The Kitasato Medical Journal
 
Vol. 44 No. 2   Sep. 2014    Kitasato Medical Society
 
ISSN(Print):1349-8568  ISSN(Online):2187-9699
 
CONTENTS
 
Original Contributions
 
Effects of TNF inhibitors on human monocytes
Toshihiro Tono, Satoko Aihara, Takayuki Hoshiyama, Yoshiyuki Arinuma, Tatsuo Nagai, Shunsei Hirohata 117
 
Comparison of depth-specific gene expression levels in primary tumors in advanced gastric cancer
Akira Naruke, Mizutomo Azuma, Atsuko Takeuchi, Makoto Saegusa, Wasaburo Koizumi 125
 
Comparative Kitasato-type optical coherence tomography study of differences in scleral shapes between the superonasal and superotemporal quadrants
Masayuki Kasahara, Nobuyuki Shoji, Tetsuya Morita, Kimiya Shimizu 134
 
Hepatoblastoma-derived cells (HepG2) used to restore polarized hepatocyte morphology by culturing them in 3D collagen gels
Satoshi Hosoya, Masahiko Watanabe, Masaki Ueno, Eijiro Adachi 139
 
Functional arterial stiffness assessed by changes in pulse wave velocity after exercise reflects the severity of atherosclerosis in hypertensive patients with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus
Misao N. Ogura, Daisuke Kamekawa, Kentaro Kamiya, Ryosuke Shimizu, Ayako Akiyama, Yumi Kamada, Shinya Tanaka, Takashi Masuda 148
 
Persistent activation of calpain is correlated with hippocampal neuronal death in pilocarpine-treated C57BL/6N mice
Makoto Itakura, Taro Ohkido, Masami Takahashi 158
 
Interaction between the SNARE complex and transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory protein γ-8 in rat hippocampus
Makoto Itakura, Tsukiko Sugaya, Masami Takahashi 167
 
Ethanol injection therapy for oral haemangiomas
Atsushi Ochiai, Meijin Nakayama, Makito Okamoto 174
 
Comparison of mesh plug and prosthesis requiring dissection of preperitoneal space for inguinal hernia repair
Eiichiro Watanabe, Takumi Miyamoto, Atsuo Tokuka, Yoshimasa Kosaka, Noriko Takeda 178
 
Diethyldithiocarbamate, a superoxide dismutase inhibitor, inhibits axonal transport in cultured mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons
Risa Isonaka 183
 
EEG abnormalities among "normal" applicants for phase I clinical trials of an agent that could possibly act on the central nervous system
Masanori Saito, Hirokuni Tagaya, Akihiko Ohshima, Yuji Kumagai, Hitoshi Miyaoka 189
 
Utility of colored-light pupil response in patients with age-related macular degeneration
Ken Asakawa, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Ichibe, Kimiya Shimizu 195
 
Kitasato Medical Society Invitational Academic Lecture Series Abstracts 201
 
Information for Authors 206