Koji Ito

Increased Expression of Transforming Growth Factor- β 1 in Small Airway Epithelium from Tobacco Smokers and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Hajime Takizawa, Mitsuru Tanaka, Kazutaka Takami et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2001 · 380 citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Gene Expression +16

Erythromycin Modulates IL-8 Expression in Normal and Inflamed Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells

Hajime Takizawa, Masashi Desaki, Takayuki Ohtoshi et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 1997 · 234 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pharmacology +16

Diesel exhaust particles stimulate human airway epithelial cells to produce cytokines relevant to airway inflammation in vitro☆☆☆★★★

Takayuki Ohtoshi, Hajime Takizawa, Hitoshi Okazaki et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 1998 · 173 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Cell Biology, Immunology +14

Erythromycin Suppresses Nuclear Factor-κB and Activator Protein-1 Activation in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells

Masashi Desaki, Hajime Takizawa, Takayuki Ohtoshi et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2000 · 165 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Pharmacology +15

Association of hla‐b39 with hla‐b27‐negative ankylosing spondylitis and pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in japanese patients

Akihiro Yamaguchi, Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Mitsui et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1995 · 137 citations

Life Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Immunology +17