Tohru Nakanishi

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1 Role of CTGF/HCS24/ecogenin in skeletal growth control. J Cell Physiol 2003 1.50
2 CTGF/Hcs24, hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene product, interacts with perlecan in regulating the proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes. J Cell Physiol 2003 1.32
3 CTGF/Hcs24, a hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene product, stimulates proliferation and differentiation, but not hypertrophy of cultured articular chondrocytes. J Cell Physiol 2002 1.15
4 Quality control of photosystem II. Cleavage of reaction center D1 protein in spinach thylakoids by FtsH protease under moderate heat stress. J Biol Chem 2006 1.14
5 Expression and localization of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/Hcs24/CCN2) in osteoarthritic cartilage. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2004 0.97
6 Connective tissue growth factor is overexpressed in muscles of human muscular dystrophy. J Neurol Sci 2007 0.97
7 Gene expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) in calcifying tissues of normal and cbfa1-null mutant mice in late stage of embryonic development. J Bone Miner Metab 2005 0.91
8 Effect of connective tissue growth factor (CCN2/CTGF) on proliferation and differentiation of mouse periodontal ligament-derived cells. Cell Commun Signal 2005 0.87
9 Induction of claudin-4 by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and its contribution to their chemopreventive effect. Cancer Res 2005 0.87
10 Module-specific antibodies against human connective tissue growth factor: utility for structural and functional analysis of the factor as related to chondrocytes. J Biochem 2004 0.85
11 Expression profiles of BDNF splice variants in cultured DRG neurons stimulated with NGF. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007 0.83
12 Necrotic and apoptotic cells serve as nuclei for calcification on osteoblastic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in vitro. Cell Biochem Funct 2013 0.82
13 Expression of connective tissue growth factor/hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene product 24 (CTGF/Hcs24/CCN2) during distraction osteogenesis. J Bone Miner Metab 2004 0.82
14 Small interfering RNA targeting CD81 ameliorated arthritis in rats. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009 0.81
15 Effect of risedronate on osteoblast differentiation, expression of receptor activator of NF-κB ligand and apoptosis in mesenchymal stem cells. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2011 0.81
16 Possible roles of CTGF/Hcs24 in the initiation and development of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002 0.80
17 Cbfa1/Runx2 gene expression in articular chondrocytes of the mice temporomandibular and knee joints in vivo. Arch Oral Biol 2003 0.80
18 CTGF/Hcs24 interacts with the cytoskeletal protein actin in chondrocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002 0.80
19 Connective tissue growth factor expressed in rat alveolar bone regeneration sites after tooth extraction. Arch Oral Biol 2003 0.79
20 Downregulation of rheumatoid arthritis-related antigen RA-A47 (HSP47/colligin-2) in chondrocytic cell lines induces apoptosis and cell-surface expression of RA-A47 in association with CD9. J Cell Physiol 2005 0.79
21 Novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay systems for the quantitative analysis of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/Hcs24/CCN2): detection of HTLV-I tax-induced CTGF from a human carcinoma cell line. DNA Cell Biol 2003 0.78
22 [Signal transduction of inflammatory synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis]. Yakugaku Zasshi 2008 0.76
23 Tyrosine kinase-type receptor ErbB4 in chondrocytes: interaction with connective tissue growth factor and distribution in cartilage. FEBS Lett 2002 0.75
24 Effects of CTGF/Hcs24, a Product of a Hypertrophic Chondrocyte-Specific Gene, on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Chondrocytes in Culture1. Endocrinology 2000 0.75