The implication of interferon-gamma-producing immunocompetent cells for evaluating disease activity and severity in adult-onset Still's disease INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES,24(9):1176-1185 2021(Sep.) Author:Ichikawa, Takanori; Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Kishida, Dai; Ueno, Ken-ichi; Sekijima, Yoshiki; Keywords:adult-onset Still's disease; CD4+cells; interferon-gamma; interleukin-12; interleukin-18; NK cells;
Oxidative Stress Promotes Instability of Regulatory T Cells in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY,12:789740 2021 Author:Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Kishida, Dai; Ichikawa, Takanori; Takamatsu, Ryota; Nomura, Shun; Sekijima, Yoshiki; Keywords:regulatory T cells; reactive oxygen species; FoxP3; ANCA-associated vasculitis; effector cytokines; plasticity; mTOR; resveratrol;
Cerebrospinal fluid levels of BAFF and APRIL as direct indicators of disease activity in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY,39(10):3145-3148 2020(Oct.) Author:Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Kishida, Dai; Nomura, Shun; Sekijima, Yoshiki;
Clinical characteristics of patients with myalgia as the initial manifestation of small and medium-sized vasculitis: a retrospective study RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL,40(10):1667-1674 2020(Oct.) Author:Ushiyama, Satoru; Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Ueno, Ken-ichi; Kishida, Dai; Miyazaki, Daigo; Sekijima, Yoshiki; Keywords:Myalgia; ANCA-associated vasculitis; Polyarteritis nodosa; Microscopic polyangiitis;
Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers implicated in the pathogenesis of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY,39(6):1803-1811 2020(Jun.) Author:Ikeda, Junji; Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Usami, Yoko; Ueno, Ken-ichi; Kishida, Dai; Sekijima, Yoshiki;
Clinical characteristics in patients with myalgia as the initial manifestation of small and medium-sized vasculitis: a retrospective study. Rheumatol Int,40:1667-1674 2020 Author:Ushiyama S, Shimojima Y, Ueno KI, Kishida D, Miyazaki D, Sekijima Y.
Characteristics of Circulating Natural Killer Cells and Their Interferon-gamma Production in Active Adult-onset Still Disease JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY,46(10):1268-1276 2019 Author:Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Kishida, Dai; Ueno, Ken-ichi; Ushiyama, Satoru; Ichikawa, Takanori; Sekijima, Yoshiki;
Safety and Pain-relief Efficacy of Urethral Catheter with Local-anesthetic Injection Port Shinshu Medical Journal,65(6):355-359 2017(Dec.) Author:Yamamoto Teppei, Shiozaki Masashi, Shimojima Yuji, Haba Tomomi, Oguchi Tomohiko, Iijima Kazuyoshi, Kato Haruaki
Imbalanced expression of dysfunctional regulatory T cells and T-helper cells relates to immunopathogenesis in polyarteritis nodosa MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY,27(1):102-109 2017 Author:Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Ishii, Wataru; Kishida, Dai; Fukushima, Kazuhiro; Ikeda, Shu-ichi;
T-cell receptor-mediated characteristic signaling pathway of peripheral blood T cells in dermatomyositis and polymyositis AUTOIMMUNITY,50(8):481-490 2017 Author:Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Matsuda, Masayuki; Ishii, Wataru; Kishida, Dai; Sekijima, Yoshiki;
Effective Use of Calcineurin Inhibitor in Combination Therapy for Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients With Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY,23(2):87-93 2017 Author:Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Ishii, Wataru; Matsuda, Masayuki; Kishida, Dai; Ikeda, Shu-ichi;
Hypertrophic pachymeningitis is a characteristic manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis: A retrospective study of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES,20(4):489-496 2017 Author:Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Kishida, Dai; Hineno, Akiyo; Yazaki, Masahide; Sekijima, Yoshiki; Ikeda, Shu-ichi;
Increased BAFF and APRIL levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with anti-neutrophilcytoplasmic antibody-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis CYTOKINE,99:305-309 2017 Author:Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Kishida, Dai; Sekijima, Yoshiki;
Advantage of administering tacrolimus for improving prognosis of patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES,19(12):1322-1330 2016 Author:Ueno, Ken-ichi; Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Kishida, Dai; Sekijima, Yoshiki; Ikeda, Shu-ichi;
Regulatory T Cells and the Immune Aging Process: A Mini-Review GERONTOLOGY,60(2):130-137 2014 Author:Jagger, Ann; Shimojima, Yasuhiro; Goronzy, Jorg J.; Weyand, Cornelia M.;