Hiroshi Kobayashi

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Best Publications

• Cathepsin B efficiently activates the soluble and the tumor cell receptor-bound form of the proenzyme urokinase-type plasminogen activator (Pro-uPA).

  H Kobayashi;M Schmitt;L Goretzki;N Chucholowski

  478
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• Risk of developing ovarian cancer among women with ovarian endometrioma: a cohort study in Shizuoka, Japan.

  H. Kobayashi;K. Sumimoto;N. Moniwa;M. Imai

  384
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• A Randomized Study of Screening for Ovarian Cancer : A Multicenter Study in Japan

  H. Kobayashi;Y. Yamada;T. Sado;M. Sakata

  323
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• Inhibition of in Vitro Ovarian Cancer Cell Invasion by Modulation of Urokinase- type Plasminogen Activator and Cathepsin B

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Hidekazu Ohi;Motoi Sugimura;Hiromitsu Shinohara

  237
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• Ovarian endometrioma—Risks factors of ovarian cancer development

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Kazuhiro Sumimoto;Takashi Kitanaka;Yoshihiko Yamada

  211
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• Serum sialyl Tn as an independent predictor of poor prognosis in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer

  H Kobayashi;T Terao;Y Kawashima

  208
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• The role of hyaluronic acid as a mediator and regulator of cervical ripening.

  Emad El Maradny;N. Kanayama;H. Kobayashi;B. Hossain

  178
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• Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility genes (Review)

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Sumire Ohno;Yoshikazu Sasaki;Miyuki Matsuura

  177
  Citations

• Impact of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its inhibitor type 1 on prognosis in cervical cancer of the uterus.

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Suguru Fujishiro;Toshihiko Terao

  155
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• Immunologic studies in presumed amniotic fluid embolism.

  Michael D Benson;Hiroshi Kobayashi;Richard K Silver;Hidekazu Oi

  152
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• Inhibitory Effect of a Conjugate between Human Urokinase and Urinary Trypsin Inhibitor on Tumor Cell Invasion in Vitro

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Junko Gotoh;Yasuyuki Hirashima;Michio Fujie

  149
  Citations

• Suppressing effects of daily oral supplementation of beta-glucan extracted from Agaricus blazei Murill on spontaneous and peritoneal disseminated metastasis in mouse model

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Ryuji Yoshida;Yasufumi Kanada;Yoichi Fukuda

  144
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• Pathogenesis of endometriosis: the role of initial infection and subsequent sterile inflammation (Review).

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Yumi Higashiura;Hiroshi Shigetomi;Hirotaka Kajihara

  144
  Citations

• Effects of membrane-associated cathepsin B on the activation of receptor-bound prourokinase and subsequent invasion of reconstituted basement membranes

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Nobuhiko Moniwa;Motoi Sugimura;Hiromitsu Shinohara

  140
  Citations

• Hyaluronic acid-specific regulation of cytokines by human uterine fibroblasts

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Toshihiko Terao

  140
  Citations

• Molecular pathogenesis of endometriosis-associated clear cell carcinoma of the ovary (review).

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Hirotaka Kajiwara;Seiji Kanayama;Yoshihiko Yamada

  137
  Citations

• Inhibition of metastasis of Lewis lung carcinoma by a synthetic peptide within growth factor-like domain of urokinase in the experimental and spontaneous metastasis model.

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Junko Gotoh;Michio Fujie;Hiromitsu Shinohara

  134
  Citations

• The protease inhibitor bikunin, a novel anti-metastatic agent.

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Mika Suzuki;Yasuyuki Hirashima;Toshihiko Terao

  126
  Citations

• A soybean Kunitz trypsin inhibitor suppresses ovarian cancer cell invasion by blocking urokinase upregulation.

  Hiroshi Kobayashi;Mika Suzuki;Naohiro Kanayama;Toshihiko Terao

  126
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• Clinical implications of idiopathic multicentric castleman disease among Japanese: a report of 28 cases.

  Masaru Kojima;Naoya Nakamura;Norihumi Tsukamoto;Yoshiro Otuski

  125
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