Ken Shirabe

Research interests

Publications

• Risk estimation model for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the Japanese using multiple genetic markers

  PLoS ONE · 2018 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0185490

• Mac-2 binding protein glycan isomer (M2BPGi) is a new serum biomarker for assessing liver fibrosis: more than a biomarker of liver fibrosis

  Journal of Gastroenterology · 2018 · 10.1007/s00535-017-1425-z

• Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies TLL1 Variant Associated With Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Eradication of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

  Gastroenterology · 2017 · 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.01.041

• Integrated Multiregional Analysis Proposing a New Model of Colorectal Cancer Evolution

  PLoS Genetics · 2016 · 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005778

• Cancer-associated fibroblasts in hepatocellular carcinoma

  World Journal of Gastroenterology · 2016 · 10.3748/wjg.v22.i30.6841

• Identification of a bona fide microRNA biomarker in serum exosomes that predicts hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation

  British Journal of Cancer · 2015 · 10.1038/bjc.2014.621

• Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor for overall survival in patients with critical limb ischemia

  Journal of Vascular Surgery · 2014 · 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.10.094

• A novel serum marker, glycosylated Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2 binding protein (WFA+-M2BP), for assessing liver fibrosis

  Journal of Gastroenterology · 2014 · 10.1007/s00535-014-0946-y

• Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor in living donor liver transplantation

  Liver Transplantation · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.23811

• Preoperative Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Is a Predictor of Survival After Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  Annals of Surgery · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0b013e318297ad6b

• Sarcopenia as a predictor of prognosis in patients following hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma

  British journal of surgery · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9258

• Genome-wide Association Study Identifies TNFSF15 and POU2AF1 as Susceptibility Loci for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in the Japanese Population

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2012 · 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.08.010

• Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio reflects hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation via inflammatory microenvironment

  Journal of Hepatology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2012.08.017

• Role of tumor-associated macrophages in the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma

  Surgery Today · 2011 · 10.1007/s00595-011-0058-8

• Variants in IL28B in Liver Recipients and Donors Correlate With Response to Peg-Interferon and Ribavirin Therapy for Recurrent Hepatitis C

  Gastroenterology · 2010 · 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.07.058

• The predictors of microvascular invasion in candidates for liver transplantation with hepatocellular carcinoma—with special reference to the serum levels of des‐gamma‐carboxy prothrombin

  Journal of Surgical Oncology · 2007 · 10.1002/jso.20655

• Clinical Significance of Histone Deacetylase 1 Expression in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  Oncology · 2007 · 10.1159/000111106

• Trends in Morbidity and Mortality after Hepatic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Institute’s Experience with 625 Patients

  Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2007 · 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.035

• Histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin a induces cell‐cycle arrest/apoptosis and hepatocyte differentiation in human hepatoma cells

  International Journal of Cancer · 2002 · 10.1002/ijc.10699

• Bile Leakage After Hepatic Resection

  Annals of Surgery · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-200101000-00008

• Electroporation-mediated interleukin-12 gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma in the mice model.

  PubMed · 2001

• Value of lymph node dissection during resection of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

  British journal of surgery · 2001 · 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01879.x

• Risk factors linked to postoperative morbidity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

  British journal of surgery · 1998 · 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00567.x

• Analysis of prognostic risk factors in hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal carcinoma with special reference to the surgical margin

  British journal of surgery · 1997 · 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1997.02743.x

• Factors linked to early recurrence of small hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy: Univariate and multivariate analyses

  Hepatology · 1991 · https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.1840140510

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