Kazuma Iekushi

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1 MicroRNA-34a regulates cardiac ageing and function. Nature 2013 4.03
2 Preconditioning by toll-like receptor 2 agonist Pam3CSK4 reduces CXCL1-dependent leukocyte recruitment in murine myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Crit Care Med 2010 1.73
3 Mechanism of improved cardiac function after bone marrow mononuclear cell therapy: role of cardiovascular lineage commitment. Circulation 2010 1.66
4 Hepatocyte growth factor reduces cardiac fibrosis by inhibiting endothelial-mesenchymal transition. Hypertension 2012 1.56
5 Acute myocardial infarction activates progenitor cells and increases Wnt signalling in the bone marrow. Eur Heart J 2011 1.09
6 Sox2 transduction enhances cardiovascular repair capacity of blood-derived mesoangioblasts. Circ Res 2010 1.04
7 Role of periostin in cancer progression and metastasis: inhibition of breast cancer progression and metastasis by anti-periostin antibody in a murine model. Int J Mol Med 2011 1.04
8 Micro-RNA-34a contributes to the impaired function of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells from patients with cardiovascular disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 0.97
9 Role of serotonin in angiogenesis: induction of angiogenesis by sarpogrelate via endothelial 5-HT1B/Akt/eNOS pathway in diabetic mice. Atherosclerosis 2011 0.88
10 Negative action of hepatocyte growth factor/c-Met system on angiotensin II signaling via ligand-dependent epithelial growth factor receptor degradation mechanism in vascular smooth muscle cells. Circ Res 2009 0.88
11 Hepatocyte growth factor, but not vascular endothelial growth factor, attenuates angiotensin II-induced endothelial progenitor cell senescence. Hypertension 2008 0.87
12 Telmisartan exerts renoprotective actions via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ/hepatocyte growth factor pathway independent of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade. Hypertension 2012 0.85
13 Hepatocyte growth factor inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced oxidative stress via epithelial growth factor receptor degradation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2012 0.82
14 Therapeutic option of plasmid-DNA based gene transfer. Curr Top Med Chem 2012 0.82
15 Elevated levels of the mediator of catabolic bone remodeling RANKL in the bone marrow environment link chronic heart failure with osteoporosis. Circ Heart Fail 2012 0.81
16 Inhibition of Lp(a)-induced functional impairment of endothelial cells and endothelial progenitor cells by hepatocyte growth factor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012 0.78
17 Rivaroxaban vs. warfarin in Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in relation to age. Circ J 2014 0.78
18 [Gene therapy for diabetic microangiopathy]. Nihon Rinsho 2005 0.75
19 [Therapeutic angiogenesis for ischemic heart disease induced by gene transfer]. Nihon Rinsho 2005 0.75