Published in Diabetes Care on September 01, 2003
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Increased adiponectin secretion by highly purified eicosapentaenoic acid in rodent models of obesity and human obese subjects. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2007) 1.60
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Attenuation of diet-induced weight gain and adiposity through increased energy expenditure in mice lacking angiotensin II type 1a receptor. Endocrinology (2005) 1.54
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Sirt1 plays an important role in mediating greater functionality of human ES/iPS-derived vascular endothelial cells. Atherosclerosis (2010) 1.52
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Significance and therapeutic potential of the natriuretic peptides/cGMP/cGMP-dependent protein kinase pathway in vascular regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2003) 1.46
High-density association study and nomination of susceptibility genes for hypertension in the Japanese National Project. Hum Mol Genet (2007) 1.44
Up-regulated expression of microRNA-143 in association with obesity in adipose tissue of mice fed high-fat diet. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2008) 1.44
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Significance of estimating the glomerular filtration rate for the management of hypertension in type 2 diabetes with microalbuminuria. Hypertens Res (2013) 1.43
A phase II study on stereotactic body radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Radiother Oncol (2007) 1.43
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Leptin-to-adiponectin ratio as a potential atherogenic index in obese type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetes Care (2004) 1.38
Successful localization and treatment for ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone secretion in a rare case of possible Tx N2 M0 carcinoid tumor with Cushing syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2002) 1.38
Plasma ghrelin and desacyl ghrelin concentrations in renal failure. J Am Soc Nephrol (2002) 1.37
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Genomic structure and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the human ghrelin gene. Endocrinology (2004) 1.30
The Keap1-Nrf2 system prevents onset of diabetes mellitus. Mol Cell Biol (2013) 1.30
Notch/Rbp-j signaling prevents premature endocrine and ductal cell differentiation in the pancreas. Cell Metab (2006) 1.28
Antiobesity effect of eicosapentaenoic acid in high-fat/high-sucrose diet-induced obesity: importance of hepatic lipogenesis. Diabetes (2010) 1.25
Leptin stimulates ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization: possible role of vascular endothelial growth factor expressed in retinal endothelial cells. Diabetes (2004) 1.25
Genome-wide scan revealed that polymorphisms in the PNPLA3, SAMM50, and PARVB genes are associated with development and progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Japan. Hum Genet (2013) 1.24
Regulator of G-protein signaling subtype 4 mediates antihypertrophic effect of locally secreted natriuretic peptides in the heart. Circulation (2008) 1.23
Adipose tissue inflammation and ectopic lipid accumulation. Endocr J (2012) 1.22