Yoshinori Okada

Gradual increase of high mobility group protein b1 in the lungs after the onset of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Angiogenesis inhibitor vasohibin-1 enhances stress resistance of endothelial cells via induction of SOD2 and SIRT1.

Awake video-thoracoscopic surgery for intractable pneumothorax in pregnancy by using a single portal plus puncture.

Mesenchymal stem cells correct inappropriate epithelial-mesenchyme relation in pulmonary fibrosis using stanniocalcin-1.

Nanoscale determination of the mass enhancement factor in the lightly doped bulk insulator lead selenide.

Preoperative saline-filled computed tomography thoracography for awake video-assisted thoracic surgery: report of three cases.

Intracrine steroid production and mammalian target of rapamycin pathways in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

[Effectiveness of a Simulation of the Donor Surgery with Other Extraction Teams to Improve Various Problems in Pulmonary Extraction from a Brain-dead Donor].

Unilateral Absence of the Right Pulmonary Artery Accompanied by Right Lung Cancer.

Lung Transplant for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension After Arterial Switch Operation.

Lung Transplantation for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis in Japan.

[A Patient with Three-Year Relapse-Free Survival after Surgical Resection for Lung and Liver Metastases of Cholangiocarcinoma].

Awake thoracic surgery versus chemical pleurodesis for intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.

A case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma harboring osteoclast-like giant cells: Its evaluation by immunohistochemical and genetic analyses.

[Current Status of Preoperative Professional Oral Care by Dentists for Elderly Patients Undergoing Lung Resection and Occurrence of Postoperative Pneumonia].

Bronchial involvement in advanced stage lymphangioleiomyomatosis: histopathologic and molecular analyses.

Isolation of individual cellular components from lung tissues of patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

27-Hydroxycholesterol accelerates cellular senescence in human lung resident cells.

Protective Roles of Endothelial AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Against Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Mice.

A case of primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma successfully treated by surgery.

De novo malignancy after lung transplantation in Japan.

A Case of Successful Therapy by Intrapleural Injection of Fibrin Glue for Chylothorax after Lung Transplantation for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

Mesenchymal stem cells attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury after prolonged cold ischemia in a mouse model of lung transplantation: a preliminary study.

The beneficial effects of cognitive training with simple calculation and reading aloud in an elderly postsurgical population: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Development of an annually updated Japanese national clinical database for chest surgery in 2014.

An Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptors 1 and 3 Axis Governs Cellular Senescence of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Promotes Growth and Vascularization of Multiple Myeloma.

Extracellular ATP is involved in dsRNA-induced MUC5AC production via P2Y2R in human airway epithelium.

[Infectious Diseases after Lung Transplantation].

Surgical resection of recurrent extrahepatic hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus extending into the right atrium under cardiopulmonary bypass: a case report and review of the literature.

Serum β-hCG as an Indicator of Recurrence After the Complete Resection of a Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura.

SOX2 and Rb1 in esophageal small-cell carcinoma: their possible involvement in pathogenesis.

Decrease in an anti-ageing factor, growth differentiation factor 11, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

[Surgical Training Utilizing Swine Under General Anesthesia and Animal Ethics].

[Slowly progressive Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung].

Animal ethics and welfare education in wet-lab training can foster residents' ethical values toward life.

Scanning tunnelling spectroscopy of superconductivity on surfaces of LiTiO(111) thin films.

Production of reactive persulfide species in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Prognostic Factors in Lung Transplantation After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Pathological features of explant lungs with fibrosis in autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

Quasiparticle Interference on Cubic Perovskite Oxide Surfaces.

Model of lung cancer surgery risk derived from a Japanese nationwide web-based database of 78 594 patients during 2014-2015.

The Efficacy of a Genetic Analysis of the BMPR2 Gene in a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and an Atrial Septal Defect Treated with Bilateral Lung Transplantation.

Development of a Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometric Method for Quantification of Mycophenolic Acid and Its Glucuronides in Dried Blood Spot Samples.

Matched-pair analysis of a multi-institutional cohort reveals that epidermal growth factor receptor mutation is not a risk factor for postoperative recurrence of lung adenocarcinoma.

A prospective 5-year follow-up study after limited resection for lung cancer with ground-glass opacity.

Indication of Cognitive Change and Associated Risk Factor after Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly: A Pilot Study.

Inflammation and PD-L1 expression in pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors.

model of non-small cell lung cancer using mouse lung epithelial cells.

The Significance of MMP-1 in EGFR-TKI-Resistant Lung Adenocarcinoma: Potential for Therapeutic Targeting.

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation as a Risk Factor for Recurrence in Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Perioperative management of esophagectomy in a patient who previously underwent bilateral lung transplantation.

PKM1 Confers Metabolic Advantages and Promotes Cell-Autonomous Tumor Cell Growth.

Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells protect allograft lung transplants from acute rejection via the PD-L1/IL-17A axis.

Preoperative bronchoscopic cancer confirmation does not increase risk of recurrence in stage1A non-small cell lung cancer.

Oxidative stress enhances the expression of IL-33 in human airway epithelial cells.

Comparison of PETINIA and LC-MS/MS for determining plasma mycophenolic acid concentrations in Japanese lung transplant recipients.

Selenoprotein P Promotes the Development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Possible Novel Therapeutic Target.

The Beneficial Effects of Cognitive Training With Simple Calculation and Reading Aloud (SCRA) in the Elderly Postoperative Population: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Atomic-scale visualization of oxide thin-film surfaces.

Human Multilineage-differentiating Stress-Enduring Cells Exert Pleiotropic Effects to Ameliorate Acute Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Rat Model.

Nontuberculous mycobacterial and Aspergillus infections among cadaveric lung transplant recipients in Japan.

Single lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a single-center experience in Japan.

Expression of cytochrome P450 mRNAs in Type II alveolar cells from subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Correction to: Oxidative stress enhances the expression of IL-33 in human airway epithelial cells.

Correction to: Single lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a single-center experience in Japan.

Growth inhibition of KRAS‑ and EGFR‑mutant lung adenocarcinoma by cosuppression of STAT3 and the SRC/ARHGAP35 axis.

Roles of human epidermal growth factor receptor family in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

Periostin is a negative prognostic factor and promotes cancer cell proliferation in non-small cell lung cancer.

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography as a clinical diagnostic tool for anterior mediastinal tumors.

S100A10 upregulation associates with poor prognosis in lung squamous cell carcinoma.

Risk assessments for broncho-pleural fistula and respiratory failure after lung cancer surgery by National Clinical Database Japan.

Muse Cells and Ischemia-Reperfusion Lung Injury.

Clinicopathological Profiling of Lung Carcinoids with a Ki67 Index > 20.

Detection of engraftment of donor-derived antibody producing cells in a lung transplant recipient by anti-cytomegalovirus IgG avidity test.

The Analysis of Surgical Lung Biopsy and Explanted Lung Specimens Sheds Light on the Pathological Progression of Chronic Bird-related Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.

Significant differences in T cell receptor repertoires in lung adenocarcinomas with and without epidermal growth factor receptor mutations.

High preoperative plasma vasohibin-1 concentration predicts better prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Current status of diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy in Japan: 2016 national survey of bronchoscopy.

Correlation between the native lung volume change and postoperative pulmonary function after single lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Evaluation of lung volume by three-dimensional computed tomography volumetry.

Axl kinase drives immune checkpoint and chemokine signalling pathways in lung adenocarcinomas.

Chest wall/parietal pleural invasions worsen prognosis in T4 non-small cell lung cancer patients after resection.

The correlation of p22 and chemosensitivity in EGFR-TKI resistant lung adenocarcinoma.

Estimation of Blood Sirolimus Concentration Based on Tacrolimus Concentration/Dose Normalized by Body Weight Ratio in Lung Transplant Patients.

Prognostic significance of combining immunohistochemical markers for cancer-associated fibroblasts in lung adenocarcinoma tissue.

Amyloid precursor protein and its phosphorylated form in non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Clinicopathological features of intraoperative pleural lavage cytology for non-small cell lung cancer.

CD45CD326 Cells are Predictive of Poor Prognosis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients.

Classification and Prognostic Stratification of Bronchopulmonary Neuroendocrine Neoplasms.

Limited Sampling Strategy for the Estimation of Mycophenolic Acid and its Acyl Glucuronide Metabolite Area under the Concentration-Time Curve in Japanese Lung Transplant Recipients.

PD-L1 Induction by Cancer-Associated Fibroblast-Derived Factors in Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells.

Correction to: Risk assessments for broncho-pleural fistula and respiratory failure after lung cancer surgery by National Clinical Database Japan.

[Successful Multidisciplinary Treatment Accomplished by Collaboration of Multiple Clinical Departments for Synchronous Quadruple Cancer].

ADAMTS8 Promotes the Development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure: A Possible Novel Therapeutic Target.

Improving the viability of tissue-resident stem cells using an organ-preservation solution.

Probable progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome with immunosuppressant dose reduction following lung transplantation: a case report and literature review.

Novel activating KRAS mutation candidates in lung adenocarcinoma.

Improvement of native pulmonary alveolar proteinosis after contralateral single living-donor lobar lung transplantation: A case report.

Decreased expression of a phagocytic receptor Siglec-1 on alveolar macrophages in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Analysis of Optimal Health-Related Quality of Life Measures in Patients Waitlisted for Lung Transplantation.

The Incidence of Hemorrhagic Complications Was Lower With the Guide Sheath Than With the Conventional Forceps Biopsy Method: Results of Bronchoscopy in the 2016 Nationwide Survey by the Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy.

Development of a precise quantitative method for monitoring sirolimus in whole blood using LC/ESI-MS/MS.

Vasohibin-1 and miR-720 expression in diffuse pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis-like changes associated with pulmonary hypoplasia.

Postoperative prognostic nutritional index as a prognostic factor after non-small cell lung cancer surgery.

[Schloffer Tumor that Appeared and Increased 40 Months after Resection of Lung Cancer and was Suspected of Recurrence of Pleural Dissemination].

Sleep quality and its association with health-related quality of life of patients on lung transplantation waitlist in Japan.

Ex vivo lung CT findings may predict the outcome of the early phase after lung transplantation.

A phase 2 study of adjuvant carboplatin plus S-1 followed by maintenance S-1 therapy for patients with completely resected stage II/IIIA non-small cell lung cancer-Japanese Northern East Area Thoracic Surgery Study Group JNETS1302 study.

Comparison of the ischemic and non-ischemic lung cancer metabolome reveals hyper activity of the TCA cycle and autophagy.

[Experience with Pulmonary Resection under Thoracoscopic Surgery for Lung Cancer Patient with Abnormal Left A4b+5 and A8+9 Branching].

Plasma mycophenolic acid concentration and the clinical outcome after lung transplantation.

Correlation between preoperative F-FDG PET/CT findings and postoperative short-term prognosis in lung cancer patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia after lung resection.

The fraction of sensitization among lung transplant recipients in a transplant center in Japan.

Impact of Postoperative Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Lung Transplant Recipients.

[Thoracic Surgery for Patients with Pulmonary Dysfunction].

Contralateral tension pneumothorax during video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer in a patient with obesity and rib fractures: a case report and review of the literature.

Enhancer remodeling promotes tumor-initiating activity in NRF2-activated non-small cell lung cancers.

Clinical significance of bifocal treatment for synchronous brain metastasis in T1-2 non-small-cell lung cancers: JNETS0301.

Prognostic significance of propofol-based intravenous anesthesia in early-stage lung cancer surgery.

Simultaneous analysis of drugs administered to lung-transplanted patients using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for therapeutic drug monitoring.

Publisher Correction: Enhancer remodeling promotes tumor-initiating activity in NRF2-activated non-small cell lung cancers.

Malignant solitary fibrous tumors of the left atrial endocardium.

Outcomes of lung transplantation for idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.

Pneumonia With Scedosporium apiospermum and Lomentospora prolificans in a Patient After Bilateral Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Hypertension: A Case Report.

Targeting stanniocalcin-1-expressing tumor cells elicits efficient antitumor effects in a mouse model of human lung cancer.

[Assessment of Computed Tomography Sagittal Images for Early Diagnosis of Pulmonary Torsion after Lung Resection].

Successful Single-Lung Transplant for the Dominant Side: A Case Report.

Recovery of physical function in lung transplant recipients with sarcopenia.

Isolation and characterisation of lymphatic endothelial cells from lung tissues affected by lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

Patient-reported dyspnea and health predict waitlist mortality in patients waiting for lung transplantation in Japan.

Aortogenic embolic stroke after sleeve pneumonectomy with median sternotomy for lung cancer: a case report.

Estrogen Receptor β Is Involved in Acquired Resistance to EGFR-tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Lung Cancer.

Effect of CTLA4-Ig on Obliterative Bronchiolitis in a Mouse Intrapulmonary Tracheal Transplantation Model.

Current status of inhaled nitric oxide therapy for lung transplantation in Japan: a nationwide survey.

[Ingenuity for Completion of Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection after Esophageal Cancer Treatment].

Bilateral lung transplantation in a 9-year-old girl with bronchopulmonary dysplasia with pulmonary hypertension.

Outcome and prognostic factors after lung transplantation for bronchiectasis other than cystic fibrosis.

Upregulation of leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B4 on interstitial macrophages in COPD; their possible protective role against emphysema formation.

Increased LHX9 expression in alveolar epithelial type 2 cells of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Validation of the Proposed cN2 Subclassification in the Eighth Edition of the IASLC Staging System: A Prospective Phase II Multicenter Study.

Development of Paraneoplastic Neuromyelitis Optica after Lung Resection in a Patient with Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Delayed bronchial perforation after bulla cauterization with soft coagulation system.

Waiting time and mortality rate on lung transplant candidates in Japan: a single-center retrospective cohort study.

Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation During Bilateral Lung Transplantation for a Patient With Eisenmenger Syndrome Complicated With Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm, Azygos Continuation, and Central Airway Obstruction.

B7-1 and programmed cell death-ligand 1 in primary and lymph node metastasis lesions of non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Vasohibin-1 and -2 in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) cells associated with angiogenic and prognostic factors.

A Case of Esophageal Cancer Treated by Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy after Bilateral Cadaveric Lung Transplantation.

Persistent fecal occult blood due to the small intestinal metastasis of pleomorphic lung carcinoma.

[The Management of Cytomegalovirus Infection after Lung Transplantation].

Changes in haemodynamics during single lung transplantation under venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

LILRB4 promotes tumor metastasis by regulating MDSCs and inhibiting miR-1 family miRNAs.

Efficacy and safety of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in lung transplant recipients.

Metabolic and Epigenetic Regulation of SMAD7 by STC1 Ameliorates Lung Fibrosis.

Waitlist Mortality in Lung Transplant Candidates in Japan.

The impact of COVID-19 on thoracic surgical procedures in Japan: Analysis of data from the National Clinical Database.

Combined left thoracoscopic and median sternotomy approach to resect aortopulmonary mediastinal paraganglioma following feeding artery embolization: a case report.

Living Donor Lobar Lung Transplant for a Patient With Lung Disease Caused by ABCA3 Gene Mutations: A Case Report.

Diverse and divergent functions of IL-32β and IL-32γ isoforms in the regulation of malignant pleural mesothelioma cell growth and the production of VEGF-A and CXCL8.

A case report of Indium lung with progressive emphysema and fibrosis underwent lung unilateral transplantation 20 years after the end of the exposure.

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Blood Sirolimus and Tacrolimus Concentrations for Polypharmacy Management in a Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Patient Taking Two Cytochrome P450 3A Inhibitors.

Perioperative outcomes of minimally invasive surgery for large malignant thymic epithelial tumors and for total thymectomy.

Clinical and genomic features of non-small cell lung cancer occurring in families.

Prognostic factors for lung transplant recipients focusing on age and gender: the Japanese lung transplantation report 2022.

One-year change in the health status predicts the subsequent hospitalization and mortality in patients waitlisted for lung transplantation in Japan.

Prognostic impact of LILRB4 expression on tumor-infiltrating cells in resected non-small cell lung cancer.

Cellular and humoral immune responses after a third dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in lung transplant recipients in Japan.

Bilateral lung transplant with pulmonary artery reconstruction using donor aorta for pulmonary hypertension with a giant pulmonary arterial aneurysm.

Factors associated with quality of life in patients receiving lung transplantation: a cross-sectional study.

Clinicopathological Impacts of Expression of Neuronal Markers in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

Impact of intraoperative use of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on the status of von Willebrand factor large multimers during single lung transplantation.

Aging exacerbates murine lung ischemia-reperfusion injury by excessive inflammation and impaired tissue repair response.

Roles of respirologists in lung transplantation in Japan: narrative review.

Long-term follow-up of a consecutive cohort validating an epidermal growth factor receptor mutation as an independent risk factor for postoperative recurrence in lung adenocarcinoma.

The consecutive impact of COVID-19 on thoracic surgical procedures in Japan: an analysis of data from the National Clinical Database.

A straightforward guide to the swine left upper lobar transplant model: procedures and techniques.

Clinical, Genomic, and Transcriptomic Featurses of Lung Adenocarcinoma With Uncommon EGFR Mutation.

[Perioperative Management in Lung Transplantation].

Systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt treated with transcatheter arterial embolization and subsequent lung segmentectomy.

Single lung transplantation using a lung graft from a donor whose contralateral lung is not suitable for lung transplantation.

A comparative study of surgical outcomes for secondary spontaneous pneumothorax and the postoperative survival prognostic factor: interstitial vs. non-interstitial pneumonia.

Efficacy of platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy for epidermal growth factor receptor-mutant lung adenocarcinoma.

A Single-Center Analysis of How HLA Mismatch and Donor-Specific Antibodies Affect Short-Term Outcome After Lung Transplantation: A Pilot Study Before a Country-Wide Histocompatibility Study in Japan.

Evolution of Pleural Solitary Fibrous Tumors Causing Severe Hypoglycemia after Exceptionally Long Asymptomatic Periods: Report of Two Surgical Cases.

Morphological Predictors of Primary Lung Cancer among Part-Solid Ground-Grass Nodules on High-Resolution CT.

Effects of case volume on short- and long-term outcomes following cadaveric lung transplantation in Japan.

Identification of Siglec-1-negative alveolar macrophages with proinflammatory phenotypes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Long-term survival and clinical outcomes of delayed chest closure following lung transplantation.

Orthotopic transplantation of the bioengineered lung using a mouse-scale perfusion-based bioreactor and human primary endothelial cells.

Letermovir prophylaxis for cytomegalovirus in lung-transplant recipients: a comprehensive study with literature review of off-label use and real-world experiences.

Effect of revised organ transplant law in Japan on lung transplantation.

Native-lung complications following single-lung transplantation for interstitial lung disease: an in-depth analysis.

Prognostic value of perioperative changes in the prognostic nutritional index in patients with surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer.

The CONUT score is associated with the pathologic grade in non-small cell lung cancer.

An indocyanine green fluorescence-guided operation for diagnosing and treating pleuroperitoneal communication.

Correction to: Letermovir prophylaxis for cytomegalovirus in lung‑transplant recipients: a comprehensive study with literature review of off‑label use and real‑world experiences.

Single Lung Transplantation After Open Window Thoracotomy for Empyema: A Case Report.

COVID-19 pneumonia in lung transplant recipients: understanding risk factors and treatment outcomes in Japan.

Dipeptidyl peptidase 4-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts enhance lung adenocarcinoma growth.

Thoracic and vertebral deformities in lung transplantation: perioperative complications and long-term prognoses.

Characterization of IL-6R-expressing monocytes in the lung of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A prospective 10-year follow-up study after sublobar resection for ground-glass opacity-dominant lung cancer.

Lobar graft evaluation in cadaveric lobar lung redo transplantation after living-donor lobar lung transplantation: a case report.

Utility of transmanubrial osteomuscular sparing approach and its modification in vascular surgery: a case series study of surgeries related to subclavian artery.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical treatment for thoracic malignant tumor cases in Japan: a national clinical database analysis.

Key predictors of long-term survival after lung transplantation in Japan.

Delayed Chest Closure in Adult Living-donor Lobar Lung Transplantation-A Case Report.