Kyoko Yamashita

ORCID: 0000-0001-6535-5951 · 2 papers in corpus

2018

Phlebotomy as a preventive measure for crocidolite-induced mesothelioma in male rats.

Cancer science ·doi:10.1111/cas.13460

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare but socially important neoplasm due to its association with asbestos exposure. Malignant mesothelioma is difficult to diagnose at an early stage, yet there are no particularly effective treatments avail…

article 1991

Hormonal regulation of collagenolysis in uterine cervical fibroblasts. Modulation of synthesis of procollagenase, prostromelysin and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) by progesterone and oestradiol-17 β

·doi:10.1042/bj2750645

Rabbit uterine cervical fibroblasts produced a large amount of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) such as collagenase (MMP-1) and stromelysin (MMP-3) and a small relatively amount of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP). When cells w…