K. Kitagawa

Circulating interleukin 6 as a useful marker for predicting postoperative complications.

H. Toda, N. Hiraoka, Y. Oka, 1992, Cytokine.

Enhanced attachment and elastase-releasing capacity of neutrophils after surgery.

N. Hiraoka, H. Toda, Y. Oka, 1994, American journal of surgery.

Expression of the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor gene in the liver infected with hepatitis B virus.

M. Monden, N. Matsuura, S. Yamamoto, 1994, Journal of hepatology.

Protease inhibitors (gabexate mesylate and ulinastatin) stimulate intracellular chemiluminescence in human neutrophils

Takesada Mori, N. Hiraoka, H. Toda, 1992, Journal of leukocyte biology.

Proteaseinhibitors (gabexatemesylateand ulinastatin) stimulateintracellular chemiluminescence inhuman neutrophils

N. Hiraoka, H. Toda, Y. Oka, 1992 .

Epithelial‐mesenchymal transformation of a newly established cell line from ovarian adenosarcoma by transforming growth factor‐B1

M. Monden, M. Inoue, N. Matsuura, 1996 .

Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates, and glucocorticoids and epidermal growth factor inhibit brain natriuretic peptide secretion from cultured human amnion cells.

H. Itoh, T. Mori, N. Sagawa, 1994, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Inhibitory effect of pentoxifylline and prostaglandin E1 on the release of neutrophil elastase from FMLP-stimulated neutrophils.

N. Hiraoka, T. Mori, M. Ogawa, 1991, Journal of medicine.