Keiichi Himuro
Chiba University
24 Papers
15 Citations
Keiichi Himuro is an academic researcher from Chiba University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myasthenia gravis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 23 publications.
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Papers
Serum cytokine and chemokine profiles in patients with myasthenia gravis
TL;DR: Some cytokines, such as IL‐4, IL‐15, and VEGF, may play roles in the pathogenesis of MG, and correlations between clinical parameters and cytokine/chemokine levels in patients with MG were examined.
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Changes in inflammatory cytokine networks in myasthenia gravis
TL;DR: Results of the present study demonstrate both anti-inflammatory and inflammatory cytokines are upregulated in MG, reflecting the importance of cytokine-mediated inflammation and its regulation in MG pathophysiology.
A clinical predictive score for postoperative myasthenic crisis.
Tetsuya Kanai,Akiyuki Uzawa,Yasunori Sato,Shigeaki Suzuki,Naoki Kawaguchi,Keiichi Himuro,Fumiko Oda,Yukiko Ozawa,Jin Nakahara,Norihiro Suzuki,Yuko K Takahashi,Satoru Ishibashi,Takanori Yokota,Takashi Ogawa,Kazumasa Yokoyama,Nobutaka Hattori,Shoko Izaki,Satoru Oji,Kyoichi Nomura,Juntaro Kaneko,Kazutoshi Nishiyama,Ichiro Yoshino,Satoshi Kuwabara +22 more
TL;DR: A simple scoring system based on clinical characteristics in the preoperative status to predict the risk of postoperative myasthenic crisis is developed and validated.
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HLA-DRB1*14 and DQB1*05 are associated with Japanese anti-MuSK antibody-positive myasthenia gravis patients.
Tetsuya Kanai,Akiyuki Uzawa,Naoki Kawaguchi,Tateo Sakamaki,Yasumasa Yoshiyama,Keiichi Himuro,Fumiko Oda,Satoshi Kuwabara +7 more
TL;DR: HLA-DRB11*14 and DQB1*05 were associated with MuSK+MG, therefore these alleles may play important roles in developing Mu SK+MG across the races.
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Two-year outcome of thymectomy in non-thymomatous late-onset myasthenia gravis.
Akiyuki Uzawa,Naoki Kawaguchi,Tetsuya Kanai,Keiichi Himuro,Fumiko Oda,Shigetoshi Yoshida,Ichiro Yoshino,Satoshi Kuwabara +7 more
TL;DR: Thymectomy could have beneficial effects in generalized LOMG, particularly in patients with thymic hyperplasia, according to retrospective review of the 2-year post-thymectomy prognosis.
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