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• Bacteria hijack integrin-linked kinase to stabilize focal adhesions and block cell detachment.

  The rapid turnover and exfoliation of mucosal epithelial cells provides an innate defence system against bacterial infection. Nevertheless, many patho…

  Authors: Minsoo Kim, Michinaga Ogawa, Yukihiro Fujita, Yuko Yoshikawa, Takeshi Nagai, Tomohiro Koyama, Shinya Nagai, Anika Lange, Reinhard Fässler, Chihiro Sasakawa

  Source: Nature. 2009 May 28

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• A bacterial effector targets Mad2L2, an APC inhibitor, to modulate host cell cycling.

  The gut epithelium self-renews every several days, providing an important innate defense system that limits bacterial colonization. Nevertheless, many…

  Authors: Hiroki Iwai, Minsoo Kim, Yuko Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ashida, Michinaga Ogawa, Yukihiro Fujita, Daniel Muller, Teruo Kirikae, Peter K Jackson, Shuji Kotani,…

  Source: Cell. 2007 Aug 24

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• A novel mechanism of autolysis in Helicobacter pylori: possible involvement of peptidergic substances.

  BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori survival in a hostile acidic environment is known to be caused by its production of urease, which is not released by k…

  Authors: Yukihiro Fujita, Kosaku Yamaguchi, Taichi Kamegaya, Hiroko Sato, Kayoko Semura, Kenichiro Mutoh, Takashige Kashimoto, Hitoshi Ohori, Takao Mukai

  Source: Helicobacter. 2005 Dec

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• Combined expression of pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1 and islet factor 1 induces immature enterocytes to produce insulin.

  Immature rat intestinal stem cells (IEC-6) given the ability to express the transcription factor, pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1 (Pdx-1), yielded YK c…

  Authors: Hideto Kojima, Takaaki Nakamura, Yukihiro Fujita, Akio Kishi, Mineko Fujimiya, Syu Yamada, Motoi Kudo, Yoshihiko Nishio, Hiroshi Maegawa, Masakazu Haneda,…

  Source: Diabetes. 2002 May

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• In vitro force mapping of normal canine humeroradial and humeroulnar joints.

  OBJECTIVE: To determine the distribution of force between the articular surfaces of the humerus and radius and between the humerus and ulna in normal …

  Authors: David R Mason, Kurt S Schulz, Yukihiro Fujita, Philip H Kass, Susan M Stover

  Source: American journal of veterinary research. 2005 Jan

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• Direct and indirect markers of cartilage metabolism in synovial fluid obtained from dogs with hip dysplasia and correlation with clinical and radiographic variables.

  OBJECTIVE: To compare activities of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 and contents…

  Authors: Yukihiro Fujita, Yasushi Hara, Yoshinori Nezu, Shinya Yamaguchi, Kurt S Schulz, Masahiro Tagawa

  Source: American journal of veterinary research. 2005 Dec

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• Measurement of humeroradial and humeroulnar transarticular joint forces in the canine elbow joint after humeral wedge and humeral slide osteotomies.

  OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of humeral wedge and humeral slide osteotomies on force distribution between the articular surfaces of the humerus …

  Authors: David R Mason, Kurt S Schulz, Yukihiro Fujita, Philip H Kass, Susan M Stover

  Source: Veterinary surgery : VS : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. 2008 Jan

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• Measurement of interthalamic adhesion thickness as a criteria for brain atrophy in dogs with and without cognitive dysfunction (dementia).

  The criteria for brain atrophy in dogs have not yet been established, because of wide variation in the morphology of the ventricles and sulci of the b…

  Authors: Daisuke Hasegawa, Naoko Yayoshi, Yukihiro Fujita, Michio Fujita, Hiromitsu Orima

  Source: Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association. 2005 Nov-Dec

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• Effect of humeral osteotomy on joint surface contact in canine elbow joints.

  OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of sliding and wedge osteotomies of the humerus on the joint surface contact areas in anatomically normal elbow joi…

  Authors: Yukihiro Fujita, Kurt S Schulz, David R Mason, Philip H Kass, Susan M Stover

  Source: American journal of veterinary research. 2003 Apr

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• Incretin release from gut is acutely enhanced by sugar but not by sweeteners in vivo.

  Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) are released during meals from endocrine cells located in the g…

  Authors: Yukihiro Fujita, Rhonda D Wideman, Madeleine Speck, Ali Asadi, David S King, Travis D Webber, Masakazu Haneda, Timothy J Kieffer

  Source: American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism. 2009 Mar

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