PCR analysis of the Y chromosome long arm in azoospermic patients: evidence for a second locus required for spermatogenesis

Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kunihiko Mlzuno, Akiko Hida, +8

Human Molecular Genetics

Polymorphisms of interferon-inducible genes OAS-1 and MxA associated with SARS in the Vietnamese population

Emi Hamano, Minako Hijikata, S Itoyama, +12

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Vietnamese PopulationInterferon-inducible Genes Oas-1MedicinePathogenesisImmunology +5

ACE1 polymorphism and progression of SARS

S Itoyama, Naoto Keicho, Tran Quy, +12

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Autoimmune DiseaseMedicineHuman PolymorphismPathologyMolecular Genetics +3

Genetic Variants of Human β-Defensin-1 and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Ikumi Matsushita, Kyoko Hasegawa, Koh Nakata, +3

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Genetic VariantsGenetic DisorderGeneticsGenetic EpidemiologyPulmonary Medicine +5

Molecular cloning of two novel mucin-like genes in the disease-susceptibility locus for diffuse panbronchiolitis

Minako Hijikata, Ikumi Matsushita, Goh Tanaka, +10

Human Genetics

Disease SusceptibilityMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesAutoimmune DiseaseDiffuse PanbronchiolitisDisease-susceptibility Locus +9

Promoter Analysis and Aberrant Expression of the <i>MUC5B</i> Gene in Diffuse Panbronchiolitis

Koichiro Kamio, Ikumi Matsushita, Minako Hijikata, +11

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

AsthmaPromoter AnalysisInflammatory Lung DiseaseDiffuse PanbronchiolitisLung Inflammation +18

Analysis of Factors Lowering Sensitivity of Interferon-γ Release Assay for Tuberculosis

Nguyen Thi Le Hang, Luu Thi Lien, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, +11

PLoS ONE

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Infection among Hospital Workers in Hanoi, Viet Nam

Luu Thi Lien, Nguyen Thi Le Hang, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, +12

PLoS ONE

Genome-wide SNP-based linkage analysis of tuberculosis in Thais

Surakameth Mahasirimongkol, Hideki Yanai, Nao Nishida, +16

Genes and Immunity

Pulmonary TuberculosisNext-generation SequencingGeneticsTuberculosis PreventionGenetic Epidemiology +5

Identification of an alternative 5′‐untranslated exon and new polymorphisms of angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 gene: Lack of association with SARS in the Vietnamese population

S Itoyama, Naoto Keicho, Minako Hijikata, +11

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A