Search Results - "IWANAGA, S."

Biomatrices and biomaterials for future developments of bioprinting and biofabrication by Nakamura, M, Iwanaga, S, Henmi, C, Arai, K, Nishiyama, Y

“…The next step beyond conventional scaffold-based tissue engineering is cell-based direct biofabrication techniques. In industrial processes, various…”
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Guidelines from the Japanese Society of Echocardiography: Guidance for the management and maintenance of echocardiography equipment by Nakatani, S., Akaishi, M., Asanuma, T., Hashimoto, S., Izumi, C., Iwanaga, S., Kawai, H., Daimon, M., Toide, H., Hayashida, A., Yamada, H.

“…Echocardiography plays a pivotal role as an imaging modality in modern cardiology practice. Information derived from echocardiography is definitely helpful for…”
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A femtosecond laser pacemaker for heart muscle cells by Smith, N I, Kumamoto, Y, Iwanaga, S, Ando, J, Fujita, K, Kawata, S

“…The intracellular effects of focused near-infrared femtosecond laser irradiation are shown to cause contraction in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. By…”
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A Case of Giant Papillary Fibroelastoma in the Left Atrium by Tsugu, T, Iwanaga, S, Nakamura, I, Kobayashi, M, Kitamura, Y, Inoue, S

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New Types of Clotting Factors and Defense Molecules Found in Horseshoe Crab Hemolymph: Their Structures and Functions by Iwanaga, Sadaaki, Kawabata, Shun-ichiro, Muta, Tatsushi

“…Invertebrate animals, which lack adaptive immune systems, have developed defense systems, so-called innate immunity, that respond to common antigens on the…”
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Slow Ca2+ wave stimulation using low repetition rate femtosecond pulsed irradiation by Iwanaga, S., Smith, N. I., Fujita, K., Kawata, S.

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Is driving a car a risk for Legionnaires' disease? by SAKAMOTO, R., OHNO, A., NAKAHARA, T., SATOMURA, K., IWANAGA, S., KOUYAMA, Y., KURA, F., NOAMI, M., KUSAKA, K., FUNATO, T., TAKEDA, M., MATSUBAYASHI, K., OKUMIYA, K., KATO, N., YAMAGUCHI, K.

“…Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a major cause of severe community-acquired pneumonia but the source and mode of transmission are not always apparent, especially…”
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Slow Ca(2+) wave stimulation using low repetition rate femtosecond pulsed irradiation by Iwanaga, S, Smith, N I, Fujita, K, Kawata, S

“…We demonstrated stimulation of Ca(2+) in living cells by near-infrared laser pulses operated at sub-MHz repetition rates. HeLa cells were exposed to focused…”
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Differentiation between high-grade glioma and metastatic brain tumor using single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy by Ishimaru, H, Morikawa, M, Iwanaga, S, Kaminogo, M, Ochi, M, Hayashi, K

“…The purpose of this study was to clarify the efficacy of single-voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in differentiating high-grade glioma from…”
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Biochemical characterization of plasma‐derived tissue factor pathway inhibitor: post‐translational modification of free, full‐length form with particular reference to the sugar chain by MORI, Y., HAMURO, T., NAKASHIMA, T., HAMAMOTO, T., NATSUKA, S., HASE, S., IWANAGA, S.

“…Background: Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is a physiological protease inhibitor that inhibits the initial reactions of the extrinsic blood coagulation…”
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Complications associated with transcatheter arterial embolization for hepatic tumors by Sakamoto, I, Aso, N, Nagaoki, K, Matsuoka, Y, Uetani, M, Ashizawa, K, Iwanaga, S, Mori, M, Morikawa, M, Fukuda, T, Hayashi, K, Matsunaga, N

“…Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) is widely used in the treatment of hepatic tumors. A total of 2,300 TAE procedures were performed with a 2-15-mL…”
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Nucleotide sequence of the cDNA encoding the proenzyme of phenol oxidase A1 of Drosophila melanogaster by Fujimoto, K. (Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan.), Okino, N, Kawabata, S.I, Iwanaga, S, Ohnishi, E

“…Clones encoding pro-phenol oxidase [pro-PO; zymogen of phenol oxidase (monophenol, L-dopa:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.14.18.1)] A1 were isolated from a lambda…”
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Identification of regions of bovine factor VII essential for binding to tissue factor by HIGASHI, S, NISHIMURA, H, AITA, K, IWANAGA, S

“…Initiation of the extrinsic blood coagulation pathway is mediated by a complex formed between plasma-derived factor VII/VIIa and cell-derived tissue factor…”
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A 60-GHz-band planar dielectric waveguide filter for flip-chip modules by Ito, M., Maruhashi, K., Ikuina, K., Hashiguchi, T., Iwanaga, S., Ohata, K.

“…A planar dielectric waveguide filter with coplanar waveguide (CPW) I/O ports suitable for flip-chip bonding is proposed and is demonstrated for 60-GHz-band…”
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A novel therapeutic approach combining human plasma-derived Factors VIIa and X for haemophiliacs with inhibitors: evidence of a higher thrombin generation rate in vitro and more sustained haemostatic activity in vivo than obtained with Factor VIIa alone by Tomokiyo, K., Nakatomi, Y., Araki, T., Teshima, K., Nakano, H., Nakagaki, T., Miyamoto, S., Funatsu, A., Iwanaga, S.

“…Background and Objectives  Therapy with recombinant Factor VIIa (rFVIIa) for haemophiliacs with inhibitors still has some unresolved problems, such as the…”
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Tachyplesin, a class of antimicrobial peptide from the hemocytes of the horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). Isolation and chemical structure by Nakamura, T, Furunaka, H, Miyata, T, Tokunaga, F, Muta, T, Iwanaga, S, Niwa, M, Takao, T, Shimonishi, Y

“…A cationic peptide, designated tachyplesin, was isolated from acid extracts of horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) hemocyte debris. It consists of 17…”
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Antimicrobial peptide, tachyplesin I, isolated from hemocytes of the horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). NMR determination of the beta-sheet structure by Kawano, K, Yoneya, T, Miyata, T, Yoshikawa, K, Tokunaga, F, Terada, Y, Iwanaga, S

“…The conformation of tachyplesin I, an antimicrobial cationic peptide of 17 residues found in the hemocyte debris of horseshoe crab, was investigated using…”
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Crystal structure of a coagulogen, the clotting protein from horseshoe crab: a structural homologue of nerve growth factor by Bergner, A., Oganessyan, V., Muta, T., Iwanaga, S., Typke, D., Huber, R., Bode, W.

“…The clotting cascade system of the horseshoe crab (Limulus) is involved in both haemostasis and host defence. The cascade results in the conversion of…”
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Contribution of conserved Asn residues to the inhibitory activities of Kunitz-type protease inhibitors from plants by Iwanaga, S. (Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan)), Yamasaki, N, Kimura, M, Kouzuma, Y

“…Plant Kunitz-type protease inhibitors contain a conserved Asn residue in the N-terminal region. To investigate the role of Asn residue in protease inhibitory…”
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A Limulus intracellular coagulation inhibitor with characteristics of the serpin superfamily. Purification, characterization, and cDNA cloning by MIURA, Y, KAWABATA, S.-I, IWANAGA, S

“…A Limulus intracellular coagulation inhibitor, designated LICI, was isolated from hemocytes of the Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus), using…”
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