Exon switching and activation of stromal and embryonic fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-FGF receptor genes in prostate epithelial cells accompany stromal …

G Yan, Y Fukabori, G McBride… - … and cellular biology, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
Stroma and the heparin-binding fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family influence normal
epithelial cell growth and differentiation in embryonic and adult tissues. The role of stromal …

Prostate cancer detection with 3 T MRI: comparison of diffusion‐weighted imaging and dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI in combination with T2‐weighted imaging

K Kitajima, Y Kaji, Y Fukabori, K Yoshida… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic ability of diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) and
dynamic contrast‐enhanced imaging (DCEI) in combination with T2‐weighted imaging …

Heparin-binding keratinocyte growth factor is a candidate stromal-to-epithelial-cell andromedin.

G Yan, Y Fukabori, S Nikolaropoulos… - Molecular …, 1992 - academic.oup.com
The growth of isolated epithelial and stromal cells from both androgen-dependent normal rat
prostate and an androgen-responsive model rat prostate tumor is androgen-independent …

Genistein, a soy isoflavone, induces glutathione peroxidase in the human prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP and PC‐3

K Suzuki, H Koike, H Matsui, Y Ono… - … journal of cancer, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Genistein is a major component of soybean isoflavone and has multiple functions resulting
in antitumor effects. Prostate cancer is 1 of the targets for the preventive role of genistein. We …

Changes in the endocrine environment of the human prostate transition zone with aging: simultaneous quantitative analysis of prostatic sex steroids and comparison …

Y Shibata, K Ito, K Suzuki, K Nakano, Y Fukabori… - The …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND It is well‐known that the incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
increases with aging. The age‐dependent changes in the ratio of serum sex steroid …

Increased expression of bone morphogenetic protein‐7 in bone metastatic prostate cancer

H Masuda, Y Fukabori, K Nakano, Y Takezawa… - The …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background Prostate cancer frequently metastasizes to bone. The skeletal metastases of
prostate cancer origin are osteoblastic rather than osteolytic. Recently, the expression of …

[HTML][HTML] Increased expression of system large amino acid transporter (LAT)-1 mRNA is associated with invasive potential and unfavorable prognosis of human clear …

H Betsunoh, T Fukuda, N Anzai, D Nishihara, T Mizuno… - BMC cancer, 2013 - Springer
Background The system L amino acid transporter (LAT) has an important role in the
transport of various amino acids, and there have been reports about the relation of this …

Expression of bone morphogenetic protein‐7 (BMP‐7) in human prostate

H Masuda, Y Fukabori, K Nakano, N Shimizu… - The …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND It is known that BMP is a factor that strongly induces bone formation in
muscle tissue. However, the expression of BMP‐7 is not detected in normal bone tissues …

Diagnostic significance of digital rectal examination and transrectal ultrasonography in men with prostate-specific antigen levels of 4 NG/ML or less

T Yamamoto, K Ito, M Ohi, Y Kubota, K Suzuki… - Urology, 2001 - Elsevier
Objectives. To investigate the usefulness of digital rectal examination (DRE) and transrectal
ultrasonography (TRUS) for prostate cancer diagnosis and to propose a diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] The Rho-kinase inhibitor HA-1077 suppresses proliferation/migration and induces apoptosis of urothelial cancer cells

H Abe, T Kamai, K Hayashi, N Anzai, H Shirataki… - BMC cancer, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Activation of Rho, one of the small GTPases, and its major downstream
target Rho-kinase (ROCK) promotes the development and metastasis of cancer. We …