The relationship between chronic hypoxemia and activation of the tumor necrosis factor-α system in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

N TAKABATAKE, H NAKAMURA, S ABE… - American journal of …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
Although circulating tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- α levels have been found to be increased
in weight-losing patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the main …

[HTML][HTML] GM-CSF autoantibodies and neutrophil dysfunction in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

…, T Yamamoto, PY Berclaz, S Abe… - … England Journal of …, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Increased mortality from infection in patients with pulmonary alveolar
proteinosis occurs in association with high levels of autoantibodies against granulocyte–macrophage …

Pulmonary macrophage transplantation therapy

…, T Sakagami, N Lachmann, C Chalk, A Sallese, S Abe… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Bone-marrow transplantation is an effective cell therapy but requires myeloablation, which
increases infection risk and mortality. Recent lineage-tracing studies documenting that …

Circulating leptin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

N Takabatake, H Nakamura, S Abe, T Hino… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
Unexplained weight loss is common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Since leptin, an obesity gene product, is known to play important roles in the control …

Interleukin-8 gene repression by clarithromycin is mediated by the activator protein-1 binding site in human bronchial epithelial cells

S Abe, H Nakamura, S Inoue, H Takeda… - American journal of …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
Macrolide antibiotics are known to be effective for the treatment of chronic inflammatory
airway diseases including diffuse panbronchiolitis, chronic bronchitis, and bronchial asthma. …

[HTML][HTML] Impairment of pulmonary function is an independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation: the Takahata study

Y Shibata, T Watanabe, D Osaka, S Abe… - … journal of medical …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Chronic pulmonary disorders, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
and fibrosing lung diseases, and atrial fibrillation (AF), are prevalent in elderly people…

[HTML][HTML] Anti-fibrotic efficacy of nintedanib in pulmonary fibrosis via the inhibition of fibrocyte activity

S Sato, S Shinohara, S Hayashi, S Morizumi, S Abe… - Respiratory …, 2017 - Springer
Background Nintedanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is specific for platelet-derived
growth factor receptors (PDGFR), fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR), and vascular …

[HTML][HTML] Tracing the new SARS-CoV-2 variant BA. 2.86 in the community through wastewater surveillance in Bangkok, Thailand

…, S Trowsdale, A Khatib, K Shibuya, S Abe… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
(A) SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in wastewater at each BA. 2.86 positive locations from
June to July 2023.(B) Wastewater sampling location in Bangkok, Thailand, with colours …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple traces of monkeypox detected in non-sewered wastewater with sparse sampling from a densely populated metropolitan area in Asia

…, A Kicic, T Chatsuwan, AD McLellan, S Abe - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The monkeypox virus is excreted in the feces of infected individuals. Therefore, there is an
interest in using viral load detection in wastewater for sentinel early surveillance at a …

[HTML][HTML] JAID/JSC guidelines for the treatment of respiratory infectious diseases: the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases/Japanese Society of Chemotherapy …

K Mikasa, N Aoki, Y Aoki, S Abe, S Iwata… - Journal of Infection and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Concerning respiratory infectious diseases, in Japan, the Japanese Respiratory Society
published guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired …