Estimating the prevalence of definitive chronic kidney disease in the Japanese general population

Kei Nagai, Koichi Asahi, Kunitoshi Iseki, +1

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

HemodialysisUrologyRenal DiseaseRenal FunctionJapanese General Population +9

Histamine‐1 receptor is not required as a downstream effector of orexin‐2 receptor in maintenance of basal sleep/wake states

Mari Hondo, Kei Nagai, Kinji Ohno, +5

Acta Physiologica

Biologicals targeting T helper cell subset differentiating cytokines are effective in the treatment of murine anti-myeloperoxidase glomerulonephritis

Poh‐Yi Gan, Amy J. Chan, Joshua D. Ooi, +7

Kidney International

InflammationGlomerulonephritisCytokineAutoimmune DiseaseT Helper Cell +10

Toll-like receptor 4 and MAIR-II/CLM-4/LMIR2 immunoreceptor regulate VLA-4-mediated inflammatory monocyte migration

Naoya Totsuka, Yun‐Gi Kim, Kazumasa Kanemaru, +9

Nature Communications

Long-term effectiveness of a primary care practice facilitation program for chronic kidney disease management: an extended follow-up of a cluster-randomized FROM-J study

Toshiyuki Imasawa, Chie Saito, Hirayasu Kai, +21

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Higher medical costs for CKD patients with a rapid decline in eGFR: A cohort study from the Japanese general population

Kei Nagai, Chiho Iseki, Kunitoshi Iseki, +5

PLoS ONE

Medical CostsCardiometabolic RiskRenal PathologyDialysis TherapyLogistic Analysis +23

Expression and Function of Allergin-1 on Human Primary Mast Cells

Kei Nagai, Satoko Tahara‐Hanaoka, Yuko Morishima, +10

PLoS ONE

Annual decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate is a risk factor for cardiovascular events independent of proteinuria

Kei Nagai, Kunihiro Yamagata, Reiko Ohkubo, +11

Nephrology

Comparison of annual eGFR decline among primary kidney diseases in patients with CKD G3b-5: results from a REACH-J CKD cohort study

Junichi Hoshino, Ryoya Tsunoda, Kei Nagai, +15

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

UrologyRenal DiseaseRenal FunctionMedicineKidney Failure +8

Annual incidence of persistent proteinuria in the general population from Ibaraki annual urinalysis study

Kei Nagai, Chie Saito, Fumiyo Watanabe, +9

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

GlomerulonephritisHemodialysisRenal FunctionRenal DiseasePersistent Proteinuria +7