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    Maternal IgG avidity, IgM and ultrasound abnormalities: combined method to detect congenital cytomegalovirus infection with sequelae

    We used maternal immunoglobulin M (IgM), immunoglobulin G (IgG) avidity index (AI) and fetal ultrasonography (US) to effectively detect a congenital cytomegalovirus-infected fetus that would suffer neurologica...

    M Kaneko, H Sameshima, T Minematsu, K Kusumoto, A Yamauchi in Journal of Perinatology (2013)

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    Characteristics of the spin-trap** reaction of a free radical derived from AAPH: further development of the ORAC-ESR assay

    The characteristics of the spin-trap** reaction in the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC)-electron spin resonance (ESR) assay were examined, focusing on the kind of spin traps. 2,2-Azobis(2-amidinopro...

    A. Nakajima, E. Matsuda, Y. Masuda, H. Sameshima in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2012)

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    Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on the Reduction of Stable Nitroxide by Ascorbic Acid: In Vitro Model for Acute Hypoxia Ischemia

    The reaction between 3-methoxycarbonyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidine-1-oxyl (PCAM), which is a blood–brain-barrier (BBB) permeable stable cyclic nitroxide, and ascorbic acid was examined in a low dissolved ox...

    A. Nakajima, Y. Masuda, E. Matsuda, Y. Ueda, H. Sameshima in Applied Magnetic Resonance (2011)

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    Absence of tyrosine kinase mutations in Japanese colorectal cancer patients

    Tyrosine kinases, which are important regulators of intracellular signal-transduction pathways, have mutated forms that are often associated with oncogenesis and are attractive targets for therapeutic interven...

    R-X Shao, N Kato, L-J Lin, R Muroyama, M Moriyama, T Ikenoue, H Watabe in Oncogene (2007)

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    Absence of PIK3CA hotspot mutations in hepatocellular carcinoma in Japanese patients

    A recent study revealed that the p110α (PIK3CA), catalytic subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), is somatically mutated in many types of cancer. For example, PIK3CA is mutated in an estimated 35.6% of ...

    Y Tanaka, F Kanai, M Tada, Y Asaoka, B Guleng, A Jazag, M Ohta, T Ikenoue in Oncogene (2006)

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    The hepatitis B virus X protein enhances AP-1 activation through interaction with Jab1

    Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) has many cellular functions and is a major factor in hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma caused by HBV infection. A proteomic approach was used to search for HBx-interactin...

    Y Tanaka, F Kanai, T Ichimura, K Tateishi, Y Asaoka, B Guleng, A Jazag, M Ohta in Oncogene (2006)

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    Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor protects against ischemia/hypoxia-induced brain injury in neonatal rat

    Ischemic/hypoxic brain damage induced in 7-day-old rats was significantly attenuated in a dose-dependent manner by intracerebral injection of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF; 2 or 4 μg) with...

    T. Ikeda, X. Y. **a, Y. X. **a, T. Ikenoue, B. Han, B. H. Choi in Acta Neuropathologica (2000)