Kiwamu Okita

Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma and its incidence after interferon treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Akinori Kasahara, Norio Hayashi, Kiyoshi Mochizuki et al. · Hepatology · 1998 · 470 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Cancer Control +16

Genetic Aberrations Detected by Comparative Genomic Hybridization in Hepatocellular Carcinomas: Their Relationship to Clinicopathological Features

Noriyoshi Kusano, Kei Shiraishi, Keiko Kubo et al. · Hepatology · 1999 · 210 citations · Full text

Medicine, Genetics, Oncology +14

Inhibitory effects of the herbal medicine Sho-saiko-to (TJ-9) on cell proliferation and procollagen gene expressions in cultured rat hepatic stellate cells

Kozo Kayano, I SAKAIDA, Koichi Uchida et al. · Journal of Hepatology · 1998 · 82 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Cell Proliferation +13

Enhanced Interstitial Collagenase (Matrix Metalloproteinase-13) Production of Kupffer Cell by Gadolinium Chloride Prevents Pig Serum-Induced Rat Liver Fibrosis

Koji Hironaka, Isao Sakaida, Yasuhiro Matsumura et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2000 · 63 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +16

Interferon gamma treatment prevents procollagen gene expression without affecting transforming growth factor-β1 expression in pig serum-induced rat liver fibrosis in vivo

I SAKAIDA, Koichi Uchida, Yasuhiro Matsumura et al. · Journal of Hepatology · 1998 · 53 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Pathology +14