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Azusa Kitao
Researcher at Kanazawa University
Publications - 62
Citations - 2860
Azusa Kitao is an academic researcher from Kanazawa University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gadoxetic acid & Hepatocellular carcinoma. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 56 publications receiving 2395 citations.
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Signal Intensity at Gadoxetic Acid–enhanced MR Imaging—Correlation with Molecular Transporters and Histopathologic Features
Azusa Kitao,Yoh Zen,Osamu Matsui,Toshifumi Gabata,Satoshi Kobayashi,Wataru Koda,Kazuto Kozaka,Norihide Yoneda,Tatsuya Yamashita,Shuichi Kaneko,Yasuni Nakanuma +10 more
TL;DR: The enhancement ratio of HCCs in the hepatobiliary phase of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging positively correlated with expression levels of OATP8 and MRP3, indicating that gadoxetics acid is taken up by OATp8 and excreted by MRp3.
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IgG4-related lung and pleural disease: a clinicopathologic study of 21 cases.
Yoh Zen,Dai Inoue,Azusa Kitao,Manabu Onodera,Hitoshi Abo,Shiro Miyayama,Toshifumi Gabata,Osamu Matsui,Yasuni Nakanuma +8 more
TL;DR: IgG4-related diseases show a greater variety of pulmonary and pleural lesions than previously thought, and it is important to know the morphologic variety and clinicopathologic characteristics of this disorder.
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis: a clinicopathologic study with respect to immunoglobulin G4.
Yoh Zen,Manabu Onodera,Dai Inoue,Azusa Kitao,Osamu Matsui,Takahiro Nohara,Mikio Namiki,Satomi Kasashima,Atsuhiro Kawashima,Yasushi Matsumoto,Kazuyoshi Katayanagi,Tetsuya Murata,Shin Ishizawa,Noriko Hosaka,Ken Kuriki,Yasuni Nakanuma +15 more
TL;DR: It is revealed that retroperitoneal fibrosis could be classified as IgG4-related or not, and this distinction seems important to help better characterize the biology/pathogenesis of both groups and better predict the possibility of other IgG 4-related processes at other anatomic sites.
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The uptake transporter OATP8 expression decreases during multistep hepatocarcinogenesis: correlation with gadoxetic acid enhanced MR imaging
Azusa Kitao,Osamu Matsui,Norihide Yoneda,Kazuto Kozaka,Rieko Shinmura,Wataru Koda,Satoshi Kobayashi,Toshifumi Gabata,Yoh Zen,Yoh Zen,Tatsuya Yamashita,Shuichi Kaneko,Yasuni Nakanuma +12 more
TL;DR: The immunohistochemical expression of OATP8 significantly decreases during multistep hepatocarcinogenesis, which may explain the decrease in enhancement ratio on gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging.
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Hepatocarcinogenesis: Multistep Changes of Drainage Vessels at CT during Arterial Portography and Hepatic Arteriography—Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation
TL;DR: Drainage vessels of HCC change from hepatic veins to hepatic sinusoids and then to portal veins during multistep hepatocarcinogenesis by using computed tomography during arterial portography and CT during hepatic arteriography, with histologic findings as the reference standard.