Kazuma Ohtaka

Tumor–stromal cell interaction under hypoxia increases the invasiveness of pancreatic cancer cells through the hepatocyte growth factor/c‐Met pathway

Takao Ide, Yoshihiko Kitajima, Atsushi Miyoshi et al. · International Journal of Cancer · 2006 · 122 citations

The Hypoxic Environment in Tumor-Stromal Cells Accelerates Pancreatic Cancer Progression via the Activation of Paracrine Hepatocyte Growth Factor/c-Met Signaling

Takao Ide, Yoshihiko Kitajima, Atsushi Miyoshi et al. · Annals of Surgical Oncology · 2007 · 95 citations

Cancer Research, Pancreatic Cancer, Medicine +10

Hypoxia accelerates cancer invasion of hepatoma cells by upregulating MMP expression in an HIF-1α-independent manner

Anderson Miyoshi, Yoshihiko Kitajima, Takao Ide et al. · International Journal of Oncology · 2006 · 60 citations · Full text

Mmp Family, Pathology, Cancer Biology +16

Helicobacter pylori infection is an independent risk factor for Runx3 methylation in gastric cancer

Yoshihiko Kitajima, Kazuma Ohtaka, Mayumi Mitsuno et al. · Oncology Reports · 2008 · 59 citations · Full text

Aberrant methylation of p16 predicts candidates for 5-fluorouracil-based adjuvant therapy in gastric cancer patients

Mayumi Mitsuno, Yoshihiko Kitajima, Takao Ide et al. · Journal of Gastroenterology · 2007 · 41 citations

Aberrant Methylation, Oncology, Gastrointestinal Oncology +10