Increased urinary NTx predicts progressive decreases in bone mineral density among HIV patients on cART
Koga I, Seo K, Wakabayashi Y, Suzuki S, Yoshino Y, Kitazawa,T Kurahashi I, Ota Y
Apr 2014
Delayed removal of catheter deteriorates clinical outcome in patients with catheter-related bloodstream infection due to coagulase-negative staphylococcus
Apr 2010
Cryptococcal pleuritis as an initial AIDS-associated opportunistic infection：A case report
Yusuke Yoshino, Keita Tatsuno, Takatoshi Kitazawa, Kazuhiko Koike, Yasuo Ota
7th International Conference on Cryptococcus and Cryptococcosis Sep 2008
Pharmarcokinetic-pharmacodynamic analysis of vancomycin in patients with MRSA bacteremia
13th International Congress of Infectious Diseases Jun 2008
Relationship between the timing of intravascular catheter removal and prognosis in patents with catheter related bloodstream infection involving coagulase-negative staphylococci
Ota Y, Kitazawa T, Tatsuno K, Okugawa S, Fukushima A, Koike K
45th annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Oct 2007
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))
Project Year: 2005 - 2006 Investigator(s): Yasuo OTA
Essential Components of the innate immune system are TLRs, which recognize microbial products termed pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). PAMP recognition leads to activation of the innate immune system, which in turn activates adaptive...
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))
Project Year: 2003 - 2004 Investigator(s): Yasuo OTA
Mast cells are involved in not only allergic responses but also host defense to such pathogenic microorganisms as gram negative rods (GNR) and parasites. Recently, it has been reported that mast cells express Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 which is im...
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))
Project Year: 2001 - 2002 Investigator(s): Yasuo OTA
The role of Cbl in FcεRI-induced signaling cascade in mast cells were examined, especially focused on the role of proline rich region in Cbl. Proline (543-548) were mutated by a cite direct mutagenesis, and the mutated Cbl was expressed in mast ce...
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))
Project Year: 1999 - 2000 Investigator(s): Yasuo OTA
We tried to elucidate the function of p120^<cbl>, the product of the c-cbl protooncogene after EGF receptor stimulation. We generated several MDCK cell lines which stably express wild type p120^<cbl> or mutant p120^<cbl>. In this project we compar...
