Liver architecture, cell function, and disease

H Ishibashi, M Nakamura, A Komori, K Migita… - Seminars in …, 2009 - Springer
The liver is an organ consisting of the largest reticulo-endothelial cell network in the body
and playing an important role in host defense against invading microorganisms. The organ is …

[HTML][HTML] Recent updates on the management of autoimmune hepatitis

A Komori - Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an immunoinflammatory chronic liver disease with dynamic
and rather heterogeneous disease manifestations. A trend of increasing prevalence of AIH …

Recent advances in the LHD experiment

O Motojima, N Ohyabu, A Komori, O Kaneko… - Nuclear …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
In the first four years of the LHD experiment, several encouraging results have emerged, the
most significant of which is that MHD stability and good transport are compatible in the …

Overview of the large helical device project

A Iiyoshi, A Komori, A Ejiri, M Emoto, H Funaba… - Nuclear …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
The Large Helical Device (LHD) has successfully started running plasma confinement
experiments after a long construction period of eight years. During the construction and machine …

[PDF][PDF] Anti‐gp210 and anti‐centromere antibodies are different risk factors for the progression of primary biliary cirrhosis

M Nakamura, H Kondo, T Mori, A Komori… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The predictive role of antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) remains elusive in the long‐term outcome
of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). The progression of PBC was evaluated in association …

[PDF][PDF] Genome-wide association study identifies TNFSF15 and POU2AF1 as susceptibility loci for primary biliary cirrhosis in the Japanese population

…, A Tanaka, M Yasunami, H Nakamura, A Komori… - The American Journal of …, 2012 - cell.com
For the identification of susceptibility loci for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), a genome-wide
association study (GWAS) was performed in 963 Japanese individuals (487 PBC cases and …

The large helical device (LHD) helical divertor

…, K Yamazaki, K Akaishi, N Inoue, A Komori… - Nuclear …, 1994 - iopscience.iop.org
The Large Helical Device (LHD) now under construction is a heliotron/torsatron device with
a closed divertor system. The edge LHD magnetic structure has been studied in detail. A …

[PDF][PDF] Elevated serum levels of Wisteria floribunda agglutinin‐positive human Mac‐2 binding protein predict the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis …

K Yamasaki, M Tateyama, S Abiru, A Komori… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Wisteria floribunda agglutinin‐positive human Mac‐2‐binding protein (WFA + ‐M2BP)
was recently shown to be a liver fibrosis glycobiomarker with a unique fibrosis‐related …

Serum cytokine and soluble cytokine receptor levels in patients with non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis

…, Y Takii, K Kusumoto, M Nakamura, A Komori… - Liver …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Although the pathogenesis of non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) remains
poorly understood, proinflammatory cytokines seem to play an important role in the process of …

N-cadherin mediates retinal lamination, maintenance of forebrain compartments and patterning of retinal neurites

I Masai, Z Lele, M Yamaguchi, A Komori, A Nakata… - 2003 - journals.biologists.com
The complex, yet highly ordered and predictable, structure of the neural retina is one of the
most conserved features of the vertebrate central nervous system. In all vertebrate classes, …