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List of works by Kazuhiro Komura

A clue for telangiectasis in systemic sclerosis: elevated serum soluble endoglin levels in patients with the limited cutaneous form of the disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Abnormal natural killer cell function in systemic sclerosis: altered cytokine production and defective killing activity.

scientific article published in October 2005

Anti-lipoprotein lipase antibody in systemic sclerosis: association with elevated serum triglyceride concentrations

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Anti-p53 autoantibody in systemic sclerosis: association with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published on 15 January 2008

Antibody isotype-specific engagement of Fcgamma receptors regulates B lymphocyte depletion during CD20 immunotherapy.

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Antigen specificity of antihistone antibodies in connective tissue disease patients with anti-U1RNP antibodies

scientific article published on 13 July 2007

Autoantibodies against matrix metalloproteinase-1 in patients with localized scleroderma

scientific article published on 18 June 2008

Autoantibodies against phosphatidylserine-prothrombin complex in patients with systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published on November 2004

Autoantibodies to a collagen-specific molecular chaperone, heat-shock protein 47, in systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Autoantibody against a protease domain of caspase-8 in patients with systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published in November 2008

Autoantibody against activating transcription factor-2 in patients with systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published on September 2009

Autoantibody against caspase-3, an executioner of apoptosis, in patients with systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published on 29 July 2009

Autoantibody against matrix metalloproteinase-3 in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Autoantibody against one of the antioxidant repair enzymes, methionine sulfoxide reductase A, in systemic sclerosis: association with pulmonary fibrosis and vascular damage.

scientific article published on 21 October 2009

Autoantibody against peroxiredoxin I, an antioxidant enzyme, in patients with systemic sclerosis: possible association with oxidative stress

scientific article published on 19 February 2007

B-lymphocyte depletion reduces skin fibrosis and autoimmunity in the tight-skin mouse model for systemic sclerosis

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BAFF antagonist attenuates the development of skin fibrosis in tight-skin mice

scientific article published on 21 June 2007

Blockade of CD40/CD40 ligand interactions attenuates skin fibrosis and autoimmunity in the tight-skin mouse.

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CD19 regulates skin and lung fibrosis via Toll-like receptor signaling in a model of bleomycin-induced scleroderma.

scientific article published on 8 May 2008

CD19 regulates the development of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in a mouse model

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

CD19, a response regulator of B lymphocytes, regulates wound healing through hyaluronan-induced TLR4 signaling.

scientific article published on 02 July 2009

CD19-dependent B lymphocyte signaling thresholds influence skin fibrosis and autoimmunity in the tight-skin mouse

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Canonical Wnt signaling induces skin fibrosis and subcutaneous lipoatrophy: A novel mouse model for scleroderma? ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Cell adhesion molecules regulate fibrotic process via Th1/Th2/Th17 cell balance in a bleomycin-induced scleroderma model.

scientific article published on 12 July 2010

Clinical association of serum CD137 (4-1BB) levels in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 05 October 2008

Clinical association of serum interleukin-17 levels in systemic sclerosis: is systemic sclerosis a Th17 disease?

scientific article published on 07 March 2008

Clinical characteristics of juvenile systemic sclerosis in Japanese.

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Clinical correlations with dermatomyositis-specific autoantibodies in adult Japanese patients with dermatomyositis: a multicenter cross-sectional study.

scientific article published in April 2011

Clinical evaluation of anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase antibodies in Japanese patients with dermatomyositis.

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Clinical significance of serum HMGB-1 and sRAGE levels in systemic sclerosis: association with disease severity

scientific article published on 30 September 2008

Clinical significance of serum hyaluronan levels in systemic sclerosis: association with disease severity.

scientific article published in August 2008

Common and distinct clinical features in adult patients with anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies: heterogeneity within the syndrome.

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Correlation of IgE autoantibody to BP180 with a severe form of bullous pemphigoid.

scientific article published in January 2008

Decreased levels of autoantibody against histone deacetylase 3 in patients with systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published in February 2009

Elevated circulating CD40L concentrations in patients with systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published in March 2004

Elevated levels of circulating CD44 in patients with systemic sclerosis: association with a milder subset

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Elevated serum concentrations of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: association with severity of pulmonary fibrosis

scientific article published on 15 February 2010

Elevated serum interleukin-27 levels in patients with systemic sclerosis: association with T cell, B cell and fibroblast activation

scientific article published on 12 August 2010

Elevation of IgG levels is a serological indicator for pulmonary fibrosis in systemic sclerosis with anti-topoisomerase I antibodies and those with anticentromere antibody

scientific article published on 28 February 2008

Elevation of serum lymphotactin levels in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Endothelial selectins regulate skin wound healing in cooperation with L-selectin and ICAM-1

scientific article published on 26 June 2007

Identification of a novel autoantibody reactive with 155 and 140 kDa nuclear proteins in patients with dermatomyositis: an association with malignancy

scientific article published on 25 May 2006

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension with elevated cerebrospinal fluid level of interleukin-6 in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

scientific article published in June 2002

Increased cutaneous T-cell-attracting chemokine levels in sera from patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 29 March 2005

Increased serum interleukin 23 in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 15 December 2007

Increased serum levels of N(epsilon)-(hexanoyl)lysine, a new marker of oxidative stress, in systemic sclerosis.

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Increased serum levels of nitrotyrosine, a marker for peroxynitrite production, in systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Increased serum pentraxin 3 in patients with systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published on 27 February 2009

Increased serum soluble CD40 levels in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 15 January 2007

Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and L-selectin regulate bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis.

scientific article published on November 2002

Involvement of gaseous low molecular monoxides in the cutaneous reverse passive Arthus reaction: cytoprotective action of carbon monoxide

scientific article published on 26 May 2008

L-selectin or ICAM-1 deficiency reduces an immediate-type hypersensitivity response by preventing mast cell recruitment in repeated elicitation of contact hypersensitivity

scientific article published in April 2003

Low zone tolerance requires ICAM-1 expression to limit contact hypersensitivity elicitation.

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

Management of squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with recessive-type epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica.

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P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 contributes to wound healing predominantly as a p-selectin ligand and partly as an e-selectin ligand

scientific article published on 29 January 2009

PPARγ downregulation by TGFß in fibroblast and impaired expression and function in systemic sclerosis: a novel mechanism for progressive fibrogenesis

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Prevalence and clinical characteristics of anti-Mi-2 antibodies in Japanese patients with dermatomyositis.

scientific article published on 9 November 2005

Regulation of local and metastatic host-mediated anti-tumour mechanisms by L-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule-1

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Serum pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine/CCL18 levels in patients with systemic sclerosis: a sensitive indicator of active pulmonary fibrosis

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Serum soluble CTLA-4 levels are increased in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis

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The clinical relevance of serum antinuclear antibodies in Japanese patients with systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published on 17 January 2008

The cutaneous reverse Arthus reaction requires intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and L-selectin expression

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

The roles of P- and E-selectins and P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 in primary and metastatic mouse melanomas

scientific article published on 05 August 2011

Ultraviolet light exposure suppresses contact hypersensitivity by abrogating endothelial intercellular adhesion molecule-1 up-regulation at the elicitation site

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Usefulness of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody and rheumatoid factor to detect rheumatoid arthritis in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on 27 July 2010

[Ultraviolet: a regulator of immunity]

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

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