- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Galectins and Cancer Biology
- Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
- Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
- Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
The University of Tokyo
2014-2023
Chiba University
2023
Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital
2021-2022
Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital
2022
Kyushu Institute of Technology
2021
Kansai Electric Power (Japan)
1995-2019
Chuo University
2019
Kindai University
1997-2019
Asian Institute of Technology
1988-2019
Nara Medical University
2018
Virtually all the known physicochemical and biological techniques have been explored for treatment of extremely recalcitrant dye wastewater; none, however, has emerged as a panacea. A single universally applicable end-of-pipe solution appears to be unrealistic, combination appropriate is deemed imperative devise technically economically feasible options. An in-depth evaluation wide range potential hybrid technologies delineated in literature along with plausible analyses available cost...
Direct membrane separation using hollow fibers was applied to wastewater treatment in an activated sludge process. A module with a pore size of 0.1 micron immersed the aeration tank and treated water filtered through by suction. Various operational modes were investigate stable flux conditions as well organic nitrogen removal. The detention time 4 hours could be kept for about 120 days at volumetric loading 1.5 kg COD/(m3 day) intermittent suction low pressure 13 kPa (1.3 m head). COD...
Carbamazepine (CBZ), a pharmaceutical compound, has been proposed as an anthropogenic marker to assess water quality due its persistence in conventional treatment plants and widespread presence bodies. This paper presents comprehensive literature review on sources occurrences of CBZ bodies, well toxicological effects regulations the drug. Given documented side human body when taken medicinally, careful monitoring is recommended. residues drinking may provide pathway embryos infants via...
We describe here the involvement of calcium-activated neutral protease (CANP or calpain, EC 3.4.22.17) in calcium-dependent proteolytic processing precursor human interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) into mature IL-1 alpha. Calcium ionophore ionomycin enhanced pre-IL-1 and release either from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated adherent mononuclear cells a bladder carcinoma cell line (HTB9 5637) that constitutively produces -beta. The was completely inhibited by EGTA. Similar also observed with...
Killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1) is an inhibitory expressed on subsets of natural killer (NK) cells and T cells, for which no endogenous ligands are known. Here, we show that KLRG1 binds three the classical cadherins (E-, N-, R-), ubiquitously in vertebrates mediate cell–cell adhesion by homotypic or heterotypic interactions. By expression cloning using mouse tetramer as a probe, identified human E-cadherin xenogeneic ligand. We also syngeneic interaction between E-cadherin....
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTStructural requirements for the binding of oligosaccharides and glycopeptides to immobilized wheat germ agglutininKazuo Yamamoto, Tsutomu Tsuji, Isamu Matsumoto, Toshiaki OsawaCite this: Biochemistry 1981, 20, 5894–5899Publication Date (Print):September 29, 1981Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 29 September 1981https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bi00523a037https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00523a037research-articleACS...
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTStructure of a complex-type sugar chain human glycophorin ATatsuro Irimura, Tsutomu Tsuji, Setsuro Tagami, Kazuo Yamamoto, and Toshiaki OsawaCite this: Biochemistry 1981, 20, 3, 560–566Publication Date (Print):February 1981Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 3 February 1981https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00506a018RIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views124Altmetric-Citations132LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the...
Escherichia coli and coliform group bacteria resistant to seven antibiotics were investigated in the Tama River, a typical urbanized river Tokyo, Japan, at wastewater treatment plant located on river. The percentages of antibiotic resistance effluent were, most cases, higher than water, which observed increasing downstream. Since possible increase was associated with treated discharges, it concluded that river, is contaminated by many kinds pollutants, also E.coli. mostly decreasing during...
Lectins on antigen presenting cells are potentially involved in the uptake and cellular recognition trafficking. Serial analysis of gene expression monocyte-derived dendritic (DCs), monocytes, macrophages revealed that 7 19 C-type lectin mRNA were present immature DCs. Two these, macrophage mannose receptor specific for galactose/N-acetylgalactosamine (MGL), found only DCs, as confirmed by reverse transcriptase-PCR flow cytometric analysis. By subcloning sequencing amplified mRNA, we...
Methylglyoxal (MG) is one of the side-products in glycolysis, and it reacts with proteins under physiological conditions. Here, we identified heat-shock protein 27 (Hsp27) as a major MG-modified cells. MG modification Hsp27 selectively occurs at Arg-188 to form argpyrimidine, mutation residue represses formation large oligomer. This process essential its repressing activity for cytochrome c-mediated caspase activation. Inhibition causes sensitization cells anti-tumor drug-induced apoptosis....
In this study, organic stabilization and nitrogen removal were investigated using a household type hollow fiber membrane separation bioreactor of 6 2 1 volume. The process employed direct solid-liquid by inside an activated sludge aeration tank. By providing highly turbulent conditions within the zone in conjunction with Jet aerating installation module, accumulation on surface module can be reduced. Permeate flux obtained after 330 days operation was 0.2 m/d under intermittent suction. High...
The oligosaccharide fraction was obtained from porcine thyroglobulin by hydrazinolysis. Four fractions of unit B-type oligosaccharides were purified successive chromatographies on columns DEAE-cellulose and concanavalin A-Sepharose, their structures investigated the combination endo- exo-glycosidase digestions, methylation analysis Smith degradation. From results these studies, B proposed to be as follows: see formula in text. Thus glycoprotein found have triantennary biantennary...