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A novel missense mutation (Leu46Val) of PAX6 found in an autistic patient.

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Maekawa M, Iwayama Y, Nakamura K, Sato M, Toyota T, Ohnishi T, Yamada K, Miyachi T, Tsujii M, Hattori E, Maekawa N, Osumi N, Mori N, and Yoshikawa T

Neuroscience letters 462(3):267-71, 2009 Oct 25 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 19607881 | Fulltext

Association studies and gene expression analyses of the DISC1-interacting molecules, pericentrin 2 (PCNT2) and DISC1-binding zinc finger protein (DBZ), with schizophrenia and with bipolar disorder.

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Anitha A, Nakamura K, Yamada K, Iwayama Y, Toyota T, Takei N, Iwata Y, Suzuki K, Sekine Y, Matsuzaki H, Kawai M, Thanseem I, Miyoshi K, Katayama T, Matsuzaki S, Baba K,

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American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 150B(7):967-76, 2009 Oct 5 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 19191256 | Fulltext

Population analysis of structural properties of giant liposomes by flow cytometry.

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Nishimura K, Hosoi T, Sunami T, Toyota T, Fujinami M, Oguma K, Matsuura T, Suzuki H, and Yomo T

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 25(18):10439-43, 2009 Sep 15 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 19670878 | Fulltext

Directional migration of neuronal PC12 cells in a ratchet wheel shaped microchamber.

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Ohnuma K, Toyota T, Ariizumi T, Sugawara T, and Asashima M

Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 108(1):76-83, 2009 Jul - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 19577197 | Fulltext

Variable number of tandem repeat polymorphisms of DRD4: re-evaluation of selection hypothesis and analysis of association with schizophrenia.

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Hattori E, Nakajima M, Yamada K, Iwayama Y, Toyota T, Saitou N, and Yoshikawa T

European journal of human genetics : EJHG 17(6):793-801, 2009 Jun - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 19092778 | Fulltext

Self-propelled oil droplets consuming "fuel" surfactant.

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Toyota T, Maru N, Hanczyc MM, Ikegami T, and Sugawara T

Journal of the American Chemical Society 131(14):5012-3, 2009 Apr 15 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 19351200 | Fulltext

Genetic analyses of roundabout (ROBO) axon guidance receptors in autism.

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Anitha A, Nakamura K, Yamada K, Suda S, Thanseem I, Tsujii M, Iwayama Y, Hattori E, Toyota T, Miyachi T, Iwata Y, Suzuki K, Matsuzaki H, Kawai M, Sekine Y, Tsuchiya K,

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American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 147B(7):1019-27, 2008 Oct 5 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18270976 | Fulltext

Aberrant endoplasmic reticulum stress response in lymphoblastoid cells from patients with bipolar disorder.

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Hayashi A, Kasahara T, Kametani M, Toyota T, Yoshikawa T, and Kato T

The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology / official scientific journal of the Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (CINP):1, 2008 Sep 4 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18771604 | Fulltext

Failure to confirm genetic association of the CHI3L1 gene with schizophrenia in Japanese and Chinese populations.

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Yamada K, Hattori E, Iwayama Y, Toyota T, Ohnishi T, Iwata Y, Tsuchiya KJ, Sugihara G, Kikuchi M, Okazaki Y, and Yoshikawa T

American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, 2008 Sep 2 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18767121 | Fulltext

Genetic and expression analyses reveal elevated expression of syntaxin 1A ( STX1A) in high functioning autism.

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Nakamura K, Anitha A, Yamada K, Tsujii M, Iwayama Y, Hattori E, Toyota T, Suda S, Takei N, Iwata Y, Suzuki K, Matsuzaki H, Kawai M, Sekine Y, Tsuchiya KJ, Sugihara GI,

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The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology / official scientific journal of the Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (CINP):1, 2008 Jul 2 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18593506 | Fulltext

Gene and expression analyses reveal enhanced expression of pericentrin 2 (PCNT2) in bipolar disorder.

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Anitha A, Nakamura K, Yamada K, Iwayama Y, Toyota T, Takei N, Iwata Y, Suzuki K, Sekine Y, Matsuzaki H, Kawai M, Miyoshi K, Katayama T, Matsuzaki S, Baba K, Honda A,

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Biological psychiatry 63(7):678-85, 2008 Apr 1 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17884020 | Fulltext

Population study of sizes and components of self-reproducing giant multilamellar vesicles.

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Toyota T, Takakura K, Kageyama Y, Kurihara K, Maru N, Ohnuma K, Kaneko K, and Sugawara T

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 24(7):3037-44, 2008 Apr 1 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18278955 | Fulltext

Low serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and epidermal growth factor in patients with chronic schizophrenia.

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Ikeda Y, Yahata N, Ito I, Nagano M, Toyota T, Yoshikawa T, Okubo Y, and Suzuki H

Schizophrenia research 101(1-3):58-66, 2008 Apr - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18289832 | Fulltext

Genetic examination of the PLXNA2 gene in Japanese and Chinese people with schizophrenia.

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Takeshita M, Yamada K, Hattori E, Iwayama Y, Toyota T, Iwata Y, Tsuchiya KJ, Sugihara G, Hashimoto K, Watanabe H, Iyo M, Kikuchi M, Okazaki Y, and Yoshikawa T

Schizophrenia research 99(1-3):359, 2008 Feb - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18065206 | Fulltext

Association study between the Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule (DSCAM) gene and bipolar disorder.

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Amano K, Yamada K, Iwayama Y, Detera-Wadleigh SD, Hattori E, Toyota T, Tokunaga K, Yoshikawa T, and Yamakawa K

Psychiatric genetics 18(1):1-10, 2008 Feb - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18197079 | Fulltext

Lack of association between polymorphisms in the 5' upstream region of the DISC1 gene and mood disorders.

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Arai M, Obata N, Kockelkorn TT, Yamada K, Toyota T, Haga S, Yoshida Y, Ujike H, Sora I, Ikeda K, Yoshikawa T, and Itokawa M

Psychiatric genetics 17(6):357, 2007 Dec - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18075479 | Fulltext

Fabp7 maps to a quantitative trait locus for a schizophrenia endophenotype.

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Watanabe A, Toyota T, Owada Y, Hayashi T, Iwayama Y, Matsumata M, Ishitsuka Y, Nakaya A, Maekawa M, Ohnishi T, Arai R, Sakurai K, Yamada K, Kondo H, Hashimoto K, Osumi N,

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PLoS biology 5(11):e297, 2007 Nov 13 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18001149 | Fulltext

SNP analyses of growth factor genes EGF, TGFbeta-1, and HGF reveal haplotypic association of EGF with autism.

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Toyoda T, Nakamura K, Yamada K, Thanseem I, Anitha A, Suda S, Tsujii M, Iwayama Y, Hattori E, Toyota T, Miyachi T, Iwata Y, Suzuki K, Matsuzaki H, Kawai M, Sekine Y,

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Biochemical and biophysical research communications 360(4):715-20, 2007 Sep 7 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17626784 | Fulltext

A long-term effect of epalrestat on motor conduction velocity of diabetic patients: ARI-Diabetes Complications Trial (ADCT).

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Matsuoka K, Sakamoto N, Akanuma Y, Hotta N, Shichiri M, Toyota T, Oka Y, Kawamori R, Shigeta Y, and ADCT Study Group

Diabetes research and clinical practice 77 Suppl 1:S263-8, 2007 Sep - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17599629 | Fulltext

A promoter haplotype of the inositol monophosphatase 2 gene (IMPA2) at 18p11.2 confers a possible risk for bipolar disorder by enhancing transcription.

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Ohnishi T, Yamada K, Ohba H, Iwayama Y, Toyota T, Hattori E, Inada T, Kunugi H, Tatsumi M, Ozaki N, Iwata N, Sakamoto K, Iijima Y, Iwata Y, Tsuchiya KJ, Sugihara G,

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Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 32(8):1727-37, 2007 Aug - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17251911 | Fulltext

Fatty acid chemistry at the oil-water interface: self-propelled oil droplets.

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Hanczyc MM, Toyota T, Ikegami T, Packard N, and Sugawara T

Journal of the American Chemical Society 129(30):9386-91, 2007 Aug 1 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17616129 | Fulltext

Peptides coupled to the surface of a kind of liposome protect infection of influenza viruses.

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Nagata T, Toyota T, Ishigaki H, Ichihashi T, Kajino K, Kashima Y, Itoh Y, Mori M, Oda H, Yamamura H, Taneichi M, Uchida T, and Ogasawara K

Vaccine 25(26):4914-21, 2007 Jun 21 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17531358 | Fulltext

Abnormalities of spinal magnetic resonance images implicate clinical variability in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy.

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Umehara F, Nose H, Saito M, Fukuda M, Ogino M, Toyota T, Yuhi T, Arimura K, and Osame M

Journal of neurovirology 13(3):260-7, 2007 Jun - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17613716 | Fulltext

Genetic analyses of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene in autism.

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Nishimura K, Nakamura K, Anitha A, Yamada K, Tsujii M, Iwayama Y, Hattori E, Toyota T, Takei N, Miyachi T, Iwata Y, Suzuki K, Matsuzaki H, Kawai M, Sekine Y, Tsuchiya K,

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Biochemical and biophysical research communications 356(1):200-6, 2007 Apr 27 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17349978 | Fulltext

Genetic analysis of the calcineurin pathway identifies members of the EGR gene family, specifically EGR3, as potential susceptibility candidates in schizophrenia.

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Yamada K, Gerber DJ, Iwayama Y, Ohnishi T, Ohba H, Toyota T, Aruga J, Minabe Y, Tonegawa S, and Yoshikawa T

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(8):2815-20, 2007 Feb 20 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17360599 | Fulltext

Transnitrosation of thiols from aliphatic N-nitrosamines: S-nitrosation and indirect generation of nitric oxide.

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Yanagimoto T, Toyota T, Matsuki N, Makino Y, Uchiyama S, and Ohwada T

Journal of the American Chemical Society 129(4):736-7, 2007 Jan 31 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17243790 | Fulltext

Association and synergistic interaction between promoter variants of the DRD4 gene in Japanese schizophrenics.

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Nakajima M, Hattori E, Yamada K, Iwayama Y, Toyota T, Iwata Y, Tsuchiya KJ, Sugihara G, Hashimoto K, Watanabe H, Iyo M, Hoshika A, and Yoshikawa T

Journal of human genetics 52(1):86-91, 2007 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17089069 | Fulltext

A novel scale including strabismus and 'cuspidal ear' for distinguishing schizophrenia patients from controls using minor physical anomalies.

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Yoshitsugu K, Yamada K, Toyota T, Aoki-Suzuki M, Minabe Y, Nakamura K, Sekine Y, Suzuki K, Takei N, Itokawa M, Mori N, and Yoshikawa T

Psychiatry research 145(2-3):249-58, 2006 Dec 7 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17070930 | Fulltext

Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds via nucleophilic aroylation catalyzed by imidazolidenyl carbene.

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Suzuki Y, Toyota T, Miyashita A, and Sato M

Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin 54(12):1653-8, 2006 Dec - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17139100 | Fulltext

Failure to support a genetic contribution of AKT1 polymorphisms and altered AKT signaling in schizophrenia.

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Ide M, Ohnishi T, Murayama M, Matsumoto I, Yamada K, Iwayama Y, Dedova I, Toyota T, Asada T, Takashima A, and Yoshikawa T

Journal of neurochemistry 99(1):277, 2006 Oct - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16987250 | Fulltext

Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with pravastatin in Japan (MEGA Study): a prospective randomised controlled trial.

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Nakamura H, Arakawa K, Itakura H, Kitabatake A, Goto Y, Toyota T, Nakaya N, Nishimoto S, Muranaka M, Yamamoto A, Mizuno K, Ohashi Y, and MEGA Study Group

Lancet 368(9542):1155-63, 2006 Sep 30 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17011942 | Fulltext

Hierarchical dynamics in the morphological evolution from micelles to giant vesicles induced by hydrolysis of an amphiphile.

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Toyota T, Takakura K, Kose J, and Sugawara T

Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry 7(7):1425-7, 2006 Jul 17 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16755643 | Fulltext

Distinguishable haplotype blocks in the HTR3A and HTR3B region in the Japanese reveal evidence of association of HTR3B with female major depression.

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Yamada K, Hattori E, Iwayama Y, Ohnishi T, Ohba H, Toyota T, Takao H, Minabe Y, Nakatani N, Higuchi T, Detera-Wadleigh SD, and Yoshikawa T

Biological psychiatry 60(2):192-201, 2006 Jul 15 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16487942 | Fulltext

Long-term clinical effects of epalrestat, an aldose reductase inhibitor, on diabetic peripheral neuropathy: the 3-year, multicenter, comparative Aldose Reductase Inhibitor-Diabetes Complications Trial.

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Hotta N, Akanuma Y, Kawamori R, Matsuoka K, Oka Y, Shichiri M, Toyota T, Nakashima M, Yoshimura I, Sakamoto N, and Shigeta Y

Diabetes care 29(7):1538, 2006 Jul - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16801576 | Fulltext

Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is an independent risk factor for microalbuminuria in patients with essential hypertension--a Japanese trial on the prognostic implication of pulse wave velocity (J-TOPP).

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Munakata M, Nunokawa T, Yoshinaga K, Toyota T, and J-TOPP Study Group

Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 29(7):515-21, 2006 Jul - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 17044664 | Fulltext

Genetic and expression analyses of the STOP (MAP6) gene in schizophrenia.

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Shimizu H, Iwayama Y, Yamada K, Toyota T, Minabe Y, Nakamura K, Nakajima M, Hattori E, Mori N, Osumi N, and Yoshikawa T

Schizophrenia research 84(2-3):244-52, 2006 Jun - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16624526 | Fulltext

Higher plasma homocysteine concentration is associated with more advanced systemic arterial stiffness and greater blood pressure response to stress in hypertensive patients.

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Tayama J, Munakata M, Yoshinaga K, and Toyota T

Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 29(6):403-9, 2006 Jun - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16940702 | Fulltext

Evidence that variation in the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) gene influences susceptibility to panic disorder.

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Nakamura K, Yamada K, Iwayama Y, Toyota T, Furukawa A, Takimoto T, Terayama H, Iwahashi K, Takei N, Minabe Y, Sekine Y, Suzuki K, Iwata Y, Pillai A, Nakamoto Y, Ikeda K,

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American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 141(3):222-6, 2006 Apr 5 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16511838 | Fulltext

Association between polymorphisms in the promoter region of the sialyltransferase 8B (SIAT8B) gene and schizophrenia.

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Arai M, Yamada K, Toyota T, Obata N, Haga S, Yoshida Y, Nakamura K, Minabe Y, Ujike H, Sora I, Ikeda K, Mori N, Yoshikawa T, and Itokawa M

Biological psychiatry 59(7):652-9, 2006 Apr 1 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16229822 | Fulltext

Fluorescence microscopic investigation on morphological changes of giant multilamellar vesicles induced by amphiphilic additives.

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Toyota T, Tsuha H, Yamada K, Takakura K, Yasuda K, and Sugawara T

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 22(5):1976-81, 2006 Feb 28 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16489778 | Fulltext

Analysis of correlation between serum D-serine levels and functional promoter polymorphisms of GRIN2A and GRIN2B genes.

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Iwayama Y, Hashimoto K, Nakajima M, Toyota T, Yamada K, Shimizu E, Itokawa M, Hoshika A, Iyo M, and Yoshikawa T

Neuroscience letters 394(2):101-4, 2006 Feb 13 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16266783 | Fulltext

Genomewide high-density SNP linkage analysis of 236 Japanese families supports the existence of schizophrenia susceptibility loci on chromosomes 1p, 14q, and 20p.

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Arinami T, Ohtsuki T, Ishiguro H, Ujike H, Tanaka Y, Morita Y, Mineta M, Takeichi M, Yamada S, Imamura A, Ohara K, Shibuya H, Ohara K, Suzuki Y, Muratake T, Kaneko N,

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American journal of human genetics 77(6):937-44, 2005 Dec - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16380906 | Fulltext

Genetic association analyses of PHOX2B and ASCL1 in neuropsychiatric disorders: evidence for association of ASCL1 with Parkinson's disease.

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Ide M, Yamada K, Toyota T, Iwayama Y, Ishitsuka Y, Minabe Y, Nakamura K, Hattori N, Asada T, Mizuno Y, Mori N, and Yoshikawa T

Human genetics 117(6):520-7, 2005 Oct - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16021468 | Fulltext

Association of an orexin 1 receptor 408Val variant with polydipsia-hyponatremia in schizophrenic subjects.

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Meerabux J, Iwayama Y, Sakurai T, Ohba H, Toyota T, Yamada K, Nagata R, Irukayama-Tomobe Y, Shimizu H, Yoshitsugu K, Ohta K, and Yoshikawa T

Biological psychiatry 58(5):401-7, 2005 Sep 1 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 15978554 | Fulltext

Identification of multiple serine racemase (SRR) mRNA isoforms and genetic analyses of SRR and DAO in schizophrenia and D-serine levels.

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Yamada K, Ohnishi T, Hashimoto K, Ohba H, Iwayama-Shigeno Y, Toyoshima M, Okuno A, Takao H, Toyota T, Minabe Y, Nakamura K, Shimizu E, Itokawa M, Mori N, Iyo M, and Yoshikawa T

Biological psychiatry 57(12):1493-503, 2005 Jun 15 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 15953485 | Fulltext

Extended analyses support the association of a functional (GT)n polymorphism in the GRIN2A promoter with Japanese schizophrenia.

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Iwayama-Shigeno Y, Yamada K, Itokawa M, Toyota T, Meerabux JM, Minabe Y, Mori N, Inada T, and Yoshikawa T

Neuroscience letters 378(2):102-5, 2005 Apr 18 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 15774266 | Fulltext

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor- and interleukin 6-producing diffuse deciduoid peritoneal mesothelioma.

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Kimura N, Ogasawara T, Asonuma S, Hama H, Sawai T, and Toyota T

Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 18(3):446, 2005 Mar - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 15309018 | Fulltext

A family-based association study and gene expression analyses of netrin-G1 and -G2 genes in schizophrenia.

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Aoki-Suzuki M, Yamada K, Meerabux J, Iwayama-Shigeno Y, Ohba H, Iwamoto K, Takao H, Toyota T, Suto Y, Nakatani N, Dean B, Nishimura S, Seki K, Kato T, Itohara S, Nishikawa T,

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Biological psychiatry 57(4):382-93, 2005 Feb 15 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 15705354 | Fulltext

Higher brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is associated with more advanced carotid atherosclerosis in end-stage renal disease.

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Munakata M, Sakuraba J, Tayama J, Furuta T, Yusa A, Nunokawa T, Yoshinaga K, and Toyota T

Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 28(1):9-14, 2005 Jan - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 15969249 | Fulltext

Fructose ingestion enhances atherosclerosis and deposition of advanced glycated end-products in cholesterol-fed rabbits.

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Tokita Y, Hirayama Y, Sekikawa A, Kotake H, Toyota T, Miyazawa T, Sawai T, and Oikawa S

Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis 12(5):260-7, 2005 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 16205022 | Fulltext

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