A subclinical high tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient independent of the mean pulmonary artery pressure is a risk factor for the survival after living donor liver transplantation

Authors: Yosuke Saragai, Akinobu Takaki, Yuzo Umeda, Takashi Matsusaki, Tetsuya Yasunaka, Atsushi Oyama, Ryuji Kaku, Kazufumi Nakamura, Ryuichi Yoshida, Daisuke Nobuoka, Takashi Kuise, Kosei Takagi, Takuya Adachi, Nozomu Wada, Yasuto Takeuchi, Kazuko Koike, Fusao Ikeda, Hideki Onishi, Hidenori Shiraha, Shinichiro Nakamura, Hiroshi Morimatsu, Hiroshi Ito, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, Takahito Yagi, Hiroyuki Okada

Source: BMC Gastroenterology, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)

Subject Terms: Hepatopulmonary syndrome, Living donor related liver transplantation, Portopulmonary hypertension, Tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient, Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology, RC799-869

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-018-0793-z; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-230X

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/9058ad38adba4e91b5d015a5b1f046d1

L-carnitine prevents progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in a mouse model with upregulation of mitochondrial pathway.

Authors: Hisashi Ishikawa, Akinobu Takaki, Ryuichiro Tsuzaki, Tetsuya Yasunaka, Kazuko Koike, Yasuyuki Shimomura, Hiroyuki Seki, Hiroshi Matsushita, Yasuhiro Miyake, Fusao Ikeda, Hidenori Shiraha, Kazuhiro Nouso, Kazuhide Yamamoto

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 7, p e100627 (2014)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4077577?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/dad0947e4ac54e0398d5dbc3e85d2bcf

Early Chimerism After Liver Transplantation Reflects the Clinical Course of Recurrent Hepatitis C.

Authors: Masashi Utsumi, Akinobu Takaki, Yuzo Umeda, Kazuko Koike, Napier, Stephanie C., Nobukazu Watanabe, Susumu Shinoura, Ryuichi Yoshida, Daisuke Nobuoka, Tetsuya Yasunaka, Takahiro Oto, Motoo Araki, Kazuhide Yamamoto, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, Takahito Yagi

Source: Annals of Transplantation; 2017, Vol. 22, p156-165, 10p

Enhancement of Programmed Death Ligand 2 on Hepatitis C Virus Infected Hepatocytes by Calcineurin Inhibitors.

Authors: Kazuko Koike, Akinobu Takaki, Takahito Yagi, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Tetsuya Yasunaka, Hiroshi Sadamori, Susumu Shinoura, Yuzo Umeda, Ryuichi Yoshida, Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Nobuoka, Masashi Utsumi, Yasuhiro Miyake, Fusao Ikeda, Hidenori Shiraha, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, Kazuhide Yamamoto

Source: Transplantation; Jul2015, Vol. 99 Issue 7, p1447-1454, 8p

Frequency of regulatory T-cell and hepatitis C viral antigen-specific immune response in recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation.

Authors: Masashi Utsumi, Akinobu Takaki, Yuzo Umeda, Kazuko Koike, Napier, Stephanie C., Nobukazu Watanabe, Hiroshi Sadamori, Susumu Shinoura, Ryuichi Yoshida, Daisuke Nobuoka, Tetsuya Yasunaka, Eiichi Nakayama, Kazuhide Yamamoto, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, Takahito Yagi

Source: Transplant Immunology. Jun2014, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p33-41. 9p.

Subjects: T cells, HEPATITIS C, VIRAL antigens, IMMUNE response, LIVER transplantation, ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay, ALANINE aminotransferase