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Hikaru Sugimoto

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1 BMP-7 counteracts TGF-beta1-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and reverses chronic renal injury. Nat Med 2003 7.91
2 Fibroblasts in kidney fibrosis emerge via endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition. J Am Soc Nephrol 2008 5.83
3 TRPC6 is a glomerular slit diaphragm-associated channel required for normal renal function. Nat Genet 2005 5.53
4 Induction of B7-1 in podocytes is associated with nephrotic syndrome. J Clin Invest 2004 4.65
5 Origin and function of myofibroblasts in kidney fibrosis. Nat Med 2013 4.55
6 Physiological levels of tumstatin, a fragment of collagen IV alpha3 chain, are generated by MMP-9 proteolysis and suppress angiogenesis via alphaV beta3 integrin. Cancer Cell 2003 3.68
7 Pericyte depletion results in hypoxia-associated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and metastasis mediated by met signaling pathway. Cancer Cell 2012 3.19
8 Identification of human epididymis protein-4 as a fibroblast-derived mediator of fibrosis. Nat Med 2013 2.55
9 Human tumstatin and human endostatin exhibit distinct antiangiogenic activities mediated by alpha v beta 3 and alpha 5 beta 1 integrins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 2.28
10 Deficiency in catechol-O-methyltransferase and 2-methoxyoestradiol is associated with pre-eclampsia. Nature 2008 2.09
11 Determinants of vascular permeability in the kidney glomerulus. J Biol Chem 2002 1.93
12 Stem cell therapies benefit Alport syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 1.83
13 Mice deficient in alpha-actinin-4 have severe glomerular disease. J Clin Invest 2003 1.69
14 Human alpha1 type IV collagen NC1 domain exhibits distinct antiangiogenic activity mediated by alpha1beta1 integrin. J Clin Invest 2005 1.66
15 VEGF-A and Tenascin-C produced by S100A4+ stromal cells are important for metastatic colonization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.60
16 Identification of epithelial to mesenchymal transition as a novel source of fibroblasts in intestinal fibrosis. J Biol Chem 2010 1.58
17 Alpha-actinin-4 is required for normal podocyte adhesion. J Biol Chem 2006 1.58
18 Function of endogenous inhibitors of angiogenesis as endothelium-specific tumor suppressors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 1.51
19 Thrombospondin-1 associated with tumor microenvironment contributes to low-dose cyclophosphamide-mediated endothelial cell apoptosis and tumor growth suppression. Cancer Res 2004 1.42
20 Glomerular expression of nephrin and synaptopodin, but not podocin, is decreased in kidney sections from women with preeclampsia. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007 1.37
21 Lymphocytes are dispensable for glomerulonephritis but required for renal interstitial fibrosis in matrix defect-induced Alport renal disease. Lab Invest 2008 1.19
22 Counterbalancing angiogenic regulatory factors control the rate of cancer progression and survival in a stage-specific manner. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.13
23 Identification of amino acids essential for the antiangiogenic activity of tumstatin and its use in combination antitumor activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.05
24 Characterization of the anti-angiogenic properties of arresten, an alpha1beta1 integrin-dependent collagen-derived tumor suppressor. Exp Cell Res 2008 1.02
25 Type IV collagen alpha6 chain-derived noncollagenous domain 1 (alpha6(IV)NC1) inhibits angiogenesis and tumor growth. Int J Cancer 2008 0.93
26 ERK and p38 MAP kinase are involved in downregulation of cell surface TNF receptor 1 induced by acetoxycycloheximide. Int Immunopharmacol 2008 0.87
27 Identification of the NC1 domain of {alpha}3 chain as critical for {alpha}3{alpha}4{alpha}5 type IV collagen network assembly. J Biol Chem 2010 0.86
28 Deletion of Smad4 in fibroblasts leads to defective chondrocyte maturation and cartilage production in a TGFβ type II receptor independent manner. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011 0.83
29 Beraprost sodium, prostacyclin analogue, attenuates glomerular hyperfiltration and glomerular macrophage infiltration by modulating ecNOS expression in diabetic rats. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2002 0.83
30 Ectodomain shedding of TNF receptor 1 induced by protein synthesis inhibitors regulates TNF-alpha-mediated activation of NF-kappaB and caspase-8. Exp Cell Res 2008 0.81
31 RhoB loss prevents streptozotocin-induced diabetes and ameliorates diabetic complications in mice. Am J Pathol 2010 0.79
32 Type XVIII collagen is essential for survival during acute liver injury in mice. Dis Model Mech 2013 0.79
33 Caspase-8 mediates mitochondrial release of pro-apoptotic proteins in a manner independent of its proteolytic activity in apoptosis induced by the protein synthesis inhibitor acetoxycycloheximide in human leukemia Jurkat cells. J Biol Chem 2008 0.78
34 Therapeutic effect of sulphated hyaluronic acid, a potential selectin-blocking agent, on experimental progressive mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. J Pathol 2002 0.77
35 An unusual case of pulmonary-renal syndrome associated with defects in type IV collagen composition and anti-glomerular basement membrane autoantibodies. Am J Kidney Dis 2005 0.77
36 Depletion of Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts and Fibrosis Induces Immunosuppression and Accelerates Pancreas Cancer with Reduced Survival. Cancer Cell 2015 0.76
37 Reply to Regarding the mechanism of action of a proposed peptide agonist of the bone morphogenetic protein receptor activin-like kinase 3. Nat Med 2013 0.75
38 Acetoxycycloheximide (E-73) rapidly induces apoptosis mediated by the release of cytochrome c via activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase. Biochem Pharmacol 2004 0.75