English Journal

Antibacterial properties and mechanism of graphene oxide-silver nanocomposites as bactericidal agents for water disinfection.

Song B1, Zhang C1, Zeng G2, Gong J3, Chang Y1, Jiang Y1.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics.Arch Biochem Biophys.2016 Aug 15;604:167-76. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.04.018. Epub 2016 May 8.
Providing clean and affordable drinking water without harmful disinfection byproducts generated by conventional chemical disinfectants gives rise to the need for technological innovation. Nanotechnology has great potential in purifying water and wastewater treatment. A graphene oxide-silver (GO-Ag)
PMID 27170600

Activated macrophages as a feeder layer for growth of resident cardiac progenitor cells.

Sepúlveda DE1, Cabeza Meckert P1, Locatelli P2, Olea FD2, Pérez NG3, Pinilla OA3, Díaz RG3, Crottogini A2, Laguens RP4.
Cytotechnology.Cytotechnology.2016 Aug;68(4):665-74. doi: 10.1007/s10616-014-9814-0. Epub 2014 Nov 29.
The adult heart contains a population of cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs). Growing and collecting an adequate number of CPCs demands complex culture media containing growth factors. Since activated macrophages secrete many growth factors, we investigated if activated isolated heart cells seeded on a
PMID 25432330

Resende MM1, Rocha CA1, Corrêa NF1, Veiga RR2, Passos SJ3, Novo NF4, Juliano Y4, Damasceno CA5.
International wound journal.Int Wound J.2016 Aug;13(4):526-30. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12470. Epub 2015 Jun 8.
Irrigating wounds with tap water does not increase colonisation, but controlled studies are required for further evidence. Microbial colonisation was assessed in skin wounds, before and after irrigation with tap water, and was compared with irrigation using 0·9% sodium chloride sterile solution. Th
PMID 26059709

Japanese Journal

Miki Yuichi,Koyama Keisuke,Kurusu Haruna [他],Hirano Kazuya,Beppu Masatoshi,Fujiwara Yasuyuki
Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 38(1), 116-121, 2015
… Binding and phagocytosis of native control-BSA by thioglycollate-elicited mouse peritoneal macrophages was weak, but that of maleylated-BSA was strong. …
NAID 130004872219

Macrophage Recognition of Toxic Advanced Glycosylation End Products through the Macrophage Surface-Receptor Nucleolin

Miki Yuichi,Dambara Hikaru,Tachibana Yoshihiro,Hirano Kazuya,Konishi Mio,Beppu Masatoshi
Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 37(4), 588-596, 2014
… While GCA-treated BSA (GCA-BSA) and GOA-treated BSA (GOA-BSA) were recognized by thioglycollate-elicited mouse peritoneal macrophages in proportion to their respective aldehyde-modification ratios, aldehyde-untreated control-BSA was not. …
NAID 130003390979

Synergistic effect of Tim4 and MFG-E8 null mutations on the development of autoimmunity

Miyanishi Masanori,Segawa Katsumori,Nagata Shigekazu
International immunology 24(9), 551-559, 2012-09
… The null mutation of Tim4 impaired the ability of resident peritoneal macrophages, but not thioglycollate-elicited macrophages, to engulf apoptotic cells. …
NAID 120005300447