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Ayako Takahashi; Seiji Takashima; Satoru Yamazaki; Yi Yan; Masanori Asakura; Yoshihiro Asano; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Shin Ito; Yulin Liao; Kyung-Duk Min; Tetsuo Minamino; Naoki Mochizuki; Shoji Sanada; Kazuhiro Shindo; Masafumi Kitakaze
Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibition improves pathophysiology of heart failure and increases survival rate in pressure-overloaded mice.
Tao Luo; Bing Wu; Dingli Xu; Zhi Zeng; Zonglei Zhao; Jianping Bin; Baihe Chen; Meng Dai; Yasushi Fukushima; Nvqin He; Qiaobing Huang; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yulin Liao
Histamine H2 receptor activation exacerbates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by disturbing mitochondrial and endothelial function.
Akemi Yoshida; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Takashi Washio; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Takuya Hasegawa; Akira Ishii; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Derivation of a mathematical expression for predicting the time to cardiac events in patients with heart failure: a retrospective clinical study.

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2013: Ayako Takahashi; Seiji Takashima; Satoru Yamazaki; Yi Yan; Masanori Asakura; Yoshihiro Asano; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Shin Ito; Yulin Liao; Kyung-Duk Min; Tetsuo Minamino; Naoki Mochizuki; Shoji Sanada; Kazuhiro Shindo; Masafumi Kitakaze
Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibition improves pathophysiology of heart failure and increases survival rate in pressure-overloaded mice.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2013;304(10):H1361-9.
2013: Tao Luo; Bing Wu; Dingli Xu; Zhi Zeng; Zonglei Zhao; Jianping Bin; Baihe Chen; Meng Dai; Yasushi Fukushima; Nvqin He; Qiaobing Huang; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yulin Liao
Histamine H2 receptor activation exacerbates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by disturbing mitochondrial and endothelial function.
Basic research in cardiology 2013;108(3):342.
2013: Akemi Yoshida; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Takashi Washio; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Takuya Hasegawa; Akira Ishii; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Derivation of a mathematical expression for predicting the time to cardiac events in patients with heart failure: a retrospective clinical study.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2013;36(5):450-6.
2013: Hiroyuki Takahama; Masaki Yamato; Naoto Oku; Keiji Okuda; Shoji Sanada; Hirokazu Shigematsu; Tomohiro Asai; Masanori Asakura; Yoshihiro Asano; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hai Ying Fu; Masafumi Kitakaze; Issei Komuro; Takashi Matsuzaki; Tetsuo Minamino
Liposomal amiodarone augments anti-arrhythmic effects and reduces hemodynamic adverse effects in an ischemia/reperfusion rat model.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2013;27(2):125-32.
2013: Osamu Tsukamoto; Masafumi Kitakaze
It is time to reconsider the cardiovascular protection afforded by RAAS blockade -- overview of RAAS systems.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2013;27(2):133-8.
2013: Akemi Yoshida; Hiroyuki Takahama; Naoaki Yamada; Makoto Amaki; Masanori Asakura; Takuya Hasegawa; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Direct comparison of the diagnostic capability of cardiac magnetic resonance and endomyocardial biopsy in patients with heart failure.
European journal of heart failure 2013;15(2):166-75.
2013: Hiroyuki Daida; Yuji Ikari; Takaaki Isshiki; Kazuo Kimura; Takeshi Kimura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masayuki Kobayashi; Tetsuo Matsubara; Masayasu Matsumoto; Katsumi Miyauchi; Yoshihiro Morino; Hisao Ogawa; Hideki Origasa; Kengo Tsukahara; Hiroyuki Tsutsui; Hiroyoshi Yokoi
Management and two-year long-term clinical outcome of acute coronary syndrome in Japan: prevention of atherothrombotic incidents following ischemic coronary attack (PACIFIC) registry.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2013;77(4):934-43.
2013: Ryozo Nagai; Tetsuji Nagano; Tatsuaki Okamura; Atsuhiro Sakamoto; Yoshihiko Seino; Wataru Shimizu; Takeshi Yamashita; Takeshi Aiba; Hirotsugu Atarashi; Takashi Daimon; Katsuhiro Fujino; Masatsugu Hori; Takanori Ikeda; Yasushi Imai; Hiroshi Inoue; Koichiro Kinugawa; Masafumi Kitakaze
Urgent management of rapid heart rate in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter and left ventricular dysfunction: comparison of the ultra-short-acting β1-selective blocker landiolol with digoxin (J-Land Study).
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2013;77(4):908-16.
2013: Hiroyuki Takahama; Hiroyuki Yokoyama; Kenichi Sekiguchi; Makoto Amaki; Toshihisa Anzai; Masanori Asakura; Masashi Fujino; Akira Funada; Takuya Hasegawa; Akiko Kada; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Extent of heart rate reduction during hospitalization using beta-blockers, not the achieved heart rate itself at discharge, predicts the clinical outcome in patients with acute heart failure syndromes.
Journal of cardiology 2013;61(1):58-64.
2012: Yulin Liao; Seiji Takashima; Dingli Xu; Wanling Xuan; Masanori Asakura; Jianping Bin; Baihe Chen; Qiaobing Huang; Catherine Ledent; Masafumi Kitakaze
Deficiency of type 1 cannabinoid receptors worsens acute heart failure induced by pressure overload in mice.
European heart journal 2012;33(24):3124-33.
2012: Chun-Yen Chen; Toru Funahashi; Takuya Hasegawa; Go Ichien; Yumi Itoh; Hideaki Kanzaki; Jiyoong Kim; Kyung-Duk Min; Yoko Okumoto; Hiroyuki Takahama; Jun Tanaka; Norihisa Toh; Makoto Amaki; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
Plasma adiponectin levels predict cardiovascular events in the observational Arita Cohort Study in Japan: the importance of the plasma adiponectin levels.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2012;35(8):843-8.
2012: Taka-aki Matsuyama; Kotaro Miyashita; Kazuyuki Nagatsuka; Makoto Amaki; Yoshihiko Ikeda; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Critical multi-organ emboli originating from collapsed, vulnerable caseous mitral annular calcification.
Pathology international 2012;62(7):496-9.
2012: Akemi Yoshida; Masanori Asakura; Yoshihiro Asano; Hiroshi Asanuma; Tetsuo Minamino; Naoki Mochizuki; Hidezo Mori; Shoji Sanada; Motoaki Sano; Hideyuki Sasaki; Akito Shimouchi; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Masaru Sugimachi; Seiji Takashima; Satoru Yamazaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
H(2) mediates cardioprotection via involvements of K(ATP) channels and permeability transition pores of mitochondria in dogs.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2012;26(3):217-26.
2012: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Prospective pioglitazone clinical trial in macrovascular events].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2012;70 Suppl 3():301-8.
2012: Masafumi Kitakaze; Motoshi Takeuchi; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Koichiro Kinugawa; Kohei Hagiwara
[Discussion meeting on how to diagnose and treat the patients with heart failure--its past, present and future].
Nihon Naika Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2012;101(2):424-42.
2012: Akira Funada; Takuya Hasegawa; Hideaki Kanzaki; Suzu Kanzaki; Hiroyuki Takahama; Naoaki Yamada; Makoto Amaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Coconut left atrium.
International journal of cardiology 2012;154(2):e42-4.
2012: Robert Bell; Hans Erik Bøtker; Sean Davidson; James Downey; David Garcia-Dorado; Derek Hausenloy; Gerd Heusch; Borja Ibanez; Masafumi Kitakaze; Sandrine Lecour; Robert M Mentzer; Tetsuji Miura; Lionel Opie; Michel Ovize; Marisol Ruiz-Meana; Rainer Schulz; Richard Shannon; Jakob Vinten-Johansen; Malcolm Walker; Reinier Beeuwkes; Derek Yellon
Trials, tribulations and speculation! Report from the 7th Biennial Hatter Cardiovascular Institute Workshop.
Basic research in cardiology 2012;107(6):300.
2012: Chun-Yen Chen; Akira Funada; Takuya Hasegawa; Hideaki Kanzaki; Jiyoong Kim; Makoto Amaki; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hiroyuki Takahama; Hiroyuki Yokoyama; Akemi Yoshida; Masafumi Kitakaze
Serum blood urea nitrogen and plasma brain natriuretic Peptide and low diastolic blood pressure predict cardiovascular morbidity and mortality following discharge in acute decompensated heart failure patients.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2012;76(10):2372-9.
2012: Osamu Tsukamoto; Masafumi Kitakaze
Reserve of coronary flow deserves predictor of cardiovascular events.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2012;76(8):1834-5.
2012: Atsuhiro Sakamoto; Shinichi Takamoto; Saichi Hosoda; Hiroshi Kasanuki; Masafumi Kitakaze; Akiyoshi Namiki
Landiolol, an ultra-short-acting β₁-blocker, more effectively terminates atrial fibrillation than diltiazem after open heart surgery: prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label study (JL-KNIGHT study).
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2012;76(5):1097-101.
2012: Masafumi Kitakaze; Takashi Sakamoto; Nobuaki Sarai; Hidekazu Ando; Hiromu Nakajima
Safety and tolerability of once-daily controlled-release carvedilol 10-80 mg in Japanese patients with chronic heart failure.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2012;76(3):668-74.
2012: Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze; Issei Komuro
The less embraces the greater in detecting multiple coronary artery disease.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2012;76(2):299-300.
2011: Haruhiko Abe; Takuya Hasegawa; Noriaki Iwahashi; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze; Satoshi Nakatani; Kunio Miyatake
Effects of aortic valve replacement on left ventricular dyssynchrony in aortic stenosis with narrow QRS complex.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2011;24(12):1358-64.
2011: Wanling Xuan; Yulin Liao; Yili Liu; Dingli Xu; Jian-ping Bin; Baihe Chen; Qiaobing Huang; Masafumi Kitakaze
Detrimental effect of fractalkine on myocardial ischaemia and heart failure.
Cardiovascular research 2011;92(3):385-93.
2011: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Classification and feature of ischmic cardiomyopathy].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2011;69 Suppl 9():352-7.
2011: Shoji Sanada; Issei Komuro; Masafumi Kitakaze
Pathophysiology of myocardial reperfusion injury: preconditioning, postconditioning, and translational aspects of protective measures.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2011;301(5):H1723-41.
2011: Yulin Liao; Li Lin; Di Lu; Dingli Xu; Jianping Bin; Yujun Fu; Masafumi Kitakaze
Activation of adenosine A1 receptor attenuates tumor necrosis factor-α induced hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomédecine & pharmacothérapie 2011;65(7):491-5.
2011: Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Asanuma
[The association between coronary circulation and cardiac function].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2011;69 Suppl 7():69-73.
2011: Takahiro Ohara; Mina Sonoda; Hitoshi Nishizawa; Akiko Ogai; Makoto Amaki; Masanori Asakura; Tohru Funahashi; Takuya Hasegawa; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Dynamic changes in plasma total and high molecular weight adiponectin levels in acute heart failure.
Journal of cardiology 2011;58(2):181-90.
2011: Noriaki Iwahashi; Kazuo Kimura; Satoshi Nakatani; Satoshi Umemura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Usefulness of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in the assessment of disease severity and prediction of outcome after aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2011;24(9):984-91.
2011: Tatsuhiko Hirota; Masanori Asakura; Akiko Matsushita; Atsuko Nonaka; Kohji Ohki; Naoto Uchida; Masafumi Kitakaze
Milk casein-derived tripeptides, VPP and IPP induced NO production in cultured endothelial cells and endothelium-dependent relaxation of isolated aortic rings.
Heart and vessels 2011;26(5):549-56.
2011: Takahiro Sato; Tomoko S Kato; Kazuo Kamamura; Shuji Hashimoto; Toshiaki Shishido; Akiko Mano; Noboru Oda; Ayako Takahashi; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Takeshi Nakatani; Masanori Asakura; Hideaki Kanzaki; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Utility of left ventricular systolic torsion derived from 2-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in monitoring acute cellular rejection in heart transplant recipients.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2011;30(5):536-43.
2011: Shuji Hashimoto; Tomoko S Kato; Kazuo Komamura; Akihisa Hanatani; Kazuo Niwaya; Toshihiro Funatsu; Junjiro Kobayashi; Yoshiyuki Sumita; Norio Tanaka; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masanori Asakura; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Utility of echocardiographic evaluation of donor hearts upon the organ procurement for heart transplantation.
Journal of cardiology 2011;57(2):215-22.
2011: Hiroto Utsunomiya; Satoshi Nakatani; Takenori Okada; Hideaki Kanzaki; Shingo Kyotani; Norifumi Nakanishi; Yasuki Kihara; Masafumi Kitakaze
A simple method to predict impaired right ventricular performance and disease severity in chronic pulmonary hypertension using strain rate imaging.
International journal of cardiology 2011;147(1):88-94.
2011: Wanyang Liu; N Matsuura; Youhei Mineharu; Susumu Miyamoto; Daisuke Morito; Kazuhiro Nagata; Yasushi Takagi; Seiji Takashima; Atsushi Toyoda; Satoru Yamazaki; Liping Zou; Asao Fujiyama; Kouji H Harada; Hirokuni Hashikata; Nobuo Hashimoto; Roman Herzig; Toshiaki Hitomi; Ken-ichiro Kikuta; Jeong Eun Kim; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hatasu Kobayashi; Boris Krischek; Akio Koizumi
Identification of RNF213 as a susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease and its possible role in vascular development.
PloS one 2011;6(7):e22542.
2011: Chizuko A Kamiya; Masafumi Kitakaze; Toyoaki Murohara; Satoshi Nakatani; Hitonobu Tomoike; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Tomoaki Ikeda
Different characteristics of peripartum cardiomyopathy between patients complicated with and without hypertensive disorders. -Results from the Japanese Nationwide survey of peripartum cardiomyopathy-.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2011;75(8):1975-81.
2011: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
Does the treatment of both hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy not only prevent but also treat acute myocardial infarction?
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2011;75(5):1061-2.
2011: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
The largest cohort study opens a new era for the management of heart failure in Japan.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2011;75(4):775-6.
2011: Ikutaro Nakajima; Tomoko S Kato; Kazuo Komamura; Ayako Takahashi; Noboru Oda; Taro Sasaoka; Masanori Asakura; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Pre- and post-operative risk factors associated with cerebrovascular accidents in patients supported by left ventricular assist device. -Single center's experience in japan-.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2011;75(5):1138-46.
2011: Mika Mori; Hideaki Kanzaki; Makoto Amaki; Takahiro Ohara; Takuya Hasegawa; Hiroyuki Takahama; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Tetsuo Konno; Kenshi Hayashi; Masakazu Yamagishi; Masafumi Kitakaze
Impact of reduced left atrial functions on diagnosis of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: results from analysis of time-left atrial volume curve determined by two-dimensional speckle tracking.
Journal of cardiology 2011;57(1):89-94.
2010: Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze
Combined renin-angiotensin system-inhibition therapy: what really accounts for the additive benefits?
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2010;74(11):2288-9.
2010: Takahiro Sato; Hideaki Kanzaki; Yoshio Ishida; Makoto Amaki; Takahiro Ohara; Takuya Hasegawa; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Satoshi Nakatani; Naoaki Yamada; Yoshihiko Ikeda; Hatsue Ueda-Ishibashi; Masafumi Kitakaze
Second left ventricular aneurysm newly developed in a patient with untreated cardiac sarcoidosis.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2010;74(11):2477-8.
2010: Derek Hausenloy; Gary Baxter; Robert Bell; Hans Erik Bøtker; Sean Davidson; James Downey; Gerd Heusch; Masafumi Kitakaze; Sandrine Lecour; Robert M Mentzer; Mihaela M Mocanu; Michel Ovize; Rainer Schulz; Richard Shannon; Malcolm Walker; Gail Walkinshaw; Derek M Yellon
Translating novel strategies for cardioprotection: the Hatter Workshop Recommendations.
Basic research in cardiology 2010;105(6):677-86.
2010: Hiroyuki Takahama; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Masashi Fujita; Hideyuki Sasaki; Masakatsu Wakeno; Jiyoong Kim; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Kazuo Komamura; Masaru Sugimachi; Masafumi Kitakaze
A histamine H₂ receptor blocker ameliorates development of heart failure in dogs independently of β-adrenergic receptor blockade.
Basic research in cardiology 2010;105(6):787-94.
2010: Tetsuo Minamino; Issei Komuro; Masafumi Kitakaze
Endoplasmic reticulum stress as a therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease.
Circulation research 2010;107(9):1071-82.
2010: Shuichiro Higo; Yoshihiro Asano; Hisakazu Kato; Satoru Yamazaki; Atsushi Nakano; Osamu Tsukamoto; Osamu Seguchi; Mitsutoshi Asai; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Tetsuo Minamino; Issei Komuro; Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiji Takashima
Isoform-specific intermolecular disulfide bond formation of heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1).
The Journal of biological chemistry 2010;285(41):31337-47.
2010: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
Hypothetical mechanism of the improvement by adaptive servo-ventilation of the pathophysiology of heart failure associated with sleep-disordered breathing.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2010;74(10):2056-7.
2010: Taro Sasaoka; Tomoko S Kato; Kazuo Komamura; Ayako Takahashi; Ikutaro Nakajima; Noboru Oda; Akihisa Hanatani; Akiko Mano; Masanori Asakura; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Kazuo Niwaya; Toshihiro Funatsu; Junjiro Kobayashi; Soichiro Kitamura; Toshiaki Shishido; Kyoichi Wada; Shigeki Miyata; Takeshi Nakatani; Mitsuaki Isobe; Masafumi Kitakaze
Improved long-term performance of pulsatile extracorporeal left ventricular assist device.
Journal of cardiology 2010;56(2):220-8.
2010: Chizuko Kamiya; Takahiro Ohara; Satoshi Nakatani; Yukiko Oe; Kazuo Niwaya; Akio Ogawa; Hideaki Kanzaki; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Traumatic tricuspid regurgitation caused by myocardial laceration: a three-dimensional echocardiographic study.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2010;23(8):903.e1-3.
2010: Hai Ying Fu; Ken-ichiro Okada; Yulin Liao; Osamu Tsukamoto; Tadashi Isomura; Mitsutoshi Asai; Tamaki Sawada; Keiji Okuda; Yoshihiro Asano; Shoji Sanada; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Issei Komuro; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino
Ablation of C/EBP homologous protein attenuates endoplasmic reticulum-mediated apoptosis and cardiac dysfunction induced by pressure overload.
Circulation 2010;122(4):361-9.
2010: Masafumi Kitakaze; Osamu Tsukamoto
What is the role of ER stress in the heart? Introduction and series overview.
Circulation research 2010;107(1):15-8.
2010: Noboru Oda; Tomoko S Kato; Kazuo Komamura; Akihisa Hanatani; Akiko Mano; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masanori Asakura; Kazuo Niwaya; Toshihiro Funatsu; Junjiro Kobayashi; Kyoichi Wada; Shuji Hashimoto; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Yukiko Nakano; Yasuki Kihara; Masafumi Kitakaze
Clinical course and outcome of heart transplant recipients: single center experience at the National Cardiovascular Center in Japan.
International heart journal 2010;51(4):264-71.
2010: Tomoko S Kato; Kazuo Komamura; Yusuke Sata; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Yoshihiko Ikeda; Taka-aki Matsuyama; Hideo Izawa; Mitsuhiro Yokota; Toshiaki Shishido; Takeshi Nakatani; Soichiro Kitamura; Masanori Asakura; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Cumulative episodes of rejection altered myocardial sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase and ryanodine receptor-2 mRNA expression in heart transplant recipients.
International heart journal 2010;51(4):259-63.
2010: Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Cardioprotection in the clinical setting-lessons from J-WIND studies.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2010;24(3):289-95.
2010: Masafumi Kitakaze
How to mediate cardioprotection in ischemic hearts--accumulated evidence of basic research should translate to clinical medicine.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2010;24(3):217-23.
2010: Atsushi Nakano; Hisakazu Kato; Takashi Watanabe; Kyung-Duk Min; Satoru Yamazaki; Yoshihiro Asano; Osamu Seguchi; Shuichiro Higo; Yasunori Shintani; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masanori Asakura; Tetsuo Minamino; Kozo Kaibuchi; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiji Takashima
AMPK controls the speed of microtubule polymerization and directional cell migration through CLIP-170 phosphorylation.
Nature cell biology 2010;12(6):583-90.
2010: Tamaki Sawada; Tetsuo Minamino; Hai Ying Fu; Mitsutoshi Asai; Keiji Okuda; Tadashi Isomura; Satoru Yamazaki; Yoshihiro Asano; Ken-ichiro Okada; Osamu Tsukamoto; Shoji Sanada; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Masafumi Kitakaze; Issei Komuro
X-box binding protein 1 regulates brain natriuretic peptide through a novel AP1/CRE-like element in cardiomyocytes.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2010;48(6):1280-9.
2010: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze
ER stress in cardiovascular disease.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2010;48(6):1105-10.
2010: Masanori Asakura; Jiyoong Kim; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Anti-diabetic drugs for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in mild diabetic and IGT patients: ABC study and PPAR study].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2010;68(5):887-91.
2010: Norihisa Toh; Hideaki Kanzaki; Satoshi Nakatani; Takahiro Ohara; Jiyoong Kim; Kengo F Kusano; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Tohru Ohe; Hiroshi Ito; Masafumi Kitakaze
Left atrial volume combined with atrial pump function identifies hypertensive patients with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Hypertension 2010;55(5):1150-6.
2010: Qiong Luo; Wan-ling Xuan; Fang Xi; Yu-lin Liao; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Antihypertrophic effect of dihydropyridines calcium channel blockers is dependent on their potential of blocking N-type calcium channel].
Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University 2010;30(4):755-9.
2010: Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze
[The regulators of vascular tonus].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2010;68(4):625-30.
2010: Yulin Liao; Wanling Xuan; Jing Zhao; Jianpin Bin; Hui Zhao; Masanori Asakura; Tohru Funahashi; Seiji Takashima; Masafumi Kitakaze
Antihypertrophic effects of adiponectin on cardiomyocytes are associated with the inhibition of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor signaling.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2010;393(3):519-25.
2010: Kyung-Duk Min; Masanori Asakura; Yulin Liao; Kenji Nakamaru; Hidetoshi Okazaki; Tomoko Takahashi; Kazunori Fujimoto; Shin Ito; Ayako Takahashi; Hiroshi Asanuma; Satoru Yamazaki; Tetsuo Minamino; Shoji Sanada; Osamu Seguchi; Atsushi Nakano; Yosuke Ando; Toshiaki Otsuka; Hidehiko Furukawa; Tadashi Isomura; Seiji Takashima; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Identification of genes related to heart failure using global gene expression profiling of human failing myocardium.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2010;393(1):55-60.
2010: Osamu Tsukamoto; Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze
Functional alterations of cardiac proteasomes under physiological and pathological conditions.
Cardiovascular research 2010;85(2):339-46.
2010: Noboru Oda; Tomoko S Kato; Akihisa Hanatani; Kazuo Niwaya; Takeshi Nakatani; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Soichiro Kitamura; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kazuo Komamura
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) in a heart transplant recipient treated by substitution of cyclosporine A with tacrolimus.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2010;49(11):1013-6.
2010: Syoji Sakakibara; Ryuichiro Murakami; Mikio Takahashi; Takashi Fushimi; Toyoaki Murohara; Mikiya Kishi; Yoshitaka Kajimoto; Masafumi Kitakaze; Takayuki Kaga
Vinegar intake enhances flow-mediated vasodilatation via upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2010;74(5):1055-61.
2010: Masanori Asakura; Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze
Japan expects decrements in both the incidence and mortality of acute myocardial infarction in the modern era: likely or just a dream?
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2010;74(1):43-4.
2009: Hiroto Utsunomiya; Satoshi Nakatani; Morikazu Nishihira; Hideaki Kanzaki; Shingo Kyotani; Norifumi Nakanishi; Yasuki Kihara; Masafumi Kitakaze
Value of estimated right ventricular filling pressure in predicting cardiac events in chronic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2009;22(12):1368-74.
2009: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
Carperitide and adiponectin--how are they connected each other to benefit acute decompensated heart failure?
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2009;73(12):2206-7.
2009: Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Global gene expression profiling in the failing myocardium.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2009;73(9):1568-76.
2009: Yasunori Shintani; Seiji Takashima; Hisakazu Kato; Kazuo Komamura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Extracellular protein kinase CK2 is a novel associating protein of neuropilin-1.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2009;385(4):618-23.
2009: Mahoto Kato; Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze
Should we use outpatient dobutamine or milrinone?
Circulation. Heart failure 2009;2(4):377-8.
2009: Osamu Tsukamoto; Masashi Fujita; Mahoto Kato; Satoru Yamazaki; Yoshihiro Asano; Akiko Ogai; Hidetoshi Okazaki; Mitsutoshi Asai; Yoko Nagamachi; Norikazu Maeda; Yasunori Shintani; Tetsuo Minamino; Masanori Asakura; Ichiro Kishimoto; Tohru Funahashi; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
Natriuretic peptides enhance the production of adiponectin in human adipocytes and in patients with chronic heart failure.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009;53(22):2070-7.
2009: Takuya Hasegawa; Satoshi Nakatani; Hideaki Kanzaki; Haruhiko Abe; Masafumi Kitakaze
Heterogeneous onset of myocardial relaxation in subendocardial and subepicardial layers assessed with tissue strain imaging: comparison of normal and hypertrophied myocardium.
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2009;2(6):701-8.
2009: Hideyuki Sasaki; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masashi Fujita; Hiroyuki Takahama; Masakatsu Wakeno; Shin Ito; Akiko Ogai; Masanori Asakura; Jiyoong Kim; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Shoji Sanada; Masaru Sugimachi; Kazuo Komamura; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Metformin prevents progression of heart failure in dogs: role of AMP-activated protein kinase.
Circulation 2009;119(19):2568-77.
2009: Makoto Amaki; Satoshi Nakatani; Hideaki Kanzaki; Shingo Kyotani; Norifumi Nakanishi; Chiaki Shigemasa; Ichiro Hisatome; Masafumi Kitakaze
Usefulness of three-dimensional echocardiography in assessing right ventricular function in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2009;32(5):419-22.
2009: Haruhiko Higashi; Kazuo Komamura; Noboru Oda; Tomoko S Kato; Masanobu Yanase; Akiko Mano; Shuji Hashimoto; Kyoichi Wada; Toshiaki Shishido; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Soichiro Kitamura; Takeshi Nakatani
Experience of appendicular thermal therapy applied to a patient with a left ventricular assist device awaiting heart transplantation.
Journal of cardiology 2009;53(2):301-5.
2009: Mitsutoshi Asai; Osamu Tsukamoto; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masashi Fujita; Yoshihiro Asano; Hiroyuki Takahama; Hideyuki Sasaki; Shuichiro Higo; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
PKA rapidly enhances proteasome assembly and activity in in vivo canine hearts.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2009;46(4):452-62.
2009: Hidemichi Kouzu; Satoshi Nakatani; Shingo Kyotani; Hideaki Kanzaki; Norifumi Nakanishi; Masafumi Kitakaze
Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance by Doppler echocardiography in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
The American journal of cardiology 2009;103(6):872-6.
2009: Tadashi Wada; Takahiro Ohara; Satoshi Nakatani; Yoshiyuki Sumita; Junjirou Kobayashi; Masafumi Kitakaze
A case of coronary artery fistula between a coronary artery and the left atrium following maze procedure.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2009;22(3):323.e3-6.
2009: Hiroyuki Takahama; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masashi Fujita; Tomohiro Asai; Masakatsu Wakeno; Hideyuki Sasaki; Hiroshi Kikuchi; Kouichi Hashimoto; Naoto Oku; Masanori Asakura; Jiyoong Kim; Seiji Takashima; Kazuo Komamura; Masaru Sugimachi; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Prolonged targeting of ischemic/reperfused myocardium by liposomal adenosine augments cardioprotection in rats.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009;53(8):709-17.
2009: Norimichi Takamatsu; Hideharu Abe; Tatsuya Tominaga; Kunihiko Nakahara; Yumi Ito; Yoko Okumoto; Jiyoong Kim; Masafumi Kitakaze; Toshio Doi
Risk factors for chronic kidney disease in Japan: a community-based study.
BMC nephrology 2009;10():34.
2009: Masashi Fujino; Hideaki Kanzaki; Jun Tanaka; Takahiro Ohara; Jiyoong Kim; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Satoshi Nakatani; Yoshihiko Ikeda; Hatsue Ueda-Ishibashi; Masafumi Kitakaze
Dobutamine stress echocardiography unmasks acute worsening of mitral regurgitation with latent left ventricular outflow tract obstruction behind diastolic heart failure in hypertensive heart disease.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2009;48(2):95-9.
2008: Udin Bahrudin; Hiroko Morisaki; Takayuki Morisaki; Haruaki Ninomiya; Katsumi Higaki; Eiji Nanba; Osamu Igawa; Seiji Takashima; Einosuke Mizuta; Junichiro Miake; Yasutaka Yamamoto; Yasuaki Shirayoshi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Lucie Carrier; Ichiro Hisatome
Ubiquitin-proteasome system impairment caused by a missense cardiac myosin-binding protein C mutation and associated with cardiac dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Journal of molecular biology 2008;384(4):896-907.
2008: Hui Zhao; Yulin Liao; Tetsuo Minamino; Yoshihiro Asano; Masanori Asakura; Jiyoong Kim; Hiroshi Asanuma; Seiji Takashima; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Inhibition of cardiac remodeling by pravastatin is associated with amelioration of endoplasmic reticulum stress.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2008;31(10):1977-87.
2008: T S Kato; H Izawa; Kazuo Komamura; A Noda; H Asano; K Nagata; S Hashimoto; N Oda; C Kamiya; Hideaki Kanzaki; Kazuhiko Hashimura; H I Ueda; T Murohara; Masafumi Kitakaze; M Yokota
Heterogeneity of regional systolic function detected by tissue Doppler imaging is linked to impaired global left ventricular relaxation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2008;94(10):1302-6.
2008: Koichiro Harada; Akiko Ogai; Tomosaburo Takahashi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroaki Matsubara; Hidemasa Oh
Crossveinless-2 controls bone morphogenetic protein signaling during early cardiomyocyte differentiation in P19 cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(39):26705-13.
2008: Hai Ying Fu; Tetsuo Minamino; Osamu Tsukamoto; Tamaki Sawada; Mitsutoshi Asai; Hisakazu Kato; Yoshihiro Asano; Masashi Fujita; Seiji Takashima; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Overexpression of endoplasmic reticulum-resident chaperone attenuates cardiomyocyte death induced by proteasome inhibition.
Cardiovascular research 2008;79(4):600-10.
2008: Tetsuhiro Yamano; Satoshi Nakatani; Hideaki Kanzaki; Norihisa Toh; Makoto Amaki; Jun Tanaka; Haruhiko Abe; Takuya Hasegawa; Takahisa Sawada; Hiroaki Matsubara; Masafumi Kitakaze
Exercise-induced changes of functional mitral regurgitation in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of cardiology 2008;102(4):481-5.
2008: A Mano; Takeshi Nakatani; N Oda; T Kato; Kazuo Niwaya; Osamu Tagusari; H Nakajima; T Funatsu; S Hashimoto; K Komamura; Akihisa Hanatani; I H Ueda; Masafumi Kitakaze; J Kobayashi; Toshikatsu Yagihara; Soichiro Kitamura
Which factors predict the recovery of natural heart function after insertion of a left ventricular assist system?
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2008;27(8):869-74.
2008: Osamu Iida; Shinsuke Nanto; Masaaki Uematsu; Takakazu Morozumi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiki Nagata
Cilostazol reduces restenosis after endovascular therapy in patients with femoropopliteal lesions.
Journal of vascular surgery 2008;48(1):144-9.
2008: Wei-jie Li; Zhi-jing Zhao; Bing Liu; Dian-xin Zhang; Fei Li; Hai-chang Wang; Wen-yi Guo; Guo-liang Jia; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Nitric oxide induces heat shock protein 72 production and delayed protection against myocardial ischemia in rabbits via activating protein kinase C.
Chinese medical journal 2008;121(12):1109-13.
2008: Masashi Fujita; Masanori Asakura; Shoji Sanada; Hiroharu Funaya; Osamu Tsukamoto; Kazuo Komamura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Satoshi Taketani; Tadashi Isomura; Kenji Nakamaru; Hidehiko Furukawa; Yoshiki Sawa; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Activation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase in the blood and hearts of patients with chronic heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure 2008;14(5):426-30.
2008: Fuminobu Ishikura; Ayako Miki; Akiko Iwata; Tsutomu Toshida; Masahiro Shakudo; Toshihiko Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Shintaro Beppu
Effect of systemic blood pressure on microcollateral circulation evaluated by real-time contrast echocardiography.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2008;21(6):765-9.
2008: Fei Li; Hui Zhao; Yulin Liao; Seiji Takashima; Yoshihiro Asano; Yasunori Shintani; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Higher mortality in heterozygous neuropilin-1 mice after cardiac pressure overload.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2008;370(2):317-21.
2008: Takahiro Ohara; Jiyoong Kim; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Satoshi Nakatani; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Hideaki Kanzaki; Tohru Funahashi; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
Plasma adiponectin is associated with plasma brain natriuretic peptide and cardiac function in healthy subjects.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2008;31(5):825-31.
2008: Shumpei Mori; Satoshi Nakatani; Hideaki Kanzaki; Kenichiro Yamagata; Yutaka Take; Yunosuke Matsuura; Shingo Kyotani; Norifumi Nakanishi; Masafumi Kitakaze
Patterns of the interventricular septal motion can predict conditions of patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2008;21(4):386-93.
2008: Hisakazu Kato; Seiji Takashima; Yoshihiro Asano; Yasunori Shintani; Satoru Yamazaki; Osamu Seguchi; Hiroyuki Yamamoto; Atsushi Nakano; Shuichiro Higo; Akiko Ogai; Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Identification of p32 as a novel substrate for ATM in heart.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2008;366(4):885-91.
2008: Yulin Liao; Hui Zhao; Akiko Ogai; Hisakazu Kato; Masanori Asakura; Jiyoong Kim; Hiroshi Asanuma; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Masafumi Kitakaze
Atorvastatin slows the progression of cardiac remodeling in mice with pressure overload and inhibits epidermal growth factor receptor activation.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2008;31(2):335-44.
2008: Fuminobu Ishikura; Kentaro Otani; Hiroyuki Kayano; Tsutomu Toshida; Akiko Iwata; Toshihiko Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yoshihiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Shintaro Beppu
Quantitative assessment of microcollateral recruitment during coronary occlusion using real-time intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2008;21(2):139-45.
2008: Hiroyuki Yamamoto; Seiji Takashima; Yasunori Shintani; Satoru Yamazaki; Osamu Seguchi; Atsushi Nakano; Shuichiro Higo; Hisakazu Kato; Yulin Liao; Yoshihiro Asano; Tetsuo Minamino; Yasushi Matsumura; Hiroshi Takeda; Masafumi Kitakaze
Identification of a novel substrate for TNFalpha-induced kinase NUAK2.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2008;365(3):541-7.
2007: Norihisa Toh; Hideaki Kanzaki; Satoshi Nakatani; Kazumi Kohyama; Takahiro Ohara; Jiyoong Kim; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Partial atrioventricular septal defect assessed by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography: a case report.
Journal of cardiology 2007;50(6):379-82.
2007: Hirofumi Maeba; Satoshi Nakatani; Motoaki Sugawara; Jun Mimura; Norifumi Nakanishi; Hitoshi Ogino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Toshiji Iwasaka; Kunio Miyatake
Different time course of changes in tricuspid regurgitant pressure gradient and pulmonary artery flow acceleration after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: implications for discordant recovery of pulmonary artery pressure and compliance.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2007;71(11):1771-5.
2007: Vincent Piriou; Jean Mantz; Gerard Goldfarb; Masafumi Kitakaze; Pascal Chiari; S Paquin; C Cornu; Jean-Baptiste Lecharny; P Aussage; Eric Vicaut; A Pons; Jean-Jacques Lehot
Sevoflurane preconditioning at 1 MAC only provides limited protection in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: a randomized bi-centre trial.
British journal of anaesthesia 2007;99(5):624-31.
2007: Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Drug-induced heart failure].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2007;65 Suppl 8():445-9.
2007: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masanori Asakura; Jiyoong Kim; Yasunori Shintani; Hiroshi Asanuma; Toshimitsu Hamasaki; Osamu Seguchi; Masafumi Myoishi; Tetsuo Minamino; Takahiro Ohara; Yoshiyuki Nagai; Shinsuke Nanto; Kouki Watanabe; Shigeru Fukuzawa; Atsushi Hirayama; Natsuki Nakamura; Kazuo Kimura; Kenshi Fujii; Masaharu Ishihara; Yoshihiko Saito; Hitonobu Tomoike; Soichiro Kitamura
Human atrial natriuretic peptide and nicorandil as adjuncts to reperfusion treatment for acute myocardial infarction (J-WIND): two randomised trials.
Lancet 2007;370(9597):1483-93.
2007: Shoji Sanada; Hiroshi Asanuma; Yukihiro Koretsune; Kouki Watanabe; Shinsuke Nanto; Nobuhisa Awata; Noritake Hoki; Masatake Fukunami; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Long-term oral administration of dipyridamole improves both cardiac and physical status in patients with mild to moderate chronic heart failure: a prospective open-randomized study.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2007;30(10):913-9.
2007: Osamu Seguchi; Seiji Takashima; Satoru Yamazaki; Masanori Asakura; Yoshihiro Asano; Yasunori Shintani; Masakatsu Wakeno; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroya Kondo; Hidehiko Furukawa; Kenji Nakamaru; Asuka Naito; Tomoko Takahashi; Toshiaki Ohtsuka; Koichi Kawakami; Tadashi Isomura; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze
A cardiac myosin light chain kinase regulates sarcomere assembly in the vertebrate heart.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2007;117(10):2812-24.
2007: Masafumi Myoishi; Hiroyuki Hao; Tetsuo Minamino; Kouki Watanabe; Kensaku Nishihira; Kinta Hatakeyama; Yujiro Asada; Ken-ichiro Okada; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Giulio Gabbiani; Marie-Luce Bochaton-Piallat; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Increased endoplasmic reticulum stress in atherosclerotic plaques associated with acute coronary syndrome.
Circulation 2007;116(11):1226-33.
2007: Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Jiyoong Kim; Yulin Liao; Kenji Nakamaru; Masashi Fujita; Kazuo Komamura; Tadashi Isomura; Hidehiko Furukawa; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
Impact of adenosine receptor signaling and metabolism on pathophysiology in patients with chronic heart failure.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2007;30(9):781-7.
2007: Yoshiro Saito; Noriko Katori; Akiko Soyama; Yukiko Nakajima; Takashi Yoshitani; Su-Ryang Kim; Hiromi Fukushima-Uesaka; Kouichi Kurose; Nahoko Kaniwa; Shogo Ozawa; Naoyuki Kamatani; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Kenji Sugai; Narihiro Minami; Hideo Kimura; Yu-ichi Goto; Hironobu Minami; Teruhiko Yoshida; Hideo Kunitoh; Yuichiro Ohe; Noboru Yamamoto; Tomohide Tamura; Nagahiro Saijo; Jun-ichi Sawada
CYP2C8 haplotype structures and their influence on pharmacokinetics of paclitaxel in a Japanese population.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics 2007;17(7):461-71.
2007: Tatsuhiko Hirota; Kohji Ohki; Rikako Kawagishi; Yoshitaka Kajimoto; Seiichi Mizuno; Yasunori Nakamura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Casein hydrolysate containing the antihypertensive tripeptides Val-Pro-Pro and Ile-Pro-Pro improves vascular endothelial function independent of blood pressure-lowering effects: contribution of the inhibitory action of angiotensin-converting enzyme.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2007;30(6):489-96.
2007: Yu Kataoka; Satoshi Nakatani; Norio Tanaka; Hideaki Kanzaki; Satoshi Yasuda; Isao Morii; Atsushi Kawamura; Shunichi Miyazaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Role of transthoracic Doppler-determined coronary flow reserve in patients with chest pain.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2007;71(6):891-6.
2007: Kim Jiyoong; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Heart failure and abnormal glucose metabolism].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2007;65 Suppl 5():581-7.
2007: Masashi Fujita; Hiroshi Asanuma; Jiyoong Kim; Yulin Liao; Akio Hirata; Osamu Tsukamoto; Tetsuo Minamino; Masatsugu Hori; Moritaka Goto; Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze
Impaired glucose tolerance: a possible contributor to left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction.
International journal of cardiology 2007;118(1):76-80.
2007: Hiroshi Asanuma; Kunihiko Nakai; Shoji Sanada; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Hisakazu Ogita; Masashi Fujita; Akio Hirata; Masakatsu Wakeno; Hiroyuki Takahama; Jiyoong Kim; Masanori Asakura; Ichiro Sakuma; Akira Kitabatake; Masatsugu Hori; Kazuo Komamura; Masafumi Kitakaze
S-nitrosylated and pegylated hemoglobin, a newly developed artificial oxygen carrier, exerts cardioprotection against ischemic hearts.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2007;42(5):924-30.
2007: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Myocardial ischemia].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2007;65 Suppl 4():321-5.
2007: Takahiro Ohara; Satoshi Nakatani; Shuji Hashimoto; Yasuhisa Akaiwa; Satoshi Yazaki; Koji Kimura; Izuru Nakasone; Yoshikazu Masuda; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
A case of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in a patient with a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula and a patent foramen ovale.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2007;20(4):439.e5-10.
2007: Masashi Fujita; Hiroshi Asanuma; Akio Hirata; Masakatsu Wakeno; Hiroyuki Takahama; Hideyuki Sasaki; Jiyoong Kim; Seiji Takashima; Osamu Tsukamoto; Tetsuo Minamino; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Prolonged transient acidosis during early reperfusion contributes to the cardioprotective effects of postconditioning.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2007;292(4):H2004-8.
2007: Takeshi Maruo; Satoshi Nakatani; Yintie Jin; Kazunori Uemura; Masaru Sugimachi; Hatsue Ueda-Ishibashi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tohru Ohe; Kenji Sunagawa; Kunio Miyatake
Evaluation of transmural distribution of viable muscle by myocardial strain profile and dobutamine stress echocardiography.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2007;292(2):H921-7.
2006: Einosuke Mizuta; Hitomi Furuichi; Yasuhiro Kazuki; Junichiro Miake; Shuichi Yano; Udin Bahrudin; Yasutaka Yamamoto; Osamu Igawa; Chiaki Shigemasa; Kyoko Hidaka; Takayuki Morisaki; Yasutaka Kurata; Haruaki Ninomiya; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yasuaki Shirayoshi; Mitsuo Oshimura; Ichiro Hisatome
Delayed onset of beating and decreased expression of T-type Ca2+ channel in mouse ES cell-derived cardiocytes carrying human chromosome 21.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2006;351(1):126-32.
2006: Kyoko Fukumoto; Takashi Kobayashi; Kanako Tachibana; Ryuji Kato; Kazuhiko Tanaka; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kazuyuki Ueno
Effect of amiodarone on the serum concentration/dose ratio of metoprolol in patients with cardiac arrhythmia.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2006;21(6):501-5.
2006: Toru Kinugawa; Masashi Fujita; Kazuhide Ogino; Masahiko Kato; Shuichi Osaki; Osamu Igawa; Chiaki Shigemasa; Ichiro Hisatome; Masafumi Kitakaze
Catabolism of adenine nucleotides favors adenosine production following exercise in patients with chronic heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure 2006;12(9):720-5.
2006: Mahoto Kato; Kazuo Komamura; Masafumi Kitakaze
Tiotropium, a novel muscarinic M3 receptor antagonist, improved symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease complicated by chronic heart failure.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2006;70(12):1658-60.
2006: Hideaki Kanzaki; Satoshi Nakatani; Naoaki Yamada; Shin-ichi Urayama; Kunio Miyatake; Masafumi Kitakaze
Impaired systolic torsion in dilated cardiomyopathy: reversal of apical rotation at mid-systole characterized with magnetic resonance tagging method.
Basic research in cardiology 2006;101(6):465-70.
2006: Masakatsu Wakeno; Tetsuo Minamino; Osamu Seguchi; Hidetoshi Okazaki; Osamu Tsukamoto; Ken-ichiro Okada; Akio Hirata; Masashi Fujita; Hiroshi Asanuma; Jiyoong Kim; Kazuo Komamura; Seiji Takashima; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Long-term stimulation of adenosine A2b receptors begun after myocardial infarction prevents cardiac remodeling in rats.
Circulation 2006;114(18):1923-32.
2006: Jiyoong Kim; Akiko Ogai; Satoshi Nakatani; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Hideaki Kanzaki; Kazuo Komamura; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
Impact of blockade of histamine H2 receptors on chronic heart failure revealed by retrospective and prospective randomized studies.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006;48(7):1378-84.
2006: Jiyoong Kim; Satoshi Nakatani; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Kazuo Komamura; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Yoshihiro Kokubo; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
Abnormal glucose tolerance contributes to the progression of chronic heart failure in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2006;29(10):775-82.
2006: Akiko Soyama; Yoshiro Saito; Yasuo Ohno; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Diverse structures of chimeric CYP-REP7/6-containing CYP2D6 and a novel defective CYP2D6 haplotype harboring single-type *36 and CYP-REP7/6 in Japanese.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2006;21(5):395-405.
2006: Noriaki Iwahashi; Satoshi Nakatani; Hideaki Kanzaki; Takuya Hasegawa; Haruhiko Abe; Masafumi Kitakaze
Acute improvement in myocardial function assessed by myocardial strain and strain rate after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2006;19(10):1238-44.
2006: Masashi Fujita; Hiroko Okuda; Osamu Tsukamoto; Yoshihiro Asano; Yulin Liao Akio Hirata; Jiyoong Kim; Takeshi Miyatsuka; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
Blockade of angiotensin II receptors reduces the expression of receptors for advanced glycation end products in human endothelial cells.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2006;26(10):e138-42.
2006: Kimie Sai; Masaya Itoda; Yoshiro Saito; Kouichi Kurose; Noriko Katori; Nahoko Kaniwa; Kazuo Komamura; Takeshi Kotake; Hideki Morishita; Hitonobu Tomoike; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Toru Tamura; Noboru Yamamoto; Hideo Kunitoh; Yasuhide Yamada; Yuichiro Ohe; Yasuhiro Shimada; Kuniaki Shirao; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo; Naoyuki Kamatani; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Genetic variations and haplotype structures of the ABCB1 gene in a Japanese population: an expanded haplotype block covering the distal promoter region, and associated ethnic differences.
Annals of human genetics 2006;70(Pt 5):605-22.
2006: Yasunori Shintani; Seiji Takashima; Yoshihiro Asano; Hisakazu Kato; Yulin Liao; Satoru Yamazaki; Osamu Tsukamoto; Osamu Seguchi; Hiroyuki Yamamoto; Tomi Fukushima; Kazuyuki Sugahara; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Glycosaminoglycan modification of neuropilin-1 modulates VEGFR2 signaling.
The EMBO journal 2006;25(13):3045-55.
2006: Akio Hirata; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masashi Fujita; Masakatsu Wakeno; Masafumi Myoishi; Osamu Tsukamoto; Ken-ichiro Okada; Hidekazu Koyama; Kazuo Komamura; Seiji Takashima; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Masamichi Shiraga; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Erythropoietin enhances neovascularization of ischemic myocardium and improves left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction in dogs.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006;48(1):176-84.
2006: Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Effect of Ca blocker on heart failure].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2006;64 Suppl 5():536-40.
2006: Dai Kubota; Midori Ishikawa; Minoru Ishikawa; Naokazu Yahata; Shoichi Murakami; Kazuyuki Fujishima; Masafumi Kitakaze; Keiichi Ajito
Tricyclic pharmacophore-based molecules as novel integrin alphavbeta3 antagonists. Part IV: preliminary control of alphavbeta3 selectivity by meta-oriented substitution.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 2006;14(12):4158-81.
2006: Akiko Soyama; Yoshiro Saito; Takashi Kubo; Atsuko Miyajima; Yasuo Ohno; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Sequence-based analysis of the CYP2D6*36-CYP2D6*10 tandem-type arrangement, a major CYP2D6*10 haplotype in the Japanese population.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2006;21(3):208-16.
2006: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze
New therapeutic application of erythropoietin against ischemic heart diseases.
Journal of pharmacological sciences 2006;101(2):179-81.
2006: Hiroyuki Takahama; Tetsuo Minamino; Akio Hirata; Akiko Ogai; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masashi Fujita; Masakatsu Wakeno; Osamu Tsukamoto; Ken-ichiro Okada; Kazuo Komamura; Seiji Takashima; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor mediates cardioprotection against ischemia/reperfusion injury via phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/Akt pathway in canine hearts.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2006;20(3):159-65.
2006: Takeshi Kotake; Mitsutaka Takada; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Kunio Miyatake; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hideki Morishita
Heart failure elevates serum levels of cibenzoline in arrhythmic patients.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2006;70(5):588-92.
2006: Hiroshi Asanuma; Tetsuo Minamino; Akiko Ogai; Jiyoong Kim; Masanori Asakura; Kazuo Komamura; Shoji Sanada; Masashi Fujita; Akio Hirata; Masakatsu Wakeno; Osamu Tsukamoto; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Masafumi Myoishi; Seiji Takashima; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
Blockade of histamine H2 receptors protects the heart against ischemia and reperfusion injury in dogs.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2006;40(5):666-74.
2006: Kazuo Komamura; T Sasaki; Akihisa Hanatani; Jiyoong Kim; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Y Ishida; Y Ohkaru; K Asayama; T Tanaka; Akiko Ogai; T Nakatani; S Kitamura; K Kangawa; Kunio Miyatake; Masafumi Kitakaze
Heart-type fatty acid binding protein is a novel prognostic marker in patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2006;92(5):615-8.
2006: Hidetoshi Okazaki; Tetsuo Minamino; Osamu Tsukamoto; Jiyoong Kim; Ken-ichiro Okada; Masafumi Myoishi; Masakatsu Wakeno; Seiji Takashima; Naoki Mochizuki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker prevents atrial structural remodeling in rats with hypertension induced by chronic nitric oxide inhibition.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2006;29(4):277-84.
2006: Osamu Tsukamoto; Tetsuo Minamino; Shoji Sanada; Ken-ichiro Okada; Akio Hirata; Masashi Fujita; Yasunori Shintani; Liao Yulin; Yoshihiro Asano; Seiji Takashima; Satoru Yamasaki; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
The antagonism of aldosterone receptor prevents the development of hypertensive heart failure induced by chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis in rats.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2006;20(2):93-102.
2006: Yulin Liao; Seiji Takashima; Hui Zhao; Yoshihiro Asano; Yasunori Shintani; Tetsuo Minamino; Jiyoong Kim; Masashi Fujita; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Control of plasma glucose with alpha-glucosidase inhibitor attenuates oxidative stress and slows the progression of heart failure in mice.
Cardiovascular research 2006;70(1):107-16.
2006: Takeshi Maruo; Satoshi Nakatani; Hideaki Kanzaki; Hiroyuki Kakuchi; Masakazu Yamagishi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tohru Ohe; Kunio Miyatake
Circadian variation of endothelial function in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of cardiology 2006;97(5):699-702.
2006: Osamu Tsukamoto; Tetsuo Minamino; Ken-ichiro Okada; Yasunori Shintani; Seiji Takashima; Hisakazu Kato; Yulin Liao; Hidetoshi Okazaki; Mitsutoshi Asai; Akio Hirata; Masashi Fujita; Yoshihiro Asano; Satoru Yamazaki; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Depression of proteasome activities during the progression of cardiac dysfunction in pressure-overloaded heart of mice.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2006;340(4):1125-33.
2006: Mahoto Kato; Satoshi Nakatani; Hidetoshi Okazaki; Osamu Tagusari; Masafumi Kitakaze
Unusual appearance of mitral annular calcification mimicking intracardiac tumor prompting early surgery.
Cardiology 2006;106(3):164-6.
2006: Mayumi Saeki; Yoshiro Saito; Hideto Jinno; Kimie Sai; Shogo Ozawa; Kouichi Kurose; Nahoko Kaniwa; Kazuo Komamura; Takeshi Kotake; Hideki Morishita; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Kuniaki Shirao; Toru Tamura; Noboru Yamamoto; Hideo Kunitoh; Tetsuya Hamaguchi; Teruhiko Yoshida; Kaoru Kubota; Atsushi Ohtsu; M Muto; Hironobu Minami; Nagahiro Saijo; Naoyuki Kamatani; Jun-ichi Sawada
Haplotype structures of the UGT1A gene complex in a Japanese population.
The pharmacogenomics journal 2006;6(1):63-75.
2005: Osamu Tsukamoto; Hiroshi Asanuma; Jiyonng Kim; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Akiko Ogai; Akio Hirata; Masashi Fujita; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
A role of opening of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning via activation of protein kinase C in the canine heart.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2005;338(3):1460-6.
2005: Ken-ichiro Okada; Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in hypertrophic and failing hearts].
Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica Japonica 2005;126(6):385-9.
2005: Kyoko Fukumoto; Takashi Kobayashi; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kazuyuki Ueno
Stereoselective effect of amiodarone on the pharmacokinetics of racemic carvedilol.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2005;20(6):423-7.
2005: Junsho Shigeyama; Yoshio Yasumura; Aiji Sakamoto; Yoshio Ishida; Tatsuya Fukutomi; Makoto Itoh; Kunio Miyatake; Masafumi Kitakaze
Increased gene expression of collagen Types I and III is inhibited by beta-receptor blockade in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
European heart journal 2005;26(24):2698-705.
2005: Hiroyuki Yamamoto; Satoshi Nakatani; Kazuo Niwaya; Toshinari Ohnishi; Masaaki Uematsu; Masafumi Kitakaze
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Giant blood cyst of the mitral valve: echocardiographic and intraoperative images.
Circulation 2005;112(22):e341.
2005: Masaru Kato; Kazuyoshi Ogura; Junichiro Miake; Norihito Sasaki; Shin-Ichi Taniguchi; Osamu Igawa; Akio Yoshida; Yoshiko Hoshikawa; Mitsunobu Murata; Eiji Nanba; Yasutaka Kurata; Yasushi Kawata; Haruaki Ninomiya; Takayuki Morisaki; Masafumi Kitakaze; Ichiro Hisatome
Evidence for proteasomal degradation of Kv1.5 channel protein.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2005;337(1):343-8.
2005: Asami Kashima; Miho Funahashi; Kyoko Fukumoto; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kazuyuki Ueno
Pharmacokinetic characteristics of amiodarone in long-term oral therapy in Japanese population.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin 2005;28(10):1934-8.
2005: Osamu Iida; Shinsuke Nanto; Masaaki Uematsu; Takakazu Morozumi; Jun-ichi Kotani; Masaki Awata; Toshinari Onishi; Noriaki Ito; Fusako Oshima; Hitoshi Minamiguchi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiki Nagata
Cilostazol reduces target lesion revascularization after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in the femoropopliteal artery.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2005;69(10):1256-9.
2005: Hiroshi Asanuma; Tetsuo Minamino; Shoji Sanada; Hisakazu Ogita; Jiyoong Kim; Masashi Fujita; Akio Hirata; Osamu Tsukamoto; Akiko Ogai; Koichi Node; Masatsugu Hori; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
A calcium channel blocker amlodipine increases coronary blood flow via both adenosine- and NO-dependent mechanisms in ischemic hearts.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2005;39(4):605-14.
2005: Shinobu Ikeda; Kouichi Kurose; Hideto Jinno; Kimie Sai; Shogo Ozawa; Ryuichi Hasegawa; Kazuo Komamura; Takeshi Kotake; Hideki Morishita; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Tomohide Tamura; Noboru Yamamoto; Hideo Kunitoh; Yasuhide Yamada; Yuichiro Ohe; Yasuhiro Shimada; Kuniaki Shirao; Kaoru Kubota; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo; Yoshiro Saito; Jun-ichi Sawada
Functional analysis of four naturally occurring variants of human constitutive androstane receptor.
Molecular genetics and metabolism 2005;86(1-2):314-9.
2005: Yulin Liao; Seiji Takashima; Norikazu Maeda; Noriyuki Ouchi; Kazuo Komamura; Iichiro Shimomura; Masatsugu Hori; Yuji Matsuzawa; Tohru Funahashi; Masafumi Kitakaze
Exacerbation of heart failure in adiponectin-deficient mice due to impaired regulation of AMPK and glucose metabolism.
Cardiovascular research 2005;67(4):705-13.
2005: K Maekawa; Yoshiro Saito; Shogo Ozawa; S Adachi-Akahane; M Kawamoto; Kazuo Komamura; W Shimizu; K Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Naoyuki Kamatani; Masafumi Kitakaze; Jun-ichi Sawada
Genetic polymorphisms and haplotypes of the human cardiac sodium channel alpha subunit gene (SCN5A) in Japanese and their association with arrhythmia.
Annals of human genetics 2005;69(Pt 4):413-28.
2005: Masashi Fujita; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Akio Hirata; Masakatsu Wakeno; Masafumi Myoishi; Hiroko Okuda; Akiko Ogai; Ken-ichiro Okada; Osamu Tsukamoto; Hidekazu Koyama; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Aldosterone nongenomically worsens ischemia via protein kinase C-dependent pathways in hypoperfused canine hearts.
Hypertension 2005;46(1):113-7.
2005: Hiroaki Tanaka; Junichiro Miake; Tomomi Notsu; Kazuhiko Sonyama; Norihito Sasaki; Kazuhiko Iitsuka; Masaru Kato; Shin-ichi Taniguchi; Osamu Igawa; Akio Yoshida; Chiaki Shigemasa; Yoshiko Hoshikawa; Yasutaka Kurata; Akihiko Kuniyasu; Hitoshi Nakayama; Nobuo Inagaki; Eiji Nanba; Goshi Shiota; Takayuki Morisaki; Haruaki Ninomiya; Masafumi Kitakaze; Ichiro Hisatome
Proteasomal degradation of Kir6.2 channel protein and its inhibition by a Na+ channel blocker aprindine.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2005;331(4):1001-6.
2005: Mitsuru Masaki; Masahiro Izumi; Yuichi Oshima; Yoshikazu Nakaoka; Tadashi Kuroda; Ryusuke Kimura; Shoko Sugiyama; Kazuo Terai; Masafumi Kitakaze; Keiko Yamauchi-Takihara; Ichiro Kawase; Hisao Hirota
Smad1 protects cardiomyocytes from ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Circulation 2005;111(21):2752-9.
2005: Yan Li; Tetsuo Minamino; Osamu Tsukamoto; Toshiaki Yujiri; Yasunori Shintani; Ken-ichiro Okada; Yoko Nagamachi; Masashi Fujita; Akio Hirata; Shoji Sanada; Hiroshi Asanuma; Seiji Takashima; Masatsugu Hori; Gary L Johnson; Masafumi Kitakaze
Ablation of MEK kinase 1 suppresses intimal hyperplasia by impairing smooth muscle cell migration and urokinase plasminogen activator expression in a mouse blood-flow cessation model.
Circulation 2005;111(13):1672-8.
2005: Mayumi Saeki; Yoshiro Saito; Hideto Jinno; Kimie Sai; Akiko Hachisuka; Nahoko Kaniwa; Shogo Ozawa; Manabu Kawamoto; Naoyuki Kamatani; Kuniaki Shirao; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo; Kazuo Komamura; Takeshi Kotake; Hideki Morishita; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Jun-ichi Sawada
Genetic variations and haplotypes of UGT1A4 in a Japanese population.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2005;20(2):144-51.
2005: Yulin Liao; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Akiko Ogai; Yoshihiro Asano; Hiroshi Asanuma; Tetsuo Minamino; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Benidipine, a long-acting calcium channel blocker, inhibits cardiac remodeling in pressure-overloaded mice.
Cardiovascular research 2005;65(4):879-88.
2005: Yulin Liao; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Hisakazu Kato; Yoshihiro Asano; Yasunori Shintani; Tetsuo Minamino; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Amlodipine ameliorates myocardial hypertrophy by inhibiting EGFR phosphorylation.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2005;327(4):1083-7.
2005: Ryozo Nagai; Koichi Hasegawa; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Ito; Takahiko Naruko; Mizuki Mizukawa
[Physiopathology of and therapy for chronic heart failure (discussion) ].
Nihon Naika Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2005;94(2):305-26.
2005: Mayumi Saeki; Yoshiro Saito; Hideto Jinno; Kimie Sai; Nahoko Kaniwa; Shogo Ozawa; Kazuo Komamura; Takeshi Kotake; Hideki Morishita; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Kuniaki Shirao; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo; Naoyuki Kamatani; Jun-ichi Sawada
Genetic polymorphisms of UGT1A6 in a Japanese population.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2005;20(1):85-90.
2005: Akiko Soyama; Yoshiro Saito; Nobumitsu Hanioka; Keiko Maekawa; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Kazuyuki Ueno; Yu-ichi Goto; Hideo Kimura; Masaaki Katoh; Kenji Sugai; Osamu Saitoh; Mitsuru Kawai; Teiichi Ohnuma; Taisuke Ohtsuki; Chieko Suzuki; Narihiro Minami; Naoyuki Kamatani; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes of CYP1A2 in a Japanese population.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2005;20(1):24-33.
2005: Masafumi Myoishi; Masafumi Kitakaze
[A role of magnesium: magnesium in the therapy for cardiovascular diseases].
Clinical calcium 2005;15(2):265-70.
2005: Noriaki Iwahashi; Satoshi Nakatani; Hiroyuki Kakuchi; Masakazu Yamagishi; Kazuki Fukuchi; Yoshio Ishida; Keiji Hirooka; Yukihiro Koretsune; Chisato Ueta; Takuma Shirasaka; Masafumi Kitakaze
Cardiac tumor as an initial manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2005;69(2):243-5.
2005: Akio Hirata; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Masashi Fujita; Osamu Tsukamoto; Masakatsu Wakeno; Masafumi Myoishi; Ken-Ichiro Okada; Hidekazu Koyama; Kazuo Komamura; Seiji Takashima; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Erythropoietin just before reperfusion reduces both lethal arrhythmias and infarct size via the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-dependent pathway in canine hearts.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2005;19(1):33-40.
2005: Chiung-Zuan Chiu; Satoshi Nakatani; Guican Zhang; Teruo Tachibana; Fumio Ohmori; Masakazu Yamagishi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Kunio Miyatake
Prevention of left ventricular remodeling by long-term corticosteroid therapy in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.
The American journal of cardiology 2005;95(1):143-6.
2004: Noritoshi Nagaya; Junji Moriya; Yoshio Yasumura; Masaaki Uematsu; Fumiaki Ono; Wataru Shimizu; Kazuyuki Ueno; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kunio Miyatake; Kenji Kangawa
Effects of ghrelin administration on left ventricular function, exercise capacity, and muscle wasting in patients with chronic heart failure.
Circulation 2004;110(24):3674-9.
2004: Masashi Fujita; Tetsuo Minamino; Shoji Sanada; Hiroshi Asanuma; Akio Hirata; Hisakazu Ogita; Ken-ichiro Okada; Osamu Tsukamoto; Seiji Takashima; Hitonobu Tomoike; Koichi Node; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Selective blockade of serotonin 5-HT2A receptor increases coronary blood flow via augmented cardiac nitric oxide release through 5-HT1B receptor in hypoperfused canine hearts.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2004;37(6):1219-23.
2004: Yasunori Shintani; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Seiji Takashima; Yoshihiro Asano; Yulin Liao; Masashi Fujita; Akio Hirata; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Tomi Fukushima; Yoko Nagamachi; Hiroko Okuda; Jiyoong Kim; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Opening of Ca2+-activated K+ channels is involved in ischemic preconditioning in canine hearts.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2004;37(6):1213-8.
2004: Jiyoong Kim; Takashi Washio; Masakazu Yamagishi; Yoshio Yasumura; Satoshi Nakatani; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Akihisa Hanatani; Kazuo Komamura; Kunio Miyatake; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze
A novel data mining approach to the identification of effective drugs or combinations for targeted endpoints--application to chronic heart failure as a new form of evidence-based medicine.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2004;18(6):483-9.
2004: Shuji Hashimoto; Satoshi Nakatani; Masakazu Tanimura; Izuru Nakasone; Norio Tanaka; Yoshikazu Masuda; Jiyoong Kim; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kunio Miyatake
[Usefulness of conscious sedation with midazoram during transesophageal echocardiographic examination].
Journal of cardiology 2004;44(5):195-200.
2004: Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze
Ischemic preconditioning: emerging evidence, controversy, and translational trials.
International journal of cardiology 2004;97(2):263-76.
2004: Shoji Sanada; Hiroshi Asanuma; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Hiroko Okuda; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Akiko Ogai; Masashi Fujita; Akio Hirata; Jiyoong Kim; Yoshihiro Asano; Hidezo Mori; Hitonobu Tomoike; Soichiro Kitamura; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Optimal windows of statin use for immediate infarct limitation: 5'-nucleotidase as another downstream molecule of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
Circulation 2004;110(15):2143-9.
2004: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Calcium channel blockers increasing coronary blood flow via NO-dependent mechanism].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2004;62 Suppl 9():567-72.
2004: Mayumi Saeki; Yoshiro Saito; Hideto Jinno; Toshiko Tanaka-Kagawa; Akiko Ohno; Shogo Ozawa; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Naoyuki Kamatani; Kazuo Komamura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Jun-ichi Sawada
Single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotype frequencies of UGT2B4 and UGT2B7 in a Japanese population.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals 2004;32(9):1048-54.
2004: Kazuo Komamura; Rie Tatsumi; Jun-ichi Miyazaki; Kunio Matsumoto; Eiji Yamato; Toshikazu Nakamura; Yoshito Shimizu; Takeshi Nakatani; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kenji Kangawa; Kunio Miyatake
Treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy with electroporation of hepatocyte growth factor gene into skeletal muscle.
Hypertension 2004;44(3):365-71.
2004: Ken-ichiro Okada; Tetsuo Minamino; Yoshitane Tsukamoto; Yulin Liao; Osamu Tsukamoto; Seiji Takashima; Akio Hirata; Masashi Fujita; Yoko Nagamachi; Takeshi Nakatani; Chikao Yutani; Kentaro Ozawa; Satoshi Ogawa; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Prolonged endoplasmic reticulum stress in hypertrophic and failing heart after aortic constriction: possible contribution of endoplasmic reticulum stress to cardiac myocyte apoptosis.
Circulation 2004;110(6):705-12.
2004: Yulin Liao; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Akiko Ogai; Yoshihiro Asano; Yasunori Shintani; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Jiyoong Kim; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Celiprolol, a vasodilatory beta-blocker, inhibits pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy and prevents the transition to heart failure via nitric oxide-dependent mechanisms in mice.
Circulation 2004;110(6):692-9.
2004: Hiromi Fukushima-Uesaka; Kimie Sai; Keiko Maekawa; Satoru Koyano; Nahoko Kaniwa; Shogo Ozawa; Manabu Kawamoto; Naoyuki Kamatani; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Kazuyuki Ueno; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Kuniaki Shirao; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo; Yoshiro Saito; Jun-ichi Sawada
Genetic variations of the AHR gene encoding aryl hydrocarbon receptor in a Japanese population.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2004;19(4):320-6.
2004: Akiko Soyama; Takashi Kubo; Atsuko Miyajima; Yoshiro Saito; Kisho Shiseki; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Novel nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in the CYP2D6 gene.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2004;19(4):313-9.
2004: Masaya Itoda; Yoshiro Saito; Keiko Maekawa; Hiroyuki Hichiya; Kazuo Komamura; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Seven novel single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human SLC22A1 gene encoding organic cation transporter 1 (OCT1).
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2004;19(4):308-12.
2004: Shoji Sanada; Hiroshi Asanuma; Osamu Tsukamoto; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Tomi Fukushima; Akiko Ogai; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Masashi Fujita; Akio Hirata; Hiroko Okuda; Hiroaki Shimokawa; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Protein kinase A as another mediator of ischemic preconditioning independent of protein kinase C.
Circulation 2004;110(1):51-7.
2004: Hiroshi Asanuma; Tetsuo Minamino; Shoji Sanada; Seiji Takashima; Hisakazu Ogita; Akiko Ogai; Masanori Asakura; Yulin Liao; Yoshihiro Asano; Yasunori Shintani; Jiyoong Kim; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Koichi Node; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Beta-adrenoceptor blocker carvedilol provides cardioprotection via an adenosine-dependent mechanism in ischemic canine hearts.
Circulation 2004;109(22):2773-9.
2004: Hiromi Fukushima-Uesaka; Keiko Maekawa; Shogo Ozawa; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Masahiko Shibakawa; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Yoshiro Saito; Jun-ichi Sawada
Fourteen novel single nucleotide polymorphisms in the SLC22A2 gene encoding human organic cation transporter (OCT2).
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2004;19(3):239-44.
2004: Kimie Sai; Mayumi Saeki; Yoshiro Saito; Shogo Ozawa; Noriko Katori; Hideto Jinno; Ryuichi Hasegawa; Nahoko Kaniwa; Jun-ichi Sawada; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yutaka Kitamura; Naoyuki Kamatani; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Kuniaki Shirao; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo
UGT1A1 haplotypes associated with reduced glucuronidation and increased serum bilirubin in irinotecan-administered Japanese patients with cancer.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2004;75(6):501-15.
2004: Jun Yoshioka; Shinji Hasegawa; Koichi Node; Daisaku Nakatani; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Tsunehiko Nishimura
Oestrogen increases myocardial blood flow in men: assessment by 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography.
Nuclear medicine communications 2004;25(6):557-62.
2004: Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Jiyoong Kim; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Raloxifene improves coronary perfusion, cardiac contractility, and myocardial metabolism in the ischemic heart: role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2004;43(6):821-9.
2004: Yoji Kato; Yoshiyuki Kijima; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Yasuhiko Matsu-Ura; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Takenori Yasuda; Tetsuya Ueda; Isao Mori; Masatsugu Hori
Roles of systemic nitric oxide metabolites for human coronary circulation.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2004;18(3):189-95.
2004: Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Akiko Ogai; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Masanori Asakura; Hisakazu Ogita; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Koichi Node; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Methotrexate and MX-68, a new derivative of methotrexate, limit infarct size via adenosine-dependent mechanisms in canine hearts.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2004;43(4):574-9.
2004: Yoshio Yasumura; Kunio Miyatake; Hiroshi Okamoto; Takeshi Miyauchi; Masatoshi Kawana; Takayoshi Tsutamoto; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroaki Matsubara; Hideyuki Takaoka; Toshihisa Anzai; Hideo Himeno; Hiroyuki Yokoyama; Koichi Yokoya; Uichirou Shintani; Katsuji Hashimoto; Yukihiro Koretsune; Yukio Nakamura; Katsuji Imai; Shingo Maruyama; Yoshiko Masaoka; Michihito Sekiya; Teruo Shiraki; Hisanori Shinohara; Keizaburo Ozono; Tatsuru Matsuoka; Yuji Miyao; Fumikazu Nomura
Rationale for the use of combination angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin II receptor blocker therapy in heart failure.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2004;68(4):361-6.
2004: Tetsuo Minamino; Kim Jiyoong; Masanori Asakura; Yasunori Shintani; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
Rationale and design of a large-scale trial using nicorandil as an adjunct to percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: Japan-Working groups of acute myocardial infarction for the reduction of Necrotic Damage by a K-ATP channel opener (J-WIND-KATP).
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2004;68(2):101-6.
2004: Masanori Asakura; Kim Jiyoong; Tetsuo Minamino; Yasunori Shintani; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze
Rationale and design of a large-scale trial using atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) as an adjunct to percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: Japan-Working groups of acute myocardial infarction for the reduction of Necrotic Damage by ANP (J-WIND-ANP).
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2004;68(2):95-100.
2004: Yoshihiro Asano; Seiji Takashima; Masanori Asakura; Yasunori Shintani; Yulin Liao; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Jiyoong Kim; Akiko Ogai; Tomi Fukushima; Yumiko Oikawa; Yasushi Okazaki; Yasufumi Kaneda; Manabu Sato; Jun-ichi Miyazaki; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Lamr1 functional retroposon causes right ventricular dysplasia in mice.
Nature genetics 2004;36(2):123-30.
2004: Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Yulin Liao; Fuminobu Ishikura; Shintaro Beppu; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Raloxifene prevents cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction in pressure-overloaded mice.
Hypertension 2004;43(2):237-42.
2004: Kazuo Komamura; Naoharu Iwai; Koichi Kokame; Yoshio Yasumura; Jiyoong Kim; Masakazu Yamagishi; Takayuki Morisaki; Akinori Kimura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kunio Miyatake
The role of a common TNNT2 polymorphism in cardiac hypertrophy.
Journal of human genetics 2004;49(3):129-33.
2004: Toshiro Fujita; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Treatment of heart failure in the 21st century--the position of ARB in view of therapy and preventive medicine: discussion].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2004;62(1):219-30.
2004: Jiyoong Kim; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Prevention and treatment of the hypersensitive organopathy--the necessity of cardiovascular protection].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2004;62(1):120-7.
2004: Satoru Koyano; Kouichi Kurose; Yoshiro Saito; Shogo Ozawa; Ryuichi Hasegawa; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Toshiharu Nakajima; Kenji Matsumoto; Akira Akasawa; Hirohisa Saito; Jun-ichi Sawada
Functional characterization of four naturally occurring variants of human pregnane X receptor (PXR): one variant causes dramatic loss of both DNA binding activity and the transactivation of the CYP3A4 promoter/enhancer region.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals 2004;32(1):149-54.
2004: Norie Murayama; Akiko Soyama; Yoshiro Saito; Yukiko Nakajima; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hideo Kimura; Yu-ichi Goto; Osamu Saitoh; Masaaki Katoh; Teiichi Ohnuma; Mitsuru Kawai; Kenji Sugai; Taisuke Ohtsuki; Chieko Suzuki; Narihiro Minami; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Six novel nonsynonymous CYP1A2 gene polymorphisms: catalytic activities of the naturally occurring variant enzymes.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 2004;308(1):300-6.
2003: Yoshio Yasumura; Katsuya Takemura; Aiji Sakamoto; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kunio Miyatake
Changes in myocardial gene expression associated with beta-blocker therapy in patients with chronic heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure 2003;9(6):469-74.
2003: Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze
The role of estrogen and estrogen-related drugs in cardiovascular diseases.
Current drug metabolism 2003;4(6):497-504.
2003: Kimie Sai; Nahoko Kaniwa; Masaya Itoda; Yoshiro Saito; Ryuichi Hasegawa; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kuniaki Shirao; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo; Yutaka Kitamura; Naoyuki Kamatani; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Haplotype analysis of ABCB1/MDR1 blocks in a Japanese population reveals genotype-dependent renal clearance of irinotecan.
Pharmacogenetics 2003;13(12):741-57.
2003: Masakazu Yamagishi; Kenichi Ito; Hiroshi Tsutsui; Shunichi Miyazaki; Yoichi Goto; Noritoshi Nagaya; Tetsuya Sumiyoshi; Kenichi Fukami; Kazuo Haze; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Nonogi; Hitonobu Tomoike
Lesion severity and hypercholesterolemia determine long-term prognosis of vasospastic angina treated with calcium channel antagonists.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2003;67(12):1029-35.
2003: Yoshihiro Asano; Jiyoong Kim; Akiko Ogai; Seiji Takashima; Yasunori Shintani; Tetsuo Minamino; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
A calcium channel blocker activates both ecto-5(')-nucleotidase and NO synthase in HUVEC.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2003;311(3):625-8.
2003: Yulin Liao; Seiji Takashima; Yoshihiro Asano; Masanori Asakura; Akiko Ogai; Yasunori Shintani; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Jiyoong Kim; Hisakazu Ogita; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Activation of adenosine A1 receptor attenuates cardiac hypertrophy and prevents heart failure in murine left ventricular pressure-overload model.
Circulation research 2003;93(8):759-66.
2003: Jun Suzuki; Kouki Watanabe; Takashi Tsuruoka; Shozo Sueda; Jun-ichi Funada; Masafumi Kitakaze; Michihito Sekiya
Beneficial effects of betaxolol, a selective antagonist of beta-1 adrenoceptors, on exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary vasospasm.
International journal of cardiology 2003;91(2-3):227-32.
2003: Hisayo Yasuda; Satoshi Nakatani; Marie Stugaard; Yuko Tsujita-Kuroda; Ko Bando; Junjiro Kobayashi; Masakazu Yamagishi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Soichiro Kitamura; Kunio Miyatake
Failure to prevent progressive dilation of ascending aorta by aortic valve replacement in patients with bicuspid aortic valve: comparison with tricuspid aortic valve.
Circulation 2003;108 Suppl 1():II291-4.
2003: Yoko Miyasaka; Satoshi Nakatani; Kazuhiro Suyama; Shiro Kamakura; Mio Haiden; Masakazu Yamagishi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Toshiji Iwasaka; Kunio Miyatake
A simple and accurate method to identify early ventricular contraction sites in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome using high frame-rate tissue-velocity imaging.
The American journal of cardiology 2003;92(5):617-20.
2003: Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Yoshihiro Asano; Tsuyoshi Honma; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Yasunori Shintani; Yulin Liao; Jiyoong Kim; Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; Ryosuke Yorikane; Akiko Agai; Soichiro Kitamura; Hitonobu Tomoike; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Canine DNA array as a potential tool for combining physiology and molecular biology.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2003;67(9):788-92.
2003: Koichi Node; Masashi Fujita; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; James K Liao
Short-term statin therapy improves cardiac function and symptoms in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Circulation 2003;108(7):839-43.
2003: Mayumi Shikano; Satoshi Nakatani; Jiyoong Kim; Akihisa Hanatani; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Yoshio Yasumura; Masakazu Yamagishi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kunio Miyatake
[Impaired left ventricular systolic function in mitral stenosis].
Journal of cardiology 2003;42(2):75-9.
2003: Kazuo Komamura; Hiroko Shirotani-Ikejima; Rie Tatsumi; Yuko Tsujita-Kuroda; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kunio Miyatake; Kenji Sunagawa; Toshiyuki Miyata
Differential gene expression in the rat skeletal and heart muscle in glucocorticoid-induced myopathy: analysis by microarray.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2003;17(4):303-10.
2003: Kouki Watanabe; Shuntaro Ikeda; Jirou Komatsu; Shinji Inaba; Jun Suzuki; Shozo Sueda; Jun-ichi Funada; Masafumi Kitakaze; Michihito Sekiya
Effect of cilostazol on vasomotor reactivity in patients with vasospastic angina pectoris.
The American journal of cardiology 2003;92(1):21-5.
2003: Mayumi Saeki; Yoshiro Saito; Hideto Jinno; Masahiro Tohkin; Kouichi Kurose; Nahoko Kaniwa; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Comprehensive UGT1A1 genotyping in a Japanese population by pyrosequencing.
Clinical chemistry 2003;49(7):1182-5.
2003: Chinami Ogata; Satoshi Nakatani; Yoshio Yasumura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masakazu Yamagishi
[Cauliflower-like giant left atrial thrombus successfully treated by anticoagulants without systemic complication: a case report].
Journal of cardiology 2003;41(6):291-5.
2003: Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Masaaki Soma; Jiyoong Kim; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Eicosapentaenoic acid reduces myocardial injury induced by ischemia and reperfusion in rabbit hearts.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2003;41(6):964-9.
2003: Masashi Fujita; Masatsugu Hori; Shinsuke Nanto; Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node
[ADMA (asymmetric dimethyl arginine) and coronary artery disease].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2003;61 Suppl 5():867-73.
2003: Tetsuo Minamino; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Adenosine and ischemic heart disease].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2003;61 Suppl 5():843-7.
2003: Hisakazu Ogita; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Pathophysiology of ischemic myocardium].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2003;61 Suppl 5():735-50.
2003: Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Renin-angiotensin system as a potential target for the treatment with heart failure: ACE inhibitors, angiotensin-II receptor blockers and aldosterone antagonists].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2003;61(5):821-6.
2003: Shoji Sanada; Masatsugu Hori; Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze
[The trend of research on the mechanism of reperfusion injury].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2003;61 Suppl 4():135-41.
2003: Jun Yoshioka; Koichi Node; Shinji Hasegawa; Asit Kr Paul; Xiuli Mu; Kaoru Maruyama; Daisaku Nakatani; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Tsunehiko Nishimura
Impaired cardiac response to exercise in post-menopausal women: relationship with peripheral vascular function.
Nuclear medicine communications 2003;24(4):383-9.
2003: Hiroshi Asanuma; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; Shoji Sanada; Seiji Takashima; Yasunori Ueda; Yasuhiko Sakata; Masanori Asakura; Jiyoong Kim; Hisakazu Ogita; Michihiko Tada; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Celiprolol increases coronary blood flow and reduces severity of myocardial ischemia via nitric oxide release.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2003;41(4):499-505.
2003: Shoji Sanada; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Akiko Ogai; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hisakazu Ogita; Yulin Liao; Masanori Asakura; Jiyoong Kim; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Long-acting Ca2+ blockers prevent myocardial remodeling induced by chronic NO inhibition in rats.
Hypertension 2003;41(4):963-7.
2003: Ryo Iwamoto; Satoru Yamazaki; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Hidetoshi Hasuwa; Kenji Miyado; Satoshi Adachi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Koji Hashimoto; Gerhard Raab; Daisuke Nanba; Shigeki Higashiyama; Masatsugu Hori; Michael Klagsbrun; Eisuke Mekada
Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor and ErbB signaling is essential for heart function.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003;100(6):3221-6.
2003: Yoko Tomikura; Ichiro Hisatome; Mariko Tsuboi; Masahiro Yamawaki; Masaki Shimoyama; Yasutaka Yamamoto; Norihito Sasaki; Kazuhide Ogino; Osamu Igawa; Chiaki Shigemasa; Shingo Ishiguro; Shigetsugu Ohgi; Eiji Nanba; Goshi Shiota; Hiroko Morisaki; Takayuki Morisaki; Masafumi Kitakaze
Coordinate induction of AMP deaminase in human atrium with mitochondrial DNA deletion.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2003;302(2):372-6.
2003: Satoshi Nakatani; Marie Stugaard; Akihisa Hanatani; Keiko Katsuki; Hideaki Kanzaki; Masakazu Yamagishi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kunio Miyatake
Quantitative assessment of short axis wall motion using myocardial strain rate imaging.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2003;20(2):145-9.
2003: Shinobu Ikeda; Kouichi Kurose; Shogo Ozawa; Kimie Sai; Ryuichi Hasegawa; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hitonobu Tomoike; Toshiharu Nakajima; Kenji Matsumoto; Hirohisa Saito; Yu-Ichi Goto; Hideo Kimura; Masaaki Katoh; Kenji Sugai; Narihiro Minami; Kuniaki Shirao; Tomohide Tamura; Noboru Yamamoto; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo; Yoshiro Saito; Jun-ichi Sawada
Twenty-six novel single nucleotide polymorphisms and their frequencies of the NR1I3 (CAR) gene in a Japanese population.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2003;18(6):413-8.
2003: Mayumi Saeki; Yoshiro Saito; Hideto Jinno; Kimie Sai; Kazuo Komamura; Kazuyuki Ueno; Shiro Kamakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kuniaki Shirao; Hironobu Minami; Atsushi Ohtsu; Teruhiko Yoshida; Nagahiro Saijo; Shogo Ozawa; Jun-ichi Sawada
Three novel single nucleotide polymorphisms in UGT1A9.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics 2003;18(2):146-9.
2003: Shoji Sanada; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hisakazu Ogita; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Masanori Asakura; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
[Opening of ATP-sensitive potassium channel attenuates cardiac remodeling induced by chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis].
Journal of cardiology 2003;41(1):43-4.
2002: Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze
[The role of HB-EGF in angiotensin II--signaling].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2002;60(10):1916-21.
2002: Jun-ichi Kotani; Shinsuke Nanto; Gary S Mintz; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tomoki Ohara; Takakazu Morozumi; Seiki Nagata; Masatsugu Hori
Plaque gruel of atheromatous coronary lesion may contribute to the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Circulation 2002;106(13):1672-7.
2002: Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Yulin Liao; Seiji Takashima; Masanori Asakura; Hidezo Mori; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Amelioration of ischemia- and reperfusion-induced myocardial injury by the selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene, in the canine heart.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002;40(5):998-1005.
2002: Shoji Sanada; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hisakazu Ogita; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Masanori Asakura; Yulin Liao; Akiko Ogai; Jiyoong Kim; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Opening of the adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel attenuates cardiac remodeling induced by long-term inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis: role of 70-kDa S6 kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002;40(5):991-7.
2002: Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hiroharu Funaya; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Shoji Sanada; Masanori Asakura; Hisakazu Ogita; Jiyoong Kim; Masatsugu Hori
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers synergistically increase coronary blood flow in canine ischemic myocardium: role of bradykinin.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002;40(1):162-6.
2002: Jun-ichi Kotani; Shinsuke Nanto; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tomoki Ohara; Takakazu Morozumi; Tetsuya Watanabe; Masashi Fujita; Masatsugu Hori; Seiki Nagata
No-reflow following dilatation of a coronary lesion with a large lipid core.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2002;66(7):702-4.
2002: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze
Cellular mechanisms for the treatment of chronic heart failure: the nitric oxide- and adenosine-dependent pathways.
Expert opinion on emerging drugs 2002;7(1):99-110.
2002: Yulin Liao; Fuminobu Ishikura; Shintaro Beppu; Masanori Asakura; Seiji Takashima; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Jiyoon Kim; Hisakazu Ogita; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Echocardiographic assessment of LV hypertrophy and function in aortic-banded mice: necropsy validation.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2002;282(5):H1703-8.
2002: Seiji Takashima; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masanori Asakura; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Fumi Tashiro; Hitoshi Niwa; Jun-ichi Miyazaki Ji; Seiichi Hirota; Yukihiko Kitamura; Takashi Kitsukawa; Hajime Fujisawa; Michael Klagsbrun; Masatsugu Hori
Targeting of both mouse neuropilin-1 and neuropilin-2 genes severely impairs developmental yolk sac and embryonic angiogenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(6):3657-62.
2002: Bruno Pouzet; Jean-Baptiste Lecharny; Monique Dehoux; Sandrine Paquin; Masafumi Kitakaze; Jean Mantz; Philippe Menasché
Is there a place for preconditioning during cardiac operations in humans?
The Annals of thoracic surgery 2002;73(3):843-8.
2002: Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yasuhiko Sakata; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Jyonjoon Kim; Hisakazu Ogida; Yulin Liao; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Michihiko Tada; Masatsugu Hori
Adenosine-induced cardiac gene expression of ischemic murine hearts revealed by cDNA array hybridization.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2002;66(1):93-6.
2002: Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Seiji Takashima; Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
[Amelioration of ischemia- and reperfusion-induced myocardial injury by the selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene, in the canine heart].
Journal of cardiology 2002;39(1):55-6.
2002: Masanori Asakura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiji Takashima; Yulin Liao; Fuminobu Ishikura; Tsuyoshi Yoshinaka; Hiroshi Ohmoto; Koichi Node; Kohichiro Yoshino; Hiroshi Ishiguro; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Yasushi Matsumura; Hiroshi Takeda; Shintaro Beppu; Michihiko Tada; Masatsugu Hori; Shigeki Higashiyama
Cardiac hypertrophy is inhibited by antagonism of ADAM12 processing of HB-EGF: metalloproteinase inhibitors as a new therapy.
Nature medicine 2002;8(1):35-40.
2001: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroharu Funaya; S Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Y Sakata; Masanori Asakura; Shoji Sanada; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; M Tada; Masatsugu Hori
Nifedipine limits infarct size via NO-dependent mechanisms in dogs.
Basic research in cardiology 2001;96(5):497-505.
2001: Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Akiko Ogai; Hiroshi Asanuma; Yasushi Sakata; Masanori Asakura; Hisakazu Ogita; Yulin Liao; T Fukushima; J Yamada; Tetsuo Minamino; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Differential subcellular actions of ACE inhibitors and AT(1) receptor antagonists on cardiac remodeling induced by chronic inhibition of NO synthesis in rats.
Hypertension 2001;38(3):404-11.
2001: Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Hiroshi Asanuma; Masanori Asakura; Shoji Sanada; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; H Sato; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Role of cellular acidosis in production of nitric oxide in canine ischemic myocardium.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2001;33(9):1727-37.
2001: Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze; PJ Papst; Hiroshi Asanuma; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Masanori Asakura; Hisakazu Ogita; Yulin Liao; Yasushi Sakata; Akiko Ogai; Tomi Fukushima; J Yamada; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Hidezo Mori; N Terada; Masatsugu Hori
Cardioprotective effect afforded by transient exposure to phosphodiesterase III inhibitors: the role of protein kinase A and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase.
Circulation 2001;104(6):705-10.
2001: Katsuomi Iwakura; Hiroshi Ito; Shigeo Kawano; Yasunori Shintani; Koichi Yamamoto; A Kato; Masashi Ikushima; Koji Tanaka; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Yorihiko Higashino; Kenshi Fujii
Predictive factors for development of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with reperfused anterior wall acute myocardial infarction.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001;38(2):472-7.
2001: K Watanabe; H Fukuda; Shozo Sueda; Jun-ichi Funada; Masafumi Kitakaze; Michihito Sekiya
Metabolism of hepatocyte growth factor in the heart in patients with coronary artery disease: implication for coronary arteriosclerosis.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2001;15(2):147-53.
2001: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masanori Asakura; Yasushi Sakata; Hiroshi Asanuma; Shoji Sanada; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; J Miyazaki; Seiji Takashima; Masatsugu Hori
cDNA array hybridization reveals cardiac gene expression in acute ischemic murine hearts.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2001;15(2):125-30.
2001: Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze; PJ Papst; K Hatanaka; Hiroshi Asanuma; T Aki; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Masanori Asakura; J Yamada; Tomi Fukushima; Akiko Ogai; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Hidezo Mori; N Terada; Kenji Yoshida; Masatsugu Hori
Role of phasic dynamism of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in ischemic preconditioning of the canine heart.
Circulation research 2001;88(2):175-80.
2001: Hiroshi Asanuma; Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Yasushi Sakata; Masanori Asakura; Shoji Sanada; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; M Tada; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Benidipine, a long-acting Ca channel blocker, limits infarct size via bradykinin- and NO-dependent mechanisms in canine hearts.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2001;15(3):225-31.
2001: Shoji Sanada; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Asanuma; K Harada; Hisakazu Ogita; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Yasushi Sakata; Masanori Asakura; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Role of mitochondrial and sarcolemmal K(ATP) channels in ischemic preconditioning of the canine heart.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2001;280(1):H256-63.
2000: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Adenosine therapy: a new approach to chronic heart failure.
Expert opinion on investigational drugs 2000;9(11):2519-35.
2000: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; PJ Papst; Y Ueda; Yasushi Sakata; Hiroshi Asanuma; Akiko Ogai; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; N Terada; Masatsugu Hori
Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis induces coronary vascular remodeling and cardiac hypertrophy associated with the activation of p70 S6 kinase in rats.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2000;14(5):533-42.
2000: Ismayil Ahmet; Yoshiki Sawa; Motonobu Nishimura; Takashi Yamaguchi; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hikaru Matsuda
Myocardial protection using diadenosine tetraphosphate with pharmacological preconditioning.
The Annals of thoracic surgery 2000;70(3):901-5.
2000: Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Asanuma; Seiji Takashima; Y Sakata; Masanori Asakura; Shoji Sanada; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Protein tyrosine kinase is not involved in the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning in canine hearts.
Circulation research 2000;87(4):303-8.
2000: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; F Yoshihara; T Sasaki; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Increased cardiac levels of nitric oxide in patients with chronic heart failure.
The American journal of cardiology 2000;86(4):474-7.
2000: T Sakaguchi; Yoshiki Sawa; Masafumi Kitakaze; Keiichiro Suzuki; M Nishimura; Y Kaneda; Hikaru Matsuda
Ecto-5'-nucleotidase plays a role in the cardioprotective effects of heat shock protein 72 in ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat hearts.
Cardiovascular research 2000;47(1):74-80.
2000: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Y Ueda; Hiroshi Asanuma; PJ Papst; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; N Terada; Masatsugu Hori
Chronic treatment with FK506 increases p70 S6 kinase activity associated with reduced nitric oxide synthase activity in rabbit hearts.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2000;14(3):329-36.
2000: Masafumi Kitakaze; K Node; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; T Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Cellular mechanisms of cardioprotection afforded by inhibitors of angiotensin converting enzyme in ischemic hearts: role of bradykinin and nitric oxide.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2000;23(3):253-9.
2000: Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Asanuma; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Y Ueda; Yasushi Sakata; Masanori Asakura; Shoji Sanada; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Nifedipine-induced coronary vasodilation in ischemic hearts is attributable to bradykinin- and NO-dependent mechanisms in dogs.
Circulation 2000;101(3):311-7.
2000: Ismayil Ahmet; Yoshiki Sawa; Motonobu Nishimura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hikaru Matsuda
Cardioprotective effect of diadenosine tetraphosphate (AP4A) preservation in hypothermic storage and its relation with mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels.
Transplantation 2000;69(1):16-20.
1999: Yoko Ueda; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kazuo Komamura; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hiroshi Sato; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Hiroshi Takeda; Masatsugu Hori
Pravastatin restored the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning blunted by hypercholesterolemia in the rabbit model of myocardial infarction.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1999;34(7):2120-5.
1999: A D Blann; F Li-Saw-Hee; Gregory Y H Lip; Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Shoji Sanada; Hiroshi Asanuma; Toshiya Kurotobi; Yukihiro Koretsune; Masatake Fukunami; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Noritake Hoki; Masatsugu Hori
Increased membrane and soluble P-selectin in atrial fibrillation.
Circulation 1999;100(17):e86-7.
1999: Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; Tetsuo Minamino; H Kosaka; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Intracoronary administration of adenosine triphosphate increases coronary blood flow and attenuates the severity of myocardial ischemic injury in dogs.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 1999;13(5):407-14.
1999: Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Improvement by 5-amino-4-imidazole carboxamide riboside of the contractile dysfunction that follows brief periods of ischemia through increases in ecto-5-nucleotidase activity and adenosine release in canine hearts.
Japanese circulation journal 1999;63(7):542-53.
1999: Masafumi Kitakaze; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
[Efficacy of angiotensin II receptor antagonists as a novel drug for the treatment of chronic heart failure--in comparison with ACE inhibitors].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1999;57(5):1148-57.
1999: Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Seiji Takashima; Hiroharu Funaya; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Adenosine and cardioprotection in the diseased heart.
Japanese circulation journal 1999;63(4):231-43.
1999: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
[Increased expression of P-selectin on platelets is a risk factor for silent cerebral infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation: role of nitric oxide].
Journal of cardiology 1999;33(2):103-4.
1999: Yukihiko Ueda; Masafumi Kitakaze; M Imakita; H Ishibashi-Ueda; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; T Ozaki; E Imamura; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist FK633 could not prevent neointimal thickening in stent implantation model of canine coronary artery.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 1999;19(2):343-7.
1999: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Asanuma; Yoko Ueda; Yukihiro Koretsune; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Plasma adenosine levels and platelet activation in patients with atrial fibrillation.
The American journal of cardiology 1999;83(2):194-8.
1999: K Inoue; Hiroshi Ito; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori; Katsuomi Iwakura; Nagahiro Nishikawa; Yorihiko Higashino; Kenshi Fujii; Tetsuo Minamino
Antecedent angina pectoris as a predictor of better functional and clinical outcomes in patients with an inferior wall acute myocardial infarction.
The American journal of cardiology 1999;83(2):159-63.
1999: Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
A Ca channel blocker, benidipine, increases coronary blood flow and attenuates the severity of myocardial ischemia via NO-dependent mechanisms in dogs.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1999;33(1):242-9.
1998: Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroharu Funaya; Kazuo Komamura; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; Hidezo Mori; H Takeda; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Nisoldipine selectively induces coronary vasodilation and improves mild myocardial ischemia in dogs: a potential role of cellular acidosis.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 1998;12(6):533-41.
1998: Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Asanuma; Y Ueda; H Kosaka; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme increases the nitric oxide levels in canine ischemic myocardium.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 1998;30(11):2461-6.
1998: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Shoji Sanada; H Asanuama; Toshiya Kurotobi; Yukihiro Koretsune; Masatake Fukunami; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Noritake Hoki; Masatsugu Hori
Increased expression of P-selectin on platelets is a risk factor for silent cerebral infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation: role of nitric oxide.
Circulation 1998;98(17):1721-7.
1998: Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Yukihiro Koretsune; Kazuo Komamura; Hiroharu Funaya; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Elevation of plasma adenosine levels may attenuate the severity of chronic heart failure.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 1998;12(3):307-9.
1998: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Sato; Yukihiro Koretsune; M Karita; H Kosaka; Masatsugu Hori
Increased release of nitric oxide in ischemic hearts after exercise in patients with effort angina.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1998;32(1):63-8.
1998: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Kosaka; Tetsuo Minamino; Hidezo Mori; Masatsugu Hori
Role of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in the protective effect of ACE inhibition against ischemic myocardial injury.
Hypertension 1998;31(6):1290-8.
1998: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yasushi Matsumura; Kazuhiko Nishida; Yoji Kato; Kazuhiko Hashimura; Yasuhiko Matsu-Ura; Hiroharu Funaya; Hiroshi Sato; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Impact of coronary risk factors on contribution of nitric oxide and adenosine to metabolic coronary vasodilation in humans.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1998;31(6):1274-9.
1998: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Asanuma; Yoshiaki Tomiyama; Masamichi Shiraga; Hiroshi Sato; Yoko Ueda; Hiroharu Funaya; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Yuji Matsuzawa; Masatsugu Hori
Endogenous adenosine inhibits P-selectin-dependent formation of coronary thromboemboli during hypoperfusion in dogs.
The Journal of clinical investigation 1998;101(8):1643-53.
1998: Y Okuyama; Masashi Yamada; C Kondo; E Satoh; S Isomoto; T Shindo; Yoshiyuki Horio; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Yoshihisa Kurachi
The effects of nucleotides and potassium channel openers on the SUR2A/Kir6.2 complex K+ channel expressed in a mammalian cell line, HEK293T cells.
Pflügers Archiv : European journal of physiology 1998;435(5):595-603.
1998: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Sato; Hiroharu Funaya; Yoko Ueda; Hiroshi Asanuma; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori
Effects of ischemic preconditioning on contractile and metabolic function during hypoperfusion in dogs.
The American journal of physiology 1998;274(2 Pt 2):H684-93.
1998: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
It is time to ask what adenosine can do for cardioprotection.
Heart and vessels 1998;13(5):211-28.
1997: Masafumi Kitakaze; M Fong; Masuhiro Yoshitake; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Y Okuyama; N Terada; T Kambayashi; Masatsugu Hori
Vesnarinone inhibits adenosine uptake in endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and myocytes, and mediates cytoprotection.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 1997;29(12):3413-7.
1997: Kazuo Komamura; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroharu Funaya; Yoko Ueda; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; T Kurihara; Masatsugu Hori
Ecto-5'-nucleotidase mediates infarct size-limiting effect by ischemic preconditioning in the rabbit heart.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 1997;30(6):775-83.
1997: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Sato; Hiroshi Asanuma; Hiroharu Funaya; Yukihiro Koretsune; Masatsugu Hori
Plasma levels of nitrite/nitrate and platelet cGMP levels are decreased in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 1997;17(11):3191-5.
1997: Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroharu Funaya; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Hiroshi Sato; Yoko Ueda; Y Okuyama; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Masatsugu Hori; Kenji Yoshida
Role of protein kinase C-alpha in activation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase in the preconditioned canine myocardium.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1997;239(1):171-5.
1997: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Kosaka; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroharu Funaya; Masatsugu Hori
Amelioration of ischemia- and reperfusion-induced myocardial injury by 17beta-estradiol: role of nitric oxide and calcium-activated potassium channels.
Circulation 1997;96(6):1953-63.
1997: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Hiroharu Funaya; Masatsugu Hori
Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis increases adenosine production via an extracellular pathway through activation of protein kinase C.
Circulation 1997;96(5):1586-92.
1997: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Yoshikawa; H Kosaka; Masatsugu Hori
Reduced plasma concentrations of nitrogen oxide in individuals with essential hypertension.
Hypertension 1997;30(3 Pt 1):405-8.
1997: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Sato; Tetsuo Minamino; Kazuo Komamura; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Masatsugu Hori
Role of intracellular Ca2+ in activation of protein kinase C during ischemic preconditioning.
Circulation 1997;96(4):1257-65.
1997: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Yoshikawa; H Kosaka; Masatsugu Hori
Reversible reduction in plasma concentration of nitric oxide induced by cigarette smoking in young adults.
The American journal of cardiology 1997;79(11):1538-41.
1997: Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiji Takashima; Hiroharu Funaya; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Masatsugu Hori
Temporary acidosis during reperfusion limits myocardial infarct size in dogs.
The American journal of physiology 1997;272(5 Pt 2):H2071-8.
1997: Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroharu Funaya; Koichi Node; Yoshiro Shinozaki; Hidezo Mori; Masatsugu Hori
Vesnarinone limits infarct size via adenosine-dependent mechanisms in the canine heart.
Circulation 1997;95(8):2108-14.
1997: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Kosaka; Tetsuo Minamino; Masatsugu Hori
Bradykinin mediation of Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels regulates coronary blood flow in ischemic myocardium.
Circulation 1997;95(6):1560-7.
1997: Hiroharu Funaya; Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; Kazuo Komamura; Masatsugu Hori
Plasma adenosine levels increase in patients with chronic heart failure.
Circulation 1997;95(6):1363-5.
1997: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Sato; Yukihiro Koretsune; Y Katsube; M Karita; H Kosaka; Masatsugu Hori
Effect of acute dynamic exercise on circulating plasma nitric oxide level and correlation to norepinephrine release in normal subjects.
The American journal of cardiology 1997;79(4):526-8.
1997: Kazuhiko Hashimura; Yoshiyuki Kijima; Yasuhiko Matsu-Ura; Tetsuya Ueda; Yoji Kato; Isao Mori; Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori
Effect of theophylline on adaptation of the heart to myocardial ischemia during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients with stable angina pectoris.
The American journal of cardiology 1997;79(4):475-7.
1997: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; M Tada; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Activation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase by protein kinase C and its role in ischaemic tolerance in the canine heart.
British journal of pharmacology 1997;120(2):273-81.
1996: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Hiroharu Funaya; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Adenosine inhibits leukocyte-induced vasoconstriction.
The American journal of physiology 1996;271(6 Pt 2):H2622-8.
1996: Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Activation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase by protein kinase C attenuates irreversible cellular injury due to hypoxia and reoxygenation in rat cardiomyocytes.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 1996;28(9):1945-55.
1996: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Hiroharu Funaya; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Activated polymorphonuclear leukocytes induce constriction of canine coronary artery via Mac-1, but not LFA-1, and ICAM-1.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 1996;28(7):1575-81.
1996: Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; H Kosaka; Y Shinozaki; H Mori; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Role of nitric oxide in regulation of coronary blood flow during myocardial ischemia in dogs.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1996;27(7):1804-12.
1996: Yasushi Sakata; K Komamura; Atsushi Hirayama; S Nanto; Masafumi Kitakaze; M Hori; Kazuhisa Kodama
Elevation of the plasma histamine concentration in the coronary circulation in patients with variant angina.
The American journal of cardiology 1996;77(12):1121-6.
1996: Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; Y Shinozaki; M Chujo; H Mori; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Role of activation of ectosolic 5'-nucleotidase in the cardioprotection mediated by opening of K+c channels.
The American journal of physiology 1996;270(5 Pt 2):H1744-56.
1996: Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Tetsuo Minamino; Kazuo Komamura; Hiroharu Funaya; Y Shinozaki; M Chujo; H Mori; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Role of activation of protein kinase C in the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning through activation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase.
Circulation 1996;93(4):781-91.
1996: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Kosaka; Kazuo Komamura; Tetsuo Minamino; M Inoue; M Tada; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Increased release of NO during ischemia reduces myocardial contractility and improves metabolic dysfunction.
Circulation 1996;93(2):356-64.
1996: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; T Morioka; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; H Takeda; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Cardioprotection due to preconditioning correlates with increased ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity.
The American journal of physiology 1996;270(1 Pt 2):H238-44.
1996: Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; Masatsugu Hori
Activation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase and cardioprotection by ischemic preconditioning.
Basic research in cardiology 1996;91(1):23-6.
1995: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; Kazuo Komamura; Koichi Node; H Takeda; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Activation of protein kinase C increases adenosine production in the hypoxic canine coronary artery through the extracellular pathway.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 1995;15(12):2298-304.
1995: Masafumi Kitakaze; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; Tetsuo Minamino; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Evidence for nitric oxide generation in the cardiomyocytes: its augmentation by hypoxia.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 1995;27(10):2149-54.
1995: T Morioka; Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Koichi Node; Y Okazaki; Hiroshi Sato; Y Shinozaki; M Chujo; H Mori
Downward shift of coronary pressure-flow relationship following a brief period of ischemia in dogs.
The American journal of physiology 1995;269(4 Pt 2):H1237-45.
1995: Tetsuo Minamino; Masafumi Kitakaze; T Morioka; Koichi Node; Y Shinozaki; M Chujo; H Mori; H Takeda; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori
Bidirectional effects of aminophylline on myocardial ischemia.
Circulation 1995;92(5):1254-60.
1995: Masafumi Kitakaze; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; Y Shinozaki; H Mori; H Kosaka; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Beneficial effects of inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme on ischemic myocardium during coronary hypoperfusion in dogs.
Circulation 1995;92(4):950-61.
1995: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Kosaka; Kazuo Komamura; Tetsuo Minamino; M Tada; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Roles of alpha 1-adrenoceptor activity in the release of nitric oxide during ischemia of the canine heart.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1995;212(3):1133-8.
1995: Koichi Node; Masafumi Kitakaze; H Kosaka; Kazuo Komamura; Tetsuo Minamino; M Tada; M Inoue; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Plasma nitric oxide end products are increased in the ischemic canine heart.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1995;211(2):370-4.
1995: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; T Morioka; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Yasushi Okazaki; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; Katsuomi Iwakura; T Itoh
Alpha 1-adrenoceptor activation increases ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity and adenosine release in rat cardiomyocytes by activating protein kinase C.
Circulation 1995;91(8):2226-34.
1995: Y Nakagawa; Hiroshi Ito; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hideo Kusuoka; Masatsugu Hori; Tsunehiko Kuzuya; Yorihiko Higashino; Kenshi Fujii; Tetsuo Minamino
Effect of angina pectoris on myocardial protection in patients with reperfused anterior wall myocardial infarction: retrospective clinical evidence of "preconditioning".
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1995;25(5):1076-83.
1994: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Kazuo Komamura; Koichi Node; T Kurihara; T Morioka; Hiroshi Sato; M Inoue
Evidence for deactivation of both ectosolic and cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase by adenosine A1 receptor activation in the rat cardiomyocytes.
The Journal of clinical investigation 1994;94(6):2451-6.
1994: Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiji Takashima; T Morioka; Hiroshi Sato; Tetsuo Minamino; Koichi Node; Kazuo Komamura; M Inoue; T Kamada
AICA riboside improves myocardial ischemia in coronary microembolization in dogs.
The American journal of physiology 1994;267(4 Pt 2):H1483-95.
1994: K Komamura; Masafumi Kitakaze; K Nishida; M Naka; J Tamai; M Uematsu; Yukihiro Koretsune; S Nanto; Masatsugu Hori; M Inoue
Progressive decreases in coronary vein flow during reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction: clinical documentation of the no reflow phenomenon after successful thrombolysis.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1994;24(2):370-7.
1994: Masatsugu Hori; Hiroshi Sato; Masafumi Kitakaze; K Iwai; H Takeda; M Inoue; T Kamada
Beta-adrenergic stimulation disassembles microtubules in neonatal rat cultured cardiomyocytes through intracellular Ca2+ overload.
Circulation research 1994;75(2):324-34.
1994: Masatsugu Hori; Y Koretsune; Masafumi Kitakaze; T Kamada; Hideo Kusuoka
[Ca overload as a cause of reperfusion injury].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1994;52 Suppl(Pt 1):189-95.
1994: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; T Morioka; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Hiroshi Sato; Y Shinozaki; M Chujo; H Mori; M Inoue
Alpha 1-adrenoceptor activation mediates the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning through augmentation of 5'-nucleotidase activity.
The Journal of clinical investigation 1994;93(5):2197-205.
1994: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; T Morioka; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Hiroshi Sato; Y Shinozaki; M Chujo; H Mori; M Inoue
Infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning is blunted by inhibition of 5'-nucleotidase activity and attenuation of adenosine release.
Circulation 1994;89(3):1237-46.
1993: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; T Morioka; Seiji Takashima; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Sato; M Inoue; T Kamada
Attenuation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity and adenosine release in activated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
Circulation research 1993;73(3):524-33.
1993: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Seiji Takashima; T Morioka; Tetsuo Minamino; Hiroshi Sato; Y Okazaki; M Inoue; T Kamada
Superoxide dismutase enhances both adenosine release and coronary hyperemic flow through protection of 5'-nucleotidase against its degradation during reperfusion following ischemia in dogs.
Biorheology 1993;30(5-6):359-70.
1993: Y Okazaki; K Kodama; Hiroshi Sato; Masafumi Kitakaze; A Hirayama; M Mishima; Masatsugu Hori; M Inoue
Attenuation of increased regional myocardial oxygen consumption during exercise as a major cause of warm-up phenomenon.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1993;21(7):1597-604.
1993: Seiji Takashima; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Sato; M Inoue; T Kamada
Superoxide dismutase restores contractile and metabolic dysfunction through augmentation of adenosine release in coronary microembolization.
Circulation 1993;87(3):982-95.
1993: Hiroshi Sato; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; K Iwai; Seiji Takashima; H Kurihara; M Inoue; T Kamada
Reperfusion after brief ischemia disrupts the microtubule network in canine hearts.
Circulation research 1993;72(2):361-75.
1993: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Seiji Takashima; Hiroshi Sato; M Inoue; T Kamada
Ischemic preconditioning increases adenosine release and 5'-nucleotidase activity during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion in dogs. Implications for myocardial salvage.
Circulation 1993;87(1):208-15.
1993: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; T Kamada
Role of adenosine and its interaction with alpha adrenoceptor activity in ischaemic and reperfusion injury of the myocardium.
Cardiovascular research 1993;27(1):18-27.
1993: Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; T Morioka; Tetsuo Minamino; Seiji Takashima; Hiroshi Sato; Koichi Node; Y Shinozaki; M Chujo; H Mori
[An increase in adenosine release contributes to the infarct size limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning].
Japanese circulation journal 1993;57 Suppl 4():1330-2.
1992: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Seiji Takashima; K Iwai; Hiroshi Sato; M Inoue; A Kitabatake; T Kamada
Superoxide dismutase enhances ischemia-induced reactive hyperemic flow and adenosine release in dogs. A role of 5'-nucleotidase activity.
Circulation research 1992;71(3):558-66.
1992: Hiroshi Sato; Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; Seiji Takashima; M Inoue; A Kitabatake; T Kamada
Endogenous adenosine blunts beta-adrenoceptor-mediated inotropic response in hypoperfused canine myocardium.
Circulation 1992;85(4):1594-603.
1991: Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze
Adenosine, the heart, and coronary circulation.
Hypertension 1991;18(5):565-74.
1991: Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; Hiroshi Sato; Seiji Takashima; Katsuomi Iwakura; M Inoue; A Kitabatake; T Kamada
Staged reperfusion attenuates myocardial stunning in dogs. Role of transient acidosis during early reperfusion.
Circulation 1991;84(5):2135-45.
1991: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Hiroshi Sato; Seiji Takashima; M Inoue; A Kitabatake; T Kamada
Endogenous adenosine inhibits platelet aggregation during myocardial ischemia in dogs.
Circulation research 1991;69(5):1402-8.
1991: Hideo Kusuoka; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yukihiro Koretsune; M Inoue; Eduardo Marban
Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of contractile failure in stunned myocardium.
Japanese circulation journal 1991;55(9):878-84.
1991: Masatsugu Hori; K Gotoh; Masafumi Kitakaze; K Iwai; Katsuomi Iwakura; Hiroshi Sato; Yukihiro Koretsune; M Inoue; A Kitabatake; T Kamada
Role of oxygen-derived free radicals in myocardial edema and ischemia in coronary microvascular embolization.
Circulation 1991;84(2):828-40.
1991: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; Hiroshi Sato; Katsuomi Iwakura; K Gotoh; M Inoue; A Kitabatake; T Kamada
Beneficial effects of alpha 1-adrenoceptor activity on myocardial stunning in dogs.
Circulation research 1991;68(5):1322-39.
1991: Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; Y Ishida; Masatake Fukunami; A Kitabatake; M Inoue; T Kamada; David T Yue
Delayed end ejection increases isovolumic ventricular relaxation rate in isolated perfused canine hearts.
Circulation research 1991;68(1):300-8.
1990: Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; A Kitabatake
[alpha-adrenoceptor activity on regulation of cardiovascular system].
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 1990;35(10):1749-58.
1989: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; K Gotoh; Hiroshi Sato; Katsuomi Iwakura; A Kitabatake; M Inoue; T Kamada
Beneficial effects of alpha 2-adrenoceptor activity on ischemic myocardium during coronary hypoperfusion in dogs.
Circulation research 1989;65(6):1632-45.
1989: Masatsugu Hori; J Tamai; Masafumi Kitakaze; Katsuomi Iwakura; K Gotoh; K Iwai; Yukihiro Koretsune; T Kagiya; A Kitabatake; T Kamada
Adenosine-induced hyperemia attenuates myocardial ischemia in coronary microembolization in dogs.
The American journal of physiology 1989;257(1 Pt 2):H244-51.
1989: Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; J Tamai; Katsuomi Iwakura; A Kitabatake; M Inoue; T Kamada
Alpha 2-adrenoceptor stimulation can augment coronary vasodilation maximally induced by adenosine in dogs.
The American journal of physiology 1989;257(1 Pt 2):H132-40.
1988: Masatsugu Hori; Masafumi Kitakaze; J Tamai; Yukihiro Koretsune; K Iwai; Katsuomi Iwakura; T Kagiya; A Kitabatake; M Inoue; T Kamada
Alpha 2-adrenoceptor activity exerts dual control of coronary blood flow in canine coronary artery.
The American journal of physiology 1988;255(2 Pt 2):H250-60.
1987: Masafumi Kitakaze; Masatsugu Hori; J Tamai; Katsuomi Iwakura; Yukihiro Koretsune; T Kagiya; K Iwai; A Kitabatake; M Inoue; T Kamada
Alpha 1-adrenoceptor activity regulates release of adenosine from the ischemic myocardium in dogs.
Circulation research 1987;60(5):631-9.
1987: M Hori; Yukihiro Koretsune; K Iwai; Masafumi Kitakaze; J Tamai; A Kitabatake; M Inoue; T Kamada
A possible model of the anginal syndrome with normal coronary arteriograms: microembolization of canine coronary arteries.
Heart and vessels 1987;3(1):7-13.
1986: M Hori; M Inoue; J Tamai; Yukihiro Koretsune; Masafumi Kitakaze; K Iwai; Katsuomi Iwakura; T Kamada
Beneficial effect of OPC-8212 (3,4-dihydro-6-(4-(3,4-dimethoxy benzoyl)-1-piperazinyl)-2(1H)-quinolinone on myocardial oxygen consumption in dogs with ischemic heart failure.
Japanese circulation journal 1986;50(7):659-66.
1986: M Hori; M Inoue; Masafumi Kitakaze; Yukihiro Koretsune; K Iwai; J Tamai; H Ito; A Kitabatake; T Sato; T Kamada
Role of adenosine in hyperemic response of coronary blood flow in microembolization.
The American journal of physiology 1986;250(3 Pt 2):H509-18.
1986: M Hori; M Inoue; J Tamai; Yukihiro Koretsune; Masafumi Kitakaze; K Iwai; H Ito; A Kitabatake; T Kamada
Cardiotonic activity of a new inotropic agent, 3,4-dihydro-6-[4-(3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl)-1-piperazinyl]-2(1H)- quinolinone (OPC-8212), in the dog with and without beta-blocker and Ca++-antagonist pretreatment.
Japanese circulation journal 1986;50(1):37-44.