Notch Induces Myofibroblast Differentiation of Alveolar Epithelial Cells via Transforming Growth Factor- -Smad3 Pathway

Kana Aoyagi-Ikeda, Toshitaka Maeno, Hiroki Matsui, +11

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Developmental BiologySignaling PathwayTgf-β Control ElementEpithelial-mesenchymal InteractionsCell Proliferation +12

Pioglitazone, a Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Ligand, Suppresses Bleomycin-Induced Acute Lung Injury and Fibrosis

Yasuhiro Aoki, Toshitaka Maeno, Kana Aoyagi, +9

Respiration

Attenuation of Bleomycin-induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Follistatin

Fumiaki Aoki, Masahiko Kurabayashi, Yoshihisa Hasegawa, +1

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Alendronate inhalation ameliorates elastase-induced pulmonary emphysema in mice by induction of apoptosis of alveolar macrophages

Manabu Ueno, Toshitaka Maeno, Satoshi Nishimura, +8

Nature Communications

A case of anti-MDA5-positive rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease in a patient with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis ameliorated by rituximab, in addition to standard immunosuppressive treatment

Koichi Yamaguchi, Aya Yamaguchi, Megumi Uchida, +15

Modern Rheumatology

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome with Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothoraces and Cavitary Lesion on Chest X-ray as the Initial Complications

Takashi Ishiguro, Noboru Takayanagi, Yoshinori Kawabata, +16

Internal Medicine

Ehlers-danlos SyndromeLeft Ulnar ArteryPneumothoraxPathologyPoint Mutation +9

Notch Induces Myofibroblast Differentiation of Alveolar Epithelial Cells via Transforming Growth Factor–β–Smad3 Pathway

Kana Aoyagi-Ikeda, Toshitaka Maeno, Hiroki Matsui, +11

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Conophylline suppresses hepatic stellate cells and attenuates thioacetamide‐induced liver fibrosis in rats

Norio Kubo, Rie Saito, Kunihisa Hamano, +6

Liver International

Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in a Puerperant with Drug-induced Agranulocytosis.

Fumiaki Aoki, Yoshichika Sando, Syunji Tajima, +7

Internal Medicine

Autoimmune DiseaseAntifungal AgentsImmunologyPathologyInvasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis +6

Functional expression of high‐affinity receptor for immunoglobulin E on mast cells precedes that of tryptase during differentiation from human bone marrow‐derived CD34 progenitors cultured in the presence of stem cell factor and interleukin‐6

Yūji Shimizu, Tatsuo Suga, Toshitaka Maeno, +12

Clinical & Experimental Allergy