1.Kamata S, Sakurada A, Sato N, Noda M, Okada Y. A case of primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma successfully treated by surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2017 Jun;65(6):361-364. doi: 10.1007/s11748-016-0666-8. Epub 2016 May 28.

2.Oishi H, Hoshikawa Y, Sado T, Watanabe T, Sakurada A, Kondo T, Okada Y. A Case of Successful Therapy by Intrapleural Injection of Fibrin Glue for Chylothorax after Lung Transplantation for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Feb 20;23(1):40-44. doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.15-00319. Epub 2016 Jul 14.

3.Kanehira M, Fujiwara T, Nakajima S, Okitsu Y, Onishi Y, Fukuhara N, Ichinohasama R, Okada Y, Harigae H. An Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptors 1 and 3 Axis Governs Cellular Senescence of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Promotes Growth and Vascularization of Multiple Myeloma. Stem Cells. 2017 Mar;35(3):739-753. doi: 10.1002/stem.2499. Epub 2016 Sep 29.

4.Watanabe T, Hoshikawa Y, Ishibashi N, Suzuki H, Notsuda H, Watanabe Y, Noda M, Kanehira M, Ohkouchi S, Kondo T, Okada Y. Mesenchymal stem cells attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury after prolonged cold ischemia in a mouse model of lung transplantation: a preliminary study. Surg Today. 2017 Apr;47(4):425-431. doi: 10.1007/s00595-016-1391-8. Epub 2016 Aug 2.

5.Ishida H, Kasajima A, Kamei T, Miura T, Oka N, Yazdani S, Ozawa Y, Fujishima F, Sakurada A, Nakamura Y, Tanaka Y, Kurosumi M, Ishikawa Y, Okada Y, Ohuchi N, Sasano H. SOX2 and Rb1 in esophageal small-cell carcinoma: their possible involvement in pathogenesis. Mod Pathol. 2017 May;30(5):660-671. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2016.222. Epub 2017 Jan 20.

6.Ono M, Saito R, Tominaga J, Okada Y, Ohkouchi S, Takemura T. Pathological features of explant lungs with fibrosis in autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Respirol Case Rep. 2017 Jul 21;5(5):e00255. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.255. eCollection 2017 Sep.

7.Kawakami T, Ito K, Matsuda Y, Noda M, Sakurada A, Hoshikawa Y, Okada Y, Ogasawara K. Cytotoxicity of Natural Killer Cells Activated Through NKG2D Contributes to the Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans in a Murine Heterotopic Tracheal Transplant Model. Am J Transplant. 2017 Sep;17(9):2338-2349. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14257. Epub 2017 Apr 21.

8.Onodera K, Sugiura H, Yamada M, Koarai A, Fujino N, Yanagisawa S, Tanaka R, Numakura T, Togo S, Sato K, Kyogoku Y, Hashimoto Y, Okazaki T, Tamada T, Kobayashi S, Yanai M, Miura M, Hoshikawa Y, Okada Y, Suzuki S, Ichinose M. Decrease in an anti-ageing factor, growth differentiation factor 11, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax. 2017 Oct;72(10):893-904. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209352. Epub 2017 Apr 28.

9.Iki Y, Ito T, Kudo K, Noda M, Kanehira M, Sueta T, Miyoshi I, Kagaya Y, Okada Y, Unno M. Animal ethics and welfare education in wet-lab training can foster residents' ethical values toward life. Exp Anim. 2017 Oct 30;66(4):313-320. doi: 10.1538/expanim.17-0026. Epub 2017 Jun 7.

10.Numakura T, Sugiura H, Akaike T, Ida T, Fujii S, Koarai A, Yamada M, Onodera K, Hashimoto Y, Tanaka R, Sato K, Shishikura Y, Hirano T, Yanagisawa S, Fujino N, Okazaki T, Tamada T, Hoshikawa Y, Okada Y, Ichinose M. Production of reactive persulfide species in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax. 2017 Dec;72(12):1074-1083. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209359. Epub 2017 Jul 19.

11.Endo S, Ikeda N, Kondo T, Nakajima J, Kondo H, Yokoi K, Chida M, Sato M, Toyooka S, Yoshida K, Okada Y, Sato Y, Okada M, Okumura M, Chihara K, Fukuchi E, Miyata H. Model of lung cancer surgery risk derived from a Japanese nationwide web-based database of 78 594 patients during 2014-2015. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Dec 1;52(6):1182-1189. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx190.

12.Tatebe S, Sugimura K, Aoki T, Yamamoto S, Yaoita N, Suzuki H, Sato H, Kozu K, Konno R, Satoh K, Fukuda K, Adachi O, Saito R, Nakanishi N, Morisaki H, Oyama K, Saiki Y, Okada Y, Shimokawa H. The Efficacy of a Genetic Analysis of the BMPR2 Gene in a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and an Atrial Septal Defect Treated with Bilateral Lung Transplantation. Intern Med. 2017 Dec 1;56(23):3193-3197. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.8686-16. Epub 2017 Oct 11.

13.Iboshi H, Yamaguchi H, Suzuki H, Kikuchi M, Tanaka M, Takasaki S, Takahashi A, Maekawa M, Shimada M, Matsuda Y, Okada Y, Mano N. Development of a Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometric Method for Quantification of Mycophenolic Acid and Its Glucuronides in Dried Blood Spot Samples. Ther Drug Monit. 2017 Dec;39(6):648-653. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000458.

14.Matsumura Y, Suzuki H, Ohira T, Shiono S, Abe J, Sagawa M, Sakurada A, Katahira M, Machida Y, Takahashi S, Okada Y. Matched-pair analysis of a multi-institutional cohort reveals that epidermal growth factor receptor mutation is not a risk factor for postoperative recurrence of lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer. 2017 Dec;114:23-30. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2017.09.003. Epub 2017 Oct 20.

15.Kulason K, Nouchi R, Hoshikawa Y, Noda M, Okada Y, Kawashima R. Indication of Cognitive Change and Associated Risk Factor after Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly: A Pilot Study. Front Aging Neurosci. 2017 Dec 5;9:396. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00396. eCollection 2017.

16.Sato T, Morita M, Tanaka R, Inoue Y, Nomura M, Sakamoto Y, Miura K, Ito S, Sato I, Tanaka N, Abe J, Takahashi S, Kawai M, Sato M, Hippo Y, Shima H, Okada Y, TanumaN. Ex vivo model of non-small cell lung cancer using mouse lung epithelial cells. Oncol Lett. 2017 Dec;14(6):6863-6868. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.7098. Epub 2017 Sep 28.