Published in Acta Cardiol on October 01, 2005
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A novel dominant mutation in plakoglobin causes arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Am J Hum Genet (2007) 1.91
Characterization of the molecular phenotype of two arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)-related plakophilin-2 (PKP2) mutations. Heart Rhythm (2008) 1.67
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Intervention for apoptosis in cardiomyopathy. Heart Fail Rev (2008) 0.83
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Low-dose aspirin for primary prevention of atherosclerotic events in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2008) 6.15
Hypoxia promotes fibrogenesis in vivo via HIF-1 stimulation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. J Clin Invest (2007) 4.80
Prolonged endoplasmic reticulum stress in hypertrophic and failing heart after aortic constriction: possible contribution of endoplasmic reticulum stress to cardiac myocyte apoptosis. Circulation (2004) 3.16
Cyclic AMP potentiates vascular endothelial cadherin-mediated cell-cell contact to enhance endothelial barrier function through an Epac-Rap1 signaling pathway. Mol Cell Biol (2005) 2.80
Fibroblast-specific protein 1 is a specific prognostic marker for renal survival in patients with IgAN. Kidney Int (2005) 2.58
Human atrial natriuretic peptide and nicorandil as adjuncts to reperfusion treatment for acute myocardial infarction (J-WIND): two randomised trials. Lancet (2007) 2.48
Macrophage skewing by Phd2 haplodeficiency prevents ischaemia by inducing arteriogenesis. Nature (2011) 2.47
OCT compared with IVUS in a coronary lesion assessment: the OPUS-CLASS study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2013) 2.22
Establishment of sandwich ELISA for soluble alpha-Klotho measurement: Age-dependent change of soluble alpha-Klotho levels in healthy subjects. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2010) 2.20
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NRSF regulates the fetal cardiac gene program and maintains normal cardiac structure and function. EMBO J (2003) 1.87
Thin-cap fibroatheroma and microchannel findings in optical coherence tomography correlate with subsequent progression of coronary atheromatous plaques. Eur Heart J (2011) 1.77
Long-term clinical outcome after intramuscular implantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells (Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Cell Transplantation [TACT] trial) in patients with chronic limb ischemia. Am Heart J (2008) 1.70
Microemulsion formulation for enhanced absorption of poorly soluble drugs. I. Prescription design. J Control Release (2002) 1.69
Endogenous bone-marrow-derived stem cells contribute only a small proportion of regenerated myocardium in the acute infarction model. J Heart Lung Transplant (2005) 1.60
[Subarachnoid hemorrhage complicated with different manifestations of transient abnormal left ventricular wall motion: two case reports]. J Cardiol (2006) 1.55
Stable expression of HIF-1alpha in tubular epithelial cells promotes interstitial fibrosis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2008) 1.54
Role of natriuretic peptide receptor guanylyl cyclase-A in myocardial infarction evaluated using genetically engineered mice. Hypertension (2005) 1.53
Clinical significance of papillary muscle late enhancement detected via cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with single old myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol (2010) 1.53
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition as a potential explanation for podocyte depletion in diabetic nephropathy. Am J Kidney Dis (2009) 1.51
Reduction of circulating soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 plays a significant role in renal dysfunction-associated aggravation of atherosclerosis. Circulation (2009) 1.49
Acute hyperglycemia is associated with adverse outcome after acute myocardial infarction in the coronary intervention era. Am Heart J (2005) 1.49
Intensive lipid-lowering therapy with rosuvastatin stabilizes lipid-rich coronary plaques. -Evaluation using dual-source computed tomography.-. Circ J (2011) 1.48
Long-term follow-up of neointimal coverage of sirolimus-eluting stents--evaluation with optical coherence tomography. Circ J (2009) 1.47
Plasma renin activity is a strong and independent prognostic indicator in patients with acute decompensated heart failure treated with renin-angiotensin system inhibitors. Circ J (2015) 1.46
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (EF) of 55% as Cutoff for Late Transition From Heart Failure (HF) With Preserved EF to HF With Mildly Reduced EF. Circ J (2015) 1.46
Triglyceride deposit cardiomyovasculopathy. N Engl J Med (2008) 1.45
A new drug delivery system for intravenous coronary thrombolysis with thrombus targeting and stealth activity recoverable by ultrasound. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 1.43
A case of autoimmune hepatitis exacerbated by the administration of etanercept in the patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol (2008) 1.43
Atrophic change of tongue papilla in 44 patients with Sjögren syndrome. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod (2009) 1.43
First International Summit on Thoracic Aortic Endografting: roundtable on thoracic aortic dissection as an indication for endografting. J Endovasc Ther (2002) 1.40
Heart Rate Control With If Inhibitor, Ivabradine, in Japanese Patients With Chronic Heart Failure - A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study. Circ J (2016) 1.40
Aspirin reduces cerebrovascular events in type 2 diabetic patients with poorly controlled blood pressure. Subanalysis from the JPAD trial. Circ J (2012) 1.40
Rationale and Design of the Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial on Efficacy of Early Initiation of Eplerenone Treatment in Patients with Acute Heart Failure (EARLIER). Cardiovasc Drugs Ther (2015) 1.39
Major non-cardiac surgery is a risk factor for rapid hemodynamic progression of non-rheumatic aortic stenosis. Circ J (2015) 1.39
Elevated levels of fractalkine expression and accumulation of CD16+ monocytes in glomeruli of active lupus nephritis. Am J Kidney Dis (2007) 1.34
Enhancement of ultrasound-induced apoptosis and cell lysis by echo-contrast agents. Ultrasound Med Biol (2003) 1.33
Microemulsion formulation for enhanced absorption of poorly soluble drugs. II. In vivo study. J Control Release (2002) 1.32
Clinical and epidemiologic analysis of giant cell (temporal) arteritis from a nationwide survey in 1998 in Japan: the first government-supported nationwide survey. Arthritis Rheum (2003) 1.31
Periadventitial adipose tissue plays a critical role in vascular remodeling. Circ Res (2009) 1.26
Enhanced functional gap junction neoformation by protein kinase A-dependent and Epac-dependent signals downstream of cAMP in cardiac myocytes. Circ Res (2005) 1.24
Continued growth of and increased symptoms from a thrombosed giant aneurysm of the vertebral artery after complete endovascular occlusion and trapping: the role of vasa vasorum. Case report. J Neurosurg (2003) 1.21
Abnormal lymphangiogenesis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with insights into cellular and molecular mechanisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.21
Characterization of beta-glucan recognition site on C-type lectin, dectin 1. Infect Immun (2004) 1.19
Decreased renal α-Klotho expression in early diabetic nephropathy in humans and mice and its possible role in urinary calcium excretion. Kidney Int (2012) 1.19
Adrenomedullin infusion attenuates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt-dependent pathway. Circulation (2003) 1.18
Endovascular injury induces rapid phenotypic changes in perivascular adipose tissue. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2010) 1.18
Effects of a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, fluvastatin, on coronary spasm after withdrawal of calcium-channel blockers. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 1.16
Milk fat globule EGF factor 8 in the serum of human patients of systemic lupus erythematosus. J Leukoc Biol (2008) 1.13
Role of pim-1 in smooth muscle cell proliferation. J Biol Chem (2004) 1.13
Guanylyl cyclase-A inhibits angiotensin II type 1A receptor-mediated cardiac remodeling, an endogenous protective mechanism in the heart. Circulation (2002) 1.12
Overexpression of brain natriuretic peptide facilitates neutrophil infiltration and cardiac matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2004) 1.12
Plasma level of B-type natriuretic peptide as a prognostic marker after acute myocardial infarction: a long-term follow-up analysis. Circulation (2004) 1.09
Cardiac expression of placental growth factor predicts the improvement of chronic phase left ventricular function in patients with acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 1.08
Tissue factor expression in atrial endothelia associated with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: possible involvement in intracardiac thrombogenesis. Thromb Res (2003) 1.06
Chemokine-enhanced chemotaxis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells with mutations in the tumor suppressor TSC2 gene. J Immunol (2009) 1.05
Class II HDACs mediate CaMK-dependent signaling to NRSF in ventricular myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2006) 1.05
Expression of epiregulin, a novel epidermal growth factor ligand associated with prognosis in human oral squamous cell carcinomas. Oncol Rep (2008) 1.04
G-CSF promotes bone marrow cells to migrate into infarcted mice heart, and differentiate into cardiomyocytes. Cell Transplant (2004) 1.01
Morphological features of coronary arteries in patients with coronary spastic angina: assessment with intracoronary optical coherence tomography. Int J Cardiol (2009) 1.00
Effects of glucose abnormalities on in-hospital outcome after coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction. Circ J (2005) 0.99
Trends in the clinical and morphological characteristics of cardiac myxoma: 20-year experience of a single tertiary referral center in Japan. Circ J (2002) 0.99
Can the life span of human marrow stromal cells be prolonged by bmi-1, E6, E7, and/or telomerase without affecting cardiomyogenic differentiation? J Gene Med (2004) 0.97
Direct cell-cell interaction of cardiomyocytes is key for bone marrow stromal cells to go into cardiac lineage in vitro. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 0.96
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, with metastasis to the heart: a case report. Diagn Pathol (2010) 0.96
A -786T>C polymorphism in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene reduces serum nitrite/nitrate levels from the heart due to an intracoronary injection of acetylcholine. Pharmacogenet Genomics (2006) 0.96
Coronary spasm preferentially occurs at branch points: an angiographic comparison with atherosclerotic plaque. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2009) 0.95
Fibronectin signaling stimulates BNP gene transcription by inhibiting neuron-restrictive silencer element-dependent repression. Cardiovasc Res (2002) 0.95
Expression of TPX2 in salivary gland carcinomas. Oncol Rep (2009) 0.95
Endothelial adhesion molecules in glomerular lesions: association with their severity and diversity in lupus models. Kidney Int (2004) 0.95
C-type natriuretic peptide ameliorates monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2004) 0.95
Immunohistochemical study of apparently intact coronary artery in a child after Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Int (2004) 0.95
Tissue-specific renin-angiotensin system in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2006) 0.94
Tmem100, an ALK1 receptor signaling-dependent gene essential for arterial endothelium differentiation and vascular morphogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 0.94
Treatment with recombinant placental growth factor (PlGF) enhances both angiogenesis and arteriogenesis and improves survival after myocardial infarction. Circ J (2009) 0.94
Inhibitory effect of natriuretic peptides on aldosterone synthase gene expression in cultured neonatal rat cardiocytes. Circulation (2003) 0.94
Comparison of coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in youth from Japan and the USA. Atherosclerosis (2005) 0.94
Heart Failure Associated with Metastatic Myocardial Calcification in a Hemodialysis Patient with Progressive Calcification of the Hand. Cardiorenal Med (2012) 0.94
The homeobox gene Hex regulates hepatocyte differentiation from embryonic stem cell-derived endoderm. Hepatology (2010) 0.94
Primary systemic amyloidosis presenting as angina pectoris due to intramyocardial coronary artery involvement: a case report. Heart Vessels (2002) 0.93
Pathohistological Evidence of Smoldering Inflammation in Rheumatic Heart Disease with Massive Left Atrial Calcification. Intern Med (2016) 0.92
The white blood cell count is an independent predictor of no-reflow and mortality following acute myocardial infarction in the coronary interventional era. Ann Med (2004) 0.92
ADAMTS13 safeguards the myocardium in a mouse model of acute myocardial infarction. Thromb Haemost (2012) 0.91
Fractalkine expression and CD16+ monocyte accumulation in glomerular lesions: association with their severity and diversity in lupus models. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2010) 0.91
Metabolic syndrome and new category 'pre-hypertension' in a Japanese population. Curr Med Res Opin (2004) 0.91
Androgen contributes to gender-related cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in mice lacking the gene encoding guanylyl cyclase-A. Endocrinology (2003) 0.91
Angiotensin II type 2 receptor deficiency exacerbates heart failure and reduces survival after acute myocardial infarction in mice. Circulation (2003) 0.90
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is required for gastritis induced by Helicobacter felis infection in mice. Microb Pathog (2004) 0.90
Bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantation had beneficial effects on doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant (2004) 0.90
Plasma level of cardiotrophin-1 as a prognostic predictor in patients with chronic heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail (2007) 0.90
Non-invasive quantitation of myocardial fibrosis using combined tissue harmonic imaging and integrated backscatter analysis in dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiology (2006) 0.89
Usefulness of soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 as a biomarker of acute severe heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol (2009) 0.89