Published in Am J Hypertens on September 11, 2008
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Dietary phosphorus acutely impairs endothelial function. J Am Soc Nephrol (2009) 2.09
A variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism in an E2F-1 binding element in the 5' flanking region of SMYD3 is a risk factor for human cancers. Nat Genet (2005) 2.08
Effects of lipid-lowering therapy with strong statin on serum polyunsaturated fatty acid levels in patients with coronary artery disease. Heart Vessels (2011) 2.07
Magnifying endoscopy with narrow band imaging for diagnosis of colorectal tumors. Gastrointest Endosc (2007) 2.04
Genetic polymorphisms and esophageal cancer risk. Int J Cancer (2007) 2.02
A genome-wide association study of chronic hepatitis B identified novel risk locus in a Japanese population. Hum Mol Genet (2011) 1.96
Narrow-band imaging magnification predicts the histology and invasion depth of colorectal tumors. Gastrointest Endosc (2009) 1.92
Variation in TP63 is associated with lung adenocarcinoma susceptibility in Japanese and Korean populations. Nat Genet (2010) 1.90
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Elevated levels of serum advanced glycation end products in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2007) 1.85
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Management of T1 colorectal carcinoma with special reference to criteria for curative endoscopic resection. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2012) 1.72
Colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection: present status and future perspective, including its differentiation from endoscopic mucosal resection. J Gastroenterol (2008) 1.71
Risk factors for delayed bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal neoplasms. Int J Colorectal Dis (2014) 1.70
Improved visibility of lesions of the small intestine via capsule endoscopy with computed virtual chromoendoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc (2011) 1.67
Multiple carcinoid tumors of the ileum preoperatively diagnosed by enteroscopy with the double-balloon technique. Gastrointest Endosc (2005) 1.67
Prospective versus retrospective ECG-gated 64-detector coronary CT angiography: assessment of image quality, stenosis, and radiation dose. Radiology (2008) 1.65
Adoptive immunotherapy with liver allograft-derived lymphocytes induces anti-HCV activity after liver transplantation in humans and humanized mice. J Clin Invest (2009) 1.65
Myocardial perfusion and fatty acid metabolism in patients with tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.64
Autologous bone-marrow mononuclear cell implantation reduces long-term major amputation risk in patients with critical limb ischemia: a comparison of atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease and Buerger disease. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 1.63
Expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha is associated with tumor vascularization in human colorectal carcinoma. Int J Cancer (2003) 1.60
Elimination of hepatitis C virus by short term NS3-4A and NS5B inhibitor combination therapy in human hepatocyte chimeric mice. J Hepatol (2010) 1.56
Depletion of Uric Acid Due to SLC22A12 (URAT1) Loss-of-Function Mutation Causes Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypouricemia. Circ J (2015) 1.55
Treatment strategy for early hepatocellular carcinomas: comparison of radiofrequency ablation with or without transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and surgical resection. J Surg Oncol (2011) 1.54
Clinical implications of carotid artery remodeling in acute coronary syndrome: ultrasonographic assessment of positive remodeling. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.51
CDH13 Polymorphisms are Associated with Adiponectin Levels and Metabolic Syndrome Traits Independently of Visceral Fat Mass. J Atheroscler Thromb (2015) 1.50
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric fundal varices with hemorrhage. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2002) 1.48
Frequent somatic mutations of mitochondrial DNA in traditional serrated adenomas but not in sessile serrated adenomas of the colorectum. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2011) 1.47
Chronic hepatitis B in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus in Japan: a retrospective multicenter analysis. J Infect Chemother (2012) 1.47
Current status and future perspectives of endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal tumors. Dig Endosc (2012) 1.47
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression correlates with macrophage infiltration and tumor vascularity in human esophageal squamous cell carcinomas. Int J Cancer (2002) 1.46
Intra-arterial 5-fluorouracil/interferon combination therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis and extrahepatic metastases. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2010) 1.46
Suppression of macrophage infiltration inhibits activation of hepatic stellate cells and liver fibrogenesis in rats. Gastroenterology (2005) 1.46
Poor oral health, that is, decreased frequency of tooth brushing, is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Circ J (2014) 1.46
Diabetes mellitus is associated with insufficient microvascular reperfusion following revascularization for anterior acute myocardial infarction. Intern Med (2003) 1.44
Low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric cancer among Japanese. Helicobacter (2011) 1.43
Prognostic Factors for Survival in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease. Circ J (2015) 1.43
ITPA polymorphism affects ribavirin-induced anemia and outcomes of therapy--a genome-wide study of Japanese HCV virus patients. Gastroenterology (2010) 1.42
Usefulness of EUS with double-balloon enteroscopy for diagnosis of small-bowel diseases. Gastrointest Endosc (2007) 1.42
Expression of VEGF-C and VEGF-D at the invasive edge correlates with lymph node metastasis and prognosis of patients with colorectal carcinoma. Cancer Sci (2004) 1.41
A polymorphism in MAPKAPK3 affects response to interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology (2009) 1.39
Comparison of detectability of small-bowel lesions between capsule endoscopy and double-balloon endoscopy for patients with suspected small-bowel disease. Gastrointest Endosc (2009) 1.39
Dose comparison study of pegylated interferon-alpha-2b plus ribavirin in naïve Japanese patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 2: a randomized clinical trial. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2008) 1.39
Tetrahydrobiopterin enhances forearm vascular response to acetylcholine in both normotensive and hypertensive individuals. Am J Hypertens (2002) 1.39
Edaravone (3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one), a novel free radical scavenger, for treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Recent Pat Cardiovasc Drug Discov (2006) 1.35
Outcome of endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal tumors accompanied by fibrosis. Scand J Gastroenterol (2010) 1.34
Clinical outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection and endoscopic mucosal resection for laterally spreading tumors larger than 20 mm. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2012) 1.34
Roles of rho-associated kinase and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of aortic stiffness. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 1.33
IL28 variation affects expression of interferon stimulated genes and peg-interferon and ribavirin therapy. J Hepatol (2011) 1.32
Evaluation of microvessels in colorectal tumors by narrow band imaging magnification. Gastrointest Endosc (2007) 1.32
A simple clinical scoring system using ferritin, fasting insulin, and type IV collagen 7S for predicting steatohepatitis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Gastroenterol (2010) 1.32
Defensive medicine practices among gastroenterologists in Japan. World J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.31
Common variation of IL28 affects gamma-GTP levels and inflammation of the liver in chronically infected hepatitis C virus patients. J Hepatol (2010) 1.31
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 transfection induces angiogenesis and tumorigenesis of gastric carcinoma in nude mice via macrophage recruitment. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.31
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Tetrahydrobiopterin improves aging-related impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilation through increase in nitric oxide production. Atherosclerosis (2005) 1.28