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Igarashi-Hisayoshi Y, Ihara E, Bai X, Higashi C, Ikeda H, Tanaka Y, Hirano M, Ogino H, Chinen T, Taguchi Y, Ogawa Y. Determination of Region-Specific Roles of the M3 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Gastrointestinal Motility. Dig Dis Sci. 2022 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07637-y. Online ahead of print.

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Esaki M, Ihara E, Esaki M, Nishioka K, Kimura Y, Hata Y, Tsuru H, Wada M, Minoda Y, Bai X, Shoguchi Y, Nasu T, Nagatomo S, Muta K, Ogino H, Ogawa Y. Comparison of outomes between ProKnife injection ESD and conventional ESD for large gastric lesions in ex vivo porcine model study: a randomizedcontrolled trial. DEN Open 2022;2:e91  

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Ihara E*, Ogino H*, Muta K, Hamada S, Wada M, Hata Y, Ikeda H, Bai X, Minoda Y, Esaki M, Tanaka Y, Chinen T and Ogawa Y. The treatment effects of acotiamide in esophagogastric outflow obstruction: A prospective longitudinal observational study. Esophagus 2021 In press. 

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Otsuka Y, Bai X, Tanaka Y, Ihara E, Chinen T, Ogino H, Ogawa Y. Involvement of interstitial cells of Cajal in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-induced relaxation of the porcine lower esophageal sphincter. Eur J Pharmacol 2021 In press. 

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Muta K, Ihara E, Hamada S, Ikeda H, Wada M, Hata Y, Bai X, Nishihara Y, Tanaka Y, Ogino H, Ogawa Y. Physiological and pathological roles of the accommodation response in lower esophageal sphincter relaxation during wet swallow. Sci Rep 2021 Apr12;11(1):7898. 

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Bai X, Ihara E, Otsuka Y, Tsuruta S, Hirano K, Tanaka Y, Ogino H, Hirano M, Chinen T, Akiho H, Nakamura K, Oda Y, Ogawa Y. Involvement of different receptor subtypes in prostaglandin E2-induced contraction and relaxation in the lower esophageal sphincter and esophageal body. Eur J Pharmacol. 2019 Aug 15;857:172405. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172405. Epub 2019 May 22.

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Bai X, Ihara E, Hirano K, Tanaka Y, Nakano K, Kita S, Iwamoto T, Ogino H, Hirano M, Oda Y, Nakamura K, Ogawa Y. Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide Contributes to Tone Generation in Porcine Lower Esophageal Sphincter Via Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Nov 22;5(3):209-221. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2017.11.004. eCollection 2018 Mar.

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Bai X, Tanaka Y, Ihara E, Hirano K, Nakano K, Hirano M, Oda Y, Nakamura K. Trypsin induces biphasic muscle contraction and relaxation via transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 and neurokinin receptors 1/2 in porcine esophageal body. Eur J Pharmacol. 2017 Feb 15;797:65-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.01.004. Epub 2017 Jan 11.