Clinical and Research Topics Relating to Chronic Cough : The Physician's Perspective

Akio Niimi, Geography and cough aetiology Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. ,vol. 20, pp. 383- 387 ,(2007) , 10.1016/J.PUPT.2006.10.014

Akio Niimi, Alfonso Torrego, Andrew G. Nicholson, Borja G. Cosio, Tim B. Oates, Kian Fan Chung, Nature of airway inflammation and remodeling in chronic cough Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. ,vol. 116, pp. 565- 570 ,(2005) , 10.1016/J.JACI.2005.07.010

Alvin J. Ing, Cough and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. ,vol. 17, pp. 403- 413 ,(2004) , 10.1016/J.PUPT.2004.09.023

M. Takemura, A. Niimi, H. Matsumoto, T. Ueda, M. Yamaguchi, H. Matsuoka, M. Jinnai, K. Chin, M. Mishima, Atopic features of cough variant asthma and classic asthma with wheezing. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. ,vol. 37, pp. 1833- 1839 ,(2007) , 10.1111/J.1365-2222.2007.02848.X

Akio Niimi, Hisako Matsumoto, Michiaki Mishima, Eosinophilic airway disorders associated with chronic cough Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. ,vol. 22, pp. 114- 120 ,(2009) , 10.1016/J.PUPT.2008.12.001

Akio Niimi, Structural changes in the airways: cause or effect of chronic cough? Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. ,vol. 24, pp. 328- 333 ,(2011) , 10.1016/J.PUPT.2011.01.011

David A. Groneberg, Akio Niimi, Q. Thai Dinh, Borja Cosio, Mark Hew, Axel Fischer, K. Fan Chung, Increased Expression of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1 in Airway Nerves of Chronic Cough American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. ,vol. 170, pp. 1276- 1280 ,(2004) , 10.1164/RCCM.200402-174OC

Toshiyuki Kita, Masaki Fujimura, Haruhiko Ogawa, Yasuto Nakatsumi, Satoshi Nomura, Yoshihisa Ishiura, Shigeharu Myou, Shinji Nakao, Antitussive Effects of the Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist Montelukast in Patients with Cough Variant Asthma and Atopic Cough Allergology International. ,vol. 59, pp. 185- 192 ,(2010) , 10.2332/ALLERGOLINT.09-OA-0112

A Niimi, LT Nguyen, O Usmani, B Mann, KF1747079 Chung, None, Reduced pH and chloride levels in exhaled breath condensate of patients with chronic cough Thorax. ,vol. 59, pp. 608- 612 ,(2004) , 10.1136/THX.2003.012906

Masaya Takemura, Akio Niimi, Hisako Matsumoto, Tetsuya Ueda, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Makiko Jinnai, Kazuo Chin, Michiaki Mishima, Clinical, physiological and anti-inflammatory effect of montelukast in patients with cough variant asthma. Respiration. ,vol. 83, pp. 308- 315 ,(2012) , 10.1159/000332835