Effect of Interferon Therapy on Hepatocellular Carcinogenesis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis Type C: A Long–Term Observation Study of 1,643 Patients Using Statistical Bias Correction With Proportional Hazard Analysis

Kenji Ikeda, Satoshi Saitoh, Yasuji Arase, +9

Hepatology

ImmunologyPathologyStatistical Bias CorrectionChronic Hepatitis CCirrhosis +19

Emergence and takeover of YMDD motif mutant hepatitis B virus during long-term lamivudine therapy and re-takeover by wild type after cessation of therapy

Kazuaki Chayama, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Masahiro Kobayashi, +12

Hepatology

Viral ReplicationImmunologyHepatitis BPathologyAmino Acid Substitution +16

Glomerulonephritis in Autopsy Cases with Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

Yasuji Arase, Kenji Ikeda, Naoya Murashima, +9

Internal Medicine

Glomerular DiseaseGlomerulonephritisHcv InfectionHepatologyHepatitis C +13

Catalase deficiency renders remnant kidneys more susceptible to oxidant tissue injury and renal fibrosis in mice

Mizuho Kobayashi, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Da-Hong Wang, +7

Kidney International

Renal PathologyRenal InflammationRenal FibrosisRedox BiologyOxidative Stress +14

Telmisartan inhibits both oxidative stress and renal fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction in acatalasemic mice

Hitoshi Sugiyama, Mizuho Kobayashi, Da-Hong Wang, +6

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Acatalasemia sensitizes renal tubular epithelial cells to apoptosis and exacerbates renal fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction

Reiko Sunami, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Da-Hong Wang, +7

American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology

Tubular DilationLipid PeroxidationRenal PathologyRenal InflammationPathology +19

Chronic liver disease in the extremely elderly of 80 years or more: clinical characteristics, prognosis and patient survival analysis

Yujin Hoshida, K Ikeda, Masahiro Kobayashi, +8

Journal of Hepatology

Hepatic DisordersHepatologyGeriatricsLongevityLiver Physiology +11

Clinical Usefulness of a Prognostic Score in Histological Analysis of Renal Biopsy in Patients with Lupus Nephritis

Shoichiro Kojo, Ken‐ei Sada, Mizuho Kobayashi, +4

The Journal of Rheumatology

Absorption of Ozone and Seven Organic Pollutants by <i>Populus nigra</i> and <i>Camellia sasanqua</i>

Kenji Omasa, Kazuo Tobe, Masaaki Hosomi, +1

Environmental Science & Technology

EngineeringAtmospheric PhotochemistryAir QualityChemical PollutantEnvironmental Chemistry +19

Mesangial cell Fas ligand: upregulation in human lupus nephritis and NF-?B-mediated expression in cultured human mesangial cells

Tomoko Tsukinoki, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Reiko Sunami, +5

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

InflammationGlomerulonephritisCytokineHuman Lupus NephritisAutoimmune Disease +10