著者

Yuichi Ueya Masakazu Umezawa Yuka Kobayashi Kotoe Ichihashi Hisanori Kobayashi Takashi Matsuda Eiji Takamoto Masao Kamimura Kohei Soga

出版者

The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry

雑誌

Analytical Sciences (ISSN:09106340)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.21P283, (Released:2021-10-15)

被引用文献数

5

著者

Mayumi Tsuji Chihaya Koriyama Yasuhiro Ishihara Megumi Yamamoto Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada Kumiko Kanatani Yu Ait Bamai Kazunari Onishi Ayako Senju Shunsuke Araki Eiji Shibata Seiichi Morokuma Masafumi Sanefuji Hiroshi Kitazawa Mayako Saito Masakazu Umezawa Atsuto Onoda Koichi Kusuhara Rie Tanaka Toshihiro Kawamoto the Japan Environment & Children’s Study Group

出版者

Japan Epidemiological Association

雑誌

Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.JE20180098, (Released:2019-01-12)

参考文献数

54

被引用文献数

7

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Background: Metal exposures could possibly affect allergic responses in pregnant women, although no studies have yet shown a clear relationship between the two, and such exposures might also affect the development of allergic diseases in children.Methods: We investigated the relationship between metal concentrations in whole blood and immunoglobulin E (IgE; total and specific) in 14,408 pregnant women who participated in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. The subjects submitted self-administered questionnaires, and blood samples were collected from them twice, specifically, during the first trimester and again during the second/third trimester. Concentrations of the metals Cd, Pb, Hg, Se, and Mn, as well as serum total and allergen-specific IgEs for egg white, house dust-mites (HDM), Japanese cedar pollen (JCP), animal dander, and moth, were measured. Allergen-specific IgE(s) were divided based on concentrations <0.35 or ≥0.35 UA/mL, and the metal levels were divided into quartiles.Results: Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that there was a significant negative correlation between HDM- and animal dander-specific IgEs and Hg and Mn concentrations. Conversely, there was a significant positive relationship between JCP-specific IgE and Hg and Se concentrations.Conclusions: Metal exposures may be related to both increases and decreases in allergen-specific IgEs in pregnant women.

著者

Masakazu Umezawa Hitoshi Tainaka Natsuko Kawashima Midori Shimizu Ken Takeda

出版者

The Japanese Society of Toxicology

雑誌

The Journal of Toxicological Sciences (ISSN:03881350)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.37, no.6, pp.1247-1252, 2012-12-01 (Released:2012-12-01)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

34 40

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The production of man-made nanoparticles is increasing in nanotechnology, and health effect of nanomaterials is of concern. We previously reported that fetal exposure to titanium dioxide (TiO2) affects the brain of offspring during the perinatal period. The aim of this study was to extract candidate brain regions of interest using a specific group of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) from a microarray dataset of the whole brain of mice prenatally exposed to TiO2 nanoparticle. After subcutaneous injection of TiO2 (total 0.4 mg) into pregnant mice on gestational days 6-15, brain tissues were collected from male fetuses on embryonic day 16 and from male pups on postnatal days 2, 7, 14 and 21. Gene expression changes were determined by microarray and analyzed with MeSH indicating brain regions. As a result, a total of twenty-one MeSH were significantly enriched from gene expression data. The results provide data to support the hypothesis that prenatal TiO2 exposure results in alteration to the cerebral cortex, olfactory bulb and some regions intimately related to dopamine systems of offspring mice. The genes associated with the striatum were differentially expressed during the perinatal period, and those associated with the regions related to dopamine neuron system and the prefrontal region were dysregulated in the later infantile period. The anatomical information gave us clues as to the mechanisms that underlie alteration of cerebral gene expression and phenotypes induced by fetal TiO2 exposure.

著者

Shengjie Fang Masakazu Umezawa Kyohei Okubo Kohei Soga

出版者

The Society of Photopolymer Science and Technology(SPST)

雑誌

Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology (ISSN:09149244)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.34, no.1, pp.7-10, 2021-06-11 (Released:2021-11-23)

参考文献数

26

被引用文献数

1

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Near-infrared (NIR) light has been used for in vivo deep imaging in the biomedical field owing to its high permeability in biological tissues. Conventional fluorescence bioimaging requires simultaneous optical excitation, which can induce undesired results such as autofluorescence. In the present study, we report a polymer-based NIR afterglow fluorescent complex by using NIR dye, LDS 821, and SrAl2O4: Eu, Dy powder. To obtain the complex, SrAl2O4: Eu, Dy was first mixed with LDS 821 solution and dried at 65 °C for 12 h. Then, they were further mixed with pentaerythiritol tetraacrylate (PETA) and photopolymerization initiator and then subjected to phopolymerization reaction. Poly-PETA was effective for not only retain both the dye and inorganic powder but also preventing the denaturation of SrAl2O4: Eu, Dy by water. The obtained polymer-based complex emits NIR afterglow fluorescence (wavelength: 760−780 nm) with a long fluorescence lifetime (5.0 min). This material design will provide a choice of obtaining NIR luminescent imaging phosphors for deep tissues without simultaneous light irradiation during image acquisition.

著者

Masakazu UMEZAWA Mae HARUKI Moe YOSHIDA Masao KAMIMURA Kohei SOGA

出版者

The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry

雑誌

Analytical Sciences (ISSN:09106340)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.20SCP09, (Released:2020-12-18)

被引用文献数

15