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    A Novel CEBPE Variant Causes Severe Infections and Profound Neutropenia

    Specific granule deficiency (SGD) is a rare inborn error of immunity resulting from loss-of-function variants in CEBPE gene (encoding for transcription factor C/EBPε). Although this genetic etiology has been know...

    Aaqib Zaffar Banday, Anit Kaur, Tadayuki Akagi in Journal of Clinical Immunology (2022)

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    Tolvaptan therapy for massive edema in a patient with nephrotic syndrome

    Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is characterized by water and sodium retention, which leads to edema. The non-osmotic stimulation of arginine vasopressin release from the pituitary gland has been implicated as one of ...

    Masaki Shimizu, Sayaka Ishikawa, Yusuke Yachi, Masahiro Muraoka in Pediatric Nephrology (2014)

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    Formation of a pseudorotaxane, capable of sensing cations via dethreading molecular motion, from a cryptand and bipyridinium salts

    A new type of cryptand-based pseudorotaxane was prepared, utilizing a novel cryptand incorporating two aromatic rings as a wheel component, combined with various bipyridinium salts as the axle component. These...

    Masahiro Muraoka, Mamoru Ohta, Yuko Mizutani in Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocy… (2014)

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    Rapid Detection of Intracellular p47phox and p67phox by Flow Cytometry; Useful Screening Tests for Chronic Granulomatous Disease

    Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is caused by defects of NADPH oxidase. The diagnosis of CGD can be made by analysis of NADPH oxidase activity, however, identification of the CGD subgroups is required befor...

    Taizo Wada, Masahiro Muraoka, Tomoko Toma, Tsuyoshi Imai in Journal of Clinical Immunology (2013)

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    Characterization of stable, electroactive protein cage/synthetic polymer multilayer thin films prepared by layer-by-layer assembly

    We have fabricated electroactive multilayer thin films containing ferritin protein cages. The multilayer thin films were prepared on a solid substrate by the alternate electrostatic adsorption of (apo)ferritin...

    Koichiro Uto, Kazuya Yamamoto, Naoko Kishimoto in Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2013)

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    Fabrication of Semiconductor Nano-particles in the Protein Cage of Apoferritin

    We specially designed a slow chemical reaction system to synthesize the zinc selenide nanoparticles (ZnSe NPs), in the cavity of the cage-shaped protein, apoferritin. The newly designed chemical synthesis syst...

    Kenji Iwahori, Keiko Yoshizawa, Masahiro Muraoka in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2006)

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    Catalytic hydrogenation of linoleic acid over platinum-group metals supported on alumina

    Catalytic activity and selectivity for hydrogenation of linoleic acid (cis-9,cis-12 18:2) were studied on Pt, Pd, Ru, and Ir supported on Al2O3. Stearic acid (18:0) and 10 different octadecenoic isomers (18:1) in...

    Yoshie Kitayama, Masahiro Muraoka in Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Soci… (1997)

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    Catalytic hydrogenation of linoleic acid on nickel, copper, and palladium

    The catalytic activity and selectivity for hydrogenation of linoleic acid were studied on Ni, Cu, and Pd catalysts. A detailed analysis of the reaction product was performed by a gas-liquid chromatograph, equi...

    Yoshie Kitayama, Masahiro Muraoka in Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Soci… (1996)