The Kitasato Medical Journal
 
Vol. 41 No. 1   Mar. 2011    Kitasato Medical Society
 
ISSN (Print):1349-8568?? ISSN (Online):2187-9699
 
CONTENTS
 
Original Contributions
 
The subtype classifications and characteristics of chronic depression
Masaki Hisamura, Shoko Yamaguchi, Syuuji Maruta, Yoshitaka Yoshimura, Katsutoshi Tanaka, Hitoshi Miyaoka 1
 
Association of visceral adiposity with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study among Japanese men and women
Takako Ishihara, Mayumi Watanabe, Katsutoshi Tanaka, Ken Nakamura 10
 
Roles of an inducible prostaglandin E synthase, mPGES-1 in host in enhancement of tumor-associated angiogenesis
Hiroki Kamata, Kanako Hosono, Tatsunori Suzuki, Yasufumi Ogawa, Hidefumi Kubo, Hiroshi Katoh, Yoshiya Ito, Satoshi Uematsu, Shizuo Akira, Masahiko Watanabe, Masataka Majima 19
 
Nephrin signal peptide sequence cDNA in expression vector determines antibody characteristics reacting on native or glycosylation-disturbed nephrin protein in genetic immunization
Shokichi Naito, Togo Aoyama, Kouju Kamata 31
 
Constitutive STAT5A activation enables erythropoiesis from human embryonic stem cell-derived primitive hematopoietic cells in the absence of erythropoietin
Takafumi Shimizu, Shinya Sano, Naoya Takayama, Shin Kaneko, Koji Eto, Yasuo Takeuchi, Hiromitsu Nakauchi 42
 
Allogenic mixed chimerism prevented autoimmune thrombocytopenia in BXSB lupus mice receiving donor BMT with nonlymphoablative conditioning of low-dose TBI and anti-CD40L mAb
Emiko Takeuchi 50
 
Human body fat transplant to nude mice
Akio Nanjo, Akira Takeda, Eiju Uchinuma 57
 
Basic studies of vascular images as seen with indocyanine green-guided infrared ray electronic endoscopy as compared with microangiography
Satoshi Tanabe, Wasaburo Koizumi, Kenji Ishido, Chikatoshi Katada, Kumiko Tahara, Takako Ae, Akira Naruke, Aya Sato 63
 
Passive Heymann nephritis induced by genetic immunization using megalin cDNA fragments
Hiromi Tazaki, Kouju Kamata, Shokichi Naito, Tomoko Okamoto, Kei Kobayashi, Nozomu Yamanaka, Togo Aoyama 69
 
Inactivity but not ovariectomy determines the mechanical property and quality of cortical bone in the hind limbs of aged female rats.
Mitsutoshi Suto, Kouji Naruse, Kentaroo Uchida, Takeaki Yamamoto, Kaori Suto, Ken Urabe, Yuko Mikuni-Takagaki, Moritoshi Itoman 76
 
Case Report
Reconstruction for a mucocele of an old frontal sinus fracture
Yuta Niimi, Mitsuru Nemoto, Yasuyuki Oyatsu, Takeshi Nakamura, Eiju Uchinuma 84
 
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound to repair insufficiency fractures occurring adjacent to osteonecrosis caused by long-term steroid administration
Kaori Suto, Ken Urabe, Kouji Naruse, Masaki Ueno, Kentaroo Uchida, Mitsutoshi Suto, Takeaki Yamamoto, Moritoshi Itoman 90
 
Clinical and histopathological presentation of pustular psoriasis in an HLA-B27-positive Caucasian with reactive arthritis
Toshiaki Nakano, Hikaru Eto 97
 
Kitasato Medical Society Invitational Academic Lecture Series Abstracts
103
Information for Authors
105