Makoto Kudo

IL-17A produced by αβ T cells drives airway hyper-responsiveness in mice and enhances mouse and human airway smooth muscle contraction

Makoto Kudo, Andrew C. Melton, Chun Chen et al. · Nature Medicine · 2012 · 438 citations

Inflammation, Cytokine, Molecular Physiology +9

Long-term safety and efficacy of benralizumab in patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma: 1-year results from the BORA phase 3 extension trial

William W. Busse, Eugene R. Bleecker, J Mark FitzGerald et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2018 · 298 citations

Asthma, Rheumatology, Extension Trial +10

Superoxide Mediates Cigarette Smoke-Induced Infiltration of Neutrophils into the Airways through Nuclear Factor- κ B Activation and IL-8 mRNA Expression in Guinea Pigs <i>In Vivo</i>

Masanori Nishikawa, Nobumasa Kakemizu, Takaaki Ito et al. · American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology · 1999 · 125 citations

Epithelial cells utilize cortical actin/myosin to activate latent TGF-β through integrin αvβ6-dependent physical force

Marilyn M. Giacomini, Mark A. Travis, Makoto Kudo et al. · Experimental Cell Research · 2012 · 105 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Developmental Biology, Molecular Physiology +14

Digital PCR assay detection of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in pulmonary tuberculosis patient plasma

Ryota Ushio, Masaki Yamamoto, Kentaro Nakashima et al. · Tuberculosis · 2016 · 80 citations

Digital Pcr, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Medicine +7