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  1. Transforming Lung Cancer Management: A Promising Case Study of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Success Following a Multidisciplinary Approach
  2. Inhibiting iNKT Cell Activation: A Promising Strategy Against Pulmonary Fibrosis
  3. Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Transgenic Mice Carrying the Human MUC5B rs35705950 Variant
  4. The Protective Role of KANK1 in Podocyte Injury
  5. Cell Death in Acute Organ Injury and Fibrosis
  6. Hangeshashinto-Associated Mesenteric Phlebosclerosis and Highly Atypical Adenoma Requiring Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy
  7. Leveraging Microbiome Composition Variability for Precision Medicine in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  8. Adenine Nucleotide Translocases and Cellular Senescence in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  9. Epoprostenol and Treprostinil: Differential Effects on Regulatory T Cell Generation in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  10. Antimicrobial Effects of Lactoferrin against Helicobacter pylori Infection
  11. Amelioration of Pulmonary Fibrosis by Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Overexpression
  12. Culture Conditions for Mycelial Growth and Anti-Cancer Properties of Termitomyces
  13. Bioactive Compounds from the Mushroom-Forming Fungus Chlorophyllum molybdites
  14. Axl, Immune Checkpoint Molecules and HIF Inhibitors from the Culture Broth of Lepista luscina
  15. Is the uPA/PAI-1 Ratio a Marker of Sonographic Septations in Pleural Infection?
  16. Transforming Growth Factorβ1 Overexpression Is Associated with Insulin Resistance and Rapidly Progressive Kidney Fibrosis under Diabetic Conditions
  17. Is Helicobacter pylori infection inversely correlated with atopic, skin, and autoimmune diseases?
  18. Acute Calculous Cholecystitis Caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies pasteurianus: A Case Report
  19. Measurement of Intermediate Frequency Magnetic Fields Generated by Household Induction Cookers for Epidemiological Studies and Development of an Exposure Estimation Model
  20. Microbial Burden-Associated Cytokine Storm May Explain Non-Resolving ARDS in COVID-19 Patients
  21. Good Response of Advanced Thymic Carcinoma with Low PD-L1 Expression to Chemotherapy plus Pembrolizumab as First-Line Therapy and to Pembrolizumab as Maintenance Therapy: A Case Report
  22. Is the Efficacy of Adding Ramucirumab to Docetaxel Related to a History of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Real-World Clinical Practice?
  23. The Need for a CYFRA 21-1 Cut-off Value to Predict Clinical Progression of IPF in Clinical Practice
  24. Chronic Fibrosis and Its Progression to Cancer
  25. Inhibition of lung microbiota-derived proapoptotic peptides ameliorates acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis
  26. Complete Genome Sequences of Three Staphylococcus haemolyticus Strains Isolated from the Lung of a TGFβ1 Transgenic Mouse with Lung Fibrosis
  27. Correlation of total serum HDL particles with a predictor of mortality risk in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  28. The Fairy Chemical Imidazole-4-carboxamide Inhibits the Expression of Axl, PD-L1, and PD-L2 and Improves Response to Cisplatin in Melanoma
  29. The Clinical Relevance of Infection and Its Treatment in Microscopic Polyangiitis With or Without Interstitial Lung Disease
  30. The Potential of Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction for Improving Diagnostic Yield of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Pulmonary Disease
  31. Response of Lung Microbiota to Changes of Pulmonary Innate Immunity Under Healthy Conditions
  32. Case Report: A Difficult-to-Diagnose Case of Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia Surgically Treated After Developing Acute Pancreatitis
  33. A Microbiome-Derived Peptide Induces Apoptosis of Cells from Different Tissues
  34. Podocyte-specific Crb2 knockout mice develop focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
  35. Role of activation of the coagulation system in the pathogenesis of urticaria
  36. No Strong Evidence for Ruling Out the Role of Coagulation in Long-Term Disability after Critical Illness
  37. Protective Role of Recombinant Human Thrombomodulin in Diabetes Mellitus
  38. Complete withdrawal of glucocorticoids after dupilumab therapy in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: A case report
  39. The role of cigarette smoking-derived pollutants in the risk of mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  40. Subcritical Water Extracts from Agaricus blazei Murrill’s Mycelium Inhibit the Expression of Immune Checkpoint Molecules and Axl Receptor
  41. Subcritical Water Extracts from Agaricus blazei Murrill's Mycelium Inhibits the Expression of Immune Checkpoint Molecules and Axl receptor
  42. Oral Limonite Supplement Ameliorates Glucose Intolerance in Diabetic and Obese Mice
  43. Degradation Products of Complex Arabinoxylans by Bacteroides intestinalis Enhance the Host Immune Response
  44. Increased expression of Protein S in eyes with diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema
  45. Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor-associated euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis that prompted the diagnosis of fulminant type-1 diabetes: A case report
  46. Increased Reflux Esophagitis after Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy in Cases Undergoing Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Cancer
  47. Second‐line therapy with first‐ or second‐generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors in EGFR ‐mutated non‐small cell lung cancer patients with T790M ‐negative or unidentified mutation
  48. Degradation of complex arabinoxylans by human colonic Bacteroidetes
  49. Sudden Death Associated with Severe Hypoglycemia in a Diabetic Patient During Sensor-Augmented Pump Therapy with the Predictive Low Glucose Management System
  50. Low-Dose of Intrapulmonary Pirfenidone Improves Human Transforming Growth Factorβ1-Driven Lung Fibrosis
  51. Coagulation markers as predictors for clinical events in COPD
  52. Thrombomodulin ameliorates transforming growth factor-β1–mediated chronic kidney disease via the G-protein coupled receptor 15/Akt signal pathway
  53. A Prediction Equation to Assess Resting Energy Expenditure in Japanese Patients with COPD
  54. De Novo T790M Mutation in an L858R Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutant-Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma
  55. Axl and immune checkpoints inhibitors from fruiting bodies of Pleurocybella porrigens
  56. A Staphylococcus pro-apoptotic peptide induces acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis
  57. Plant growth regulators and Axl and immune checkpoint inhibitors from the edible mushroom Leucopaxillus giganteus
  58. Too Premature to Deny the Potential of Thrombomodulin-alfa in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  59. Protein S protects against allergic bronchial asthma by modulating Th1/Th2 balance
  60. Factors leading to failure to diagnose pulmonary malignant tumors using endobronchial ultrasound with guide sheath within the target lesion
  61. Links between Fibrogenesis and Cancer: Mechanistic and Therapeutic Challenges
  62. Protective Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 in Allergic Bronchial Asthma
  63. Risk factors for lung cancer in COPD – results from the Bergen COPD cohort study
  64. Protein S is Protective in Acute Lung Injury by Inhibiting Cell Apoptosis
  65. Chk1-mediated Cdc25A degradation as a critical mechanism for normal cell cycle progression
  66. Canagliflozin improves obesity and insulin resistance in a diabetic patient with Cushing's disease undergoing postoperative steroid therapy: A case report
  67. Risks of Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis with a TAM Receptor Kinase Inhibitor
  68. Renal Injury during Long-Term Crizotinib Therapy
  69. Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 in Eosinophil-Mediated Airway Remodeling
  70. Comparable immunoreactivity rates of PD-L1 in archival and recent specimens from non-small cell lung cancer
  71. Identification of Halophilic Microbes in Lung Fibrotic Tissue by Oligotyping
  72. Long Noncoding RNA CAT104 Promotes Cell Viability, Migration, and Invasion in Gastric Carcinoma Cells Through Activation of MicroRNA-381-Inhibiting Zinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1 (ZEB1) Expression
  73. A Retrospective Comparison of the Clinical Efficacy of Gefitinib, Erlotinib, and Afatinib in Japanese Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  74. Protein S Exacerbates Chronic Liver Injury and Fibrosis
  75. Anti-apoptotic activity of human matrix metalloproteinase-2 attenuates diabetes mellitus
  76. The Medicinal Mushroom, Grifola gargal, Ameliorates Allergic Bronchial Asthma
  77. Mice overexpressing latent matrix metalloproteinase-2 develop lung emphysema after short-term exposure to cigarette smoke extract
  78. Inhibition of Cell Apoptosis and Amelioration of Pulmonary Fibrosis by Thrombomodulin
  79. Low dose of alcohol attenuates pro-atherosclerotic activity of thrombin
  80. Smart watch‑based coaching with tiotropium and olodaterol ameliorates physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  81. Recent studies move closer to answering questions about sequential therapy for anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer
  82. Oligonucleotide-targeting periostin ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis
  83. Adenosine isolated from Grifola gargal promotes glucose uptake via PI3K and AMPK signalling pathways in skeletal muscle cells
  84. β2 adrenergic agonist suppresses eosinophil-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of bronchial epithelial cells
  85. Restrictive IL-10 induction by an innocuous parainfluenza virus vector ameliorates nasal allergy
  86. Sequential Therapy with Crizotinib and Alectinib in ALK -Rearranged Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer—A Multicenter Retrospective Study
  87. Interleukin-33 induces mucin gene expression and goblet cell hyperplasia in human nasal epithelial cells
  88. Comparison of Glucose Area Under the Curve Measured Using Minimally Invasive Interstitial Fluid Extraction Technology with Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Diabetic Patients
  89. Sequential Use of ALK Inhibitors: An Optional Approach
  90. “Pseudoprogression” of Pulmonary Pleomorphic Carcinoma during Nivolumab Therapy
  91. Efficacy of crizotinib in ALK fusion variants
  92. Enhanced wound healing by topical application of ointment containing a low concentration of povidone-iodine
  93. Smart watch for monitoring physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  94. Smart watch for monitoring physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  95. Protein S is protective in pulmonary fibrosis
  96. Amelioration of Diabetes by Protein S
  97. Circulating fibrocytes correlate with the asthma control test score
  98. A Case of Lung Adenocarcinoma-associated Acromegaly That Survived for 3 Years Under Chemotherapy
  99. Jejunoiletitis Associated with Adult-onset Familial Mediterranean Fever
  100. Association of Waist Circumference and Body Fat Weight with Insulin Resistance in Male Subjects with Normal Body Mass Index and Normal Glucose Tolerance
  101. Lung overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 protects against bronchial asthma
  102. Amelioration of Atherosclerosis by the New Medicinal Mushroom Grifola gargal Singer
  103. Improvement in early diagnosis of Japanese spotted fever by using a novel Rick PCR system
  104. Endoscopic findings and lesion distribution in amebic colitis
  105. Activated protein C modulates the proinflammatory activity of dendritic cells
  106. Olopatadine, a non-sedating H1 antihistamine, decreases the nocturnal scratching without affecting sleep quality in atopic dermatitis
  107. Second and Third-look Endoscopy for the Prevention of Post-ESD Bleeding
  108. Effects of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake on the Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance: the Mihama Diabetes Prevention Study
  109. Thrombomodulin inhibits the activation of eosinophils and mast cells
  110. Usefulness of Small Intestinal Endoscopy in a Case of Adult-onset Familial Mediterranean Fever Associated with Jejunoileitis
  111. Synergistic Effect of Bolus Exposure to Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Bleomycin-Induced Secretion of Pro-Fibrotic Cytokines without Lasting Fibrotic Changes in Murine Lungs
  112. Protein S exacerbates alcoholic hepatitis by stimulating liver natural killer T cells
  113. Is there still hope for single therapies: How do we set up experimental systems to efficiently test combination therapies?
  114. Persistent Release of IL-1s from Skin Is Associated with Systemic Cardio-Vascular Disease, Emaciation and Systemic Amyloidosis: The Potential of Anti-IL-1 Therapy for Systemic Inflammatory Diseases
  115. Biologic therapy improves psoriasis by decreasing the activity of monocytes and neutrophils
  116. Montelukast suppresses epithelial to mesenchymal transition of bronchial epithelial cells induced by eosinophils
  117. Novel acoustic evaluation system for scratching behavior in itching dermatitis: Rapid and accurate analysis for nocturnal scratching of atopic dermatitis patients
  118. Thrombomodulin Modulates Dendritic Cells via Both Antagonism of High Mobility Group Protein B1 and an Independent Mechanism
  119. Continuous high-dose antigen exposure preferentially induces IL-10, but intermittent antigen exposure induces IL-4
  120. Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor Protects against Acute Lung Injury by Inhibiting the Complement System
  121. A New Strategy for Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia: A 2-Year Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study Using Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens to Select Initial Empiric Therapy
  122. Differential Gene Expression in Thrombomodulin (TM; CD141)+ and TM− Dendritic Cell Subsets
  123. Dose-dependent differential effects of thrombin in allergic bronchial asthma
  124. Branched-Chain Amino Acid Supplementation Reduces Oxidative Stress and Prolongs Survival in Rats with Advanced Liver Cirrhosis
  125. CD8+ T cell granzyme B activates keratinocyte endogenous IL-18
  126. Heterogeneity of neuroblastoma cell lines in insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor/Akt pathway-mediated cell proliferative responses
  127. Eosinophils Promote Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Bronchial Epithelial Cells
  128. Synthesis of 18O-labeled RNA for application to kinetic studies and imaging
  129. Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is enhanced in major trauma patients without infectious complications
  130. Differential role of regulatory T cells in early and late stages of pulmonary fibrosis
  131. Activated Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor (TAFIa) Levels are decreased in Patients With Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy
  132. Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography for the preoperative evaluation of coronary artery disease in lung cancer patients
  133. Ustekinumab Improves Psoriasis without Altering T Cell Cytokine Production, Differentiation, and T Cell Receptor Repertoire Diversity
  134. Indacaterol improves daily physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  135. Comment on serum FGF21 and RBP4 levels in patients with chronic hepatitis C
  136. Efficacy of a Novel Class of RNA Interference Therapeutic Agents
  137. Correlation of circulating dehydroepiandrosterone with activated protein C generation and carotid intima-media thickness in male patients with Type 2 diabetes
  138. Regional reduction in gray and white matter volume in brains of cirrhotic patients: voxel-based analysis of MRI
  139. Caucasian ethnicity as a risk factor for more severe mucosal damage in gastroesophageal reflux disease
  140. Regulatory Role Of Thrombin In Allergic Bronchial Asthma
  141. Role Of Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor And The Complement System In Acute Lung Injury
  142. Correlation between circulating fibrocytes, and activity and progression of interstitial lung diseases
  143. Heat-killed bacillus Calmette-Guérin andMycobacterium kansasiiantigen 85B combined vaccination ameliorates dermatitis in a mouse model of atopic dermatitis by inducing regulatory T cells
  144. Exogenous activated protein C inhibits the progression of diabetic nephropathy
  145. Development and Preclinical Efficacy of Novel Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Short Interfering RNAs for Pulmonary Fibrosis
  146. Calcineurin Inhibitors Suppress Cytokine Production from Memory T Cells and Differentiation of Naïve T Cells into Cytokine-Producing Mature T Cells
  147. Evaluation of Basophil CD203c as a Predictor of Carboplatin-Related Hypersensitivity Reaction in Patients with Gynecologic Cancer
  148. TNF-α is associated with loss of lean body mass only in already cachectic COPD patients
  149. Intratumoral Injection of Propionibacterium acnes Suppresses Malignant Melanoma by Enhancing Th1 Immune Responses
  150. Role of Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor in Allergic Bronchial Asthma
  151. Solitary pulmonary nodule of benign metastasizing leiomyoma associated with primary lung cancer: a case report
  152. Single step modified ink staining for Tzanck test: Quick detection of herpetic giant cells in Tzanck smear
  153. Risk for local recurrence of early gastric cancer treated with piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection during a 10-year follow-up period
  154. Effect of suppressor of cytokine signaling on hepcidin production in hepatitis C virus replicon cells
  155. Propionibacterium acnes vaccination induces regulatory T cells and Th1 immune responses and improves mouse atopic dermatitis
  156. Atherosclerosis Amelioration by Moderate Alcohol Consumption Is Associated With Increased Circulating Levels of Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1
  157. Role of Thrombin in Chronic Rhinosinusitis–associated Tissue Remodeling
  158. SLIT Improves Cedar Pollinosis by Restoring IL-10 Production from Tr1 and Monocytes~IL-10 Productivity Is Critical for Becoming Allergic~
  159. Inhibition of Allergic Bronchial Asthma by Thrombomodulin Is Mediated by Dendritic Cells
  160. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase induced activation and cytoskeletal translocation of protein kinase CK2 in protease activated receptor 1-stimulated platelets
  161. High incidence of tumors in diabetic thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor and apolipoprotein E double-deficient mice
  162. Granzyme B is a novel interleukin-18 converting enzyme
  163. Deficiency Of Thrombin-activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor Worsens Bronchial Asthma
  164. Nine cases of Japan spotted fever diagnosed at our hospital in 2008
  165. Pulmonary hypertension is ameliorated in mice deficient in thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor
  166. Community-acquired pneumonia and nursing home-acquired pneumonia in the very elderly patients
  167. Efficacy of 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in preventing pneumonia and improving survival in nursing home residents: double blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial
  168. 1,24-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (tacalcitol) prevents skin T-cell infiltration
  169. What has been learnt from the Thrombin Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor (TAFI)-deficient mouse?
  170. Direct effects of protein S in ameliorating acute lung injury
  171. Reactive Nitrogen Species Mediate DNA Damage inHelicobacter pylori-Infected Gastric Mucosa
  172. Induction of IL-10–producing regulatory T cells with TCR diversity by epitope-specific immunotherapy in pollinosis
  173. Increased interferon-γ, interleukin-12p40 and IL-8 production in Propionibacterium acnes-treated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patient with acne vulgaris
  174. The Coagulation and Protein C Pathways in Patients with Sleep Apnea
  175. A case of fulminant type 1 diabetes with coxsackie B4 virus infection diagnosed by elevated serum levels of neutralizing antibody
  176. IL-4/IL-13 antagonist DNA vaccination successfully suppresses Th2 type chronic dermatitis
  177. Connexin32 is expressed in vascular endothelial cells and participates in gap-junction intercellular communication
  178. Different bile concentration of micafungin and itraconazole in a patient with candidal cholecystitis
  179. Presence of Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor inHelicobacter pylori-Associated Gastroduodenal Disease
  180. Protein S Inhibits the Secretion of Inflammatory Cytokines from Alveolar Epithelial Cells.
  181. Procoagulant and Anticoagulant Factors in Patients with Sleep Apnea.
  182. Differential Regulatory Function of Resting and Preactivated Allergen-Specific CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in Th2-Type Airway Inflammation
  183. Regulatory mechanisms of C4b-binding protein (C4BP)α and β expression in rat hepatocytes by lipopolysaccharide and interleukin-6
  184. Role of the coagulation system in allergic inflammation in the upper airways
  185. A prospective comparison of nursing home-acquired pneumonia with hospital-acquired pneumonia in non-intubated elderly
  186. Protein C inhibitor regulates hepatocyte growth factor activator-mediated liver regeneration in mice
  187. Role of thrombin in interleukin-5 expression from basophils
  188. Immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis is ameliorated by thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor deficiency
  189. Inhibition of Nuclear Factor-κB in T Cells Suppresses Lung Fibrosis
  190. Inverse correlation between activated protein C generation and carotid atherosclerosis in Type 2 diabetic patients
  191. Protective role of thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor in obstructive nephropathy-associated tubulointerstitial fibrosis
  192. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 promoter −2518 polymorphism is associated with post-challenge insulin and glucose levels in non-diabetic Japanese subjects
  193. Intracellular localization of protein C inhibitor (PCI) and urinary plasminogen activator in renal tubular epithelial cells from humans and human PCI gene transgenic mice
  194. Protein C inhibitor directly and potently inhibits activated hepatocyte growth factor activator
  195. Unidentified virus-like particles are detected in plasmas with elevated ALT levels: are they significant of etiological agent(s) of non-B, non-C hepatitis?
  196. Protein C inhibitor inhibits breast cancer cell growth, metastasis and angiogenesis independently of its protease inhibitory activity
  197. Deficiency of tenascin C attenuates allergen-induced bronchial asthma in the mouse
  198. Differential regulation of protein S expression in hepatocytes and sinusoidal endothelial cells in rats with cirrhosis
  199. Protective role of protein C inhibitor in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension
  200. Iron reduction therapy by phlebotomy reduces lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in patients with chronic hepatitis C
  201. Decreased High-Molecular Weight Adiponectin-to-Total Adiponectin Ratio in Sera Is Associated With Insulin Resistance in Japanese Metabolically Obese, Normal-Weight Men With Normal Glucose Tolerance
  202. The ultrastructural morphology of native hepatitis B virus
  203. Immune complex of hepatitis C virus particles detected by immunogold electron microscopy
  204. Increased oxidative stress is associated with decreased circulating levels of adiponectin in Japanese metabolically obese, normal-weight men with normal glucose tolerance
  205. Different metabolic correlations of thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in non-obese type 2 diabetic patients
  206. Lipopolysaccharide-induced decreased protein S expression in liver cells is mediated by MEK/ERK signaling and NF?B activation: involvement of membrane-bound CD14 and toll-like receptor-4
  207. Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor Deficiency Attenuates Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis
  208. Intratracheal gene transfer of tissue factor pathway inhibitor attenuates pulmonary fibrosis
  209. Deficiency of tenascin-C attenuates liver fibrosis in immune-mediated chronic hepatitis in mice
  210. Decreased protein C activation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure
  211. Histamine Type 1 Receptor Deficiency Reduces Airway Inflammation in a Murine Asthma Model
  212. Anti-inflammatory effect of activated protein C in gastric epithelial cells
  213. Polymorphism of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 gene: A possible new risk factor for lung cancer
  214. Decreased circulating levels of active ghrelin are associated with increased oxidative stress in obese subjects
  215. Vacuolating Cytotoxin A is Associated with Increased Thrombin Generation in Gastric Mucosa
  216. Prognostic Impact of Aortic Calcification Index and Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Indexin Patients under Hemodialysis
  217. Radiological and Pathological Correlation of Lung Malignant Tumors Treated with Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation
  218. Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index Is a Useful Indicator of Insulin Resistance in Japanese Metabolically Obese, Normal-Weight Subjects with Normal Glucose Tolerance
  219. Circulating levels of active ghrelin is associated with abdominal adiposity, hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
  220. Decreased expression of aquaporin-5 in bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in the mouse
  221. A Case of Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia With Concomitant Cytomegalovirus Infection
  222. Characterization of a novel human protein C inhibitor (PCI) gene transgenic mouse useful for studying the role of PCI in physiological and pathological conditions
  223. Activated protein C inhibits bronchial hyperresponsiveness and Th2 cytokine expression in mice
  224. Tumor Necrosis Factor-  Is Associated With Increased Protein C Activation in Nonobese Type 2 Diabetic Patients
  225. Progress in the Understanding of Protease-Activated Receptors
  226. Increased Oxidative Stress Is Associated With Serum Levels of Triglyceride, Insulin Resistance, and Hyperinsulinemia in Japanese Metabolically Obese, Normal-Weight Men
  227. Increased circulating levels of thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor in lung cancer patients
  228. Reflux esophagitis after eradication of Helicobacter pylori is associated with the degree of hiatal hernia
  229. Oxidative Stress Is Associated with Adiposity and Insulin Resistance in Men
  230. Plasma Levels of Adiponectin Are Associated With Insulin Resistance and Serum Levels of Triglyceride in Japanese Metabolically Obese, Normal-Weight Men With Normal Glucose Tolerance
  231. In VivoandIn VitroEffects of Macrolide Antibiotics on Mucus Secretion in Airway Epithelial Cells
  232. Synergistic effect of sphingosine 1-phosphate on thrombin-induced tissue factor expression in endothelial cells
  233. Vacuolar H+-ATPase Inhibitor Induces Apoptosis via Lysosomal Dysfunction in the Human Gastric Cancer Cell Line MKN-1
  234. Comparison of diagnostic criteria for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC): diagnostic criteria of the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) and of the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare for overt DIC
  235. Lactoferrin sequestration and its contribution to iron-deficiency anemia in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa
  236. Increased Visceral Fat and Serum Levels of Triglyceride Are Associated With Insulin Resistance in Japanese Metabolically Obese, Normal Weight Subjects With Normal Glucose Tolerance
  237. Association Between Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Glu298Asp Polymorphism and Postchallenge Insulin Levels in Nondiabetic Japanese Subjects
  238. Increased Soluble Fibrin in Plasma of Patients with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  239. Nitric oxide stimulates glucose transport through insulin-independent GLUT4 translocation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes
  240. Effects of Lipid Abnormalities on Arteriosclerosis and Hemostatic Markers in Patients under Hemodialysis
  241. Improvement of regional cerebral blood flow after treatment with branched-chain amino acid solutions in patients with cirrhosis
  242. Thrombin-activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor and Protein C Inhibitor in Interstitial Lung Disease
  243. Activated Protein C Inhibits the Expression of Platelet-derived Growth Factor in the Lung
  244. Increased Oxidative Stress Is Associated With Elevated Plasma Levels of Adrenomedullin in Hypertensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
  245. Increased Plasma Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor Levels in Normotensive Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Microalbuminuria
  246. Regulation of carcinoma cell invasion by protein C inhibitor whose expression is decreased in renal cell carcinoma
  247. Atherosclerotic and Hemostatic Abnormalities in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis
  248. Bacterial lipopolysaccharide decreases thrombomodulin expression in the sinusoidal endothelial cells of rats – a possible mechanism of intrasinusoidal microthrombus formation and liver dysfunction
  249. Good or Poor Responses of Hemostatic Molecular Markers in Patients with Hematopoietic Disorders After Treatment of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  250. Expression and Cytoprotective Effect of Protease-activated Receptor-1 in Gastric Epithelial Cells
  251. High plasma fibrinogen level is associated with poor clinical outcome in DIC patients
  252. Neither Homeostasis Model Assessment nor Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index Can Predict Insulin Resistance in Elderly Patients with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  253. Evaluation of tissue factor antigen level in human seminal plasma
  254. Acute hyperinsulinemia is associated with increased circulating levels of adrenomedullin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
  255. Plasma Levels of Heparin Cofactor II (HCII) and Thrombin-HCII Complex in Patients with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  256. Association Between Plasma Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor Levels and Activated Protein C in Normotensive Type 2 Diabetic Patients
  257. QUICKI Is Useful for Following Improvements in Insulin Sensitivity after Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  258. Troglitazone improves GLUT4 expression in adipose tissue in an animal model of obese type 2 diabetes mellitus
  259. Predicting response to plasma exchange in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with measurement of vWF-cleaving protease activity
  260. Relationship of the tumor necrosis factor-α −308 A/G promoter polymorphism with insulin sensitivity and abdominal fat distribution in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
  261. Molecular aspects of organic compound transport across the plasma membrane of hepatocytes
  262. Hemostatic Abnormalities Following Bone Marrow Transplantation
  263. Expression of tissue factor and vascular endothelial growth factor is associated with angiogenesis in colorectal cancer
  264. BLEOMYCIN-INDUCED LUNG FIBROSIS: THE AUTHORS SHOULD HAVE USED ANOTHER METHOD TO INDUCE PULMONARY LESIONS RESEMBLING HUMAN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
  265. Conjugated bilirubin decreases the biliary excretion of phospholipids
  266. Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Increased Circulating Level of Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
  267. Activation of Protein C Pathway in the Airways
  268. Adenosine inhibits thrombin-induced expression of tissue factor on endothelial cells by a nitric oxide-mediated mechanism
  269. Treatment of Malignancy by Activation of the Plasminogen System
  270. Activity and Antigen Levels of Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor in Plasma of Patients With Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  271. Plasma Levels of Total Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-I (PAI-I) and tPA/PAI-1 Complex in Patients With Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
  272. Intratracheal Administration of Activated Protein C Inhibits Bleomycin-induced Lung Fibrosis in the Mouse
  273. Long-term Inhalation of High-dose Nitric Oxide Increases Intraalveolar Activation of Coagulation System in Mice
  274. Role of UGT1A1 mutation in fasting hyperbilirubinemia
  275. Plasma Levels of Agouti-Related Protein Are Increased in Obese Men
  276. Homeostasis Model Assessment Is a Reliable Indicator of Insulin Resistance During Follow-up of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
  277. Increased Plasma Thrombomodulin as a Vascular Endothelial Cell Marker in Patients With Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
  278. Plasma levels of natriuretic peptides are correlated with renin activity in normotensive type 2 diabetic patients
  279. Changes of Hemostatic Molecular Markers After Gynecological Surgery
  280. Decreased Protein C Activation Is Associated With Abnormal Collagen Turnover in the Intraalveolar Space of Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease
  281. Recent advances in bilirubin metabolism research: the molecular mechanism of hepatocyte bilirubin transport and its clinical relevance
  282. Role of Activated Protein C in Helicobacter pylori-Associated Gastritis
  283. Troglitazone reduces plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha in obese patients with type 2 diabetes
  284. Hemostatic Abnormalities in Patients With Thrombotic Complications on Maintenance Hemodialysis
  285. CT scores of emphysema and oxygen desaturation during low-grade exercise in patients with emphysema
  286. Role of nitric oxide in airway remodelling
  287. Ineffective interferon treatment of chronic hepatitis C-associated porphyria cutanea tarda, but with a transient decrease in HCV RNA levels
  288. Coagulation factor XI is a contaminant in intravenous immunoglobulin preparations
  289. A Case of Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension Treated with Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) followed by Successful Pregnancy with Intrauterine Insemination (IUI).
  290. Decreased tissue factor and tissue-plasminogen activator antigen in relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia
  291. State-of-the-Art Review : Elevated Tissue Factor Levels in Leukemic Cell Homogenate
  292. Increased plasma levels of tissue factor pathway inhibitor-activated factor X complex in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation
  293. Etiology of fasting hyperbilirubinemia: Genetic factors versus enhanced enterohepatic cycling of bilirubin
  294. Prothrombin promotes the invasiveness of melanoma cells by a different mechanism from thrombin
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  296. Hemostatic markers in Japanese patients undergoing anticoagulant therapy under thrombo-test monitoring
  297. Changes of plasma hemostatic markers during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients with chronic coronary artery disease
  298. Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Normotensive Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients with Microalbuminuria
  299. Thrombin in the Airways of Asthmatic Patients
  300. Mutation of UGT1A1 Gene in a Case of Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Type II
  301. Type I collagen metabolites as tumor markers in patients with lung carcinoma
  302. Genetic basis of fasting hyperbilirubinemia
  303. Hemostatic molecular markers before the onset of disseminated intravascular coagulation
  304. Increased truncated form of plasma tissue factor pathway inhibitor levels in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation
  305. Codon 54 polymorphism of the fatty acid binding protein gene and insulin resistance in the Japanese population
  306. Aberrations of the Tissue Factor Pathway in Patients Positive for Lupus Anticoagulant
  307. Evaluating response to nutritional therapy using the branched-chain amino acid/tyrosine ratio in patients with chronic liver disease
  308. Polyethylene glycol-modified bilirubin oxidase improves hepatic energy charge and urinary prostaglandin levels in rats with obstructive jaundice
  309. Adenosine Regulates Tissue Factor Expression on Endothelial Cells
  310. CASE REPORT: Alanine aminotransferase deficiency detected in a patient with chronic hepatitis C
  311. Circulating Levels of 7 S Domain of Type IV Collagen and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Normotensive Type 2 Diabetic Patients with or without Retinopathy
  312. Usefulness of Walking Test for Arterial Oxygen Desaturation Screening in General Population
  313. Arterial endothelin-1 level in pulmonary emphysema and interstitial lung disease. Relation with pulmonary hypertension during exercise
  314. The effect of low-dose inhalation of nitric oxide in patients with pulmonary fibrosis
  315. Serum 7S domain of type IV collagen levels in essential hypertension and hypertensive type 2 diabetic patients
  316. Prognostic significance of plasma D-dimer levels in patients with lung cancer
  317. Anti-beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) monoclonal antibodies with lupus anticoagulant-like activity enhance the beta2GPI binding to phospholipids.
  318. Acquired Activated Protein C Resistance in Patients with Lupus Anticoagulant and Essential Thrombocythemia
  319. Combined inhalation of nitric oxide and oxygen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  320. Prothrombin kringle 1 domain interacts with factor Va during the assembly of prothrombinase complex
  321. Circulating Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 in Patients with Lung Cancer.
  322. Gastric Juice Levels of Lactoferrin andHelicobacter pyloriInfection
  323. Helicobacter pylori Inhibits the Secretory Activity of Gastric Parietal Cells in Patients with Chronic Gastritis: An Ultrastructural Study
  324. Detection of helicobacter pylori in biopsy of patients with gastric carcinoma
  325. Protein C activation in NIDDM patients
  326. High plasma level of plasmin-α2-plasmin inhibitor complex is predictor of poor prognosis in patients with lung cancer
  327. Characterization of the Binding of Factor Xa to Fibrinogen/Fibrin Derivatives and Localization of the Factor Xa Binding Site on Fibrinogen
  328. Neutrophil activation and collagen metabolism in lung cancer
  329. Alteration of coagulation and fibrinolysis systems after multidrug anticancer therapy for lung cancer
  330. Correlation between increased granulocyte elastase release and activation of blood coagulation in patients with lung cancer
  331. Clinical Characteristics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Compromised Host
  332. Evaluating Prethrombotic State In Lung Cancer Using Molecular Markers
  333. Coagulation-fibrinolysis system and markers of collagen metabolism in lung cancer
  334. Bronchopulmonary Disease in Ulcerative Colitis.
  335. Suspected Multiple Primary Carcinoma ia a Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung with Metastasis to the Stomach.