The Kitasato Medical Journal
 
Vol. 46 No. 1   Mar. 2016    Kitasato Medical Society
 
ISSN(Print):1349-8568  ISSN(Online):2187-9699
 
CONTENTS
 
Review Article
 
Regulation of epithelial Na channels by aldosterone
Lawrence G. Palmer, Gustavo Frindt 1
 
Original Contributions
 
Influence of hearing inspection using headphones and a bone conduction vibrator on a programmable valve shunt system
Susumu Obata, Yoshikatsu Ujihashi, Shinichi Munekata, Naohito Ishii, Yuhsaku Kanoh 8
 
Vascular endothelial growth factor regulates growth of endometrial tissues and angiogenesis in a mouse transplantation model
Kazuki Sekiguchi, Kanako Hosono, Akiko Numao, Masako Honda, Hiromi Matsuda, Hideki Amano, Hirohito Kawauchi, Masabumi Shibuya, Nobuya Unno, Masataka Majima 15
 
Clinical characteristics and endoscopic morphologic features of lower gastrointestinal toxicity induced by S-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine-based anticancer drug
Ken Nishimura, Norisuke Nakayama, Satoshi Tanabe, Chikatoshi Katada, Mizutomo Azuma,1 Kenji Ishido, Wasaburo Koizumi 24
 
Analysis of possible suppression mechanisms for HIV-1 replication in CD4+ T cells co-cultured with alloantigen-stimulated CD8+ T cells
Ryuichi Nagashima, Fumiya Obata, Makoto Kubo 32
 
Liver damage in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis
Tatsuhiko Wada, Gakurou Abe, Takeo Kudou, Eisuke Ogawa, Tatsuo Nagai, Sumiaki Tanaka, Shunsei Hirohata 40
 
Investigation of factors affecting postoperative recurrence of basal cell carcinomas
Yoshika Sugimoto, Akira Takeda, Minekatsu Akimoto, Takayuki Sugimoto, Sabine Kajita, Eiju Uchinuma 47
 
Social skills training improves clinical residents'communication skills
Motoki Yutani, Megumi Takahashi, Takeya Takizawa, Hitoshi Miyaoka 53
 
Effects of certolizumab pegol on human monocytes
Takayuki Hoshiyama, Yu Matsueda, Toshihiro Tono, Yoshiyuki Arinuma, Tatsuo Nagai, Shunsei Hirohata 60
 
Neuroprotective effect of nitrite-derived NO in brain injury mediated through the NOS-independent but not the GC/COX/xanthine oxidase/PGIS-dependent pathways
Hisae Ando, Yoshihiro Nara, Yasuharu Kosaka, Masayasu Arai, Hirotsugu Okamoto 67
 
Protective effects of pressurized xenon gas against cold damage in a cell monolayer
Kanako Seino, Kota Sato, Shoko Kawaguchi, Sayaka Kiyokawa, Kentaro Uchida, Masanobu Ujihira 73
 
Case Reports
 
Remarkably improved intractable otitis media by treatment in accordance with clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute otitis media in children: a case report
Atsushi Ochiai, Tatsutoshi Suzuki 81
 
Endoscopic sinus surgery under the navigation system for a frontal sinus cyst: a case report
Atsushi Ochiai, Tatsutoshi Suzuki 86
 
Kitasato Medical Society Invitational Academic Lecture Series Abstracts 91
 
Information for Authors 96