Ito, Toshio, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ukida, Minoru, Kiyotoshi, Shozo, Kawaguchi, Kenji, Ogawa, Hiromichi, ...
The portal vein system was clearly visualized in superior mesenteric arterial portography using prostaglandin E1. Angiographic examination was performed in 68 patients with various liver diseases...
Computed tomographic arteriography in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. (2007)
Ito, Toshio, Yamamoto, Hiroshi, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ukida, Minoru, Ogawa, Hiromichi, Kitadai, Masahiro, ...
Computed tomographic arteriography (CTA) was performed in 30 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Detection of HCC by CTA was compared with that of conventional celiac or hepatic...
Evaluation of serum uric acid to creatinine ratio in fulminant hepatitis. (2007)
Omori, Nobuhiko, Ukida, Minoru, Mikami, Masayuki, Morimoto, Youichi, Tsuji, Takao
Of the eight patients with fulminant hepatitis placed under total parenteral nutrition with an amino acid solution rich in branched chain amino acids and treated by plasma exchange, four survived and...
Nishikawa, Yoshiyuki, Ukida, Minoru, Matsuo, Ryuichi, Morimoto, Youichi, Omori, Nobuhiko, Mikami, Masayuki, ...
We administered a branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) infusion to 16 patients with hepatic failure and two healthy subjects, and then evaluated its effects on ammonia metabolism and amino acid metabolic...
Ogawa, Hiromichi, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ito, Toshio, Kiyotoshi, Syozo, Kawaguchi, Kenji, Kitadai, Masahiro, ...
Absence of Kupffer cells in rat liver hyperplastic nodules induced by a chemical carcinogen was demonstrated by intravenous injection of indian ink. Hyperplastic nodules appeared 4 weeks after...
Peritoneoscopy of the liver after abdominal surgery. (2007)
Kawaguchi, Kenji, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ukida, Minoru, Ito, Toshio, Kiyotoshi, Shozo, Ogawa, Hiromichi, ...
The incidence of intraperitoneal adhesion after abdominal surgery was studied. Peritoneoscopy was performed in 933 patients with liver diseases over the 6 year 5 month period from March 1974 to July...
A 15N GC/MS Study of in Vivo Glutamine Synthesis in Liver Failure Rats (2007)
Morishita, Hirohumi, Ukida, Minoru, Morimoto, Youichi, Mikami, Masayuki, Tsuji, Takao
To clarify the nature of nitrogen metabolism between branched chain amino acid (BCAA) and glutamine (GIn) in liver failure, we measured arterial plasma concentrations of GIn and 15N uptake to amino-N...
Matsuo, Ryuichi, Ukida, Minoru, Nishikawa, Yoshiyuki, Omori, Nobuhiko, Tsuji, Takao
To investigate the role of Kupffer cells in complement activation, we used a rat model of acute hepatic injury induced by D-Galactosamine (GalN) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In in vivo study,...
Koide, Norio, Ukida, Minoru, Kondo, Hideaki, Jitoku, Michihiro, Ono, Ryosaku, Tanabe, Takayoshi, ...
The amino-terminal peptides of type III procollagen (PIIIP) in the urine of 40 patients with various liver diseases were determined with a commercial radioimmunoassay kit. The level of urinary PIIIP...
Usui, Hiroko, Ukida, Minoru, Nagashima, Hideo
Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) was produced in rats with intraperitoneal injection of D-galactosamine. Control rats received only physiological saline. 15N-leucine (200 mg/kg of body weight) was...
Comparison of estimation methods of liver maximum removal rate of indocyanine green. (2007)
Tanaka, Ryoji, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ukida, Minoru, Ito, Toshio, Kitadai, Masahiro, Hattori, Shuzo, ...
Three linear plots by which the liver's maximum removal rate (Rmax) of indocyanine green (ICG) and the Michaelis constant (Km) can be calculated were compared in a microcomputer simulation study. The...
Peritoneoscopy of alcoholic liver cirrhosis in comparison with non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis. (2007)
Kitadai, Masahiro, Hattori, Shuzo, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ukida, Minoru, Ito, Toshio, Ogawa, Hiromichi, ...
Peritoneoscopic findings of 39 patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) were compared with those of 95 patients with non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis (NALC). They were selected from 245 patients...
Comparative diagnosis of alcoholic liver diseases by multivariate and histological analysis. (2007)
Kitadai, Masahiro, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Hattori, Shuzo, Ukida, Minoru, Ito, Toshio, Ogawa, Hiromichi, ...
Sixty-seven cases of alcoholic liver disease were histologically classified into 4 groups: alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC), alcoholic hepatitis (AH), alcoholic liver fibrosis (ALF) and alcoholic...
Effects of sake and bourbon on liver histopathology and function in rats. (2007)
Kitadai, Masahiro, Hattori, Shuzo, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ukida, Minoru, Ito, Toshio, Ogawa, Hiromichi, ...
Sake or bourbon (8g ethanol/kg body weight) was intragastrically administered to rats for 12 days. An equal dose of ethanol in water or an isocaloric glucose solution was administered to control...
Itoshima, Tatsuya, Kawaguchi, Kenji, Ukida, Minoru, Ito, Toshio, Hattori, Shuzo, Kitadai, Masahiro, ...
Sex, age and 21 routine liver function assays were analyzed by stepwise selection and the best-of-all-possible-combinations method to identify a small group of assays valuable in establishing which...
Lack of uptake of indocyanine green and trypan blue by hepatocellular carcinoma. (2007)
Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ito, Toshio, Ukida, Minoru, Ogawa, Hiromichi, Kitadai, Masahiro, Hattori, Shunzo, ...
Experimental hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in rats did not take up intravenously administered indocyanine green (ICG) and trypan blue, while surrounding tissue did. The lack of ICG uptake was also...
Scanning electron microscopy of Ito's fat-storing cells in the rat liver. (2007)
Ito, Toshio, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Ukida, Minoru, Tobe, Kazuo, Kiyotoshi, Shozo, Kawaguchi, Keiji, ...
The whole body including extended processes of Ito's fat-storing cells was observed by scanning electron microscopy in rat liver injured with lithocholic acid (LCA). Necrotic foci developed in the...