Takayuki Hirai

Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Antagonist Reduces Apoptosis of Neurons and Oligodendroglia in Rat Spinal Cord Injury

Kebing Chen, Kenzo Uchida, Hideaki Nakajima et al. · Spine · 2011 · 99 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

Vertebroplasty-augmented short-segment posterior fixation of osteoporotic vertebral collapse with neurological deficit in the thoracolumbar spine: comparisons with posterior surgery without vertebroplasty and anterior surgery

Kenzo Uchida, Hideaki Nakajima, Takafumi Yayama et al. · Journal of Neurosurgery Spine · 2010 · 91 citations

Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Surgery +15

The Prevalence and Phenotype of Activated Microglia/Macrophages within the Spinal Cord of the Hyperostotic Mouse (twy/twy) Changes in Response to Chronic Progressive Spinal Cord Compression: Implications for Human Cervical Compressive Myelopathy

Takayuki Hirai, Kenzo Uchida, Hideaki Nakajima et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 87 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience +17

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 involvement in the development of renal interstitial fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction

Masatoshi Kuratsune, Takao Masaki, Takayuki Hirai et al. · Nephrology · 2007 · 83 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pathobiology, Pathology +16

High-Mobility Group Box-1 and Its Receptors Contribute to Proinflammatory Response in the Acute Phase of Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

Kebing Chen, Kenzo Uchida, Hideaki Nakajima et al. · Spine · 2011 · 75 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience +17