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    Prognostic significance of epithelial–mesenchymal transition-related markers in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: comprehensive immunohistochemical study using a tissue microarray

    Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is characterised by the loss of cell-to-cell adhesion and gaining of mesenchymal phenotypes. Epithelial–mesenchymal transition is proposed to occur in various developmen...

    T Nitta, T Mitsuhashi, Y Hatanaka, M Miyamoto, K Oba in British Journal of Cancer (2014)

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    Reduced-intensity vs myeloablative conditioning allogeneic hematopoietic SCT for patients aged over 45 years with ALL in remission: a study from the Adult ALL Working Group of the Japan Society for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (JSHCT)

    In this study, outcomes for 575 adult ALL patients aged ⩾45 years who underwent first allo-SCT in CR were analyzed according to the type of conditioning regimen (myeloablative conditioning (MAC) for 369 patien...

    J Tanaka, H Kanamori, S Nishiwaki, K Ohashi, S Taniguchi in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2013)

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    Effects of KIR ligand incompatibility on clinical outcomes of umbilical cord blood transplantation without ATG for acute leukemia in complete remission

    To clarify the effect of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) ligand incompatibility on outcomes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients in complete remission ...

    J Tanaka, Y Morishima, Y Takahashi, T Yabe, K Oba, S Takahashi in Blood Cancer Journal (2013)

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    An individual patient data meta-analysis of adjuvant therapy with uracil–tegafur (UFT) in patients with curatively resected rectal cancer

    Uracil–Tegafur (UFT), an oral fluorinated pyrimidine chemotherapeutic agent, has been used for adjuvant chemotherapy in curatively resected colorectal cancer patients. Past trials and meta-analyses indicate th...

    J Sakamoto, C Hamada, S Yoshida, S Kodaira, M Yasutomi, T Kato in British Journal of Cancer (2007)

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    Oral etoposide following combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy in a patient with advanced adult neuroblastoma led to long survival

    Although neuroblastoma is a common tumor of early childhood, it is rare in adults. In spite of the poor prognosis of advanced neuroblastoma in adults, there is still no effective treatment for this condition ...

    S. Yamaguchi, T. Wada, K. Oba, S. Yoshihiro in International Journal of Clinical Oncology (2001)

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    Reliable Long-Term Operation of the Cryogenic System for the Large Helical Device

    Reliability is discussed during long-term operations of the cryogenic system for the Large Helical Device (LHD). The cooled objects of LHD are the helical coils, the poloidal coils, the supporting structure an...

    T. Mito, R. Maekawa, T. Baba, S. Moriuchi, A. Iwamoto in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (2000)

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    Nonlinear Spatio-Temporal Information Processing with Femtosecond Laser Pulses

    Information processing with femtosecond laser pulses for optical communications and storage applications will be described. Specifically, results on femtosecond pulse imaging using nonlinear optical wave mixin...

    Y. Fainman, P. C. Sun, Y. Mazurenko in Unconventional Optical Elements for Inform… (2000)

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    Development of a Cryogenic System for the Large Helical Device

    The construction and the cooling schemes of the cryogenic system for the Large Helical Device (LHD) are reported. The LHD is the first fully superconducting heliotron type experimental fusion device, which is ...

    T. Mito, S. Satoh, R. Maekawa, S. Yamada, K. Takahata in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1998)

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    Biodegradation of 2-sulfonato fatty acid methyl ester (α-SFMe): Identification of microorganisms isolated from activated sludge and their capability for degrading α-SFMe

    Three bacterial strains, A, B and C, were isolated from activated sludge as 2-sulfonato-fatty-acid-methyl-ester (α-SFMe)-degrading microorganisms. From the results of morphological, physiological and biochemic...

    M. Masuda, H. Odake, K. Miura, K. Oba in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (1995)

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    Microchannel Plate as a Detector of Minimum Ionizing Particle

    MicroChannel plate multipliers have been used to detect the passage of relativistic charged particles. Measurements of the detection efficiency and pulse height response versus microchannel plate gain are pres...

    K. Oba, P. Rehak, S. D. Smith in Miniaturization of High-Energy Physics Detectors (1983)

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    Study on the yellow rice induced liver damage (IV) influence of adrenalectomy, thyroidectomy and corticosteroid administration on the amount of collagen and histologic changes of the liver

    Y. Takaoka, H. Yokouchi, T. Koji, K. Ōba, H. Kuratsune in Gastroenterologia Japonica (1968)

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    Study on liver injury induces by yellowed rice: the effect of dietary factor on pathological changes and free amino acids in the liver

    Y. Takaoka, K. Yokouchi, M. Kamito, K. Oba, H. Tajima in Gastroenterologia Japonica (1966)