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Masahiro Morita

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (principal investigator), Department of Molecular Medicine …
Verified email at uthscsa.edu
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mTOR coordinates protein synthesis, mitochondrial activity and proliferation

M Morita, SP Gravel, L Hulea, O Larsson, M Pollak… - Cell cycle, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Protein synthesis is one of the most energy consuming processes in the cell. The
mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase that integrates a …

Risk factors for adjacent segment degeneration after PLIF

S Okuda, M Iwasaki, A Miyauchi, H Aono, M Morita… - Spine, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective study of 87 patients who underwent posterior lumbar interbody
fusion (PLIF) at L4–L5 for L4 degenerative spondylolisthesis. Objective. To clarify: 1) the …

Association between oral malodor and adult periodontitis: a review

M Morita, HL Wang - Journal of clinical periodontology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Bad breath has a significant impact on our daily social life to those who suffer
from it. The majority of bad breath originates within the oral cavity. However, it is also possible …

[HTML][HTML] The lipid mediator protectin D1 inhibits influenza virus replication and improves severe influenza

M Morita, K Kuba, A Ichikawa, M Nakayama, J Katahira… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Influenza A viruses are a major cause of mortality. Given the potential for future lethal pandemics,
effective drugs are needed for the treatment of severe influenza such as that caused by …

Evidence for a Narrow Baryon Resonance in Photoproduction from the Neutron

…, M Morita, N Muramatsu, M Niiyama, M Nomachi… - Physical review …, 2003 - APS
The γ n→ K+ K− n reaction on C 12 has been studied by measuring both K+ and K− at
forward angles. A sharp baryon resonance peak was observed at 1.54±0.01 G e V/c 2 with a …

Growth of native oxide on a silicon surface

M Morita, T Ohmi, E Hasegawa, M Kawakami… - Journal of Applied …, 1990 - pubs.aip.org
The control factors controlling the growth of native silicon oxide on silicon (Si) surfaces have
been identified. The coexistence of oxygen and water or moisture is required for growth of …

A new process with the promise of high Jc in oxide superconductors

M Murakami, M Morita, K Doi… - Japanese Journal of …, 1989 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a new process which promises high critical current density in oxide superconductors.
The process consists of three stages. Firstly a YBa 2 Cu 3 O x sample is rapidly heated …

Loss of teratogenic response to 2,3,7,8‐tetrachlorodibenzo‐p‐dioxin (TCDD) in mice lacking the Ah (dioxin) receptor

…, M Morita, TN Takagi, K Nakao, M Ema… - Genes to …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR or dioxin receptor) is a ligand‐activated
transcription factor that is considered to mediate pleiotropic biological responses such as …

SMYD3 encodes a histone methyltransferase involved in the proliferation of cancer cells

…, Y Furukawa, M Morita, Y Iimura, FP Silva, M Li… - Nature cell …, 2004 - nature.com
… in oncogenesis, we searched for interacting proteins by yeast two-hybrid analysis and
identified an RNA helicase (HELZ) and a heat shock protein with a relative molecular mass (M r ) …

Phosphorylated TDP‐43 in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

…, TG Beach, E Buratti, F Baralle, M Morita… - Annals of Neurology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… All peptides were conjugated at the amino or carboxyl terminal by a cysteine linkage to
synthetic thyroglobulin using m-maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide ester as a coupling …