Craniotabes in normal newborns: the earliest sign of subclinical vitamin D deficiency

…, K Tachibana, S Nagai, M Kawai… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Context: Craniotabes in otherwise normal neonates has been regarded as physiological and
left untreated. Objective: Our objective was to investigate the role of vitamin D deficiency in …

Neonatal diabetes mellitus and neonatal polycystic, dysplastic kidneys: phenotypically discordant recurrence of a mutation in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β gene …

…, M Mamada, T Imai, M Kawai… - The Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in the gene coding for hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β (HNF-1β) have been known
to cause a form of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY5), which is usually …

The C42R mutation in the Kir6. 2 (KCNJ11) gene as a cause of transient neonatal diabetes, childhood diabetes, or later-onset, apparently type 2 diabetes mellitus

…, K Nagashima, K Kurokawa, M Kawai… - The Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Context: Known genes in maturity-onset diabetes of the young account for only a fraction of
families with dominantly inherited diabetes in Japan. There should be as-yet-unidentified …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary histories of breast cancer and related clones

…, TR Kataoka, E Kondoh, Y Chigusa, M Kawai… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Recent studies have documented frequent evolution of clones carrying common cancer
mutations in apparently normal tissues, which are implicated in cancer development 1 , 2 – 3 . …

Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, a potent inhibitor of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) activation, prevents apoptosis in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells and …

…, Y Wakazono, YW Lin, A Okuda, M Kawai… - Biochemical …, 1994 - Elsevier
We examined the effect of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), which potently blocks the
activation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), on the induction of apoptosis by a variety of agents. …

Open-ended movements structure sensorimotor information in early human development

…, Y Yamada, K Tanaka, M Kawai… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Human behaviors, with whole-body coordination, involve large-scale sensorimotor interaction.
Spontaneous bodily movements in the early developmental stage potentially lead toward …

Parental origin of normal X chromosomes in Turner syndrome patients with various karyotypes: implications for the mechanism leading to generation of a 45, X …

A Uematsu, T Yorifuji, J Muroi, M Kawai… - American journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The parental origin of the X chromosome of 45,X females has been the subject of many
studies, and most of them have shown that the majority (60–80%) of the X chromosomes are …

Genetic abnormalities in a large cohort of Coffin–Siris syndrome patients

…, T Awaya, T Kato, K Iwanaga, M Kawai… - Journal of human …, 2019 - nature.com
Coffin–Siris syndrome (CSS, MIM#135900) is a congenital disorder characterized by coarse
facial features, intellectual disability, and hypoplasia of the fifth digit and nails. Pathogenic …

Preference for dynamic human images and gaze‐following abilities in preterm infants at 6 and 12 months of age: An eye‐tracking study

M Imafuku, M Kawai, F Niwa, Y Shinya, M Inagawa… - Infancy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Preterm children are reported to be at higher risk of social communication problems such as
autism spectrum disorder compared with full‐term infants. Although previous studies have …

Endoscopic duodenal stent versus surgical gastrojejunostomy for gastric outlet obstruction in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

…, T Mukai, S Osada, T Sekino, T Adachi, M Kawai… - Pancreatology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) often develops in patients with advanced
pancreatic cancer (APC). It is not clear whether endoscopic duodenal stenting (DS) or …