Search Results - "TAKANO, Ai"
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Visualization and targeting of LGR5+ human colon cancer stem cells
Published in Nature (London) (11-05-2017)“…The cancer stem cell (CSC) theory highlights a self-renewing subpopulation of cancer cells that fuels tumour growth. The existence of human CSCs is mainly…”
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Human Intestinal Organoids Maintain Self-Renewal Capacity and Cellular Diversity in Niche-Inspired Culture Condition
Published in Cell stem cell (06-12-2018)“…Cellular diversity that shapes tissue architecture and function is governed by multiple niche signals. Nonetheless, maintaining cellular diversity in human…”
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Modeling colorectal cancer using CRISPR-Cas9–mediated engineering of human intestinal organoids
Published in Nature medicine (01-03-2015)“…Genome editing applied to human intestinal organoids enables the study of the functional effects of mutations recurrent in human tumors. Human colorectal…”
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A Colorectal Tumor Organoid Library Demonstrates Progressive Loss of Niche Factor Requirements during Tumorigenesis
Published in Cell stem cell (02-06-2016)“…Colorectal tumor is a heterogeneous disease, with varying clinical presentation and prognosis in patients. To establish a platform encompassing this diversity,…”
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Somatic inflammatory gene mutations in human ulcerative colitis epithelium
Published in Nature (London) (09-01-2020)“…With ageing, normal human tissues experience an expansion of somatic clones that carry cancer mutations 1 – 7 . However, whether such clonal expansion exists…”
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Isolation and molecular characterization of Polychromophilus spp. (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae) from the Asian long-fingered bat (Miniopterus fuliginosus) and Japanese large-footed bat (Myotis macrodactylus) in Japan
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-09-2022)“…Bats (order, Chiroptera) account for more than one-fifth of all mammalian species in the world and are infected by various intra-erythrocytic parasites of the…”
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Human infections with Borrelia miyamotoi, Japan
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-08-2014)“…We confirmed infection of 2 patients with Borrelia miyamotoi in Japan by retrospective surveillance of Lyme disease patients and detection of B. miyamotoi DNA…”
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Vitronectin binding protein, BOM1093, confers serum resistance on Borrelia miyamotoi
Published in Scientific reports (09-03-2021)“…Borrelia miyamotoi , a member of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes, shows a serum-resistant phenotype in vitro. This ability of B. miyamotoi may…”
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Phylogenic position and low genomic diversity of “Candidatus Rickettsia kotlanii” inferred by complete genome sequences of two Japanese isolates
Published in Microbiology and immunology (01-06-2023)“…Many Rickettsia species of the spotted fever group (SFG) cause tick‐borne diseases known as “spotted fever.” One of the candidate SFG Rickettsia species is…”
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Fatal Tickborne Phlebovirus Infection in Captive Cheetahs, Japan
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-09-2018)“…Two captive cheetahs from a zoo in Japan died of a severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome-like illness. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus,…”
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Risk assessment of infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus based on a 10-year serosurveillance in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Published in Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (2022)“…In Japan, the first patient with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome was reported in Yamaguchi in 2012. To understand the severe fever with…”
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Detection of Rickettsia and Ehrlichia spp. in Ticks Associated with Exotic Reptiles and Amphibians Imported into Japan
Published in PloS one (24-07-2015)“…One of the major routes of transmission of rickettsial and ehrlichial diseases is via ticks that infest numerous host species, including humans. Besides…”
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Description of Ixodes lanigeri sp. nov., a new hard tick species (Acari, Ixodidae) collected from mouse-eared bats (Vespertilionidae, Myotis) in Vietnam
Published in ZooKeys (14-10-2024)“…Historically, for more than one and a half centuries, only one so-called “long-legged bat tick” species, i.e., Ixodes vespertilionis Koch was known to science…”
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Epidemiological study of relapsing fever borreliae detected in Haemaphysalis ticks and wild animals in the western part of Japan
Published in PloS one (31-03-2017)“…The genus Borrelia comprises arthropod-borne bacteria, which are infectious agents in vertebrates. They are mainly transmitted by ixodid or argasid ticks. In…”
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Tick surveillance for relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi in Hokkaido, Japan
Published in PloS one (11-08-2014)“…During 2012-2013, a total of 4325 host-seeking adult ticks belonging to the genus Ixodes were collected from various localities of Hokkaido, the northernmost…”
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Growth Characteristics of Rickettsia Species LON Strains Closely Related to Rickettsia japonica Isolated from Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks in Mouse Derived L929 and Human-Derived THP-1 Host Cell Lines
Published in Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases (31-03-2021)“…Non-pathogenic Rickettsia species LON strains closely related to an agent of Japanese spotted fever (JSF), R. japonica, were isolated in Japan from…”
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Zoonotic Infection with Oz Virus, a Novel Thogotovirus
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-02-2022)“…Oz virus is a novel thogotovirus isolated from ticks that causes lethal infection in mice. We conducted serosurveillance of Oz virus infection among humans and…”
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Nationwide survey of hepatitis E virus infection among wildlife in Japan
Published in Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (2022)“…In Japan, hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes hepatitis in humans through the consumption of raw or undercooked meat, including game meat. In the present study,…”
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High conservation combined with high plasticity: genomics and evolution of Borrelia bavariensis
Published in BMC genomics (08-10-2020)“…Borrelia bavariensis is one of the agents of Lyme Borreliosis (or Lyme disease) in Eurasia. The genome of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex,…”
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Detection and isolation of tick‐borne bacteria (Anaplasma spp., Rickettsia spp., and Borrelia spp.) in Amblyomma varanense ticks on lizard (Varanus salvator)
Published in Microbiology and immunology (01-08-2019)“…Ticks are one of the arthropods that play an important role in the transmission of numerous pathogens to livestock and humans. We investigated the presence of…”
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