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  1. Treatment outcomes of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in lung transplant recipients

    Article • Transplant Infectious Disease, July 2021, Wiley

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  2. Successful Single-Lung Transplant for the Dominant Side: A Case Report

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  3. Recovery of physical function in lung transplant recipients with sarcopenia

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  4. Effect of CTLA4-Ig on Obliterative Bronchiolitis in a Mouse Intrapulmonary Tracheal Transplantation Model

    Article • Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2021, Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  5. Plasma mycophenolic acid concentration and the clinical outcome after lung transplantation

    Article • Clinical Transplantation, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  6. The fraction of sensitization among lung transplant recipients in a transplant center in Japan

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  7. Clinical outcomes in Mycobacterium xenopi versus Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease: A retrospective matched cohort study

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  8. Impact of Postoperative Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Lung Transplant Recipients

    Article • Transplantation Direct, May 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  9. Risk factors for drug-resistant tuberculosis at a referral centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 2010–2016

    Article • Canada Communicable Disease Report, April 2020, Infectious Disease and Control Branc (IDPCB) - Public Health Agency of Canada

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  10. Outcomes of a Peri and Post-operative management protocol for Nontuberculous mycobacteria in lung transplant recipients

    Article • CHEST Journal, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  11. Quantitative Image Analysis of the Spatial Organization and Mobility of Caveolin Aggregates at the Plasma Membrane

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  12. Pulmonary Blastomycosis Following Eculizumab Therapy in a Lung Transplant Recipient

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, October 2019, Baskent University

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  13. Epstein‐Barr virus‐associated smooth muscle tumors after lung transplantation

    Article • Transplant Infectious Disease, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  14. Radiologic types of Mycobacterium xenopi pulmonary disease: different patients with similar short-term outcomes

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  15. Characteristics, treatment and outcomes of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, March 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  16. Induction of spontaneous curvature and endocytosis: Unwanted consequences of cholesterol extraction using methyl-β-Cyclodextrin

    Article • Communicative & Integrative Biology, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  17. Mycobacterium xenopi Genotype Associated with Clinical Phenotype in Lung Disease

    Article • Lung, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  18. Membrane curvature induced by proximity of anionic phospholipids can initiate endocytosis

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2017, Nature

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  19. Phosphatidylserine dictates the assembly and dynamics of caveolae in the plasma membrane

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2017, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  20. A Real-Time PCR-Based Diagnostic Test for Organisms in Respiratory Tract Infection

    Article • December 2016, IntechOpen

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  21. PCR-Based Rapid Identification System Using Bridged Nucleic Acids for Detection of Clarithromycin-Resistant Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare Complex Isolates

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  22. The Quantiferon®-TB Gold In-Tube Assay Detects Interferon- Release Responses to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Antigens for Extended Periods of Time

    Article • Mycobacterial Diseases, January 2016, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  23. A pressure-driven column-based technique for the efficient extraction of DNA from respiratory samples

    Article • Clinica Chimica Acta, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  24. HIRA-TAN: A real-time PCR-based system for the rapid identification of causative agents in pneumonia

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  25. A Case of Lung and Skin Nocardiosis in a Non-immunocompromised Patient

    Article • Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi, January 2013, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  26. A Case of Lung Paragonimiasis Superinfection with Hookworm Presenting Difficulty in Discrimination

    Article • Kansenshogaku zasshi, January 2013, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  27. Prediction of the Pathogens That Are the Cause of Pneumonia by the Battlefield Hypothesis

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2011, PLOS

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  28. Tuberculosis screening programme using the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test and chest computed tomography for healthcare workers accidentally exposed to patients with tuberculosis

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Takashi Hirama

  29. Peptide nucleic acid–locked nucleic acid polymerase chain reaction clamp-based detection test for gefitinib-refractory T790M epidermal growth factor receptor mutation

    Article • Cancer Science, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Takashi Hirama