TACHIBANA Osamu

Researcher Profile & Settings

Research

Overview of research:
Hypothalamo-pituitary lesion: 1) folliculo-stellate cell, 2) TS-parallel image, 3) radiation induced optic neuropathy, 4) pathogenesis for craniopharyngioma, and analysis for cyst contents. 5) malignant transformation in intracranial germ cell tumor, 6) diffencial diagnosis for suprasellar cyst. Malignant glioma: 1) apoptosis induced receptor, 2) tumor immunology, 2) pathology and genetics.

Education

• Kanazawa University Faculty of Medicine

Degree

• Ph.D in Medicine

Research Activities

Published Papers

• A Case of Suprasellar Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor Mimicking Craniopharyngioma, Akira Tamase, Osamu Tachibana, Satoko Nakada, Sohsuke Yamada, Hideaki Iizuka, NMC Case Report Journal, 7:85-88, Jun. 2020
• Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs): nomenclature evolution, not clinical revolution, (Asa SL), Asioli S, Bozkurt S, Casar-Borota O, Chinezu L, Comunoglu N, Cossu G, Cusimano M, Delgrange E, Earls P, Ezzat S, Gazioglu N, Grossman A, Guaraldi F, Hickman RA, Ikeda H, Jaffrain-Rea ML, Karavitaki N, Kraljević I, La Rosa S, Manojlović-Gačić E, Maartens N, McCutcheon IE, Messerer M, Mete O, Nishioka H, Oz B, Pakbaz S, Pekmezci M, Perry A, Reiniger L, Roncaroli F, Saeger W, Söylemezoğlu F, Tachibana O, Trouillas J, Turchini J, Uccella S, Villa C, Yamada S, Yarman S, Pituitary, 23:322-325, Jun. 2020
• Directional Regulation of Extrasellar Extension by Sellar Dura Integrity and Intrasphenoidal Septation In Pituitary Adenomas, (Yasuhiko Hayashi), Yasuo Sasagawa, Masahiro Oishi, Daisuke Kita, Shingo Tanaka, Fumiaki Ueda, Osamu Tachibana, Mitsutoshi Nakada, World Neurosurgery, 122:e130-e138, Feb. 2019
• Contribution of Intrasellar Pressure Elevation to Headache Manifestation in Pituitary Adenoma Evaluated With Intraoperative Pressure Measurement, (Hayashi Yasuhiko), Sasagawa Yasuo, Oishi Masahiro, Kita Daisuke, Misaki Koichi, Fukui Issei, Tachibana Osamu, Nakada Mitsutoshi, Neurosurgery, 84:599-606, Mar. 2019
  DOI:10.1093/neuros/nyy087
• Radiological and endocrinological evaluations with grading of hypothalamic perifocal edema caused by craniopharyngiomas, (Hayashi Y), Sasagawa Y, Oishi M, Misaki K, Kozaka K, Tachibana O, Nakada M, Pituitary, 22:146-155, Apr. 2019
• Entirely Suprasellar Rathke Cleft Cysts: Clinical Features and Surgical Efficacy of Endoscopic Endonasal Transtuberculum Sellae Approach, (Hayashi Y), Kobayashi M, Sasagawa Y, Oishi M, Tachibana O, Nakada M, World Neurosurgery, 126:e921-e929, Jun. 2019
• Usefulness of MRI Slices Parallel to the Optic Chiasma in a Case with Traumatic Optic Nerve Avulsion after a Bear Attack, Tamase A, Tachibana O, Iizuka H, Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 59:357-359, Sep. 2019
• The clinicopathological analysis of receptor tyrosine kinases in meningiomas: the expression of VEGFR-2 in meningioma was associated with a higher WHO grade and shorter progression-free survival, Satoko Nakada, Yasuo Sasagawa, Osamu Tachibana, Hideaki Iizuka, Nozomu Kurose, Akihiro Sioya, Xin Guo, Sohsuke Yamada, Takayuki Nojima, Brain Tumor Pathology, 36:7-13, Jan. 2019
• Transsphenoidal Surgery for Elderly Patients with Acromegaly and Its Outcomes: Comparison with Younger Patients, (Yasuo.Sasagawa), Yasuhiko.Hayashi, Osamu.Tachibana, Atsushi.Nakagawa, Masahiro.Oishi, Toshinari.Takamura, Hideaki.Iizuka, Mitsutoshi.Nakada, World Neurosurgery, 118:e229-e234, Oct. 2018
  DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.06.165
• Outcome of diabetes insipidus in patients with Rathke's cleft cysts., (Masahiro.Oishi), Yasuhiko.Hayashi, Yasuo.Sasagawa, Daisuke.Kita, Osamu.Tachibana, Mitsutoshi.Nakada, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 167:141-146, Apr. 2018
  DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.02.031
• Delayed occurrence of diabetes insipidus after transsphenoidal surgery with radiologic evaluation of the pituitary stalk on magnetic resonance imaging, (Y.Hayashi), Y.Aida, Y.Sasagawa, M.Oishi, D.Kita, O.Tachibana, F.Ueda, M.Nakada, World Neurosurgery, 110:e1072-e1077, Feb. 2018
• Pituitary macroadenoma: Accuracy of apparent diffusion coefficient magnetic resonance imaging in grading tumor aggressiveness, Mariko Doai, Hisao Tonami, Munetaka Matoba, Osamu Tachibana, Hideaki Iizuka, Satoko Nakada, Sohsuke Yamada, The Neuroradiology Journal, 32:86-91, Apr. 2019
• Meningioma with Remarkable Multiple Rosette Formation: A Diagnostically Difficult Case, Kenichi.Mizutani, Satoko.Nakada, Akira.Tamase, Osamu.Tachibana, Hideaki.Iizuka, Takanori.Hirose, Sohsuke.Yamada, Journal of Medical & Surgical Pathology, 3:169, Oct. 2018
  DOI:10.4172/2472-4971.1000170
• Contribution of sellar dura integrity to symptom manifestation in pituitary adenomas with intratumoral hemorrhage, (Y.Hayashi), Y.Sasagawa, D.Kita, I.Fukui, M.Oishi, O.Tachibana, F.Ueda, M.Nakada, Pituitary, 20:531-538, 2017
• Significant Improvement in Chronic Persistent Headaches Caused by Small Rathke Cleft Cysts After Transsphenoidal Surgery, (I.Fukui), Y.Hayashi, D.Kita, Y.Sasagawa, M.Oishi, O.Tachibana, M.Nakada, World Neurosurgery, 99:362-368, 2017
• Preoperative Evaluation of the Interface Between Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma and the Optic Nerves on Fast Imaging with Steady-State Acquisition for Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, (Y.Hayashi), D.Kita, I.Fukui, Y.Sasagawa, M.Oishi, O.Tachibana, F.Ueda, M.Nakada, World Neurosurgery, 103:153-160, Jul. 2017
• Clinical characteristics of acromegalic patients with empty sella and their outcomes following transsphenoidal surgery, (Y.Sasagawa), Y.Hayashi, O.Tachibana, M.Oishi, I.Fukui, H.Iizuka, M.Nakada, Pituitary, 20:403-408, 2017
• Carotid artery protrusion and dehiscence in patients with acromegaly, (Y.Sasagawa), O.Tachibana, M.Doai, Y.Hayashi, H.Tonami, H.Iizuka, M.Nakada, Pituitary, 19:482-487, Oct. 2016
  DOI:10.1007/s11102-016-0728-z
• Rapid enlargement of an intracranial germ cell tumor after gonadotropin hormone therapy, (Y.Sasagawa), O.Tachibana, A.Nakagawa, S.Nakada, T.Nojima, D.Koya, H.Iizuka, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, 31:185-188, Sep. 2016
  DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2016.01.033
• Significant improvement of intractable headache after transsphenoidal surgery in patients with pituitary adenomas; preoperative neuroradiological evaluation and intraoperative intrasellar pressure measurement, Y.Hayashi, D.Kita, M.Iwato, I.Fukui, M.Oishi, T.Tsutsui, O.Tachibana, M.Nakada, Pituitary, 19:175-182, Apr. 2016
• Prediction of postoperative diabetes insipidus using morphological hyperintensity patterns in the pituitary stalk on magnetic resonance imaging after transsphenoidal surgery for sellar tumors., (Y.Hayashi), D.Kita, T.Watanabe, I.Fukui, Y.Sasagawa , M.Oishi, O.Tachibana, F.Ueda, M.Nakada, Pituitary, 19:552-559, 2016
• Pediatric symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst compared with cystic craniopharyngioma., (Y.Hayashi), D.Kita, I.Fukui, Y.Sasagawa, M.Oishi, M.Okajima, O.Tachibana, M.Nakada, Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 32:1625-1632, 2016
  DOI:10.1007/s00381-016-3160-9
• Midline dural filum of the sellar floor: Its relationship to the septum attachment to the sellar floor and the ossification in the sphenoid sinus., (Y.Hayashi), D.Kita, M.Iwato, I.Fukui, Y.Sasagawa, M.Oishi, O.Tachibana, M.Nakada, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 147:53-58, 2016
  DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.05.007
• Rathke cleft cyst: review of pathology, imaging, and surgical outcome, O.Tachibana, Progress in Neuro-Oncology, 22:12-21, 2015
• Pure ｌymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis caused by the rupture of rathke's cleft cyst: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature, Y.Hayashi, M.Oishi, D.Kita, T.Watanabe, O.Tachibana, J.Hamada, Turkish Neurosurgery, 25:332-336, 2015
  DOI:10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.9776-13.0
• Pituitary apoplexy following gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist administration with gonadotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma, Y.Sasagawa, O.Tachibana, A.Nakagawa, D.Koya, H.Iizuka, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 22:601-603, 2015
• Median nerve conduction studies and wrist magnetic resonance imaging in acromegalic patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, Y.Sasagawa, O.Tachibana, M.Doai, H.Tonami, H.Iizuka, Pituitary, 18:695-700, 2015
  DOI:10.1007/s11102-015-0642-9
• Diagnostic value of interleukin-10 in cerebrospinal fluid for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the central nervous system, Y.Sasagawa, T.Akai, O.Tachibana, H.Iizuka, Journal of neuro-oncology, 121:177-183, 2015
• Assessment of treatment effect for acromegaly with sleep disordered breathing., A.Sakai, H.Toga, O.Tachibana, T.Miwa, 116:612-618, 2013
• Undifferentiated sarcoma of the cavernous sinus after gamma knife radiosurgery for pituitary adenoma., Y.Sasagawa, O.Tachibana, H.Iizuka, Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia., 20:1152-1154, 2013
• Oncocytic meningioma presenting with intratumoral hemorrhage., Y.Sasagawa, O.Tachibana, T.Iida, H.Iizuka, Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia., 20:1622-1624, 2013
• Internal carotid arterial shift after transsphenoidal surgery in pituitary adenomas with cavernous sinus invasion., Y.Sasagawa, O.Tachibana, M.Doai, T.Akai, H.Tonami, H.Iizuka, Pituitary., 16:465-70, 2013
• Secondary malignant giant cell tumor of the clivus: Case report, Y.Sasagawa, O.Tachibana, S.Siraga, H.Takata, E.Kinoshita, T.Nojima, H.Iizuka, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 114:786-788, 2012
• A case of Castleman disease with status epileptics originating from focal cortical dysplasia, M.Kaito, H.Iwao, E.Kinoshita, H.Funaki, O.Tachibana, M.Matsui, 51:487-492, 2011
• Clinical study of patients with metastatic brain tumor from lung cancer, survived more than two years, K.Okamoto, T.Akai, O.Tachibana, H.Iizuka, 15:129-134, 2011
• Ocular dominance affects magnitude of dipole moment: an MEG study, (H.Shima), M.Hasegawa, O.Tachibana, M.Nomura, J.Yamashita, Y.Ozaki, J.Kawai, M.Higuchi, H.Kado, Neuroreport., 21:817-821, 2010
• Initial experience of stereotactic radiotherapy for carniopharyngioma, K.Okamoto, O.Tachibana, K.Torigoe, T.Akai, H.Iizuka, 13：39-45, 2009
• Gonadotropin-releasing hormone(GnRH)and its receptor in human meningiomas, (Y.Hirota), O.Tachibana, N.Uchiyama, Y.Hayashi, M.Nakada, D.Kita, T.Watanabe, R.Higashi, J.Hamada, Y.Hayashi, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 111:127-133, 2009
• Intra-Parenchymal tumor biopsy using neuroendoscopy with navigation, T.Akai, S.Siraga, Y.Sasagawa, K.Okamoto, O.Tachibana, H.Iizuka, Minimally invasive neurosurgery : MIN., 51:83-86, 2008
• Granulomatous pachymeningitis around the sella turcica(Tolosa-Hunt syndrome)involving the hypophysis-case report-, (D.Kita), O.Tachibana, Y.Nagai, H.Sano, J.Yamashita, Neurologia medico-chirurgica., 47:85-88, 2007
• Increased expression of aquaporin 1 in human hemangioblastomas and its correlation with cyst formation, (Chen Y.), O.Tachibana, M. Oda, Xu R., J.Hamada, J.Yamashita, N,Hashimoto, N.Takahashi, J. Neurooncol., 80:219-225, 2006
• Dynamic MR imaging for diagnosis of lesions adjacent to pituitary gland, (Suzuki M), Matsui O, Ueda F, Matsushita T, Fujinaga Y, Kobayashi K, Horichi Y, Hayashi Y, Tachibana O, Yamashita J,  Eur J Radiol., 53(2):159-67, Feb. 2005
• Surgical pathology of spinal schwannoma: has the nerve of its origin been preserved or already degenerated during tumor growth?, (Hasegawa M), Fujisawa H, Hayashi Y, Tachibana O, Kida S, Yamashita J, Clin Neuropathol., 24(1):19-25, Jan. 2005
• Successful treatment of Cushing disease with the sphenoid sinus of conchal type:usefulness of inferior petrosal sinus sampling and STEALTH navigation system, (Yoshida Y), Tachibana O, Fujisawa H, Miyashita K, Yamashita J, Takamura T, Mistu H, 33(1):65-71., Jan. 2005
• Urinary excretion of phenytoin metabolites, 5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-phenylhydantoin and its O-glucuronide in humans and analysis of genetic polymorphisms of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases, (Yamanaka H), Nakajima M, Hara Y, Katoh M, Tachibana O, Yamashita J, Yokoi T, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics., 20(2):135-143, 2005
• Frequent gene amplification and overexpression of decoy receptor 3 in glioblastoma, (Arakawa Y), Tachibana O, Hasegawa M, Miyamori T, Yamashita J, Hayashi Y, Acta Neuropathol (Berl)., 109(3):294-8. Epub, Dec. 2004
• Severe delirium due to basal forebrain vascular lesion and efficacy of donepezil., (Kobayashi K), Higashima M, Mutou K, Kidani T, Tachibana O, Yamashita J, Koshino Y, Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry., 28(7):1189-94, Nov. 2004
• A novel polymorphism in the promoter region of human UGT1A9 gene (UGT1A9*22) and its effects on the transcriptional activity., (Yamanaka H), Nakajima M, Katoh M, Hara Y, Tachibana O, Yamashita J, McLeod HL, Yokoi T, Pharmacogenetics., 14(5):329-332, May 2004
• Frequent　LOH at chromosome 12q22-23 and Apaf-1 inactivation in glioblastoma, (Watanabe T), Hirota Y, Arakawa Y, Fujisawa H, Tachibana O, Hasegawa M, Yamashita J, Hayashi Y, Brain Pathol., 13(4):431-9., Oct. 2003
• Molecular analysis of the rhabdoid predisposition syndrome in a child: a novel germline hSNF/INI1 mutation and absence of c-myc amplification., (Fujisawa H), Takabatake Y, Fukusato T, Tachibana O, Tsuchiya Y, Yamashita J, J Neurooncol., 63(3):257-262, Jul. 2003
• Oxidized galectin-1 stimulates the migration of Schwann cells from both proximal and distal stumps of transected nerves and promotes axonal regeneration after peripheral nerve injury, (Fukaya K), Hasegawa M, Mashitani T, Kadoya T, Horie H, Hayashi Y, Fujisawa H, Tachibana O, Kida S, Yamashita J,  J Neuropathol Exp Neurol., 62(2):162-72, Feb. 2003
• Genetic differences between neurocytoma and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor and oligodendroglial tumors, (Fujisawa H), Marukawa K, Hasegawa M, Tohma Y, Hayashi Y, Uchiyama N, Tachibana O,, Yamashita J, J Neurosurg., 97(6):1350-5, Dec. 2002
• Spinal epidural lipomatosis associated with pituitary macroprolactinoma, (Fujisawa H), Hasegawa M, Tachibana O, Yamashita J, Acta Neurochir (Wien)., 144(2):213-4, Feb. 2002
• Surgical pathology of spinal schwannomas: a light and electron microscopic analysis of tumor capsules, (Hasegawa M), Fujisawa H, Hayashi Y, Tachibana O, Kida S, Yamashita J, Neurosurgery, 49(6):1388-92, Dec. 2001
• Contrast-enhanced fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MRI is useful to detect the CSF dissemination of glioblastoma., (Misaki K), Nakada M, Hayashi Y, Tachibana O, Yamashita J, Ueda F, Suzuki M, J Comput Assist Tomogr., 25(6):953-6, Nov. 2001
• Homozygous deletion of INK4a/ARF genes and overexpression of bcl-2 in relation with poor prognosis in immunocompetent patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma of the diffuse large B-cell type., (Hayashi Y), Iwato M, Arakawa Y, Fujisawa H, Thoma Y, Hasegawa M, Tachibana O, Yamashita J, J Neurooncol., 55(1):51-8, Oct. 2001
• De novo spinal teratoma after treatment of an intracranial germ cell tumor, (Tohma Y), Kaneko T, Kita D, Iwato M, Hayashi Y, Tachibana O, Hasegawa M, Yamashita J, Pediatr Neurosurg., 33(5):261-264, Nov. 2000
• Alterations of the INK4a/ARF locus in human intracranial germ cell tumors, (Iwato M), Tachibana O, Tohma Y, Arakawa Y, Nitta H, Hasegawa M, Yamashita J, Hayashi Y, Cancer Res., 15;60(8):2113-5, Apr. 2000
• Molecular analysis for p53 and mdm2 in intracranial germ cell tumors, (Iwato M), Tachibana O, Tohma Y, Nitta H, Hayashi Y, Yamashita J, Acta Neuropathol (Berl), 99(1):21-5, Jan. 2000
• Rathke cleft cyst: MR and biomedical analysis of cyst content., (Hayashi Y), Tachibana O, Muramatsu N, Tsuchiya H, Tada M, Arakawa Y, Suzuki M, Yamashita J, J Comput Assist Tomogr, 23(1):34-8, Jan. 1999
• Determination of p53 mutations, EGFR overexpression, and loss of p16 expression in pediatric glioblastomas, (Sure U), Ruedi D, Tachibana O,, Yonekawa Y, Ohgaki H, Kleihues P, Hegi ME,  J Neuropathol Exp Neurol., 56(7):782-9., Jul. 1997
• Incidence and timing of p53 mutations during astrocytoma progression in patients with multiple biopsies, (Watanabe K), Sato K, Biernat W, Tachibana O, von Ammon K, Ogata N, Yonekawa Y, Kleihues P, Ohgaki H, Clin Cancer Res., 3(4):523-30, Apr. 1997
• Role of gemistocytes in astrocytoma progression., (Watanabe K), Tachibana O, Yonekawa Y, Kleihues P, Ohgaki H, Lab Invest., 76(2):277-84, Feb. 1997
• Preferential expression of Fas/APO1 (CD95) and apoptotic cell death in perinecrotic cells of glioblastoma multiforme, Tachibana O, Lampe J, Kleihues P, Ohgaki H, Acta Neuropathol (Berl), 92(5):431-4, Nov. 1996
• Contrast-enhanced MRI of intrasellar arachnoid cysts: relationship between the pituitary gland and cyst, (Nomura M), Tachibana O, Hasegawa M, Kohda Y, Nakada M, Yamashima T, Yamashita J, Suzuki M, Neuroradiology, 38(6):566-8, Aug. 1996
• Overexpression of the EGF receptor and p53 mutations are mutually exclusive in the evolution of primary and secondary glioblastomas, (Watanabe K), Tachibana O, Sata K, Yonekawa Y, Kleihues P, Ohgaki H, Brain Pathol., 6(3):217-23, Jul. 1996
• Expression of Fas/APO-1 during the progression of astrocytomas, Tachibana O, Nakazawa H, Lampe J, Watanabe K, Kleihues P, Ohgaki H, Cancer Res, 1;55(23):5528-30, Dec. 1995
• Immunohistochemical alterations of fibronectin during the formation and proliferative repair of experimental cerebral aneurysms in rats, (Futami K), Yamashita J, Tachibana O, Higashi S, Ikeda K, Yamashima T, Stroke, 26(9):1659-64, Sep. 1995
• Basic fibroblast growth factor may repair experimental cerebral aneurysms in rats, (Futami K), Yamashita J, Tachibana O, Kida S, Higashi S, Ikeda K, Yamashima T, Stroke, 26(9):1649-54, Sep. 1995
• Immunohistochemical expression of human chorionic gonadotropin and P-glycoprotein in human pituitary glands and craniopharyngiomas, Tachibana O, Yamashima T, Yamashita J, Takabatake Y, J Neurosurg., 80(1):79-84, Jan. 1994
• Synthesis of multilamellar phospholipids in meningioma cells, (Yamashima T), Tohma T, Nitta H, Kida S, Tachibana O, Yamaguchi N,, Hasegawa M, Yamashita J, Brain tumor pathology, 11: 1-6, 1994
• Immunohistochemical study of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and erythropoietin (EPO) in cerebellar hemangioblastomas, Tachibana O, Yamashima T, Yamashita J, Takinami K, Brain tumor pathology, 11: 169-172, 1994
• Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study of skull base chordomas, (Kubota T), Sato K, Kabuto M, Kawano H, Nakagawa T, Arai Y, Tachibana O, Yoshida K, Yamashita J, Brain tumor pathology, 11: 23-28, 1994
• Immunohistochemical study of erythropoietin in cerebellar hemangioblastomas associated with secondary polycythemia, Tachibana O, Yamashima T, Yamashita J, Neurosurgery, 28(1):24-6., Jan. 1991
• Radiation necrosis of the optic chiasm, optic tract, hypothalamus, and upper pons after radiotherapy for pituitary adenoma, detected by gadolinium-enhanced, T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, Tachibana O, Yamaguchi N, Yamashima T, Yamashita J, Neurosurgery., 27(4):640-3, Oct. 1990
• Repetitive intratumoral hemorrhage in medulloblastoma, Tachibana O, Oki H, Hayashi Y, Nonomura A, Yamashima T, Yamashita J, Surg Neurol., 33(6):378-83, Jun. 1990
• Liberation of eosinophil granules in the inner capsule of chronic subdural hematomas, (Yamashima T), Tachibana O, Hasegawa M, Nitta H, Yamashita J, Neurochirurgia (Stuttg), 32(6):168-71, Nov. 1989
• Ultrastructural immunogold labelling of vimentin filaments on postembedding ultrathin sections of arachnoid villi and meningiomas, (Yamashima T), Tachibana O, Nitta H, Yamaguchi N, Yamashita J, Histol Histopathol, 4(1):47-53., Jan. 1989
• Previously unreported hemidesmosomal junctions" between folliculo-stellate cells and pituitary adenoma cells", Tachibana O, Yamashima T, Histol Histopathol, 3(3):275-8., Jun. 1988
• Immunohistochemical study of folliculo-stellate cells in human pituitary adenomas, Tachibana O, Yamashima T, Acta Neuropathol (Berl), 76(5):458-64, 1988
• Amyloid formation in prolactinoma, (Kubota T), Kuroda E, Yamashima T, Tachibana O, Kabuto M, Yamamoto S., Arch Pathol Lab Med., 110(1):72-5., Jan. 1986
• Anterior pituitary function in Rathke's cleft cysts versus nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas, Mizue Fujii, Atsushi Nakagawa, Osamu Tachibana, Hideaki Iizuka, Daisuke Koya, Endocrine Journal, 68:943-952, Aug. 2021
  DOI:doi:org/10.1507/endocrj.EJ21-0050
• Pediatric meningioma with rhabdoid features developed at the site of skull fracture:illustrative case, Takata S, Tamase A, Hayashi Y, Tachibana O, Sato K, Iizuka H, J Neurosurg. Case Lessons, 2:CASE21107, Mar. 2021
• Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas induce left atrial enlargement with subclinical atrial fibrillation: an echocardiographic study., (Yoshiki K), Sasagawa Y, Shimojima M, Takeshita Y, Takata S, Hayashi Y, Takamura T, Tachibana O, Nakada M., Pituitary, 24:778, 2021