Toshio Ito

Increased excretion of urinary cyclic GMP in primary hepatoma and preneoplastic liver. (2007)

Shimamura, Junnosuke, Taketa, Kazuhisa, Ito, Toshio, Shimada, Yoshihiro, Nagashima, Hideo

Urinary excretion of cyclic GMP (cGMP) and the plasma level of cyclic AMP (cAMP) were determined in patients with liver diseases. The urinary excretion of cGMP, expressed on the basis of creatinine...

Enhanced visualization of the portal vein system in superior mesenteric arterial portography using prostaglandin E1. (2007)

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...

Percutaneous transhepatic portal catheterization-modification of Chiba method and portal vein pressure in liver diseases. (2007)

Ito, Toshio, Itoshima, Tatsuya, Kiyotoshi, Shuzo, Kawaguchi, Kenji, Ogawa, Hiromichi, Kitadai, Masahiro, ...

Percutaneous transhepatic portal catheterization was performed in 68 cases of liver diseases in the 2 year period from 1978 to 1980. The Chiba University method was modified. Portal vein...

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...

Immunohistochemical studies of PIVKA-II in hepatocellular carcinoma by indirect immunofluorescence (2007)

Kuwahara, Naoaki, Higashi, Toshihiro, Nouso, Kazuhiro, Ito, Toshio, Tsuji, Takao

Tissue PIVKA-II was examined in 32 hepatocellular carcinomas and 2 metastatic liver tumors using indirect immunofluorescence, and the results were compared with the size, histological grading and...

Absence of Kupffer cells in carcinogen induced liver hyperplastic nodules: demonstration by intravenous injection of indian ink. (2007)

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...

Long-term survival in a case of hepatocellular carcinoma. (2007)

Shiota, Tetsuya, Watanabe, Akiharu, Mitani, Ken, Ito, Toshio, Tobe, Kazuo, Nagashima, Hideo

A patient with an unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who survived without active treatment 3 years and 8 months after histological diagnosis is described. The size of the liver, which was...

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...

Survival simulation of hepatocellular carcinoma derived from follow-up studies of 450 patients. (2007)

Kakio, Takeshi, Ito, Toshio, Sue, Kunihiko, Tanimizu, Masahito, Tsuji, Takao

A simulation model to predict the survival probability of individual patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after therapy was derived from the results of various therapies and follow-up studies...

Hemostasis of Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage by Transileocoecal and Transhepatic Obliteration (2007)

Kakio, Takeshi, Ito, Toshio, Sue, Kunihiko, Sakaguchi, Kosaku, Shiota, Tetsuya, Oka, Takahiko, ...

Obliteration for gastric or duodenal variceal hemorrhage was performed via transileocoecal or transhepatic portal catheterization in 8 patients with portal hypertension. The patients were 6 men and 2...

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...

Diagnosis of. Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Liver Cir­rhosis Using Liver Function Assays (2007)

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...

Endothelial Pores in the Rat Soleus Muscle Capillaries after Experimental Limb Immobilization (1996)

Oki, Sadaaki, Desaki, Junzo, Ito, Toshio, Matsuda, Yoshiro, Okumura, Hideo, Shibata, Taihoh

Structural changes of capillaries were reexamined in the rat soleus muscle 12 weeks after limb immobilization. Most capillaries were of the continuous type, while capillaries with fenestrations were...

γ-BUTYROBETAINE AS A SPECIFIC ANTAGONIST FOR CARNITINE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLY CHICK EMBRYO

Ito, Toshio, Fraenkel, G.

The effect of γ-butyrobetaine alone and with the addition of carnitine on the development of the early excised chick embryo has been studied. γ-Butyrobetaine in appropriate amounts exerts an...