Search Results - "OBASE, Yasushi"
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Small molecule inhibitor of HSP47 prevents pro-fibrotic mechanisms of fibroblasts in vitro
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (24-09-2020)“…Excessive extracellular matrix deposition, in particular collagen, is an important cause of lung fibrosis. Heat shock protein 47 (HSP47), a collagen-binding…”
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Interstitial Pneumonia with HLA-B54 Antigen that Responded Well to Erythromycin
Published in Internal Medicine (01-12-2022)“…A 65-year-old Japanese man with interstitial pneumonia demonstrated honeycomb lung with thickened walls on chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and…”
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Risk factors for an acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Published in Respiratory research (11-07-2016)“…Acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are major causes of morbidity and mortality among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. However,…”
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Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis That Progressed from a Single-system to a Multisystem Form despite Smoking Cessation
Published in Internal Medicine (15-03-2023)“…A 36-year-old Japanese man presented with cavities and nodular shadows in the lower lobes of his lungs and osteolytic lesions in the thoracic spine. He was…”
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Pulmonary and Intestinal Involvement in a Patient with Myeloperoxidase-specific Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-positive Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
Published in Internal Medicine (01-01-2023)“…A 26-year-old Japanese woman was admitted with a 1-month history of diarrhea, a high fever for a few days, and exacerbation of dyspnea. She was treated with an…”
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Lymphocytic focus score is positively related to airway and interstitial lung diseases in primary Sjögren's syndrome
Published in Respiratory medicine (01-04-2018)“…Although high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is useful for the characterization of minute morphological changes in the lungs, no study has investigated…”
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Phenotype classification using the combination of lung sound analysis and fractional exhaled nitric oxide for evaluating asthma treatment
Published in Allergology International (01-04-2018)“…We report the utility of combining lung sound analysis and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) for phenotype classification of airway inflammation in…”
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Airway inflammation phenotype prediction in asthma patients using lung sound analysis with fractional exhaled nitric oxide
Published in Allergology international (01-10-2017)“…We previously reported the results of lung sound analysis in patients with bronchial asthma and demonstrated that the exhalation-to-inhalation sound pressure…”
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Preoperative respiratory intervention eliminated the operation cancelations of lobectomy surgery
Published in Journal of medical systems (18-04-2022)“…In Nagasaki University Hospital, the patients undergoing surgery with abnormal respiratory function have been automatically referred to specialized clinic by…”
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Serum Cytokine Changes in a Patient with Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis Overlapping with Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
Published in Internal Medicine (01-06-2024)“…Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) are diseases caused by Aspergillus infection, and CPA can develop from…”
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Lung Sound Analysis and the Respiratory Cycle Dependence of Impulse Oscillometry in Asthma Patients
Published in Internal Medicine (01-01-2019)“…Objective A lung sound analysis (LSA) is useful for detecting airway inflammation and obstruction in patients with asthma. To elucidate the mechanism of LSA,…”
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Pulmonary phaeohyphomycosis due to Exophiala dermatitidis in a patient with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-06-2023)“…A 65-year-old Japanese woman repeatedly withdrew and resumed antibiotics against pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium…”
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Drug-induced interstitial lung disease caused by olaparib: three case reports and review of the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database and literature
Published in BMC pulmonary medicine (08-08-2023)“…Olaparib, a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, has demonstrated effectiveness in treating ovarian, breast, and other cancers, particularly those…”
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Relationship between clinical efficacy for pulmonary MAC and drug-sensitivity test for isolated MAC in a recent 6-year period
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-08-2012)“…Abstract There are a few recent reports about the relationship between the clinical effect and drug-sensitivity test. We investigated the relationship between…”
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A case of drug-induced organizing pneumonia caused by amikacin liposome inhalation suspension
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (01-08-2023)“…Inhaled liposomal antimicrobials are known to cause hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Amikacin liposome inhalation suspension (ALIS) is a promising novel…”
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Presence of heat shock protein 47-positive fibroblasts in cancer stroma is associated with increased risk of postoperative recurrence in patients with lung cancer
Published in Respiratory research (14-09-2020)“…Abstract Background Heat shock protein 47 (HSP47), a collagen-binding protein, has a specific role in the intracellular processing of procollagen production…”
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Impact of Administering Intravenous Azithromycin within 7 Days of Hospitalization for Influenza Virus Pneumonia: A Propensity Score Analysis Using a Nationwide Administrative Database
Published in Viruses (10-05-2023)“…The potential antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effectiveness of azithromycin against severe influenza is yet unclear. We retrospectively investigated the…”
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Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis exacerbated by steroid therapy due to misdiagnosis as anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibody positive- interstitial pneumonia: a case report
Published in BMC pulmonary medicine (31-03-2022)“…Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (anti-ARS) antibodies are myositis-specific autoantibodies that have been identified in a subset of patients with interstitial…”
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Clinical utility of the QuantiFERON TB-2G test for elderly patients with active tuberculosis
Published in Chest (01-05-2008)“…To evaluate the response to the QuantiFERON-TB-2 Gold (QFT-2G) test (Cellestis Ltd; Carnegie, VIC, Australia) in elderly patients with active tuberculosis (TB)…”
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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis with Ulcerative Colitis
Published in Internal Medicine (15-09-2018)“…A 65-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital for the further assessment of cough and dyspnea. He had a history of ulcerative colitis for which he…”
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