Increased concentrations of human β-defensins in plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis

…, J Ashitani, K Nabeshima, T Minematsu, N Chino, T Ihi… - Thorax, 2003 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Human β-defensin (HBD)-1 and -2 are antimicrobial peptides present in the
respiratory tract. Recent reports have indicated reduced activity of β-defensins in cystic fibrosis, …

Elevated concentrations of human neutrophil peptides in plasma, blood, and body fluids from patients with infections

DR Hoover, T Ihi, M Nakazato, H Mukae… - Clinical infectious …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
… Student’s unpaired t-test. Differences were considered significant when the P value was õ.05. …
Ganz T. Extracellular release of antimicrobial defensins by human polymorphonuclear …

Structural analysis of human β-defensin-1 and its significance in urinary tract infection

T Hiratsuka, M Nakazato, T Ihi, T Minematsu, N Chino… - Nephron, 2000 - karger.com
Human β-defensin-1 (hBD-1) is a 36-amino-acid antimicrobial peptide that functions in the
host innate defense. We developed a highly sensitive radioimmunoassay for hBD-1 and …

Elevated concentrations of defensins in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in diffuse panbronchiolitis

J Ashitani, H Mukae, M Nakazato, T Ihi… - European …, 1998 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Human neutrophils contain three isoforms of antimicrobial and cytotoxic peptides in the
azurophil granules, which belong to a family of mammalian neutrophil peptides named defensins…

Establishment of radioimmunoassay for human neutrophil peptides and their increases in plasma and neutrophil in infection

K Shiomi, M Nakazato, T Ihi, K Kangawa… - Biochemical and …, 1993 - Elsevier
Neutrophil peptide, also called defensin, is an antimicrobial peptide localized in azurophil
granules in neutrophils. Using a synthetic human neutrophil peptide-1 (HNP-1), we prepared …

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

J Ashitani, H Mukae, H Taniguchi, T Ihi, J Kadota… - Thorax, 1999 - thorax.bmj.com
… However, G-CSF levels in BAL fluid did not correlate with FVC or Tlco in patients with IPF in
… The lack of correlation between G-CSF levels in BAL fluid and %FVC or Tlco in patients with …

Elevated levels of circulating adhesion molecules in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis

H Mukae, J ASHITANI, M Tokojima, T Ihi, S Kohno… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Recent studies have indicated the importance of cell adhesion molecules in the
pathogenesis of various inflammatory lung diseases. Our study was designed to determine …

Long-term, low-dose erythromycin monotherapy for Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: a propensity score analysis

K Komiya, A Kurashima, T Ihi, H Nagai… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
… Continuous variables were compared using the t-test or Mann–Whitney U-test. The χ 2
test or Fisher's exact test was used to compare categorical variables. Propensity scores were …

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) associated myelopathy and Sjögren's syndrome representing pulmonary nodular amyloidosis and multiple bullae …

T Seguchi, Y Kyoraku, K Saita, T Ihi, M Nagai… - Virchows Archiv, 2006 - Springer
Sir, T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), the first human retrovirus, is the causative agent
for adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia (ATL). It has also been reported that the same virus was …

Pulmonary Nocardia otitidiscaviarum infection in a patient with chronic respiratory infection

H Taniguchi, H Mukae, J Ashitani, T IHI… - Internal …, 1998 - jstage.jst.go.jp
(2). Although all nocardial infections, such as pulmonary nocardiosis, systemic nocardiosis,
central nervous system no-cardiosis, extrapulmonary andlocalized nocardiosis, cutaneous …