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Kazumi Akimoto

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1 Fasudil, a Rho-kinase inhibitor, attenuates glomerulosclerosis in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. J Hypertens 2004 1.75
2 Globular adiponectin activates nuclear factor-kappaB and activating protein-1 and enhances angiotensin II-induced proliferation in cardiac fibroblasts. Diabetes 2007 1.68
3 Beneficial effects of a combination of Rho-kinase inhibitor and ACE inhibitor on tubulointerstitial fibrosis induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction. Hypertens Res 2010 1.47
4 Upregulation of ligand, receptor system, and amidating activity of adrenomedullin in left ventricular hypertrophy of severely hypertensive rats: effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and diuretic. J Hypertens 2003 1.41
5 Images in cardio-thoracic surgery. Left atrial myxoma with tumour vascularity: three-dimensional images with multi-slice computed tomography. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009 1.39
6 HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor increases GTP cyclohydrolase I mRNA and tetrahydrobiopterin in vascular endothelial cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003 1.14
7 Renoprotective effect of chronic adrenomedullin infusion in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Hypertension 2002 0.97
8 Retracted Cilostazol inhibits cytokine-induced nuclear factor-kappaB activation via AMP-activated protein kinase activation in vascular endothelial cells. Cardiovasc Res 2008 0.95
9 Natriuretic peptide/natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A) system has inhibitory effects in renal fibrosis in mice. Regul Pept 2009 0.94
10 Globular adiponectin induces adhesion molecule expression through the sphingosine kinase pathway in vascular endothelial cells. Life Sci 2007 0.93
11 Glucose upregulates plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene expression in vascular smooth muscle cells. Life Sci 2002 0.92
12 Activation of AMP-activated protein kinase enhances angiotensin ii-induced proliferation in cardiac fibroblasts. Hypertension 2005 0.91
13 Long-term administration of rho-kinase inhibitor ameliorates renal damage in malignant hypertensive rats. Hypertension 2006 0.89
14 Fasudil, a Rho-kinase inhibitor, reverses L-NAME exacerbated severe nephrosclerosis in spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2008 0.87
15 Inhibition of Rho-kinase attenuates nephrosclerosis and improves survival in salt-loaded spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats. J Hypertens 2007 0.86
16 Concentrations and distribution of mercury and other heavy metals in surface sediments of the Yatsushiro Sea including Minamata Bay, Japan. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2007 0.85
17 Role of adrenomedullin system in lipid metabolism and its signaling mechanism in cultured adipocytes. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008 0.84
18 Augmented pentose phosphate pathway plays critical roles in colorectal carcinomas. Oncology 2015 0.84
19 Retracted Statin blocks Rho/Rho-kinase signalling and disrupts the actin cytoskeleton: relationship to enhancement of LPS-mediated nitric oxide synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells. Biochim Biophys Acta 2004 0.84
20 Interleukin-10 regulates transforming growth factor-beta signaling in cultured human bronchial epithelial cells. Respiration 2007 0.83
21 Chronic administration of adrenomedullin attenuates transition from left ventricular hypertrophy to heart failure in rats. Hypertension 2003 0.83
22 Comprehensive analysis of genes involved in the malignancy of gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Anticancer Res 2010 0.81
23 Stimulatory and Inhibitory regulation of lipolysis by the NPR-A/cGMP/PKG and NPR-C/G(i) pathways in rat cultured adipocytes. Regul Pept 2008 0.80
24 Inhibitory effect of Agaricu blazei Murill components on abnormal collagen fiber formation in human hepatocarcinoma cells. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008 0.79
25 Altered gene expression of adrenomedullin and its receptor system and molecular forms of tissue adrenomedullin in left ventricular hypertrophy induced by malignant hypertension. Regul Pept 2003 0.78
26 Effects of olmesartan medoxomil as an angiotensin II-receptor blocker in chronic hypoxic rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2005 0.78
27 Response of adrenomedullin system to cytokine in cardiac fibroblasts-role of adrenomedullin as an antifibrotic factor. Cardiovasc Res 2005 0.77
28 Ventricular adrenomedullin system in the transition from LVH to heart failure in rats. Hypertension 2003 0.77
29 Cerivastatin, a hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, inhibits cardiac myocyte hypertrophy induced by endothelin. Eur J Pharmacol 2002 0.76
30 Renoprotective effect of long-term combined treatment with adrenomedullin and omapatrilat in hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2005 0.75
31 Biopsy of orbital meningioma by computed tomography-guided fine-needle aspiration. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2005 0.75
32 Chronic effect of combined treatment with omapatrilat and adrenomedullin on the progression of heart failure in rats. Am J Hypertens 2006 0.75
33 Diagnosis of an ilio-iliac arteriovenous fistula by multidetector row computed tomography and surgical repair. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2008 0.75
34 Alteration of renal adrenomedullin and its receptor system in the severely hypertensive rat: effect of diuretic. Regul Pept 2005 0.75