BMI screening in schools: helpful or harmful

JP Ikeda, PB Crawford… - Health education …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
This is a comprehensive review of policies and research regarding body mass index (BMI)
screening in schools in the United Kingdom and the United States. Although there are …

The gene for neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein is partially deleted in individuals with spinal muscular atrophy

N Roy, MS Mahadevan, M McLean, G Shutter… - Cell, 1995 - cell.com
The spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs), characterized by spinal cord motor neuron depletion,
are among the most common autosomal recessive disorders. One model of SMA …

Normal luminal bacteria, especially Bacteroides species, mediate chronic colitis, gastritis, and arthritis in HLA-B27/human beta2 microglobulin transgenic rats.

HC Rath, HH Herfarth, JS Ikeda… - The Journal of …, 1996 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Genetic and environmental factors are important in the pathogenesis of clinical and
experimental chronic intestinal inflammation. We investigated the influence of normal …

A gene encoding a putative GTPase regulator is mutated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2

S Hadano, CK Hand, H Osuga, Y Yanagisawa… - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 (ALS2) is an autosomal recessive form of juvenile
ALS and has been mapped to human chromosome 2q33. Here we report the identification of …

Lymphoproliferative disorders in rheumatoid arthritis: clinicopathological analysis of 76 cases in relation to methotrexate medication.

Y Hoshida, JX Xu, S Fujita, I Nakamichi… - The Journal of …, 2007 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with or without methotrexate (MTX)
medication occasionally develop lymphoproliferative disorders (MTX-LPD and non-MTX …

Cyclin-dependent kinases as a therapeutic target for stroke

H Osuga, S Osuga, F Wang, R Fetni… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are commonly known to regulate cell proliferation.
However, previous reports suggest that in cultured postmitotic neurons, activation of CDKs is …

Germ cell tumours of the central nervous system: treatment consideration based on 111 cases and their long-term clinical outcomes

Y Sawamura, J Ikeda, H Shirato, M Tada… - European journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
Germ cell tumours (GCTs) of the central nervous system (CNS) encompass various
histological subtypes, and their optimal management has been the subject of debate. To …

ALS2, a novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the small GTPase Rab5, is implicated in endosomal dynamics

A Otomo, S Hadano, T Okada… - Human molecular …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
ALS2 mutations account for a number of recessive motor neuron diseases including forms of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, primary lateral sclerosis and hereditary spastic paraplegia …

Molecular and cellular function of ALS2/alsin: implication of membrane dynamics in neuronal development and degeneration

S Hadano, R Kunita, A Otomo… - Neurochemistry …, 2007 - Elsevier
ALS2 is a causative gene for a juvenile autosomal recessive form of motor neuron diseases
(MNDs), including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 (ALS2), juvenile primary lateral sclerosis …

Migration and differentiation of nuclear fluorescence‐labeled bone marrow stromal cells after transplantation into cerebral infarct and spinal cord injury in mice

JB Lee, S Kuroda, H Shichinohe, J Ikeda… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing evidence that bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) have the potential to
migrate into the injured neural tissue and to differentiate into the CNS cells, indicating the …