Masanao Matsushita

Detection of Antimitochondrial Autoantibodies in Immunofluorescent Ama–Negative Patients With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Using Recombinant Autoantigens

Hiroshi Miyakawa, Atsushi Tanaka, Kentaro Kikuchi et al. · Hepatology · 2001 · 199 citations · Full text

Cooperation between MASP-1 and MASP-2 in the generation of C3 convertase through the MBL pathway

Mette Møller-Kristensen, Steffen Thiel, Åke Sjöholm et al. · International Immunology · 2006 · 95 citations

Innate Immune System, Immunology, Molecular Biology +24

Hepatitis C virus infection and mutations of mannose-binding lectin gene MBL

Masanao Matsushita, Makoto Hijikata, Yoshihiro Ohta et al. · Archives of Virology · 1998 · 74 citations

Molecular Virology, Viral Hepatitis, Pathogenesis +6

Association of mannose-binding lectin gene haplotype LXPA and LYPB with interferon-resistant hepatitis C virus infection in Japanese patients

Masanao Matsushita, Minako Hijikata, Misao Matsushita et al. · Journal of Hepatology · 1998 · 71 citations

Autoimmune Disease, Hepatology, Viral Hepatitis +8

Relationship between gene polymorphisms of mannose‐binding lectin (MBL) and two molecular forms of MBL

Itaru Terai, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Masanao Matsushita et al. · European Journal of Immunology · 2003 · 67 citations · Full text