JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 149(2-3) 225-228 2013年8月 [査読有り]
Cystic tumours of the pancreas are heterogeneous lesions with a spectrum of morphology and biological behaviour in people. These are poorly characterized in animals. A multicystic tumour of the pancreas was identified in an 11-year-old, female, mi...
Intrahepatic eosinophilic proliferative pylephlebitis (EPP) in Japanese Black (JB) cattle generally has been considered to be an atypical form of fascioliasis. However, there are many cases of EPP in which no Fasciola spp. have been detected in th...
RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE 91(2) 254-260 2011年10月 [査読有り]
There is increasing evidence for the presence of cancer stem cells in several solid tumors, and these cancer stem cells have a potential role in tumor initiation, aggression, and recurrence. The stem cell-like properties of spheres derived from ca...
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION 23(4) 840-844 2011年7月 [査読有り]
An invasive micropapillary carcinoma (IMC) occurred in the buccal skin of an 18-year-old female cat. Histologically, the tumor had a honeycomb pattern characterized by clusters of neoplastic epithelial cells that were surrounded by empty clear spa...
HISTOLOGY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY 26(3) 297-305 2011年3月 [査読有り]
Myofibroblasts and extracellular matrix protein tenascin-C (Tn-C) are known to be implicated in cancer progression in human cancer. In feline mammary tumors that are a suitable model for human breast cancer, however, little is known about stromal ...