Toshihide Iwashita

Expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor correlates with perineural invasion of bile duct carcinoma.

Repair by Src kinase of function-impaired RET with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A mutation with substitutions of tyrosines in the COOH-terminal kinase domain for phenylalanine.

Neural crest stem cells persist in the adult gut but undergo changes in self-renewal, neuronal subtype potential, and factor responsiveness.

Slow deactivation and U-shaped inactivation properties in cloned Cav1.2b channels in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

Hirschsprung disease is linked to defects in neural crest stem cell function.

Bmi-1 dependence distinguishes neural stem cell self-renewal from progenitor proliferation.

Temporally distinct requirements for endothelin receptor B in the generation and migration of gut neural crest stem cells.

Spatial differences in hematopoiesis but not in stem cells indicate a lack of regional patterning in definitive hematopoietic stem cells.

SLAM family receptors distinguish hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and reveal endothelial niches for stem cells.

Galanin receptor subtype 2 suppresses cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in p53 mutant head and neck cancer cells.

Bmi-1 over-expression in neural stem/progenitor cells increases proliferation and neurogenesis in culture but has little effect on these functions in vivo.

Aggressive progression of breast cancer with microscopic pulmonary emboli possessing a stem cell-like phenotype independent of its origin.

Mouse embryonic stem cells inhibit murine cytomegalovirus infection through a multi-step process.

Effects of intrapulmonary viral tropism and cytokine expression on the histological patterns of cytomegalovirus pneumonia.

Establishment of a novel mouse model of ulcerative colitis with concomitant cytomegalovirus infection: in vivo identification of cytomegalovirus persistent infected cells.

Direct isolation of myofibroblasts and fibroblasts from bleomycin-injured lungs reveals their functional similarities and differences.

Aberrant fetal macrophage/microglial reactions to cytomegalovirus infection.

Cytomegalovirus initiates infection selectively from high-level β1 integrin-expressing cells in the brain.

Expression of β-Adrenoceptor Subtypes in Urothelium, Interstitial Cells and Detrusor of the Human Urinary Bladder.

Primary combined small and squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx: A case report.