Gotaro Yamada

An Analysis of Risk Factors for Developing Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Group of Hepatitis C Patients with Stage 3 Fibrosis following Interferon Therapy (2008)

Sabina Mahmood, Kazumi Togawa, Miwa Kawanaka, Gouichi Niiyama, Gotaro Yamada

The risk of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is high in HCV-infected patients who have biochemically and histologically active chronic hepatitis. To observe the long prognosis of Chronic Hepatitis C...

Electron microscopic observations on hepatitis B antigen-associated particles in the sera of patients with various liver diseases (2007)

Yamada, Gotaro

To analyze the appearance of three forms of hepatitis B antigen-associated particles (HB Ag particles) and antigen-antibody (Ag-Ab) complexes in the sera of patients with various liver diseases,...

Immunoelectron microscopic observation of hepatitis B surface antigen on the surface of liver cells from patients with hepatitis B virus infection. (2007)

Yamada, Gotaro, Takahashi, Takashi, Mizuno, Motowo, Sakamoto, Yuji, Kaga, Kazumi, Kobayashi, Toshinari, ...

A recently modified method using peroxidase labeled antibodies for light and electron microscopic demonstration of hepatitis B virus (HBV) was applied to the evaluation of hepatitis B surface antigen...

Determination of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen by radioimmunoassay in chronic liver disease. (2007)

Mizuno, Motowo, Yamada, Gotaro, Sakamoto, Yuzi, Yumoto, Yasuhiro, Nagashima, Hideo

Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) was measured by radioimmunoassay using CORAB (Abbott Laboratories) in 10 cases of chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH), 46 cases of chronic aggressive...

Hepatitis B virus associated particles in the bile canaliculus. (2007)

Yamada, Gotaro, Sakamoto, Yuji, Mizuno, Motowo, Kobayashi, Toshinari, Nagashima, Hideo

The liver biopsy specimen from a patient with hepatitis B surface antigen was pbserved by electron microscopy. Dane particles, uncoated core particles and tubular forms were demonstrated in...

Serodiagnosis of type A hepatitis by detection of immunoglobulin M-type antibody to hepatitis A virus. (2007)

Mizuno, Motowo, Yamada, Gotaro, Sakamoto, Yuzi, Nishihara, Takashi, Yumoto, Yasuhiro, Moritsugu, Yasuo, ...

Serum specimens from 12 patients with type A hepatitis were analyzed for immunoglobulin M-type antibody to hepatitis A virus (IgM anti-HA). A recently developed solid-phase radioimmunoassay kit for...

Immunoelectron Microscopic Localization of MHC Class 1 and 2 Antigens on Bile Duct Epithelial Cells in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (2007)

Nishimoto, Hiroshi, Yamada, Gotaro, Mizuno, Motowo, Tsuji, Takao

We studied the distribution of class 1 and class 2 major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens on bile duct epithelial cells in liver from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) by an...

Intrafamilial clustering of genotypes of hepatitis C virus RNA. (2007)

Takahashi, Michiko, Yamada, Gotaro, Doi, Toshihiko, Takatani, Masahiro, Kishi, Fumitoshi, Miyamoto, Rieko, ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA in the blood was measured by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 37 subjects from eight families in which 2 or more persons tested seropositive for antibodies against...

Localization of hepatitis C virus RNA in human liver biopsies by in situ hybridization using thymine-thymine dimerized oligo DNA probes: improved method. (2007)

Endo, Hisashi, Yamada, Gotaro, Nakane, Paul K, Tsuji, Takao

To establish the most proper method of in situ hybridization in detection of HCV-RNA in the liver, various detailed procedures were examined using frozen as well as paraffin-embedded sections of...

Hepatitis C virus antibody titration in patients with chronic hepatitis C, before and after interferon treatment. (2007)

Takahashi, Michiko, Yamada, Gotaro, Miyamoto, Rieko, Doi, Toshihiko, Endo, Hisashi, Nishimoto, Hiroshi, ...

We measured hepatitis C virus antibody titers in 13 patients with chronic hepatitis C to determine whether titration of hepatitis C virus antibody was useful or not, to predict and evaluate the...

Immunohistochemical characterization of the lymphocyte and the immunoglobulin-containing cell in the epithelium and the lamina propria of normal human intestines. (2007)

Matsueda, Kazuhiro, Yamada, Gotaro, Tsuji, Takao

In order to clarify difference of the mucosal immunity in various sites of normal large and small intestines, we studied the population of lymphocyte subsets and immunoglobulin (Ig)-containing cells...

Tubular structures in the hepatic nuclei of a patient with delta agent. (2007)

Yamada, Gotaro, Manabe, Koji, Nagashima, Hideo

Liver biopsy specimens obtained from a 31-year-old female with delta-positive hepatitis were studied by routine electron microscopy. In several nuclei of hepatocytes, there were filamentous or...

Clinical and histological features of sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis. (2007)

Hyodo, Ichinosuke, Yamada, Gotaro, Nishihara, Takashi, Okushin, Hiroaki, Kinoyama, Shingo, Sakamoto, Yuji, ...

The incidence of hepatitis A (HA), hepatitis B (HB), and non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH) was 27%, 30% and 43% among 73 patients with sporadic hepatitis. Epidemiological data (geographical...

Non-B hepatocellular carcinoma: influence of age, sex, alcohol, family clustering, blood transfusion and chronic liver disease. (2007)

Yamada, Gotaro, Mizuno, Motowo, Kinoyama, Shingo, Nishihara, Takashi, Okushin, Hiroaki, Hyodo, Ichinosuke, ...

In 144 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 166 cases of cirrhosis without HCC and 142 cases of chronic hepatitis, we examined HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc in sera and compared the following...

Clinical significance of eosinophilia in the diagnosis of halothane-induced liver injury. (2007)

Fujiwara, Masachika, Watanabe, Akiharu, Sato, Yasumasa, Shiota, Tetsuya, Nakatsukasa, Harushige, Yamada, Gotaro, ...

Three patients with severe halothane-induced liver injury are described. All patients received halothane anesthesia twice within a short period. High fever and jaundice were noticed soon after the...

An Analysis of Risk Factors for Developing Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Group of Hepatitis C Patients with Stage 3 Fibrosis following Interferon Therapy

Mahmood, Sabina, Togawa, Kazumi, Kawanaka, Miwa, Niiyama, Gouichi, Yamada, Gotaro

The risk of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is high in HCV-infected patients who have biochemically and histologically active chronic hepatitis. To observe the long prognosis of Chronic Hepatitis C...

Association of primary biliary cirrhosis with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Toshikuni, Nobuyuki, Yamato, Ryumei, Kobashi, Haruhiko, Nishino, Ken, Inada, Nobu, Sakanoue, Ritsuko, ...

Although both primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are autoimmune diseases, the association of the 2 diseases is rare. Here, we report a case of ITP that...

Distribution of Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes among Patients with Chronic Infection in Japan Shifting toward an Increase of Genotype A▿

Matsuura, Kentaro, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Hige, Shuhei, Yamada, Gotaro, Murawaki, Yoshikazu, Komatsu, Masafumi, ...

Acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been increasing through promiscuous sexual contacts, and HBV genotype A (HBV/A) is frequent in patients with acute hepatitis B (AHB) in Japan. To compare...