Masaji Kikukawa

Plasma Endotoxin and Serum Cytokine Levels in Patients With Alcoholic Hepatitis: Relation to Severity of Liver Disturbance

Masao Fujimoto, Masahito Uemura, Yoshihiro Nakatani et al. · Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · 2000 · 185 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Pathobiology +17

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Tightly Regulates In Vivo Development of Murine Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

Hitoshi Yoshiji, Shigeki Kuriyama, Junichi Yoshii et al. · Hepatology · 1998 · 102 citations

Medicine, Cancer Biology, Oncology +15

Cancer gene therapy with HSV‐ <i>tk</i> /GCV system depends on t‐cell‐mediated immune responses and causes apoptotic death of tumor cells <i>In vivo</i>

Shigeki Kuriyama, Masaji Kikukawa, Kazuhiro Masui et al. · International Journal of Cancer · 1999 · 68 citations

Medicine, Immunology, Oncology +17

Bystander effect caused by cytosine deaminase gene and 5-fluorocytosine in vitro is substantially mediated by generated 5-fluorouracil.

Shigeki Kuriyama, Kazuhiro Masui, Takemi Sakamoto et al. · PubMed · 1998 · 52 citations

Medicine, Cancer Biology, Oncology +14

Expression of a retrovirally transduced gene under control of an internal housekeeping gene promoter does not persist due to methylation and is restored partially by 5-azacytidine treatment

Shigeki Kuriyama, Takemi Sakamoto, Masaji Kikukawa et al. · Gene Therapy · 1998 · 47 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +10