Publications by authors named "G Egusa"

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  • Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are crucial for many biological functions, and understanding them is essential for studying how proteins work.
  • The study proposes a straightforward method to assess PPI using mammalian cells, involving introduction of expression vectors, cell lysis, and protein isolation with an affinity gel.
  • The researchers also suggest using affinity antibodies to confirm PPIs, highlighting the importance of maintaining protein integrity throughout the process for accurate results.
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  • * Long-term use of stimulants to maintain their function can have undesirable side effects, making PPARα a better target for preserving beige adipocytes.
  • * Pemafibrate, a medication used for treating dyslipidemia, has been shown to enhance the thermogenic ability of these cells, reduce body weight gain, and improve glucose tolerance in obese mouse models.
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Japanese Americans include Japanese individuals migrating from Japan to the United States (first-generation Japanese Americans [JA-1]) and their offspring (second- or later-generation Japanese Americans [JA-2]). Although Japanese Americans share their genetic predisposition with the Japanese, their lifestyles have been westernized rapidly and extensively. We conducted a medical survey for atherosclerosis among Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and Los Angeles and native Japanese living in Hiroshima for 50 years since 1970 (the Hawaii-Los Angeles-Hiroshima Study) and obtained the following results:(1) In the 1990s, a westernized lifestyle induced hyperlipidemia among Japanese Americans, and based on the evaluation of the carotid artery intima-media wall thickness (IMT), atherosclerosis was apparently more advanced in Japanese Americans than in native Japanese.

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