Papers of the Month Aug 2020

• Source contribution analysis of combustion-derived particulate by monitoring 1-nitropyrene and pyrene

  Kazuichi Hayakawa (Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology), et al.

  "Calculating sources of combustion-derived particulates using 1-nitropyrene and pyrene as markers"

  Environ. Pollut.

• Wideband magnetic cantilever excitation system that enables highly sensitive AFM observation of photo-sensitive materials

  Takeshi Fukuma (WPI Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "Wideband magnetic excitation system for atomic force microscopy cantilevers with megahertz-order resonance frequency"

  Sci. Rep.

• Increased tumor fibrosis in gastric cancer by IL-17A secreted from mast cells

  Sachio Fushida (Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.

  "Interleukin-17A derived from mast cells contributes to fibrosis in gastric cancer with peritoneal dissemination"

  Gastric Cancer

Papers of the Month Jul 2020

• Generation of tubular structure by pillar[5]arrens multimerized via non-covalent bonds

  Tomoki Ogoshi (WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University / Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University), et al.

  "Non-covalent interactions enable the length-controlled generation of discrete tubes capable of guest exchange"

  Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit.

• Differentiation of osteoclast precursors by osteoblast-derived extracellular vesicles

  Isao Kobayashi (Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Institute of Science and Engineering), et al.

  "Uptake of osteoblast-derived extracellular vesicles promotes the differentiation of osteoclasts in the zebrafish scale"

  Commun. Biol.

• Prediction of cardiac mortality in patients with chronic heart failure using 123I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy and machine learning

  Kenichi Nakajima (Graduate School of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences), et al.

  "Machine learning-based risk model using 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine to differentially predict modes of cardiac death in heart failure"

  J. Nucl. Cardiol.

Papers of the Month Jun 2020

• Theory of cell extrusion from epithelia in brain development and cancer metastasis

  Satoru Okuda (Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "A mechanical instability in planar epithelial monolayers leads to cell extrusion"

  Biophys. J.

• Radioisotope therapy of neuroblastoma in children using radiolabeled norepinephrine analog

  Daiki Kayano (University Hospital), Seigo Kinuya (Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.

  "High-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine therapy in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma in Japan"

  Ann. Nucl. Med.

• Structure and mode of action of bacterial toxin revealed by atomic force microscopy

  Takayuki Kuraishi (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), Noriyuki Kodera (Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "Molecular and functional analysis of pore-forming toxin Monalysin from entomopathogenic bacterium pseudomonas entomophila"

  Front. Immunol.

Papers of the Month May 2020

• Probing heavy dark matter decays with multi-messenger astrophysical data

  Koji Ishiwata (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Science and Engineering), Makoto Arimoto (Advanced Research Center for Space Science and Technology), et al.

  "Probing heavy dark matter decays with multi-messenger astrophysical data"

  J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.

• A new algorithm of the distant traffic light recognition for automated driving

  Keisuke Yoneda (Institute for Frontier Science Initiative), Naoki Suganuma (Institute for Frontier Science Initiative), et al.

  "Robust traffic light and arrow detection using digital map with spatial prior information for automated driving"

  Sensors

• Identification of a transporter responsible for the uptake of UDP-glucuronic acid into the endoplasmic reticulum

  Hiroshi Arakawa (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), Miki Nakajima (Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "SLC35B1 significantly contributes to the uptake of UDPGA into the endoplasmic reticulum for glucuronidation catalyzed by UDP-glucuronosyltransferases"

  Biochem. Pharmacol.

Papers of the Month Apr 2020

• Electrochemical imaging of hydrogen evolution reaction by scanning electrochemical cell microscopy

  Yasufumi Takahashi (Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "High-Resolution Electrochemical Mapping of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets"

  Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit.

• Measurement of impact-resistant capacity of ultra-high-strength, porosity-free concrete

  Yusuke Kurihashi (Faculty of Geosciences and civil Engineering,Institute of Science and Engineering), et al.

  "Response characteristics of a steel fiber-reinforced porosity-free concrete beam under an impact load"

  Int. J. Civ. Eng.

• Kinetic analysis of drug metabolism using two-organ microphysiological system

  Yukio Kato (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.

  "Kinetic analysis of sequential metabolism of triazolam and its extrapolation to humans using an entero-hepatic two-organ microphysiological system"

  Lab Chip