Published in Neurosurgery on December 01, 2003
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In vivo tissue-engineered small-caliber arterial graft prosthesis consisting of autologous tissue (biotube). Cell Transplant (2004) 1.11
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The effect of gradually graded shear stress on the morphological integrity of a huvec-seeded compliant small-diameter vascular graft. Biomaterials (2006) 1.08
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Injury-induced neural stem/progenitor cells in post-stroke human cerebral cortex. Eur J Neurosci (2010) 1.05
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Student Research Award in the Undergraduate Degree Candidate category, 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, Memphis, Tennessee, April 27-30, 2005. Monocyte/lymphocyte interactions and the foreign body response: in vitro effects of biomaterial surface chemistry. J Biomed Mater Res A (2005) 1.03
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Protein-protein interactions of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3. Genome Biol (2005) 0.97
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Maternal death analysis from the Japanese autopsy registry for recent 16 years: significance of amniotic fluid embolism. J Obstet Gynaecol Res (2010) 0.95
Development of a completely autologous valved conduit with the sinus of Valsalva using in-body tissue architecture technology: a pilot study in pulmonary valve replacement in a beagle model. Circulation (2010) 0.95
Assessment of necrotic core with intraplaque hemorrhage in atherosclerotic carotid artery plaque by MR imaging with 3D gradient-echo sequence in patients with high-grade stenosis. Clinical article. J Neurosurg (2010) 0.95
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Application of nanoparticle technology for the prevention of restenosis after balloon injury in rats. Circ Res (2003) 0.93
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Elevation of plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 in the culprit coronary artery in patients with acute myocardial infarction: clinical evidence from distal protection. Circ J (2005) 0.90
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Development of self-expanding valved stents with autologous tubular leaflet tissues for transcatheter valve implantation. J Artif Organs (2015) 0.87
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In vivo evaluation of an in-body, tissue-engineered, completely autologous valved conduit (biovalve type VI) as an aortic valve in a goat model. J Artif Organs (2012) 0.86
Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibition improves pathophysiology of heart failure and increases survival rate in pressure-overloaded mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2013) 0.86
Histology of highly echolucent regions in optical coherence tomography images from two patients with sirolimus-eluting stent restenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2010) 0.86
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Surface elasticity imaging of vascular tissues in a liquid environment by a scanning haptic microscope. J Artif Organs (2010) 0.86
Preparation of an autologous heart valve with a stent (stent-biovalve) using the stent eversion method. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater (2013) 0.86
Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 gene expression increased compensatory for left ventricular remodeling in patients with end-stage heart failure. Int J Cardiol (2010) 0.85
Faster and stronger vascular "Biotube" graft fabrication in vivo using a novel nicotine-containing mold. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater (2009) 0.85
Development of sutureless vascular connecting system for easy implantation of small-caliber artificial grafts. J Artif Organs (2005) 0.85
Instability of self-assembled monolayers as a model material system for macrophage/FBGC cellular behavior. J Biomed Mater Res A (2008) 0.85
Implantation study of small-caliber "biotube" vascular grafts in a rat model. J Artif Organs (2012) 0.85
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Development of the wing-attached rod for acceleration of "Biotube" vascular grafts fabrication in vivo. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater (2007) 0.84