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List of works by Toshimasa Asahara

A case of latent primary biliary cirrhosis

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

A gastric fibrolipoma presenting as acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

A new method for laparoscopic percutaneous tube gastrostomy with a single 1-cm-long incision for patients with esophageal obstruction

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

A new technique for reconstruction of the middle hepatic vein without graft interposition: "the digging technique"

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

ABO-blood type incompatible living donor liver transplantation in a patient with Budd-Chiari Syndrome secondary to essential thrombocythemia

scientific article published on 30 December 2008

Adoptive immunotherapy with liver allograft–derived lymphocytes induces anti-HCV activity after liver transplantation in humans and humanized mice

scientific article

Adoptive transfer of TRAIL-expressing natural killer cells prevents recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after partial hepatectomy.

scientific article published on December 2006

Allochronic overlapping malignancies after renal transplantation in a patient with p53 gene mutation: report of a case

scientific article published on January 2004

Alterations and correlations of the components in the Wnt signaling pathway and its target genes in breast cancer

scientific article

Antibody- and complement-independent phagocytotic and cytolytic activities of human macrophages toward porcine cells

scientific article

Augmentation of local antitumor immunity in liver by interleukin-2 gene transfer via portal vein

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Augmentation of local antitumor immunity in liver by interleukin-2 gene transfer via portal vein

Beneficial effects of living-donor liver transplantation on esophageal varices

scientific article published on 24 December 2008

Biliary complications after duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction in living-donor liver transplantation: causes and treatment

scientific article published in November 2007

Chest wall schwannoma associated with neurofibromatosis 2--a case report

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Clinicopathologic features and prognostic factors of resected solitary small-sized hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Clinicopathologic features of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with compensated cirrhosis surviving more than 10 years after curative hepatectomy

scientific article published in February 2007

Clinicopathologic features of poorly differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Clinicopathological features of elderly patients with hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

Combined immunohistochemistry of beta-catenin, cytokeratin 7, and cytokeratin 20 is useful in discriminating primary lung adenocarcinomas from metastatic colorectal cancer

scientific article

Comparative study of the Japan Integrated Stage (JIS) and modified JIS score as a predictor of survival after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published in July 2008

Comparison of immunohistochemistry assays and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for analyzing hormone receptor status in human breast carcinoma

scientific article published in April 2010

Construction of ectopic xenogeneic bone marrow structure associated with persistent multi-lineage mixed chimerism by engraftment of rat bone marrow plugs into mouse kidney capsules

scientific article

Desumoylation activity of Axam, a novel Axin-binding protein, is involved in downregulation of beta-catenin

scientific article

Difference in cytotoxicity against hepatocellular carcinoma between liver and periphery natural killer cells in humans.

scientific article published on February 2006

Differential diagnosis between graft-versus-host disease and hemophagocytic syndrome after living-related liver transplantation by mixed lymphocyte reaction assay

scientific article published on July 2004

Downregulation of both interleukin-12 and interleukin-2 in heart allografts by pretransplant host treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and tacrolimus

scientific article

Downregulation of interleukin-12p35 and upregulation of interleukin-12p40 mRNA expression in heart allografts by blood transfusion from granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-treated donors

scientific article published in January 2003

Efficient in vivo xenogeneic retroviral vector-mediated gene transduction into human hepatocytes

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide-sheath and virtual bronchoscopy navigation aids management of peripheral pulmonary nodules.

scientific article published in June 2007

Engraftment of human hepatocytes in the livers of rats bearing bone marrow reconstructed with immunodeficient mouse bone marrow cells

scientific article

Expression and localization of MUC1, MUC2, MUC5AC and small intestinal mucin antigen in pancreatic tumors

scientific article

Expression of Wnt-5a is correlated with aggressiveness of gastric cancer by stimulating cell migration and invasion

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Facilitation of survival in a rat fulminant hepatic failure model by combination therapy using recombinant G-CSF and tacrolimus

scientific journal article

Facilitation of tacrolimus-induced heart-allograft acceptability by pretransplant host treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: interleukin-12-restricted suppression of intragraft monokine mRNA expression

scientific article published in February 2003

Frequent alterations in the Wnt signaling pathway in colorectal cancer with microsatellite instability

scientific article published on January 1, 2002

G-CSF-induced evacuation of sinusoidal NK cells and the facilitation of liver regeneration in a partial hepatectomy

scientific article

GH enhances proliferation of human hepatocytes grafted into immunodeficient mice with damaged liver

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Gasless laparoscopic hepatic resection for cirrhotic patients with solid liver tumors

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Glycogen synthase kinase 3 and h-prune regulate cell migration by modulating focal adhesions

scientific article

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-producing combined hepatocellular/cholangiocellular carcinoma with sarcomatous change

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Growth Hormone-Dependent Pathogenesis of Human Hepatic Steatosis in a Novel Mouse Model Bearing a Human Hepatocyte-Repopulated Liver

scientific article published on February 8, 2011

Growth and differentiation of colony-forming human hepatocytes in vitro

scientific article published on 13 December 2005

Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in elderly patients aged 75 years or more

scientific article published on 3 December 2008

Hepatic arterial infusion of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin for unresectable or recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus of the portal vein

scientific article

Hepatic hyperplasia associated with discordant xenogeneic parenchymal-nonparenchymal interactions in human hepatocyte-repopulated mice

scientific article

Hepatic venous outflow obstruction after right lateral sector living-donor liver transplantation, treated by insertion of an expandable metallic stent

scientific article

Hepatocyte growth factor prevents chronic allograft dysfunction in liver-transplanted rats

scientific article published in September 2003

Hepatocytes from fibrotic liver possess high growth potential in vivo

scientific article published in January 2009

Identification and characterization of a novel Dvl-binding protein that suppresses Wnt signalling pathway

scientific article

Immunohistochemical analysis and mutational analyses of beta-catenin, Axin family and APC genes in hepatocellular carcinomas.

scientific article published in May 2004

Immunohistochemical and mutational analyses of Wnt signaling components and target genes in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas

scientific article

Immunohistochemical and mutational analyses of beta-catenin, Ki-ras, and p53 in two subtypes of colorectal mucinous carcinoma

scientific article

Immunohistochemical and sequencing analyses of the Wnt signaling components in Japanese anaplastic thyroid cancers

scientific article

Immunohistochemistry of cyclin D1 and beta-catenin, and mutational analysis of exon 3 of beta-catenin gene in parathyroid adenomas

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

In Vitro Evaluation of Cytochrome P450 and Glucuronidation Activities in Hepatocytes Isolated from Liver-Humanized Mice

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Indication of hepatectomy for cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma classified as Child-Pugh class B.

scientific article published in June 2005

Indications of partial hepatectomy for transplantable hepatocellular carcinoma with compensated cirrhosis

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Induction of endotoxin tolerance inhibits alloimmune responses

scientific article published on 12 July 2006

Inhibition of tumor growth in immunocompromised hosts by restoring type-2 immunity using infusion of G-CSF-treated allogeneic CD8+ leukocytes

scientific article published on 20 December 2005

Interaction of POB1, a downstream molecule of small G protein Ral, with PAG2, a paxillin-binding protein, is involved in cell migration

scientific article

Intraoperative near-infrared spectroscopy for evaluating hepatic venous outflow in living-donor right lobe liver

scientific article

Involvement of tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptor 1 and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-(TRAIL) receptor-2/DR-5, but not Fas, in graft injury in live-donor liver transplantation

scientific article published on 16 October 2004

JAMP, a Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1)-associated membrane protein, regulates duration of JNK activity

scientific article

Large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with hyperammonemia

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Liver NK cells expressing TRAIL are toxic against self hepatocytes in mice

scientific article

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells contribute to alloreactive T-cell tolerance induced by portal venous injection of donor splenocytes

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells have a capacity for inducing nonresponsiveness of T cells across major histocompatibility complex barriers

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells that endocytose allogeneic cells suppress T cells with indirect allospecificity

scientific article

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells tolerize T cells across MHC barriers in mice

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Low incidence of acute rejection after living-donor liver transplantation: immunologic analyses by mixed lymphocyte reaction using a carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester labeling technique

scientific article published in May 2005

Microsurgical hepatic artery reconstruction during living-donor liver transplantation by using head-mounted surgical binocular system

scientific article published on 17 July 2007

Morphological and microarray analyses of human hepatocytes from xenogeneic host livers

scientific article published on November 12, 2012

Multiparameter flow cytometric approach for simultaneous evaluation of proliferation and cytokine-secreting activity in T cells responding to allo-stimulation

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

NOD/SCID mice engrafted with human peripheral blood lymphocytes can be a model for investigating B cells responding to blood group A carbohydrate determinant

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Near completely humanized liver in mice shows human-type metabolic responses to drugs

scientific article published on September 2004

Near-infrared spectroscopic analysis of hepatic hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism after extensive hepatectomy.

scientific article published on 23 September 2004

Objective assessment of endoscopic surgical skills by analyzing direction-dependent dexterity using the Hiroshima University Endoscopic Surgical Assessment Device (HUESAD).

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Perioperative management of benign hepatic tumors in patients with glycogen storage disease type Ia.

scientific article

Portal vein reconstruction using explanted recipient's native right hepatic vein

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Possible therapeutic effect of lipid supplementation on neurological complications in liver transplant recipients.

scientific article

Prevention of ischemia-reperfusion-induced hepatic microcirculatory disruption by inhibiting stellate cell contraction using rock inhibitor

scientific article published in March 2003

Primary hepatic carcinoid tumor (a case report).

scientific article

Prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma correlates to mutations of p53 and/or hMSH2 genes

scientific article

Prophylaxis against recurrence of HBV hepatitis after living-donor liver transplantation.

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ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 prevents primary graft non-function caused by warm ischemia/reperfusion in rat liver transplantation

scientific article published in November 2002

Radiofrequency-assisted partial splenectomy with a new and simple device

scientific article published in August 2006

Reconstruction of the middle hepatic vein tributaries draining segments V and VIII of a right liver graft by using the recipient's own middle hepatic vein and vascular closure staples

scientific article published on 29 February 2008

Reconstruction of the middle hepatic vein tributary with resection of the middle hepatic vein trunk: report of a case

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Regulation of T helper type-1 immunity in hapten-induced colitis by host pretreatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

scientific article published in July 2003

Relationship between the cAMP levels in leukocytes and the cytokine balance in patients surviving gram negative bacterial pneumonia

scientific article published on 26 February 2011

Repeat hepatectomy for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Role for CD47-SIRPalpha signaling in xenograft rejection by macrophages

scientific article

Role of invariant natural killer T cells in liver sinusoidal endothelial cell-induced immunosuppression among T cells with indirect allospecificity

scientific article published in April 2008

Role of vascular endothelial growth factor-C and -D mRNA in breast cancer.

scientific article

Safety of donor right hepatectomy for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation

scientific article

Sciatic hernia with an early-stage adenocarcinoma of the appendix: report of a case

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Should splenectomy be performed for hepatitis C patients undergoing living-donor liver transplantation?

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Significance of platelet count in the outcomes of hepatectomized patients with hepatocellular carcinoma exceeding the Milan criteria

scientific article published on 22 April 2011

Significance of the molar ratio of branched-chain amino acids to tyrosine before hepatectomy.

scientific article

Significant correlation between spleen volume and thrombocytopenia in liver transplant patients: a concept for predicting persistent thrombocytopenia

scientific article

Steroid‐free living donor liver transplantation for HCV – a multicenter prospective cohort study in Japan

scientific article published on April 16, 2012

Studies on eleven kidney transplants from non-heart-beating donors.

scientific article

Studies on post-transplant dyslipidemia in kidney transplant patients

scientific article published in June 2005

Successful hepatitis B vaccination in liver transplant recipients with donor-specific hyporesponsiveness.

scientific article published on 17 March 2009

Suppression of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after rat liver transplantation by FTY720, a sphingosine-1-phosphate analog

scientific article published on October 2009

Synthetic bioabsorbable stent material for duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction

scientific article published on 3 April 2008

The neutrophil/Th1 lymphocyte balance and the therapeutic effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in TNBS-induced colitis of rat strains

scientific article

The persistent elimination of B cells responding to blood group A carbohydrates by synthetic group A carbohydrates and B-1 cell differentiation blockade: novel concept in preventing antibody-mediated rejection in ABO-incompatible transplantation

scientific article published on 31 August 2007

Therapeutic potential of propagated hepatocyte transplantation in liver failure

scientific article published on 7 January 2011

Treatment strategy for early hepatocellular carcinomas: comparison of radiofrequency ablation with or without transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and surgical resection

scientific article published in July 2011

Upregulation of intragraft interleukin-10 by infusion of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized donor leukocytes

scientific article published on 24 September 2002

Using recipient's middle hepatic vein for drainage of the right paramedian sector in right liver graft

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Vascular closure staples for portal vein reconstruction in living-donor liver transplantation

scientific article published in July 2005

Yeast glycogen synthase kinase-3 activates Msn2p-dependent transcription of stress responsive genes

scientific article

[Laparoscopic surgery for colonic cancer: present status and evaluation]

scientific article published on 01 March 2006