User profiles for K Yamashita

Keitaro Yamashita

- Verified email at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk - Cited by 6797

Kazuto YAMASHITA

- Verified email at umin.net - Cited by 642

Heme oxygenase-1: unleashing the protective properties of heme

LE Otterbein, MP Soares, K Yamashita, FH Bach - Trends in immunology, 2003 - cell.com
Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 catabolizes heme into three products: carbon monoxide (CO),
biliverdin (which is rapidly converted to bilirubin) and free iron (which leads to the induction of …

Associations of kidney disease measures with mortality and end-stage renal disease in individuals with and without hypertension: a meta-analysis

…, MJ Sarnak, B Stengel, K Yamagishi, K Yamashita… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Hypertension is the most prevalent comorbidity in individuals with chronic kidney
disease. However, whether the association of the kidney disease measures, estimated …

[HTML][HTML] The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2016 (J-SSCG 2016)

…, K Yamakawa, C Yamashita, K Yamashita… - Journal of intensive …, 2018 - Springer
Background and purpose The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of
Sepsis and Septic Shock 2016 (J-SSCG 2016), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice …

[HTML][HTML] Empirical use of longevity data to estimate mortality rates

…, SH BOYD, AW MORTON, K YAMASHITA… - Fishery …, 1983 - books.google.com
Various investigators have utilized compendia of life history parameters to develop equations
for predicting values of difficult-to-estimate parameters from easily measured or estimated …

The X-ray observatory Suzaku

…, K Yamaoka, NY Yamasaki, K Yamashita… - Publications of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
High-sensitivity wide-band X-ray spectroscopy is the key feature of the Suzaku X-ray observatory,
launched on 2005 July 10. This paper summarizes the spacecraft, in-orbit performance…

Silica and titanium dioxide nanoparticles cause pregnancy complications in mice

K Yamashita, Y Yoshioka, K Higashisaka… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
The increasing use of nanomaterials has raised concerns about their potential risks to human
health. Recent studies have shown that nanoparticles can cross the placenta barrier in …

Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Ć resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses

…, H Murakami, Y Nakajima, T Shimizu, K Yamashita… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Photosynthesis converts light energy into biologically useful chemical energy vital to life on
Earth. The initial reaction of photosynthesis takes place in photosystem II (PSII), a 700-…

Growth‐promoting activity of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases‐1 (TIMP‐1) for a wide range of cells A possible new growth factor in serum

…, K Yamashita, K Tanzawa, E Uchijima, K Iwata - FEBS …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
… The amino acid sequence [4] of TIMP-I deduced from its cDNA analysis is known to be identical
to that of erythroid potcntiating activity (EPA) [5], which stimulates the growth of erythroid …

The x-ray telescope onboard Suzaku

…, M Suzuki, T Osawa, K Yamashita… - Publications of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We present the design parameters, production process, and in-flight performance of the X-ray
telescope (XRT) onboard Suzaku. The imaging capability is significantly improved over the …

Formation and Activation of a Cyclin E-cdk2 Complex During the G1 Phase of the Human Cell Cycle

A Koff, A Giordano, D Desai, K Yamashita, JW Harper… - Science, 1992 - science.org
… Although the relation between BK channels and thefamily of voltage-gated K+ channels
is not known, BK channel inactivation and inactivation of some voltage-gated K' channels (6-8) …