J. Kira

G. Sobue, K. Nakashima, K. Hirayama, 2006, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases.

First nationwide survey of hypertrophic pachymeningitis in Japan not only solves epidemiological questions, but also leads to the proposal of new questions

J. Kira, H. Murai, T. Yonekawa, 2014 .

Characteristics of myasthenia gravis according to onset-age: Japanese nationwide survey

J. Kira, M. Motomura, Yosikazu Nakamura, 2011, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Temporal changes and geographical differences in multiple sclerosis phenotypes in Japanese: nationwide survey results over 30 years

Y. Itoyama, G. Sobue, K. Fujihara, 2009, Multiple sclerosis.

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J. Kira, Takurou Kobayashi, H. Murai, 1992 .

TNF-beta produced by human T lymphotropic virus type I-infected cells influences the proliferation of human endothelial cells and fibroblasts.

Y. Itoyama, K. Fujihara, J. Kira, 1994, Journal of immunology.

Platelet-activating factor receptor gene polymorphism in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, I. Nakamura, S. Kikuchi, 2005, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase gene polymorphism and its activity in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, S. Kikuchi, K. Tashiro, 2004, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

Interleukin 2 receptor α chain gene polymorphisms and risks of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica in southern Japanese

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, N. Isobe, 2014, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Hepatitis C virus associated cryoglobulinemic neuropathy successfully treated with plasma exchange.

J. Kira, S. Inaba, I. Goto, 1995, Artificial organs.

Long-term effects of infrasternal mediastinoscopic thymectomy in myasthenia gravis

J. Kira, A. Uchiyama, H. Murai, 2009, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Familial myopathy with scapulohumeral distribution, rigid spine, cardiopathy and mitochondrial abnormality

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, H. Muratani, 2004, Journal of Neurology.

Transient vocal cord palsy caused by hypoperfusion of unilateral hemisphere.

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2011, Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica.

Changes in the clinical phenotypes of multiple sclerosis during the past 50 years in Japan

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, Y. Ohyagi, 1999, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

MYOTONIA ASSOCIATED WITH CAVEOLIN-3 MUTATION

J. Kira, S. Nagafuchi, Y. Ohyagi, 2012 .

Long-term use of interferon-β in multiple sclerosis increases Vδ1−Vδ2−Vγ9− γδ T cells that are associated with a better outcome

J. Kira, Y. Yoshikai, N. Isobe, 2019, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Cerebellar Ataxia as a Common Clinical Presentation Associated with DNMT1 p.Y511H and a Review of the Literature

T. Matsukawa, S. Tsuji, Toshihiro Hayashi, 2021, Journal of Molecular Neuroscience.

Myotonia associated with caveolin‐3 mutation

J. Kira, S. Nagafuchi, Y. Ohyagi, 2012, Muscle & nerve.

Expression of the lysosome-associated membrane proteins in myopathies with rimmed vacuoles

T. Iwaki, J. Kira, K. Furuta, 2001, Acta Neuropathologica.

Neuro2013

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, K. Masaki, 2013 .

Neuroinflammation in Neurological Disorders

J. Kira, 2013 .

[A case of Charles Bonnet syndrome following syphilitic optic neuritis].

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2011, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

A guide to facilitate the early treatment of patients with idiopathic demyelinating disease (multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica)

K. Fujihara, J. Kira, S. Kusunoki, 2013, Multiple sclerosis.

Longitudinally extensive myelopathy in Caucasians: a West Australian study of 26 cases from the Perth Demyelinating Diseases Database

F. Mastaglia, A. Kermode, W. Carroll, 2009, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

HLA genotype-clinical phenotype correlations in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders based on Japan MS/NMOSD Biobank data

T. Kanda, S. Shimohama, J. Kira, 2021, Scientific Reports.

HLA genotype-clinical phenotype correlations in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders based on Japan MS/NMOSD Biobank data

S. Tsuji, T. Kanda, M. Hirata, 2021, Scientific reports.

Copy number variations in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, N. Isobe, 2015, Annals of neurology.

Left hemisphere specialization for rapid temporal processing: a study with auditory 40Hz steady-state responses

S. Tobimatsu, N. Kinukawa, J. Kira, 2005, Clinical Neurophysiology.

Extensive loss of connexins in Baló’s disease: evidence for an auto-antibody-independent astrocytopathy via impaired astrocyte–oligodendrocyte/myelin interaction

Satoshi O. Suzuki, T. Tabira, T. Iwaki, 2012, Acta Neuropathologica.

MUTYH Actively Contributes to Microglial Activation and Impaired Neurogenesis in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease

T. Iwaki, J. Kira, T. Ninomiya, 2021, Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity.

Targeted lipidomics reveals mPGES-1-PGE2 as a therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis

S. Akira, J. Kira, Takao Shimizu, 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Increased IL-13 but not IL-5 production by CD4-positive T cells and CD8-positive T cells in multiple sclerosis during relapse phase

J. Kira, H. Furuya, H. Murai, 2002, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

[Case of eosinophilic myositis in continuum from localized nodular myositis].

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2008, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Intrathecal Upregulation of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor and Its Neuroprotective Actions on Motor Neurons in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

J. Kira, Masahito Tanaka, T. Tateishi, 2006, Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology.

A novel monoclonal antibody which reacts with a high molecular weight neuronal cytoplasmic protein and myelin basic protein (MBP) in a patient with macroglobulinemia

S. Tsuji, J. Kira, T. Inuzuka, 1997, Journal of Neurological Sciences.

Galectin‐1 deficiency improves axonal swelling of motor neurones in SOD1G93A transgenic mice

H. Horie, J. Kira, K. Sakumi, 2015, Neuropathology and applied neurobiology.

Vitamin B12 metabolism and massive-dose methyl vitamin B12 therapy in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis.

S. Tobimatsu, J. Kira, I. Goto, 1994, Internal medicine.

CSF chemokine alterations related to the clinical course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J. Kira, Masahito Tanaka, T. Tateishi, 2010, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

Upregulation of Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 2 and STAT3 Activation in the Spinal Cord of Mice Receiving 3,3′-Iminodipropionitrile

J. Kira, S. Jinno, R. Yamasaki, 2018, Neurotoxicity Research.

Differential involvement of vesicular and glial glutamate transporters around spinal α-motoneurons in the pathogenesis of SOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J. Kira, H. Takeuchi, S. Jinno, 2017, Neuroscience.

Differential contributions of spinal and cortical motoneurons to input–output properties of human small hand muscle

S. Tobimatsu, N. Kinukawa, J. Kira, 2008, Neurological research.

Clinical and epidemiological survey of gerstmann-sträussler-scheinker disease with codon 102 mutation in Japan

J. Kira, Y. Tsuboi, T. Kitamoto, 2015, Journal of Neurological Sciences.

[An adult case of peripheral facial nerve palsy following acute cerebellitis associated with high antibody titers against varicella-zoster virus].

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, T. Yamada, 1998, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Serial diffusion-weighted MRI in a case of Wilson’s disease with acute onset hemichorea

T. Yoshiura, F. Mihara, J. Kira, 2004, Journal of Neurology.

Early strong intrathecal inflammation in cerebellar type multiple system atrophy by cerebrospinal fluid cytokine/chemokine profiles: a case control study

A. Hiwatashi, J. Kira, T. Fujii, 2017, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

[A case of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) with late onset--a haplotype analysis of Glu219Lys polymorphism in PrP gene].

T. Iwaki, J. Kira, K. Doh-ura, 2001, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

The neuropathological study of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in the temporal lobe of schizophrenia patients

J. Kira, Hirotaka Sekiguchi, N. Ozaki, 2018, Acta Neuropsychiatrica.

Brainstem posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a case with Guillain–Barré syndrome

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, N. Isobe, 2019, Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology.

Chronic progressive spinocerebellar syndrome associated with antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus type I: clinico-virological and magnetic resonance imaging studies

J. Kira, I. Goto, Y. Ichiya, 1993, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Mice lacking the schizophrenia-associated protein FEZ1 manifest hyperactivity and enhanced responsiveness to psychostimulants.

K. Nakayama, J. Kira, T. Miyakawa, 2008, Human molecular genetics.

[Disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy].

J. Kira, H. Murai, 1999, Ryoikibetsu shokogun shirizu.

Heterogeneity of glucose metabolism in corticobasal degeneration

F. Mihara, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 1998, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Differential activation of neuronal and glial STAT3 in the spinal cord of the SOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J. Kira, H. Takeuchi, S. Jinno, 2017, The European journal of neuroscience.

A case of dermato-fasciitis: amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with fasciitis

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2004, Clinical Rheumatology.

Pharmacological activation of SERCA ameliorates dystrophic phenotypes in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice

J. Kira, S. Takeda, Y. Aoki, 2021, Human molecular genetics.

Ultrastructural detection of DNA fragmentation in myonuclei of fatal reducing body myopathy

M. Nakagawa, J. Kira, I. Nonaka, 2004, Acta Neuropathologica.

Environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis in Japanese people.

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, N. Isobe, 2019, Multiple sclerosis and related disorders.

Grand Total EEG Score Can Differentiate Parkinson's Disease From Parkinson-Related Disorders

Katsuya Ogata, Shozo Tobimatsu, Jun-ichi Kira, 2019, Front. Neurol..

In vivo infection of human T-cell leukemia virus type I in non-T cells.

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, N. Yamamoto, 1993, Virology.

Acquisition of HIV type 1 resistance by beta-chemokine-producing CD4+ T cells.

J. Kira, N. Yamamoto, N. Maeda, 1999, AIDS research and human retroviruses.

Therapeutic benefits of an oral vitamin B1 derivative for human T lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)

J. Kira, 2013, BMC Medicine.

Efficacy of intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

T. Kanda, K. Fujihara, J. Kira, 2016, Multiple sclerosis.

Simultaneous MR neurography and apparent T2 mapping in brachial plexus: Evaluation of patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.

K. Yamashita, A. Hiwatashi, O. Togao, 2019, Magnetic resonance imaging.

Lumbar plexus in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: evaluation with simultaneous T2 mapping and neurography method with SHINKEI.

K. Yamashita, A. Hiwatashi, O. Togao, 2018, The British journal of radiology.

Evaluation of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: 3D nerve-sheath signal increased with inked rest-tissue rapid acquisition of relaxation enhancement imaging (3D SHINKEI)

K. Yamashita, A. Hiwatashi, O. Togao, 2017, European Radiology.

Anti-neurofascin autoantibody and demyelination

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, H. Ogata, 2019, Neurochemistry International.

Increas ei np5 3Protei nLevel sb yPresenilin 1 Gene Mutations and its Inhibition by Secretase Inhibitors

T. Tabira, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2009 .

Intraneuronal amyloid β42 enhanced by heating but counteracted by formic acid

Yasumasa Ohyagi, Takayuki Taniwaki, Jun-ichi Kira, 2007, Journal of Neuroscience Methods.

Intracellular accumulation of toxic turn amyloid-β is associated with endoplasmic reticulum stress in Alzheimer's disease.

T. Tabira, T. Iwaki, J. Kira, 2013, Current Alzheimer research.

Long-term favorable response to interferon beta-1b is linked to cytokine deviation toward the Th2 and Tc2 sides in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, H. Murai, 2006, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

A peptide-based human T cell leukemia virus type I vaccine containing T and B cell epitopes that induces high titers of neutralizing antibodies.

E. Baba, J. Kira, Y. Niho, 1995, Journal of immunology.

Mutations in MME cause an autosomal‐recessive Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2

S. Tsuji, J. Kira, S. Morishita, 2016, Annals of neurology.

Serum GFAP and neurofilament light as biomarkers of disease activity and disability in NMOSD

J. Kira, J. Kuhle, C. Barro, 2019, Neurology.

Differential Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis

M. Sahraian, J. Kira, J. Kesselring, 2007 .

An association of human T‐cell lymphotropie virus type I infection with vascular dementia

J. Kira, K. Yamasaki, Y. Kawano, 1997, Acta neurologica Scandinavica.

A deficit of dorsal stream function in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

S. Tobimatsu, S. Kanba, J. Kira, 2012, 2012 ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering (CME).

Deterioration of abstract reasoning ability in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: correlation with regional grey matter volume loss revealed by diffeomorphic anatomical registration through exponentiated lie algebra analysis

K. Yamashita, T. Yoshiura, A. Hiwatashi, 2011, European Radiology.

Decreased serum vitamin D levels in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, S. Kikuchi, R. Yamasaki, 2015, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

Recurrent Hemorrhagic Venous Infarctions Caused by Thrombosis of a Pontine Developmental Venous Anomaly and Protein S Mutation.

J. Kira, K. Kikuchi, R. Yamasaki, 2016, Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases.

Morvan’s syndrome and myasthenia gravis related to familial Mediterranean fever gene mutations

J. Kira, S. Hayashi, H. Takashima, 2016, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Multiple Sclerosis.

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, 2019, Advances in experimental medicine and biology.

Latitude and HLA-DRB1 alleles independently affect the emergence of cerebrospinal fluid IgG abnormality in multiple sclerosis

S. Shimohama, J. Kira, S. Kikuchi, 2015, Multiple sclerosis.

A Case of Central Pontine Myelinolysis Caused by Hypophosphatemia Secondary to Refeeding Syndrome

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2015, Case Reports in Neurology.

Hyperprolactinemia in optico-spinal multiple sclerosis.

J. Kira, T. Yamada, Y. Ohyagi, 2000, Internal medicine.

A novel feature disclosed in opticospinal multiple sclerosis in Asians.

J. Kira, 2000, Internal medicine.

Cerebral Tuberculoma with Mild Posterior Cervical Pain as the Main Symptom Despite Extensive Brain Lesions

Satoshi O. Suzuki, T. Iwaki, J. Kira, 2022, Internal medicine.

Intramuscular interferon beta-1a is effective in Japanese patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: a pre-treatment versus treatment comparison study of gadolinium-enhanced MRI brain lesions

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, K. Tashiro, 2012, Multiple sclerosis.

Predictive Factors for Excellent or Extremely Poor Functional Outcome in Initial Atrial Fibrillation-Related Cardioembolic Stroke

J. Kira, Y. Wakata, N. Nakashima, 2016, European Neurology.

Natalizumab for Achieving Relapse-Free, T1 Gadolinium-Enhancing-Lesion-Free, and T2 Lesion-Free Status in Japanese Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Phase 2 Trial Subanalysis

J. Kira, T. Yamamura, T. Saida, 2017, Neurological Therapeutics.

Enhancement of activation of caspases by presenilin 1 gene mutations and its inhibition by secretase inhibitors.

T. Tabira, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2009, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD.

Fibro-Fatty Volume of Culprit Lesions in Virtual Histology™ Intravascular Ultrasound Is Associated with the Amount of Debris during Carotid Artery Stenting

J. Kira, I. Nakahara, Yoshihiko Watanabe, 2010, Cerebrovascular Diseases.

Apathy/depression, but not subjective fatigue, is related with cognitive dysfunction in patients with multiple sclerosis

T. Kanda, J. Kira, N. Mifune, 2014, BMC Neurology.

Connexin 30 Deficiency Attenuates Chronic but Not Acute Phases of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Through Induction of Neuroprotective Microglia

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, N. Isobe, 2018, Front. Immunol..

Choroid Plexus Volume in Multiple Sclerosis vs Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

C. Granziera, N. Hadjikhani, L. Kappos, 2022, Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

Early postnatal allergic airway inflammation induces dystrophic microglia leading to excitatory postsynaptic surplus and autism-like behavior

J. Kira, Koichiro Matsumoto, R. Yamasaki, 2021, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

Upper motor neuron syndrome associated with subclinical Sjögren's syndrome.

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2008, Internal medicine.

Pre-admission CHADS2, CHA2DS2-VASc, and R2CHADS2 Scores on Severity and Functional Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke with Atrial Fibrillation.

J. Kira, Y. Wakata, N. Nakashima, 2015, Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association.

Upregulation of myeloperoxidase in patients with opticospinal multiple sclerosis: Positive correlation with disease severity

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, M. Osoegawa, 2006, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

The effect of spatial frequency on chromatic and achromatic steady-state visual evoked potentials

Shozo Tobimatsu, Jun-ichi Kira, Motohiro Kato, 1999, Clinical Neurophysiology.

Vergence disorders in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia 3/Machado–Joseph disease: a synoptophore study

J. Kira, A. Okayama, T. Yamasaki, 2000, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

[Case of non-convulsive status epilepticus after influenza virus B infection].

J. Kira, T. Tateishi, T. Uehara, 2014, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Immune-mediated spastic paraparesis accompanied with high titres of voltage-gated potassium channel complex antibodies and myokymia/fasciculation

J. Kira, S. Hayashi, K. Ogata, 2016, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Leukoencephalopathy in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: MRI analysis and a two year follow-up study after corticosteroid therapy

Y. Itoyama, K. Hasuo, K. Fujihara, 1991, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Early and extensive spinal white matter involvement in neuromyelitis optica

Satoshi O. Suzuki, A. Hiwatashi, T. Iwaki, 2017, Brain pathology.

Holocord involvement with sparing of the peripheral white matter rim in longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions of neuromyelitis optica

J. Kira, S. Hayashida, R. Yamasaki, 2015 .

Katsuya Ogata, Shozo Tobimatsu, Yasuhiko Nakamura, 2007, NeuroImage.

[Relapsing Wernicke's encephalopathy after gastrectomy].

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2005, Nihon Naika Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.

Comparison of clinical, immunological and neuroimaging features between anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-positive and antibody-negative Sjögren’s syndrome patients with central nervous system manifestations

J. Kira, N. Isobe, T. Matsushita, 2012, Multiple sclerosis.

Two susceptible HLA-DRB1 alleles for multiple sclerosis differentially regulate anti-JC virus antibody serostatus along with fingolimod

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, N. Isobe, 2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Endoplasmic reticulum stress in myotonic dystrophy type 1 muscle

S. Sakoda, J. Kira, M. Nakamori, 2007, Acta Neuropathologica.

Decreased CCR2 and CD62L expressions on peripheral blood classical monocytes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J. Kira, S. Hayashi, T. Tateishi, 2014 .

Time-dependent cytokine deviation toward the Th2 side in Japanese multiple sclerosis patients with interferon beta-1b

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, H. Murai, 2004, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Motor neuron disorder simulating ALS induced by chronic inhalation of pyrethroid insecticides

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2006, Neurology.

Contribution of cortical lesions to cognitive impairment in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

A. Hiwatashi, O. Togao, J. Kira, 2020, Scientific Reports.

Safety and Efficacy of Natalizumab in Japanese Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: Open-Label Extension Study of a Phase 2 Trial

J. Kira, T. Yamamura, D. Steiner, 2016, Neurology and Therapy.

Hyperprolactinemia in multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, I. Goto, N. Shida, 1991, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in rabbits A major encephalitogenic determinant withinresidues 1–44 of myelin basic protein

E. Alvord, R. Martenson, J. Kira, 1986, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

A randomized, controlled trial of fingolimod (FTY720) in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, S. Kikuchi, 2012, Multiple sclerosis.

Amyloid-β accumulation caused by chloroquine injections precedes ER stress and autophagosome formation in rat skeletal muscle

M. Nakagawa, J. Kira, T. Tateishi, 2009, Acta Neuropathologica.

Helicobacter pylori infection is a potential protective factor against conventional multiple sclerosis in the Japanese population

J. Kira, M. Osoegawa, J. Su, 2007, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

Induction of chronic inflammatory arthropathy and mesenchymal tumors in rats infected with HTLV-I.

J. Kira, S. Kusunoki, N. Yamamoto, 1997, Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association.

Reduced Workflow Times for Reperfusion Therapy After Acute Ischemic Stroke Using a Visual Task Management Application

J. Kira, M. Okawa, M. Kubo, 2023, Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology.

Surface phenotypic changes of spleen cells on acquisition of encephalitogenicity

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, I. Goto, 1987, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

A Visual Task Management Application for Acute Ischemic Stroke Care

J. Kira, I. Nakahara, I. Nagata, 2019, Front. Neurol..

A Supporting System for Actual Stroke Care

J. Kira, S. Matsumoto, H. Koyama, 2016 .

Acute myelitis after asthma attacks with onset after puberty

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, I. Horiuchi, 2000, Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.

Multiple sclerosis with mite antigen-specific IgE

J. Kira, K. Yamasaki, Y. Kawano, 1998, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Recurrent Hopkin's syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

J. Kira, R. Polosa, R. Falsaperla, 2010, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Atopic myelitis with focal amyotrophy: A possible link to Hopkins syndrome

F. Mihara, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2008, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Th2 shift in juvenile muscular atrophy of distal upper extremity: a combined allergological and flow cytometric analysis

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, H. Murai, 2005, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

History of allergic disorders in common neurologic diseases in Japanese patients

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, H. Furuya, 2002, Acta neurologica Scandinavica.

Effect of immunotherapy in myelitis with atopic diathesis

S. Tobimatsu, F. Mihara, J. Kira, 2004, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Downregulation of Neuronal and Dendritic Connexin36-Made Electrical Synapses Without Glutamatergic Axon Terminals in Spinal Anterior Horn Cells From the Early Stage of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

J. Kira, K. Okamoto, S. Hayashi, 2018, Front. Neurosci..

Clinical features of ocular myasthenia gravis in japan

J. Kira, M. Sonoo, J. Shimizu, 2017, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Japan MG Registry Study : A Sophisticated Multi-center Study of Myasthenia Gravis

J. Kira, Shigeaki Suzuki, M. Motomura, 2015 .

A comparison of brain magnetic resonance imaging lesions in multiple sclerosis by race with reference to disability progression

L. Kappos, E. Radue, J. Kira, 2018, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Extensive dysregulations of oligodendrocytic and astrocytic connexins are associated with disease progression in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mouse model

Satoshi O. Suzuki, J. Kira, S. Hayashi, 2014, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Heterogeneity and continuum of multiple sclerosis in Japanese according to magnetic resonance imaging findings

F. Mihara, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2008, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Multiple sclerosis in Japan: Nationwide surveys over 30 years

J. Kira, M. Osoegawa, T. Ishizu, 2008 .

Cerebral metabolic changes in early multiple system atrophy: a PET study

Shozo Tobimatsu, Yasumasa Ohyagi, Takayuki Taniwaki, 2002, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Thymoma-Associated Progressive Encephalomyelitis with Rigidity and Myoclonus Successfully Treated with Thymectomy and Intravenous Immunoglobulin

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, 2011, European Neurology.

Suppression of transthyretin expression by ribozymes: a possible therapy for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, I. Horiuchi, 2001, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Structural equation modeling of factors contributing to quality of life in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, N. Mifune, T. Kohriyama, 2013, BMC Neurology.

[An adult case of primary antiphospholipid syndrome presenting recurrent anterior spinal artery syndrome].

J. Kira, T. Yamada, Y. Ohyagi, 2001, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Neuromagnetic evidence for hippocampal modulation of auditory processing

Katsuya Ogata, Naruhito Hironaga, Shozo Tobimatsu, 2016, NeuroImage.

Recurrent opticomyelitis associated with anti-DNA antibody.

J. Kira, I. Goto, 1994, Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.

Novel disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug iguratimod suppresses chronic experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by down-regulating activation of macrophages/microglia through an NF-κB pathway

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, T. Matsushita, 2018, Scientific Reports.

Long-lasting pain and somatosensory disturbances in children with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease

J. Kira, Y. Sakai, S. Ohga, 2023, European Journal of Pediatrics.

Mitochondrial dysfunction and altered ribostasis in hippocampal neurons with cytoplasmic inclusions of multiple system atrophy

Satoshi O. Suzuki, T. Iwaki, J. Kira, 2018, Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology.

Parallel fluctuation of anti-neurofascin 155 antibody levels with clinico-electrophysiological findings in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, A. Fujita, 2018, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Rapid Formation of Cerebral Microbleeds after Carotid Artery Stenting

J. Kira, I. Nakahara, Yoshihiko Watanabe, 2012, Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra.

Worldwide Incidence and Prevalence of Neuromyelitis Optica A Systematic Review

Jacqueline Palace, S. Broadley, J. Kira, 2022 .

Upregulation of vascular growth factors in multiple sclerosis: Correlation with MRI findings

F. Mihara, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2006, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Nationwide epidemiological study of neuromyelitis optica in Japan

K. Fujihara, N. Kuriyama, J. Kira, 2018, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.

Optic, trigeminal, and facial neuropathy related to anti‐neurofascin 155 antibody

S. Tobimatsu, A. Hiwatashi, J. Kira, 2020, Annals of clinical and translational neurology.

Unique HLA haplotype associations in IgG4 anti-neurofascin 155 antibody-positive chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

J. Kira, K. Kaida, S. Kusunoki, 2019, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

High incidence of subclinical peripheral neuropathy in myelitis with hyperIgEaemia and mite antigen-specific IgE (atopic myelitis): an electrophysiological study.

S. Tobimatsu, J. Kira, H. Furuya, 2002, Internal medicine.

Elevated antibodies to synthetic peptides of HTLV-1 envelope transmembrane glycoproteins in patients with HAM/TSP

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, Y. Maeda, 1991, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

Granulocyte activation markers in cerebrospinal fluid differentiate acute neuromyelitis spectrum disorder from multiple sclerosis

F. Piehl, J. Kira, J. Lambert, 2023, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.

J. Kira, N. Mifune, Y. Shimizu, 2022, Journal of Neurology.

Correlation of the symbol digit modalities test with the quality of life and depression in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis.

J. Kira, N. Mifune, Y. Shimizu, 2021, Multiple sclerosis and related disorders.

Risk HLA-DRB1 alleles differentially influence brain and lesion volumes in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

A. Hiwatashi, J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, 2020, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Long-term use of interferon-β in multiple sclerosis increases Vδ1−Vδ2−Vγ9− γδ T cells that are associated with a better outcome

J. Kira, Y. Yoshikai, N. Isobe, 2019, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Heterogeneity and continuum of multiple sclerosis phenotypes in Japanese according to the results of the fourth nationwide survey

Y. Itoyama, G. Sobue, K. Fujihara, 2009, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Serum Anti-oligodendrocyte Autoantibodies in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Detected by a Tissue-Based Immunofluorescence Assay

J. Kira, Y. Nakabeppu, T. Fujii, 2021, Frontiers in Neurology.

Impact and characteristics of quality of life in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, N. Mifune, T. Kohriyama, 2011, Quality of Life Research.

Distinct microglial and macrophage distribution patterns in the concentric and lamellar lesions in Baló's disease and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Satoshi O. Suzuki, T. Tabira, T. Iwaki, 2020, Brain pathology.

Association of anti-Helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activating protein antibody response with anti-aquaporin-4 autoimmunity in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, N. Isobe, 2009, Multiple sclerosis.

Intractable axonal neuropathy with multifocal peripheral nerve swelling in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A case report.

J. Kira, M. Katsuno, R. Yamasaki, 2019, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.

HTLV-II in patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, N. Yamamoto, 1991, The Lancet.

Re-emergence of a tumefactive demyelinating lesion after initiation of fingolimod therapy

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, T. Uehara, 2017, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Body weight-based natalizumab treatment in adult patients with multiple sclerosis

W. Carroll, J. Kira, J. Foley, 2015, Journal of Neurology.

Fingolimod (FTY720) therapy in Japanese patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis over 12 months: results of a phase 2 observational extension

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, S. Kikuchi, 2014, BMC Neurology.

Central nervous system-specific antinuclear antibodies in patients with multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, S. Nagata, T. Fujii, 2019, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Multiple sclerosis (PP-038)

D. Arnold, F. Najafi, A. Bar-Or, 2010 .

[A patient with vitamin E deficient, myopathy presenting with amyotrophy].

T. Iwaki, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2001, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Inclusion body myositis associated with hepatitis C virus infection.

T Yamamoto, H Furuya, J. Kira, 2001, Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica.

Some flavonoids and DHEA-S prevent the cis-effect of expanded CTG repeats in a stable PC12 cell transformant.

J. Kira, Y. Nakabeppu, Y. Fukumaki, 2005, Biochemical pharmacology.

Connexins in neuromyelitis optica: a link between astrocytopathy and demyelination.

S. Vukusic, J. Kira, P. Giraudon, 2020, Brain : a journal of neurology.

Direct neuronal conversion of microglia/macrophages reinstates neurological function after stroke

J. Kira, A. Kamiya, K. Nakashima, 2021, bioRxiv.

Creation and validation of a bladder dysfunction symptom score for HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

J. Kira, H. Yonezawa, Takahiko Ueno, 2020, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.

Motor and somatosensory evoked potential findings in HTLV-I associated myelopathy

S. Tobimatsu, J. Kira, Rie Suga, 1999, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Simultaneous arterial spin labeling cerebral blood flow and morphological assessments for detection of Alzheimer's disease.

K. Yamashita, T. Yoshiura, A. Hiwatashi, 2011, Academic radiology.

Characterization of cerebral white matter lesions of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in comparison with multiple sclerosis and collagen-vasculitis: a semiquantitative MRI study

K. Hasuo, J. Kira, I. Goto, 1995, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein are uncommon in Japanese opticospinal multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, R. Dale, S. Ramanathan, 2016, Multiple sclerosis.

Unexpected exacerbations following initiation of disease-modifying drugs in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: Which factor is responsible, anti-aquaporin 4 antibodies, B cells, Th1 cells, Th2 cells, Th17 cells, or others?

J. Kira, 2017, Multiple sclerosis.

Double positivity for anti‐N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor and anti‐aquaporin‐4 antibodies in a patient presenting with hypersomnolence, personality change, and reduced spontaneity

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, T. Uehara, 2020 .

Transient burning pain in the ipsilateral orbit as an initial manifestation of dorsal pontine hemorrhage: case report.

J. Kira, S. Hashimoto, H. Doi, 2009, Neurologia medico-chirurgica.

Increase of CD4+TNFα+IL-2−T cells in cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, Y. Kawano, 2009, Multiple sclerosis.

Quinoline Derivatives Are Therapeutic Candidates for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Jun-ichi Kira, Kensuke Sasaki, Toru Iwaki, 2004, Journal of Virology.

Ocular dominancy in conjugate eye movements at reading distance

Shozo Tobimatsu, Takayuki Taniwaki, Jun-ichi Kira, 2005, Neuroscience Research.

[Successful treatment of a case of steroid-dependent neuro-Sweet disease with dapsone].

J. Kira, T. Tateishi, R. Yamasaki, 2010, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Functional network of the basal ganglia and cerebellar motor loops in vivo: Different activation patterns between self-initiated and externally triggered movements

Katsuya Ogata, Shozo Tobimatsu, Yasuhiko Nakamura, 2006, NeuroImage.

Phenotypic spectrum of hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy caused by the SEPT9 R88W mutation

J. Kira, T. Tateishi, Y. Ohyagi, 2009, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Spontaneous seizures in a rat model of multiple prenatal freeze lesioning

Satoshi O. Suzuki, H. Shigeto, J. Kira, 2013, Epilepsy Research.

Reappraisal of Aquaporin‐4 Astrocytopathy in Asian Neuromyelitis Optica and Multiple Sclerosis Patients

T. Iwaki, J. Kira, T. Suenaga, 2011, Brain pathology.

Comparison of the clinical courses of the opticospinal and conventional forms of multiple sclerosis in Japan.

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, S. Kikuchi, 2005, Internal medicine.

Proposed modifications to McDonald diagnostic criteria for Asians with multiple sclerosis

J. Kira, C. Tan, B. Kim, 2006 .

High-dose ubiquinol supplementation in multiple-system atrophy: a multicentre, randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial

N. Sawamoto, T. Matsukawa, R. Hanajima, 2023, EClinicalMedicine.

Central nervous system involvement in amyloid A type amyloidosis

J. Kira, K. Arakawa, T. Kobayashi, 1996, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Association of the HLA-DPB1*0501 allele with anti-aquaporin-4 antibody positivity in Japanese patients with idiopathic central nervous system demyelinating disorders.

J. Kira, N. Isobe, T. Matsushita, 2009, Tissue antigens.

Safety and efficacy response to interferon beta‐1a therapy in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis: Interim results of a postmarketing surveillance study

J. Kira, T. Saida, H. Makioka, 2016 .

Extensive white matter pathology of longitudinally extensive myelitis in neuromyelitis optica

J. Kira, S. Hayashida, K. Masaki, 2017 .

What we know and do not know about fingolimod: Outline and interpretation of results from the Japanese fingolimod core and extension studies

J. Kira, 2014 .

Peripheral Blood T Cell Dynamics Predict Relapse in Multiple Sclerosis Patients on

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, T. Matsushita, 2015 .

Chapter 100. Multiple Sclerosis

J. Kira, 2010 .

Oral phase dysphagia in facial onset sensory and motor neuronopathy

J. Kira, R. Yasumatsu, R. Yamasaki, 2018, Brain and behavior.

TAR DNA-binding protein 43 pathology in a case clinically diagnosed with facial-onset sensory and motor neuronopathy syndrome: An autopsied case report and a review of the literature

T. Iwaki, J. Kira, S. Hayashi, 2013, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

[A case of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy concomitant with acquired von Willebrand syndrome].

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, T. Tateishi, 2011, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

A Novel Autoantibody against Plexin D1 in Patients with Neuropathic Pain

H. Nakanishi, J. Kira, Y. Nakabeppu, 2018, Annals of neurology.

Time to re‐visit “Asian modification” of multiple sclerosis: Lessons from the Japanese fingolimod studies

J. Kira, 2014 .

Genetic and environmental backgrounds responsible for the changes in the phenotype of MS in Japanese subjects.

J. Kira, 2012, Multiple sclerosis and related disorders.

Clinical Relevance of Serum Aquaporin-4 Antibody Levels in Neuromyelitis Optica

J. Kira, N. Isobe, T. Matsushita, 2013, Neurochemical Research.

Quantitative assays for anti-aquaporin-4 antibody with subclass analysis in neuromyelitis optica

J. Kira, N. Isobe, T. Matsushita, 2012, Multiple sclerosis.

Reply to letter to the editor: Dimethyl fumarate for patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder by Pitarokoili and Gold

J. Kira, 2018, Multiple sclerosis.

Anti-Ri-associated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration without opsoclonus in a patient with a neuroendocrine carcinoma of the stomach.

H. Shigeto, T. Iwaki, J. Kira, 2000, Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica.

Focal brain lesions in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: DNA diagnosis and further monitoring.

J. Kira, 1999, Internal medicine.

Long-term efficacy and safety of fingolimod in Japanese patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis: 3-year results of the phase 2 extension study

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, S. Kikuchi, 2017, BMC Neurology.

Distinct genetic profiles between Japanese multiple sclerosis patients with and without Barkhof brain lesions

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, N. Isobe, 2013 .

Authors’ reply to ‘Helicobacter pylori with or without its neutrophil-activating protein may be the common denominator associated with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica’

J. Kira, T. Matsushita, M. Minohara, 2010 .

Outcomes of pregnancy during interferon beta‐1a therapy in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis: Interim results of a postmarketing surveillance study

J. Kira, Y. Shimizu, T. Saida, 2015 .

Future Perspectives of Neuroimmunological Disease Research

Jun-ichi Kira, J. Kira, 2011 .

Expanding phenotype of CLIPPERS indicates it to be a disease or a syndrome ?

J. Kira, 2013 .

A systems biology approach uncovers cell-specific gene regulatory effects of genetic associations in multiple sclerosis

Till F. M. Andlauer, J. Haines, M. Pericak-Vance, 2019, Nature Communications.

Anterior periventricular linear lesions in optic-spinal multiple sclerosis: a combined neuroimaging and neuropathological study

F. Mihara, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2008, Multiple sclerosis.

Elevated mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) antibody titer in Japanese multiple sclerosis

N. Hattori, J. Kira, K. Yokoyama, 2021, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

HLA-DRB1*04:05 allele is associated with intracortical lesions on three-dimensional double inversion recovery images in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

A. Hiwatashi, O. Togao, J. Kira, 2018, Multiple sclerosis.

MSVirtual 2020 – Late Breaking News

O. Ciccarelli, I.., L. Kappos, 2020 .

Antiplexin D1 Antibodies Relate to Small Fiber Neuropathy and Induce Neuropathic Pain in Animals

J. Kira, Eun-Jae Lee, Y. Lim, 2021, Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

Chondroitin sulfate β-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-1 (ChGn-1) polymorphism: Association with progression of multiple sclerosis

H. Kitagawa, J. Kira, Y. Tabara, 2016, Neuroscience Research.

Efficacy of methylprednisolone pulse therapy for acute relapse in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica: A multicenter retrospective analysis – 1. Whole group analysis

T. Kanda, K. Fujihara, J. Kira, 2013 .

Striatonigral degeneration with motor neuron disease

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, T. Yamada, 2000, Journal of Neurology.

Long-term efficacy and safety of intramuscular interferon beta-1a: Randomized postmarketing trial of two dosing regimens in Japanese patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

J. Kira, T. Saida, Yasuhiro Ueno, 2016, Multiple sclerosis and related disorders.

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease‐like diffusion‐weighted imaging hyperintensity paralleled with neuropsychiatric symptoms in a patient with limbic encephalitis associated with anti‐voltage‐gated potassium channel complex antibodies

J. Kira, K. Yamashita, R. Yamasaki, 2019, Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology.

Evidence for efficacy of a drug widely used without authorisation in multiple sclerosis: mycophenolate mofetil

J. Kira, 2013, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Katsuya Ogata, Koichi Hagiwara, Naruhito Hironaga, 2014, Clinical Neurophysiology.

First Multiple Sclerosis Summer College in Fukuoka (2–3 August 2014) Molecular targeted therapy in multiple sclerosis: Bench to bedside and bedside to bench

J. Kira, T. Matsushita, K. Masaki, 2014 .

ANALYSIS OF CEREBRAL LOBAR MICROBLEEDS AND DECREASED CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW IN A MEMORY CLINIC SETTING

J. Kira, T. Araki, H. Murai, 2014, Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Cerebral blood flow laterality derived from arterial spin labeling as a biomarker for assessing the disease severity of parkinson's disease

K. Yamashita, A. Hiwatashi, O. Togao, 2017, Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI.

Proposed modifications to the McDonald criteria for use in Asia

A. Kermode, J. Kira, C. Tan, 2009, Multiple sclerosis.

Parvocellular and magnocellular visual processing in spinocerebellar degeneration and Parkinson's disease: an event-related potential study

S. Tobimatsu, K. Arakawa, J. Kira, 1999, Clinical Neurophysiology.

Shower embolism‐like brain lesions in Churg–Strauss syndrome

J. Kira, S. Hayashi, Y. Ohyagi, 2013 .

[A case of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) type 1 complicated by diabetes mellitus (DM) showing bilateral phrenic nerve palsy].

J. Kira, K. Yamashita, Y. Ohyagi, 2002, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

ELectron microscopic abnormality and therapeutic efficacy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with anti‐neurofascin155 immunoglobulin G4 antibody

J. Kira, S. Kusunoki, Hidekazu Suzuki, 2018, Muscle & nerve.

Restoration of a Conduction Block after the Long-term Treatment of CIDP with Anti-neurofascin 155 Antibodies: Follow-up of a Case over 23 Years

G. Sobue, J. Kira, N. Atsuta, 2018, Internal medicine.

Discriminative clinical and neuroimaging features of motor-predominant hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and primary progressive multiple sclerosis: A preliminary cross-sectional study.

A. Hiwatashi, J. Kira, Kunihiro Yoshida, 2019, Multiple sclerosis and related disorders.

[The Japanese version of RBANS (Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status)].

M. Matsui, T. Yamashima, J. Kira, 2002, No to shinkei = Brain and nerve.

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) in the Japanese population reveals novel genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

J. Kira, T. Matsushita, S. Sato, 2015, Journal of Neurological Sciences.

Anti-LGI4 Antibody Is a Novel Juxtaparanodal Autoantibody for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

J. Kira, M. Fukata, K. Kitagawa, 2023, Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

Multimodal diagnostic approach for limbic encephalitis associated with antivoltage‐gated potassium channel complex antibodies

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, T. Uehara, 2015 .

Prenatal freeze lesioning produces epileptogenic focal cortical dysplasia

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, 2008, Epilepsia.

[Disease concept, etiology and mechanisms of multiple sclerosis].

J. Kira, 2014, Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine.

Clopidogrel response predicts thromboembolic events associated with coil embolization of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: A prospective cohort study

K. Matsuo, J. Kira, T. Kitazono, 2021, PloS one.

Efficacy of High‐frequency Magnetic Stimulation of the Sacral Root in Patients with Urinary Incontinence Following a Radical Prostatectomy

S. Tobimatsu, J. Kira, S. Naito, 2011, Lower urinary tract symptoms.

Relationship between surface marker expression and encephalitogenic potency of BP-cultured lymphocytes.

Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, I. Goto, 1988, Cellular immunology.

A novel mutation of the GTP‐cyclohydrolase I gene in a patient with hereditary progressive dystoniddopa‐responsive dystonia

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, T. Yamada, 1998, Neurology.

The selective Rho-kinase inhibitor Fasudil is protective and therapeutic in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

J. Kira, H. Shimokawa, Masahito Tanaka, 2006, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

PON1 Q192R is associated with high platelet reactivity with clopidogrel in patients undergoing elective neurointervention: A prospective single-center cohort study.

K. Matsuo, J. Kira, I. Nakahara, 2021, PloS one.

Connexin 30 deficiency attenuates A2 astrocyte responses and induces severe neurodegeneration in a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine hydrochloride Parkinson’s disease animal model

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, A. Fujita, 2018, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Erratum: Increased HTLV-I proviral DNA in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy: A quantitative polymerase chain reaction study (Ann Neurol (Feb. 1991) 29 (194-201))

Y. Sakaki, Y. Itoyama, J. Kira, 1991 .

The accumulation of advanced glycation end-products in a schizophrenic patient with a glyoxalase 1 frameshift mutation: An autopsy study

M. Itokawa, J. Kira, Hirotaka Sekiguchi, 2020, Schizophrenia Research.

EEG findings in early-stage corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy: A retrospective study and literature review

S. Tobimatsu, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2006, Clinical Neurophysiology.

[Solitary neurofibroma presenting as a tender soft-to-firm tumor at the temporal head region masquerading as temporal arteritis].

T. Iwaki, J. Kira, T. Tateishi, 2009, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Rapidly spreading seizures arise from large-scale functional brain networks in focal epilepsy

Katsuya Ogata, Shozo Tobimatsu, Hiroshi Shigeto, 2021, NeuroImage.

[A case of sudden-onset transverse myelopathy suspected to be caused by fibrocartilaginous embolism].

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, D. Matsuse, 2020, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Clinical disability progression and platelet GP IIb/IIIa values in patients with atopic myelitis

J. Kira, K. Yamashita, N. Isobe, 2012, Journal of Neuroimmunology.

Interleukin-7 receptor alpha gene polymorphism influences multiple sclerosis risk in Asians

J. Kira, K. Miyamoto, N. Isobe, 2011, Neurology.

Neural damage associated with atopic diathesis

J. Kira, N. Isobe, N. Kawamura, 2009, Neurology.

Structural changes in Parkinson’s disease: voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging analyses based on 123I-MIBG uptake

S. Baba, K. Yamashita, A. Hiwatashi, 2017, European Radiology.

Autosomal dominant familial spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy with gynecomastia

K Ikezoe, H Furuya, J. Kira, 1999, Neurology.

Electrophysiological correlates of associative visual agnosia lesioned in the ventral pathway

S. Tobimatsu, K. Arakawa, J. Kira, 2004, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid cytokines and growth factors in multiple sclerosis patients with and without chronic headaches

J. Kira, T. Tateishi, N. Isobe, 2011 .

Minimum norm estimates in MEG can delineate the onset of interictal epileptic discharges: A comparison with ECoG findings☆

Koichi Hagiwara, Naruhito Hironaga, Shozo Tobimatsu, 2013, NeuroImage: Clinical.

Th2 shift in mononeuritis multiplex and increase of Th2 cells in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: an intracellular cytokine analysis

J. Kira, H. Furuya, H. Murai, 2001, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Heightened IgE response to mite antigens in inflammatory neuropathies

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, H. Matsuo, 1999, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Rupert Timpl – A Personal Account

H. Noguchi, J. Kira, M. Bardella, 2004, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology.

The soleus late response elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation reflects agonist–antagonist postural adjustment in the lower limbs

S. Tobimatsu, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2001, Clinical Neurophysiology.

[A case of rhabdomyolysis after status epilepticus without stroke-like episodes in mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes].

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, T. Uchiumi, 2016, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

FULL-LENGTH ORIGINAL RESEARCH Prenatal freeze lesioning produces epileptogenic focal cortical dysplasia

Satoshi O. Suzuki, H. Shigeto, J. Kira, 2008 .

A case of rhabdomyolysis after status epilepticus without stroke-like episodes in mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes.

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, T. Uchiumi, 2017, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

[A case of spinal myoclonus associated with epidural block for lumbago].

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, T. Yamada, 1999, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Long-Term Effect of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors on the Dorsal Attention Network of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: A Pilot Study Using Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

S. Tobimatsu, J. Kira, K. Yamashita, 2022, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

Dermatomyositis complicated with asymmetric peripheral neuritis on exacerbation: A case report and literature review

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, T. Irie, 2016 .

[A case of cervical myelopathy due to dural arteriovenous fistula at the craniocervical junction].

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, T. Yamada, 1999, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Raymond syndrome (alternating abducent hemiplegia) caused by a small haematoma at the medial pontomedullary junction.

J. Kira, T. Yamada, M. Satake, 1995, Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.

[A patient with Parkinson's disease complicated by hypothyroidism who developed malignant syndrome after discontinuation of etizolam].

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, H. Furuya, 2002, Rinshō shinkeigaku Clinical neurology.

Alterations in chemokine receptor expressions on peripheral blood monocytes in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

J. Kira, T. Tateishi, R. Yamasaki, 2013 .

Paradoxical lateralization of parasagittal spikes revealed by back averaging of EEG and MEG in a case with epilepsia partialis continua

Shozo Tobimatsu, Yasumasa Ohyagi, Takayuki Taniwaki, 2002, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Deficiency of MTH1 and/or OGG1 increases the accumulation of 8-oxoguanine in the brain of the App NL-G-F/NL-G-F knock-in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, accompanied by accelerated microgliosis and reduced anxiety-like behavior

J. Kira, Y. Nakabeppu, T. Saido, 2021, Neuroscience Research.

Anti‐KIR4.1 antibodies in Japanese patients with idiopathic central nervous system demyelinating diseases

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, Shihoko Imamura, 2013 .

Multimodality evoked potentials for discrimination of atopic myelitis and multiple sclerosis

S. Tobimatsu, H. Shigeto, J. Kira, 2013 .

[Myelopathy due to vitamin B12 deficiency presenting only sensory disturbances in upper extremities: a case report].

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, T. Yamada, 1997, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Recurrent optic neuromyelitis with endocrinopathies

J. Kira, Y. Kawano, 1997, Neurology.

[Fibromuscular dysplasia of the basilar artery presenting as cerebral infarction in a young female].

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2006, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

Novel disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug iguratimod suppresses chronic experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by down-regulating activation of macrophages/microglia through an NF-κB pathway

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, T. Matsushita, 2018, Scientific Reports.

Anti‐plexin D1 antibodies are a novel biomarker for immune‐mediated neuropathic pain

J. Kira, T. Fujii, R. Yamasaki, 2018, Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology.

Slowed abduction during smooth pursuit eye movement in episodic ataxia type 2 with a novel CACNA1A mutation

H. Shigeto, J. Kira, K. Yamashita, 2017, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Adult‐onset hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy accompanied by anosmia but without skin ulceration

J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, A. Ohnishi, 2001, Acta neurologica Scandinavica.

Functional connectivity change between posterior cingulate cortex and ventral attention network relates to the impairment of orientation for time in Alzheimer’s disease patients

K. Yamashita, A. Hiwatashi, O. Togao, 2019, Brain Imaging and Behavior.

A case of multiple system atrophy-parkinsonian type with stuttering- and palilalia-like dysfluencies and putaminal atrophy.

K. Yamashita, A. Hiwatashi, J. Kira, 2017, Journal of fluency disorders.

Impaired Cytoplasmic–Nuclear Transport of Hypoxia‐Inducible Factor‐1α in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

T. Iwaki, J. Kira, S. Hayashi, 2013, Brain pathology.

Targeted lipidomics reveals mPGES-1-PGE2 as a therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis

S. Akira, J. Kira, Takao Shimizu, 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Upregulation of Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 2 and STAT3 Activation in the Spinal Cord of Mice Receiving 3,3′-Iminodipropionitrile

J. Kira, S. Jinno, R. Yamasaki, 2017, Neurotoxicity Research.

A nationwide survey of hypertrophic pachymeningitis in Japan

K. Fujii, J. Kira, S. Kusunoki, 2013, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Distinct cytokine and T helper cell profiles between patients with multiple sclerosis who had or had not received interferon‐beta

J. Kira, T. Tateishi, R. Yamasaki, 2014 .

Modified diffusion-weighted imaging-Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score including deep white matter lesions predicts symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage following intravenous thrombolysis

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, S. Nagano, 2019, Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis.

Morvan’s syndrome and myasthenia gravis related to familial Mediterranean fever gene mutations

J. Kira, S. Hayashi, H. Takashima, 2016, Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Bone marrow stroma cells are susceptible to prion infection.

J. Kira, K. Satoh, N. Nishida, 2008, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

Altered soleus responses to magnetic stimulation in pure cerebellar ataxia

S. Tobimatsu, J. Kira, T. Taniwaki, 2007, Clinical Neurophysiology.

Protein kinase C‐η polymorphism rs2230500 does not confer disease susceptibility to multiple sclerosis or neuromyelitis optica

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, N. Isobe, 2013 .

[Predominant parasympathetic involvement in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease caused by the MPZ Thr124Met mutation].

J. Kira, T. Tateishi, Y. Ohyagi, 2009, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology.

A unique case of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva with an ACVR1 mutation, G356D, other than the common mutation (R206H)

J. Kira, Y. Fukumaki, Y. Ohyagi, 2008, American journal of medical genetics. Part A.

Peripheral blood T cell subset characteristics of multiple sclerosis in remission phase correlate with annualized relapse rates

J. Kira, R. Yamasaki, H. Yamaguchi, 2016 .

Choroid Plexus Volume in Multiple Sclerosis vs Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

C. Granziera, N. Hadjikhani, L. Kappos, 2022, Neurology - Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation.

Month of birth in multiple sclerosis with and without longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions: A study of a Japanese national survey

J. Kira, M. Kinoshita, M. Nakagawa, 2013, Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Frequency of Chronic Headaches in Japanese Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: With Special Reference to Opticospinal and Common Forms of Multiple Sclerosis

J. Kira, Y. Ohyagi, N. Isobe, 2009, Headache.

Low sensitivity of anti-aquaporin-4 in multiple sclerosis, longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions and neuromyelitis optica in Australians

F. Mastaglia, A. Kermode, W. Carroll, 2007 .

[Genetic susceptibility to opticospinal form of multiple sclerosis].

J. Kira, M. Minohara, 2001, No to shinkei = Brain and nerve.

Anti-neurofascin antibody in patients with combined central and peripheral demyelination

J. Kira, S. Kusunoki, R. Yamasaki, 2013, Neurology.

PET evaluation of the relationship between D2 receptor binding and glucose metabolism in patients with parkinsonism

M. Sasaki, H. Honda, J. Kira, 2005, Annals of nuclear medicine.

Slowly progressive distal muscular atrophy of the bilateral upper limbs (O'Sullivan-McLeod syndrome) partially alleviated by intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.

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