Usefulness of serum procalcitonin levels in pulmonary tuberculosis

M Ugajin, S Miwa, M Shirai, H Ohba… - European …, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
There are very few data on serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
patients who are negative for HIV. We assessed serum PCT in consecutive patients …

Blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio independently predicts mortality and severity of community-acquired pneumonia

M Ugajin, K Yamaki, N Iwamura, T Yagi… - International journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background Early studies of community-acquired pneumonia showed that nonsurvivors had
higher blood urea nitrogen levels and lower serum albumin levels than survivors. Therefore, …

Identification of a new organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B3 mRNA isoform primarily expressed in human cancerous tissues and cells

…, S Ishii, S Motohashi, I Yoshino, M Ugajin… - Biochemical and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B3 (OATP1B3) is a hepatocyte plasma membrane
protein that transports various endogenous and xenobiotic compounds. Although it is …

Diagnostic and prognostic value of procalcitonin in community-acquired pneumonia

…, Y Kichikawa, Y Sakamoto, M Ugajin - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Introduction The value of measuring procalcitonin (PCT) in patients with community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the value of PCT as a …

Predictive values of semi-quantitative procalcitonin test and common biomarkers for the clinical outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia

M Ugajin, K Yamaki, N Hirasawa, T Yagi - Respiratory care, 2014 - rc.rcjournal.com
BACKGROUND: The semi-quantitative serum procalcitonin test (Brahms PCT-Q) is available
conveniently in clinical practice. However, there are few data on the relationship between …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative PCR methodology with a volume-based unit for the sophisticated cellular kinetic evaluation of chimeric antigen receptor T cells

…, S Matsumoto, A Goto, M Ugajin, M Nakayama… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Although the cellular kinetics of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cells are expressed in
units of copies/μg gDNA, this notation carries the risk of misrepresentation owing to dramatic …

Prognostic value of severity indicators of nursing-home-acquired pneumonia versus community-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients

M Ugajin, K Yamaki, N Hirasawa… - … interventions in aging, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background The credibility of prognostic indicators in nursing-home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP)
is not clear. We previously reported a simple prognostic indicator in community-…

[HTML][HTML] Impact of initial plasma presepsin level for clinical outcome in hospitalized patients with pneumonia

M Ugajin, Y Matsuura, K Matsuura… - Journal of thoracic …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Presepsin, the soluble CD14 subtype, is known as a sepsis biomarker. However,
its clinical significance in pneumonia is unclear. We investigated the effects of plasma …

Nano-watt power management and vibration sensing on a dust-size batteryless sensor node for ambient intelligence applications

T Shimamura, M Ugajin, K Suzuki… - … Solid-State Circuits …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… A chip is fabricated using a 0.35 ¿m CMOS process. The vibration is sensed with 0.7 nW
and the energy is accumulated from a 1 nA current source with voltage monitoring. …

Functional analysis of a mutation in the SLCO1B1 gene (c. 1628T> G) identified in a Japanese patient with pravastatin-induced myopathy

T Furihata, N Satoh, T Ohishi, M Ugajin… - The …, 2009 - nature.com
… 10 mM sodium butyrate for 1 day. The cells were washed with phosphate-buffered saline
(PBS) containing 1 mM Ca 2+ and 1 mM … and buffer containing 66 mM NaCl, 140 mM Tris, 20% …