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Jun-Ichiro Yamauchi
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Peritoneal strumosis, 10 years after laparoscopic surgery for mature cystic teratoma of the ovary: a case report
Peritoneal strumosis, a condition in which benign thyroid tissue spreads to the peritoneal cavity, is extremely rare. Here we report the first case of peritoneal strumosis, 10 years after laparoscopic surgery ...
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Heme oxygenase-1 accelerates tumor angiogenesis of human pancreatic cancer
Angiogenesis is necessary for the continued growth of solid tumors, invasion and metastasis. Several studies clearly showed that heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) plays an important role in angiogenesis. In this study, ...
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Early Microcirculatory Derangement in Mild and Severe Pancreatitis Models in Mice
An in vivo microscopic technique was used to clarify the increase in microvascular permeability and enhanced leukocyte–endothelium interaction of pancreatic microcirculation in experimental pancreatitis of di...
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Cytokine modulation in acute pancreatitis
The clinical manifestations of acute pancreatitis (AP) vary significantly from mild to lethal in form, the severity of the disease being largely determined by the actions of various kinds of inflammatory medi...
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Revascularization and Microcirculation of Freely Grafted Islets of Langerhans
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cytotoxic Effect of Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells
Some reports suggest that cancer patients have a better prognosis when dendritic cells (DCs) infiltrate their tumors. Although the role of these DCs is not fully understood, we focused on a potential effector ...
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Heparin and phentolamine combined, rather than heparin alone, improves hepatic microvascular procurement in a non-heart-beating donor rat-model
Improvement of organ procurement from non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) could increase the donor organ pool for liver transplantation. Whether anti-coagulative and anti-vasospastic substances can improve hepat...
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Pancreatic microcirculation in acute pancreatitis
We present a review of the microvascular morphology of the pancreas and microstructure of the pancreatic lobule, and report our experimental results of the investigation of pancreatic microcirculation followi...
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In Vivo Analysis of the Origin of Capillary Sprout Formation in Angiogenesis of Freely Transplanted Islets of Langerhans
The transplantation of isolated pancreatic islets (islets of Langerhans) represents a promising tool to approach a therapeutic strategy for cure of diabetes mellitus (Hering et al., 1993; Federlin, 1993). Afte...
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Strategy for treatment of acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Importance of continuous regional arterial infusion of protease inhibitor and antibiotics in the early phase
A new strategy for the treatment of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) is reported. In this prospective study, all patients received intensive medical support. Surgery was performed in patients with infected...
