1. Sato M, Kuwata T, Yamanashi K, Kitamura A, Misawa K, Imashimizu K, Kobayashi M, Ikeda M, Koike T, Kosaka S, Fukai R, Sekine Y, Isowa N, Hirayama S, Sakai H, Watanabe F, Nagayama K, Aoyama A, Date H, Nakajima J. Safety and reproducibility of virtual-assisted lung mapping: a multicentre study in Japan. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 51:861-868. 2017
2. Sakaguchi Y, Isowa N, Tokuyasu H, Miura H. A resected case of solitary pulmonary capillary hemangioma showing pure ground glass opacity. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 20:578-81. 2014
3. Sakaguchi Y, Isowa N, Nakazaki H, Takeda K, Tokuyasu H, Saitoh Y, Soeda T, Ohe T, Tokuyasu Y, Miura H. Acute cardiac tamponade caused by the extension of multiple hepatic actinomycotic abscesses. Intern Med. 51:305-8. 2012
4. Sakaguchi Y, Isowa N. Successful resection of mediastinal seminoma evaluated the response to induction chemotherapy with fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 18:45-7. 2012
5. Kikuchi R, Isowa N, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y, Onuma H, Miura H. Three cases of resected pleomorphic carcinoma. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 16:264-9. 2010
6. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. Minute localized malignant pleural mesothelioma coexisting with multiple adenocarcinomas. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 58:91-94. 2010.
7. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. Primary malignant melanoma of the lung with rapid progression. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 57: 671-4. 2009.
8. Maeda R, Isowa N, Miura H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y, Yamamoto K. Bilateral multiple sclerosing hemangiomas of the lung. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 57: 667-70. 2009.
9. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. Desmoid tumor of the chest wall in an elderly woman. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 57:554-7. 2009.
10. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Harada T, Touge H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. Lung adenocarcinomas with micropapillary components. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 57:534-9. 2009.
11. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Harada T, Touge H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. Pulmonary resection for metastases from colorectal carcinoma. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 9:640-4. 2009.
12. Tokuyasu H, Harada T, Saitoh Y, Harada T, Touge H, Kawasaki Y, Maeda R, Isowa N, Shimizu E. Purulent pericarditis caused by the Streptococcus milleri group: a case report and review of the literature. Intern Med. 48:1073-8. 2009.
13. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Harada T, Touge H, Kawasaki Y. Stage Ia malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinical course and appropriate diagnostic process. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 57:264-8. 2009.
14. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Harada T, Touge H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. The maximum standardized 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography predicts lymph node metastasis and invasiveness in clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 9:79-82. 2009.
15. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Harada T, Touge H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. The maximum standardized uptake values on positron emission tomography to predict the Noguchi classification and invasiveness in clinical stage IA adenocarcinoma measuring 2 cm or less in size. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 9:70-3. 2009.
16. Maeda R, Isowa N, Miura H, Tokuyasu H. Systemic lupus erythematosus with multiple lung cysts. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 8:701-2. 2009.
17. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Kawasaki Y, Yamamoto K. Biphasic pulmonary blastoma with rapid progression. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 57:104-7. 2009.
18. Tokuyasu H, Harada T, Watanabe E, Touge H, Kawasaki Y, Endo A, Maeda R, Isowa N, Onuma H, Miura H, Shimizu E. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma accompanied by pulmonary involvement with diffuse ground-glass opacity on chest CT: a report of 2 cases. Intern Med. 48:105-9. 2009.
19. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H, Touge H, Kawasaki Y. Appearance of lung metastasis from osteosarcoma 21 years after initial treatment. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 56:613-5. 2008.
20. Tokuyasu H, Harada T, Touge H, Kawasaki Y, Maeda R, Isowa N, Onuma H, Miura H, Shimizu E. Primary Sjögren's syndrome complicated by sarcoidosis. Intern Med. 47:2049-52. 2008.
21. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H. Oncocytic carcinoid of the lung. CHIRURGIA. 21:219-221. 2008.
22. Maeda R, Isowa N. A calcified lung metastasis from rectal cancer. CHIRURGIA. 21:215-217. 2008.
23. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H. Thymic carcinoma with combined resection of the hemisternum. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 56:361-4. 2008.
24. Maeda R, Isowa N, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. Successful videothoracoscopic debridment for postpneumonectomy empyema without brochopleural fistula. CHIRURGIA. 21:37-40. 2008.
25. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H. Primary pulmonary mucinous (colloid) adenocarcinoma. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 56:195-198. 2008.
26. Maeda R, Isowa N Onuma H, Miura H. Pulmonary intestinal-type adenocarcinoma. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 7:349-351. 2008.
27. Tokuyasu H, Okazaki R, Watanabe E, Kawasaki Y, Maeda R, Isowa N, Ueda Y, H. Miura H, Shimizu E. Thoracic empyema due to Salmonella enteritidis infection in a patient with breast cancer. Respiratory Medicine Extra. 3:89-91. 2007.
28. Maeda R, Isowa N, Sumitomo S, Matsuoka K. Pulmonary cavernous hemangioma. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 55:177-9. 2007.
29. Isowa N, Kikuchi R, Kunimoto Y, Ito K, Tokuyasu H, Fukuda K, Kawasaki Y. Successful resection of posterior mediastinal thyroid cancer by partial sternotomy combined with video-assisted thoracoscopy. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 13:47-9. 2007.
30. Kikuchi R, Isowa N, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y. Intraoperative migration of a nail from the left B10b to the main bronchus. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 6:92-93. 2007
31. Tokuyasu H, Watanabe E, Okazaki R, Kawasaki Y, Kikuchi R, Isowa N, Ohnuma H, Miura H, Shimizu E, Kobashi Y. Sjögren's syndrome with multiple bullae caused by lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia. Lung. 185:187-8. 2007.
32. Kikuchi R, Isowa N, Tokuyasu H, Fukuda K, Kawasaki Y. Lung metastases from thyroid cancer found 45 years after a right hemithyroidectomy. CHIRURGIA. 19: 439-41. 2006
33. Maeda R, Isowa N, Kikuchi R, Onuma H, Miura H, Kawasaki Y. A case of pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lungs. CHIRURGIA. 19:383-5. 2006
34. Chen F, Yamada T, Aoyama A, Isowa N, Chihara K. Position of a Chest Tube at Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Respiration. 73:329-33. 2005.
35. Ito S., Isowa N, Li M, Hasegawa S, Wada H. Parasternal lymph node metastasis of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: report of a case. Surg Today. 35:782-4. 2005.
36. Aoyama A, Isowa N, Chihara K, Ito T. Pericardial metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma causing cardiac tamponade. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 53:193-5. 2005.
37. Isowa N, Yamada T, Kijima T, Hasegawa K, Chihara K. Successful Thoracoscopic Debridement of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 77:1834-7. 2004.
38. Chen F, Nakai M, Aoyama A, Isowa N, Chihara K. Diaphragmatic elevation of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after left upper lobectomy. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2:688-691. 2003
39. Hasegawa S, Bando T, Isowa N, Otake Y, Yanagihara K, Tanaka F, Inui K, Wada H. The use of cardiopulmonary bypass during extended resection of non-small cell lung cancer. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2:676-9. 2003
40. Isowa N, Nakamura T, Yamazaki F, Ito T, Chihara K. Thymic atypical carcinoid with Cushing's syndrome manifesting in terminal stage. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 51:427-9. 2003
41. Shoji T, Isowa N, Hasegawa S, Li M, Morimoto K, Ueda H, Kitaichi M, Manabe T, Wada H. Solitary Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia in the Lung of a 17-Year-Old Man with Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Respiration. 70:303-5. 2003
42. Chen F, Nakai M, Aoyama A, Isowa N, Chihara K. Diaphragmatic elevation of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after left upper lobectomy. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2:688-91. 2003
43. Hasegawa S, Isowa N, Bando, Wada H. The inadvisability of thoracoscopic lung biopsy on patients with pulmonary hypertension. Chest. 122: 1067-8. 2002
44. Isowa N, Hasegawa S, Mino M, Morimoto K, Wada H. Mediastinal Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Resected by Hemi-plastron Window Technique. Ann Thorac Surg. 74:567-569. 2002.
45. Matsuoka K, Isowa N, Yoshimura T, Liu M, Wada H. Green tea polyphenol blocks H2O2-induced interleukin-8 production from human alveolar epithelial cells. CYTOKINE. 18:266. 2002.
46. Isowa N, Hasegawa S, BandoT. Wada. Preoperative risk factors for prolonged air leak following lobectomy or segmentectomy for primary lung cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 21:951. 2002
47. Yoshimura T, Kawashima M, Nakamura T, Isowa N, Bando T, Hasegawa S, Kondo H, Toyokuni S, Wada H. A novel selectin blocker alleviates oxidative stress of lung reperfusion injury. J Surg Res. 101:91-98, 2001.
48. Isowa N, Wada H. Oxidative stress and Ischemia-reperfusion induced acute lung injury. New Surgery. 1:52-60, 2001.
49. Isowa N, Liu M. Role of LPS-induced microfilament depolymerization in MIP-2 production from rat pneumocytes. Am J Physiol. 280:L762-770. 2001.
50. Isowa, N, Keshavjee S, Liu M. Role of microtubules in LPS-induced macrophage inflammatory protein-2 production from rat pneumocytes. Am. J. Physiol. 279:L1075-82. 2000.
51. Cardella JA, Keshavjee S, Mourgeon E, Cassivi SD, Fischer S, Isowa N, Slutsky AS, Liu M. A novel cell culture model for studying ischemia–reperfusion injury in lung transplantation. J. Appl. Physiol. 89:1553-1560. 2000.
52. Mourgeon E, Isowa N, Keshavjee S, Zhang X, Slutsky AS, Liu M. Mechanical stretch stimulates macrophage inflammatory protein-2 secretion from fetal rat lung cells. Am. J. Physiol. 279:L699-L706. 2000.
53. McRitchie DI, Isowa N, Edelson JD, Xavier AM,* ,,†,* Cai L,* Man HY,‡ WangYT, ‡ Keshavjee SH,* Slutsky AS, Liu M. Production of tumor necrosis factor alpha by primary cultured rat alveolar epithelial cells. CYTOKINE. 12: 644-654. 2000.
54. Isowa, N, Yoshimura T, Kosaka S, Liu M, Hitomi S, Yodoi J, Wada H. Human thioredoxin attenuates hypoxia-reoxygenation injury of murine endothelial cells in a thiol-free condition. J Cell Physiol.182: 33-40, 2000.
55. Kawashima M, Bando T, Nakamura T, Isowa N, Liu M, Toyokuni S, Hitomi S, Wada H. Cytoprotective effects of nitroglycerin in ischemia-reperfusion-induced lung injury. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.161: 935-943, 2000.
56. Isowa N, Xavier AM, Dziak E, Opas M, McRitchie DI, Slutsky AS, Keshavjee S, Liu M. LPS-induced depolymerization of cytoskeleton and its role in TNF-a production by rat pneumocytes. Am. J. Physiol.277: L606-L615, 1999.
57. Yamanaka A, Hirai T, Fujimoto T, Ohtake Y, Isowa N. Extended radical resection for bulky N2 small cell lung carcinoma. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.47: 36-39, 1999.
58. Xavier AM, Isowa N, Cai L, Dziak E, Opas M, McRitchie DI, Slutsky AS, Keshavjee K, Liu M. TNF-a mediates lipopolysaccharide-induced macrophage inflammatory protein-2 release from alveolar epithelial cells: Auto-regulation in host defense. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol.21: 510-520, 1999 (Co-first author).
59. Wada H, Isowa N, Yokomise H, Hitomi S. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and anesthesia: The possible risk of oxygen administration. Surg Today.27: 1131-1136, 1997.
60. Okubo K, Kosaka S, Isowa N, Hirata T, Hitomi S, Yodoi J, Nakano M, Wada H. Amelioration of ischemia-reperfusion injury by human thioredoxin in rabbit lung. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.113: 1-9, 1997.
61. Go T, Isowa N, Hirata T, Yodoi J, Hitomi S, Wada H. Thymic interdigitating cells express thioredoxin (TRX/ADF): an immunohistochemical study of 82 thymus and thymoma samples. Thymus.24: 157-171, 1997.
62. Aota M, Matsuda K, Isowa N, Wada H, Yodoi J, Ban T. Protection against reperfusion-induced arrhythmias by human thioredoxin. J. Cardiovasc. Pharmac.27: 727-732, 1996.
63. Isowa N, Hitomi S, Wada H. Trehalose-containing solutions enhance preservation of cultured endothelial cells. Ann. Thorac. Surg.61: 542-545, 1996.