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Masataka Kuwana
Researcher at Nippon Medical School
Publications - 535
Citations - 17370
Masataka Kuwana is an academic researcher from Nippon Medical School. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Autoantibody. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 449 publications receiving 14612 citations. Previous affiliations of Masataka Kuwana include Tokyo Dental College & Tokai University.
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Mortality in systemic sclerosis: An international meta-analysis of individual patient data
John P. A. Ioannidis,John P. A. Ioannidis,Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos,Anna-Bettina Haidich,Thomas A. Medsger,Mary Lucas,Clement J. Michet,Masataka Kuwana,Hidekata Yasuoka,Frank J. A. van den Hoogen,Liane te Boome,Jacob M van Laar,Nicolette L. Verbeet,Marco Matucci-Cerinic,Athanasios Georgountzos,Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis of individual patient data from cohorts recruited from seven medical centers in the United States, Europe, and Japan, using standardized definitions for disease subtype and organ system involvement was performed.
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Human circulating CD14+ monocytes as a source of progenitors that exhibit mesenchymal cell differentiation
Masataka Kuwana,Yuka Okazaki,Hiroaki Kodama,Keisuke Izumi,Hidekata Yasuoka,Yoko Ogawa,Yutaka Kawakami,Yasuo Ikeda +7 more
TL;DR: The induction of MOMPs to differentiate along multiple limb‐bud mesodermal lineages resulted in the expression of genes and proteins specific for osteoblasts, skeletal myoblast, chondrocytes, and adipocytes.
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Standardization of the modified Rodnan skin score for use in clinical trials of systemic sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna,Daniel E. Furst,Philip J. Clements,Yannick Allanore,Murray Baron,L. Czirják,Oliver Distler,Ivan Foeldvari,Masataka Kuwana,Marco Matucci-Cerinic,Maureen D. Mayes,Thomas A. Medsger,Peter A. Merkel,Janet E. Pope,James R. Seibold,Virginia D. Steen,Wendy Stevens,Christopher P. Denton +17 more
TL;DR: This state-of-art review provides a historical perspective of the development of the modified Rodnan skin score, summarizes the performance of mRSS as an outcome measure, provides guidance on assessingmRSS, and makes recommendations for incorporation of the mR SS into clinical trials.
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Clinical correlations with dermatomyositis-specific autoantibodies in adult Japanese patients with dermatomyositis: a multicenter cross-sectional study.
Yasuhito Hamaguchi,Masataka Kuwana,Kana Hoshino,Minoru Hasegawa,Kenzo Kaji,Takashi Matsushita,Kazuhiro Komura,Motonobu Nakamura,Masanari Kodera,Norihiro Suga,Akira Higashi,Koji Ogusu,Kiyohiro Tsutsui,Akira Furusaki,Hiroshi Tanabe,Shunsuke Sasaoka,Yoshinao Muro,Mika Yoshikawa,Naoko Ishiguro,Masahiro Ayano,Eiji Muroi,Keita Fujikawa,Yukihiro Umeda,Masaaki Kawase,Eriko Mabuchi,Yoshihide Asano,Kinuyo Sodemoto,Mariko Seishima,Hidehiro Yamada,Shinichi Sato,Kazuhiko Takehara,Manabu Fujimoto +31 more
TL;DR: Dermatomyositis-specific Abs define clinically distinct subsets and are useful for predicting clinical outcomes in patients with DM.
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Defective vasculogenesis in systemic sclerosis
TL;DR: It is suggested that dysregulated vasculogenesis might be important in other disorders with abnormalities in vascular formation, including those with excessive formation of new vessels such as cancer and those with deficient vessel formation such as atherosclerosis.