Published in Hemodial Int on October 01, 2008
Tuberculosis in end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. Hemodial Int (2006) 1.46
Variants in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus. Nat Genet (2008) 9.39
SNPs in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in East Asian and European populations. Nat Genet (2008) 8.63
Voglibose for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomised, double-blind trial in Japanese individuals with impaired glucose tolerance. Lancet (2009) 3.67
Association of CDKAL1, IGF2BP2, CDKN2A/B, HHEX, SLC30A8, and KCNJ11 with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in a Japanese population. Diabetes (2007) 3.24
Calorie restriction enhances cell adaptation to hypoxia through Sirt1-dependent mitochondrial autophagy in mouse aged kidney. J Clin Invest (2010) 2.92
A genome-wide association study in the Japanese population identifies susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes at UBE2E2 and C2CD4A-C2CD4B. Nat Genet (2010) 2.81
Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids and atherosclerosis in Japanese, Japanese-American, and white men: a cross-sectional study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 2.74
Guidelines for gastroenterological endoscopy in patients undergoing antithrombotic treatment. Dig Endosc (2013) 2.30
Comparison of HOMA-IR, HOMA-β% and disposition index between US white men and Japanese men in Japan: the ERA JUMP study. Diabetologia (2014) 2.21
Genetic variations in the gene encoding ELMO1 are associated with susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes (2005) 2.12
Identification by proteomic analysis of calreticulin as a marker for bladder cancer and evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of its detection in urine. Clin Chem (2004) 1.93
Replication of genome-wide association studies of type 2 diabetes susceptibility in Japan. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2008) 1.91
Less subclinical atherosclerosis in Japanese men in Japan than in White men in the United States in the post-World War II birth cohort. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 1.90
Much lower prevalence of coronary calcium detected by electron-beam computed tomography among men aged 40-49 in Japan than in the US, despite a less favorable profile of major risk factors. Int J Epidemiol (2004) 1.86
SIRT1 inhibits transforming growth factor beta-induced apoptosis in glomerular mesangial cells via Smad7 deacetylation. J Biol Chem (2006) 1.81
XIST unmethylated DNA fragments in male-derived plasma as a tumour marker for testicular cancer. Lancet (2004) 1.76
Protein phosphatase 2A negatively regulates insulin's metabolic signaling pathway by inhibiting Akt (protein kinase B) activity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Mol Cell Biol (2004) 1.75
Cerebral microvascular disease predicts renal failure in type 2 diabetes. J Am Soc Nephrol (2010) 1.72
Systemic cholesterol embolization syndrome associated with myeloperoxidase-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody. Intern Med (2006) 1.67
Enhanced sodium sensitivity and disturbed circadian rhythm of blood pressure in essential hypertension. J Hypertens (2006) 1.67
Role of altered renal lipid metabolism in the development of renal injury induced by a high-fat diet. J Am Soc Nephrol (2007) 1.56
Familial pseudohyperkalemia: a rare cause of hyperkalemia. Intern Med (2005) 1.55
Factors associated with frequent remission of microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes (2005) 1.54
Clinical course of bucillamine-induced nephropathy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Nephrol (2003) 1.50
Diabetic neuropathy and nerve regeneration. Prog Neurobiol (2003) 1.49
Association of the gene encoding wingless-type mammary tumor virus integration-site family member 5B (WNT5B) with type 2 diabetes. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 1.49
Silent information regulator 2 (SIRT1) attenuates oxidative stress-induced mesangial cell apoptosis via p53 deacetylation. Free Radic Biol Med (2006) 1.48
Structural and functional changes in the kidneys of high-fat diet-induced obese mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2008) 1.47
Amelioration of high fructose-induced metabolic derangements by activation of PPARalpha. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (2002) 1.46
Reduction in microalbuminuria as an integrated indicator for renal and cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes (2007) 1.44
Effects of antioxidants in diabetes-induced oxidative stress in the glomeruli of diabetic rats. J Am Soc Nephrol (2003) 1.42
A simple technique for facilitating kidney entrapment using a laparoscopic sack during retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. Urology (2003) 1.39
Expression of connective tissue growth factor is increased in injured myocardium associated with protein kinase C beta2 activation and diabetes. Diabetes (2002) 1.39
Relationship between metabolic risk factor clustering and cardiovascular mortality stratified by high blood glucose and obesity: NIPPON DATA90, 1990-2000. Diabetes Care (2007) 1.38
Construction of a prediction model for type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Japanese population based on 11 genes with strong evidence of the association. J Hum Genet (2009) 1.38
A single nucleotide polymorphism within the acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase beta gene is associated with proteinuria in patients with type 2 diabetes. PLoS Genet (2010) 1.38
Inhibition of mTOR signaling with rapamycin attenuates renal hypertrophy in the early diabetic mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2005) 1.35
Translocation of glomerular p47phox and p67phox by protein kinase C-beta activation is required for oxidative stress in diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes (2003) 1.35
Reduction of diabetes-induced oxidative stress, fibrotic cytokine expression, and renal dysfunction in protein kinase Cbeta-null mice. Diabetes (2006) 1.31
Genome-wide association study identifies three novel loci for type 2 diabetes. Hum Mol Genet (2013) 1.28
Polymorphisms in the 3' UTR in the neurocalcin delta gene affect mRNA stability, and confer susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy. Hum Genet (2007) 1.25
Rationale and usefulness of newly devised abbreviated diagnostic criteria and staging for diabetic polyneuropathy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2007) 1.25
Sumoylation of Pdx1 is associated with its nuclear localization and insulin gene activation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (2002) 1.23
A single-nucleotide polymorphism in ANK1 is associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in Japanese populations. Hum Mol Genet (2012) 1.23
Obesity-mediated autophagy insufficiency exacerbates proteinuria-induced tubulointerstitial lesions. J Am Soc Nephrol (2013) 1.23
Intravesical administration of small interfering RNA targeting PLK-1 successfully prevents the growth of bladder cancer. J Clin Invest (2005) 1.23
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma ligands inhibit TGF-beta 1-induced fibronectin expression in glomerular mesangial cells. Diabetes (2004) 1.22
Genetic variations in the gene encoding TFAP2B are associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Hum Genet (2005) 1.21
Periostin is down-regulated in high grade human bladder cancers and suppresses in vitro cell invasiveness and in vivo metastasis of cancer cells. Int J Cancer (2005) 1.21
Predictive effects of urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding protein for deteriorating renal function and incidence of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients without advanced nephropathy. Diabetes Care (2012) 1.19
Characterization of protein kinase C beta isoform's action on retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation, vascular endothelial growth factor-induced endothelial cell proliferation, and retinal neovascularization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 1.19
Association of TCF7L2 polymorphisms with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in 4,087 Japanese subjects. J Hum Genet (2007) 1.19
Involvement of ERK pathway in albumin-induced MCP-1 expression in mouse proximal tubular cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2003) 1.17
Estrogen and raloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, ameliorate renal damage in db/db mice. Am J Pathol (2005) 1.16
Differential regulation of angiotensin II-induced expression of connective tissue growth factor by protein kinase C isoforms in the myocardium. J Biol Chem (2005) 1.16
Evidence for a causal role of the renin-angiotensin system in vascular dysfunction associated with insulin resistance. Hypertension (2003) 1.15
Fenofibrate, a PPARα agonist, has renoprotective effects in mice by enhancing renal lipolysis. Kidney Int (2011) 1.15