Search Results - "Sawada, Tokihiko"
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Impact of an inflammation-based prognostic system on patients undergoing surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective study of 398 Japanese patients
Published in The American journal of surgery (2012)“…Abstract Background Few studies have investigated the Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods This study…”
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Expression of hepcidin mRNA is uniformly suppressed in hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in BMC cancer (09-06-2008)“…The present study evaluated the expression of hepcidin mRNA in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Samples of cancerous and non-cancerous liver tissue were taken…”
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Successful A1-to-O ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation after A preconditioning regimen consisting of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody infusions, splenectomy, and double-filtration plasmapheresis
Published in Transplantation (15-11-2002)“…ABO-incompatible kidney transplantations require the anti-ABO antibody titer to be reduced to below 1:16 before transplantation. To achieve this, preoperative…”
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Usefulness of a modified inflammation-based prognostic system for predicting postoperative mortality of patients undergoing surgery for primary hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in Journal of surgical oncology (15-06-2011)“…Objective To assess and compare the predictive values of the hepatic Glasgow Prognostic Score (hGPS) and Cancer of the Liver Italian Program (CLIP) score in…”
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Erythropoietin and its derivative protect the intestine from severe ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat
Published in Surgery (01-04-2008)“…Objective To investigate the protective effect of erythropoietin (EPO) and its nonhematopoietic derivative (asialoEPO) against intestinal ischemia/reperfusion…”
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Injury and progressive loss of peritubular capillaries in the development of chronic allograft nephropathy
Published in Kidney international (01-01-2005)“…Injury and progressive loss of peritubular capillaries in the development of chronic allograft nephropathy. Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) remains the…”
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Body mass index is a risk factor of pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy
Published in The American surgeon (01-02-2012)“…Pancreatic fistula (PF) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is still a severe complication and a challenging problem. The common risk factors are the soft…”
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Effect of Infra-Hepatic Inferior Vena Cava Clamping on Bleeding During Hepatic Dissection: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study
Published in World journal of surgery (01-06-2008)“…Background The success of hepatectomy can be associated with intraoperative blood loss because massive blood loss causes a poor prognosis. This study was…”
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Analysis of hepcidin expression: In situ hybridization and quantitative polymerase chain reaction from paraffin sections
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (28-07-2012)“…AIM: To establish methods for quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for hepcidin using RNAs isolated from paraffin-embedded sections and in situ…”
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Ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma arising from pancreas: a case report and review of the literature
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (21-08-2007)“…A 56-year-old man was found to have a pancreatic tail tumor. His blood chemistry showed no infection with hepatitis B or C virus and no elevations of tumor…”
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MK615 inhibits pancreatic cancer cell growth by dual inhibition of Aurora A and B kinases
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (07-03-2008)“…AIM:To investigate the anti-neoplastic effect of MK615, an anti-neoplastic compound isolated from Japanese apricot, against human pancreatic cancer cells in…”
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New anti-proliferative agent, MK615, from Japanese apricot "Prunus mume" induces striking autophagy in colon cancer cells in vitro
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (28-12-2007)“…AIM: To investigate the anti-neoplastic effects of MK615, an extract from the Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), against colon cancer cells. METHODS: Three colon…”
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Survival after surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma in relation to presence or absence of viral infection
Published in The American journal of surgery (01-08-2013)“…Abstract Background The aim of this study was to compare postoperative survival between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with and without viral…”
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Clinical Outcome of Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinomas ≤2 cm
Published in World journal of surgery (01-02-2011)“…Background The treatment strategy for hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) ≤2 cm (HCC2−) is still controversial. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed…”
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Protective effect of Sivelestat in a porcine hepatectomy model prepared using an intermittent Pringle method
Published in European journal of pharmacology (10-06-2008)“…The effect of Sivelestat, a neutrophil elastase inhibitor, on hepatic ischemia–reperfusion injury was examined in a pig hepatectomy model. An internal jugular…”
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New antineoplastic agent, MK615, from UME (a Variety of) Japanese apricot inhibits growth of breast cancer cells in vitro
Published in The breast journal (01-01-2007)“…MK615 is an extract mixture containing hydrophobic substances from Japanese apricot. In this study, the antineoplastic effects of MK615 against breast cancer…”
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An alternative tool for intraoperative assessment of renal vasculature after revascularization of a transplanted kidney
Published in The American journal of surgery (01-06-2010)“…Abstract Intraoperative assessment of flow in the renal artery and vein after reconstruction is a crucial matter in kidney transplantation. Conventional…”
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Glycated albumin suppresses glucose-induced insulin secretion by impairing glucose metabolism in rat pancreatic β-cells
Published in Nutrition & metabolism (06-04-2011)“…Glycated albumin (GA) is an Amadori product used as a marker of hyperglycemia. In this study, we investigated the effect of GA on insulin secretion from…”
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Anti-class II -DR humanized monoclonal antibody, IMMU-114, blocks allogeneic immune response
Published in The American journal of surgery (01-10-2012)“…Abstract Background The effect of a humanized anti–human leukocyte antigen–DR monoclonal antibody, IMMU-114, on the allogeneic immune response was investigated…”
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Estimated glomerular filtration rate is superior to measured creatinine clearance for predicting postoperative renal dysfunction in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy
Published in Pancreas (01-01-2010)“…A retrospective study was conducted to compare measured creatinine clearance (Ccr) with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) as a preoperative renal…”
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