Published in Respiration on January 01, 2006
Association between body-mass index and risk of death in more than 1 million Asians. N Engl J Med (2011) 6.89
Prognostic significance of the nocturnal decline in blood pressure in individuals with and without high 24-h blood pressure: the Ohasama study. J Hypertens (2002) 4.63
Prognosis of "masked" hypertension and "white-coat" hypertension detected by 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring 10-year follow-up from the Ohasama study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 3.41
Prognostic significance for stroke of a morning pressor surge and a nocturnal blood pressure decline: the Ohasama study. Hypertension (2005) 2.92
Lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of multiple organs with immunoreactivity for IgG4: IgG4-related systemic disease. Intern Med (2006) 2.38
An association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality from lung cancer and respiratory diseases in Japan. J Epidemiol (2011) 2.33
Prognostic significance of night-time, early morning, and daytime blood pressures on the risk of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular mortality: the Ohasama Study. J Hypertens (2006) 2.32
Two-dimensional analysis of elements and mononuclear cells in hard metal lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 2.28
Ambulatory versus home versus clinic blood pressure: the association with subclinical cerebrovascular diseases: the Ohasama Study. Hypertension (2011) 2.28
Serum fibroblast growth factor-23 levels predict the future refractory hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients. Kidney Int (2005) 2.26
Adverse effects of methylmercury: environmental health research implications. Environ Health Perspect (2010) 2.23
Day-by-day variability of blood pressure and heart rate at home as a novel predictor of prognosis: the Ohasama study. Hypertension (2008) 2.22
Complications associated with endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: a nationwide survey by the Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy. Respir Res (2013) 2.13
Eradication of established tumors in mice by a combination antibody-based therapy. Nat Med (2006) 2.10
Successful efavirenz dose reduction in HIV type 1-infected individuals with cytochrome P450 2B6 *6 and *26. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 2.10
Maternal and fetal mercury and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as a risk and benefit of fish consumption to fetus. Environ Sci Technol (2004) 1.99
Possible involvement of circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 in the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with renal insufficiency. Am J Kidney Dis (2004) 1.93
Familial pulmonary alveolar proteinosis caused by mutations in CSF2RA. J Exp Med (2008) 1.88
Ambulatory blood pressure and 10-year risk of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality: the Ohasama study. Hypertension (2004) 1.78
How many times should blood pressure be measured at home for better prediction of stroke risk? Ten-year follow-up results from the Ohasama study. J Hypertens (2004) 1.74
Population attributable fraction of mortality associated with tobacco smoking in Japan: a pooled analysis of three large-scale cohort studies. J Epidemiol (2008) 1.72
Combined major hepatectomy and pancreaticoduodenectomy for locally advanced biliary carcinoma: long-term results. World J Surg (2008) 1.67
Collagenofibrotic glomerulopathy: clinicopathologic overview of a rare glomerular disease. Am J Kidney Dis (2007) 1.62
Natural selection and population history in the human angiotensinogen gene (AGT): 736 complete AGT sequences in chromosomes from around the world. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 1.61
Detection of carotid atherosclerosis in individuals with masked hypertension and white-coat hypertension by self-measured blood pressure at home: the Ohasama study. J Hypertens (2007) 1.59
Human GM-CSF autoantibodies and reproduction of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. N Engl J Med (2009) 1.58
Molecular survey of Babesia microti, Ehrlichia species and Candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis in wild rodents from Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Microbiol Immunol (2007) 1.58
Association of environmental tobacco smoke exposure with elevated home blood pressure in Japanese women: the Ohasama study. J Hypertens (2010) 1.56
The patient health questionnaire, Japanese version: validity according to the mini-international neuropsychiatric interview-plus. Psychol Rep (2007) 1.55
Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients with sarcoidosis. Chest (2003) 1.55
Body mass index and diabetes in Asia: a cross-sectional pooled analysis of 900,000 individuals in the Asia cohort consortium. PLoS One (2011) 1.55
The duration of signaling through CD40 directs biological ability of dendritic cells to induce antitumor immunity. J Immunol (2003) 1.54
Bioengineered implantation of megalin-expressing cells: a potential intracorporeal therapeutic model for uremic toxin protein clearance in renal failure. J Am Soc Nephrol (2003) 1.54
Predictive value of ambulatory heart rate in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama study. J Hypertens (2008) 1.52
Renal outcome and predictors of clinical renal involvement in patients with silent lupus nephritis. Nephron Clin Pract (2004) 1.52
Fish consumption and time to pregnancy in Japanese women. Int J Hyg Environ Health (2006) 1.51
Optimal cutoff point of waist circumference and use of home blood pressure as a definition of metabolic syndrome: the Ohasama study. Am J Hypertens (2008) 1.49
Circannual variation in the onset and relapse of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol (2005) 1.48
Angiotensin-converting enzyme I/D polymorphism and hypertension: the Ohasama study. J Hypertens (2002) 1.48
Protein phosphatase inhibitor-1 augments a protein kinase A-dependent increase in the Ca2+ loading of the sarcoplasmic reticulum without changing its Ca2+ release. Circ J (2009) 1.47
Lung cancer death rates by smoking status: comparison of the Three-Prefecture Cohort study in Japan to the Cancer Prevention Study II in the USA. Cancer Sci (2005) 1.43
Influence of alcohol intake on circadian blood pressure variation in Japanese men: the Ohasama study. Am J Hypertens (2009) 1.43
Proposal of a risk-stratification system for the Japanese population based on blood pressure levels: the Ohasama study. Hypertens Res (2008) 1.43
The efficacy of tonsillectomy on long-term renal survival in patients with IgA nephropathy. Kidney Int (2003) 1.41
Anti-interferon-gamma autoantibody in a patient with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex. J Infect Chemother (2009) 1.40
Renal lesions in IgG4-related systemic disease. Intern Med (2007) 1.39
Low concentrations of sodium dodecyl sulfate induce the extension of beta 2-microglobulin-related amyloid fibrils at a neutral pH. Biochemistry (2004) 1.39
Analysis of the effect of surgical lung biopsy on serum KL-6 Levels in patients with interstitial pneumonia: surgical lung biopsy does not elevate serum KL-6 levels. Intern Med (2006) 1.39
Factors impacting on psychological distress and recovery after the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake, Japan: community-based study. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (2008) 1.36
Anatomic resection independently improves long-term survival in patients with T1-T2 hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 1.34
Relating neuronal firing patterns to functional differentiation of cerebral cortex. PLoS Comput Biol (2009) 1.33
Pretreatment serum FGF-23 levels predict the efficacy of calcitriol therapy in dialysis patients. Kidney Int (2005) 1.31
Relationship between tonsils and IgA nephropathy as well as indications of tonsillectomy. Kidney Int (2004) 1.30
Total parathyroidectomy reduces elevated circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 in advanced secondary hyperparathyroidism. Am J Kidney Dis (2004) 1.29
PDZ domain-binding motif of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax oncoprotein augments the transforming activity in a rat fibroblast cell line. Virology (2004) 1.29
Glycosaminoglycans enhance the trifluoroethanol-induced extension of beta 2-microglobulin-related amyloid fibrils at a neutral pH. J Am Soc Nephrol (2004) 1.29
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome associated with body burden levels of dioxin and related compounds among Japan's general population. Environ Health Perspect (2008) 1.28
Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children with acute respiratory symptoms in a community over three seasons. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.28
Dynamin-binding protein gene on chromosome 10q is associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Hum Mol Genet (2006) 1.27
Appraisal of 1 cm hepatectomy margins for intrahepatic micrometastases in patients with colorectal carcinoma liver metastasis. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 1.26
Rationale and study design of the Japan environment and children's study (JECS). BMC Public Health (2014) 1.26
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 (HTLV-2) Tax protein transforms a rat fibroblast cell line but less efficiently than HTLV-1 Tax. J Virol (2002) 1.26
Deaths and complications associated with respiratory endoscopy: a survey by the Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy in 2010. Respirology (2012) 1.25
Ambulatory arterial stiffness index and 24-hour ambulatory pulse pressure as predictors of mortality in Ohasama, Japan. Stroke (2007) 1.25
Effect of a carbonaceous oral adsorbent on the progression of CKD: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. Am J Kidney Dis (2009) 1.23
The Tohoku Study of Child Development: A cohort study of effects of perinatal exposures to methylmercury and environmentally persistent organic pollutants on neurobehavioral development in Japanese children. Tohoku J Exp Med (2004) 1.22
Thrombosis in inferior vena cava (IVC) due to intra-cystic hemorrhage into a hepatic local cyst with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Intern Med (2004) 1.22
Trends in smoking by birth cohorts born between 1900 and 1977 in Japan. Prev Med (2005) 1.21
Hereditary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: pathogenesis, presentation, diagnosis, and therapy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 1.21
Nephrotic syndrome and IgA nephropathy in polycystic kidney disease. Clin Exp Nephrol (2006) 1.19
Both regulatory T cells and antitumor effector T cells are primed in the same draining lymph nodes during tumor progression. J Immunol (2005) 1.18
Efficacy of colistin combination therapy in a mouse model of pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Antimicrob Chemother (2009) 1.18
Transient opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore by reactive oxygen species protects myocardium from ischemia-reperfusion injury. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 1.17
Novel mutations of the GLA gene in Japanese patients with Fabry disease and their functional characterization by active site specific chaperone. Hum Mutat (2008) 1.17
Nephrin and podocin dissociate at the onset of proteinuria in experimental membranous nephropathy. Kidney Int (2005) 1.15
Genetic association of CTNNA3 with late-onset Alzheimer's disease in females. Hum Mol Genet (2007) 1.15
Combination therapy of established tumors by antibodies targeting immune activating and suppressing molecules. J Immunol (2010) 1.14
Association of a mast cell chymase gene variant with HDL cholesterol, but not with blood pressure in the Ohasama study. Hypertens Res (2002) 1.13
Prognostic value of home heart rate for cardiovascular mortality in the general population: the Ohasama study. Am J Hypertens (2004) 1.13
Prediction of stroke by home "morning" versus "evening" blood pressure values: the Ohasama study. Hypertension (2006) 1.13
Associations of environmental exposure to dioxins with prevalent diabetes among general inhabitants in Japan. Environ Res (2008) 1.12
Sildenafil for primary and secondary pulmonary hypertension. Clin Pharmacol Ther (2002) 1.11
Neurobehavioral effects of prenatal exposure to methylmercury and PCBs, and seafood intake: neonatal behavioral assessment scale results of Tohoku study of child development. Environ Res (2010) 1.10
New advances in renal amyloidosis. Clin Exp Nephrol (2008) 1.10
Glycosaminoglycan and proteoglycan inhibit the depolymerization of beta2-microglobulin amyloid fibrils in vitro. Kidney Int (2003) 1.09
MST neurons code for visual motion in space independent of pursuit eye movements. J Neurophysiol (2007) 1.09
Short-term use of continuous positive airway pressure ameliorates glomerular hyperfiltration in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. Clin Sci (Lond) (2004) 1.09
Reciprocal CD4+ T-cell balance of effector CD62Llow CD4+ and CD62LhighCD25+ CD4+ regulatory T cells in small cell lung cancer reflects disease stage. Clin Cancer Res (2008) 1.09
Local control of mitochondrial membrane potential, permeability transition pore and reactive oxygen species by calcium and calmodulin in rat ventricular myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2009) 1.08
Development of a practical costing method for hospitals. Tohoku J Exp Med (2006) 1.07
Regulation of megalin expression in cultured proximal tubule cells by angiotensin II type 1A receptor- and insulin-mediated signaling cross talk. Endocrinology (2008) 1.07
Deficits in short-latency tracking eye movements after chemical lesions in monkey cortical areas MT and MST. J Neurosci (2007) 1.07