Published in Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai Zasshi on September 01, 2004
Parallel Gene Expression Changes in Sarcoidosis Involving the Lacrimal Gland, Orbital Tissue, or Blood. JAMA Ophthalmol (2015) 0.80
Renal resistive index and cardiovascular and renal outcomes in essential hypertension. Hypertension (2012) 3.15
Pulmonary venous flow and risk of cardiovascular disease in essential hypertension. J Hypertens (2008) 2.05
Coronary calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2009) 1.95
Hybrid cell-gene therapy for pulmonary hypertension based on phagocytosing action of endothelial progenitor cells. Circulation (2003) 1.86
Genetic variations of regulator of G-protein signaling 2 in hypertensive patients and in the general population. J Hypertens (2005) 1.84
Treatment of acquired perforating dermatosis with narrowband ultraviolet B. J Am Acad Dermatol (2004) 1.59
Inhibitory effect of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) on cultured cardiac myocyte hypertrophy: interference between CNP and endothelin-1 signaling pathways. Endocrinology (2004) 1.53
Masked hypertension and target organ damage in treated hypertensive patients. Am J Hypertens (2006) 1.52
Treatment of chronic actinic dermatitis with tacrolimus ointment. J Am Acad Dermatol (2002) 1.45
Serial changes in renal function as a prognostic indicator in advanced heart failure patients with left ventricular assist system. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.39
C-type natriuretic peptide, a novel antifibrotic and antihypertrophic agent, prevents cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 1.31
Adiponectin and renal function, and implication as a risk of cardiovascular disease. Am J Cardiol (2006) 1.30
Regulator of G-protein signaling subtype 4 mediates antihypertrophic effect of locally secreted natriuretic peptides in the heart. Circulation (2008) 1.23
Diagnostic and prognostic value of plasma brain natriuretic peptide in non-dialysis-dependent CRF. Am J Kidney Dis (2004) 1.20
Association of hypoadiponectinemia with smoking habit in men. Hypertension (2005) 1.08
Plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine and coronary and peripheral endothelial dysfunction in hypertensive patients. Am J Hypertens (2004) 1.04
Uric acid, left ventricular mass index, and risk of cardiovascular disease in essential hypertension. Hypertension (2005) 1.02
Calcineurin-nuclear factor of activated T cells pathway-dependent cardiac remodeling in mice deficient in guanylyl cyclase A, a receptor for atrial and brain natriuretic peptides. Circulation (2005) 1.02
Sarcoidosis and molecular mimicry--important etiopathogenetic aspects: current state and future directions. Wien Klin Wochenschr (2012) 1.01
Effects of UV irradiation on the sebaceous gland and sebum secretion in hamsters. J Dermatol Sci (2003) 1.01
Relationship between home blood pressure and longitudinal changes in target organ damage in treated hypertensive patients. Hypertens Res (2002) 0.99
Effects of the creation of arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis on cardiac function and natriuretic peptide levels in CRF. Am J Kidney Dis (2002) 0.98
Circulating CD14+ CD16+ monocytes are expanded in sarcoidosis patients. J Dermatol (2003) 0.97
Association of renal resistive index with target organ damage in essential hypertension. Am J Hypertens (2012) 0.97
Influence of plasma aldosterone on left ventricular geometry and diastolic function in treated essential hypertension. Hypertens Res (2002) 0.97
Adiponectin and inflammatory markers in peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Atherosclerosis (2006) 0.97
Natriuretic Peptide Signaling via Guanylyl Cyclase (GC)-A: An Endogenous Protective Mechanism of the Heart. Curr Cardiol Rev (2009) 0.96
Ghrelin suppresses cardiac sympathetic activity and prevents early left ventricular remodeling in rats with myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.96
Development of a new mouse model (xeroderma pigmentosum a-deficient, stem cell factor-transgenic) of ultraviolet B-induced melanoma. J Invest Dermatol (2005) 0.95
Impaired recovery of blood flow after hind-limb ischemia in mice lacking guanylyl cyclase-A, a receptor for atrial and brain natriuretic peptides. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2009) 0.95
Chronic administration of adrenomedullin attenuates the hypertension and increases renal nitric oxide synthase in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Regul Pept (2005) 0.94
Carotid intima-media thickness is correlated with impairment of coronary flow reserve in hypertensive patients without coronary artery disease. Hypertens Res (2003) 0.94
C-reactive protein, left ventricular mass index, and risk of cardiovascular disease in essential hypertension. Hypertens Res (2007) 0.93
XPA gene-deficient, SCF-transgenic mice with epidermal melanin are resistant to UV-induced carcinogenesis. J Invest Dermatol (2004) 0.93
Prostacyclin agonist with thromboxane synthase inhibitory activity (ONO-1301) attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2005) 0.92
Genetic variations of CYP2C9 in 724 Japanese individuals and their impact on the antihypertensive effects of losartan. Hypertens Res (2008) 0.90
Direct effects of high glucose and insulin on protein synthesis in cultured cardiac myocytes and DNA and collagen synthesis in cardiac fibroblasts. Metabolism (2004) 0.89
Effect of early nephrology referral on the initiation of hemodialysis and survival in patients with chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular diseases. Circ J (2007) 0.89
Association of carotid atherosclerosis with genetic polymorphisms of the klotho gene in patients with hypertension. Geriatr Gerontol Int (2010) 0.89
Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide concentration inversely correlates with left atrial collagen volume fraction in patients with atrial fibrillation: plasma ANP as a possible biochemical marker to predict the outcome of the maze procedure. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 0.88
Three novel missense mutations of WNK4, a kinase mutated in inherited hypertension, in Japanese hypertensives: implication of clinical phenotypes. Am J Hypertens (2004) 0.88
Interleukin-6 as an independent predictor of future cardiovascular events in high-risk Japanese patients: comparison with C-reactive protein. Cytokine (2010) 0.87
Plasma adrenomedullin as an independent predictor of future cardiovascular events in high-risk patients: comparison with C-reactive protein and adiponectin. Peptides (2007) 0.87
Close association of endothelial dysfunction with insulin resistance and carotid wall thickening in hypertension. Am J Hypertens (2004) 0.87
Additive interaction of metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease on cardiac hypertrophy, and risk of cardiovascular disease in hypertension. Am J Hypertens (2009) 0.87
Association of genetic polymorphisms of ACADSB and COMT with human hypertension. J Hypertens (2007) 0.87
Monocyte-derived multinucleated giant cells and sarcoidosis. J Dermatol Sci (2003) 0.86
Associations of hypertension and its complications with variations in the xanthine dehydrogenase gene. Hypertens Res (2008) 0.85
Early ghrelin treatment after myocardial infarction prevents an increase in cardiac sympathetic tone and reduces mortality. Endocrinology (2008) 0.85
Protein tyrosine kinase 2beta as a candidate gene for hypertension. Pharmacogenet Genomics (2007) 0.85
Masked hypertension: subtypes and target organ damage. Clin Exp Hypertens (2008) 0.85
Increased hydrogen peroxide generation by neutrophils from patients with acne inflammation. Int J Dermatol (2003) 0.85
PIG7/LITAF gene mutation and overexpression of its gene product in extramammary Paget's disease. Int J Cancer (2004) 0.84
Relationship between insulin resistance and the renin-angiotensin system: analysis for patients with essential and renovascular hypertension. Clin Exp Hypertens (2007) 0.84
Insertion/deletion polymorphism in clusterin gene influences serum lipid levels and carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensive Japanese females. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2005) 0.83
Association of intima-media thickening of carotid artery with genetic polymorphisms of the regulator of G-protein signaling 2 gene in patients with hypertension and in the general population. Hypertens Res (2011) 0.83
The photocarcinogenesis of antibiotic lomefloxacin and UVA radiation is enhanced in xeroderma pigmentosum group A gene-deficient mice. J Invest Dermatol (2005) 0.83
Asymptomatic renal infarction, due to fibromuscular dysplasia, in a young woman with 11 years of follow-up. Clin Exp Nephrol (2005) 0.83
Ventricular nonmyocytes inhibit doxorubicin-induced myocyte apoptosis: involvement of endogenous endothelin-1 as a paracrine factor. Endocrinology (2004) 0.82
The thiazide-sensitive Na(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter gene, C1784T, and adrenergic receptor-beta3 gene, T727C, may be gene polymorphisms susceptible to the antihypertensive effect of thiazide diuretics. Hypertens Res (2004) 0.82
Association between left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and renal hemodynamic change in patients with treated essential hypertension. Hypertens Res (2003) 0.82
Association of genetic polymorphisms of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 gene with hypertension in a Japanese population and rare missense mutation in preproendothelin-1 in Japanese hypertensives. Hypertens Res (2007) 0.82
Adrenomedullin inhibits doxorubicin-induced cultured rat cardiac myocyte apoptosis via a cAMP-dependent mechanism. Endocrinology (2002) 0.81
Immunosuppressive effects of photodynamic therapy by topical aminolevulinic acid. J Dermatol (2007) 0.81
Decreased coronary flow reserve in haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2008) 0.81
Adrenomedullin reflects cardiac dysfunction, excessive blood volume, and inflammation in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int (2005) 0.81
Primary aldosteronism combined with preclinical Cushing's syndrome in an elderly patient. Circ J (2005) 0.80
The effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide on cultured rat cardiocytes as a cardioprotective factor. Regul Pept (2002) 0.80
Midregional proadrenomedullin reflects cardiac dysfunction in haemodialysis patients with cardiovascular disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2007) 0.80
Treatment of persistent severe atopic dermatitis in 113 Japanese patients with oral psoralen photo-chemotherapy. J Dermatol (2003) 0.80
Endothelin a receptor blockade and endothelin B receptor blockade improve hypokalemic nephropathy by different mechanisms. J Am Soc Nephrol (2003) 0.80
Ultraviolet B radiation suppresses Langerhans cell migration in the dermis by down-regulation of alpha4 integrin. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed (2006) 0.80
Effects of UVB on fascin expression in dendritic cells and Langerhans cells. J Dermatol Sci (2005) 0.80
Effect of pulsatile left ventricular assist system implantation on Doppler measurements of renal hemodynamics in patients with advanced heart failure. Artif Organs (2011) 0.80
Incidence and risk factors for restenosis, and its impact on blood pressure control after percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty in hypertensive patients with renal artery stenosis. J Hypertens (2016) 0.79
Plasma adrenomedullin concentration is increased in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease associated with vascular inflammation. Regul Pept (2004) 0.79
Genetic variations of HSD11B2 in hypertensive patients and in the general population, six rare missense/frameshift mutations. Hypertens Res (2006) 0.79
Response to renal resistive index and cardiovascular and renal outcomes in essential hypertension. Hypertension (2013) 0.79
Identification of gene polymorphism in lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase and its association with carotid atherosclerosis in Japanese hypertensive patients. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2004) 0.79
Clinical implications of assessing coronary flow velocity reserve and plasma endothelin-1 in hypertensive patients. Hypertens Res (2005) 0.78
Control of home blood pressure with an amlodipine- or losartan-based regimen and progression of carotid artery intima-media thickness in hypertensive patients: the HOSP substudy. Clin Exp Hypertens (2013) 0.78
One dose of ghrelin prevents the acute and sustained increase in cardiac sympathetic tone after myocardial infarction. Endocrinology (2012) 0.78
Effects of calcium concentration on the SOD activity and UVB-induced cytotoxicity in cultured human keratinocytes. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed (2005) 0.78
Langhans-type and foreign-body-type multinucleated giant cells in cutaneous lesions of sarcoidosis. Acta Derm Venereol (2003) 0.78
Reverse white-coat effect as an independent risk for microalbuminuria in treated hypertensive patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2006) 0.78
Possible involvement of oxidative stress in hypoxia-induced adrenomedullin secretion in cultured rat cardiomyocytes. Eur J Pharmacol (2002) 0.77
Elevated serum BAFF levels in patients with sarcoidosis: association with disease activity. Rheumatology (Oxford) (2013) 0.77
Exogenous ghrelin attenuates the progression of chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in conscious rats. Endocrinology (2007) 0.77
Response of adrenomedullin system to cytokine in cardiac fibroblasts-role of adrenomedullin as an antifibrotic factor. Cardiovasc Res (2005) 0.77
Clinical effect of vitamin D3 analogues is not inactivated by subsequent UV exposure. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed (2008) 0.77
Ultraviolet B radiation suppresses endocytosis, subsequent maturation, and migration activity of langerhans cell-like dendritic cells. J Invest Dermatol (2004) 0.77
Adrenomedullin as a sensitive marker for coronary and peripheral arterial complications in patients with atherosclerotic risks. Peptides (2004) 0.77
Association of PLA2G7 polymorphisms with carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensive Japanese. Hypertens Res (2009) 0.76
Therapeutic and prophylactic effects of PUVA photochemotherapy on atopic dermatitis-like lesions in NC/Nga mice. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed (2005) 0.76
Upregulation of intracardiac adrenomedullin and its receptor system in rats with volume overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Regul Pept (2005) 0.76