Quantitative Analysis of Mycobacterial and Propionibacterial DNA in Lymph Nodes of Japanese and European Patients with Sarcoidosis

Yoshinobu Eishi, Moritaka Suga, Ikuo Ishige, +14

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Quantitative PCR of mycobacterial and propionibacterial DNA in lymph nodes of Japanese patients with sarcoidosis

Ikuo Ishige, Yutaka Usui, Tamiko Takemura, +1

The Lancet

Medical MicrobiologyEngineeringPropionibacterial DnaMedicineQuantitative Pcr +8

Localization of Propionibacterium acnes in granulomas supports a possible etiologic link between sarcoidosis and the bacterium

Mariko Negi, Tamiko Takemura, Josune Guzman, +10

Modern Pathology

Microbial PathogensImmunologyPossible Etiologic LinkPathologyPab Antibody +17

Comparison of mesenchymal stem cells derived from arterial, venous, and Wharton’s jelly explants of human umbilical cord

Ikuo Ishige, Tokiko Nagamura‐Inoue, Masaki Honda, +5

International Journal of Hematology

Tissue EngineeringRegenerative MedicineMesenchymal Stem CellsDevelopmental BiologyEngineering +11

Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) contributes to cytosolic translocation of extracellular antigen for cross-presentation by dendritic cells

Takashi Imai, Yu Kato, Chiaki Kajiwara, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

ImmunologyImmune RegulationCell DeathImmunodominanceMolecular Biology +21

Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony–Stimulating Factor and Lung Immunity in Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Ryushi Tazawa, Emi Hamano, Toru Arai, +14

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Propionibacterium acnes is the most common bacterium commensal in peripheral lung tissue and mediastinal lymph nodes from subjects without sarcoidosis.

Ikuo Ishige, Yoshinobu Eishi, Tamiko Takemura, +8

PubMed

<i>In situ</i> localization of <i>Propionibacterium acnes</i> DNA in lymph nodes from sarcoidosis patients by signal amplification with catalysed reporter deposition

Tetsuo Yamada, Yoshinobu Eishi, Satoshi Ikeda, +5

The Journal of Pathology

Sarcoidosis and NOD1 variation with impaired recognition of intracellular Propionibacterium acnes

Tsuyoshi Tanabe, Ikuo Ishige, Yoshimi Suzuki, +13

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease

Medical MicrobiologyIntracellular Propionibacterium AcnesPathogenesisImpaired RecognitionPathology +4

Gastric mucosal density of Helicobacter pylori estimated by real-time PCR compared with results of urea breath test and histological grading

Daisuke Kobayashi, Yoshinobu Eishi, Toshifumi� Ohkusa, +6

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Urea Breath TestMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesGastric Mucosal DensityReal-time PcrGastroenterology +9