Naoki Urakawa

Tumor associated macrophage expressing <scp>CD</scp>204 is associated with tumor aggressiveness of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Manabu Shigeoka, Naoki Urakawa, Tetsu Nakamura et al. · Cancer Science · 2013 · 185 citations · Full text

Esophageal Cancer, Immunology, Biological Microenvironments +20

GDF15 derived from both tumor-associated macrophages and esophageal squamous cell carcinomas contributes to tumor progression via Akt and Erk pathways

Naoki Urakawa, Soken Utsunomiya, Mari Nishio et al. · Laboratory Investigation · 2015 · 83 citations · Full text

Tumor-associated Macrophages, Immunology, Pathology +16

CCL3–CCR5 axis contributes to progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by promoting cell migration and invasion via Akt and ERK pathways

Takayuki Kodama, Yu‐ichiro Koma, Noriaki Arai et al. · Laboratory Investigation · 2020 · 77 citations · Full text

CXCL8 derived from tumor-associated macrophages and esophageal squamous cell carcinomas contributes to tumor progression by promoting migration and invasion of cancer cells

Masayoshi Hosono, Yu‐ichiro Koma, Nobuhisa Takase et al. · Oncotarget · 2017 · 68 citations · Full text

NCAM- and FGF-2-mediated FGFR1 signaling in the tumor microenvironment of esophageal cancer regulates the survival and migration of tumor-associated macrophages and cancer cells

Nobuhisa Takase, Yu‐ichiro Koma, Naoki Urakawa et al. · Cancer Letters · 2016 · 67 citations · Full text

Tumor Biology, Tumor-associated Macrophages, Esophageal Cancer +15