Jun-ichi Ashitani

Identification of Human β-Defensin-2 in Respiratory Tract and Plasma and Its Increase in Bacterial Pneumonia

Takeaki Hiratsuka, Masamitsu Nakazato, Yukari Date et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1998 · 151 citations

Antibiotics, Respiratory Tract, Medicine +7

Clinicoradiologic Features of Pleuropulmonary Paragonimus westermani on Kyusyu Island, Japan

Hiroshi Mukae, Haruko Taniguchi, Nobuhiro Matsumoto et al. · CHEST Journal · 2001 · 137 citations

Pleural Effusion, Pathology, Kyusyu Island +1

Elevated Plasma Procoagulant and Fibrinolytic Markers in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Jun-ichi Ashitani, Hiroshi Mukae, Yasuji Arimura et al. · Internal Medicine · 2002 · 94 citations · Full text

Elevated Levels of α-Defensins in Plasma and BAL Fluid of Patients With Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Jun-ichi Ashitani, Hiroshi Mukae, Takeaki Hiratsuka et al. · CHEST Journal · 2002 · 78 citations

Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Bal Fluid, Elevated Levels +4

Ghrelin treatment suppresses neutrophil-dominant inflammation in airways of patients with chronic respiratory infection

Tsuyoshi Kodama, Jun-ichi Ashitani, Nobuhiro Matsumoto et al. · Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2008 · 65 citations

Asthma, Inflammation, Inflammatory Lung Disease +12