Minako Sato
Keio University
10 Papers
45 Citations
Minako Sato is an academic researcher from Keio University. The author has contributed to research in topics: COPD & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Evaluation of cigarette smoke-induced emphysema in mice using quantitative micro-computed tomography
Mamoru Sasaki,Shotaro Chubachi,Naofumi Kameyama,Minako Sato,Mizuha Haraguchi,Masaki Miyazaki,Saeko Takahashi,Tomoko Betsuyaku +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the dynamic structural changes in a chronic cigarette smoke (CS)-induced emphysema mouse model, and the end-expiratory lung volumes of CS-exposed mice were significantly larger than those of air controls at 12 and 20 wk, which was in line with alveolar enlargement and destruction.
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Impact of mild exacerbation on COPD symptoms in a Japanese cohort.
Minako Sato,Shotaro Chubachi,Mamoru Sasaki,Mizuha Haraguchi,Naofumi Kameyama,Akihiro Tsutsumi,Saeko Takahashi,Hidetoshi Nakamura,Koichiro Asano,Tomoko Betsuyaku +9 more
TL;DR: The severity of COPD exacerbation seemed to be temporally stable over 2 years, and even mild exacerbations adversely impacted the health-related quality of life of patients with COPD.
Pneumococcal Infection Aggravates Elastase-Induced Emphysema via Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 Overexpression.
Saeko Takahashi,Makoto Ishii,Ho Namkoong,Ahmed E. Hegab,Takahiro Asami,Kazuma Yagi,Mamoru Sasaki,Mizuha Haraguchi,Minako Sato,Naofumi Kameyama,Takanori Asakura,Shoji Suzuki,Sadatomo Tasaka,Satoshi Iwata,Naoki Hasegawa,Tomoko Betsuyaku +15 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that MMP-12 production during COPD exacerbation results in increased mortality and emphysema progression, and is identified as a target to prevent further aggravation of COPD.
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Impact of cataract on health-related quality of life in a longitudinal Japanese chronic obstructive pulmonary cohort.
Hidehiro Irie,Shotaro Chubachi,Minako Sato,Mamoru Sasaki,Naofumi Kameyama,Takashi Inoue,Yoshitaka Oyamada,Hidetoshi Nakamura,Koichiro Asano,Tomoko Betsuyaku +9 more
TL;DR: Age ≥ 75 years, low body mass index, and hypertension were independently associated with cataract as a comorbidity in COPD, and COPD patients withCataract exhibited poor health-related quality of life and frequent exacerbations.
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Characteristics of patients with increasing COPD assessment test scores within 3 years
Hidehiro Irie,Shotaro Chubachi,Minako Sato,Akihiro Tsutsumi,Ichiro Nakachi,Naoki Miyao,Kazumi Nishio,Hidetoshi Nakamura,Koichiro Asano,Tomoko Betsuyaku +9 more
TL;DR: Old age and severe COPD, not the CAT score at one time point, predicted worsening quality of life, and longitudinal changes in the CAT scores were positively correlated with those in the SGRQ score.
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