Published in Ann Thorac Surg on October 01, 2006
Suppression of avascular bleb formation by a thin biodegradable film in a rabbit filtration surgery with mitomycin C. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol (2012) 0.76
Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 0.75
Twenty-Year Outcome of Aortic Valve Replacement With St. Jude Medical Mechanical Valves in Japanese Patients. Circ J (2015) 2.63
Experimental control of pancreatic development and maintenance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 2.20
Toward quality improvement of thoracic aortic surgery: estimating volume-outcome effect from nationwide survey. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 2.15
Effect of procedural volume on outcome of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Japan: implication toward public reporting and minimal volume standards. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 2.13
Polydioxane (PDS) cord has insufficient reliability to securely close the sternum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 2.11
Effect of locust bean gum in anti-regurgitant milk on the regurgitation in uncomplicated gastroesophageal reflux. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2004) 2.10
Early and late outcomes of aortic valve replacement in dialysis patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.80
Human dental pulp-derived stem cells promote locomotor recovery after complete transection of the rat spinal cord by multiple neuro-regenerative mechanisms. J Clin Invest (2011) 1.69
Self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffolds, platelet-rich plasma, and mesenchymal stem cells for injectable bone regeneration with tissue engineering. J Craniofac Surg (2009) 1.67
Predicting early coronary artery bypass graft failure by intraoperative transit time flow measurement. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.64
Biomechanical and biochemical characterization of composite tissue-engineered intervertebral discs. Biomaterials (2005) 1.56
Transcriptional silencing of secreted frizzled related protein 1 (SFRP 1) by promoter hypermethylation in non-small-cell lung cancer. Oncogene (2005) 1.48
Brain protection during ascending aortic repair for Stanford type A acute aortic dissection surgery. Nationwide analysis in Japan. Circ J (2014) 1.47
Entirely polytetrafluoroethylene coating for pacemaker system contact dermatitis. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2007) 1.46
The homeodomain protein PDX1 is required at mid-pancreatic development for the formation of the exocrine pancreas. Dev Biol (2005) 1.45
Autogenous injectable bone for regeneration with mesenchymal stem cells and platelet-rich plasma: tissue-engineered bone regeneration. Tissue Eng (2004) 1.44
Preoperative chronic kidney disease as a strong predictor of postoperative infection and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting. Circ J (2014) 1.43
Changing distribution of norovirus genotypes and genetic analysis of recombinant GIIb among infants and children with diarrhea in Japan. J Med Virol (2006) 1.43
Horizontal alveolar distraction of the narrow maxillary ridge for implant placement. J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2004) 1.42
En-bloc free gastroepiploic artery graft provides a good long-term patency rate. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann (2010) 1.40
The treatment of infectious aneurysms in the thoracic aorta; our experience in treating five consecutive patients. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2009) 1.40
Late regression of left internal thoracic artery graft stenosis at the anastomotic site without intervention therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.40
Entry closure and aortic tailoring for chronic type B aortic dissection. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann (2008) 1.39
Possible involvement of adrenomedullin in lipopolysaccharide-induced small-intestinal motility changes in conscious rats. J Gastroenterol (2005) 1.39
Hourglass-shaped resection technique for repair of tall mitral valve posterior leaflet prolapse. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.38
Tissue-engineered composites of anulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus for intervertebral disc replacement. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 1.32
Oncostatin M, a cytokine released by activated mononuclear cells, induces epithelial cell-myofibroblast transdifferentiation via Jak/Stat pathway activation. J Am Soc Nephrol (2004) 1.30
Effects of transforming growth factor-beta 1 and ascorbic acid on differentiation of human bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells into smooth muscle cell lineage. Cell Tissue Res (2008) 1.29
Tissue engineering using magnetite nanoparticles and magnetic force: heterotypic layers of cocultured hepatocytes and endothelial cells. Tissue Eng (2004) 1.20
Gene-environment interaction involved in oral carcinogenesis: molecular epidemiological study for metabolic and DNA repair gene polymorphisms. J Oral Pathol Med (2006) 1.19
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2006: annual report by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.18
Bone regeneration following injection of mesenchymal stem cells and fibrin glue with a biodegradable scaffold. J Craniomaxillofac Surg (2003) 1.18
Conditioned media from mesenchymal stem cells enhanced bone regeneration in rat calvarial bone defects. Tissue Eng Part A (2012) 1.18
High correlation between the bacterial species in denture plaque and pharyngeal microflora. Gerodontology (2003) 1.14
Unusual and typical features of a novel restorer-of-fertility gene of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Genetics (2012) 1.13
A novel approach to periodontal tissue regeneration with mesenchymal stem cells and platelet-rich plasma using tissue engineering technology: A clinical case report. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent (2006) 1.12
Genetic heterogeneity, evolution, and recombination in noroviruses. J Med Virol (2007) 1.11
Composite implantation of mesenchymal stem cells with endothelial progenitor cells enhances tissue-engineered bone formation. J Biomed Mater Res A (2009) 1.11
The effect of porosity and mechanical property of a synthetic polymer scaffold on repair of osteochondral defects. Int Orthop (2008) 1.09
Human dental pulp-derived stem cells protect against hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in neonatal mice. Stroke (2012) 1.08
Combined inhibition of MET and EGFR suppresses proliferation of malignant mesothelioma cells. Carcinogenesis (2009) 1.08
Endovascular treatment for intracranial mycotic aneurysms prior to cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 1.08
Natural history of a dilated ascending aorta after aortic valve replacement. Circ J (2005) 1.07
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2007. Annual report by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.07
Stem cell proliferation pathways comparison between human exfoliated deciduous teeth and dental pulp stem cells by gene expression profile from promising dental pulp. J Endod (2009) 1.07
Effective cell-seeding technique using magnetite nanoparticles and magnetic force onto decellularized blood vessels for vascular tissue engineering. J Biosci Bioeng (2007) 1.06
Ganglioside GD3 promotes cell growth and invasion through p130Cas and paxillin in malignant melanoma cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.06
Organ preservation with daily concurrent chemoradiotherapy using superselective intra-arterial infusion via a superficial temporal artery for T3 and T4 head and neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2010) 1.05
Detection and genetic characterization of norovirus strains circulating among infants and children with acute gastroenteritis in Japan during 2004-2005. Clin Lab (2006) 1.05
Feasibility and efficacy of bone tissue engineering using human bone marrow stromal cells cultivated in serum-free conditions. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2009) 1.04
Morphology-based prediction of osteogenic differentiation potential of human mesenchymal stem cells. PLoS One (2013) 1.04
Genomic profiling of malignant pleural mesothelioma with array-based comparative genomic hybridization shows frequent non-random chromosomal alteration regions including JUN amplification on 1p32. Cancer Sci (2007) 1.03
Heat and mechanical hyperalgesia in mice model of cancer pain. Pain (2005) 1.03
Performance of collagen sponge as a 3-D scaffold for tooth-tissue engineering. Biomaterials (2006) 1.02
The sequential seeding of epithelial and mesenchymal cells for tissue-engineered tooth regeneration. Biomaterials (2006) 1.02
p53 apoptotic pathway molecules are frequently and simultaneously altered in nonsmall cell lung carcinoma. Cancer (2004) 1.01
Frequent inactivation of RASSF1A, BLU, and SEMA3B on 3p21.3 by promoter hypermethylation and allele loss in non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Lett (2004) 1.01
Viral diarrhea in Japanese children: results from a one-year epidemiologic study. Clin Lab (2005) 1.01
Predicting midterm coronary artery bypass graft failure by intraoperative transit time flow measurement. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.01
RhoB is frequently downregulated in non-small-cell lung cancer and resides in the 2p24 homozygous deletion region of a lung cancer cell line. Int J Cancer (2007) 1.01
Osteogenic potential of effective bone engineering using dental pulp stem cells, bone marrow stem cells, and periosteal cells for osseointegration of dental implants. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants (2011) 1.01
The involvement of a PPR protein of the P subfamily in partial RNA editing of an Arabidopsis mitochondrial transcript. Gene (2010) 1.00
Construction and harvest of multilayered keratinocyte sheets using magnetite nanoparticles and magnetic force. Tissue Eng (2004) 1.00
Differential regulation by IL-1beta and EGF of expression of three different hyaluronan synthases in oral mucosal epithelial cells and fibroblasts and dermal fibroblasts: quantitative analysis using real-time RT-PCR. J Invest Dermatol (2004) 1.00
Novel methodology for fabrication of tissue-engineered tubular constructs using magnetite nanoparticles and magnetic force. Tissue Eng (2005) 1.00
Bone tissue engineering with human mesenchymal stem cell sheets constructed using magnetite nanoparticles and magnetic force. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater (2007) 1.00
Ultrasound enhances transforming growth factor beta-mediated chondrocyte differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. Tissue Eng (2004) 0.99
Creation of pure nanodrugs and their anticancer properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2012) 0.99
Injectable tissue-engineered bone using autogenous bone marrow-derived stromal cells for maxillary sinus augmentation: clinical application report from a 2-6-year follow-up. Tissue Eng Part A (2008) 0.98
Novel application of stem cell-derived factors for periodontal regeneration. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2012) 0.98
Cerebrospinal dysfunction after endovascular stent-grafting via a median sternotomy: the frozen elephant trunk procedure. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.98
Effects of extracellular matrix on differentiation of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells into smooth muscle cell lineage: utility for cardiovascular tissue engineering. Cells Tissues Organs (2009) 0.97
Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous tooth-derived conditioned medium enhance recovery of focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Tissue Eng Part A (2012) 0.96
Biodegradable shape-memory polymers exhibiting sharp thermal transitions and controlled drug release. Biomacromolecules (2009) 0.96
Surgery for calcific aortic root stenosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 0.95
Up-regulation of CD109 expression is associated with carcinogenesis of the squamous epithelium of the oral cavity. Cancer Sci (2008) 0.95
Type B aortic dissection associated with coarctation of the aorta. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.95
Evaluation of decellularized esophagus as a scaffold for cultured esophageal epithelial cells. J Biomed Mater Res A (2006) 0.95
Simultaneous implant placement and bone regeneration around dental implants using tissue-engineered bone with fibrin glue, mesenchymal stem cells and platelet-rich plasma. Clin Oral Implants Res (2006) 0.95