Takayuki Ueno

Ki67 index changes, pathological response and clinical benefits in primary breast cancer patients treated with 24 weeks of aromatase inhibition.

A novel high-through-put assay for screening of pro-apoptotic drugs.

Serial measurement of serum S-100B protein as a marker of cerebral damage after cardiac surgery.

Processing of pulmonary surfactant protein B by napsin and cathepsin H.

A close association between alteration in growth kinetics by neoadjuvant chemotherapy and survival outcome in primary breast cancer.

Determining tumor apoptosis and necrosis in patient serum using cytokeratin 18 as a biomarker.

Relationship between cerebral injury and inflammatory responses in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Relation of aneurysmectomy in patients with advanced left ventricular remodeling to postoperative left ventricular filling pressure, redilatation with ischemic mitral regurgitation.

Late development of mitral regurgitation after left ventricular reconstruction surgery.

Mechanism of persistent ischemic mitral regurgitation after annuloplasty: importance of augmented posterior mitral leaflet tethering.

Inhibitory effects of edaravone on the production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the isolated heart undergoing ischemia and reperfusion.

Intraoperative infusion of epoprostenol sodium for patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia undergoing cardiac surgery.

Taurine at early reperfusion significantly reduces myocardial damage and preserves cardiac function in the isolated rat heart.

Mid-term changes of left ventricular geometry and function after Dor, SAVE, and Overlapping procedures.

Subvalvular procedure for functional mitral regurgitation in a patient with dilated-phase hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Cytokeratin-18 is a useful serum biomarker for early determination of response of breast carcinomas to chemotherapy.

Papillary muscle elevation: an alternative subvalvular procedure for selective relocation of displaced posterior papillary muscle in posteroinferior infarction.

Use of the Bentall method for replacement of an aortic Starr-Edwards ball valve prosthesis implanted 32 years previously.

The aspartic protease napsin A suppresses tumor growth independent of its catalytic activity.

Preoperative advanced left ventricular remodeling predisposes to recurrence of ischemic mitral regurgitation with less reverse remodeling.

Radical repair of cor triatriatum with partially unroofed coronary sinus and persistent left superior vena cava 35 years after operation for tetralogy of Fallot.

[A case of primary breast cancer who responded remarkably to the neoadjuvant chemotherapy with the combination of docetaxel and cyclophosphamide].

[Current surgical treatment for acquired valvular heart disease].

Adipogenesis induced by human adipose tissue-derived stem cells.

Impact of subvalvular procedure for ischemic mitral regurgitation on leaflet configuration, mobility, and recurrence.

[Biomarker].

Taurine-mediated cardioprotection is greater when administered upon reperfusion than prior to ischemia.

Preparation of long sticky ends for universal ligation-independent cloning: sequential T4 DNA polymerase treatments.

Left ventricular reconstruction with or without mitral annuloplasty.

Differential gene expression in the hypopharyngeal glands of worker honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) associated with an age-dependent role change.

Increased estrogen sulfatase (STS) and 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1(17beta-HSD1) following neoadjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy in breast cancer patients.

Use of continuous retrograde gaseous oxygen persufflation for myocardial protection during open heart surgery.

Is dysfunction of caveolin-1 a link between systemic sclerosis and breast cancer, opening a window on both etiologies?

[Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)].

Predictive value of CD24 and CD44 for neoadjuvant chemotherapy response and prognosis in primary breast cancer patients.

A case of metaplastic breast cancer that showed a good response to platinum-based preoperative chemotherapy.

Prognostic significance of tumor/stromal caveolin-1 expression in breast cancer patients.

MRI evaluation of residual tumor size after neoadjuvant endocrine therapy vs. neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Determining circulating endothelial cells using CellSearch system during preoperative systemic chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.

First-line bevacizumab in combination with weekly paclitaxel for metastatic breast cancer: efficacy and safety results from a large, open-label, single-arm Japanese study.

Relationship between body mass index and preoperative treatment response to aromatase inhibitor exemestane in postmenopausal patients with primary breast cancer.

Synthesis and transfection efficiency of cationic oligopeptide lipids: role of linker.

A phase II study of neoadjuvant bevacizumab plus capecitabine and concomitant radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

Assessment of CAD-generated tumor volumes measured using MRI in breast cancers before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Effects of estrogen depletion on angiogenesis in estrogen-receptor-positive breast carcinoma--an immunohistochemical study of vasohibin-1 and CD31 with correlation to pathobiological response of the patients in neoadjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy.

Genome-wide copy number analysis in primary breast cancer.

Clinical performance of 2 dedicated PET scanners for breast imaging: initial evaluation.

Alterations of circulating endothelial cell and endothelial progenitor cell counts around the ovulation.

Temporal profiling of lapatinib-suppressed phosphorylation signals in EGFR/HER2 pathways.

Lymphatic mapping with fluorescence navigation using indocyanine green and axillary surgery in patients with primary breast cancer.

Changes of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte subtypes before and after neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients--an immunohistochemical study of Cd8+ and Foxp3+ using double immunostaining with correlation to the pathobiological response of the patients.

[Circulating endothelial cells(CECs), circulating endothelial progenitors (CEPs)].

Author's response.

Orally administered S-1 suppresses circulating endothelial cell counts in metastatic breast cancer patients.

High-resolution imaging mass spectrometry reveals detailed spatial distribution of phosphatidylinositols in human breast cancer.

Interobserver concordance of Ki67 labeling index in breast cancer: Japan Breast Cancer Research Group Ki67 ring study.

Evaluating the 21-gene assay Recurrence Score® as a predictor of clinical response to 24 weeks of neoadjuvant exemestane in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

Flagella proteins contribute to the production of outer membrane vesicles from Escherichia coli W3110.

Spatiotemporal patterns of the Huntingtin-interacting protein 1-related gene in the mouse head.

Simultaneous operation for cardiac disease and gastrointestinal malignancy.

Bromocriptine, a dopamine agonist, increases growth hormone secretion in a patient with acromegaly.

[Pericardiectomy of effusive constrictive pericarditis with an ultrasonic scalpel; report of a case].

Emergent rescue operation for expanding mycotic pseudoaneurysm causing hemoptysis, originating from right subclavian artery.

Changes in the Gene Expression Profiles of the Hypopharyngeal Gland of Worker Honeybees in Association with Worker Behavior and Hormonal Factors.

Characteristic Gene Expression Profiles of Human Fibroblasts and Breast Cancer Cells in a Newly Developed Bilateral Coculture System.

Clinical significance of the expression of autophagy-associated marker, beclin 1, in breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant endocrine therapy.

[Clinical Outcomes of Cardiovascular Surgery in Jehovah's Witness Patients].

Transient late-onset ischemic mitral regurgitation following Dor's procedure.

Trends in axillary treatment for breast cancer patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy as determined by a questionnaire from the Japanese Breast Cancer Society.