The effect of targeted rheumatoid arthritis therapies on anti-citrullinated protein autoantibody levels and B cell responses

S Modi, M Soejima, MC Levesque - Clinical & Experimental …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex inflammatory disorder associated with synovitis and
joint destruction that affects an estimated 1·3 million Americans and causes significant …

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with antibodies to heat shock protein 70 have poor prognoses

…, L Otterbein, DJ Kass, J Bon, M Soejima… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Diverse autoantibodies are present in most patients with idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis (IPF). We hypothesized that specific autoantibodies may associate with IPF …

The polymorphisms of fucosyltransferases

Y Koda, M Soejima, H Kimura - Legal Medicine, 2001 - Elsevier
The α(1,2)fucosyltransferase Se enzyme regulates the expression of the ABH antigens in
secretion. Secretors, who have ABH antigens in their saliva, have at least one functional Se …

Plasma B lymphocyte stimulator and B cell differentiation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients

…, E Csizmadia, L Otterbein, M Soejima… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
We hypothesized B cells are involved in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF),
a progressive, restrictive lung disease that is refractory to glucocorticoids and other …

Molecular mechanisms of Lewis antigen expression

M Soejima, Y Koda - Legal medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
Lewis antigens comprise type 1 (Lewis a, Lewis b) and type 2 (Lewis X, Lewis Y) carbohydrates.
Lewis X and Lewis Y are regarded as tumor-associated markers, and some of these …

Mode of regulation of the ACh-sensitive K-channel by the muscarinic receptor in rabbit atrial cells

M Soejima, A Noma - Pflügers Archiv, 1984 - Springer
… (Amp) through an Ag-AgC1 electrode inserted to the 3 M KC1 agar-glass tube. The ,,gigaseal" …
, a glass pipette with a tip diameter of 5 ~m containing 100 gM ACh was used, and quick …

Population differences of two coding SNPs in pigmentation-related genes SLC24A5 and SLC45A2

M Soejima, Y Koda - International journal of legal medicine, 2007 - Springer
The two genes SLC24A5 and SLC45A2 were recently identified as major determinants of
pigmentation in humans and in other vertebrates. The allele p.A111T in the former gene and …

[HTML][HTML] A novel myc target gene, mina53, that is involved in cell proliferation

M Tsuneoka, Y Koda, M Soejima, K Teye… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
… Here we report a novel gene, mina53(Myc-inducednuclear antigen with a molecular mass
of 53 kDa). The mina53 gene encodes a protein with a molecular weight of 53 kDa, which is …

Molecular basis for secretor type alpha (1, 2)-fucosyltransferase gene deficiency in a Japanese population: a fusion gene generated by unequal crossover responsible …

Y Koda, M Soejima, Y Liu, H Kimura - American journal of human …, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
About 20%-25% of Caucasian individuals are nonsecretors who fail to express soluble A, B,
H, and Lewis b histo-blood group antigens in secretory organs and secretory fluids because …

Piston ring friction in internal combustion engines

Y Wakuri, T Hamatake, M Soejima, T Kitahara - Tribology international, 1992 - Elsevier
The tribological phenomena of the sliding surfaces between piston rings and cylinder liners
may be among the most complex in internal combustion engines, and could become even …