OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the ACR/EULAR 2022 criteria with the previous classification algorithm for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). METHODS: We used data from two nationwide, pr...
Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques 26 11453-11453 2023年
Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccines are used worldwide to prevent severe symptoms of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common form of glomerular injury...
Takahiro Kato   Tomohiro Mizuno   Masanori Nakanishi   Jeannie K Lee   Shigeki Yamada   Naotake Tsuboi   Kazuo Takahashi   
In vivo (Athens, Greece) 37(3) 1236-1245 2023年
BACKGROUND/AIM: Sepsis is a life-threatening biological condition that induces systemic tissue and organ dysfunction and confers a high mortality risk. Although the use of hydrocortisone in combination with ascorbic acid and thiamine (HAT therapy)...
Perivascular mesenchymal cells (PMCs), which include pericytes, give rise to myofibroblasts that contribute to chronic kidney disease progression. Several PMC markers have been identified; however, PMC heterogeneity and functions are not...
Galactose (Gal)-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) is involved in IgA nephropathy (IgAN) pathogenesis. To reflect racial differences in clinical characteristics, we assessed disease- and race-specific heterogeneity in the O-glycosylation of the IgA1 hinge r...
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2020年7月8日
BACKGROUND: The detection of leukocyte-derived CD11b (α subunit of integrin Mac-1) and CD163 (scavenger receptor) in urine may reflect renal inflammation in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated glomerulonephritis (ANCA-GN). The objective...