Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28) using C-reactive protein underestimates disease activity and overestimates EULAR response criteria compared with DAS28 using …

T Matsui, Y Kuga, A Kaneko, J Nishino, Y Eto… - Annals of the …, 2007 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives: To compare disease activity and the improvement of disease activity evaluated
between by Disease Activity Score 28 using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR) …

Incidence of malignancy and the risk of lymphoma in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared to the general population

A Hashimoto, N Chiba, H Tsuno, A Komiya… - The Journal of …, 2015 - jrheum.org
Objective. Recent advances in the management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
increased the rates of disease remission and patient life expectancy, while malignancy has …

[HTML][HTML] Human Leukocyte Antigens and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Protective Role for the HLA-DR6 Alleles DRB1*13:02 and *14:03

H Furukawa, A Kawasaki, S Oka, I Ito, K Shimada… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Many studies on associations between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele frequencies
and susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been performed. However …

[HTML][HTML] Association of HLA-G 3' Untranslated Region Polymorphisms with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Japanese Population: A Case-Control Association …

Y Hachiya, A Kawasaki, S Oka, Y Kondo, S Ito… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
HLA-G plays a role in fetal-maternal tolerance as well as immunoregulation, and has been
suggested to be involved in autoimmune diseases and cancers. HLA-G encodes two …

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in patients with rheumatic diseases in Tohoku area: a retrospective multicenter survey

R Watanabe, T Ishii, H Kobayashi, I Asahina… - The Tohoku Journal of …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation has been increasingly recognized in patients receiving
chemotherapy and immunosuppressive therapy; however, the prevalence of HBV infection …

Reconnaissance report on landslide disasters in northeast Japan following the M 9 Tōhoku earthquake

T Miyagi, D Higaki, H Yagi, S Doshida, N Chiba… - Landslides, 2011 - Springer
An earthquake of M w 9.0 struck the Pacific coast in northeast Japan on March 11, 2011 and
was followed by a hugely damaging tsunami along 500 km of the Japanese coastline. An …

[HTML][HTML] Ca2+ function in photosynthetic oxygen evolution studied by alkali metal cations substitution

T Ono, A Rompel, H Mino, N Chiba - Biophysical Journal, 2001 - cell.com
Abstract Effects of adding monovalent alkali metal cations to Ca 2+-depleted photosystem
(PS) II membranes on the biochemical and spectroscopic properties of the oxygen-evolving …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased DNA methylation in the promoter region of the WNT5A and GDNF genes may promote the osteogenicity of mesenchymal stem cells from patients …

N Chiba, KI Furukawa, S Takayama, T Asari… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) isolated from spinal ligaments with ectopic ossification
have a propensity toward the osteogenic lineage. To explore epigenetic control of the …

[HTML][HTML] Human leukocyte antigen and systemic sclerosis in Japanese: the sign of the four independent protective alleles, DRB1* 13: 02, DRB1* 14: 06, DQB1* 03: 01 …

H Furukawa, S Oka, A Kawasaki, K Shimada, S Sugii… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective Several studies on associations between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele
frequencies and susceptibility to systemic sclerosis (SSc) have been reported. Anti …

The effect of recent antirheumatic drug on features of rheumatoid arthritis‐associated lymphoproliferative disorders

Y Hoshida, A Tsujii, S Ohshima, Y Saeki… - Arthritis & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose In this study, we examine how advancements in novel antirheumatic drugs affect
the clinicopathological features of lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) in patients with …