Tasaki S   Suzuki K   Nishikawa A   Kassai Y   Takiguchi M   Kurisu R   Okuzono Y   Miyazaki T   Takeshita M   Yoshimoto K   Yasuoka H   Yamaoka K   Ikeura K   Tsunoda K   Morita R   Yoshimura A   Toyoshiba H   Takeuchi T   
Annals of the rheumatic diseases 76(8) 1458-1466 2017年8月 [査読有り]
Objectives Differentiating IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) from multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) is challenging because both diseases present high serum IgG4. The objective of this study is to clarify the differences in characteristics and id...
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES 75(11) 1917-1923 2016年11月 [査読有り]
Objective To compare the efficacy and safety between tocilizumab added to methotrexate and tocilizumab switched from methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods This is a 2-year randomised, controlled study. RA patients...
Akiyama M   Yasuoka H   Yamaoka K   Suzuki K   Kaneko Y   Kondo H   Kassai Y   Koga K   Miyazaki T   Morita R   Yoshimura A   Takeuchi T   
Arthritis research & therapy 18 167 2016年7月 [査読有り]
Nishikawa A   Suzuki K   Kassai Y   Gotou Y   Takiguchi M   Miyazaki T   Yoshimoto K   Yasuoka H   Yamaoka K   Morita R   Yoshimura A   Takeuchi T   
Arthritis research & therapy 18(1) 106 2016年5月 [査読有り]
Arthritis and Rheumatism 50(11) 3658-3662 2004年11月
Objective. To detect and characterize the autoreactive CD8+ T cells to major histocompatibility complex class 1 chain-related gene A (MICA), a stress-inducible antigen preferentially expressed on the epithelium and endothelium, in patients with Be...
ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 50(11) 3658-3662 2004年11月
Objective. To detect and characterize the autoreactive CD8+ T cells to major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A (MICA), a stress-inducible antigen preferentially expressed on the epithelium and endothelium, in patients with Be...
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY 124(6) 796-801 2004年3月
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of inflammatory cytokine genes were examined in 84 adult Japanese patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and 56 race-matched healthy controls. The SNPs examined were within the genes enco...