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2.Hayashi T, Kumasaka T, Mitani K, Okada Y, Kondo T, Date H, Chen F, Oto T, Miyoshi S, Shiraishi T, Iwasaki A, Hara K, Saito T, Ando K, Kobayashi E, Gunji-Niitsu Y, Kunogi M, Takahashi K, Yao T, Seyama K. Bronchial involvement in advanced stage lymphangioleiomyomatosis: histopathologic and molecular analyses. Hum Pathol. 2016 Apr;50:34-42

3.Suzuki H, Watanabe T, Okazaki T, Notsuda H, Niikawa H, Matsuda Y, Noda M, Sakurada A, Hoshikawa Y, Aizawa T, Miura T, Okada Y. Prolonged Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Followed by Split-Thickness Skin Graft Placement for Wide Dehiscence of Clamshell Incision After Bilateral Lung Transplantation: A Case Report. Transplant Proc. 2016 Apr;48(3):982-4. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.12.107.

4.Saito R, Fujishima F, Nakamura Y, Hoshikawa Y, Tominaga J, Taniuchi S, Kasajima A, Watanabe M, Okada Y, Sasano H. A case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma harboring osteoclast-like giant cells: Its evaluation by immunohistochemical and genetic analyses. Pathol Int. 2016 Apr;66(4):224-229. doi: 10.1111/pin.12395.

5.Ando K, Fujino N, Mitani K, Ota C, Okada Y, Kondo T, Mizobuchi T, Kurihara M, Suzuki K, Hoshika Y, Ebana H, Kobayashi E, Takahashi K, Kubo H, Seyama K. Isolation of individual cellular components from lung tissues of patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2016 May 15;310(10):L899-908. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00365.2015.

6.Toyama H, Saito K, Takei Y, Fujimine T, Ejima Y, Kamei T, Watanabe T, Okada Y, Yamauchi M. Perioperative management of esophagectomy in a patient who previously underwent bilateral lung transplantation. JA Clinical Reports. 2016 July;2:15

7.Hashimoto Y, Sugiura H, Togo S, Koarai A, Abe K, Yamada M, Ichikawa T, Kikuchi T, Numakura T, Onodera K, Tanaka R, Sato K, Yanagisawa S, Okazaki T, Tamada T, Kikuchi T, Hoshikawa Y, Okada Y, Ichinose M. 27-Hydroxycholesterol accelerates cellular senescence in human lung resident cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2016 Jun 1;310(11):L1028-41. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00351.2015.

8.Omura J, Satoh K, Kikuchi N, Satoh T, Kurosawa R, Nogi M, Otsuki T, Kozu K, Numano K, Suzuki K, Sunamura S, Tatebe S, Aoki T, Sugimura K, Miyata S, Hoshikawa Y, Okada Y, Shimokawa H. Protective Roles of Endothelial AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Against Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Mice. Circ Res. 2016 Jul 8;119(2):197-209. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.308178.

9.Kulason K, Nouchi R, Hoshikawa Y, Noda M, Okada Y, Kawashima R. The beneficial effects of cognitive training with simple calculation and reading aloud in an elderly postsurgical population: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Trials. 2016 Jul 22;17:334. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1476-0.

10.Shishikura Y, Koarai A, Aizawa H, Yamaya M, Sugiura H, Watanabe M, Hashimoto Y, Numakura T, Makiguti T, Abe K, Yamada M, Kikuchi T, Hoshikawa Y, Okada Y, Ichinose M. Extracellular ATP is involved in dsRNA-induced MUC5AC production via P2Y2R in human airway epithelium. Respir Res. 2016 Sep 27;17(1):121.

11.Miyazaki T, Oto T, Okumura M, Date H, Shiraishi T, Okada Y, Chida M, Kondo T, Nagayasu T. De novo malignancy after lung transplantation in Japan. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Sep;64(9):543-8. doi: 10.1007/s11748-016-0672-x.

12.Kusano R, Fujita K, Shinoda Y, Nagaura Y, Kiyonari H, Abe T, Watanabe T, Matsui Y, Fukaya M, Sakagami H, Sato T, Funahashi J, Ohnishi M, Tamura S, Kobayashi T. Targeted disruption of the mouse protein phosphatase ppm1l gene leads to structural abnormalities in the brain. FEBS Lett. 2016 Sep;590: 3606–3615. doi:10.1002/1873-3468.12429

13.Endo S, Ikeda N, Kondo T, Nakajima J, Kondo H, Yokoi K, Chida M, Sato M, Toyooka S, Yoshida K, Okada Y, Sato Y, Okumura M, Masuda M, Chihara K, Miyata H. Development of an annually updated Japanese national clinical database for chest surgery in 2014. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Oct;64(10):569-76. doi: 10.1007/s11748-016-0697-1.

14.Noda M, Watanabe T, Matsuda Y, Sakurada A, Hoshikawa Y, Okada Y. Awake thoracic surgery versus chemical pleurodesis for intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Surg Today. 2016 Nov;46(11):1268-74. doi: 10.1007/s00595-016-1309-5.

15.Ohta M, Nakanishi C, Kawagishi N, Hara Y, Maida K, Kashiwadate T, Miyazawa K, Yoshida S, Miyagi S, Hayatsu Y, Kawamoto S, Matsuda Y, Okada Y, Saiki Y, Ohuchi N. Surgical resection of recurrent extrahepatic hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus extending into the right atrium under cardiopulmonary bypass: a case report and review of the literature.. Surg Case Rep. 2016 Dec;2(1):110.

16.Yabuki H, Sakurada A, Niikawa H, Notsuda H, Endo C, Matsuda Y, Noda M, Saito R, Yamashita S, Arai Y, Okada Y. Serum β-hCG as an Indicator of Recurrence After the Complete Resection of a Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Dec;102(6):e551-e553. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.061.

17.Matsubara Y, Nakano M, Kawamura K, Tsudzuki M, Funahashi J, Agata K, Matsuda Y, Kuroiwa A and Suzuki T. Inactivation of Sonic Hedgehog Signaling and Polydactyly in Limbs of Hereditary Multiple Malformation, a Novel Type of Talpid Mutant. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 2016 Dec;4:149. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2016.00149.