Publications by authors named "Hiroko Ando"
Upper gastrointestinal stenosis, which can be congenital or acquired, can lead to dysphagia. The association between trisomy 17p syndrome, a rare chromosomal abnormality, and upper gastrointestinal stenosis is unclear. A 20-year-old man diagnosed with trisomy 17p syndrome was referred to our department due to recurrent vomiting.
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- In Euglena gracilis, ATP is generated through wax ester fermentation during anaerobic conditions, but this process is hindered by inhibition of mitochondrial complex I using rotenone and enhanced by the uncoupler CCCP.
- The study finds that the ADP/ATP ratio rises in anaerobic cells treated with either rotenone or CCCP, indicating a complex interplay in energy production.
- Gene silencing reveals key players in wax ester production, such as acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and electron transfer flavoprotein, suggesting that fatty acid synthesis occurs in mitochondria through reverse β-oxidation while anaerobic respiration utilizes trans-2-enoyl-CoA to produce ATP.
We assessed the damage to onion tissue due to freeze-thawing as the water permeability determined by using PFG-NMR and light microscopy. The water diffusion in fresh onion tissue was restricted due to cellular barriers, and the estimated water permeability was 6.99 x 10(-6)m/s.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFollowing the re-emergence of polio in West Africa, an investigation was conducted on the occasion when transients gather for the festival in Niger, where the oral polio vaccine (OPV) and BCG coverage among children under the age of 5 years can be evaluated. A total of 259 children were investigated, including 186 from settled families and 73 from unsettled families. OPV coverage was found to be as low as 32.
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