[HTML][HTML] Lymphocytic focus score is positively related to airway and interstitial lung diseases in primary Sjögren's syndrome

…, C Ito, S Sato, T Hanaka, K Oda, T Kido, T Miyamura… - Respiratory …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Although high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is useful for the characterization
of minute morphological changes in the lungs, no study has investigated risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] A proposed prognostic prediction score for pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Y Kinoshita, T Ikeda, T Miyamura, Y Ueda… - Respiratory …, 2021 - Springer
Background Clinical course of pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) shows considerable
variation among patients, but there is no established prognostic prediction model for PPFE. …

Limited efficacy of nintedanib for idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Y Kinoshita, T Miyamura, T Ikeda, Y Ueda… - Respiratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
Takuto Miyamura: investigation, data curation, writing–review and editing, and final
approval of the manuscript. Takato Ikeda: data curation, writing–review and editing, and final …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of the sarcopenia screening in older patients with interstitial lung disease

…, N Sakamoto, H Ishimoto, T Kido, T Miyamura… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2022 - Springer
Background The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 (AWGS 2019) is the gold standard
diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia in Asian populations. The calf circumference (CalF), the …

Small molecule inhibitor of HSP47 prevents pro-fibrotic mechanisms of fibroblasts in vitro

T Miyamura, N Sakamoto, T Kakugawa… - Biochemical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Excessive extracellular matrix deposition, in particular collagen, is an important cause of
lung fibrosis. Heat shock protein 47 (HSP47), a collagen-binding protein, plays an important …

Clinical features of anti-MDA5 antibody-positive rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease without signs of dermatomyositis

…, H Ishimoto, S Nakashima, H Yura, T Miyamura… - Internal …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5) antibody is associated with
rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) in patients with clinically amyopathic …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics of patients with anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibody positive idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

…, C Ito, T Hasegawa, S Tanaka, T Miyamura… - Respiratory …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibodies have been detected in patients
with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and are especially correlated with interstitial …

Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis associated with Sjögren's syndrome

Y Kinoshita, T Ikeda, T Miyamura, Y Ueda… - Internal …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Amyloidosis is a rare disease characterized by the deposition of abnormal proteins in
extracellular tissues. We herein report a case with instructive radiologic features of nodular …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of corticosteroid administration within 7 days of the hospitalization for influenza pneumonia with respiratory failure: a propensity score analysis using a …

…, K Tokutsu, S Moriyama, T Miyamura… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Influenza pneumonia, which causes acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ
failure, has no established management protocol. Recently, corticosteroid therapy was used …

Platythorax progresses with lung involvement in pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

T Ikeda, Y Kinoshita, T Miyamura, Y Ueda… - Respiratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Patients diagnosed with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) exhibit
unique clinical features, including upper lobe-dominant lung involvement and platythorax (or …