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Increased Levels of Interleukin 33 in Sera and Synovial Fluid from Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Matsuyama Y, Okazaki H, Tamemoto H, Kimura H, Kamata Y, Nagatani K, Nagashima T, Hayakawa M, Iwamoto M, Yoshio T, Tominaga SI, Minota S.

J Rheumatol. 2009 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19918048 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Reduction of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase expression is an independent predictor of poor survival associated with enhanced cell proliferation in gastric adenocarcinoma.

Tatsuwaki H, Tanigawa T, Watanabe T, Machida H, Okazaki H, Yamagami H, Shiba M, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Muguruma K, Sawada T, Hirakawa K, Higuchi K, Arakawa T.

Cancer Sci. 2009 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19917058 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Acute non-hemolytic transfusion reactions and HLA class I antibody: advantages of solid phase assay compared with conventional complement-dependent assay.

Imoto S, Kawamura K, Tokumine Y, Araki N, Akita S, Nishimura C, Inaba H, Saigo K, Mabuchi O, Okazaki H.

Transfus Med. 2009 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19883399 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The Traditional Japanese Medicine Rikkunshito Promotes Gastric Emptying via the Antagonistic Action of the 5-HT3 Receptor Pathway in Rats.

Tominaga K, Kido T, Ochi M, Sadakane C, Mase A, Okazaki H, Yamagami H, Tanigawa T, Watanabe K, Watanabe T, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Arakawa T.

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19861508 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Nodal lymphangiogenesis and metastasis: Role of tumor-induced lymphatic vessel activation in extramammary Paget's disease.

Hirakawa S, Detmar M, Kerjaschki D, Nagamatsu S, Matsuo K, Tanemura A, Kamata N, Higashikawa K, Okazaki H, Kameda K, Nishida-Fukuda H, Mori H, Hanakawa Y, Sayama K, Shirakata Y, Tohyama M, Tokumaru S, Katayama I, Hashimoto K.

Am J Pathol. 2009 Nov;175(5):2235-48. Epub 2009 Oct 8.PMID: 19815713 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Development of a highly water-soluble peptide-based human neutrophil elastase inhibitor; AE-3763 for treatment of acute organ injury.

Inoue Y, Omodani T, Shiratake R, Okazaki H, Kuromiya A, Kubo T, Sato F.

Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Nov 1;17(21):7477-86. Epub 2009 Sep 16.PMID: 19811924 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

IL-17 and IL-22 mediate IL-20 subfamily cytokine production in cultured keratinocytes via increased IL-22 receptor expression.

Tohyama M, Hanakawa Y, Shirakata Y, Dai X, Yang L, Hirakawa S, Tokumaru S, Okazaki H, Sayama K, Hashimoto K.

Eur J Immunol. 2009 Oct;39(10):2779-88.PMID: 19731362 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Novel management of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.

Kamata N, Oshitani N, Suekane T, Sogawa M, Yamagami H, Watanabe K, Okazaki H, Watanabe T, Tominaga K, Fujiwara Y, Arakawa T.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Sep;104(9):2360-2. No abstract available. PMID: 19727100 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ablation of neutral cholesterol ester hydrolase 1 accelerates atherosclerosis.

Sekiya M, Osuga J, Nagashima S, Ohshiro T, Igarashi M, Okazaki H, Takahashi M, Tazoe F, Wada T, Ohta K, Takanashi M, Kumagai M, Nishi M, Takase S, Yahagi N, Yagyu H, Ohashi K, Nagai R, Kadowaki T, Furukawa Y, Ishibashi S.

Cell Metab. 2009 Sep;10(3):219-28.PMID: 19723498 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Impact of fresh-frozen plasma from male-only donors versus mixed-sex donors on postoperative respiratory function in surgical patients: a prospective case-controlled study.

Nakazawa H, Ohnishi H, Okazaki H, Hashimoto S, Hotta H, Watanabe T, Ohkawa R, Yatomi Y, Nakajima K, Iwao Y, Takamoto S, Shimizu M, Iijima T.

Transfusion. 2009 Nov;49(11):2434-41. Epub 2009 Jul 16.PMID: 19624605 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Hormone-sensitive lipase deficiency suppresses insulin secretion from pancreatic islets of Lep ob/ob mice.

Sekiya M, Yahagi N, Tamura Y, Okazaki H, Igarashi M, Ohta K, Takanashi M, Kumagai M, Takase S, Nishi M, Takeuchi Y, Izumida Y, Kubota M, Ohashi K, Iizuka Y, Yagyu H, Gotoda T, Nagai R, Shimano H, Yamada N, Kadowaki T, Ishibashi S, Osuga J.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Sep 25;387(3):511-5. Epub 2009 Jul 18.PMID: 19619509 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mature interleukin-33 is produced by calpain-mediated cleavage in vivo.

Hayakawa M, Hayakawa H, Matsuyama Y, Tamemoto H, Okazaki H, Tominaga S.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Sep 11;387(1):218-22. Epub 2009 Jul 9.PMID: 19596270 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Targeting of neutral cholesterol ester hydrolase to the endoplasmic reticulum via its N-terminal sequence.

Igarashi M, Osuga JI, Isshiki M, Sekiya M, Okazaki H, Takase S, Takanashi M, Ohta K, Kumagai M, Nishi M, Fujita T, Nagai R, Kadowaki T, Ishibashi S.

J Lipid Res. 2009 Jul 10. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19592704 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Lansoprazole, a Proton Pump Inhibitor, Suppresses Production of Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha and Interleukin-1beta Induced by Lipopolysaccharide and Helicobacter Pylori Bacterial Components in Human Monocytic Cells via Inhibition of Activation of Nuclear Factor-kappaB and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase.

Tanigawa T, Watanabe T, Higuchi K, Machida H, Okazaki H, Yamagami H, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Arakawa T.

J Clin Biochem Nutr. 2009 Jul;45(1):86-92. Epub 2009 Jun 30.PMID: 19590712 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Probiotic Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota prevents indomethacin-induced small intestinal injury: involvement of lactic acid.

Watanabe T, Nishio H, Tanigawa T, Yamagami H, Okazaki H, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Asahara T, Nomoto K, Higuchi K, Takeuchi K, Arakawa T.

Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009 Sep;297(3):G506-13. Epub 2009 Jul 9.PMID: 19589943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A case of a fibroadenoma coexisting with an invasive lobular carcinoma in the breast.

Tajima S, Kanemaki Y, Kurihara Y, Okamoto K, Shimamoto H, Okazaki H, Okuda I, Kawahara F, Nakajima Y, Fukuda M, Maeda I.

Breast Cancer. 2009 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19543793 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

[Enlightenment activities for early consultation, support and treatment of schizophrenia]

Nishida A, Ishikura S, Tanii H, Okazaki H.

Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi. 2009;111(3):278-81. Japanese. No abstract available. PMID: 19499636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In situ positioning of a few hundred micrometer-sized cleaved surfaces for soft-x-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy by use of an optical microscope.

Muro T, Kato Y, Matsushita T, Kinoshita T, Watanabe Y, Sekiyama A, Sugiyama H, Kimura M, Komori S, Suga S, Okazaki H, Yokoya T.

Rev Sci Instrum. 2009 May;80(5):053901.PMID: 19485514 [PubMed]Related articles

Natriuretic peptides enhance the production of adiponectin in human adipocytes and in patients with chronic heart failure.

Tsukamoto O, Fujita M, Kato M, Yamazaki S, Asano Y, Ogai A, Okazaki H, Asai M, Nagamachi Y, Maeda N, Shintani Y, Minamino T, Asakura M, Kishimoto I, Funahashi T, Tomoike H, Kitakaze M.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jun 2;53(22):2070-7.PMID: 19477358 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence of mid-gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with acute overt gastrointestinal bleeding: multi-center experience with 1,044 consecutive patients.

Okazaki H, Fujiwara Y, Sugimori S, Nagami Y, Kameda N, Machida H, Yamagami H, Tanigawa T, Shiba M, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Watanabe T, Oshitani N, Arakawa T.

J Gastroenterol. 2009;44(6):550-5. Epub 2009 Apr 11.PMID: 19360374 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predictive factors of worsening of esophageal varices after balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration in patients with gastric varices.

Elsamman MK, Fujiwara Y, Kameda N, Okazaki H, Tanigawa T, Shiba M, Tominaga K, Watanabe T, Oshitani N, Arafa UA, El-Sayed AA, Nakamura K, Arakawa T.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Sep;104(9):2214-21. Epub 2009 Mar 24.PMID: 19319121 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-inflammatory effects of IL-17A on Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis.

Otani K, Watanabe T, Tanigawa T, Okazaki H, Yamagami H, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Arakawa T.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 May 1;382(2):252-8. Epub 2009 Feb 26.PMID: 19249291 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Incidence of antisperm antibodies in males with systemic autoimmune diseases.

Shiraishi Y, Shibahara H, Koriyama J, Hirano Y, Okazaki H, Minota S, Suzuki M.

Am J Reprod Immunol. 2009 Mar;61(3):183-9. Epub 2009 Feb 3.PMID: 19210494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

C-reactive protein modulates human lung fibroblast migration.

Kikuchi K, Kohyama T, Yamauchi Y, Kato J, Takami K, Okazaki H, Desaki M, Nagase T, Rennard SI, Takizawa H.

Exp Lung Res. 2009 Feb;35(1):48-58.PMID: 19191104 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Glucocorticoid and cyclosporine refractory adult onset Still's disease successfully treated with tocilizumab.

Matsumoto K, Nagashima T, Takatori S, Kawahara Y, Yagi M, Iwamoto M, Okazaki H, Minota S.

Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Apr;28(4):485-7. Epub 2009 Jan 30.PMID: 19184270 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Benzo[a]pyrene promotes proliferation of human lung cancer cells by accelerating the epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway.

Kometani T, Yoshino I, Miura N, Okazaki H, Ohba T, Takenaka T, Shoji F, Yano T, Maehara Y.

Cancer Lett. 2009 Jun 8;278(1):27-33. Epub 2009 Jan 31.PMID: 19181443 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic indicators related to death in patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia associated with collagen vascular diseases.

Aoki Y, Iwamoto M, Kamata Y, Nagashima T, Yoshio T, Okazaki H, Minota S.

Rheumatol Int. 2009 Sep;29(11):1327-30. Epub 2009 Jan 14.PMID: 19142640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of small bowel injury in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by capsule endoscopy: effects of anti-rheumatoid arthritis drugs.

Sugimori S, Watanabe T, Tabuchi M, Kameda N, Machida H, Okazaki H, Tanigawa T, Yamagami H, Shiba M, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Koike T, Higuchi K, Arakawa T.

Digestion. 2008;78(4):208-13. Epub 2009 Jan 13.PMID: 19142000 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Role of anti-Nak(a) antibody, monocytes and platelets in the development of transfusion-related acute lung injury.

Nakajima F, Nishimura M, Hashimoto S, Okazaki H, Tadokoro K.

Vox Sang. 2008 Nov;95(4):318-23.PMID: 19138262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term efficacy of Helicobacter pylori eradication in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: 7-year follow-up prospective study.

Tsumoto C, Tominaga K, Okazaki H, Tanigawa T, Yamagami H, Watanabe K, Nakao T, Koh K, Watanabe T, Fujiwara Y, Yamane T, Oshitani N, Hino M, Higuchi K, Arakawa T.

Ann Hematol. 2009 Aug;88(8):789-93. Epub 2008 Dec 19.PMID: 19096845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Protein-losing gastroenteropathy associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome: a characteristic oriental variant.

Nagashima T, Hoshino M, Shimoji S, Morino N, Kamimura T, Okazaki H, Minota S.

Rheumatol Int. 2009 May;29(7):817-20. Epub 2008 Nov 29.PMID: 19043715 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Studies on the polymorphism of thiaminase I in seawater fish.

Nishimune T, Watanabe Y, Okazaki H.

J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2008 Oct;54(5):339-46.PMID: 19001763 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Small bowel injury by low-dose enteric-coated aspirin and treatment with misoprostol: a pilot study.

Watanabe T, Sugimori S, Kameda N, Machida H, Okazaki H, Tanigawa T, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Higuchi K, Arakawa T.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Nov;6(11):1279-82.PMID: 18995219 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Efficacy of double balloon enteroscopy for patients with intestinal lymphangiectasia, case report of primary intestinal lymphangiectasia]

Yakami Y, Watanabe K, Kameda N, Machida H, Okazaki H, Yamagami H, Shiba M, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Arakawa T.

Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2008 Nov;105(11):1612-8. Japanese. PMID: 18987446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Massive intractable pericardial effusion in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus treated successfully with pericardial fenestration alone.

Kamata Y, Iwamoto M, Aoki Y, Kishaba Y, Nagashima T, Nara H, Kamimura T, Tanaka A, Yoshio T, Okazaki H, Minota S.

Lupus. 2008 Nov;17(11):1033-5.PMID: 18852229 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intratumoral expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor is correlated with serum C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Hamatake M, Yoshino I, Tomiyasu M, Miura N, Okazaki H, Ohba T, Takenaka T, Maehara Y.

Surg Today. 2008;38(10):921-5. Epub 2008 Sep 27.PMID: 18820867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Usefulness of double-balloon endoscopy in the diagnosis of malignant small-bowel tumors.

Yamagami H, Oshitani N, Hosomi S, Suekane T, Kamata N, Sogawa M, Okazaki H, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Watanabe T, Fujiwara Y, Arakawa T.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Nov;6(11):1202-5. Epub 2008 Sep 17.PMID: 18799359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of neutral cholesterol ester hydrolase, a key enzyme removing cholesterol from macrophages.

Okazaki H, Igarashi M, Nishi M, Sekiya M, Tajima M, Takase S, Takanashi M, Ohta K, Tamura Y, Okazaki S, Yahagi N, Ohashi K, Amemiya-Kudo M, Nakagawa Y, Nagai R, Kadowaki T, Osuga J, Ishibashi S.

J Biol Chem. 2008 Nov 28;283(48):33357-64. Epub 2008 Sep 9.PMID: 18782767 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Induction of ABCA1 by overexpression of hormone-sensitive lipase in macrophages.

Tazoe F, Yagyu H, Okazaki H, Igarashi M, Eto K, Nagashima S, Inaba T, Shimano H, Osuga J, Ishibashi S.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Nov 7;376(1):111-5. Epub 2008 Aug 30.PMID: 18762171 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of use of the Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey and cognition in patients with stroke.

Okazaki H, Sonoda S, Suzuki T, Saitoh E, Okamoto S.

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008 Sep;17(5):276-80.PMID: 18755407 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia caused by a reentrant mechanism with left bundle branch block configuration on electrocardiography.

Ueda-Tatsumoto A, Sakurada H, Nishizaki M, Okazaki H, Komiyama K, Mizusawa Y, Tejima T, Hiraoka M.

Circ J. 2008 Aug;72(8):1373-7.PMID: 18654028 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Never-smoking nonsmall cell lung cancer as a separate entity: clinicopathologic features and survival.

Yano T, Miura N, Takenaka T, Haro A, Okazaki H, Ohba T, Kouso H, Kometani T, Shoji F, Maehara Y.

Cancer. 2008 Sep 1;113(5):1012-8.PMID: 18618510 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A prospective, single-blind trial comparing wireless capsule endoscopy and double-balloon enteroscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.

Kameda N, Higuchi K, Shiba M, Machida H, Okazaki H, Yamagami H, Tanigawa T, Watanabe K, Watanabe T, Tominaga K, Fujiwara Y, Oshitani N, Arakawa T.

J Gastroenterol. 2008;43(6):434-40. Epub 2008 Jul 4.PMID: 18600387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Steroid-refractory severe hepatic failure in adult onset Still's disease responding to cyclosporine.

Nagashima T, Aoki Y, Onishi S, Iwamoto M, Okazaki H, Minota S.

Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Nov;27(11):1451-3. Epub 2008 Jul 1.PMID: 18592135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Analysis of enzyme-treated red blood cell surface and haemagglutination using a theory of soft-particle electrophoresis.

Hyono A, Mazda T, Okazaki H, Tadokoro K, Ohshima H.

Vox Sang. 2008 Aug;95(2):131-6. Epub 2008 May 28.PMID: 18510578 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hormone-sensitive lipase is involved in hepatic cholesteryl ester hydrolysis.

Sekiya M, Osuga J, Yahagi N, Okazaki H, Tamura Y, Igarashi M, Takase S, Harada K, Okazaki S, Iizuka Y, Ohashi K, Yagyu H, Okazaki M, Gotoda T, Nagai R, Kadowaki T, Shimano H, Yamada N, Ishibashi S.

J Lipid Res. 2008 Aug;49(8):1829-38. Epub 2008 May 14.PMID: 18480494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increase in plasma levels of adiponectin after administration of anti-tumor necrosis factor agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Nagashima T, Okubo-Fornbacher H, Aoki Y, Kamata Y, Kimura H, Kamimura T, Nara H, Iwamoto M, Yoshio T, Okazaki H, Minota S.

J Rheumatol. 2008 May;35(5):936-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18464318 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Interleukin-10 containing normal human serum inhibits granzyme B release but not perforin release from alloreactive and EBV-specific T cell clones.

Nishimura M, Sato H, Okazaki H, Satake M, Tadokoro K.

Cell Immunol. 2008 Jan;251(1):31-6. Epub 2008 Apr 10.PMID: 18405889 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

12(S)-Hydroxyheptadeca-5Z, 8E, 10E-trienoic acid is a natural ligand for leukotriene B4 receptor 2.

Okuno T, Iizuka Y, Okazaki H, Yokomizo T, Taguchi R, Shimizu T.

J Exp Med. 2008 Apr 14;205(4):759-66. Epub 2008 Mar 31.PMID: 18378794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Three kidneys shipped from the United States to Japan are functioning 23 years later.

Takahashi H, Okazaki H, Sekino H, Monden K, Amada N.

Clin Transpl. 2006:559. No abstract available. PMID: 18365432 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles