-acti...
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Open AccessEstablishment of a PCR analysis method for canine BRCA2
Mammary tumors are the most common tumor type in both human and canine females. In women, carriers of mutations in BRCA2, a tumor suppressor gene product, have a higher risk of breast cancer. Canine BRCA2 has als...
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Effect of diquat-induced oxidative stress on iron metabolism in male Fischer-344 rats
Diquat toxicity causes iron-mediated oxidative stress; however, it remains unclear how diquat affects iron metabolism. Here, we examined the effect of diquat-induced oxidative stress on iron metabolism in male...
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Heme-mediated binding of α-casein to ferritin: evidence for preferential α-casein binding to ferrous iron
Bovine milk α-casein was identified as a ferritin-binding protein, and ferritin is known to be a heme-binding protein. In this study, we found that the binding of α-casein to bovine spleen ferritin in vitro wa...
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Characterization of feline serum ferritin-binding proteins: the presence of a novel ferritin-binding protein as an inhibitory factor in feline ferritin immunoassay
Ferritin-binding proteins (FBPs) such as anti-ferritin antibody, α-2-macroglobulin, apolipoprotein B are expected to interact with circulating ferritin to eliminate it from circulation. However, we found that ...
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Open AccessSequence analysis of dolphin ferritin H and L subunits and possible iron-dependent translational control of dolphin ferritin gene
Iron-storage protein, ferritin plays a central role in iron metabolism. Ferritin has dual function to store iron and segregate iron for protection of iron-catalyzed reactive oxygen species. Tissue ferritin is ...
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Apolipoprotein B binds ferritin by hemin-mediated binding: evidence of direct binding of apolipoprotein B and ferritin to hemin
Apolipoprotein B (apoB) is known to be a ferritin-binding protein. Here we show that apoB binds to ferritin through hemin-mediated binding. Human apoB bound to bovine spleen, horse spleen, and canine liver fer...
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Relationship between body iron stores and diquat toxicity in male Fischer-344 rats
The effects of body iron stores on diquat (DQ)-induced toxicity were examined in male Fischer-344 rats, which are sensitive to this herbicide. The rats (5 weeks old) were fed diets containing 40 (lower iron st...
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Purification and Characterization of Canine Serum Ferritin-binding Proteins
Ferritin-binding protein (FBP) is known to interact with circulating ferritins in mammals. Canine FBPs were purified from canine serum by affinity chromatography and were identified as IgM, IgG, and IgA by imm...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Video Synthesis with High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Using Motion Compensation and Image Fusion in Wavelet Domain
This paper presents a novel algorithm for obtaining a high spatio-temporal resolution video from two video sequences. These sequences are high resolution with low frame rate and low resolution with high frame ...
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Video Synthesis with High Spatio-temporal Resolution Using Spectral Fusion
We propose a novel strategy to obtain a high spatio-temporal resolution video. To this end, we introduce a dual sensor camera that can capture two video sequences with the same field of view simultaneously. Th...
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Kinetic analysis of bovine spleen apoferritin and recombinant H and L chain homopolymers: Iron uptake suggests early stage H chain ferroxidase activity and second stage L chain cooperation
Ferritin utilizes ferroxidase activity to incorporate iron. Iron uptake kinetics of bovine spleen apoferritin were compared with those of recombinant H chain ferritin and L chain ferritin homopolymers. H chain...
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Clearance rates of biotinylated ferritins in canine: A possible physiological role of canine serum ferritin as an iron transporter
To elucidate the physiological role of canine serum ferritin, we measured clearance rates of biotinylated ferritins in beagle. Biotinylated canine tissue ferritins were cleared rapidly from circulation. The cl...
