Akira Andoh

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Novel Biodegradable Stents for Benign Esophageal Strictures Following Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
    Digestive Diseases and Sciences, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 330–333, 2008
  2. Chemoradiation Therapy Followed by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Esophageal Cancer
    Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 2008
  3. AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS
    Digestive Endoscopy, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 138–141, 2008
  4. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling mediates interleukin-32  induction in human pancreatic periacinar myofibroblasts
    AJP: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, vol. 294, no. 3, pp. G831–G838, 2008
  5. IL-22 ameliorates intestinal inflammation in a mouse model of ulcerative colitis
    Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2008
  6. Serum Concentrations of Trace Elements in Patients with Crohn’s Disease Receiving Enteral Nutrition
    Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 197–201, 2007
  7. Microarray Analysis of Leukocytapheresis-induced Changes in Gene Expression Patterns of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
    Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 331–336, 2007
  8. Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 Secretion From Human Pancreatic Periacinar Myofibroblasts in Response to Inflammatory Mediators
    Pancreas, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 126–132, 2007
  9. Curcumin Prevents the Development of Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)-Induced Experimental Colitis
    Digestive Diseases and Sciences, vol. 52, no. 11, pp. 2993–2998, 2007
  10. Role of intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts in inflammation and regenerative response in the gut
    Pharmacology & Therapeutics, vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 94–106, 2007
  11. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the diversity of fecal microbiota in patients with ulcerative colitis
    Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 955–962, 2007
  12. Interaction between interleukin-17-producing CD4+ T cells and colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts: what are they doing in mucosal inflammation?
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 42, no. S17, pp. 29–33, 2007
  13. Inflammatory responses induced by interleukin-17 family members in human colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 42, no. 9, pp. 746–753, 2007
  14. Modulation of platelet aggregation responses by leukocytapheresis therapy in patients with active ulcerative colitis
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 540–546, 2006
  15. Evaluation of mucin expression patterns in gastric borderline (group III) lesions
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 547–553, 2006
  16. Increased aggregation response of platelets in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 47–54, 2006
  17. Curcumin Maintenance Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis: Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
    Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 4, no. 12, pp. 1502–1506, 2006
  18. Characteristic of elderly patients with ulcerative colitis and therapeutic issue
    Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 769–772, 2006
  19. A Yeast Extract High in Bioactive Peptides has a Blood-Pressure Lowering Effect in Hypertensive Model
    Current Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 26, pp. 3085–3090, 2005
  20. Interleukin-17 and lipopolysaccharides synergistically induce cyclooxygenase-2 expression in human intestinal myofibroblasts
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 619–627, 2005
  21. Suppression of Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion by Granulocyte/Monocyte Adsorptive Apheresis in Active Ulcerative Colitis
    Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 123–127, 2005
  22. Leukocytapheresis Therapy Modulates Circulating T cell Subsets in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
    Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 270–276, 2005
  23. Elevated Circulating Platelet-Derived Microparticles in Patients with Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    The American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 100, no. 9, pp. 2042–2048, 2005
  24. Bile acid modulates transepithelial permeability via the generation of reactive oxygen species in the Caco-2 cell line
    Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 769–780, 2005
  25. Serum selenoprotein-P levels in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
    Nutrition, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 574–579, 2005
  26. Colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts in mucosal inflammation and repair: contribution of bone marrow-derived stem cells to the gut regenerative response
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 1089–1099, 2005
  27. Butyrate blocks interferon-γ-inducible protein-10 release in human intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 483–489, 2005
  28. Interleukin-17 augments tumor necrosis factor-α-induced granulocyte and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor release from human colonic myofibroblasts
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 802–810, 2005
  29. Interleukin-22, a Member of the IL-10 Subfamily, Induces Inflammatory Responses in Colonic Subepithelial Myofibroblasts
    Gastroenterology, vol. 129, no. 3, pp. 969–984, 2005
  30. A case of malabsorption syndrome caused by isosporiasis in an immunocompetent patient
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 88–89, 2004
  31. Inflixmab as a possible treatment for the hemorrhagic type of Crohn?s disease
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 284–287, 2004
  32. Suppression of interleukin-1?- and tumor necrosis factor-�-induced inflammatory responses by leukocytapheresis therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 1150–1157, 2004
  33. Neutralization of interleukin-17 aggravates dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in mice
    Clinical Immunology, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 55–62, 2004
  34. A pilot randomized trial of a human anti-interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody in active Crohn?s disease
    Gastroenterology, vol. 126, no. 4, pp. 989–996, 2004
  35. Immunohistochemical analysis of short-segment Barrett's esophagus
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 1410–1416, 2004
  36. Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Stimulates Interleukin-6 Secretion in Human Pancreatic Periacinar Myofibroblasts
    Pancreas, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 278–283, 2004
  37. Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 in the Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases in Human Intestinal Myofibroblasts
    Digestion, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 34–44, 2004
  38. Pro−Inflammatory Cytokine−Induced Matrix Metalloproteinase−1 (MMP−1) Secretion in Human Pancreatic Periacinar Myofibroblasts (Kazuhito Tasaki et al., Otsu)
    Pancreatology, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 414–421, 2003
  39. Modification of Intestinal Flora in the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    Current Pharmaceutical Design, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 333–346, 2003
  40. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Therapy for Crohn's Disease
    Current Pharmaceutical Design, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 323–332, 2003
  41. Role of Dietary Fiber and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in the Colon
    Current Pharmaceutical Design, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 347–358, 2003
  42. Gastric Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp Treated with Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy
    Internal Medicine, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 263–267, 2003
  43. Increased expression of interleukin 17 in inflammatory bowel disease
    Gut, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 65–70, 2003
  44. Different-sized triglycerides chains do not influence colitis induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid in rats
    Nutrition Research, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 279–286, 2003
  45. A comparison of the effects of medium- and long-chain triglycerides on neutrophil stimulation in experimental ileitis
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 127–133, 2003
  46. Germinated barley foodstuff, a prebiotic product, ameliorates inflammation of colitis through modulation of the enteric environment
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 134–141, 2003
  47. Supplement of a Chitosan and ascorbic acid mixture for Crohn's disease A pilot study
    Nutrition, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 137–139, 2003
  48. Extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 participate in interleukin-17 plus tumor necrosis factor-α-induced stabilization of interleukin-6 mRNA in human pancreatic myofibroblasts
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, vol. 1591, no. 1-3, pp. 69–74, 2002
  49. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 274–282, 2002
  50. Interleukin-1β and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Induce Chemokine and Matrix Metalloproteinase Gene Expression in Human Colonic Subepithelial Myofibroblasts
    Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 317–324, 2002
  51. Interleukin-17 Stimulates Chemokine (Interleukin-8 and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1) Secretion in Human Pancreatic Periacinar Myofibroblasts
    Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 239–245, 2002
  52. A new prebiotic from germinated barley for nutraceutical treatment of ulcerative colitis
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 818–824, 2002
  53. Inhibitory effects of the new anti-inflammatory agent, IS-741, on spontaneous colitis in HLA-B27/beta2-microglobulin transgenic rats
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 854–860, 2002
  54. Immunohistochemical analysis of cell cycle-regulating-protein (p21, p27, and Ki-67) expression in gastroesophageal reflux disease
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 905–911, 2002
  55. Sodium butyrate enhances complement-mediated cell injury via down-regulation of decay-accelerating factor expression in colonic cancer cells
    Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, vol. 50, no. 12, pp. 663–672, 2002
  56. Pancreas, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 298–302, 2002
  57. Pancreas, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 415–417, 2002
  58. Alterations in intestinal microflora, faecal bile acids and short chain fatty acids in dextran sulphate sodium-induced experimental acute colitis in rats
    European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 107–112, 2001
  59. Epithelial Expression of Caveolin-2, but Not Caveolin-1, Is Enhanced in the Inflamed Mucosa of Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
    Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 210–214, 2001
  60. Germinated Barley Foodstuff Exhibits Different Adsorption Properties for Hydrophilic versus Hydrophobic Bile Acids
    Digestion, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 248–254, 2001
  61. Role of Complement Activation and Mast Cell Degranulation in the Pathogenesis of Rapid Intestinal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats
    Digestion, vol. 63, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 103–107, 2001
  62. Medium-chain triglyceride-rich enteral nutrition is more effective than low-fat enteral nutrition in rat colitis, but is equal in enteritis
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 673–680, 2001
  63. Dietary fiber fraction of germinated barley foodstuff attenuated mucosal damage and diarrhea, and accelerated the repair of the colonic mucosa in an experimental colitis
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 160–168, 2001
  64. Ligation of the Fas antigen stimulates chemokine secretion in pancreatic cancer cell line PANC-11
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 1060–1067, 2001
  65. Sequential Changes in Luminal Microflora and Mucosal Cytokine Expression during Developing of Colitis in HLA-B27/β 2 -Microglobulin Transgenic Rats
    Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 1185–1192, 2001
  66. Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Bile Acids Exhibit Different Cytotoxicities Through Cytolysis, Interleukin-8 Synthesis and Apoptosis in the Intestinal Epithelial Cell Lines. IEC-6 and Caco-2 cells
    Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 533–539, 2001
  67. Oxidative stress increases MICA and MICB gene expression in the human colon carcinoma cell line (CaCo-2)
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, vol. 1526, no. 1, pp. 10–12, 2001
  68. Application of 2-aminopyridine fluorescence labeling in the analysis of in vivo and in vitro metabolism of dextran sulfate sodium by size-exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography
    Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications, vol. 753, no. 2, pp. 209–215, 2001
  69. Prevention of murine acute graft-versus-host disease by staphylococcalenterotoxin B treatment
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 123, no. 1, pp. 155–161, 2001
  70. Mechanism of NK cell activation induced by coculture with dendritic cells derived from peripheral blood monocytes
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 124, no. 2, pp. 214–222, 2001
  71. Cooperation of interleukin-17 and interferon-gamma on chemokine secretion in human fetal intestinal epithelial cells
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 125, no. 1, pp. 56–63, 2001
  72. A case of toxic shock-like syndrome presenting with serious hypoproteinaemia because of a protein-losing gastroenteropathy
    Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 250, no. 2, pp. 174–179, 2001
  73. The Dietary Combination of Germinated Barley Foodstuff plus Clostridium butyricum Suppresses the Dextran Sulfate Sodium-induced Experimental Colitis in Rats
    Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1060–1067, 2000
  74. Transforming Growth Factor-??1 Acts as a Potent Inhibitor of Complement C3 Biosynthesis in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines
    Pancreas, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 138–145, 2000
  75. The Expression of Chemokine Genes Correlates with Nuclear Factor-??B Activation in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines
    Pancreas, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 32–40, 2000
  76. Characterization of antibody responses against rectal mucosa-associated bacterial flora in patients with ulcerative colitis
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 61–68, 2000
  77. Haemorrhagic cerebral sinus thrombosis associated with ulcerative colitis: A case report of successful treatment by anticoagulant therapy
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 688–692, 2000
  78. Development of dextran sulphate sodium-induced experimental colitis is suppressed in genetically mast cell-deficient Ws/Ws rats
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 264–269, 2000
  79. Cytokine Regulation of Chemokine (IL-8, MCP-1, and RANTES) Gene Expression in Human Pancreatic Periacinar Myofibroblasts
    Gastroenterology, vol. 119, no. 1, pp. 211–219, 2000
  80. Effect of germinated barley foodstuff administration on mineral utilization in rodents
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 188–194, 2000
  81. Meningitis Carcinomatosa Originating from an Alpha Fetoprotein-producing Gastric Cancer.
    Internal Medicine, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 223–227, 2000
  82. Effects of Germinated Barley Foodstuff on Microflora and Short Chain Fatty Acid Production in Dextran Sulfate Sodium-induced Colitis in Rats.
    Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, vol. 64, no. 9, pp. 1794–1800, 2000
  83. Changes in serum diamine oxidase activity during chemotherapy in patients with hematological malignancies
    Cancer Letters, vol. 147, no. 1-2, pp. 195–198, 1999
  84. Medium-chain triglycerides modulate ileitis induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1166–1172, 1999
  85. Germinated barley foodstuffs attenuate colonic mucosal damage and mucosal nuclear factor kappa B activity in a spontaneous colitis model
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1173–1179, 1999
  86. Rapid intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion injury is suppressed in genetically mast cell-deficient Ws/Ws rats
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 90–93, 1999
  87. Sodium butyrate blocks interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-induced biosynthesis of MHC class III gene products (complement C4 and factor B) in human fetal intestinal epithelial cells
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 118, no. 1, pp. 16–22, 1999
  88. Counter-regulatory effect of sodium butyrate on tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced complement C3 and factor B biosynthesis in human intestinal epithelial cells
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 118, no. 1, pp. 23–29, 1999
  89. Detection of complement C3 and factor B gene expression in normal colorectal mucosa, adenomas and carcinomas
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 111, no. 3, pp. 477–483, 1998
  90. A blockade of complement activation prevents rapid intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion injury by modulating mucosal mast cell degranulation in rats
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 111, no. 3, pp. 484–490, 1998
  91. Increased expression of decay-accelerating factor (CD55) in the inflamed mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis
    Pathophysiology, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 105–110, 1998
  92. Aggressive jejunal γ δT-cell lymphoma derived from intraepithelial lymphocytes: An autopsy case report
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 280–284, 1998
  93. Primary gastric Burkitt's lymphoma presenting with c-myc gene rearrangement
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 710–715, 1998
  94. Monitor Peptide (Rat Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor) Directly Stimulates the Proliferation of the Nontransformed Intestinal Epithelial Cell Line, IEC-6
    Digestion, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 326–330, 1998
  95. Journal of Clinical Immunology, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 404–407, 1997
  96. Counter-regulatory effects of interleukin-1β and transforming growth factor-β on complement C3 synthesis in human fetal intestinal epithelial cells
    Pathophysiology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 41–46, 1997
  97. Local secretion of complement C3 in the exocrine pancreas: Ductal epithelial cells as a possible biosynthetic site
    Gastroenterology, vol. 110, no. 6, pp. 1919–1925, 1996
  98. Regulation of complement C3 synthesis by interleukin-1 and transforming growth factor-β in rat non-transformed intestinal epithelial cell line, IEC-6
    Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 633–638, 1996
  99. Interleukin 4 acts as an inducer of decay-accelerating factor gene expression in human intestinal epithelial cells
    Gastroenterology, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 911–918, 1996
  100. Modulation of complement C3, C4, and factor B production in human intestinal epithelial cells: differential effects of TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-4
    Pathophysiology, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 251–259, 1995
  101. Band 4.2 Shiga: 317 CGC → TGC in compound heterozygotes with 142 GCT → ACT results in band 4.2 deficiency and microspherocytosis
    British Journal of Haematology, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 333–340, 1995
  102. Thalassemia Incidentally Found by Marked Erythrocytosis Due to an Ochre Mutation at Codon 35 in a Japanese Man.
    Internal Medicine, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 1198–1200, 1995
  103. Trisomy 4 in a case of acute lymphocytic leukemia (L1)
    Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 88–91, 1992