Curcumin Maintenance Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis: Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Hiroyuki Hanai, Takayuki Iida, Ken Takeuchi, +17

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Anti-inflammatoryCurcumin Maintenance TherapyGastrointestinal PharmacologyGastroenterologyPlacebo-controlled Trial +2

H-2RIIBP (RXR beta) heterodimerization provides a mechanism for combinatorial diversity in the regulation of retinoic acid and thyroid hormone responsive genes.

Michael S. Marks, Paul L. Hallenbeck, Toshi Nagata, +4

The EMBO Journal

Transcriptional RegulationSignal TransductionMolecular PhysiologyRxr BetaCell Regulation +10

Curcumin prevents and ameliorates trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid–induced colitis in mice

Ken Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Hanai, Kotaro Tozawa, +4

Gastroenterology

InflammationChronic Inflammatory DiseasesAnti-inflammatoryMucosal ImmunologyCurcumin Prevents +7

Optimization of Codon Usage of Plasmid DNA Vaccine Is Required for the Effective MHC Class I-Restricted T Cell Responses Against an Intracellular Bacterium

Masato Uchijima, Atsushi Yoshida, Toshi Nagata, +1

The Journal of Immunology

Plasmid Dna VaccineImmunologyImmunodominanceAntigen ProcessingCd4 T Cell Responses +16

Advantage of gene gun-mediated over intramuscular inoculation of plasmid DNA vaccine in reproducible induction of specific immune responses

Atsushi Yoshida, Toshi Nagata, Masato Uchijima, +2

Vaccine

VaccinationMucosal VaccinationCross-protectionVaccine DevelopmentPlasmid Dna Vaccine +9

M2 polarization of murine peritoneal macrophages induces regulatory cytokine production and suppresses T‐cell proliferation

Shinji Oishi, Ryosuke Takano, Satoshi Tamura, +11

Immunology

Cellular ImmunologyImmunologyImmune RegulationImmunologic MechanismCd4 T Cell Responses +22

Effects of oxygen radicals in low-pressure surface-wave plasma on sterilization

Masaaki Nagatsu, Fumie Terashita, H Nonaka, +3

Applied Physics Letters

Cold Atmospheric PlasmaRadiation ChemistryChemical EngineeringAnaerobic CulturingOxygen Plasma +9

Intracytosolic Listeria monocytogenes induces cell death through caspase-1 activation in murine macrophages

Jorge Cervantes, Toshi Nagata, Masato Uchijima, +2

Cellular Microbiology

Microbial PathogensApoptosisImmunologyCell DeathCell Death Mechanisms +16

Codon Optimization Effect on Translational Efficiency of DNA Vaccine in Mammalian Cells: Analysis of Plasmid DNA Encoding a CTL Epitope Derived from Microorganisms

Toshi Nagata, Masato Uchijima, Atsushi Yoshida, +1

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

VaccinationVaccine DevelopmentNatural SciencesImmunologyMolecular Biology +12

α-Galactosylceramide, a Ligand of Natural Killer T Cells, Inhibits Allergic Airway Inflammation

Hiroyuki Matsuda, Takafumi Suda, Jun Sato, +4

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology