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M Shimabukuro

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1 Lipotoxic heart disease in obese rats: implications for human obesity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000 5.65
2 Age related changes in 5-methylcytosine content in human peripheral leukocytes and placentas: an HPLC-based study. Ann Hum Genet 2004 2.95
3 Induction by leptin of uncoupling protein-2 and enzymes of fatty acid oxidation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997 1.59
4 Role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha in disease of pancreatic beta cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 1.53
5 beta-cell function in normal rats made chronically hyperleptinemic by adenovirus-leptin gene therapy. Diabetes 1997 1.33
6 Enhanced de novo lipogenesis in the leptin-unresponsive pancreatic islets of prediabetic Zucker diabetic fatty rats: role in the pathogenesis of lipotoxic diabetes. Diabetes 1998 1.31
7 OB-Rb gene transfer to leptin-resistant islets reverses diabetogenic phenotype. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 1.17
8 Multiple coronary LV fistulas: demonstration of coronary steal phenomenon by stress thallium scintigraphy and exercise hemodynamics. Am Heart J 1990 0.95
9 Characterization of a Bombyx mori cDNA encoding a novel member of the attacin family of insect antibacterial proteins. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 1995 0.91
10 Overexpression of leptin receptors in pancreatic islets of Zucker diabetic fatty rats restores GLUT-2, glucokinase, and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 0.90
11 Antioxidant and hepatoprotective actions of the medicinal herb Artemisia campestris from the Okinawa Islands. Biol Pharm Bull 2000 0.88
12 Protein kinase B/Akt signalling is required for palmitate-induced beta-cell lipotoxicity. Diabetes Obes Metab 2006 0.87
13 Resistance to adenovirally induced hyperleptinemia in rats. Comparison of ventromedial hypothalamic lesions and mutated leptin receptors. J Clin Invest 1998 0.87
14 Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of uncoupling protein-2 in pancreatic islets of Zucker diabetic rats increases oxidative activity and improves beta-cell function. Diabetes 1999 0.86
15 Comparison of the acute hemodynamic and coronary vasodilating effects between nicorandil and glyceryl trinitrate. Arzneimittelforschung 1991 0.86
16 Triiodothyronine concomitantly inhibits calcium overload and postischemic myocardial stunning in diabetic rats. Life Sci 2001 0.84
17 Lys(173)Arg and -344T/C variants of CYP11B2 in Japanese patients with low-renin hypertension. Hypertension 2000 0.82
18 Structure of two cecropin B-encoding genes and bacteria-inducible DNA-binding proteins which bind to the 5'-upstream regulatory region in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Gene 1995 0.81
19 Nitroglycerin spray rapidly improves pain in a patient with chronic painful diabetic neuropathy. Diabet Med 2004 0.80
20 Leptin normalizes the impaired response of proinsulin mRNA to long chain fatty acids in heterozygous Zucker diabetic fatty rats. J Biol Chem 1997 0.80
21 Direct effects of thyroid hormones on rat coronary artery: nongenomic effects of triiodothyronine and thyroxine. Thyroid 1998 0.79
22 Dimerumic acid as an antioxidant of the mold, Monascus anka. Free Radic Biol Med 2000 0.79
23 Lipopolysaccharide-lipophorin complex formation in insect hemolymph: a common pathway of lipopolysaccharide detoxification both in insects and in mammals. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 1994 0.78
24 Screening of antioxidant action of various molds and protection of Monascus anka against experimentally induced liver injuries of rats. Gen Pharmacol 1999 0.78
25 Identification of three new mutations of the HNF-1 alpha gene in Japanese MODY families. Diabetologia 2002 0.77
26 Cilazapril prevents cardiac hypertrophy and postischemic myocardial dysfunction in hyperthyroid rats. Thyroid 2001 0.77
27 Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma with a giant gastric tumor: a case report. Jpn J Clin Oncol 1996 0.76
28 Long-term nifedipine treatment reduces calcium overload in isolated reperfused hearts of diabetic rats. Gen Pharmacol 1995 0.75
29 [Survey among the couples following childbirth attended by husbands]. Josanpu Zasshi 1986 0.75
30 [Approach to understanding of a patient with sensory aphasia: through the establishment of communication]. Kurinikaru Sutadi 1988 0.75
31 [CT findings of malignant lymphoma of the anterior mediastinum--differentiation from invasive thymoma]. Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi 1989 0.75
32 [An elderly case of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis]. Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi 1991 0.75
33 Sustained improvement of pulmonary haemodynamics with low-dose of nifedipine in primary pulmonary hypertension. Eur Heart J 1996 0.75
34 The use of intraoperative ultrasonography for detecting tumor extension in bile duct carcinoma. Int Surg 1997 0.75
35 Effect of gliclazide on the functional response to calcium in diabetic rat heart. Gen Pharmacol 1996 0.75
36 [Comparative study of findings by tomography with a compensation filter and those by bronchofiberscopy in the hilar and mediastinal region]. Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi 1987 0.75
37 [A case of recurrent syncope due to pulmonary embolism]. Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi 1992 0.75