Volume 54, Number 3,4
CONTENTS
August2007

Reviews

FDG-PET/CT for cancer management 195
Hideki Otsuka, Naomi Morita, Kyo Yamashita, Hiromu Nishitani
Non-cardiac surgery applications of extracorporeal circulation 200
Shinji Kawahito, Hiroshi Kitahata, Tetsuya Kitagawa, Shuzo Oshita, Yukihiko Nose
Molecular biology of prion protein and its first homologous protein 211
Suehiro Sakaguchi
Breastfeeding : factors associated with the continuation of breastfeeding, the current situation in Japan, and recommendations for further research 224
Mari Haku
Originals

The nucleoside and nucleotide mixture (OG-VI) rescues intestinal-like epithelial cells from the cytotoxicity
of chemotherapeutic agents
235
Kaori Ono, Kazuaki Mawatari, Nagakatsu Harada, Akira Takahashi, Tohru Sakai, Shohei Ogoshi,
Yutaka Nakaya
Relationship between serum concentrations of saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids and
the homeostasis model insulin resistance index in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
243
Masataka Kusunoki, Kazuhiko Tsutsumi, Meiho Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Kurokawa, Takao Nakamura,
Hitoshi Ogawa, Yoshitaka Fukuzawa, Munehiko Morishita, Tatsuro Koide, Tetsuro Miyata
Overexpression of osteoactivin protects skeletal muscle from severe degeneration caused by long-term
denervation in mice
248
Harumi Furochi, Seiko Tamura, Kayo Takeshima, Katsuya Hirasaka, Reiko Nakao, Kyoichi Kishi,
Takeshi Nikawa
Distinct effects of anterior pyriform cortex and the lateral hypothalamus lesions on protein intake in rats 255
Reiko Nakao, Eri Ozaki, Machiko Hasegawa, Aki Kondo, Kayoko Uezu, Katsuya Hirasaka,
Takeshi Nikawa, Kyoichi Kishi
Autofluorescence bronchoscopy, a novel modality for the early detection of bronchial premalignant and
malignant lesions
261
Masaki Hanibuchi, Seiji Yano, Yasuhiko Nishioka, Takanori Miyoshi, Kazuya Kondo,
Hisanori Uehara, Saburo Sone
Analysis of skin graft survival using green fluorescent protein transgenic mice 267
Shinji Matsuo, Akira Kurisaki, Hiromu Sugino, Ichiro Hashimoto, Hideki Nakanishi
Characterization of follistatin-related gene as a negative regulatory factor for activin family members during
mouse heart development
276
Yuka Takehara-Kasamatsu, Kunihiro Tsuchida, Masashi Nakatani, Tatsuya Murakami, Akira Kurisaki,
Osamu Hashimoto, Hideyo Ohuchi, Hitomi Kurose, Kazuhiro Mori, Shoji Kagami, Sumihare Noji,
Hiromu Sugino
Proteomic analysis of a diabetic congenic rat identified age-dependent alteration of an acidic protein 289
Shigeichi Shono, Hiroyuki Kose, Takahisa Yamada, Kozo Matsumoto
Comparison of clinical course of polymyositis and dermatomyositis : a follow-up study in Tokushima
University Hospital
295
Kenji Tani, Reiko Tomioka, Keiko Sato, Chiyuki Furukawa, Takeshi Nakajima, Yuko Toyota,
Teruki Shimizu, Mayuko Nakayama, Jyunya Miyata, Jun Kishi, Saburo Sone
Differences in waveforms of cerebral evoked potentials among healthy subjects, schizophrenics,
manic-depressives and epileptics
303
Takumi Ikuta, Noriko Furuta, Shouichi Kihara, Masao Okura, Isao Nagamine, Hiroshi Nakayama,
Yasuhito Ishimoto, Yasuhiro Kaneda, Masato Tomotake, Yumiko Izaki, Xu Ming
Unilateral chronic insufficiency of anterior cruciate ligament decreases bone mineral content and lean mass
of the injured lower extremity
316
Shinjiro Takata, Aziz Abbaspour, Michiharu Kashihara, Shigetaka Nakao, Natsuo Yasui
Spatial learning and expression of neural cell adhesion molecule L1 in rats X-irradiated prenatally 322
Rui Zhang, Xue-Zhi Sun, Chun Cui, Hiromi Sakata-Haga, Kazuhiko Sawada, Changli Ye,
Yoshihiro Fukui
Differential expression of syndecan isoforms during mouse incisor amelogenesis 331
Taro Muto, Keiko Miyoshi, Seiichi Munesue, Hiroshi Nakada, Minoru Okayama, Takashi Matsuo,
Takafumi Noma
Case reports

Pulmonary findings without the influence of therapy in a patient with rheumatoid ar thritis : an autopsy case 340
Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Hirofumi Nakanishi, Akira Yamasaki, Hiroki Chikumi, Yasuyuki Hasegawa,
Masanari Watanabe, Hisao Ho, Eiji Shimizu
FDG-PET/CT for diagnosis and follow-up of vasculitis 345
Hideki Otsuka, Naomi Morita, Kyo Yamashita, Hiromu Nishitani
Repeated exacerbations of ocular inflammation with vitreous hemorrhage in a patient with HLA-B27 associated uveitis 350
Satoru Kase, Kenichi Namba, Yukihiro Horie, Saloshi Kolake, Shigeaki Ohno
Type I Neurofibromatosis complicated by Pulmonary Artery Hypertension : a case report 354
Sara Simeoni, Antonio Puccetti, Marco Chilosi, Elisa Tinazzi, Daniele Prati, Roberto Corrocher,
Claudio Lunardi
Proceedings : Frontier of Functional Food Research

Advantage of a low glycemic index and low phosphate diet on diabetic nephropathy and aging-related diseases 359
Yutaka Taketani, Emi Shuto, Hidekazu Arai, Yuka Nishida, Rieko Tanaka, Takashi Uebanso,
Hironori Yamamoto, Hisami Yamanaka-Okumura, Eiji Takedae
Control of phosphate appetite in young rats 366
Ritsuko Ohnishi, Hiroko Segawa, Eri Kawakami, Junya Furutani, Mikiko Ho, Sawako Tatsumi,
Masashi Kuwahata, Ken-ichi Miyamoto
Antioxidant capacity of albumin-bound quercetin metabolites after onion consumption in humans 370
Kaeko Murota, Azusa Hotta, Hikaru Ido, Yoshichika Kawai, Jae-Hak Moon, Keiko Sekido, Hiroki Hayashi,
Takahiro Inakuma, JunjiTerao
Nutritional treatment of a patient with hepatic cirrhosis with the novel low glycemic index liquid food (Inslow) 375
Dai Matsumoto, Hisami Yamanaka-Okumura, Hidekazu Arai, Masae Sakuma, Hironori Yamamoto,
Yutaka Taketani, Yoshiko Tani, Yuji Morine, Mitsuo Shimada, Eiji Takeda
The phytoestrogen glnsensoside Re activates potassium channels of vascular smooth muscle cells through
PI3K/Akt and nitric oxide pathways
381
Dai Matsumoto, Hisami Yamanaka-Okumura, Hidekazu Arai, Masae Sakuma, Hironori Yamamoto,
Yutaka Taketani, Yoshiko Tani, Yuji Morine, Mitsuo Shimada, Eiji Takeda
Research on the nutritional characteristics of medium-chain fatty acids 385
Tosiaki Aoyama, Naohisa Nosaka, Michio Kasai
Recent research and development of functional food in Taiwan 389
Lucy Sun Hwang

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