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Complex genetic nature of sex-independent transmission ratio distortion in Asian rice species: the involvement of unlinked modifiers and sex-specific mechanisms by Koide, Y, Shinya, Y, Ikenaga, M, Sawamura, N, Matsubara, K, Onishi, K, Kanazawa, A, Sano, Y

“…Transmission ratio distortion (TRD), in which one allele is transmitted more frequently than the opposite allele, is presumed to act as a driving force in the…”
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Nuclear DISC1 regulates CRE-mediated gene transcription and sleep homeostasis in the fruit fly by Sawamura, N, Ando, T, Maruyama, Y, Fujimuro, M, Mochizuki, H, Honjo, K, Shimoda, M, Toda, H, Sawamura-Yamamoto, T, Makuch, L A, Hayashi, A, Ishizuka, K, Cascella, N G, Kamiya, A, Ishida, N, Tomoda, T, Hai, T, Furukubo-Tokunaga, K, Sawa, A

“…Disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) is one of major susceptibility factors for a wide range of mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,…”
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Nuclear DISC1 regulates CRE-mediated gene transcription and sleep homeostasis in the fruit fly by SAWAMURA, N, ANDO, T, HAYASHI, A, ISHIZUKA, K, CASCELLA, N. G, KAMIYA, A, ISHIDA, N, TOMODA, T, HAI, T, FURUKUBO-TOKUNAGA, K, SAWA, A, MARUYAMA, Y, FUJIMURO, M, MOCHIZUKI, H, HONJO, K, SHIMODA, M, TODA, H, SAWAMURA-YAMAMOTO, T, MAKUCH, L. A

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The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster: a promising model to explore molecular psychiatry by Sawamura, N, Ishida, N, Tomoda, T, Hai, T, Furukubo-Tokunaga, K, Sawa, A

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Remarkable Effect of Pore Size on the Catalytic Activity of Mesoporous Silica for the Acetalization of Cyclohexanone with Methanol by Iwamoto, Masakazu, Tanaka, Yasuhiro, Sawamura, Naoki, Namba, Seitaro

“…The catalytic activity of mesoporous silica (MCM-41) for the acetalization of cyclohexanone shows a volcano-shaped dependence on the pore diameter. The…”
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A schizophrenia-associated mutation of DISC1 perturbs cerebral cortex development by Sawa, Akira, Kamiya, Atsushi, Kubo, Ken-ichiro, Tomoda, Toshifumi, Takaki, Manabu, Youn, Richard, Ozeki, Yuji, Sawamura, Naoya, Park, Una, Kudo, Chikako, Okawa, Masako, Ross, Christopher A, Hatten, Mary E, Nakajima, Kazunori

“…Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1), originally identified at the breakpoint of a chromosomal translocation that is linked to a rare familial schizophrenia,…”
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Mitochondrial cereblon functions as a Lon-type protease by Kataoka, Kosuke, Nakamura, China, Asahi, Toru, Sawamura, Naoya

“…Lon protease plays a major role in the protein quality control system in mammalian cell mitochondria. It is present in the mitochondrial matrix and degrades…”
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Production of Fungal Nanochitosan Using High-Pressure Water Jet System for Biomedical Applications by Ogura, Kota, Brasselet, Clément, Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo, Hamidi, Masoud, Shavandi, Amin, Dols-Lafargue, Marguerite, Sawamura, Naoki, Delattre, Cédric

“…In this present work, fungal nanochitosans, with very interesting particle size distribution of 22 µm, were efficiently generated in high-yield production…”
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Amyloid beta -protein (A beta )1-40 protects neurons from damage induced by A beta 1-42 in culture and in rat brain by Zou, K, Kim, D, Kakio, A, Byun, K, Gong, J-S, Kim, J, Kim, M, Sawamura, N, Nishimoto, S-I, Matsuzaki, K, Lee, B, Yanagisawa, K, Michikawa, M

“…Previously, we found that amyloid beta -protein (A beta )1-42 exhibits neurotoxicity, while A beta 1-40 serves as an antioxidant molecule by quenching metal…”
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Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) Isoform-dependent Lipid Release from Astrocytes Prepared from Human ApoE3 and ApoE4 Knock-in Mice by Gong, Jian-Sheng, Kobayashi, Mariko, Hayashi, Hideki, Zou, Kun, Sawamura, Naoya, Fujita, Shinobu C., Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko, Michikawa, Makoto

“…We have reported previously (Michikawa, M., Fan, Q.-W., Isobe, I., and Yanagisawa, K. (2000) J. Neurochem. 74, 1008–1016) that exogenously added recombinant…”
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A Form of DISC1 Enriched in Nucleus: Altered Subcellular Distribution in Orbitofrontal Cortex in Psychosis and Substance/Alcohol Abuse by Sawamura, Naoya, Sawamura-Yamamoto, Takako, Ozeki, Yuji, Ross, Christopher A., Sawa, Akira, Snyder, Solomon H.

“…Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) was identified as the sole gene whose ORF is truncated and cosegregates with major mental illnesses in a Scottish family…”
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A Novel Action of Alzheimer's Amyloid β-Protein (Aβ): Oligomeric Aβ Promotes Lipid Release by Michikawa, Makoto, Gong, Jian-Sheng, Fan, Qi-Wen, Sawamura, Naoya, Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko

“…Interactions between amyloid beta -protein (A beta ) and lipids have been suggested to play important roles in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease…”
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A study on hemagglutinating activity of oral Fusobacterium (author's transl) by Sawamura, N

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Highly effective acetalization of aldehydes and ketones with methanol on siliceous mesoporous material by Tanaka, Yasuhiro, Sawamura, Naoki, Iwamoto, Masakazu

“…Aromatic and linear aldehydes as well as cyclohexanone could be converted to the corresponding dimethylacetals in yields of ca. 90–100% at ambient or refluxing…”
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Modulation of Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleavage by Cellular Sphingolipids by Sawamura, Naoya, Ko, Mihee, Yu, Wenxin, Zou, Kun, Hanada, Kentaro, Suzuki, Toshiharu, Gong, Jian-Sheng, Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko, Michikawa, Makoto

“…Lipid rafts and their component, cholesterol, modulate the processing of β-amyloid precursor protein (APP). However, the role of sphingolipids, another major…”
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Cholesterol‐dependent modulation of dendrite outgrowth 
and microtubule stability in cultured neurons by Fan, Qi‐Wen, Yu, Wei, Gong, Jian‐Sheng, Zou, Kun, Sawamura, Naoya, Senda, Takao, Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko, Michikawa, Makoto

“…Microtubule‐associated protein 2 (MAP2) is a neuron‐specific cytoskeletal protein enriched in dendrites and cell bodies. MAP2 regulates microtubule stability…”
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Site-specific Phosphorylation of Tau Accompanied by Activation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) in Brains of Niemann-Pick Type C Mice by Sawamura, Naoya, Gong, Jian-Sheng, Garver, William S., Heidenreich, Randall A., Ninomiya, Haruaki, Ohno, Kousaku, Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko, Michikawa, Makoto

“…Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is characterized by an accumulation of cholesterol in most tissues and progressive neurodegeneration with the formation of…”
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Amyloid β-protein affects cholesterol metabolism in cultured neurons: Implications for pivotal role of cholesterol in the amyloid cascade by Gong, Jian-Sheng, Sawamura, Naoya, Zou, Kun, Sakai, Juro, Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko, Michikawa, Makoto

“…Recently, we have found that alterations in cellular cholesterol metabolism are involved in promotion of tau phosphorylation (Fan et al. [2001] J. Neurochem…”
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Nuclear DISCI regulates CRE-mediated gene transcription and sleep homeostasis in the fruit fly by Sawamura, N, Ando, T, Maruyama, Y, Fujimuro, M, Mochizuki, H, Honjo, K, Shimoda, M, Toda, H, Sawamura-Yamamoto, T, Makuch, L.A, Hayashi, A, Ishizuka, K, Cascella, N.G, Kamiya, A, Ishida, N, Tomoda, T, Hai, T, Furukubo-Tokunaga, K, Sawa, A

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Amyloid β protein in plasma from patients with sporadic Alzheimer's disease by Tamaoka, Akira, Fukushima, Tetsuo, Sawamura, Naoya, Ishikawa, Kin'ya, Oguni, Eiichi, Komatsuzaki, Yasuko, Shoji, Shin'ichi

“…Fibrillar amyloid β protein (Aβ) deposition is increased in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and is manifested as senile plaques (SPs) and…”
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