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Detection of lung tumor movement in real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapyS Shimizu
Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51:304-10. 2001..Treatment with megavoltage X-rays was properly given when the tumor marker moved into the "permitted dislocation" zone from the planned position...- [Changes in the prevalence of asthma-like symptoms and risk factors in school children in Yokohama from 1986 to 1991]C Nakai
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Tokyo Women's Medical University
Arerugi 50:1143-51. 2001.... - Transforming growth factor-beta gene polymorphism in sarcoidosis and tuberculosis patientsT Niimi
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University, Medical School, Japan
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 6:510-5. 2002..Recently, polymorphisms have been described for TGF-beta that are associated with the risk of several diseases. In this study, we investigated whether TGF-beta 1 polymorphism has an effect on sarcoidosis and tuberculosis... - Spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy after division of the splenic vesselsShuji Shimizu
Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 14:173-7. 2004..Spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy by division of splenic vessels is a feasible treatment option for benign pancreatic disease... - Laparoscopic wedge resection of gastric submucosal tumorsS Shimizu
Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
Dig Surg 19:169-73. 2002..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical utility of laparoscopic surgery for gastric submucosal tumor... - International transmission of uncompressed endoscopic surgery images via superfast broadband Internet connectionsS Shimizu
Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Hospital, 3 1 1 Maidashi, Fukuoka, 812 8582, Japan
Surg Endosc 20:167-70. 2006..Although telecommunication is increasing in popularity, poor-quality images sent through a narrowband network limit its use in the medical field... - Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery: current indications and surgical resultsS Shimizu
Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 812 8582, Japan
Surg Endosc 18:402-6. 2004..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes and feasibility of laparoscopic pancreatic surgery... 
Laparoscopic cystogastrostomy for pancreatic pseudocyst: a case reportS Shimizu
Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
JSLS 4:309-12. 2000..The postoperative course was uneventful. Laparoscopic surgery is recommended as a safe, reliable, and minimally invasive treatment for managing pancreatic pseudocyst...- Amelioration of human lupus-like phenotypes in MRL/lpr mice by overexpression of interleukin 27 receptor alpha (WSX-1)N Sugiyama
Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Ann Rheum Dis 67:1461-7. 2008.... - Video-assisted parathyroidectomy by a skin-lifting method for primary hyperparathyroidismM Okido
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
JSLS 5:197-200. 2001..Several surgeons initiated endoscopic parathyroidectomy using CO2 insufflation to create the working space; however, they reported various complications. We describe here a skin-lifting method that may have few complications... - Development of a broadband telemedical network based on internet protocol in the Asia-Pacific regionN Nakashima
Department of Medical Informatics, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Maidashi 3 1 1, Higashi ku, Fukuoka 812 8582, Japan
Methods Inf Med 46:709-15. 2007..To promote the exchange of knowledge and standardization of medical procedures and medical systems in the Asia-Pacific region, we established a medical network with high-quality moving images over broadband Internet lines in February 2003... - Long-term and short-term survivors after pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancerK Yamaguchi
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Int Surg 85:71-6. 2000..These findings suggest that, although the aggressive nature of pancreatic cancer has been accepted, the clinical course after pancreatectomy would also depend upon the immunological state of the patient... - Comparison of laparoscopic versus open cholecystectomy in patients with cardiac valve replacementT Ogawa
First Department of Surgery, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 8:158-60. 2001..0 days vs 10.8 +/- 1.6 days). There were no complications in the LC group, but 1 patient in the OC group had heart failure postoperatively. Our findings indicate the efficacy and safety of LC in patients with cardiac valve replacement... - Laparoscopically assisted resection of choledochal cyst and Roux-en-Y reconstructionM Tanaka
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812 8582, Japan
Surg Endosc 15:545-52. 2001..Creation of a Roux-en-Y jejunal limb by midline minilaparotomy and hepaticojejunostomy using a laparoscopic sewing instrument facilitated the procedure... - Laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy with standard radical lymph node dissection for gastric cancerH Noshiro
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3 1 1 Maidash, Higashi ku, Fukuoka, 812 8582, Japan
Surg Endosc 19:1592-6. 2005..However, little data are available on the feasibility or advantages of LADG with standard radical D2 lymph node dissection for patients with gastric cancer... - Video-assisted parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism: a new approach involving a skin-lifting methodM Okido
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University 3 1 1, Maidashi, Fukuoka 812 8582, Japan
Surg Endosc 15:1120-3. 2001..Carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation can be used to create a working space in the anterior neck, but it has been associated with a number of complications. We have devised a skin-lifting method to overcome these problems... - Anti-monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene therapy attenuates nephritis in MRL/lpr miceS Shimizu
Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:1121-8. 2004..CONCLUSION: Anti-MCP-1 gene therapy is specifically effective in the localized inflammatory region. The data presented here indicate that this anti-MCP-1 gene therapy may be effective adjunct in the management of DPLN... - Infrasternal mediastinoscopic thymectomy in myasthenia gravis: surgical results in 23 patientsA Uchiyama
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Ann Thorac Surg 72:1902-5. 2001..Infrasternal mediastinoscopic surgery is a new approach to resection of the anterior mediastinal mass... - Increased urinary excretion of bilirubin oxidative metabolites in septic patients: a new marker for oxidative stress in vivoK Otani
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
J Surg Res 96:44-9. 2001..467, P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrated a urinary increase in BOMs in septic patients. This increase indicates that urinary BOM level is a possible marker for continuous monitoring of sepsis severity in clinical practice... - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 activates a regional Th1 immunoresponse in nephritis of MRL/lpr miceS Shimizu
Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Clin Exp Rheumatol 23:239-42. 2005..CONCLUSION: The blockade of MCP-1 gene therapy does not influence helper T cell polarization, but acts directly on the regional Th1 immunoreaction in MRL/lpr mice... - Immunohistochemical detection of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine in gallbladder epithelium of patients with pancreaticobiliary maljunctionK Otani
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 13:1363-9. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that reactive oxygen species are produced in the gallbladder of patients with pancreaticobiliary maljunction and that oxidative DNA injury is related to carcinogenesis in these patients... - Hepatectomy and marked retention of indocyanine green and bromosulfophtaleinN Yamanaka
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Hepatogastroenterology 48:1450-2. 2001.... - Association between IL-4 genotype and IL-4 production in the Japanese populationH Nakashima
Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Genes Immun 3:107-9. 2002..These results make it likely that IL-4 genotype could influence the type of immune response... - The transient receptor potential protein homologue TRP6 is the essential component of vascular alpha(1)-adrenoceptor-activated Ca(2+)-permeable cation channelR Inoue
Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
Circ Res 88:325-32. 2001..These results strongly indicate that TRP6 is the essential component of the alpha(1)-AR-NSCC, which may serve as a store depletion-independent Ca(2+) entry pathway during increased sympathetic activity... - Gallbladder duplication successfully removed laparoscopically using endoscopic nasobiliary tubeK Shirahane
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Surg Endosc 17:1156. 2003..In this communication, we would like to stress the usefulness of the ENB tube at the time of laparoscopic biliary surgery in patients with biliary anomalies including gallbladder duplication... - Infrasternal mediastinoscopic surgery for anterior mediastinal massesA Uchiyama
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3 1 1 Maidashi, 812 8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Surg Endosc 18:843-6. 2004..Infrasternal mediastinoscopic surgery is a new alternative to the thoracoscopic approach for patients with anterior mediastinal masses... - Absence of association between the MCP-1 gene polymorphism and histological phenotype of lupus nephritisH Nakashima
Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Lupus 13:165-7. 2004..In this study we assessed the significance of the MCP-1 gene in determination of the histological phenotype in lupus nephritis. There was no association between the risk of DPGN and the MCP-1 gene genotype... - Gene expression of mutant erythropoietin in hepatocellular carcinomaA Funakoshi
Department of Gastroenterology, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 195:717-22. 1993..This is the first demonstration of mutant EPO mRNA expression and bioactive mutant EPO protein in hepatocellular carcinoma tissue... - Deduced primary structure of rat hepatocyte growth factor and expression of the mRNA in rat tissuesK Tashiro
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 87:3200-4. 1990..Northern blot analysis revealed that HGF mRNA was expressed in rat various tissues, including the liver, kidney, lung, and brain... - Molecular cloning and expression of human hepatocyte growth factorT Nakamura
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Nature 342:440-3. 1989..The nucleotide sequence of the human HGF cDNA reveals that both alpha- and beta-chains are contained in a single open reading frame coding for a pre-pro precursor protein of 728 amino acids... - Methylnitrosourea-induced tumorigenesis in MGMT gene knockout miceK Sakumi
Department of Biochemistry, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Cancer Res 57:2415-8. 1997..In case of exposure to the same dose of drug, no or few tumors occurred in the MGMT+/+ and MGMT+/- mice. It appears that the DNA repair methyltransferase protein protected these mice from methylnitrosourea-induced tumorigenesis... - Transforming growth factor beta1 gene polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritisY Sugiura
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University, Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
Ann Rheum Dis 61:826-8. 2002..It was speculated that these polymorphisms might also be involved in RA, and therefore the TGFbeta1 codon 10 T869C polymorphism in a series of patients and controls was investigated... - Adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction: a summary of responses to a questionnaire on adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and the esophagogastric junction in JapanT Nakamura
Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Dis Esophagus 15:219-25. 2002..Lymph node metastasis was the most important prognostic factor, and staging based on the number of lymph node metastases or the extent of lymph node metastasis is necessary... - Ticlopidine-induced hepatotoxicity is associated with specific human leukocyte antigen genomic subtypes in Japanese patients: a preliminary case-control studyK Hirata
Product Lifecycle Management Department, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, 1 8 Nihonbashi Koamicho, Chuo Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Pharmacogenomics J 8:29-33. 2008..These findings may explain the high incidence of ticlopidine-induced hepatotoxicity in Japanese patients mediated via an immune-mediated mechanism... - Detection of IL-2 receptor gene expression in peripheral blood from renal transplant patientsS Shimizu
Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Surg Today 31:1058-64. 2001..We were able to discriminate transplantation from laparotomy by the cytokine profile. These results indicate that our method may be a useful tool for the immunological monitoring of transplant patients... - Loss of transcription factor IRF-1 affects tumor susceptibility in mice carrying the Ha-ras transgene or nullizygosity for p53H Nozawa
Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
Genes Dev 13:1240-5. 1999..Our results suggest that IRF-1 is a new member of the tumor susceptibility genes... - Detection of high incidence of H-RAS oncogene point mutations in acute myelogenous leukemiaN Imamura
Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan
Am J Hematol 43:151-3. 1993..To our knowledge, there is no report on H-RAS point mutation in human leukemias. On the basis of these findings, we suggest that H-RAS point mutation together with p53 gene mutation may play an important role in leukemogenesis... - Novel cynomolgus macaque MHC-DPB1 polymorphisms in three South-East Asian populationsK Sano
Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1143, Japan
Tissue Antigens 67:297-306. 2006..This allele information will be useful for medical researchers using the cynomolgus macaques in disease and immunological studies... - Construction of monoenergetic neutron calibration fields using 45Sc(p, n)45Ti reaction at JAEAY Tanimura
Department of Radiation Protection, Nuclear Science Research Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokaimura, Ibaraki, 319 1195, Japan
Radiat Prot Dosimetry 126:8-12. 2007..Fluence and dose equivalent rates at the calibration point are sufficient to calibrate many types of the neutron survey metres... - Evaluation of the characteristics of the neutron reference field using D2O-moderated 252Cf sourceM Kowatari
Department of Radiation Protection, Nuclear Science Research Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan
Radiat Prot Dosimetry 126:138-44. 2007..The energy spectra of direct neutrons were measured in the optimum position. The dosimetric parameters for the D(2)O moderated (252)Cf neutron source were reasonable, taking into account the uncertainties of the parameters... - Impact of lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration limit to 0.03 on male, female and teenage drivers involved alcohol-related crashes in JapanE Desapriya
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, Center for Community Child Health Research, Vancouver, Canada
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 14:181-7. 2007..It is recommended that future research and resources in other countries be focused on these factors as determinants to reduced alcohol-related crashes... - Apnea, glial apoptosis and neuronal plasticity in the arousal pathway of victims of SIDST Sawaguchi
Department of Legal Medicine, Tokyo Women s Medical University, 8 1 Kawada cho, Shinjuku, 162 8666 Tokyo, Japan
Forensic Sci Int 149:205-17. 2005..04). These findings in the dorsal raphe nucleus of the midbrain and PPTN, that play important roles in the arousal pathway suggest a possible link between changes in arousal and SIDS... - A novel STK11 germline mutation in two siblings with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome complicated by primary gastric cancerK Shinmura
First Department of Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Clin Genet 67:81-6. 2005..This is the first report of a STK11 germline mutation in a PJS patient with GC and should contribute to establishing correlations between the STK11 germline mutations and GC in PJS patients... - [Children with disabilities, families with a disabled child and social policy]S Shimizu
Division of Special Education, Miyagi Teachers' College, Sendai
No To Hattatsu 32:232-6. 2000..This is because different social settings (e.g. home, school, family) are interdependent and that events and changes in one unit have an effect on other social settings... - Rupture of pial arteriovenous malformation associated with early thrombosis of the draining system following stereotactic radiosurgery--case reportS Shimizu
Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 41:599-602. 2001..An impaired venous outlet, either consisting of one draining vein or with stenosis, present before treatment may be develop thrombosis in response to high-dose irradiation... - [The relationships between the prevalence of asthmatic symptoms and environmental factors]M Nohara
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Arerugi 50:657-66. 2001..01) for asthmatic symptoms... - [The association between emergency clinic visits for asthmatic attacks and fluctuating environmental factors]S Shimizu
Dept. of Hygiene and Public Health, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine
Arerugi 50:612-20. 2001..31, p < 0.001) between the number of asthmatic attacks and increased rates of all air pollutants were observed (r: NO2 > NO > SO2 > SPM)... - Ectopic expression of MAFB gene in human myeloma cells carrying (14;20)(q32;q11) chromosomal translocationsI Hanamura
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-chou, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
Jpn J Cancer Res 92:638-44. 2001..This finding, together with that of a previous study describing its transforming activity, suggests that the MAFB gene may be one of the targets deregulated by regulatory elements of the IgH gene as a result of t(14;20)... - Complete nucleotide sequence and the genome organization of tobacco leaf curl geminivirus from JapanS Shimizu
Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
Microbiol Immunol 43:989-92. 1999..The significant but relatively low sequence similarity in the genomic DNA between TLCV and other geminiviruses suggests it is a distinct geminivirus in genus Begomovirus... - Construction of 144, 565 keV and 5.0 MeV monoenergetic neutron calibration fields at JAERIY Tanimura
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai mura, Naka gun, Ibaraki, 319 1195, Japan
Radiat Prot Dosimetry 110:85-9. 2004..13 cm phi Bonner sphere counter. The traceability of the fields to AIST was established through the calibration... - Dymron herbicide residues in paddy soil and channel waterH Nagami
Japan Institute of Rural Medicine, 2241, Usuda, Usuda, Nagano, 384-0301, Japan
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 73:326-30. 2004