Hiroki Chiba

Ex vivo expansion of human umbilical cord hematopoietic progenitor cells using a coculture system with human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT)–transfected human stromal cells

Yutaka Kawano, Masayoshi Kobune, Miki Yamaguchi et al. · Blood · 2002 · 138 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Hematology +17

Decreased expression of claudin-1 correlates with recurrence status in breast cancer

Satoko Morohashi, Tomomi Kusumi, Fuyuki Sato et al. · International Journal of Molecular Medicine · 2007 · 132 citations · Full text

Medicine, Molecular Biology, Oncology +17

Telomerized human multipotent mesenchymal cells can differentiate into hematopoietic and cobblestone area–supporting cells

Masayoshi Kobune, Yutaka Kawano, Yoshinori Ito et al. · Experimental Hematology · 2003 · 95 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +12

Wnt3/RhoA/ROCK signaling pathway is involved in adhesion-mediated drug resistance of multiple myeloma in an autocrine mechanism

Masayoshi Kobune, Hiroki Chiba, Junji Kato et al. · Molecular Cancer Therapeutics · 2007 · 94 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Oncology +17

Indian hedgehog gene transfer augments hematopoietic support of human stromal cells including NOD/SCID–ß2m–/– repopulating cells.

Masayoshi Kobune, Yoshinori Ito, Yutaka Kawano et al. · Blood · 2004 · 54 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Hematology +11