Elevation of circulating interleukin 6 after surgery: Factors influencing the serum level

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Hirofumi Arakawa, Seiji Mita, +5

Cytokine

InflammationTransplantation SurgeryHematologyInflammatory MarkerSepsis +6

Relationship Between Plasma Cytokine Concentration and Multiple Organ Failure in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis

Masahiko Hirota, Fumiaki Nozawa, Akihiro Okabe, +9

Pancreas

InflammationCytokineSevere Acute PancreatitisAnti-inflammatoryAutoimmune Disease +10

Germ‐line and somatic mutations of the APC gene in patients with turcot syndrome and analysis of APC mutations in brain tumors

Takahiro Mori, Hiroki Nagase, Akira Horii, +19

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Neuro-oncologySomatic VariantGenetic DisorderApc MutationsGenetics +11

Increased expression of membrane-associated phospholipase A2 shows malignant potential of human breast cancer cells

Shinichi Yamashita, Jun-Ichi Yamashita, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, +6

Cancer

Gene Cloning of Immunogenic Antigens Overexpressed in Pancreatic Cancer

Tetsuya Nakatsura, Satoru Senju, Kazuhiro Yamada, +3

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Pancreatic CancerImmunologyPathologyMedicineTumor Biology

Detection of circulating tumor cells by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer

Yuji Kurusu, Jun‐ichi Yamashita, Michio Ogawa

Surgery

Tumor BiologyCancer DetectionMedicinePathologyTumor Cells +7

Characterization of early gastric cancer and proposal of the optimal therapeutic strategy

Shinya Shimada, Yasushi Yagi, Kenji Shiomori, +5

Surgery

Gastrointestinal OncologyMedicineGastroenterologyPathologyUpper Gastrointestinal Surgery +6

The sequence of vessel ligation affects tumor release into the circulation

Yuji Kurusu, Jun‐ichi Yamashita, Naoko Hayashi, +3

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

AngiogenesisVascular MalformationPathologyVascular BiologyVessel Ligation +6

A new approach to chemoembolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma using aclarubicin microspheres in combination with cisplatin suspended in iodized oil

Toru Beppu, Chitoshi Ohara, Yasuo Yamaguchi, +8

Cancer

Aclarubicin MicrospheresSurgeryOncologyHepatobiliary TumorAnti-cancer Agent +17

Genetic mutations in exons 3 and 4 of the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor in patients with pancreatitis

Kinuko Kuwata, Masahiko Hirota, Hiroki Sugita, +7

Journal of Gastroenterology

Genetic MutationsPancreatic CancerExons 3Pancreatic Fluid CollectionImmunology +5