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    Utility of TMPRSS4 as a Prognostic Biomarker and Potential Therapeutic Target in Patients with Gastric Cancer

    Transmembrane serine protease 4 (TMPRSS4) belongs to the family of type II transmembrane serine proteases that are known to be upregulated in many malignant tumors. However, there is a paucity of studies docum...

    Hirofumi Tazawa, Takahisa Suzuki, Akihisa Saito in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (2022)

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    Long-term follow-up study of gastric adenoma; tumor-associated macrophages are associated to carcinoma development in gastric adenoma

    Some gastric adenomas may progress to adenocarcinoma in a short time, but others remain as adenoma for a long time.

    Daiki Taniyama, Kiyomi Taniyama, Kazuya Kuraoka, Junichi Zaitsu in Gastric Cancer (2017)

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    A case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the esophagus

    Esophageal adenoid cystic carcinoma (EACC) is a very rare form of malignant tumor in the esophagus. Here, we report the case of a 78-year-old man who was diagnosed with EACC by preoperative endoscopic biopsy. ...

    Genta Sawada, Jeongho Moon, Akihisa Saito, Kazuki Odagiri in Surgical Case Reports (2015)

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    Brain metastasis from stage I esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after surgery: a case report

    Esophageal cancer rarely metastasizes to the brain. The authors experienced a case of esophageal carcinoma which metastasized to the cerebellum as the first presentation. A 61-year-old man was identified as ha...

    Shunji Endo, Yukinobu Yoshikawa, Nobutaka Hatanaka, Harumi Tominaga in Esophagus (2011)

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    Tyrosine1248-phosphorylated HER2 expression and HER2 gene amplification in female invasive ductal carcinomas

    Phosphorylated HER2 (pHER2) may more accurately reflect the signaling and functional activity of the HER2 protein than detection of HER2 itself. The detection of HER2 gene amplification using fluorescence in s...

    Kiyomi Taniyama, Katsunari Ishida, Tamaki Toda, Junichi Motoshita in Breast Cancer (2008)

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    Immunolocalization of CXC chemokine and recruitment of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the rat molar periodontal tissue after topical application of lipopolysaccharide

    This study investigated the recruitment of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and the immunolocalization of CXC chemokines, including macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) and cytokine-induced neutrophil ...

    Mutsumi Miyauchi, Shoji Kitagawa, Masae Hiraoka in Histochemistry and Cell Biology (2004)