○甲状腺癌のSAGEデータ
Takano T et al. Gene expression profile in thyroid carcinomas. Br J Cancer 83: 1495-1502, 2000.

○穿刺吸引核酸診断法、芽細胞発癌説の理論・総説
Takano T and Amino N Cancer-specific mRNAs in thyroid carcinomas: Detection, use, and their implication in thyroid carcinogenesis (review). Endocr J 49: 97-107, 2002.

○濾胞癌の鑑別診断
1. Takano T et al. High-throughpot differential screening of mRNAs by serial analysis of gene expression: Decreased expression of trefoil factor 3 mRNA in thyroid follicular carcinomas. Br J Cancer 90: 1600-1604, 2004.
2. Takano T et a. Decrased relative expression level of trefoil factor 3 mRNA to galectin-3 mRNA distinguishes thyroid follicular carcinoma from adenoma.
Cancer Lett 219: 91-96, 2005.
3. Takano T and Yamada H Trefoil Factor 3 (TFF3): A promising indicator for diagnosing thyroid follicular carcinoma (review). Endocr J 56: 9-16, 2009.

○悪性リンパ腫のVR法
Takano T et al. Detection of monoclonality of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene in thyroid malignant lymphoma by vectrette PCR. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90: 720-723, 2005.

○芽細胞発癌説
1. Takano T Fetak cell carcinogenesis of the thyroid: A hypothesis for better understanding of gene expression profile and genomic alternation in thyroid carcinoma (review). Endocr J 51: 509-515, 2004.
2. Takano T and Amino N Fetal cell carcinogenesis: A new hypothesis for better understanding of thyroid carcinoma (review). Thyroid 15: 432-438, 2005.
3. Takano T Fetal cell carcinogenesis of the thyroid: Theory and practice (review). Semin Cancer Biol 17: 233-240, 2007.

○新規甲状腺特異的遺伝子Tensin3
Maeda I, et al. Tensin3 is a novel thyroid specific gene. J Mol Endocrinol 36: R1-8, 2006.

○FACS-mQ
1.Yamada H et al. Messenger RNA quantification after fluorescence activated cell sorting using intracellular antigens. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 397: 425-428, 2010.
2.Yamada H et al. mRNA quantification after FACS using in situ hybridization. Cytometry A 77A: 1032-1037, 2010.
3.Maruo R et al et al. mRNA quantification after fluorescence activated cell sorting using locked nulceic acid probes. Mol Biotechnol (in press)

○甲状腺濾胞癌の15%問題
Takano T Fifiteen percent issue in moelcuar-based diagnosis of thyroid follicular carcinoma. Pathol Int (in press)