Thujaplicin–copper chelates inhibit replication of human influenza viruses

D Miyamoto, Y Kusagaya, N Endo, A Sometani… - Antiviral research, 1998 - Elsevier
The effects of α-, β- and γ-thujaplicins and six of their metal chelates on human influenza
virus-induced apoptosis in Madin–Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells were examined by DNA …

Transforming growth factor‐β1 enhances expression of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor, TrkB, in neurons cultured from rat cerebral cortex

A Sometani, H Kataoka, A Nitta… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of transforming growth factor (TGF)‐β1 on expression of brain‐derived neurotrophic
factor (BDNF) and its high‐affinity receptor, TrkB, in neurons cultured from the cerebral …

Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor prevents neuronal cell death induced by corticosterone

A Nitta, M Ohmiya, A Sometani, M Itoh… - Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Corticosterone (CORT), one of the glucocorticoids, causes neuronal damage in the
hippocampus, but the mechanism(s) of action underlying its effects remains unknown. Brain‐derived …

Sulphatide binds to human and animal influenza A viruses, and inhibits the viral infection

T SUZUKI, A SOMETANI, Y YAMAZAKI… - Biochemical …, 1996 - portlandpress.com
We found, by using a virus overlay assay, that influenza A virus isolates bind to sulphatide (HSO
3 -Galβ1 → 1Cer), which has no sialic acid residue, and that the infection of Madin–…

4-methylcatechol increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor content and mRNA expression in cultured brain cells and in rat brain in vivo

…, M Ito, H Fukumitsu, M Ohmiya, H Ito, A Sometani… - … of Pharmacology and …, 1999 - ASPET
Practical use of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as therapy is limited by two serious
problems, ie, its inability to cross the blood-brain barrier and its instability in the bloodstream…

4‐Methylcatechol stimulates phosphorylation of Trk family neurotrophin receptors and MAP kinases in cultured rat cortical neurons

A Sometani, H Nomoto, A Nitta… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Effects of 4‐methycatechol (4MC), a potent stimulator of nerve growth factor and
brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) synthesis, on phosphorylation of cellular molecules …

Endogenous neurotrophin-3 is retrogradely transported in the rat sciatic nerve

A Nitta, M Ohmiya, T Jin-Nouchi, A Sometani, T Asami… - Neuroscience, 1999 - Elsevier
To address the active transport of neurotrophins, nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic
factor, and neurotrophin-3 in the peripheral nerves, we examined the levels of proteins …

Induction of a physiologically active brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the infant rat brain by peripheral administration of 4-methylcatechol

H Fukumitsu, A Sometani, M Ohmiya, A Nitta… - Neuroscience …, 1999 - Elsevier
Effects of 4-methylcatechol (4MC), a known potent stimulator of nerve growth factor (NGF)
synthesis, on expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA and BDNF-like …

Image method for a dielectric plate and a point charge

T Sometani - European Journal of Physics, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
A dielectric image method is proposed which uses the polarization charges around a point
charge and at dielectric boundaries. The problem of a point charge and a dielectric plate in …

Improved channel mobility in 4H-SiC MOSFETs by boron passivation

D Okamoto, M Sometani, S Harada… - IEEE Electron …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose another process for fabricating 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect
transistors (MOSFETs) with high channel mobility. The B atoms were introduced into a SiO 2 /…