30 Papers
59 Citations
A Fu is an academic researcher from Nara Medical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Resting energy expenditure & Lean body mass. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 30 publications.
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Papers
Airway inflammation in COPD assessed by sputum levels of interleukin-8.
Chinaru Yamamoto,Takahiro Yoneda,Masanori Yoshikawa,A Fu,Takeshi Tokuyama,K Tsukaguchi,Nobuhiro Narita +6 more
TL;DR: The sputum concentration of IL-8 appeared to be closely associated with the degree of airflow obstruction in patients with COPD and may serve as a marker in evaluating the severity of airway inflammation, which is a risk factor for COPD.
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Plasma levels of amino acids and hypermetabolism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
TL;DR: A decrease in plasma levels of branched-chain amino acids in relation to hypermetabolism, possibly resulting from the severity of COPD and respiratory muscle weakness, and various disturbances in plasma amino-acid levels were found in underweight COPD patients.
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Body composition analysis by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and exercise performance in underweight patients with COPD
Masanori Yoshikawa,Takahiro Yoneda,Atsushi Kobayashi,A Fu,Hideaki Takenaka,Nobuhiro Narita,Kunimoto Nezu +6 more
TL;DR: Lean mass was an important determinant of maximal exercise performance in patients with COPD and was found to correlated significantly with VO2max and WRmax.
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[The evaluation of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) level in peripheral blood of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis].
Munehiro Nakaya,Takahiro Yoneda,Masanori Yoshikawa,K Tsukaguchi,Takeshi Tokuyama,A Fu,Yukinori Okamoto,Kazuya Fukuoka,Chinaru Yamamoto,Atsuhiko Fukuoka +9 more
TL;DR: IL-8 appears to be involved in the formation of tuberculous cavitary lesion, and the relationship between clinical pictures mainly defined by radiographic findings and the serum levels of IL-8 and TNF-alpha is examined.
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[The relationship between a decrease in fat mass and serum levels of TNF-alpha in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
Chinaru Yamamoto,Takahiro Yoneda,Masanori Yoshikawa,A Fu,I Takenaka,Atsushi Kobayashi,I Okamura,Yukinori Okamoto,K Tsukaguchi,Nobuhiro Narita +9 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that TNF-alpha is involved with malnutrition in patients with COPD, and that T NF-alpha may cause a decrease in fat mass in patientswith COPD.