Noriho Sakamoto

Different effects of telithromycin on MUC5AC production induced by human neutrophil peptide-1 or lipopolysaccharide in NCI-H292 cells compared with azithromycin and clarithromycin (2009)

Ishimoto, Hiroshi, Mukae, Hiroshi, Sakamoto, Noriho, Amenomori, Misato, Kitazaki, Takeshi, Imamura, Yoshifumi, ...

Objectives Mucus hypersecretion is a prominent feature in patients with chronic respiratory tract infections such as cystic fibrosis and diffuse panbronchiolitis, and the clinical effectiveness of...

High serum concentrations of autoantibodies to HSP47 in nonspecific interstitial pneumonia compared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2008)

Kakugawa, Tomoyuki, Yokota, Shin-ichi, Mukae, Hiroshi, Kubota, Hiroshi, Sakamoto, Noriho, Mizunoe, Syunji, ...

Abstract Background The pathological diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP) by surgical lung biopsy is important for clinical decision-making. However, there is a need to use less...

Alveolar macrophage-epithelial cell interaction following exposure to atmospheric particles induces the release of mediators involved in monocyte mobilization and recruitment (2005)

Ishii, Hiroshi, Hayashi, Shizu, Hogg, James C, Fujii, Takeshi, Goto, Yukinobu, Sakamoto, Noriho, ...

Abstract Background Studies from our laboratory have shown that human alveolar macrophages (AM) and bronchial epithelial cells (HBEC) exposed to ambient particles (PM 10 ) in vitro increase their...

Expression of HSP47 in Usual Interstitial Pneumonia and Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia (2005)

Kakugawa, Tomoyuki, Mukae, Hiroshi, Hayashi, Tomayoshi, Ishii, Hiroshi, Nakayama, Seiko, Sakamoto, Noriho, ...

Abstract Background Heat shock protein (HSP) 47, a collagen-specific molecular chaperone, is involved in the processing and/or secretion of procollagens, and its expression is increased in various...