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Overview

Masako Hara is affiliated with the National Defense Medical College in Japan. Their academic work primarily focuses on medicine, with a particular emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, hematology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and critical care and intensive care medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Masako Hara has contributed to multiple journals and publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Research Square
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • European Heart Journal
  • American Journal of Roentgenology
  • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Determination of the Optimal Measurement Point for Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From CTA Using Pressure Wire Assessment as Reference," 2020, American Journal of Roentgenology
  • "Temporal virtual reality-guided, dual-task, trunk balance training in a sitting position improves persistent postural-perceptual dizziness: proof of concept," 2022, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
  • "Effect of PCSK-9 Inhibitors on Lipid-Rich Vulnerable Coronary Plaque Assessed by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy," 2020, JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
  • "Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for myelodysplastic syndrome in adolescent and young adult patients," 2021, Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • "Delirium is associated with high mortality in older adult patients with acute decompensated heart failure," 2020, BMC Geriatrics

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Misun Pak
  • Shoko Miura
  • Motohide Furuya
  • Taiji Okada
  • Nobuhide Watanabe

Best Publications

  • Comparison of Disease Activity Score (DAS)28- erythrocyte sedimentation rate and DAS28- C-reactive protein threshold values

    Eisuke Inoue;Hisashi Yamanaka;Masako Hara;Taisuke Tomatsu

  • Excessive Production of IFN-γ in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Its Contribution to Induction of B Lymphocyte Stimulator/B Cell-Activating Factor/TNF Ligand Superfamily-13B

    Masayoshi Harigai;Manabu Kawamoto;Masako Hara;Tetsuo Kubota

  • The inflammatory process in the mechanism of decreased serum uric acid concentrations during acute gouty arthritis

    Wako Urano;Hisashi Yamanaka;Hiroshi Tsutani;Hiroshi Nakajima

  • Validation of a Japanese version of the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire in 3,763 patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    Yuko Matsuda;Gurkirpal Singh;Hisashi Yamanaka;Eiichi Tanaka

  • Association of STAT4 With Susceptibility to Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Japanese Population

    Shu Kobayashi;Katsunori Ikari;Hirotaka Kaneko;Yuta Kochi

  • Association between PADI4 and rheumatoid arthritis: a replication study.

    Katsunori Ikari;Mahito Kuwahara;Takahiro Nakamura;Shigeki Momohara

  • Increased ferritin predicts development and severity of acute interstitial lung disease as a complication of dermatomyositis

    Takahisa Gono;Yasushi Kawaguchi;Masako Hara;Ikuko Masuda

  • Increased CD40 Expression on Muscle Cells of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: Role of CD40-CD40 Ligand Interaction in IL-6, IL-8, IL-15, and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Production

    Tomoko Sugiura;Yasushi Kawaguchi;Masayoshi Harigai;Kae Takagi

  • Interleukin-18 as a novel diagnostic marker and indicator of disease severity in adult-onset Still's disease

    Yasushi Kawaguchi;Hisae Terajima;Masayoshi Harigai;Masako Hara

  • Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1) in Inflammatory Joint Diseases and Its Involvement in the Cytokine Network of Rheumatoid Synovium

    Masayoshi Harigai;Masako Hara;Teizo Yoshimura;Edward J. Leonard

  • Autostimulatory effects of IL-6 on excessive B cell differentiation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: analysis of IL-6 production and IL-6R expression.

    A Kitani;M Hara;T Hirose;M Harigai

  • Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: evaluation of clinical characteristics and response to immunosuppressive treatment.

    Eiichi Tanaka;Masayoshi Harigai;Michi Tanaka;Yasushi Kawaguchi

  • Haplotype analysis revealed no association between the PTPN22 gene and RA in a Japanese population

    K. Ikari;S. Momohara;E. Inoue;T. Tomatsu

  • Angiotensin II in the lesional skin of systemic sclerosis patients contributes to tissue fibrosis via angiotensin II type 1 receptors.

    Yasushi Kawaguchi;Kae Takagi;Masako Hara;Chikako Fukasawa

  • Increased endothelin-1 production in fibroblasts derived from patients with systemic sclerosis.

    Y Kawaguchi;K Suzuki;M Hara;T Hidaka

  • Association of a functional polymorphism in the IRF5 region with systemic sclerosis in a Japanese population.

    Ikue Ito;Yasushi Kawaguchi;Aya Kawasaki;Minoru Hasegawa

  • Association between adult-onset Still's disease and interleukin-18 gene polymorphisms

    Unknown

  • Frequency of Class III and IV Nephritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Without Clinical Renal Involvement: An Analysis of Predictive Measures

    Daisuke Wakasugi;Takahisa Gono;Yasushi Kawaguchi;Masako Hara

  • Expression and Function of Fas Antigen and bcl-2 in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Lymphocytes

    Satomi Ohsako;Masako Hara;Masayoshi Harigai;Chikako Fukasawa

  • Muscarinic-3 acetylcholine receptor autoantibody in patients with systemic sclerosis: contribution to severe gastrointestinal tract dysmotility

    Y Kawaguchi;Y Nakamura;I Matsumoto;E Nishimagi

  • KL-6 as a novel serum marker for interstitial pneumonia associated with collagen diseases.

    H Nakajima;M Harigai;M Hara;M Hakoda

  • What's in season for rheumatoid arthritis patients? Seasonal fluctuations in disease activity

    N. Iikuni;A. Nakajima;E. Inoue;E. Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoyuki Kamatani
Naoyuki Kamatani StaGen (Japan)
Hisashi Yamanaka
Hisashi Yamanaka International University of Health and Welfare
Yasushi Kawaguchi
Yasushi Kawaguchi University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Nakajima
Hiroshi Nakajima Chiba University
Naoyuki Tsuchiya
Naoyuki Tsuchiya University of Tsukuba
Manabu Fujimoto
Manabu Fujimoto Osaka University
Masataka Kuwana
Masataka Kuwana Nippon Medical School
Seisuke Hattori
Seisuke Hattori Kitasato University
Hiroshi Okamoto
Hiroshi Okamoto University of Tokyo

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