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Keiji Fujiwara

Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Verified email at fukujuji.org
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Role of actions of calcium antagonists on efferent arterioles–with special references to glomerular hypertension

K Hayashi, Y Ozawa, K Fujiwara, S Wakino… - American journal of …, 2003 - karger.com
Although calcium antagonists are used as a first-line antihypertensive agent, controversy
attends the renal microvascular effects of calcium antagonists. Since calcium antagonists elicit …

[HTML][HTML] Interrelational changes in the epidemiology and clinical features of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease and tuberculosis in a referral hospital in …

…, K Morimoto, T Yoshiyama, Y Tanaka, K Fujiwara… - Respiratory …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and objectives The incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary
disease (NTM-PD) is increasing, while that of tuberculosis (TB) is decreasing in many …

Potential cross-transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus among non-cystic fibrosis patients at a tertiary hospital in Japan

K Fujiwara, M Yoshida, Y Murase, A Aono… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium abscessus ( M. abscessus ) is a highly antimicrobial-resistant pathogen that
causes refractory pulmonary disease. Recently, the possibility of M. abscessus cross-…

Vessel-and vasoconstrictor-dependent role of rho/rho-kinase in renal microvascular tone

A Nakamura, K Hayashi, Y Ozawa, K Fujiwara… - Journal of vascular …, 2003 - karger.com
We examined the role of Rho/Rho-kinase in renal afferent and efferent arteriolar tone induced
by angiotensin (Ang) II, KCl and elevated renal arterial pressure (from 80 to 180 mm Hg), …

In Vitro Synergistic Effects of Omadacycline with Other Antimicrobial Agents against Mycobacterium abscessus

K Fujiwara, A Aono, T Asami, K Morimoto… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The clinical importance of Mycobacterium abscessus species (MABS) infections has been
increasing. However, the standard treatment regimens recommended in the current …

Molecular epidemiological characteristics of Mycobacterium abscessus complex derived from non-cystic fibrosis patients in Japan and Taiwan

…, T Kinjo, A Aono, Y Murase, K Fujiwara… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) is a group of emerging, highly antimicrobial-resistant
non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Specific MABC clones are spreading globally in …

Minimum inhibitory concentrations before and after antibacterial treatment in patients with Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease

K Fujiwara, F Uesugi, K Furuuchi, Y Tanaka… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The clinical importance of Mycobacterium abscessus (MABS) pulmonary disease has been
increasing. However, there is still a lack of information about MIC distribution patterns and …

Effect of T-type selective calcium antagonist on renal microcirculation: studies in the isolated perfused hydronephrotic kidney

Y Ozawa, K Hayashi, T Nagahama, K Fujiwara… - …, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Although calcium antagonists exert preferential vasodilation of renal afferent arterioles, we
have recently demonstrated that nilvadipine and efonidipine, possessing both L-type and T-…

Altered pressure-natriuresis in obese Zucker rats

K Fujiwara, K Hayashi, H Matsuda, E Kubota… - …, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc
It has not been examined whether the pressure-natriuresis response is altered in the insulin-resistant
condition. Furthermore, despite an important role of nitric oxide (NO) in modulating …

Influence of Ca2+-activated K+ channels on rat renal arteriolar responses to depolarizing agonists

RW Fallet, JP Bast, K Fujiwara, N Ishii… - American Journal …, 2001 - journals.physiology.org
Experiments were performed to evaluate the hypothesis that opening of Ca 2+ -activated K
+ channels (BK Ca channels) promotes juxtamedullary arteriolar dilation and curtails …