Publications by authors named "Tomomi Kawamura"
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- The study aimed to explore how often women eat meals, particularly breakfast, affects their success with assisted reproductive technology (ART) when dealing with infertility.
- Conducted at Tokyo Medical University over two years, it included 101 patients who provided data on their meal habits, lifestyle, and medical history.
- Results indicated that women who ate breakfast 6-7 times a week had higher rates of live births and lower miscarriage rates after ART, emphasizing the significance of regular breakfast for improving ART outcomes.
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- This study investigates how the gene BMAL1 influences steroid production in human luteinized granulosa cells, which are essential for female reproductive health.
- * Researchers used siRNA to decrease BMAL1 expression and found that this reduction led to lower levels of key steroid biosynthesis genes (CYP11A1, CYP19A1, STAR, and ESR2) and corresponding steroid production.
- * The study concludes that BMAL1 is vital for regulating steroid biosynthesis and emphasizes the role of circadian rhythms in female reproductive physiology.*
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFRole of the SPIRAL1 gene family in anisotropic growth of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant Cell Physiol
April 2006
Arabidopsis spiral1 (spr1) mutants show a right-handed helical growth phenotype in roots and etiolated hypocotyls due to impaired directional growth of rapidly expanding cells. SPR1 encodes a small protein with as yet unknown biochemical functions, though its localization to cortical microtubules (MTs) suggests that SPR1 maintains directional cell expansion by regulating cortical MT functions. The Arabidopsis genome contains five SPR1-LIKE (SP1L) genes that share high sequence identity in N- and C-terminal regions.
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