59 Result(s)

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Myeloproliferative leukemia protein activation directly induces fibrocyte differentiation to cause myelofibrosis

Myelofibrosis (MF) may be caused by various pathogenic mechanisms such as elevation in circulating cytokine levels, cellular interactions and genetic mutations. However, the underlying mechanism of MF still re...

T Maekawa, Y Osawa, T Izumi, S Nagao, K Takano, Y Okada, N Tachi, M Teramoto… in Leukemia (2017)

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Clinical characteristics and outcome of human herpesvirus-6 encephalitis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

In this retrospective analysis using the Transplant Registry Unified Management Program, we identified 145 patients with human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 encephalitis among 6593 recipients. The cumulative incidences ...

M Ogata, K Oshima, T Ikebe, K Takano, H Kanamori, T Kondo… in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2017)

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Donor cell leukemia arising from preleukemic clones with a novel germline DDX41 mutation after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

S Kobayashi, A Kobayashi, Y Osawa, S Nagao, K Takano, Y Okada, N Tachi… in Leukemia (2017)

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Application of Terahertz Field Enhancement Effect in Metal Microstructures

Applications of high-field terahertz pulses are attractive in physics and terahertz technology. In this study, two applications related to high-intensity terahertz pulses are demonstrated. The field enhancemen...

M. Nakajima, T. Kurihara, Y. Tadokoro… in Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terah… (2016)

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LiteBIRD: Mission Overview and Focal Plane Layout

LiteBIRD is a proposed CMB polarization satellite project to probe the inflationary B-mode signal. The satellite is designed to measure the tensor-to-scalar ratio with a 68 % confidence level uncertainty of ...

T. Matsumura, Y. Akiba, K. Arnold, J. Borrill… in Journal of Low Temperature Physics (2016)

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Pre-transplant diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for non-relapse mortality, especially infection-related mortality, after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a factor in the hematopoietic cell transplantation-comorbidity index. However, the impact of pre-transplant DM on morbidity and cause-specific non-relapse mortality (NRM) remains uncl...

K Takano, S Fuji, N Uchida, H Ogawa, K Ohashi, T Eto… in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2015)

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Impact of pretransplant body mass index on the clinical outcome after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT

To elucidate the impact of pretransplant body mass index (BMI) on the clinical outcome, we performed a retrospective study with registry data including a total of 12 050 patients (age ⩾18 years) who received a...

S Fuji, K Takano, T Mori, T Eto, S Taniguchi, K Ohashi… in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2014)

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A higher number of infused CD34⁺ cells has a positive impact on the clinical outcome after related PBSC transplantation

K Maie, S Fuji, K Tajima, M Tatsuno, S Yamagata, N Takahashi… in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2014)

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Foscarnet against human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 reactivation after allo-SCT: breakthrough HHV-6 encephalitis following antiviral prophylaxis

High incidences of human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 encephalitis have recently been reported from several Japanese SCT centers. To evaluate the effect of low-dose foscarnet (PFA) in preventing HHV-6 infection among r...

M Ogata, T Satou, Y Inoue, K Takano, T Ikebe, T Ando… in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2013)

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Successful tandem (autologous-cord blood) SCT in advanced neuroblastomas with highly amplified MYCN

Although autologous tandem hematopoietic SCT has improved the prognosis of patients with advanced high-risk neuroblastoma, the results remain unsatisfactory. In an attempt to induce the graft-versus-tumor effe...

K Goi, T Inukai, H Honna, K Akahane, K Hirose, I Kuroda… in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2011)

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Tribological issues in perpendicular recording media

As the hard disk drive industry is transitioning from longitudinal (LMR) to perpendicular (PMR) recording, a new set of reliability challenges had to be overcome. In particular, the magnetic media structure, w...

Q. Dai, U. Nayak, D. Margulies, B. Marchon, R. Waltman, K. Takano… in Tribology Letters (2007)

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Amyloid fibrils from the viewpoint of protein folding

In amyloid related diseases, proteins form fibrillar aggregates with highly ordered β-sheet structure regardless of their native conformations. Formation of such amyloid fibrils can be reproducible in vitro us...

S. Ohnishi, K. Takano in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS (2004)

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Expression of human coagulation factor VIII in adipocytes transduced with the simian immunodeficiency virus agmTYO1-based vector for hemophilia A gene therapy

We demonstrate that transduction of adipocytes with a simian immunodeficiency virus agm TYO1 (SIVagm)-based lentiviral vector carrying the human coagulation factor VIII gene (SIVhFVIII) resulted in expression ...

K Ogata, J Mimuro, J Kikuchi, T Tabata, Y Ueda, M Naito, S Madoiwa… in Gene Therapy (2004)

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Lunar cycle in the reproductive activity in the forktail rabbitfish

Histological observations of the gonads of Siganus argenteus showed that gametes developed toward the last quarter moon from May to July. Weekly changes in plasma steroid hormones were correlated closely with gon...

M.S. Rahman, A. Takemura, Y.J. Park, K. Takano in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry (2003)

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The acceleration of cosmic-ray protons in the supernova remnant RX J1713.7–3946

Protons with energies up to ∼10¹⁵ eV are the main component¹ of cosmic rays, but evidence for the specific locations where they could have been accelerated to these energies has been lacking². Electrons are known...

R. Enomoto, T. Tanimori, T. Naito, T. Yoshida, S. Yanagita, M. Mori… in Nature (2002)

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Entropy change in lithium ion cells on charge and discharge

Open circuit voltage (OCV) was measured as a function of temperature and state of charge (SOC) for six kinds of lithium ion cells. The following cells were used: four kinds of commercial cell using a LiCoO₂ catho...

K. Takano, Y. Saito, K. Kanari, K. Nozaki, K. Kato… in Journal of Applied Electrochemistry (2002)