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  1. Perfusion Defect–Concordant Progression of Unilateral Refractory Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, September 2018, American Thoracic Society

    Makoto Ishii

  2. Health-related QOL of elderly patients with pulmonary M. avium complex disease in a university hospital

    Article • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, June 2018, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Makoto Ishii

  3. Mycobacterium triplex pulmonary disease with acquired macrolide resistance in immunocompetent patients

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, June 2018, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  4. Aspergillus precipitating antibody in patients with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: A cross-sectional study

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, May 2018, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  5. Clarithromycin expands CD11b+Gr-1+ cells via the STAT3/Bv8 axis to ameliorate lethal endotoxic shock and post-influenza bacterial pneumonia

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2018, PLOS

    Makoto Ishii

  6. Anti-inflammatory roles of mesenchymal stromal cells during acute Streptococcus pneumoniae pulmonary infection in mice

    Article • Cytotherapy, March 2018, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  7. Clinical characteristics of pulmonary Mycobacterium lentiflavum disease in adult patients

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, February 2018, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  8. Anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase antibody-positive clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis

    Article • QJM, January 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Ishii

  9. Natural history of Mycobacterium fortuitum pulmonary infection presenting with migratory infiltrates: a case report with microbiological analysis

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  10. Bilateral upper lobe Pneumocystis pneumonia during aerosolized pentamidine prophylaxis

    Article • QJM, December 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Ishii

  11. Impact of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection on health-related quality of life in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  12. Suspected accelerated disease progression after discontinuation of nintedanib in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Article • Medicine, December 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Makoto Ishii

  13. Clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with late-onset severe restrictive lung defect after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  14. The efficacy, safety, and feasibility of inhaled amikacin for the treatment of difficult-to-treat non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung diseases

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  15. Impact of cavity and infiltration on pulmonary function and health-related quality of life in pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease: A 3-dimensional computed tomographic analysis

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, May 2017, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  16. Effects of the common polymorphism in the human aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene on the lung

    Article • April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  17. Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Developed from a Nodule after Treatment with Infliximab for Arthritis Associated with Ulcerative Colitis

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, April 2017, American Thoracic Society

    Makoto Ishii

  18. Long-term Outcome of Pulmonary Resection for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Ishii

  19. Glycoprotein Nanotube Traps Influenza Virus

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2017, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Makoto Ishii

  20. Sternoclavicular joint osteomyelitis extending to lung abscess complicated by Staphylococcal infective endocarditis

    Article • IDCases, January 2017, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  21. Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Protects Mice Against Lethal Postinfluenza Pneumococcal Infection

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, October 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Makoto Ishii

  22. Clinical characteristics of pulmonary Mycobacterium scrofulaceum disease in 2001–2011: A case series and literature review

    Article • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, September 2016, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  23. Macrolide-ResistantMycobacterium aviumComplex Lung Infection: An Analysis of 102 Consecutive Cases

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, August 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Makoto Ishii

  24. Clinical efficacy and safety of multidrug therapy including thrice weekly intravenous amikacin administration for Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease in outpatient settings: a case series

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  25. Pneumothorax associated with nontuberculous mycobacteria

    Article • Medicine, July 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Makoto Ishii

  26. Disseminated Mycobacterium marinum Infection With a Destructive Nasal Lesion Mimicking Extranodal NK/T Cell Lymphoma

    Article • Medicine, March 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Makoto Ishii

  27. Blue–Black Trachea as a Result of Minocycline-induced Hyperpigmentation

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, February 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Makoto Ishii

  28. Pharmacokinetics of intravenous peramivir in the airway epithelial lining fluid of healthy volunteers

    Article • Antiviral Therapy, January 2016, International Medical Press

    Makoto Ishii

  29. Health-related quality of life is inversely correlated with C-reactive protein and age in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: a cross-sectional analysis of 235 patients

    Article • December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  30. Pneumococcal Infection Aggravates Elastase-Induced Emphysema via Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 Overexpression

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Ishii

  31. Dry pleurisy complicating solitary pulmonary nodules caused by Mycobacterium avium: a case report

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  32. Successful resumption of tocilizumab for rheumatoid arthritis after resection of a pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex lesion: a case report

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  33. Theory and strategy for Pneumococcal vaccines in the elderly

    Article • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Makoto Ishii

  34. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome due to Mycobacterium avium complex successfully followed up using 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case report

    Article • BMC Medical Imaging, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  35. Fournier’s gangrene: a surgical emergency

    Article • Infection, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  36. Mimicking the niche of lung epithelial stem cells and characterization of several effectors of their in vitro behavior

    Article • Stem Cell Research, July 2015, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  37. The reasons for triple therapy in stable COPD patients in Japanese clinical practice

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, June 2015, Dove Medical Press

    Makoto Ishii

  38. The diagnostic usefulness of 18F-fluorodoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/CT in SAPHO syndrome

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, March 2015, BMJ

    Makoto Ishii

  39. Comparison of the immunogenicity and safety of polysaccharide and protein-conjugated pneumococcal vaccines among the elderly aged 80 years or older in Japan: An open-labeled randomized study

    Article • Vaccine, January 2015, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  40. Fatal Fulminant Pneumonia Caused by Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Negative for Major High-Virulence Factors Following Influenza B Virus Infection

    Article • American Journal of Case Reports, January 2015, International Scientific Literature

    Makoto Ishii

  41. Levels of Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Patients with Various Inflammatory Lung Diseases

    Article • Clinical Medicine Insights Circulatory Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, January 2015, SAGE Publications

    Makoto Ishii

  42. Pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in patients with Mycobacterium aviumcomplex lung disease: two case reports

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  43. Serum (1 → 3) β-d-glucan assay for discrimination between Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and colonization

    Article • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, November 2014, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  44. Pharmacokinetics of arbekacin in bronchial epithelial lining fluid of healthy volunteers

    Article • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, October 2014, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  45. The efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of biapenem administered thrice daily for the treatment of pneumonia in the elderly

    Article • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, June 2014, Elsevier

    Makoto Ishii

  46. A case of skeletal tuberculosis and psoas abscess: disease activity evaluated using 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography

    Article • BMC Medical Imaging, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  47. Modulation of Murine Macrophage TLR7/8-Mediated Cytokine Expression by Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Conditioned Medium

    Article • Mediators of Inflammation, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Makoto Ishii

  48. Tuberous sclerosis diagnosed by incidental computed tomography findings of multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia: a case report

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Ishii

  49. Cytokine profile of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema

    Article • Respirology, June 2012, Wiley

    Makoto Ishii

  50. CRTH2 Is A Critical Regulator of Neutrophil Migration and Resistance to Polymicrobial Sepsis

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, April 2012, The American Association of Immunologists

    Makoto Ishii

  51. Roles of Interleukin-17 in an Experimental Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia Model

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2011, ASM Journals

    Makoto Ishii

  52. Carbon black nanoparticles enhance bleomycin-induced lung inflammatory and fibrotic changes in mice

    Article • Experimental Biology and Medicine, March 2011, SAGE Publications

    Makoto Ishii, Seitaro Fujishima

  53. Cytokine profiles of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with pneumocystis pneumonia

    Article • Microbiology and Immunology, April 2010, Wiley

    Makoto Ishii

  54. The post sepsis-induced expansion and enhanced function of regulatory T cells create an environment to potentiate tumor growth

    Article • Blood, February 2010, American Society of Hematology

    Makoto Ishii

  55. Epigenetic regulation of the alternatively activated macrophage phenotype

    Article • Blood, June 2009, American Society of Hematology

    Makoto Ishii

  56. TLR3 is an endogenous sensor of tissue necrosis during acute inflammatory events

    Article • The Journal of Experimental Medicine, October 2008, Rockefeller University Press

    Makoto Ishii

  57. CC chemokine receptor 4 modulates Toll-like receptor 9-mediated innate immunity and signaling

    Article • European Journal of Immunology, August 2008, Wiley

    Makoto Ishii

  58. Various adhesion molecules impair microvascular leukocyte kinetics in ventilator-induced lung injury

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, June 2006, American Physiological Society

    Makoto Ishii

  59. Inhibition of c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase Activity Improves Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rat Lungs

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, February 2004, The American Association of Immunologists

    Makoto Ishii

  60. Hypercapnic Acidosis Attenuates Endotoxin-Induced Nuclear Factor-κB Activation

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, July 2003, American Thoracic Society

    Makoto Ishii

  61. NOS and COX isoforms and abnormal microvessel responses to CO2 and H+ in hyperoxia-injured lungs

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, July 2002, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Makoto Ishii