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186

Overview

Kinya Kuriyama is affiliated with Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan. The research primarily focuses on the medical field, with significant contributions across several subfields, including surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and physiology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

The scientist has published extensively in various academic journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Anticancer Research
  • Diseases of the Esophagus
  • Esophagus
  • Journal of Radiation Research

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • High L-Type Amino Acid Transporter 1 Levels Are Associated with Chemotherapeutic Resistance in Gastric Cancer Patients (2021, Oncology)
  • Comparative Analysis of Immunoinflammatory and Nutritional Measures in Surgically Resected Esophageal Cancer: A Single-center Retrospective Study (2020, In Vivo)
  • CD36 Expression Is Associated with Cancer Aggressiveness and Energy Source in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (2020, Annals of Surgical Oncology)
  • Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in Patients with Lung Tumors Composed of Mainly Ground-Glass Opacity (2020, Journal of Radiation Research)
  • Changes in the Gustave Roussy Immune Score as a Powerful Prognostic Marker of the Therapeutic Sensitivity of Nivolumab in Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study (2022, Annals of Surgical Oncology)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Makoto Sohda
  • Ken Shirabe
  • Akihiko Sano
  • Makoto Sakai
  • Hiroshi Saeki

The scientist's work covers a substantial number of publications in medicine, with a total of 171 documented outputs. The research integrates clinical and pathological insights into esophageal and gastric cancers, lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, as well as investigations into the role of nutrition and immune markers in disease prognosis. The focus on both surgical and medical aspects of these diseases aligns with the broad subfields in which they contribute.

Best Publications

  • Biochemical-physiological correlations in studies of the gamma-aminobutyric acid system.

    Eugene Roberts;Kinya Kuriyama

  • Activation of cerebral guanylate cyclase by nitric oxide.

    Naomasa Miki;Yasunori Kawabe;Kinya Kuriyama

  • DISTRIBUTION OF GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA) IN THE RAT HYPOTHALAMUS: FUNCTIONAL CORRELATES OF GABA WITH ACTIVITIES OF APPETITE CONTROLLING MECHANISMS

    H. Kimura;K. Kuriyama

  • The gamma-aminobutyric acid system in rabbit cerebellum.

    Kinya Kuriyama;Bernard Haber;Betty Sisken;Eugene Roberts

  • The gamma-aminobutyric acid system in rabbit retina.

    Kinya Kuriyama;Betty Sisken;Bernard Haber;Eugene Roberts

  • An anion stimulated l-glutamic acid decarboxylase in non-neural tissues: Occurrence and subcellular localization in mouse kidney and developing chick embryo brain☆

    Bernard Haber;Kinya Kuriyama;Eugene Roberts

  • Stress-induced alterations in metabolism of gamma-aminobutyric acid in rat brain.

    Yukio Yoneda;Kouji Kanmori;Shuji Ida;Kinya Kuriyama

  • Morphine induced alterations of gamma-aminobutyric acid and taurine contents and L-glutamate decarboxylase activity in rat spinal cord and thalamus: possible correlates with analgesic action of morphine.

    Kinya Kuriyama;Yukio Yoneda

  • Gamma-aminobutyric acid in the lower auditory pathway of the guinea pig.

    Masayoshi Tachibana;Kinya Kuriyama

  • Some characteristics of binding of γ-aminobutyric acid and acetylcholine to a synaptic vesicle fraction from mouse brain

    Kinya Kuriyama;Eugene Roberts;Johan Vos

  • Role of nitric oxide in central synaptic transmission: effects on neurotransmitter release.

    Kinya Kuriyama;Seitaro Ohkuma

  • Association of the γ-aminobutyric acid system with a synaptic vesicle fraction from mouse brain

    Kinya Kuriyama;Eugene Roberts;Tsuyoshi Kakefuda

  • Nitric oxide-induced [3H] GABA release from cerebral cortical neurons is mediated by peroxynitrite.

    Seitaro Ohkuma;Hidehiko Narihara;Masashi Katsura;Takeshi Hasegawa

  • Possible involvement of GABA in morphine analgesia.

    Yukio Yoneda;Sumie Takashima;Kinya Kuriyama

  • Stress-induced enhancement of suppression of [3H]GABA release from striatal slices by presynaptic autoreceptor.

    Kinya Kuriyama;Kouji Kanmori;Jun‐ichi Taguchi;Yukio Yoneda

  • Therapeutic effect of taurine administration on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic injury.

    Toshiaki Nakashima;Tatsuro Taniko;Kinya Kuriyama

  • Presence of a low molecular weight endogenous inhibitor on 3H-muscimol binding in synaptic membranes.

    Yukio Yoneda;Kinya Kuriyama

  • The γ-aminobutyric acid system in the developing chick embryo cerebellum

    K. Kuriyama;B. Sisken;J. Ito;D.G. Simonsen

  • Development of taurine biosynthesizing system in cerebral cortical neurons in primary culture.

    S Ohkuma;S Tomono;Y Tanaka;K Kuriyama

  • Neuroreceptors and ion channels as targets of alcohol

    Toshio Narahashi;Kinya Kuriyama;P. Illes;K. Wirkner

Frequent Co-Authors

Ikuo Tooyama
Ikuo Tooyama Shiga University of Medical Science
Yasuo Takahashi
Yasuo Takahashi Niigata University
Ikuko Nagatsu
Ikuko Nagatsu Fujita Health University

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