Kunio Shirato

In situ expression of the cell adhesion molecules in bronchial tissues from asthmatics with air flow limitation: in vivo evidence of VCAM-1/VLA-4 interaction in selective eosinophil infiltration.

K. Shirato, N. Maruyama, K. Yamauchi, 1995, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology.

Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) gene expression by eosinophils in asthmatic airway inflammation.

M. Jordana, P. O'Byrne, K. Shirato, 1996, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology.

IL‐5, IL‐8 and GM‐CSF immunostaining of sputum cells in bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis

K. Shirato, K. Yamauchi, I. Ohno, 1995, Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Ovalbumin (OVA) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli cooperatively polarize anti-OVA T-helper (Th) cells toward a Th1-dominant phenotype and ameliorate murine tracheal eosinophilia.

K. Shirato, G. Tamura, K. Sano, 1999, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology.

Proliferative effects of eosinophil lysates on cultured human airway smooth muscle cells

K. Shirato, I. Ohno, K. Suzuki, 2002, Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Eosinophils as a source of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in asthmatic airway inflammation.

K. Shirato, K. Yamauchi, I. Ohno, 1997, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology.

Regulation of T-helper type 2 cell and airway eosinophilia by transmucosal coadministration of antigen and oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG motifs.

K. Shirato, G. Tamura, H. Shirota, 2000, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology.

Transforming growth factor-beta secreted from CD4(+) T cells ameliorates antigen-induced eosinophilic inflammation. A novel high-dose tolerance in the trachea.

K. Shirato, Y. Ohkawara, G. Tamura, 1999, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology.

A novel function of thyrotropin as a potentiator of electrolyte secretion from the tracheal gland.

K. Shirato, H. Saitoh, S. Shimura, 2000, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology.

Signature current of SO2-induced bronchitis in rabbit.

K. Shirato, S. Shimura, Tsukasa Sasaki, 1997, The Journal of clinical investigation.

Activation and transforming growth factor-beta production in eosinophils by hyaluronan.

K. Shirato, Y. Ohkawara, G. Tamura, 2000, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology.