Volume 53, Number 1,2
CONTENTS
February2006

Reviews

Principle and clinical usefulness of the infrared fluorescence endoscopy 1
Susumu Ito, Naoki Muguruma, Tetsuo Kimura, Hiromi Yano, Yoshitaka Imoto,
Koichi Okamoto, Masako Kaji, Shigeki Sano, Yoshimitsu Nagao
Elucidation of the molecular signatures of renal cell carcinoma by gene expression profiling 9
Masayuki Takahashi, Bin T. Teh, Hiro-omi Kanayama
Originals

Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma demonstrate enhanced serum and tissue
ceruloplasmin expression
20
Saeid R. Doustjalali, Rohana Yusof, Gopala K. Govindasamy, Anita Z. Bustam,
Bhanumathy Pillay, Onn H. Hashim
Defect of oral tolerance in NC/Nga mice 29
Tohru Sakai, Mari Kogiso, Kaori Mitsuya, Tatushi Komatsu, Shigeru Yamamoto
Low resting energy expenditure in middle-aged and elderly hemodialysis patients
with poor nutritional status
34
Miho Kogirima, Katsuhiko Sakaguchi, Kohsuke Nishino, Yoko Ichikawa, Fumie Hiramatsu,
Shigeru Yamamoto
Differences in the neuronal stem cells survival, neuronal differentiation and neurological improvement
after transplantation of neural stem cells between mild and severe experimental traumatic brain injury
42
Tokuhisa Shindo, Yoshihito Matsumoto, Qinghua Wang, Nobuyuki Kawai,Takashi Tamiya,
Seigo Nagao
Optimal labeling condition of antibodies available for immunofluorescence endoscopy 52
Yoko Tadatsu, Naoki Muguruma, Susumu Ito, Masaya Tadatsu, Yoshihiro Kusaka, Koichi Okamoto,
Yoshitaka Imoto, Hiromi Taue, Shigeki Sano, Yoshimitsu Nagao
Neural stem cells transplantation in cortex in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease 61
Qinghua Wang, Yoshihito Matsumoto, Tokuhisa Shindo, Keisuke Miyake, Atsushi Shindo,
Masahiko Kawanishi, Nobuyuki Kawai, Takashi Tamiya, Seigo Nagao
Altered allergic cytokine and antibody response in mice treated with Bisphenol A
70
Mohammad Alizadeh, Fusao Ota, Kazuo Hosoi, Makoto Kato, Tohru Sakai, Mohammed A. Satter
Prevention of lethal hepatic injury in Long-Evans Cinnamon (LEC) rats by D-galactosamine hydrochloride 81
Toshihiro Otsuka, Keisuke Izumi, Itsuo Tokunaga, Takako Gotohda, Kaneshige Ipposhi,
Yoshiharu Takiguchi, Shinya Kaneda, Nobuo Satake, Takamasa Ohnishi, Seiki Tashiro,
Mitsuo Shimada
Efficacy of glimepiride on insulin resistance, adipocytokines, and atherosclerosis 87
Kunihiko Koshiba, Masahiro Nomura, Yutaka Nakaya, Susumu Ito
123I-metaiodo-benzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy in the Brugada-type ECG 95
Takashi Kawaguchi, Masahiro Nomura, Tetsuya Tujikawa, Yutaka Nakaya, Susumu Ito
Elastogenesis in cultured dermal fibroblasts from patients with lysosomal β-galactosidase,
protective protein/cathepsin A and neuraminidase-1 deficiencies
103
Yutaka Tatano, Naohiro Takeuchi, Jun Kuwahara, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Tsutomu Takahashi,
Goro Takada, Kohji Itoh
Is acetylcholinesterase activity in neorectum after laparoscopic endorectal pull-through method
for Hirschsprung?fs disease a primary or a secondary condition?
113
Hiroo Takehara, Hiroki Ishibashi, Kouzo Yoshikawa, Mitsuo Shimada
Expression analysis of a mouse orthologue of HSFY, a candidate for the azoospermic factor
on the human Y chromosome
117
Keigo Kinoshita, Toshikatsu Shinka, Youichi Sato, Hiroki Kurahashi, Hiroe Kowa, Gang Chen,
Mayumi Umeno, Kazunori Toida, Emi Kiyokage, Takuro Nakano, Susumu Ito, Yutaka Nakahori
Inhibitory effects of caraway (Carum carvi L.) and its component on N -methyl-N '-nitro-N -nitrosoguanidine-induced mutagenicity 123
Masanori Mazaki, Keiko Kataoka, Takemi Kinouchi, Usanee Vinitketkumnuen, Masami Yamada,
Takehiko Nohmi, Tomomi Kuwahara, Shigeru Akimoto, Yoshinari Ohnishi
Relationship between adhesion molecules with hs-CRP and changes therein after ARB (Valsartan)
administration in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
134
Norihito Kageyama, Masahiro Nomura, Yutaka Nakaya, Tomonori Watanabe, Susumu Ito
Effect of saliva collection method on the concentration of protein components in saliva 140
Fumiko Michishige, Kyoko Kanno, Sumiko Yoshinaga, Daisuke Hinode, Yozo Takehisa,
Susumu Yasuoka
A rapid and simple system of detecting deletions on the Y chromosome related with male infertility
using multiplex PCR
147
Mayumi Umeno, Toshikatsu Shinka, Youichi Sato, Xin-Jun Yang, Yoshinobu Baba,
Teruaki Iwamoto, Yutaka Nakahori
Relationships between thermic effect of food, insulin resistance and autonomic nervous activity 153
Tomonori Watanabe, Masahiro Nomura, Kimiko Nakayasu, Tomohito Kawano, Susumu Ito,
Yutaka Nakaya
Evaluation of episodes of sleep apnea in patients with liver cirrhosis 159
Tatsuro Ogata, Masahiro Nomura, Yutaka Nakaya, Susumu Ito
Effects of thrombus suction therapy on myocardial blood flow disorders in males with acute
inferior myocardial infarction
167
Yuji Ozaki, Masahiro Nomura, Toru Nakayama, Tatsuro Ogata, Kimiko Nakayasu,
Yutaka Nakaya, Susumu Ito
Case reports

A rare intraabdominal tumor : giant hepatic artery aneurysm 174
Bayindir Cimsit, Ilgin Ozden, Ali Sami Emre
A patient with esophageal hemangioma treated by endoscopic mucosal resection : a case report
and review of the literature
177
Masahiro Sogabe,Toshikatsu Taniki, Yasuo Fukui, Takahiro Yoshida, KoichiOkamoto,
Yoshio Okita, Hiroshige Hayashi, Eriko Kimuara, Yoshitaka Kimura, Yukiko Onose, Yuji Ozaki,
Hiroshi Iwaki, Kei Sato, Shingo Hibino, Seizo Sawada, Naoki Muguruma, Seisuke Okamura,
Susumu Ito
An autopsy case of adrenal insufficiency 20 years after Hypophysectomy : Relation between stress
and cause of death
183
Shin-ichi Kubo, Akiko Ishigami, Takako Gotohda, Itsuo Tokunaga, Osamu Kitamura

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