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Yasuhiko Kitadai is affiliated with the Prefectural University of Hiroshima in Japan. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Medicine, with focused expertise in Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Immunology, and Gastroenterology. Kitadai's work engages with multiple key topics including gastric cancer management and outcomes, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, metastasis and carcinoma case studies, gastrointestinal tumor research and treatment, eosinophilic esophagitis, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, and immune cell function and interaction.

The scientist has contributed to several scholarly publications across notable venues. Frequent publication platforms for their work include:

  • Cancers
  • PLoS ONE
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • International Journal of Colorectal Disease
  • BMC Gastroenterology

Among their recent scholarly articles are:

  • Role of tumor-associated macrophages at the invasive front in human colorectal cancer progression (2021) published in Cancer Science
  • Involvement of non-Helicobacter pylori helicobacter infections in Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric MALT lymphoma pathogenesis and efficacy of eradication therapy (2021) published in Gastric Cancer
  • Fatty change of the liver microenvironment influences the metastatic potential of colorectal cancer (2020) published in International Journal of Experimental Pathology
  • Clinical significance of immunohistochemical lymphovascular evaluation to determine additional surgery after endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal T1 carcinoma (2020) published in International Journal of Colorectal Disease
  • Long-term prognosis after endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal tumors in patients aged over 80 years (2021) published in BMC Gastroenterology

Collaboration is an evident aspect of Kitadai's career, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Shinji Tanaka
  • Ryo Yuge
  • Shiro Oka
  • Hidehiko Takigawa
  • Yuji Urabe

Best Publications

  • Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor, KDR, correlates with vascularity, metastasis, and proliferation of human colon cancer.

    Yutaka Takahashi;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Corazon D. Bucana;Karen R. Cleary

  • Vessel Counts and Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor as Prognostic Factors in Node-Negative Colon Cancer

    Yutaka Takahashi;Susan L. Tucker;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Aaryan N. Koura

  • Clinicopathologic features and endoscopic treatment of superficially spreading colorectal neoplasms larger than 20 mm

    Shinji Tanaka;Ken Haruma;Shiro Oka;Ryoji Takahashi

  • Frequent amplification of the c-met gene in scirrhous type stomach cancer.

    Hiroki Kuniyasu;Wataru Yasui;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Hiroshi Yokozaki

  • Mesenchymal stem cells enhance growth and metastasis of colon cancer.

    Kei Shinagawa;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Miwako Tanaka;Tomonori Sumida

  • Platelet-Derived Endothelial Cell Growth Factor in Human Colon Cancer Angiogenesis: Role of Infiltrating Cells

    Yutaka Takahashi;Corazon D. Bucana;Wenbiao Liu;Junya Yoneda

  • Long-term clinical outcome of gastric MALT lymphoma after eradication of Helicobacter pylori: a multicentre cohort follow-up study of 420 patients in Japan

    Shotaro Nakamura;Toshiro Sugiyama;Takayuki Matsumoto;Katsunori Iijima

  • Significance of Vessel Count and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Receptor (KDR) in Intestinal-type Gastric Cancer'

    Yutaka Takahashi;Karen R. Cleary;Masayoshi Mai;Yasuhiko Kitadai

  • Expression of interleukin-8 correlates with vascularity in human gastric carcinomas.

    Yasuhiko Kitadai;Ken Haruma;Koji Sumii;Soichiro Yamamoto

  • Co‐expression of osteopontin and CD44v9 in gastric cancer

    Teruyoshi Ue;Hiroshi Yokozaki;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Soichiro Yamamoto

  • Clinicopathological significance of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C in human esophageal squamous cell carcinomas.

    Yasuhiko Kitadai;Toru Amioka;Ken Haruma;Shinji Tanaka

  • Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy improves atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia: a 5-year prospective study of patients with atrophic gastritis.

    M. Ito;K. Haruma;T. Kamada;M. Mihara

  • Correlation of metastasis-related gene expression with metastatic potential in human prostate carcinoma cells implanted in nude mice using an in situ messenger RNA hybridization technique

    G F Greene;Y Kitadai;C A Pettaway;A C von Eschenbach

  • Expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α is associated with tumor vascularization in human colorectal carcinoma

    Toshio Kuwai;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Shinji Tanaka;Seiji Onogawa

  • Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression correlates with macrophage infiltration and tumor vascularity in human esophageal squamous cell carcinomas.

    Masahiro Ohta;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Shinji Tanaka;Masaharu Yoshihara

  • Expression of VEGF-C and VEGF-D at the invasive edge correlates with lymph node metastasis and prognosis of patients with colorectal carcinoma

    Seiji Onogawa;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Shinji Tanaka;Toshio Kuwai

  • Significance of vessel count and vascular endothelial growth factor in human esophageal carcinomas

    Yasuhiko Kitadai;Ken Haruma;Tadashi Tokutomi;Shinji Tanaka

  • Transfection of interleukin-8 increases angiogenesis and tumorigenesis of human gastric carcinoma cells in nude mice

    Y. Kitadai;Y. Takahashi;K. Haruma;K. Naka

  • Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression correlates with macrophage infiltration and tumor vascularity in human gastric carcinomas

    Masahiro Ohta;Yasuhiko Kitadai;Shinji Tanaka;Masaharu Yoshihara

  • Gasdermin C is upregulated by inactivation of transforming growth factor β receptor type II in the presence of mutated Apc, promoting colorectal cancer proliferation.

    Masashi Miguchi;Takao Hinoi;Manabu Shimomura;Tomohiro Adachi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuaki Chayama
Kazuaki Chayama Hiroshima University
Shinji Tanaka
Shinji Tanaka Hiroshima University
Masaharu Yoshihara
Masaharu Yoshihara Hiroshima University
Wataru Yasui
Wataru Yasui Hiroshima University
Ken Haruma
Ken Haruma Hiroshima University
Eiichi Tahara
Eiichi Tahara Hiroshima University
Hiroshi Yokozaki
Hiroshi Yokozaki Kobe University
Isaiah J. Fidler
Isaiah J. Fidler The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Corazon D. Bucana
Corazon D. Bucana The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Lee M. Ellis
Lee M. Ellis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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