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Aya Imafuku

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Imafuku A, Sjoqvist S
Adv Exp Med Biol . 2020 Dec; 1312:131-138. PMID: 33330962
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized, cell-released vesicles which contain lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids derived from the parental cells. EVs play an important role in intercellular communication and influence both...
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Toriu N, Sawa N, Imafuku A, Hasegawa E, Sekine A, Mizuno H, et al.
CEN Case Rep . 2020 May; 9(4):347-353. PMID: 32378178
A 79-year-old Japanese male with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for 16 years was admitted to evaluate possible renal disease. The T2DM was well controlled in this...
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Imafuku A, Nozu K, Sawa N, Nakanishi K, Ubara Y
Clin Exp Nephrol . 2020 Apr; 24(8):651-656. PMID: 32232700
Both thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) and autosomal dominant Alport syndrome (ADAS) are types of hereditary nephritis resulting from heterozygous mutations in COL4A3 or COL4A4 genes. Although TBMN is characterized...
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Sjoqvist S, Imafuku A, Gupta D, El Andaloussi S
Methods Mol Biol . 2019 Dec; 2109:293. PMID: 31833008
The original version of this chapter was inadvertently published with incorrect spelling of surname of the authors. The names should read Sebastian Sjöqvist, Aya Imafuku, Danu Gupta, and Samir EL...
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Imafuku A, Oka M, Miyabe Y, Sekiya S, Nitta K, Shimizu T
Stem Cells Transl Med . 2019 Nov; 8(12):1330-1341. PMID: 31675167
Renal fibrosis is one of the largest global health care problems, and microvascular (MV) injury is important in the development of progressive fibrosis. Although conventional cell therapy suppresses kidney injury...
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Sjoqvist S, Imafuku A, Gupta D, El Andaloussi S
Methods Mol Biol . 2019 Sep; 2109:35-44. PMID: 31541406
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, are nano-sized membrane-bound particles which are released by cells. They have been found in all examined body fluids and can be isolated from conditioned cell...
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Nakagawa R, Imafuku A, Hasegawa E, Mizuno H, Kawada M, Sekine A, et al.
Clin Nephrol . 2019 Jun; 92(2):81-88. PMID: 31232268
Background: This study was performed to determine whether the urinary albumin excretion rate (%UAE) could distinguish myeloma cast nephropathy (MCN) without glomerular amyloid deposition from MCN with glomerular amyloid deposition....
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Sjoqvist S, Ishikawa T, Shimura D, Kasai Y, Imafuku A, Bou-Ghannam S, et al.
J Extracell Vesicles . 2019 Feb; 8(1):1565264. PMID: 30719240
The oral mucosa exhibits unique regenerative properties, sometimes referred to as foetal-like wound healing. Researchers from our institute have used sheets of oral mucosa epithelial cells (OMECs) for regenerative medicine...
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Imafuku A, Sawa N, Kawada M, Hiramatsu R, Hasegawa E, Yamanouchi M, et al.
Clin Rheumatol . 2018 Nov; 38(4):1039-1046. PMID: 30483978
Objectives: Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is a rare complication in patients with anti-neutrophil antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV); its clinical features, incidence, and risk factors remain unknown. We aimed to clarify the prevalence,...
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Imafuku A, Ubara Y
Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi . 2018 Aug; 104(10):2237-40. PMID: 30161322
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