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• Detection of citrullinated proteins in synovial fluids derived from patients with rheumatoid arthritis by proteomics-based analysis.

  BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory joint disease. The aetiology of RA remains unknown, but autoimmune responses are…

  Authors: Yoko Tabushi, Toyofumi Nakanishi, Tohru Takeuchi, Mikio Nakajima, Kazuhito Ueda, Takuya Kotani, Shigeki Makino, Akira Shimizu, Toshiaki Hanafusa, Takayuki Takubo

  Source: Annals of clinical biochemistry. 2008 Jul

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• Quantification of caveolin isoforms using quantitative real-time RT-PCR, and analysis of promoter CpG methylation of caveolin-1alpha in human T cell leukemia cell lines.

  Caveolin-1, an essential structural component of caveolae, functions as a negative regulator for signal transduction and has been suggested to be a ca…

  Authors: Yuichiro Tsuji, Toshimasa Nakagawa, Michiyo Hatanaka, Tohru Takeuchi, Eriko Matsumoto, Hiroshi Takenaka, Akira Shimizu

  Source: International journal of molecular medicine. 2006 Sep

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• Reactivation of HSV-1 in the brain of patients with familial Alzheimer's disease.

  Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) has been proposed as an environmental risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease, although this issue is still i…

  Authors: Isamu Mori, Yoshinobu Kimura, Hironobu Naiki, Rokuro Matsubara, Tohru Takeuchi, Takashi Yokochi, Yukihiro Nishiyama

  Source: Journal of medical virology. 2004 Aug

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• A refractory case of MPO-ANCA-associated vasculitis presented with gastrointestinal ulcer, rapidly progressive glomerular nephritis and pulmonary multiple nodules

  The patient was a 57-year-old male, who developed bloody stool around May 2006. He was examined by another physician in the department of gastroentero…

  Authors: Daisuke Wakaura, Masako Yoneda, Takuya Kotani, Yutarou Egashira, Koji Nagai, Takeshi Shoda, Maki Kagitani, Tohru Takeuchi, Shigeki Makino, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Nihon Rinshō Men'eki Gakkai kaishi = Japanese journal of clinical immunology. 2010

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• A fulminant case of systemic sclerosis/dermatomyositis complicating thrombotic microangiopathy and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

  A 57-year-old man had been suffering from dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis presenting interstitial pneumonia since Jan, 2004. On February 2, 200…

  Authors: Takeshi Shoda, Takuya Kotani, Tohru Takeuchi, Shigeki Makino, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Nihon Kokyūki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society. 2009 Mar

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• Glial fibrillary tangles in diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification.

  In the present study the occurrence and distribution of glial fibrillary tangles (GFT) and their related structures in diffuse neurofibrillary tangles…

  Authors: Naoki Hashimoto, Tohru Takeuchi, Ryoko Ishihara, Katsuyuki Ukai, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hiromu Iwata, Kiyoshi Iwai, Yutaka Mizuno, Haruyasu Yamaguchi, Hiroto Shibayama

  Source: Acta neuropathologica. 2003 Aug

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• Investigation of cellular metallic elements in single neurons of human brain tissues.

  The purpose of this report is to introduce the potential of synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (SRXRF) spectroscopy, by describing the applicati…

  Authors: Ryoko Ishihara, Ari Ide-Ektessabi, Kenji Ikeda, Yutaka Mizuno, Shigeyoshi Fujisawa, Tohru Takeuchi, Tatsuro Ohta

  Source: Neuroreport. 2002 Oct 7

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• Hemophagocytic syndrome as primary manifestation in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus after parturition

  A 33-year-old woman presented with fever, malar rash, lymphadenopathy and pancytopenia 3 weeks after parturition. Serum C3 level was decreased and ant…

  Authors: Shuzo Yoshida, Tohru Takeuchi, Yasuo Itami, Kenichiro Hata, Koko Watanabe, Takeshi Shoda, Takuya Kotani, Shigeki Makino, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Nihon Rinshō Men'eki Gakkai kaishi = Japanese journal of clinical immunology. 2009 Feb

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• Early intervention with corticosteroids and cyclosporin A and 2-hour postdose blood concentration monitoring improves the prognosis of acute/subacute interstitial pneumonia in dermatomyositis.

  OBJECTIVE: We retrospectively examined the effect of combination therapy with prednisolone and cyclosporin A (CSA) for dermatomyositis (DM) presenting…

  Authors: Takuya Kotani, Shigeki Makino, Tohru Takeuchi, Maki Kagitani, Takeshi Shoda, Ayu Hata, Yoko Tabushi, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: The Journal of rheumatology. 2008 Feb

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• A patient with interstitial pneumonia associated with dermatomyositis who relapsed after reducing cyclosporin-A treatment

  A 67-year-old female noticed dyspnea on exertion associated with the development of erythema in the eyelids and the bilateral fingers, and was admitte…

  Authors: Takuya Kotani, Shigeki Makino, Takeshi Shoda, Ayu Hata, Youko Tabushi, Maki Kagitani, Tohru Takeuchi, Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Source: Nihon Rinshō Men'eki Gakkai kaishi = Japanese journal of clinical immunology. 2007 Apr

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