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Michiaki Unno

Michiaki Unno

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Overview

Michiaki Unno is a researcher affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan, with a significant body of work centered in the medical field. Their research contributions span various subfields including surgery, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, and molecular biology.

Their main topics of research focus on pancreatic and hepatic oncology, neuroendocrine tumor advances, pancreatitis pathology and treatment, cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies, organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, cancer genomics and diagnostics, as well as gallbladder and bile duct disorders.

Their frequent co-authors include Takashi Kamei, Masamichi Mizuma, Kei Nakagawa, Kazuaki Tokodai, and Fuyuhiko Motoi.

Michiaki Unno has published extensively in a range of academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
  • Transplantation
  • Surgical Case Reports
  • Surgery Today
  • The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Several notable papers by Michiaki Unno include:

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of biliary tract cancers 2019: The 3rd English edition (2020) in Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
  • Adjuvant S-1 compared with observation in resected biliary tract cancer (JCOG1202, ASCOT): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial (2023) in The Lancet
  • BACH1 Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis by Repressing Epithelial Genes and Enhancing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (2020) in Cancer Research
  • Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for cholelithiasis 2021 (2023) in Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan Clinical Practice Guidelines for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (2022) in Liver Cancer

Best Publications

  • Identification of a novel gene family encoding human liver-specific organic anion transporter LST-1.

    Takaaki Abe;Masayuki Kakyo;Taro Tokui;Rie Nakagomi

  • Keap1 degradation by autophagy for the maintenance of redox homeostasis

    Keiko Taguchi;Nanako Fujikawa;Masaaki Komatsu;Tetsuro Ishii

  • LST-2, A human liver-specific organic anion transporter, determines methotrexate sensitivity in gastrointestinal cancers

    Takaaki Abe;Michiaki Unno;Tohru Onogawa;Taro Tokui

  • Randomized phase II/III trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine and S-1 versus upfront surgery for resectable pancreatic cancer (Prep-02/JSAP05)

    Fuyuhiko Motoi;Tomoo Kosuge;Hideki Ueno;Hiroki Yamaue

  • Prognostic relevance of morphological types of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas

    Toru Furukawa;Takashi Hatori;Izumi Fujita;Masakazu Yamamoto

  • Isolation and characterization of a digoxin transporter and its rat homologue expressed in the kidney.

    Tsuyoshi Mikkaichi;Takehiro Suzuki;Tohru Onogawa;Tohru Onogawa;Masayuki Tanemoto

  • Pancreatic beta-cell replication and amelioration of surgical diabetes by Reg protein

    T Watanabe;Y Yonemura;H Yonekura;Y Suzuki

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of biliary tract cancers 2015: the 2nd English edition

    Masaru Miyazaki;Hideyuki Yoshitomi;Shuichi Miyakawa;Katsuhiko Uesaka

  • Effect of Hospital Volume on Surgical Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Tatsuo Hata;Fuyuhiko Motoi;Masaharu Ishida;Takeshi Naitoh

  • Predictive risk factors for clinically relevant pancreatic fistula analyzed in 1,239 patients with pancreaticoduodenectomy: multicenter data collection as a project study of pancreatic surgery by the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

    Manabu Kawai;Satoshi Kondo;Hiroki Yamaue;Keita Wada

  • Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for cholelithiasis 2016

    Susumu Tazuma;Michiaki Unno;Yoshinori Igarashi;Kazuo Inui

  • Pancreatic stellate cells promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer cells

    Kazuhiro Kikuta;Atsushi Masamune;Takashi Watanabe;Hiroyuki Ariga

  • Identification of thyroid hormone transporters in humans: different molecules are involved in a tissue-specific manner.

    Koh Fujiwara;Hisanobu Adachi;Toshiyuki Nishio;Michiaki Unno

  • Activation of Reg gene, a gene for insulin-producing β-cell regeneration: Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase binds Reg promoter and regulates the transcription by autopoly(ADP-ribosyl)ation

    Takako Akiyama;Shin Takasawa;Koji Nata;Seiichi Kobayashi

  • Randomized clinical trial of external stent drainage of the pancreatic duct to reduce postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticojejunostomy.

    F Motoi;S Egawa;T Rikiyama;Y Katayose

  • Identification of a Receptor for Reg (Regenerating Gene) Protein, a Pancreatic β-Cell Regeneration Factor

    Seiichi Kobayashi;Takako Akiyama;Koji Nata;Michiaki Abe

  • Intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas distinct from pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.

    Hiroshi Yamaguchi;Michio Shimizu;Shinichi Ban;Isamu Koyama

  • Surgical outcomes in gastroenterological surgery in Japan: Report of National Clinical database 2011-2016.

    Hiroshi Hasegawa;Arata Takahashi;Yoshihiro Kakeji;Hideki Ueno

  • Classification of biliary tract cancers established by the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery: 3(rd) English edition.

    Masaru Miyazaki;Masayuki Ohtsuka;Shuichi Miyakawa;Masato Nagino

  • Increased Expression of HIP/PAP and Regenerating Gene III in Human Inflammatory Bowel Disease and a Murine Bacterial Reconstitution Model

    Hitoshi Ogawa;Kouhei Fukushima;Hiroo Naito;Yuji Funayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Seiki Matsuno
Seiki Matsuno Tohoku University
Atsushi Masamune
Atsushi Masamune Tohoku University
Tooru Shimosegawa
Tooru Shimosegawa Tohoku University
Hiroki Yamaue
Hiroki Yamaue Wakayama Medical University
Takaaki Abe
Takaaki Abe Tohoku University
Hironobu Sasano
Hironobu Sasano Tohoku University
Masakazu Yamamoto
Masakazu Yamamoto Tohoku University
Robert M. Hoffman
Robert M. Hoffman AntiCancer (United States)
Akira Horii
Akira Horii Tohoku University
Takashi Suzuki
Takashi Suzuki Tohoku University

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