Detection of cancer micrometastases in lymph nodes by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.

Masaki Mori, Koshi Mimori, Hideki Inoue, +5

PubMed

Cea MrnaPathologyTumor BiologyOncologyCancer Detection +15

Increased periostin associates with greater airflow limitation in patients receiving inhaled corticosteroids

Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Hisako Matsumoto, Kenji Izuhara, +27

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

AsthmaPulmonary CirculationAllergyPhysiologyPeriostin Associates +7

Serum creatinine/cystatin C ratio as a surrogate marker for sarcopenia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Kuniaki Hirai, Akihiko Tanaka, Tetsuya Homma, +9

Clinical Nutrition

Advanced Lung DiseasePathologySurrogate MarkerMedicinePulmonary Disease

Poor prognosis in esophageal cancer patients with postoperative complications

Toshihiro Hirai, Yoshinori Yamashita, Hidenori Mukaida, +3

Surgery Today

EsophagusEsophageal CancerMedicineGastroenterologyOutcomes Research +6

Comprehensive efficacy of omalizumab for severe refractory asthma: a time-series observational study

Tomoko Tajiri, Akio Niimi, Hisako Matsumoto, +11

Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology

AsthmaAllergyTime-series Observational StudyAllergy MedicineSevere Refractory Asthma +6

Utility of serum periostin and free <scp>I</scp>g<scp>E</scp> levels in evaluating responsiveness to omalizumab in patients with severe asthma

Tomoko Tajiri, Hisako Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Gon, +15

Allergy

Limitations of Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy for the Diagnosis of the Intramural Extension of Bile Duct Carcinoma

Masahiro Sato, Hideki Inoue, Satoshi Ogawa, +4

Endoscopy

Cough variant and cough-predominant asthma are major causes of persistent cough: a multicenter study in Japan

Akio Niimi, Hiroyuki Ohbayashi, Hironori Sagara, +10

Journal of Asthma

Gastroesophageal dysmotility is associated with the impairment of cough-specific quality of life in patients with cough variant asthma

Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Akio Niimi, Hisako Matsumoto, +10

Allergology International

Identification and characterization of a Kidd antigen/UT-B urea transporter expressed in human colon

Hideki Inoue, Shelley D. Jackson, Tatyana Vikulina, +3

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

Protein SecretionImmunologyGastroenterologyPathologyCytoskeleton +14