Hidefumi Sasaki

Frequently increased epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) copy numbers and decreased BRCA1 mRNA expression in Japanese triple-negative breast cancers (2008)

Toyama, Tatsuya, Yamashita, Hiroko, Kondo, Naoto, Okuda, Katsuhiro, Takahashi, Satoru, Sasaki, Hidefumi, ...

Abstract Background Triple-negative breast cancer (estrogen receptor-, progesterone receptor-, and HER2-negative) (TNBC) is a high risk breast cancer that lacks specific therapy targeting these...

Characterizing the cancer genome in lung adenocarcinoma (2007)

Weir, Barbara A., Woo, Michele S., Getz, Gad, Perner, Sven, Ding, Li, Beroukhim, Rameen, ...

Somatic alterations in cellular DNA underlie almost all human cancers(1). The prospect of targeted therapies(2) and the development of high-resolution, genome-wide approaches(3-8) are now spurring...

Corrigendum: High-throughput oncogene mutation profiling in human cancer. (2007)

Thomas, Roman K, Baker, Alissa C, Debiasi, Ralph M, Winckler, Wendy, Laframboise, Thomas, Lin, William M, ...

Systematic efforts are underway to decipher the genetic changes associated with tumor initiation and progression1, 2. However, widespread clinical application of this information is hampered by an...

Expression and Mutation Statuses of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Thymic Epithelial Tumors (2006)

Suzuki, Eriko, Sasaki, Hidefumi, Kawano, Osamu, Endo, Katsuhiko, Haneda, Hiroshi, Yukiue, Haruhiro, ...

Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations have been reported to correlate with the sensitivity to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment for advanced lung cancers. Since...

A Correlation between EGFR Gene Mutation Status and Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Features in Japanese Patients with Adenocarcinoma (2006)

Haneda, Hiroshi, Sasaki, Hidefumi, Lindeman, Neal, Kawano, Osamu, Endo, Katsuhiko, Suzuki, Eriko, ...

Background: The presence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in gefitinib-naive lung cancer patients has been reported to be higher in females, in non-smokers, in Japanese, and in...

A Correlation Between EGFR Gene Mutation Status and Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Features in Japanese Patients with Adenocarcinoma (2006)

Haneda, Hiroshi, Sasaki, Hidefumi, Lindeman, Neal, Kawano, Osamu, Endo, Katsuhiko, Suzuki, Eriko, ...

Background: The presence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in gefitinib-naive lung cancer patients has been reported to be higher in females, in non-smokers, in Japanese, and in...

Expression and Mutation Statuses of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Thymic Epithelial Tumors (2006)

Suzuki, Eriko, Sasaki, Hidefumi, Kawano, Osamu, Endo, Katsuhiko, Haneda, Hiroshi, Yukiue, Haruhiro, ...

Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations have been reported to correlate with the sensitivity to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment for advanced lung cancers. Since...

Genome coverage and sequence fidelity of {phi}29 polymerase-based multiple strand displacement whole genome amplification (2004)

Paez, J. Guillermo, Lin, Ming, Beroukhim, Rameen, Lee, Jeffrey C., Zhao, Xiaojun, Richter, Daniel J., ...

Major efforts are underway to systematically define the somatic and germline genetic variations causally associated with disease. Genome‐wide genetic analysis of actual clinical samples is,...

{beta}IGH3, a TGF-{beta} Inducible Gene, is Overexpressed in Lung Cancer (2002)

Sasaki, Hidefumi, Kobayashi, Yoshihiro, Nakashima, Yoshiaki, Moriyama, Satoru, Yukiue, Haruhiro, Kaji, Masahiro, ...

Background: Transforming growth factor-&bgr; (TGF-&bgr;) is capable of affecting the proliferation of many cell types. &bgr;IGH3, TGF-&bgr; inducible gene, was originally isolated from lung...

Decreased Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor Gamma Gene Expression is Correlated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Esophageal Cancer (2002)

Terashita, Yukio, Sasaki, Hidefumi, Haruki, Nobuhiro, Nishiwaki, Tadashi, Ishiguro, Hideyuki, Shibata, Yasuyuki, ...

Background: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR&ggr;) induces apoptosis by ligand stimulation in various tumor cell lines. In esophageal cancer cell lines, PPAR&ggr; activation...

Expression of the cdc25B mRNA Correlated with that of N-myc in Neuroblastoma (2001)

Sato, Yoko, Sasaki, Hidefumi, Kondo, Satoshi, Fukai, Ichiro, Kiriyama, Masanobu, Yamakawa, Yosuke, ...

Background: Neuroblastoma is one of the most common solid tumors in early childhood. Overexpression of the proto-oncogene N-myc has been reported to be correlated with more malignant course of the...

Expression of the Protein Gene Product 9.5, PGP9.5, is Correlated with T-status in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (2001)

Sasaki, Hidefumi, Yukiue, Haruhiro, Moriyama, Satoru, Kobayashi, Yoshihiro, Nakashima, Yoshiaki, Kaji, Masahiro, ...

Background: In a tumor, increased deubiquitination of cyclins by a protein gene product gene, PGP9.5, could contribute to the uncontrolled growth of somatic cells that is a hallmark of cancer. We...

Genome coverage and sequence fidelity of φ29 polymerase-based multiple strand displacement whole genome amplification

Paez, J. Guillermo, Lin, Ming, Beroukhim, Rameen, Lee, Jeffrey C., Zhao, Xiaojun, Richter, Daniel J., ...

Major efforts are underway to systematically define the somatic and germline genetic variations causally associated with disease. Genome-wide genetic analysis of actual clinical samples is, however,...

Epidermal growth factor receptor variant III mutations in lung tumorigenesis and sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Ji, Hongbin, Zhao, Xiaojun, Yuza, Yuki, Shimamura, Takeshi, Li, Danan, Protopopov, Alexei, ...

The tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib (Iressa) and erlotinib (Tarceva) have shown anti-tumor activity in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Dramatic and durable responses have...

Genome coverage and sequence fidelity of φ29 polymerase-based multiple strand displacement whole genome amplification

Paez, J. Guillermo, Lin, Ming, Beroukhim, Rameen, Lee, Jeffrey C., Zhao, Xiaojun, Richter, Daniel J., ...

Major efforts are underway to systematically define the somatic and germline genetic variations causally associated with disease. Genome-wide genetic analysis of actual clinical samples is, however,...

Epidermal growth factor receptor variant III mutations in lung tumorigenesis and sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Ji, Hongbin, Zhao, Xiaojun, Yuza, Yuki, Shimamura, Takeshi, Li, Danan, Protopopov, Alexei, ...

The tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib (Iressa) and erlotinib (Tarceva) have shown anti-tumor activity in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Dramatic and durable responses have...