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Kiyoshi Yamamoto

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PubMed2006

A versatile method of identifying specific binding proteins on affinity resins.

The isolation of both specific and nonspecific binding proteins on affinity matrices bearing bioactive compounds hinders the identification of drug cellular targets. Although solid-phase elution and competition methods conventionally are used to distinguish between specific and nonspecific receptor-ligand interactions, these approaches often are severely restricted by low ligand solubility and/or slow kinetic dissociation. This article describes an alternative and versatile method, termed serial affinity chromatography, to identify ligand receptors using affinity resins.

Affinity Labels↗
PubMed2003

Discovery of novel transcription control relationships with gene regulatory networks generated from multiple-disruption full genome expression libraries.

Gene regulatory networks elucidated from strategic, genome-wide experimental data can aid in the discovery of novel gene function information and expression regulation events from observation of transcriptional regulation among genes of known and unknown biological function. To create a reliable and comprehensive data set for the elucidation of transcription regulation networks, we conducted systematic genome-wide disruption expression experiments of yeast on 118 genes with known involvement in transcription regulation. We report several novel regulatory relationships between known transcription factors and other genes with previously unknown biological function discovered with this expression library. Here we report the downstream regulatory subnetworks for UME6 and MET28. The elucidated network topology among these genes demonstrates MET28's role as a nodal point between genes involved in cell division and those involved in DNA repair mechanisms.

Algorithms↗
PubMed2003

Generation of dendritic cells from the ventricular fluid in patients with meningeal carcinomatosis.

Mononuclear cells were obtained from the ventricular fluid and peripheral blood in 10 patients with meningeal carcinomatosis (MC). Using GM-CSF, IL-4, tumor necrotizing factor (TNF)-alpha, and CD40L, we could induce mature dendritic cells (DC) (positive for CD45, CD80, CD83, and CD86) from the ventricular fluid in all MC patients. Their DC could enhance the proliferation of the autologous lymphocytes remarkably. Expression of the IL12 p40 was observed in DC generated from seven cases who showed good response to our intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy. These DC also could produce p70 IL-12 over the concentration 20 pg/ml. Thus, DC generated from the ventricular fluid seemed to be useful in the treatments of the MC patients.

Body Fluids↗
PubMed2002

Brain abscess following transorbital penetrating injury due to bamboo fragments--case report.

A 56-year-old female presented with transorbital penetrating injury caused by bamboo fragments, which resulted in brain abscess 2 weeks after the injury. Initial computed tomography (CT) of the head did not reveal the foreign bodies. However, follow-up CT demonstrated a well-defined hyperdense abnormality of 1.0 cm length in the left orbit and brain abscess in the left temporal lobe. The lesion corresponding to the hyperdense abnormality on CT appeared isointense on T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and hypointense on T2-weighted MR imaging. The bamboo fragments were surgically removed, and aspiration and continuous drainage were performed for the brain abscess. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was transferred to a local hospital with minor neurological deficits. Bamboo foreign bodies may show changes in properties on CT and MR imaging in the subacute stage. Careful radiological examination and follow-up monitoring are required for the correct diagnosis and treatment of such injuries.

Brain Abscess↗