Publications

Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Human mesenchymal stem cells are thought to be multipotent cells, which are present in adult marrow, that can replicate as undifferentiated cells and that have the potential to ...

Chronic Kidney Disease and the Risks of Death, Cardiovascular Events, and Hospitalization

An independent, graded association was observed between a reduced estimated GFR and the risk of death, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization in a large, community-based pop...

Multilineage Cells from Human Adipose Tissue: Implications for Cell-Based Therapies

Future cell-based therapies such as tissue engineering will benefit from a source of autologous pluripotent stem cells. For mesodermal tissue engineering, one such source of cel...

Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding oesophageal varices

Abstract Emergency ligation of bleeding oesophageal varices using the Milnes Walker technique was performed in 38 patients. Haemorrhage continued or recurred in hospital in 11 p...

Liver Transplantation for the Treatment of Small Hepatocellular Carcinomas in Patients with Cirrhosis

Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for small, unresectable hepatocellular carcinomas in patients with cirrhosis.

Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

In patients with severe aortic stenosis who were not suitable candidates for surgery, TAVI, as compared with standard therapy, significantly reduced the rates of death from any ...

The diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Practice guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

This guidance provides a data-supported approach to the diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive aspects of NAFLD care. A “Guidance” document is different from a “Guideline.” Gui...

J Heart Lung Transplant 2021;40(4).

Culture of Human Endothelial Cells Derived from Umbilical Veins. IDENTIFICATION BY MORPHOLOGIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC CRITERIA

Endothelial cells were isolated from freshly obtained human umbilical cords by collagenase digestion of the interior of the umbilical vein. The cells were grown in tissue cultur...

Human acute myeloid leukemia is organized as a hierarchy that originates from a primitive hematopoietic cell

Changes of Intestinal Functions in Liver Cirrhosis

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Understanding of the gut-liver axis is important for the up-to-date management of liver cirrhosis, and changes of intestinal fu...

Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction

In patients with a prior myocardial infarction and advanced left ventricular dysfunction, prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator improves survival and should be considered...