Asbestos-Induced Cellular and Molecular Alteration of Immunocompetent Cells and Their Relationship with Chronic Inflammation and Carcinogenesis

Decrease in Phosphorylation of ERK following Decreased Expression of NK Cell-Activating Receptors in Human NK Cell Line Exposed to Asbestos

(2017) Y. Nishimura et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Impairment in Cytotoxicity and Expression of NK Cell- Activating Receptors on Human NK Cells following Exposure to Asbestos Fibers

(2017) Y. Nishimura et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor as an Indicator of Immunological Disturbance Found in Silicosis Patients

(2017) H. Hayashi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Reductive Alteration of the Regulatory Function of the CD4+CD25+ T Cell Fraction in Silicosis Patients

(2017) H. Hayashi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Increased Risk of Lung Cancer Mortality among Residents near an Asbestos Product Manufacturing Plant

(2014) Shinji Kumagai et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Decreased CXCR3 Expression in CD4+T Cells Exposed to Asbestos or Derived from Asbestos-Exposed Patients

(2011) Megumi Maeda et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

LATS2 Is a Tumor Suppressor Gene of Malignant Mesothelioma

(2011) H. Murakami et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Inactivation of Merlin in malignant mesothelioma cells and the Hippo signaling cascade dysregulation

(2011) Yoshitaka Sekido   PATHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Reduction of CXC Chemokine Receptor 3 in anIn VitroModel of Continuous Exposure to Asbestos in a Human T-Cell Line, MT-2

(2010) Megumi Maeda et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The role of iNOS-mediated DNA damage in infection- and asbestos-induced carcinogenesis

(2010) Yusuke Hiraku et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Biopersistent fiber-induced inflammation and carcinogenesis: Lessons learned from asbestos toward safety of fibrous nanomaterials

(2010) Hirotaka Nagai et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

The Inflammasomes

(2010) Kate Schroder et al.   CELL

Molecular mechanisms of asbestos-induced lung epithelial cell apoptosis

(2010) Gang Liu et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Rheumatoid pneumoconiosis (Caplan's syndrome)

(2010) J. Schreiber et al.   European Journal of Internal Medicine

A novel clinical role for angiopoietin-1 in malignant pleural mesothelioma

(2010) C. Tabata et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

IL-6: from its discovery to clinical applications

(2010) T. Kishimoto   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Enrichment of Foxp3+ CD4 Regulatory T Cells in Migrated T Cells to IL-6- and IL-8-Expressing Tumors through Predominant Induction of CXCR1 by IL-6

(2010) S. Eikawa et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Dysregulation of the immune system caused by silica and asbestos

(2010) Megumi Maeda et al.   Journal of Immunotoxicology

Clinical Significance of Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

(2010) Akihiro Yasumitsu et al.   Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Asbestos fiber concentration in the area surrounding a former asbestos cement plant and excess mesothelioma deaths in residents

(2009) Shinji Kumagai et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE

CXCR3, Inflammation, and Autoimmune Diseases

(2009) Stéphanie Lacotte et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Circulating Tumor Cells in Pulmonary Venous Blood of Primary Lung Cancer Patients

(2009) Yoshitomo Okumura et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Role of iron in carcinogenesis: Cancer as a ferrotoxic disease

(2009) Shinya Toyokuni   CANCER SCIENCE

Circulating Tumor Cell as a Diagnostic Marker in Primary Lung Cancer

(2009) F. Tanaka et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

A Feasibility Study of Induction Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin Followed by Extrapleural Pneumonectomy and Postoperative Hemithoracic Radiation for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

(2009) T. Yamanaka et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

The chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CXCR3 in cancer

(2009) Amy M. Fulton   Current Oncology Reports

Cytokine alteration and speculated immunological pathophysiology in silicosis and asbestos-related diseases

(2009) Shuko Murakami et al.   Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Mapping the Risk of Mesothelioma Due to Neighborhood Asbestos Exposure

(2008) Norio Kurumatani et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

YAP1 is involved in mesothelioma development and negatively regulated by Merlin through phosphorylation

(2008) Toshihiko Yokoyama et al.   CARCINOGENESIS

The microbial and danger signals that activate Nod-like receptors

(2008) Szilvia Benko et al.   CYTOKINE

Systematic review of the association between circulating interleukin-6 (IL-6) and cancer

(2008) Katriina Heikkilä et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER

Role of Scavenger Receptor A Family in Lung Inflammation from Exposure to Environmental Particles

(2008) Sheetal A. Thakur et al.   Journal of Immunotoxicology

The Nalp3 inflammasome is essential for the development of silicosis

(2008) Suzanne L. Cassel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Innate Immune Activation Through Nalp3 Inflammasome Sensing of Asbestos and Silica

(2008) C. Dostert et al.   SCIENCE

Silica binding and toxicity in alveolar macrophages

(2007) Raymond F. Hamilton et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE