Intermedilysin, a novel cytotoxin specific for human cells secreted by Streptococcus intermedius UNS46 isolated from a human liver abscess

Hideaki Nagamune, C. Ohnishi, A. Katsuura, +4

Infection and Immunity

Microbial ToxinMedical MicrobiologyAntimicrobial SusceptibilityHealth SciencesMedicine +13

Ganciclovir is effective for prophylaxis and treatment of human herpesvirus-6 in allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Sadao Tokimasa, Junichi Hara, Yuko Osugi, +11

Bone Marrow Transplantation

TransplantationViral PersistenceHuman Herpesvirus-6Antiviral Drug DevelopmentAntiviral Therapy +5

Structural studies of the carbohydrate moieties of rat kidney gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase. An extremely heterogeneous pattern enriched with nonreducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine residues.

Koji Yamashita, Akira Hitoi, Y. Matsuda, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with reactivation of human herpesvirus-6 following high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation in young children

Y. Matsuda, Junichi Hara, Hideyuki Miyoshi, +7

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Cell TherapyTransplantationViral PersistenceBone Marrow FailureStem Cell Transplantation +11

Serum levels of soluble adhesion molecules in stem cell transplantation-related complications

Y. Matsuda, Junichi Hara, Yuko Osugi, +6

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Soluble Adhesion MoleculesTransplantationCell AdhesionHematologyImmunology +10

Genomic Structures and Chromosomal Location of p91, a Novel Murine Regulatory Receptor Family

Y. Yamashita, Daisuke Fukuta, Atsushi B. Tsuji, +7

The Journal of Biochemistry

GeneticsImmunologyGenomic MechanismMolecular BiologyImmunologic Mechanism +20

Double-conditioning regimens consisting of thiotepa, melphalan and busulfan with stem cell rescue for the treatment of pediatric solid tumors

Junichi Hara, Yuko Osugi, Hiroyuki Ohta, +8

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Cell TherapyMedicineStem CellsCell Replacement TherapyPediatric Solid Tumors +6

Inactivation of Proprotein Convertase, PACE4, by  1-Antitrypsin Portland ( 1-PDX), a Blocker of Proteolytic Activation of Bone Morphogenetic Protein during Embryogenesis: Evidence That PACE4 Is Able to Form an SDS-Stable Acyl Intermediate with  1-PDX

Akihiko Tsuji, Eikichi Hashimoto, Toshiyuki Ikoma, +4

The Journal of Biochemistry

Proprotein ConvertaseSclerostinDevelopmental BiologyProtein FunctionBone Morphogenic Protein +12

Two different clinical phenotypes of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with a M232R substitution

Yusei Shiga, Katsuya Satoh, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, +25

Journal of Neurology

Different Clinical PhenotypesMendelian DisorderCreutzfeldt-jakob DiseaseGenetic DisorderPathogenesis +6

C-reactive protein to albumin ratio is a prognostic factor for patients with cStage II/III esophageal squamous cell cancer

Yasunori Otowa, Tetsu Nakamura, Masahiro Yamamoto, +7

Diseases of the Esophagus

Surgical OncologyEsophageal CancerPrognosisImmunologyPathology +15