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Chikara Yamamoto
Publications - 5
Citations - 1141
Chikara Yamamoto is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis C virus & NS5A. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 4 publications receiving 1141 citations.
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Mutations in the Nonstructural Protein 5a Gene and Response to Interferon in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus 1b Infection
Nobuyuki Enomoto,Ikuo Sakuma,Yasuhiro Asahina,Masayuki Kurosaki,Takeshi Murakami,Chikara Yamamoto,Yuki Ogura,Namiki Izumi,Fumiaki Marumo,Chifumi Sato +9 more
TL;DR: In patients with chronic HCV-1b infection, there is a substantial correlation between responses to interferon and mutations in the NS5A gene.
Sensitivity to Interferon is Conferred by Amino Acid Substitutions in the NS5A Region
Nobuyuki Enomoto,Ikuo Sakuma,Yasuhiro Asahina,Masayuki Kurosaki,Takeshi Murakami,Chikara Yamamoto,Namiki Izumi,Fumiaki Marumo,Chifumi Sato +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the COOH-terminal half of the NS5A region (codon 2154-2383), which contained a common unique amino acid difference at codon 2218, was identified as interferon sensitivity determining region.
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Distribution of Cases of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Subtypes and Results of Interferon Therapy in the Southern Region of Ibaraki Prefecture.
Junichi Tazawa,Yoshinori Sakai,Shinnya Maekawa,Chikara Yamamoto,Fumihiko Kusano,Naoko Sazaki,Kazuo Tajiri,Noriaki Matsui,Kenichi Kawada,Hideomi Fujiwara +9 more
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Two cases of malignant biliary obstruction successfully treated by percutanous transhepatic hepaticogastrostomy
Fumihiko Kusano,Chikara Yamamoto,Manabu Maeda,Ikuo Sakuma,Shinya Maekawa,Yoshinori Sakai,Junichi Tazawa,Chifumi Sato +7 more
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Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma in a pure palliative care setting
TL;DR: A case of spontaneous remission of hepatocellular carcinoma in an 84-year-old woman who was managed in a best supportive care clinic was reported in this paper , where the tumor, once relapsed regardless of the application of conventional transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and radiofrequency ablation, regressed spontaneously within 4 months.