Tatsuo Miyamoto, Kazumasa Morita, Daisuke Takemoto, Kosei Takeuchi et al.
Tight junction (TJ)-like structures have been reported in Schwann cells, but their molecular composition and physiological function remain elusive. We found that claudin-19, a novel member of the claudin family (TJ adhesion molecules in epithelia), constituted these structures. Claudin-19-deficient ...
Mohammad A. Halim, R. K. Majumder, Syeda Afsarun Nessa, Yoshinari Hiroshiro et al.
Forty-six deep groundwater samples from highly arsenic affected areas in Bangladesh were analyzed in order to evaluate the processes controlling geochemical constituents in the deep aquifer system. Spatial trends of solutes, geochemical modeling and principal component analysis indicate that carbona...
Fumiyuki Kiuchi, Yumi FUKAO, Takuro Maruyama, Tohru Obata et al.
Three cardenolide glycosides, calotropin (1), frugoside (2), and 4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranosylfrugoside (3), were obtained as the cytotoxic principles of "akond mul" (roots of Calotropis gigantea L.). The cytotoxicity of these compounds against various cell lines of human and mouse origin was tested. T...
Yoshihiro Mihara, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Hideaki YAMAGISHI, Takahiro Sasaki et al.
Haruto Sasaki, Takahiro Hara, Satoshi Ito, Shu Miura et al.
An increase in atmospheric CO(2) concentration ( [CO(2)]) is generally expected to enhance photosynthesis and biomass. Rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) were grown in ambient CO(2) (AMB) or free-air CO(2)-enrichment (FACE), in which the target [CO(2)] was 200 micromol mol(-1) above AMB. (13)CO(2) was fe...
Yoshihito Suda, Nana Sasaki, Kyoma Kagawa, Mariano Elean et al.
Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii TUA4408L is able to differentially modulate the innate immune response of porcine intestinal epithelial cells triggered by TLR4 activation. This strain also has a remarkable ability to grow on plant substrates. These two immunological and biotechnological...
Mohammad Abdullah-Al-Shoeb, Kenta Sasaki, Saori Kikutani, Nanami Namba et al.
An overdose of acetaminophen (APAP), the most common cause of acute liver injury, induces oxidative stress that subsequently causes mitochondrial impairment and hepatic necroptosis. N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), the only recognized drug against APAP hepatotoxicity, is less effective the later it is adm...
Shinzo Hosoi, Fumiyuki Kiuchi, Norio Nakamura, Masaaki Imasho et al.
Twenty diarylnonanones were synthesized and their nematocidal activity was examined. Among those, the p-hydroxy compound 16 exhibited the strongest activity comparable to the natural diarylnonanoids, malabaricones A and C. Diarylundecanoid 57 also showed appreciable activity.
James Weagley, Mark A. Zaydman, Siddarth Venkatesh, Yo Sasaki et al.
Perturbed gut microbiome development has been linked to childhood malnutrition. Here, we characterize bacterial Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) protein domains that metabolize nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a co-enzyme with far-reaching effects on human physiology. A consortium of 26 hum...
H Shinji, Nobumitsu Sasaki, Islam Hamim, Yoshiyuki Itoh et al.
Positive-strand RNA viruses replicate their RNA in the viral replication complex, a spherical structure formed by remodeling of host intracellular membranes. This process also requires the interaction between viral membrane-associated replication proteins and host factors. We previously identified t...
Abu Hasan, Tadahiro Sasaki, Juthamas Phadungsombat, Ritsuko Koketsu et al.
Influenza is one of the most common respiratory virus infections. We analyzed hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) gene segments of viruses isolated from influenza patients who visited Evercare Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh, in early 2020 immediately before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...
Hideki Endo, Naoki Tsunekawa, Mitsuru Sonoe, T Sasaki et al.
1. The skulls and postcranial skeletons of the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) were compared osteometrically between the populations from North and South Vietnam, North and Central Laos and Southeast Bangladesh. The populations include the three subspecies of G. g. spadiceus, G. g. gallus and G. g. ...
Md Rahat Al Hassan, Yoshio Arai, Yuzuki Miyakawa, Wakako Araki et al.
Debonding existence at the interface of Al liner and overwrapped CFRP laminates may endanger the structural integrity of type-III composite vessel. In this study, CFRP and GFRP wound composite pressure vessels with Teflon sheet inserted artificial axisymmetric defect in Al–CFRP interface and without...
Takahiro Inoue, Keiko Mizutani, Hanako Kunisada, Danielle Ladzekpo et al.
The poultry red mite (PRM), Dermanyssus gallinae, is a hematophagous ectoparasite that significantly threatens the poultry industry, not only through blood-feeding but also as a vector for deadly pathogens. With the growing challenge of acaricidal resistance, the demand for alternative control measu...
Md. Nazrul Islam, Tsutomu Sasaki, Masaaki Imai, Satya Prasad Majumder et al.
Yoshiko Mori, Hideyuki Ishida, Noriyasu Chika, Tetsuya Ito et al.
Abstract Background Colorectal polyp burden is crucial for the management of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). However, accurate evaluation of polyp burden is difficult to standardize. This study aimed to examine the possible utility of genotype-oriented management of colorectal ne...
Samir Chandra Ray, Shinichiro Naito, Safiullah Safiullah, Mats R. Andersson et al.
The fundamental concept of the LAS technique is to understand the fuel concentration by attenuation of both visible and ultraviolet light. The intensity of visible light is only attenuated by the scattering of droplets, while that of ultraviolet light is attenuated by the scattering of droplets and ...
Khan Tariqul Alam, Takashi Sasaki, Saifa Sadekeen
This article reports a case study of “knowledge conversion theory”. The Japanese agricultural sector had been depressed for several decades and discouraged entry into the agricultural sector that led to a shortage of young and full-time farmers. Japanese Agriculture Department and Japanese Agricultu...
Rumiko Sasaki, Tsuyoshi SEIKE, Yongsun Kim
Abstract This paper aims to clarify the reality related to technology acquisition by private engineers, and the relationship between public engineers, private engineers, and technical academicians to disseminate technology in Bangladesh. The country is in such a condition where even the central gove...
Kexin Hou, Buyun Yu, Zhengyang Qian, Zong‐Ju Chen et al.
Strain resilient nanocomposite conductors with self-healing ability are vital for skin-mounted devices and system-level bioelectronics, especially for wireless systems that require extremely low surface resistance and high stability of electromagnetic wave transmission. However, nanocomposite conduc...