LabID-base/OpenAlex-Afillation huggingface dataset:
<i>DICER1</i> syndrome mutations lead to a gain of 3p-miRNA function, HERVH activity and increased metastatic potential
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: MicroRNA in disease regulation
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Katrina Gordon
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Edinburgh;
raw_author_name: Nicolas Bellora
raw_affiliation_strings: CONICET: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas;
raw_author_name: Jeroen Witteveldt
raw_affiliation_strings: The University of Edinburgh;
raw_author_name: Joanna K. Wojtus
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Edinburgh;
raw_author_name: Felix Mueller
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Edinburgh;
raw_author_name: Katharina Kases
raw_affiliation_strings: University ofEdinburgh;
raw_author_name: Pilar G. Marchante
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Granada
raw_author_name: Guillermo Peris
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Granada
raw_author_name: Shelagh Boyle
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Edinburgh;
raw_author_name: Sara R. Heras
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Granada
raw_author_name: Atlanta G. Cook
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Edinburgh;
raw_author_name: Cei Abreu-Goodger
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Edinburgh;
raw_author_name: Sara Macias
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Edinburgh;
Analyses of Genome-Wide Recombination in <i>Sulfolobus islandicus</i>
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: David J. Krause
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh;
raw_author_name: Changyi Zhang
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
raw_author_name: Rachel J. Whitaker
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Illinois
A rare case of EBV-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of nasopharynx
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Fengju Yuan
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang, 618000, China
raw_author_name: Wuwu Ding
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang, 618000, China
raw_author_name: Xiaoling Wang
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang, 618000, China
raw_author_name: Xiaoling Wang
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang, 618000, China
raw_author_name: Xianwei Wang
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang, 618000, China
raw_author_name: Xianwei Wang
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang, 618000, China
HnRNPA2B1 tunes antimycobacterial immune responses in macrophages through alternative splicing of <i>Irgm1</i>
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: MJ Chapman
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashist College of Medicine, Bryan, TX 77807, USA
Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
raw_author_name: JB Huskey
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
raw_author_name: KS Armijo
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
raw_author_name: S Hahn
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
raw_author_name: J Spellman-Reliford
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
raw_author_name: AK Coleman
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashist College of Medicine, Bryan, TX 77807, USA
Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
raw_author_name: CJ Mabry
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashist College of Medicine, Bryan, TX 77807, USA
raw_author_name: S Carpenter
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
raw_author_name: RO Watson
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
raw_author_name: KL Patrick
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
MPXV Clade IIb virus infection in mice leads to prolonged viral replication, macrophage infiltration, and decreased spermatogenesis in the testes
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Poxvirus research and outbreaks
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Cynthia L. Swan
raw_affiliation_strings: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization International Vaccine Centre;
raw_author_name: Gustavo Sganzerla Martinez
raw_affiliation_strings: Dalhousie University;
raw_author_name: Mia Madel Alfajaro
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Calgary;
raw_author_name: Angela L. Rasmussen
raw_affiliation_strings: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization International Vaccine Centre;
raw_author_name: David J. Kelvin
raw_affiliation_strings: Dalhousie University;
raw_author_name: David Evans
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Alberta;
raw_author_name: Jason Kindrachuk
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Manitoba Faculty of Human Ecology: University of Manitoba;
raw_author_name: Ryan S. Noyce
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Alberta;
raw_author_name: Alyson A. Kelvin
raw_affiliation_strings: VIDO, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
Masquerade syndrome secondary to lung adenocarcinoma and presenting as acute glaucoma
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Ocular Oncology and Treatments
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Bin Lin
raw_author_name: Jian-shi Zheng
raw_affiliation_strings: Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, No. 2000 Xiang'an East Road, Xiamen, Fujian, 3610001, China
raw_author_name: Dong-kan Li
Corrigendum to “Redox mechanisms and metal fluoride stability in alkali fluoride corrosion -confirmed by experiment” [Corros. Sci. 260 (2026) 113538]
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Aida Nikbakht
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
raw_author_name: Per Malmberg
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
raw_author_name: Behnam Bahramian
raw_affiliation_strings: Battery Cathode Materials, Umicore, Olen B-2250, Belgium
raw_author_name: Christine Geers
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
Optimization of AAV tools to target Muller glial cells for retinal gene therapy
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Retinal Development and Disorders
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Daniel Urrutia-Cabrera
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Genevieve Huppert
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Stephanie Chu
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Luozixian Wang
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Cat Binh Nguy
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Chia Fei Liu
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Leszek Lisowki
raw_affiliation_strings: Childrens Medical Research Institute;
raw_author_name: Chi Luu
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Jiang-Hui Wang
raw_affiliation_strings: UMass Chan Medical School;
raw_author_name: Sandy Hung
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Alex W Hewitt
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Chien-Ling Huang
raw_affiliation_strings: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
raw_author_name: Tom Edwards
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Keith Martin
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Eye Research Australia;
raw_author_name: Raymond Wong
raw_affiliation_strings: Center for Eye Research Australia
Ultrastructural organization and dynamics of TIRAP filaments
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Immune Response and Inflammation
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Arthur Felker
raw_affiliation_strings: Division of Biophysics, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrueck University, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany;
raw_author_name: Jan-Hannes Schäfer
raw_author_name: Kevin Tanzusch
raw_affiliation_strings: Division of Biophysics, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrueck University, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany;
raw_author_name: Marvin Wortmann
raw_affiliation_strings: Division of Biophysics, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrueck University, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany;
raw_author_name: Arne Moeller
raw_affiliation_strings: Division of Structural Biology, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrueck University, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany
raw_author_name: Jacob Piehler
raw_affiliation_strings: Division of Biophysics, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrueck University, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany;
RPRM (Reprimo) triggers SCF <sup>FBXW11</sup> -mediated DNA-PKcs degradation to block non-homologous end joining and radiosensitize tumors
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: DNA Repair Mechanisms
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Zhaojun Li
raw_affiliation_strings: State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University /Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions;
raw_author_name: Yarui Zhang
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University;
raw_author_name: Binghua Tang
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University;
raw_author_name: Shuning Xu
raw_affiliation_strings: State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University /Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions;
raw_author_name: Zhiyan Zhu
raw_affiliation_strings: State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University /Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions;
raw_author_name: Jingdong Wang
raw_affiliation_strings: State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University /Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions;
raw_author_name: Guomin Ou
raw_affiliation_strings: Fujian Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University;
raw_author_name: Jinsheng Hong
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University;
raw_author_name: Minglian Qiu
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine;
raw_author_name: Hongying Yang
raw_affiliation_strings: Soochow University
Preclinical immunogenicity of the LP.8.1-adapted BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Chaitanya Kurhade
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Wei Chen
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Weiqiang Li
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Kristin R. Tompkins
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Lyndsey T. Martinez
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Swati Rajput
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Emily Babiarz
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Aaron Yam
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Shin-Ae Lee
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Shikha Shrivastava
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Sarah O’Leary
raw_author_name: Subrata Saha
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Hui Yao
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Li Hao
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Todd Coffey
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Carla Iris Cadima Couto
raw_affiliation_strings: BioNTech SE
raw_author_name: Alexander Muik
raw_affiliation_strings: BioNTech SE
raw_author_name: Raquel Munoz Moreno
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Wesley Swanson
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Pilar Mendoza Daroca
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Uğur Şahin
raw_affiliation_strings: BioNTech SE
raw_author_name: Annaliesa S. Anderson
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Kena A. Swanson
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Pirada Suphaphiphat Allen
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
raw_author_name: Kayvon Modjarrad
raw_affiliation_strings: Pfizer;
Black soldier fly ( <i>Hermetia Illucens</i> ) larvae meal fermented with <i>Lactobacillus bulgaricus</i> as probiotic feed
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Insect Utilization and Effects
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Piero-Alexander Medina-Herrera
raw_affiliation_strings: Catholic University of Santa María
raw_author_name: Anggeli-Solansh Huacasi-Bellido
raw_affiliation_strings: Catholic University of Santa María
raw_author_name: Mariajosé Roldán-Apaza
raw_affiliation_strings: Catholic University of Santa María
raw_author_name: Edith-Evelin Mendoza-Mamani
raw_affiliation_strings: Catholic University of Santa María
raw_author_name: Kevin Tejada-Meza
raw_affiliation_strings: Catholic University of Santa María
Translational Downregulation of 5’ TOP mRNAs During T Cell Exhaustion
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Erica S. Pledger
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
raw_author_name: Navya Ambavaram
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
raw_author_name: Lucas Ferguson
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
raw_author_name: Jamie H. D. Cate
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
A novel <i>Parvimonas</i> OTU is inversely associated with having caries or fillings in children
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Veera F. Kukkonen
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland;
raw_author_name: Nitin Agrawal
raw_affiliation_strings: Folkhalsan Research Center;
raw_author_name: Anna Liisa Suominen
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland;
raw_author_name: Aino-Maija Eloranta
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute of Biomedicine, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland;
raw_author_name: Matti Närhi
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland;
raw_author_name: Jukka Leinonen
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland;
raw_author_name: Pirkko Pussinen
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland;
raw_author_name: Timo A. Lakka
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute of Biomedicine, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland;
raw_author_name: Heli Viljakainen
raw_affiliation_strings: Folkhalsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
<i>De novo</i> design of protein competitors for small molecule immunosensing
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Yosta de Stigter
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
raw_author_name: Tallie Godschalk
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
raw_author_name: Maarten Merkx
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Simulation-templated photorealistic prediction of bacterial patterns
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Kinshuk Sahu
raw_affiliation_strings: Duke University;
raw_author_name: Harris M. Davis
raw_affiliation_strings: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
raw_author_name: Jia Lu
raw_affiliation_strings: MIT;
raw_author_name: César A. Villalobos
raw_affiliation_strings: Duke University;
raw_author_name: Avi Heyman
raw_affiliation_strings: Duke University;
raw_author_name: Emrah Şimşek
raw_affiliation_strings: University of Florida
raw_author_name: Lingchong You
raw_affiliation_strings: Duke University;
Long-term follow-up of Class II malocclusion treated with bilateral sagittal split osteotomy: a retrospective study with 6–19 years of follow-up
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: A. Al Khatib
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Surgical Sciences, Plastic and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: alaa.al.khatib@uu.se
raw_author_name: A. Thor
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Surgical Sciences, Plastic and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: andreas.l.i.thor@uu.se
raw_author_name: F. Jabbari
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Surgical Sciences, Plastic and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden. Electronic address: fatemeh.jabbari@regionstockholm.se
Nationwide Survey on the Characteristics and Treatment of Age-Related Vocal Fold Atrophy in Japan
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Voice and Speech Disorders
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Tomohiro Hasegawa
raw_affiliation_strings: Tokyo Voice Center, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
raw_author_name: Kazuhiro Nakamura
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
raw_author_name: Koji Matsushima
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
raw_author_name: Naoki Takemoto
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi, Japan
raw_author_name: Ichiro Tateya
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
raw_author_name: Kaoruko Kuraoka
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan
raw_author_name: Kazuya Kurakami
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
raw_author_name: Jun Okamura
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
raw_author_name: Takashi Fukumura
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kagawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
raw_author_name: Shigeru Hirano
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
raw_author_name: Nobuhiko Oridate
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
raw_author_name: Yukio Katori
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
raw_author_name: Yusuke Watanabe
raw_affiliation_strings: Tokyo Voice Center, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan; School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan. Electronic address: nabe@ihwg.jp