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Oral Health and Mortality Risk from Pneumonia in the Elderly by Awano, S., Ansai, T., Takata, Y., Soh, I., Akifusa, S., Hamasaki, T., Yoshida, A., Sonoki, K., Fujisawa, K., Takehara, T.

“…Although poor oral health influences the occurrence of pulmonary infection in elderly people, it is unclear how the degree of oral health is linked to…”
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Swallowing function and nutritional status in Japanese elderly people receiving home-care services: A 1-year longitudinal study by Okabe, Y., Furuta, M., Akifusa, S., Takeuchi, K., Adachi, M., Kinoshita, T., Kikutani, T., Nakamura, S., Yamashita, Yoshihisa

“…Objectives Malnutrition is a serious health concern for frail elderly people. Poor oral function leading to insufficient food intake can contribute to the…”
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Impact of Tongue Pressure and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate on Nutritional Status Of Older Residents of Nursing Homes in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study by Izumi, M., Sonoki, K., Ohta, Y., Fukuhara, M., Nagata, M., Akifusa, Sumio

“…Objectives Swallowing function is critical for continuing oral feeding to prevent frailty in older adults. In this study, we investigated the impact of tongue…”
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Effects of oral care with tongue cleaning on coughing ability in geriatric care facilities: a randomised controlled trial by Izumi, M., Takeuchi, K., Ganaha, S., Akifusa, S., Yamashita, Y.

“…Summary Methods for preventing aspiration pneumonia are needed soon in order to reduce mortality from aspiration pneumonia and promote the health of the…”
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Swallowing disorders and 1‐year functional decline in community‐dwelling older adults receiving home care by Takeuchi, K., Furuta, M., Okabe, Y., Suma, S., Takeshita, T., Akifusa, S., Adachi, M., Kinoshita, T., Kikutani, T., Yamashita, Y.

“…Summary The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of swallowing disorders on functional decline in community‐dwelling older adults receiving home…”
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Prolongation of Oral Phase for Initial Swallow of Solid Food is Associated with Oral Diadochokinesis Deterioration in Nursing Home Residents in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shimosaka, M, Fujii, W, Kakinoki, Y, Akifusa, S

“…Prolongation of bolus forming complicates ingestion, in particular in older adults. The purpose of this study is to examine which oral functions are associated…”
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Local delivery system of cytotoxic agents to tumors by focused sonoporation by Iwanaga, K, Tominaga, K, Yamamoto, K, Habu, M, Maeda, H, Akifusa, S, Tsujisawa, T, Okinaga, T, Fukuda, J, Nishihara, T

“…Recently, ultrasound-targeting microbubble destruction has been employed in molecular gene therapy, and a new potent nonviral gene transfer method known as…”
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Chewing ability and quality of life in an 80-year-old population by TAKATA, Y., ANSAI, T., AWANO, S., FUKUHARA, M., SONOKI, K., WAKISAKA, M., FUJISAWA, K., AKIFUSA, S., TAKEHARA, T.

“…summary  As quality of life (QOL) could be influenced by oral status in the elderly, we examined whether chewing ability or number of teeth affected QOL in…”
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Expression levels of adiponectin receptors and periodontitis by Yamaguchi, N., Hamachi, T., Kamio, N., Akifusa, S., Masuda, K., Nakamura, Y., Nonaka, K., Maeda, K., Hanazawa, S., Yamashita, Y.

“…Yamaguchi N, Hamachi T, Kamio N, Akifusa S, Masuda K, Nakamura Y, Nonaka K, Maeda K, Hanazawa S, Yamashita Y. Expression levels of adiponectin receptors and…”
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Relationship between chewing ability and 4-year mortality in a cohort of 80-year-old Japanese people by Ansai, T, Takata, Y, Soh, I, Akifusa, S, Sogame, A, Shimada, N, Yoshida, A, Hamasaki, T, Awano, S, Fukuhara, M, Takehara, T

“…Objective:  Poor oral health has been reported to be a risk indicator of mortality, however, few data are available regarding the relationship between chewing…”
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Relationship of number of remaining teeth to health-related quality of life in community-dwelling elderly by Akifusa, S., Soh, I., Ansai, T., Hamasaki, T., Takata, Y., Yohida, A., Fukuhara, M, Sonoki, K., Takehara, T.

“…Objective:  The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between number of remaining teeth and health‐related quality of life in community‐dwelling…”
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Relationship between Tooth Loss and Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Octogenarians by Takata, Y., Ansai, T., Matsumura, K., Awano, S., Hamasaki, T., Sonoki, K., Kusaba, A., Akifusa, S., Takehara, T.

“…Recent reports have suggested that periodontal disease is a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). However, little is known about the relationship…”
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Recombinant Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans cytolethal distending toxin proteins are required to interact to inhibit human cell cycle progression and to stimulate human leukocyte cytokine synthesis by AKIFUSA, Sumio, POOLE, Stephen, LEWTHWAITE, Jo, HENDERSON, Brian, NAIR, Sean P

“…It has recently been discovered that Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, an oral bacterium causing periodontitis, produces cytolethal distending toxin (CDT),…”
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Evidence for apoptosis of murine macrophages by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans infection by KATO, S, MURO, M, AKIFUSA, S, HANADA, N, SEMBA, I, FUJII, T, KOWASHI, Y, NISHIHARA, T

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Number of teeth and serum lipid peroxide in 85-year-olds by Sonoki, K, Takata, Y, Ansai, T, Fujisawa, K, Fukuhara, M, Wakisaka, M, Akifusa, S, Soh, I, Yoshida, A, Hamasaki, T, Awano, S, Takehara, T

“…To investigate influence of dental status on systemic oxidative stress, we evaluated the association between number of teeth and serum lipid peroxide, an…”
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Specific Inhibitors of Vacuolar Type H +-ATPases Induce Apoptotic Cell Death by Nishihara, T., Akifusa, S., Koseki, T., Kato, S., Muro, M., Hanada, N.

“…Concanamycin A and bafilomycin A 1 are known as strong inhibitors of the vacuolar type H +-ATPases in vitro. These inhibitors exhibited cytotoxic effects on…”
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Role of CD14 molecules in internalization of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans by macrophages and subsequent induction of apoptosis by MURO, M, KOSEKI, T, AKIFUSA, S, KATO, S, KOWASHI, Y, OHSAKI, Y, YAMATO, K, NISHIJIMA, M, NISHIHARA, T

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PROLONGATION OF ORAL PHASE FOR INITIAL SWALLOW OF SOLID FOOD IS ASSOCIATED WITH ORAL DIADOCHOKINESIS DETERIORATION IN NURSING HOME RESIDENTS IN JAPAN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Shimosaka, M., Fujii, W., Kakinoki, Y., Akifusa, S.

“…Background: Prolongation of bolus forming complicates ingestion, in particular in older adults. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine which oral…”
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Involvement of Ca super(2) super(+) in globular adiponectin-induced reactive oxygen species by Akifusa, S, Kamio, N, Shimazaki, Y, Yamaguchi, N, Yamashita, Y

“…Globular adiponectin (gAd) induces the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) in the murine macrophage cell line RAW 264. We…”
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Serum total cholesterol concentration and 10-year mortality in an 85-year-old population by Takata, Yutaka, Ansai, Toshihiro, Soh, Inho, Awano, Shuji, Nakamichi, Ikuo, Akifusa, Sumio, Goto, Kenichi, Yoshida, Akihiro, Fujii, Hiroki, Fujisawa, Ritsuko, Sonoki, Kazuo

“…Little is known about the association between total cholesterol (TC) and all-cause mortality in the elderly (especially the very elderly). Here we examined the…”
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