Microparticles (MPs) are small membrane vesicles that are released from many different cell
types by exocytic budding of the plasma membrane in response to cellular activation or …

Background Drugs that inhibit the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system benefit patients at
risk for or with existing cardiovascular disease. However, evidence for this effect in Asian …

… Wakabayashi); Department of Digestive Surgery, Hachioji Medical Center of Tokyo Medical
University, Tokyo, Japan (M. Shimazu); International University Health and Welfare Mita …

The international consensus guidelines for management of intraductal papillary mucinous
neoplasm and mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas established in 2006 have increased …

ABO‐incompatible (ABO‐I) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been performed in
Japan to overcome the organ shortage. Reported herein are the results of this approach …

We isolated and expanded BMSCs from human alveolar/jaw bone at a high success rate (70%).
These cells had potent osteogenic potential in vitro and in vivo, although their …

… 37 C with 10 mm HCl—in the cases of VEGF, GATA6, TRPC4, HTR7, IGFBP3 and FLG—or
by microwave (H2800, Energy Beam Sciences, Inc., USA) treatment in 10 mm citrate buffer, …

… Multiple preoperative plasmapheresis reduced antidonor blood group IgG/M titers to ×64/×16
(patient 1) and ×8/×8 (patient 2), although the first preoperative plasmapheresis induced …

This study examined the effects of active coping on job satisfaction in the context of the job
demands-control-support model. Participants were 867 employees (811 men and 56 women, …

… Mark Shimazu was supported in part by a graduate fellowship from the UC Toxic Substances
Teaching and Research Program. We thank Dr. Jae-Gu Pan for providing the plasmid …