Yasui Wataru Last updated: Jan 11, 2020 at 02:48
Name
Yasui Wataru E-mail
wyasui Affiliation
Hiroshima University Degree
Doctor of Medical Science(Hiroshima University), Doctor of Medicine(Hiroshima University) Research funding number
40191118
Academic & Professional Experience
Apr 1986
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Jun 1987
Research Assistant, First Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University
Jul 1987
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Apr 1989
Research Fellow, Dept. of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic
May 1989
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Jul 1989
Assistant Professor, First Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University
Aug 1989
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Sep 1992
Assistant Professor, First Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University
Oct 1992
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May 2000
Associate Professor, First Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University
Education
Apr 1982
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Mar 1986
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Hiroshima University
Apr 1976
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Mar 1982
Faculty of Medicine, Hiroshima University
Committee Memberships
Oct 2017
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Sep 2023
Science Council of Japan Associate Member
Aug 2006
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Sep 2008
Science Council of Japan Associate member
May 2016
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May 2020
Japanese Society of Pathology Vice-chairman
Jan 2014
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Dec 2019
Japanese Cancer Association Director
2004
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Mar 2021
International Society of Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis Director
Awards & Honors
2013
Distinguished Professor
Winner: Wataru Yasui
Nov 2009
Identification of new diagnostic and therapeutic targets of gastric cancer through SAGE data analysis, Hiroshima University President Award
May 2008
Transcriptome dissection of gastric cancer - Discovery of seeds from tissue sample and its application to diagnosis and treatment -, Japan Pathology Award
Published Papers
Kofuji, Satoshi; Hirayama, Akiyoshi; Eberhardt, Alexander Otto; Kawaguchi, Risa; Sugiura, Yuki; Sampetrean, Oltea; Ikeda, Yoshiki; Warren, Mikako; Sakamoto, Naoya; Kitahara, Shuji; Yoshino, Hirofumi; Yamashita, Daisuke; Sumita, Kazutaka; Wolfe, Kara; Lange, Lisa; Ikeda, Satsuki; Shimada, Hiroko; Minami, Noriaki; Malhotra, Akshiv; Morioka, Shin; Ban, Yuki; Asano, Maya; Flanary, Victoria L.; Ramkissoon, Annmarie; Chow, Lionel M. L.; Kiyokawa, Juri; Mashimo, Tomoyuki; Lucey, Greg; Mareninov, Sergey; Ozawa, Tatsuya; Onishi, Nobuyuki; Okumura, Koichi; Terakawa, Jumpei; Daikoku, Takiko; Wise-Draper, Trisha; Majd, Nazanin; Kofuji, Kaori; Sasaki, Mika; Mori, Masaru; Kanemura, Yonehiro; Smith, Eric P.; Anastasiou, Dimitrios; Wakimoto, Hiroaki; Holland, Eric C.; Yong, William H.; Horbinski, Craig; Nakano, Ichiro; DeBerardinis, Ralph J.; Bachoo, Robert M.; Mischel, Paul S.; Yasui, Wataru; Suematsu, Makoto; Saya, Hideyuki; Soga, Tomoyoshi; Grummt, Ingrid; Bierhoff, Holger; Sasaki, Atsuo T.
NATURE CELL BIOLOGY 21(8) 1003-+ Aug 2019 [Refereed]
In many cancers, high proliferation rates correlate with elevation of rRNA and tRNA levels, and nucleolar hypertrophy. However, the underlying mechanisms linking increased nucleolar transcription and tumorigenesis are only minimally understood. He...
Naito, Yutaka; Yamamoto, Yusuke; Sakamoto, Naoya; Shimomura, Iwao; Kogure, Akiko; Kumazaki, Minami; Yokoi, Akira; Yashiro, Masakazu; Kiyono, Tohru; Yanagihara, Kazuyoshi; Takahashi, Ryou-u; Hirakawa, Kosei; Yasui, Wataru; Ochiya, Takahiro
ONCOGENE 38(28) 5566-5579 Jul 2019 [Refereed]
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), one of the major components of a tumour microenvironment, comprise heterogeneous populations involved in tumour progression. However, it remains obscure how CAF heterogeneity is governed by cancer cells. Here,...
Oue, Naohide; Sentani, Kazuhiro; Sakamoto, Naoya; Uraoka, Naohiro; Yasui, Wataru
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 24(7) 771-778 Jul 2019 [Refereed][Invited]
Gastric cancer (GC), one of the most common human cancers, is a heterogeneous disease with different phenotypes, prognoses, and responses to treatment. Understanding the pathogenesis of GC at the molecular level is important for prognosis predicti...
Sekino, Yohei; Sakamoto, Naoya; Ishikawa, Akira; Honma, Ririno; Shigematsu, Yoshinori; Hayashi, Tetsutaro; Sentani, Kazuhiro; Oue, Naohide; Teishima, Jun; Matsubara, Akio; Yasui, Wataru
ONCOLOGY REPORTS 41(5) 3111-3118 May 2019 [Refereed]
Cisplatin (CDDP)-based combination chemotherapy is the standard for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). However, nearly all patients undergoing CDDP chemotherapy become refractory due to the development of CDDP resistance. Therefore, clarificat...
Sentani, Kazuhiro; Ogawa, Ikuko; Ozasa, Kotaro; Sadakane, Atsuko; Utada, Mai; Tsuya, Takafumi; Kajihara, Hiroki; Yonehara, Shuji; Takeshima, Yukio; Yasui, Wataru; Arihiro, Koji; Omonishi, Kunihiro; Kaneko, Mayumi; Tanaka, Hideo; Kawakami, Hideshi; Kuraoka, Kazuya; Sasaki, Naomi; Sonobe, Hiroshi; Daimaru, Yutaka; Tachiyama, Yoshiro; Nakayama, Hirofumi; Nishisaka, Takashi; Fujihara, Megumu; Mandai, Koichi; Yamadori, Ichiro; Hirai, Yuki; Noma, Jun; Yamada, Hiroyasu
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 8(5) May 2019 [Refereed]
Salivary gland neoplasms are uncommon, and their epidemiology in Japan has not been well described. We conducted a retrospective review of salivary gland tumors registered in the Hiroshima Tumor Tissue Registry over a period of 39 years. The subje...
Books etc
Lymph node metastasis in gastrointestinal cancer
Oue N, Kitadai Y, Yasui W (Part:Joint Work)
Springer 2019
WHO Classification of Tumours - 5th Edition, Digestive System Tumours
Carneiro F, Fukayama M, Grabsch HI, Yasui W (Part:Joint Work)
International Agency for Research on Cancer Jun 2019 ISBN:978-92-832-4499-8
Standard Text Book PT/OT Pathology 4th ed.
Igakushoin Feb 2017 ISBN:978-4-260-02871-4
Rubin's Pathology, 6th edition
Nov 2017 ISBN:978-4-89013-478-6
Simple Pathology 7th ed.
Hironobu Sasano, Yasunori Okada, Wataru Yasui (Part:Joint Editor)
Nankodo Aug 2015 ISBN:ISBN978-4-524-26154-3C3047
Conference Activities & Talks
Uc.416+A promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition through miR-153 in renal cell carcinoma
Sekino Y, Thang PQ, Honma R, Shigematsu Y, Sakamoto N, Sentani K, Oue N, Teishima J, Yasui W and Matsubara A
The 35th Korea-Japan Urological Congress 6 Dec 2018
Expression and biological function of ADAM28 in colorectal adenocarcinoma
Hattori T, Sakamoto N, Horie K, Shimoda M, Ishikawa A, Taniyama D, Honma R, Oue N, Sentani K, Hinoi T, Egi H, Ohdan H, Okada Y, Yasui W.
Global Academic Programs conference 2018 15 May 2018
Significance of CD204 positive tumor-associated macrophages in malignant transformation of colorectal adenoma.
Taniyama D, Taniyama K, Sakamoto N, Sentani K, Oue N, Yamamoto H, Zaitsu J, Saitou A, Kuraoka K, Yasui W
Global Academic Programs conference 2018 15 May 2018
Transcribed ultraconserved region Uc.63+ promotes resistance to docetaxel through regulation of androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer.
Sekino Y, Sakamoto N, Goto K, Honma R, Shigematsu Y, Oue N, Sentani K, Teishima J, Yasui W and Matsubara A
19 Apr 2018
BRAFV600E mutation and loss of CDX2 synergize in serrated colorectal tumorigenesis.
Sakamoto N, Feng Y, Hattori T, Shimoda M, Ishikawa A, Honma R, Hinoi T, Egi H, Ohdan H, Okada Y, Fearon E and Yasui W
The 109th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 14 Apr 2018
Association Memberships
Japanese Society of Pathology(56) ,
Japanese Cancer Association(344) ,
Japanese Gastric Cancer Association(34) ,
American Association for Cancer Research(233) ,
The International Gastric Cancer Association(1) ,
International Academy of Pathology(20) ,
International Society of Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis (ISGC)(1) ,
Japanese Society for Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis(8) ,
Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology(41) ,
Japanese Association for Metastasis Research(7) ,
Japanese Society of Gastroenterology(386) ,
Japanese Society of Molecular Pathology(1) ,
Japanese Society for Molecular Tumor Marker Research(3) ,
The Japanese Biochemical Society(1781) ,
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan(2671)
hiroshima-u.ac.jp