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An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: The Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cellular Analysis in Interstitial Lung Disease by MEYER, Keith C, RAGHU, Ganesh, ROTTOLI, Paola, SALTINI, Cesare, SELMAN, Moises, STRANGE, Charlie, WOOD, Brent, BAUGHMAN, Robert P, BROWN, Kevin K, COSTABEL, Ulrich, DU BOIS, Roland M, DRENT, Marjolein, HASLAM, Patricia L, DONG SOON KIM, NAGAI, Sonoko

“…The clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cell analysis for the diagnosis and management of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) has…”
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Significance of pulmonary arterial pressure and diffusion capacity of the lung as prognosticator in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Hamada, Kunio, Nagai, Sonoko, Tanaka, Shigeru, Handa, Tomohiro, Shigematsu, Michio, Nagao, Taishi, Mishima, Michiaki, Kitaichi, Masanori, Izumi, Takateru

“…To evaluate the long-term clinical course of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) complicated with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Prospective…”
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Treatment with Methotrexate and Low-dose Corticosteroids in Sarcoidosis Patients with Cardiac Lesions by Nagai, Sonoko, Yokomatsu, Takafumi, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Ikezoe, Kohei, Handa, Tomohiro, Ito, Yutaka, Ogino, Shunpei, Izumi, Takateru

“…Objective Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of combination therapy consisting of low-dose corticosteroids with weekly methotrexate in patients…”
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The prognostic value of HRCT in myositis-associated interstitial lung disease by Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Handa, Tomohiro, Nakashima, Ran, Kubo, Takeshi, Hosono, Yuji, Aihara, Kensaku, Ikezoe, Kohei, Watanabe, Kizuku, Taguchi, Yoshio, Hatta, Kazuhiro, Oga, Toru, Chin, Kazuo, Nagai, Sonoko, Mimori, Tsuneyo, Mishima, Michiaki

“…Summary Background Polymyositis and dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease (PM/DM-ILD) can have variable courses. We evaluated the prognostic…”
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Incidence of pulmonary hypertension and its clinical relevance in patients with sarcoidosis by Handa, Tomohiro, Nagai, Sonoko, Miki, Shinji, Fushimi, Yasutaka, Ohta, Kosuke, Mishima, Michiaki, Izumi, Takateru

“…To investigate the frequency of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and clinical parameters associated with PH in sarcoidosis patients. A prospective, observational…”
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Clinical significance of radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis pattern in interstitial lung disease patients registered for lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study by Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Handa, Tomohiro, Kubo, Takeshi, Chen-Yoshikawa, Toyofumi F, Aoyama, Akihiro, Motoyama, Hideki, Hijiya, Kyoko, Yoshizawa, Akihiko, Oshima, Yohei, Ikezoe, Kohei, Tokuda, Shinsaku, Nakatsuka, Yoshinari, Murase, Yuko, Nagai, Sonoko, Muro, Shigeo, Oga, Toru, Chin, Kazuo, Hirai, Toyohiro, Date, Hiroshi

“…Radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) lesion is characterized by pleural thickening with associated signs of subpleural fibrosis on…”
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Treatment with Methotrexate and Low-dose Corticosteroids in Sarcoidosis Patients with Cardiac Lesions by Nagai, Sonoko, Yokomatsu, Takafumi, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Ikezoe, Kohei, Handa, Tomohiro, Ito, Yutaka, Ogino, Shunpei, Izumi, Takateru

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Matrix metalloproteinase-10: a novel biomarker for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Sokai, Akihiko, Handa, Tomohiro, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Oga, Toru, Uno, Kazuko, Tsuruyama, Tatsuaki, Kubo, Takeshi, Ikezoe, Kohei, Nakatsuka, Yoshinari, Tanimura, Kazuya, Muro, Shigeo, Hirai, Toyohiro, Nagai, Sonoko, Chin, Kazuo, Mishima, Michiaki

“…Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and MMP-7 has been described as a…”
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Sarcoidosis HLA class II genotyping distinguishes differences of clinical phenotype across ethnic groups by Sato, Hiroe, Woodhead, Felix A., Ahmad, Tariq, Grutters, Jan C., Spagnolo, Paolo, van den Bosch, Jules M.M., Maier, Lisa A., Newman, Lee S., Nagai, Sonoko, Izumi, Takateru, Wells, Athol U., du Bois, Roland M., Welsh, Kenneth I.

“…The HLA class II (DRB1 and DQB1) associations with sarcoidosis have been studied by several groups but often without consistent results. In this paper, we…”
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Radiologic manifestations of sarcoidosis in various organs by Koyama, Takashi, Ueda, Hiroyuki, Togashi, Kaori, Umeoka, Shigeaki, Kataoka, Masako, Nagai, Sonoko

“…Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder of unknown cause with a wide variety of clinical and radiologic manifestations. The diagnosis is usually made on the basis…”
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Prognostic factors and outcomes in Japanese lung transplant candidates with interstitial lung disease by Ikezoe, Kohei, Handa, Tomohiro, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Chen-Yoshikawa, Toyofumi F, Kubo, Takeshi, Aoyama, Akihiro, Motoyama, Hideki, Hijiya, Kyoko, Tokuda, Shinsaku, Nakatsuka, Yoshinari, Yamamoto, Yuko, Oshima, Ayako, Harashima, Shin-Ichi, Nagai, Sonoko, Hirai, Toyohiro, Date, Hiroshi, Chin, Kazuo

“…Young patients with advanced interstitial lung disease (ILD) are potential candidates for cadaveric lung transplantation. This study aimed to examine clinical…”
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Can the Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire predict the long-term outcomes in Japanese sarcoidosis patients? by Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Handa, Tomohiro, Nagai, Sonoko, Oga, Toru, Kubo, Takeshi, Ito, Yutaka, Aihara, Kensaku, Ikezoe, Kohei, Sokai, Akihiko, Nakatsuka, Yoshinari, Hirai, Toyohiro, Chin, Kazuo, Mishima, Michiaki, Izumi, Takateru

“…The Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire (SHQ) is the first sarcoidosis-specific health status questionnaire ever developed. Worse health status, as evaluated by…”
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Desquamative interstitial pneumonia may progress to lung fibrosis as characterized radiologically by KAWABATA, YOSHINORI, TAKEMURA, TAMIKO, HEBISAWA, AKIRA, SUGITA, YUTAKA, OGURA, TAKASHI, NAGAI, SONOKO, SAKAI, FUMIKAZU, KANAUCHI, TETSU, COLBY, THOMAS V.

“…ABSTRACT Background and objective:  In some patients, desquamative interstitial pneumonia may progress to lung fibrosis. The aim of this study was to assess…”
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Clinical relevance of plasma prostaglandin F2α metabolite concentrations in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Aihara, Kensaku, Handa, Tomohiro, Oga, Toru, Watanabe, Kizuku, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Ikezoe, Kohei, Taguchi, Yoshio, Sato, Hiroe, Chin, Kazuo, Nagai, Sonoko, Narumiya, Shuh, Wells, Athol U, Mishima, Michiaki

“…Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease of unknown etiology with few current treatment options. Recently, we determined an important…”
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Efficacy of Blood-Patch Pleurodesis for Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Interstitial Lung Disease by Aihara, Kensaku, Handa, Tomohiro, Nagai, Sonoko, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Watanabe, Kizuku, Harada, Yuka, Chihara, Yuichi, Hitomi, Takefumi, Oga, Toru, Tsuboi, Tomomasa, Chin, Kazuo, Mishima, Michiaki

“…Objective We identified the prognostic relevance of pneumothorax in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients and evaluated the efficacy and safety of…”
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Importance of serial changes in biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Sokai, Akihiko, Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Handa, Tomohiro, Kanatani, Kumiko, Kubo, Takeshi, Ikezoe, Kohei, Nakatsuka, Yoshinari, Tokuda, Shinsaku, Oga, Toru, Hirai, Toyohiro, Nagai, Sonoko, Chin, Kazuo, Mishima, Michiaki

“…The clinical significance of serial changes in serum biomarkers in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) remains to be established. This…”
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Cytotoxic effects of cigarette smoke extract on an alveolar type II cell-derived cell line by Hoshino, Y, Mio, T, Nagai, S, Miki, H, Ito, I, Izumi, T

“…Injury of the alveolar epithelium by cigarette smoke is presumed to be an important process in the pathogenesis of smoking-related pulmonary diseases. We…”
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Clinical impact of high-attenuation and cystic areas on computed tomography in fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias by Tanizawa, Kiminobu, Handa, Tomohiro, Nagai, Sonoko, Hirai, Toyohiro, Kubo, Takeshi, Oguma, Tsuyoshi, Ito, Isao, Ito, Yutaka, Watanabe, Kizuku, Aihara, Kensaku, Ikezoe, Kohei, Oga, Toru, Chin, Kazuo, Izumi, Takateru, Mishima, Michiaki

“…Quantitative computed tomography (CT) analysis has been proposed as a means of objectively assessing fibrotic interstitial pneumonia (IP) including idiopathic…”
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Interstitial lung disease in polymyositis and dermatomyositis by Hirakata, Michito, Nagai, Sonoko

“…Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is common in patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM), and is a major cause of morbidity. Although its cause is…”
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Sarcoidosis Complicated with Major Pulmonary Artery Obstruction and Stenosis by Hasegawa, Koichi, Ohno, Seiko, Takada, Mai, Ogino, Hiroshi, Shiotsu, Shinsuke, Takumi, Chieko, Hiraoka, Noriya, Handa, Tomohiro, Nagai, Sonoko

“…A 34-year-old woman with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. She refused corticosteroid treatment despite a worsening of the…”
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