Published in Ann Thorac Surg on February 01, 2008
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A randomized phase II trial of personalized peptide vaccine plus low dose estramustine phosphate (EMP) versus standard dose EMP in patients with castration resistant prostate cancer. Cancer Immunol Immunother (2010) 1.70
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Renal contraction therapy for enlarged polycystic kidneys by transcatheter arterial embolization in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis (2002) 1.32
Induction of cellular and humoral immune responses to tumor cells and peptides in HLA-A24 positive hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients by peptide vaccination. Prostate (2003) 1.32
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Phase I trial of a personalized peptide vaccine for patients positive for human leukocyte antigen--A24 with recurrent or progressive glioblastoma multiforme. J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.23
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Personalized peptide vaccine for treatment of advanced cancer. Curr Med Chem (2014) 1.17
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Review of past research and current concepts on the etiology of moyamoya disease. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) (2012) 1.15
Personalized peptide vaccines: a new therapeutic modality for cancer. Cancer Sci (2006) 1.14
Neuroprotective effects of the free radical scavenger Edaravone (MCI-186) in mice permanent focal brain ischemia. Brain Res (2004) 1.13
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Physiological mechanisms of regulating alloimmunity: cytokines, CTLA-4, CD25+ cells, and the alloreactive T cell clone size. J Immunol (2002) 1.12
Use of a serum-based antifungal susceptibility assay to predict the in vivo efficacy of novel echinocandin compounds. Microbiol Immunol (2008) 1.11
Fission yeast Mor2/Cps12, a protein similar to Drosophila Furry, is essential for cell morphogenesis and its mutation induces Wee1-dependent G(2) delay. EMBO J (2002) 1.10
Role of SDF-1/CXCR4 system in survival and migration of bone marrow stromal cells after transplantation into mice cerebral infarct. Brain Res (2007) 1.10
Is lung cancer resection indicated in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.09
Human sodium phosphate transporter 4 (hNPT4/SLC17A3) as a common renal secretory pathway for drugs and urate. J Biol Chem (2010) 1.09
Restenosis and stent fracture following sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation. Circ J (2007) 1.08
A phase II study of personalized peptide vaccination combined with gemcitabine for non-resectable pancreatic cancer patients. Oncol Rep (2010) 1.07
Recent advances in cancer vaccines: an overview. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2008) 1.06
How to clamp the main pulmonary artery during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.06
Mitral valve repair versus replacement in simultaneous mitral and aortic valve surgery for rheumatic disease. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.06
Humoral responses to peptides correlate with overall survival in advanced cancer patients vaccinated with peptides based on pre-existing, peptide-specific cellular responses. Clin Cancer Res (2004) 1.05
The phenotype of infiltrating macrophages influences arteriosclerotic plaque vulnerability in the carotid artery. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis (2012) 1.04
Performance of bedside transpulmonary thermodilution monitoring for goal-directed hemodynamic management after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke (2009) 1.04
Assessment of immunological biomarkers in patients with advanced cancer treated by personalized peptide vaccination. Cancer Biol Ther (2010) 1.04
Endovascular stent-graft repair of aortobronchial fistulas. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.04
Stem cell therapy for cerebral ischemia: from basic science to clinical applications. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab (2012) 1.03
Personalized peptide vaccination in patients with refractory non-small cell lung cancer. Int J Oncol (2012) 1.03
Autoantibodies against carbonic anhydrase II are increased in renal tubular acidosis associated with Sjogren syndrome. Am J Med (2005) 1.03
Attenuation of cardiac dysfunction by a PPAR-alpha agonist is associated with down-regulation of redox-regulated transcription factors. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2006) 1.02
Immunological evaluation of personalized peptide vaccination in combination with UFT and UZEL for metastatic colorectal carcinoma patients. Cancer Immunol Immunother (2009) 1.02
The downregulation of microRNA let-7a contributes to the excessive expression of type I collagen in systemic and localized scleroderma. J Immunol (2013) 1.01
De novo formation of cavernoma after radiosurgery for adult cerebral arteriovenous malformation--case report. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) (2008) 1.01
Effect of biodegradable fibrin scaffold on survival, migration, and differentiation of transplanted bone marrow stromal cells after cortical injury in rats. J Neurosurg (2010) 1.01
Liver regeneration in heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor transgenic mice after partial hepatectomy. Gastroenterology (2003) 1.01
Long-term clinical and radiological results of endovascular internal trapping in vertebral artery dissection. Neuroradiology (2012) 1.01
Size ratio can highly predict rupture risk in intracranial small (<5 mm) aneurysms. Stroke (2013) 1.00
Excision repair cross-complementation group 1 predicts progression-free and overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy. Cancer Sci (2007) 1.00
Development of an implantable oxygenator with cross-flow pump. ASAIO J (2006) 0.99
A randomized consent design trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with tegafur plus uracil (UFT) for gastric cancer--a single institute study. Anticancer Res (2004) 0.99
Diffuse in-stent restenosis of CYPHER® stent due to hypersensitivity reaction confirmed by pathohistological findings. Heart Vessels (2011) 0.98
Immunological evaluation of peptide vaccination for patients with gastric cancer based on pre-existing cellular response to peptide. Cancer Sci (2003) 0.98
Peptide vaccination for patients with melanoma and other types of cancer based on pre-existing peptide-specific ctotoxic T-lymphocyte precursors in the periphery. J Immunother (2003) 0.98
Nonsuture dural repair using polyglycolic acid mesh and fibrin glue: clinical application to spinal surgery. Surg Neurol (2006) 0.98
Optical assessment of silicon nanowire arrays fabricated by metal-assisted chemical etching. Nanoscale Res Lett (2013) 0.98
Bone marrow stromal cells protect and repair damaged neurons through multiple mechanisms. J Neurosci Res (2008) 0.98
Prognostic implications of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Int Heart J (2008) 0.98
Tubulointerstitial nephritis without glomerular lesions in three patients with myeloperoxidase-ANCA-associated vasculitis. Clin Exp Nephrol (2009) 0.98
A possible mechanism of isolated oculomotor nerve palsy by apoplexy of pituitary adenoma without cavernous sinus invasion: a report of two cases. Acta Neurochir (Wien) (2011) 0.98
Goal-directed fluid management by bedside transpulmonary hemodynamic monitoring after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke (2007) 0.97
BRAF and K-ras gene mutations in human pancreatic cancers. Cancer Lett (2003) 0.97
Bone marrow stromal cells promote neurite extension in organotypic spinal cord slice: significance for cell transplantation therapy. Neurorehabil Neural Repair (2008) 0.97
Reconstruction of the dynamic velopharyngeal function by combined radial forearm-palmaris longus tenocutaneous free flap, and superiorly based pharyngeal flap in postoncologic total palatal defect. Ann Plast Surg (2015) 0.97
Impact of oxygen extraction fraction on long-term prognosis in patients with reduced blood flow and vasoreactivity because of occlusive carotid artery disease. Surg Neurol (2008) 0.96
Overexpression of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) ameliorates delayed neuronal death due to transient forebrain ischemia in mice. Neuropathology (2010) 0.96
Effect of orally administered shao-yao-gan-cao-tang (Shakuyaku-kanzo-to) on muscle cramps in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a preliminary study. Am J Chin Med (2003) 0.96
Overcoming the hurdles of randomised clinical trials of therapeutic cancer vaccines. Eur J Cancer (2010) 0.96
Requirements for induction and maintenance of peripheral tolerance in stringent allograft models. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 0.96
A phase I study of personalized peptide vaccination for advanced urothelial carcinoma patients who failed treatment with methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin and cisplatin. BJU Int (2010) 0.96
Increased expression of hepatocyte growth factor in cerebrospinal fluid and intracranial artery in moyamoya disease. Stroke (2004) 0.95
Spontaneous giant aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery: case report. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) (2009) 0.95
Gene expression profiles in peripheral blood as a biomarker in cancer patients receiving peptide vaccination. Cancer (2011) 0.95
Immunological evaluation of individualized peptide vaccination with a low dose of estramustine for HLA-A24+ HRPC patients. Prostate (2005) 0.94
Allorecognition and effector pathways of islet allograft rejection in normal versus nonobese diabetic mice. J Am Soc Nephrol (2003) 0.94
Tensilin-like stiffening protein from Holothuria leucospilota does not induce the stiffest state of catch connective tissue. J Exp Biol (2006) 0.94
Sonodynamic therapy using water-dispersed TiO2-polyethylene glycol compound on glioma cells: comparison of cytotoxic mechanism with photodynamic therapy. Ultrason Sonochem (2010) 0.94
Therapeutic effects of intra-arterial delivery of bone marrow stromal cells in traumatic brain injury of rats--in vivo cell tracking study by near-infrared fluorescence imaging. Neurosurgery (2012) 0.93
Personalized peptide vaccination for advanced biliary tract cancer: IL-6, nutritional status and pre-existing antigen-specific immunity as possible biomarkers for patient prognosis. Exp Ther Med (2011) 0.93
Poor-grade ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm with intracerebral hematoma: bleeding characteristics and management. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) (2010) 0.93
The relative contribution of direct and indirect antigen recognition pathways to the alloresponse and graft rejection depends upon the nature of the transplant. Hum Immunol (2002) 0.93
In vivo tracking of bone marrow stromal cells transplanted into mice cerebral infarct by fluorescence optical imaging. Brain Res Brain Res Protoc (2004) 0.93