Increased Serum Levels of Soluble IL-18 Receptor Complex in Patients with Allergic Asthma

by Haruki Imaoka, Shin-ichi Takenaka, Tomotaka Kawayama, Hanako Oda, Yoichiro Kaku, Masanobu Matsuoka, Yuki Sakazaki, Paul M O’Byrne, Tomoaki Hoshino
Published 2013-01-01

Overexpression of CD163, CD204 and CD206 on alveolar macrophages in the lungs of patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

by Yoichiro Kaku, Haruki Imaoka, Yoshitaka Morimatsu, Yoshihiro Komohara, Koji Ohnishi, Hanako Oda, Shinichi Takenaka, Masanobu Matsuoka, Tomotaka Kawayama, Motohiro Takeya, Tomoaki Hoshino
Published 2014-01-01

IL-18 induces airway hyperresponsiveness and pulmonary inflammation via CD4+ T cell and IL-13.

by Masanori Sawada, Tomotaka Kawayama, Haruki Imaoka, Yuki Sakazaki, Hanako Oda, Shin-ichi Takenaka, Yoichiro Kaku, Koichi Azuma, Morihiro Tajiri, Nobutaka Edakuni, Masaki Okamoto, Seiya Kato, Tomoaki Hoshino
Published 2013-01-01

Overexpression of chitinase 3-like 1/YKL-40 in lung-specific IL-18-transgenic mice, smokers and COPD.

by Yuki Sakazaki, Tomoaki Hoshino, Satoko Takei, Masanori Sawada, Hanako Oda, Shin-ichi Takenaka, Haruki Imaoka, Kazuko Matsunaga, Toshio Ota, Yuzuru Abe, Ichiro Miki, Kiminori Fujimoto, Tomotaka Kawayama, Seiya Kato, Hisamichi Aizawa
Published 2011-01-01