Yoshifumi Sano

Living-Donor Lobar Lung Transplantation and Closure of Atrial Septal Defect for Adult Eisenmenger's Syndrome (2009)

Aokage, Keiju, Date, Hiroshi, Okazaki, Megumi, Sano, Yoshifumi, Oto, Takahiro, Kusano, Kengo, ...

A 38-year-old woman with Eisenmenger's syndrome underwent bilateral living-donor lobar lung transplantation and simultaneous closure of atrial septal defect. The grafts were a right lower lobe from...

Optimal Temperature of Graft Preservation after ex Vivo Gene Transfer in Lung Isografts (2008)

Osaragi, Tomohiko, Nagahiro, Itaru, Miyaguchi, Naoyuki, Mori, Hideaki, Sano, Yoshifumi, Date, Hiroshi, ...

The aim of this study was to determine the optimal temperature of graft preservation after ex vivo gene transfer to rat lung isografts. Left lungs were harvested and infused with cationic...

Dry Small Pleural Dissemination of Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Preoperatively Detected by PET/CT: A Report of Two Cases (2008)

Okutani, Daisuke, Yamane, Masaomi, Toyooka, Shinichi, Oto, Takahiro, Aoe, Motoi, Sano, Yoshifumi, ...

Dry pleural dissemination in non-small cell lung cancer, defined as solid pleural metastasis of lung cancer without pleural eff usion, is a condition occurring in T4 lung cancer. Positron emission...

Radiofrequency ablation followed by radiation therapy for large primary lung tumors (2007)

Mukai, Takashi, Mimura, Hidefumi, Gobara, Hideo, Takemoto, Mitsuhiro, Himei, Kengo, Hiraki, Takao, ...

We report the clinical experience of radiofrequency ablation followed by radiation therapy for large primary lung tumors. Two patients with large primary lung tumors were treated with combined...

Diagnosis of Rejection in the Allografted Rat Lung: Using Monoclonal Antibodies to T Cell Subsets for Immunologic Monitoring (2007)

Maruyama, Shuichirou, Sano, Yoshifumi, Date, Hiroshi, Shimizu, Nobuyuki, Teramoto, Shigeru

Early diagnosis of rejection and timely immunosuppression are absolutely important in clinical lung transplantation. We studied surface markers of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), graft...

Anti-tumor effect of bisphosphonate (YM529) on non-small cell lung cancer cell lines (2007)

Koshimune, Ryuichiro, Aoe, Motoi, Toyooka, Shinichi, Hara, Fumikata, Ouchida, Mamoru, Tokumo, Masaki, ...

Abstract Background YM529 is a newly developed nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate (BP) classified as a third-generation BP that shows a 100-fold greater potency against bone resorption than...

Recovery of protein-losing enteropathy after living-donor lobar lung transplantation in primary pulmonary hypertension (2006)

Ohira, Hiroshi, Tsujino, Ichizo, Sakaue, Shinji, Ikeda, Daisuke, Itoh, Naofumi, Kamigaki, Mitsunori, ...

The authors encountered a 43-year-old woman with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) and refractory protein-losing enteropathy (PLE). The patient underwent living-donor lobar lung transplantation...

Recovery of protein-losing enteropathy after living-donor lobar lung transplantation in primary pulmonary hypertension (2006)

Ohira, Hiroshi, Tsujino, Ichizo, Sakaue, Shinji, Ikeda, Daisuke, Itoh, Naofumi, Kamigaki, Mitsunori, ...

The authors encountered a 43-year-old woman with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) and refractory protein-losing enteropathy (PLE). The patient underwent living-donor lobar lung transplantation...

Recovery of protein-losing enteropathy after living-donor lobar lung transplantation in primary pulmonary hypertension (2006)

Ohira, Hiroshi, Tsujino, Ichizo, Sakaue, Shinji, Ikeda, Daisuke, Itoh, Naofumi, Kamigaki, Mitsunori, ...

The authors encountered a 43-year-old woman with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) and refractory protein-losing enteropathy (PLE). The patient underwent living-donor lobar lung transplantation...

Parenteral Nutrition Impairs Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue and Mucosal Immunity by Reducing Lymphotoxin β Receptor Expression

Kang, Woodae, Gomez, F Enrique, Lan, Jinggang, Sano, Yoshifumi, Ueno, Chikara, Kudsk, Kenneth A.

Expression of Peyer's patch lymphotoxin β receptor (LTβR), a critical control molecule in mucosal immunity, decreases significantly with lack of enteral feeding in association with reduced Peyer's...