1. Kusakabe T, Sawaji Y, Endo K
DUSP-1 Induced by PGE2 and PGE1 Attenuates IL-1β-Activated MAPK Signaling, Leading to Suppression of NGF Expression in Human Intervertebral Disc Cells.
Int J Mol Sci.29;23(1):371, 2021

 2. Kusakabe T, Endo K, Sawaji Y
Mode of dropped head syndrome and efficacy of conservative and efficacy of conservative treatment.
J Orthop Surg (HongKong)28(2):1-7,2020.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499020938882

 3. Kusakabe T, Endo K, Aihara T
Differences in cervical sagittal alignment between the standing and sitting positions.
J Orthop Sci. 2019 Nov;24(6):1005-1009.

 4. Kusakabe K, Endo K, Nakamura I
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) spondylitis with adjacent mycotic aortic aneurysm after intravesical BCG therapy: a case report and literature review
BMC Infect Dis. 28: 18(1):290 2018

 1. Maekawa A, Sawaji Y, Endo K, Kusakabe T
Prostaglandin E2 induces dual-specificity phosphatase-1, thereby attenuating inflammatory genes expression in human osteoarthritic synovial fibroblasts.
Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat.154:106550. doi: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2021

 2. Konishi T, Endo K, Aihara T, Kusakabe T
Global sagittal spinal alignment at cervical flexion in patients with dropped head syndrome.
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 28(3): 2309499020948266, 2020

 3. Murata K, Matsuoka Y, Nishimura H, Kusakabe T
The factors related to the poor ADL in the patients with osteoporotic vertebral fracture after instrumentation surgery.
Eur Spine J 29(7): 1597-1605, 2020

 4. Aihara T, Endo K, Suzuki H, Kusakabe T
Long-term outcomes following lumbar microendoscopic discectomy and microendoscopic decompression: Minimum 10-year follow-up evaluation performed using a patient-based outcome measure.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 81(2): 163-169, 2020

 5. Murata K, Endo K, Aihara T, Kusakabe T
Relationship between cervical and global sagittal balance in patients with dropped head syndrome.
Eur Spine J. 2020 Jan 14. doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-06229-1. [Epub ahead of print]

 6. Aihara T, Endo K, Sawaji Y, Kusakabe T
Five-year Reoperation Rates and Causes for Reoperations Following Lumbar Microendoscopic Discectomy and Decompression.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Jan 1;45(1):71-77.

 7. Konishi T, Endo K, Aihara T, Kusakabe T
Effect of cervical flexion and extension on thoracic sagittal alignment.
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2019 Sep-Dec;27(3)

 8. Aihara T, Endo K, Suzuki H, Kusakabe T
Long-term Outcomes Following Lumbar Microendoscopic Diskectomy and Microendoscopic Decompression: Minimum 10-year Follow-up Evaluation Performed Using a Patient-based Outcome Measure.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2019 Oct 3. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1688559. [Epub ahead of print]

 9. Murata K, Matsuoka Y, Nishimura H, Kusakabe T
The factors related to the poor ADL in the patients with osteoporotic vertebral fracture after instrumentation surgery.
Eur Spine J. 2019 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-06092-0. [Epub ahead of print]

 10. Maekawa A, Endo K, Suzuki H, Kusakabe T
Impact of pelvic incidence on change in lumbo-pelvic sagittal alignment between sitting and standing positions.
Eur Spine J. 2019 Sep;28(9):1914-1919.

 11. Totoki Y, Yoshii Y, Kusakabe T
Screw Length Optimization of a Volar Locking Plate Using Three Dimensional Preoperative Planning in Distal Radius Fractures.
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2018 Dec;23(4):520-527.

 12. Yoshii Y, Kusakabe T, Akita K
Reproducibility of three dimensional digital preoperative planning for the osteosynthesis of distal radius fractures.
J Orthop Res. 2017 Dec;35(12):2646-2651.