Cumulative incidence of and predictive factors for lung cancer in IPF

…, T Suda, T Naito, N Enomoto, D Hashimoto… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective: Previous studies have indicated a high incidence of lung cancer
in IPF, and some have identified its risk factors. However, those studies were retrospective …

[HTML][HTML] Acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia associated with collagen vascular diseases

…, S Imokawa, H Hashizume, T Naito, D Hashimoto… - Respiratory …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Acute exacerbation (AE) is currently established as a distinct condition
with acute deterioration of respiratory status in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Recently, …

Higher Sensitivity and Specificity for Diffusion-weighted Imaging of Malignant Lung Lesions without Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Quantification1

T Uto, Y Takehara, Y Nakamura, T Naito, D Hashimoto… - Radiology, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To compare the performance of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with that of
signal intensity of the lesion-to–spinal cord ratio (LSR) in differentiating lung cancer from …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic factors for myositis-associated interstitial lung disease

…, H Hozumi, M Kono, N Enomoto, D Hashimoto… - PLoS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of polymyositis (PM),
dermatomyositis (DM), and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM); however, little is …

Interstitial lung diseases associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis

…, N Inui, T Naito, D Hashimoto… - European …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of the present study was to clarify the clinical characteristics and prognosis of
patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis (ILD-ADM)…

Acute exacerbation in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: a retrospective case control study

…, H Sumikawa, TV Colby, M Kono, D Hashimoto… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate the risk factors and prognosis associated with acute exacerbation (AE)
in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). …

[HTML][HTML] Increased expression of YKL-40, a chitinase-like protein, in serum and lung of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

…, T Suda, Y Nakamura, N Inui, D Hashimoto… - Respiratory …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: YKL-40, a mammalian member of chitinase-like proteins, has been shown
to play a role in pathological conditions leading to tissue remodeling and fibrosis. Recently, …

Mouse Lung CD103+ and CD11bhigh Dendritic Cells Preferentially Induce Distinct CD4+ T-Cell Responses

…, H Hasegawa, Y Suzuki, D Hashimoto… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Mouse lung dendritic cells (LDCs) have been recently shown to contain two major subpopulations:
CD103 + CD11b low or negative (CD103 + LDCs) and CD103 − CD11b high LDCs (…

[HTML][HTML] Rheumatoid lung disease: prognostic analysis of 54 biopsy-proven cases

…, T Suda, Y Kaida, M Kono, H Hozumi, D Hashimoto… - Respiratory …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prognostic significance of histopathological characteristics in
patients with biopsy-proven rheumatoid lung disease (RLD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: …

Plasma CCN2 (connective tissue growth factor; CTGF) is a potential biomarker in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)

…, T Suda, M Kato, Y Kaida, D Hashimoto… - Clinica Chimica …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive and fatal
pulmonary fibrotic disease and useful biomarkers are required to diagnose and predict disease …