Association of blood pressure classification using the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association blood pressure guideline with risk of heart …

H Kaneko, Y Yano, H Itoh, K Morita, H Kiriyama… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are growing in prevalence
worldwide. Few studies have assessed to what extent stage 1 hypertension in the 2017 …

Airway smooth muscle remodeling is a dynamic process in severe long-standing asthma

M Hassan, T Jo, PA Risse, B Tolloczko… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The origin of the excess airway smooth muscle in asthma and when in the
course of the disease it is acquired are uncertain. OBJECTIVES: We examined the relative …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of cardiovascular outcomes between SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetes mellitus

Y Suzuki, H Kaneko, A Okada, H Itoh… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Springer
Background There have been scarce data comparing cardiovascular outcomes between
individual sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. We aimed to compare the …

Paradoxical association between body mass index and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Japan

Y Yamauchi, W Hasegawa, H Yasunaga… - … journal of chronic …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background and objective The prevalence and mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) in elderly patients are increasing worldwide. Low body mass index (BMI) is …

Early enteral nutrition for cardiogenic or obstructive shock requiring venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a nationwide inpatient database study

H Ohbe, T Jo, H Yamana, H Matsui, K Fushimi… - Intensive care …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Despite extensive research on enteral nutrition (EN) for patients in shock, it remains
unclear whether this should be postponed in patients with cardiogenic or obstructive shock …

[HTML][HTML] TAZ contributes to pulmonary fibrosis by activating profibrotic functions of lung fibroblasts

S Noguchi, A Saito, Y Mikami, H Urushiyama… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) regulates a variety of biological
processes. Nuclear translocation and activation of TAZ are regulated by multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Association of body mass index with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke

M Shiozawa, H Kaneko, H Itoh, K Morita, A Okada… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Data on the association between body mass index (BMI) and stroke are scarce. We aimed to
examine the association between BMI and incident stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic) and to …

Association of isolated diastolic hypertension based on the cutoff value in the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association blood pressure …

H Kaneko, H Itoh, H Yotsumoto, H Kiriyama… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The 2017 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association
(AHA) guidelines lowered the threshold of blood pressure (BP) for hypertension to 130/80 …

Interleukin-13 inhibits proliferation and enhances contractility of human airway smooth muscle cells without change in contractile phenotype

PA Risse, T Jo, F Suarez, N Hirota… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
IL-13 is an important mediator of allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness. This Th2
cytokine, produced by activated T cells, mast cells, and basophils, has been described to …

[HTML][HTML] Association of cardiovascular health metrics with subsequent cardiovascular disease in young adults

H Kaneko, H Itoh, T Kamon, K Fujiu, K Morita… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Epidemiological data show that cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in young adults is
increasing or stagnating, and therefore, the importance of preventing CVD in young adults is …