BNP as a Major Player in the Heart-Kidney Connection

by Ryuji Okamoto, Yusuf Ali, Ryotaro Hashizume, Noboru Suzuki, Masaaki Ito
Published 2019-07-01

New Isoform of Cardiac Myosin Light Chain Kinase and the Role of Cardiac Myosin Phosphorylation in α1-Adrenoceptor Mediated Inotropic Response.

by Masaya Taniguchi, Ryuji Okamoto, Masaaki Ito, Itaru Goto, Satoshi Fujita, Katsuhisa Konishi, Hideo Mizutani, Kaoru Dohi, David J Hartshorne, Takeo Itoh
Published 2015-01-01

Gap junction protein beta 4 plays an important role in cardiac function in humans, rodents, and zebrafish.

by Ryuji Okamoto, Itaru Goto, Yuhei Nishimura, Issei Kobayashi, Ryotaro Hashizume, Yoshinori Yoshida, Rie Ito, Yuhko Kobayashi, Misato Nishikawa, Yusuf Ali, Shunsuke Saito, Toshio Tanaka, Yoshiki Sawa, Masaaki Ito, Kaoru Dohi
Published 2020-01-01

Renal papillary tip extract stimulates BNP production and excretion from cardiomyocytes.

by Itaru Goto, Ryuji Okamoto, Ryotaro Hashizume, Noboru Suzuki, Rie Ito, Keiichi Yamanaka, Hiromitsu Saito, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Isao Tawara, Yuki Kageyama, Yoshito Ogihara, Yusuf Ali, Norikazu Yamada, Naoyuki Katayama, Masaaki Ito
Published 2018-01-01

Generation of Transgenic Mice that Conditionally Overexpress Tenascin-C

by Saori Yonebayashi, Kazuko Tajiri, Mari Hara, Mari Hara, Hiromitsu Saito, Noboru Suzuki, Satoshi Sakai, Taizo Kimura, Akira Sato, Akiyo Sekimoto, Satoshi Fujita, Ryuji Okamoto, Robert J. Schwartz, Toshimichi Yoshida, Toshimichi Yoshida, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida
Published 2021-03-01

Persistent release of IL-1s from skin is associated with systemic cardio-vascular disease, emaciation and systemic amyloidosis: the potential of anti-IL-1 therapy for systemic infl...

by Keiichi Yamanaka, Takehisa Nakanishi, Hiromitsu Saito, Junko Maruyama, Kenichi Isoda, Ayumu Yokochi, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Kenshiro Tsuda, Masato Kakeda, Ryuji Okamoto, Satoshi Fujita, Yoichiro Iwakura, Noboru Suzuki, Masaaki Ito, Kazuo Maruyama, Esteban C Gabazza, Toshimichi Yoshida, Motomu Shimaoka, Hitoshi Mizutani
Published 2014-01-01