Published in Clin Nucl Med on May 01, 2003
The first identification and retrospective study of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Japan. J Infect Dis (2013) 4.92
Multidrug efflux systems play an important role in the invasiveness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Exp Med (2002) 2.40
The effects of reactive nitrogen intermediates on gene expression in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Cell Microbiol (2003) 2.20
Long-term survival in three patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer treated with gefitinib. Lung Cancer (2006) 2.08
Regional variation in the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates in the Asia-Pacific region (SENTRY 1998-2002). Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2005) 2.04
Clinical outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer by indication criteria. Digestion (2009) 2.01
Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: surveillance of endoleak using maximum transverse diameter of aorta on non-enhanced CT. Acta Radiol (2012) 1.96
Usefulness of oral prednisolone in the treatment of esophageal stricture after endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Gastrointest Endosc (2011) 1.94
Low plasma ghrelin levels in patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis. Am J Med (2004) 1.91
Enhanced expression of interleukin-8 and activation of nuclear factor kappa-B in endoscopy-negative gastroesophageal reflux disease. Am J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.82
Evaluation of pathogen detection from clinical samples by real-time polymerase chain reaction using a sepsis pathogen DNA detection kit. Crit Care (2010) 1.81
Acute hepatitis E of a man who consumed wild boar meat prior to the onset of illness in Nagasaki, Japan. Hepatol Res (2005) 1.80
Recommendations on the management of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis in Japan, 2005: diagnosis, predictive markers, treatment, and preventive measures. Perit Dial Int (2005) 1.78
Growth rate of affected aorta in patients with type B partially closed aortic dissection. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 1.78
Two cases with pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma successfully treated with clarithromycin. Chest (2010) 1.76
Fatty liver in non-alcoholic non-overweight Japanese adults: incidence and clinical characteristics. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2002) 1.70
Clinical and bacteriological characteristics of IMP-type metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 1.70
N-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate injection via pancreatic collaterals to occlude splenic artery distal to large splenic aneurysm after proximal coil embolization. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2004) 1.63
Endobronchial lipoma: review of 64 cases reported in Japan. Chest (2003) 1.62
Preliminary analysis of a newly proposed prognostic scoring system (SLiDe score) for hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2004) 1.57
Multicenter phase II trial of S-1 in patients with cytokine-refractory metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.57
Palmitoleate attenuates palmitate-induced Bim and PUMA up-regulation and hepatocyte lipoapoptosis. J Hepatol (2010) 1.56
Increased levels of interleukin-18 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Respiration (2005) 1.55
High plasma osteopontin levels in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. J Clin Gastroenterol (2007) 1.54
Efficacy of linezolid against Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a mouse model of haematogenous pulmonary infection. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2009) 1.52
Analysis of predictive factors for progression of type B aortic intramural hematoma with computed tomography. J Vasc Surg (2002) 1.52
An elderly patient with hemophagocytic syndrome due to severe mycoplasma pneumonia with marked hypercytokinemia. Respiration (2002) 1.51
Visceral and peripheral arterial pseudoaneurysms. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2005) 1.49
Mutational analysis of the beta-tubulin gene in lung cancer. Lung Cancer (2002) 1.48
Hepatocellular carcinoma in a male patient with early stage (stage I) primary biliary cirrhosis. Intern Med (2005) 1.48
Direct hemoperfusion using immobilized polymyxin B in patients with rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonias: a retrospective study. Respiration (2010) 1.48
MicroRNA signatures in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa. Int J Cancer (2010) 1.44
Long-term macrolide antibiotic therapy in the treatment of chronic small airway disease clinically mimicking diffuse panbronchiolitis. Intern Med (2005) 1.41
Management of esophageal stricture after complete circular endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Gastroenterol (2011) 1.41
Impact of uremia, diabetes, and peritoneal dialysis itself on the pathogenesis of peritoneal sclerosis: a quantitative study of peritoneal membrane morphology. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2008) 1.41
Persistent left superior vena cava into left atrium. Lancet (2006) 1.39
A small outbreak of pulmonary tuberculosis in non-close contact patrons of a bar. Intern Med (2004) 1.39
A case of refractory chronic respiratory tract infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa successfully controlled by combination of clarithromycin and azithromycin. Intern Med (2012) 1.38
Clinical differences between interstitial lung disease associated with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis and classic dermatomyositis. Chest (2009) 1.37
MicroRNAs and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Digestion (2010) 1.35
Elevated levels of chemokines in esophageal mucosa of patients with reflux esophagitis. Am J Gastroenterol (2003) 1.34
A case of asymptomatic fusiform aneurysm of the superior vena cava detected by magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Cardiol (2006) 1.29
Gefitinib ("Iressa", ZD1839), an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, reverses breast cancer resistance protein/ABCG2-mediated drug resistance. Cancer Res (2005) 1.28
Critical role of IL-1 receptor-associated kinase-M in regulating chemokine-dependent deleterious inflammation in murine influenza pneumonia. J Immunol (2009) 1.27
Development of a reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for detection of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus as a novel molecular method for diagnosis of pandemic influenza in resource-limited settings. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.26
Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in renal cell carcinoma: correlation with tumor cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2, and survival. Clin Cancer Res (2003) 1.24
Gefitinib, an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, directly inhibits the function of P-glycoprotein in multidrug resistant cancer cells. Lung Cancer (2005) 1.24
MiRNA-205 modulates cellular invasion and migration via regulating zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 2 expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells. J Transl Med (2011) 1.22
The diagnostic utility of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody testing for predicting the prognosis of Japanese patients with DM. Rheumatology (Oxford) (2012) 1.20
Growth rate of aortic diameter in patients with type B aortic dissection during the chronic phase. Circulation (2004) 1.20
High plasma osteopontin level and its relationship with interleukin-12-mediated type 1 T helper cell response in tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2003) 1.19
ZAAPS International Surveillance Program (2007) for linezolid resistance: results from 5591 Gram-positive clinical isolates in 23 countries. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2009) 1.17
Efficacy of linezolid against methicillin-resistant or vancomycin-insensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a model of hematogenous pulmonary infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.17
New development of an ulcerlike projection in aortic intramural hematoma: CT evaluation. Radiology (2002) 1.16
Design and methods of a strategic outcome study for chronic kidney disease: Frontier of Renal Outcome Modifications in Japan. Clin Exp Nephrol (2009) 1.15
Expression of heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 and Hsp 40 in gastric cancer. Cancer Lett (2003) 1.15
Expression and functional analyses of breast cancer resistance protein in lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res (2003) 1.15
Evaluation of the contemporary occurrence rates of metallo-beta-lactamases in multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in Japan: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998-2002). Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2004) 1.15
Impact of Helicobacter pylori infection on gastric and plasma ghrelin dynamics in humans. Am J Gastroenterol (2005) 1.14
Death receptor 5 internalization is required for lysosomal permeabilization by TRAIL in malignant liver cell lines. Gastroenterology (2009) 1.14
The Japanese Respiratory Society guidelines for management of cough. Respirology (2006) 1.13
A case of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome: remission after treatment with anti-Helicobacter pylori regimen. Digestion (2008) 1.13
Azithromycin exhibits bactericidal effects on Pseudomonas aeruginosa through interaction with the outer membrane. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.12
Prospective multicenter study of the causative organisms of community-acquired pneumonia in adults in Japan. J Infect Chemother (2006) 1.11
Rapid screening of topoisomerase gene mutations by a novel melting curve analysis method for early warning of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae emergence. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.11
Clinical outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection in elderly patients with early gastric cancer. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2010) 1.11
Effects of icodextrin on glycemic and lipid profiles in diabetic patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Am J Nephrol (2007) 1.08
Role of autonomic nervous dysfunction in electrocardio-graphic abnormalities and cardiac injury in patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage. Circ J (2003) 1.08
Repression of bleomycin-induced pneumopathy by TNF. J Immunol (2003) 1.07
Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-7 on cancer cells and tissue endothelial cells in renal cell carcinoma: prognostic implications and clinical significance for invasion and metastasis. Clin Cancer Res (2006) 1.07
Circulating ghrelin levels in patients with various upper gastrointestinal diseases. Dig Dis Sci (2005) 1.07
Pirfenidone inhibits the expression of HSP47 in TGF-beta1-stimulated human lung fibroblasts. Life Sci (2007) 1.07
TNP-470, an angiogenesis inhibitor, suppresses the progression of peritoneal fibrosis in mouse experimental model. Kidney Int (2004) 1.06
Azithromycin inhibits MUC5AC production induced by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa autoinducer N-(3-Oxododecanoyl) homoserine lactone in NCI-H292 Cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.05
Differential effects of alpha- and beta-defensin on cytokine production by cultured human bronchial epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2004) 1.05
Recent insights into digestive motility in functional dyspepsia. J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.05
Cysteinyl leukotrienes regulate dendritic cell functions in a murine model of asthma. J Immunol (2004) 1.05
Enantioselective aza-Henry reaction catalyzed by a bifunctional organocatalyst. Org Lett (2004) 1.05
Diagnostic significance of Aspergillus species isolated from respiratory samples in an adult pneumology ward. Med Mycol (2011) 1.05
Factors related to the curability of early gastric cancer with endoscopic submucosal dissection. Surg Endosc (2009) 1.05
Role of atrophic changes in proximal tubular cells in the peritubular deposition of type IV collagen in a rat renal ablation model. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2005) 1.04
Different distribution of mast cells and macrophages in colonic mucosa of patients with collagenous colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. Hepatogastroenterology (2002) 1.04
Potency of SMP-601, a novel carbapenem, in hematogenous murine bronchopneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.04
Successful management of bleeding duodenal varices by endoscopic variceal ligation and balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration. Gastrointest Endosc (2003) 1.04
Effect of clarithromycin on chronic respiratory infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa with biofilm formation in an experimental murine model. J Antimicrob Chemother (2002) 1.03
Diffuse liver metastasis of small cell lung cancer causing marked hepatomegaly and fulminant hepatic failure. Intern Med (2010) 1.03
Environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from an endemic region of HIV-associated cryptococcosis in Thailand. Yeast (2004) 1.02
Efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous peramivir in children with 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.02
Antisense oligonucleotides against collagen-binding stress protein HSP47 suppress peritoneal fibrosis in rats. Kidney Int (2003) 1.02
Merozoite surface protein 1-specific immune response is protective against exoerythrocytic forms of Plasmodium yoelii. Infect Immun (2002) 1.02
Effect of etidronic acid on arterial calcification in dialysis patients. Clin Drug Investig (2006) 1.01
Immune and Inflammatory Responses in GERD and Lansoprazole. J Clin Biochem Nutr (2007) 1.01
Haplotypes of PADI4 susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis are also associated with ulcerative colitis in the Japanese population. Clin Immunol (2007) 1.01
Antimicrobial activity of saturated fatty acids and fatty amines against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Biol Pharm Bull (2004) 1.00
Roles of calcineurin and Crz1 in antifungal susceptibility and virulence of Candida glabrata. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.00