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Transplant Procurement Management Model Training: Marked Improvement in the Mindset of In-Hospital Procurement Coordinators at Hyogo Prefecture, Japan by Yoshikawa, M, Yoshinaga, K, Imamura, Y, Hayashi, T, Osako, T, Takahashi, K, Kaneko, M, Fujisawa, M, Kamidono, S

“…Abstract Background The organ donation rate in Japan is much lower than that in other developed countries for several reasons. An advanced educational program…”
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Health-related quality of life after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a comparison of ileal conduit and orthotopic bladder replacement by HARA, I, MIYAKE, H, HARA, S, GOTOH, A, NAKAMURA, I, OKADA, H, ARAKAWA, S, KAMIDONO, S

“…To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after radical cystectomy in patients with an ileal conduit or an orthotopic neobladder. The study…”
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Identification of parathyroid hormone-related protein-derived peptides immunogenic in human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen-A24 prostate cancer patients by YAO, A, HARADA, M, MATSUEDA, S, ISHIHARA, Y, SHOMURA, H, NOGUCHI, M, MATSUOKA, K, HARA, I, KAMIDONO, S, ITCH, K

“…Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) is a key factor in the development of bone metastases, which are a major barrier in treating prostate cancer…”
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Significance of human testicular mast cells and their subtypes in male infertility by Yamanaka, K., Fujisawa, M., Tanaka, H., Okada, H., Arakawa, S., Kamidono, S.

“…The mast cell populations in the human testis were examined using immunohistochemical techniques in five fertile volunteers and 12 patients with obstructive…”
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Apoptosis‐related proteins in the testes of infertile men with varicocele by Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Fujisawa, M., Tanaka, Hirokazu, Okada, H., Kamidono, S.

“…Objectives To assess immunohistochemically the expression of apoptosis‐related proteins in the testes of infertile men, to determine which of these proteins…”
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Overexpression of Bcl-2 enhances metastatic potential of human bladder cancer cells by MIYAKE, H, HARA, I, YAMANAKA, K, GOHJI, K, ARAKAWA, S, KAMIDONO, S

“…We investigated the effect of Bcl-2 expression on the metastatic process of bladder cancer cells by using the Bcl-2-transfected human bladder cancer cell lines…”
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Expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the Sertoli cells of men with infertility of various causes by Fujisawa, M., Yamanaka, K., Tanaka, H., Tanaka, H., Okada, H., Arakawa, S., Kamidono, S.

“…Objective To investigate how endothelial nitric oxide (eNOS) expression in the seminiferous tubules might be related to spermatogenesis, by examining eNOS…”
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Detection of Significant Bacteriuria by Automated Urinalysis Using Flow Cytometry by OKADA, H, SAKAI, Y, MIYAZAKI, S, ARAKAWA, S, HAMAGUCHI, Y, KAMIDONO, S

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The growth inhibitory effect of p21 adenovirus on androgen‐dependent and ‐independent human prostate cancer cells by Gotoh, A., Shirakawa, T., Wada, Y., Fujisawa, M., Okada, H., Kamidono, S., Hamada, K.

“…OBJECTIVE To assess the potential of p21 as a gene therapy treatment for prostate cancer, by introducing p21 into both androgen‐dependent (AD) and ‐independent…”
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Rapid detection and differentiation of Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria in urine using TaqMan probe by Shigemura, K, Shirakawa, T, Okada, H, Tanaka, K, Kamidono, S, Arakawa, S, Gotoh, A

“…Urinary tract infection has been shown to be quite complicated and often difficult to diagnose and treat. For appropriate diagnosis, it is very important to…”
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A clinicopathological study of bladder cancer associated with upper urinary tract cancer by Miyake, H., Hara, I., Arakawa, S., Kamidono, S.

“…ObjectivesTo analyse the clinicopathological features of bladder cancer associated with upper urinary tract cancer (UUTC). Patients and methods Among 106…”
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A comparative study of terazosin and tamsulosin for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia in Japanese patients by Okada, H., Kamidono, S., Yoshioka, T., Okuyama, A., Ozono, S., Hirao, Y., Okajima, E., Yamamoto, K., Kishimoto, T., Park, Y., Kurita, T.

“…Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of an incremental‐dose regimen of terazosin (1–2 mg daily) and a fixed‐dose regimen of tamsulosin (0.2 mg daily),…”
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Susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to fluoroquinolones and other antimicrobial agents in Hyogo and Osaka, Japan by Shigemura, K, Okada, H, Shirakawa, T, Tanaka, K, Arakawa, S, Kinoshita, S, Gotoh, A, Kamidono, S

“…Objectives: Decreasing susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to fluoroquinolones has been reported in several countries. Knowledge of local N gonorrhoeae…”
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Increased urinary 8‐hydroxy‐2′‐deoxyguanosine excretion after ileal neobladder replacement by Miyake, H., Eto, H., Takechi, Y., Kamidono, S., Hara, I.

“…OBJECTIVES To examine whether orthotopic neobladder replacement using either ileum or colon segments results in increased oxidative stress, by measuring…”
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Sodium butyrate induces apoptosis in human renal cell carcinoma cells and synergistically enhances their sensitivity to anti-Fas-mediated cytotoxicity by Hara, I, Miyake, H, Hara, S, Arakawa, S, Kamidono, S

“…Sodium butyrate (NaBt), one of the short chain fatty acids naturally formed in the gastrointestinal tract, induces differentiation as well as apoptosis in…”
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The significance of lymphadenectomy in transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract by MIYAKE, H, HARA, I, GOHJI, K, ARAKAWA, S, KAMIDONO, S

“…Objective  To determine the efficacy of lymphadenectomy after nephroureterectomy in patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the upper urinary tract…”
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Telomerase activity in the testis of infertile patients with selected causes by Fujisawa, M, Tanaka, H, Tatsumi, N, Okada, H, Arakawa, S, Kamidono, S

“…In human testes, stem cells such as spermatogonia need to produce progeny cells continually. Telomere length is maintained throughout spermatogenesis, i.e…”
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EVALUATION OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS TREATED FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION WITH VIAGRA (SILDENAFIL CITRATE) USING SF-36 SCORE by Fujisawa, M., Sawada, K., Okada, H., Arakawa, S., Saito, S., Kamidono, S.

“…The effect of sildenafil on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was evaluated. Forty men (61 &#45 8 years old, mean &#45 SD) with erectile dysfunction (ED)…”
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ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED p53 GENE TRANSFER TO RAT TESTIS IMPAIRS SPERMATOGENESIS by FUJISAWA, M, SHIRAKAWA, T, FUJIOKA, H, GOTOH, A, OKADA, H, ARAKAWA, S, KAMIDONO, S

“…The tumor suppressor protein p53 participates in normal cell differentiation as well as induction of programmed cell death. The authors investigated the effect…”
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Decrease in apoptosis of germ cells in the testes of infertile men with varicocele by FUJISAWA, M, HIRAMINE, C, TANAKA, H, OKADA, H, ARAKAWA, S, KAMIDONO, S

“…To determine whether the regulation of apoptosis in the testes of patients with varicocele testes was abnormal, affecting germ-cell differentiation and sperm…”
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