Masaharu Takigawa

A functional polymorphism in the 5′ UTR of GDF5 is associated with susceptibility to osteoarthritis

Yoshinari Miyamoto, Akihiko Mabuchi, Dongquan Shi et al. · Nature Genetics · 2007 · 491 citations

Inflammation, Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology +6

Role and interaction of connective tissue growth factor with transforming growth factor-? in persistent fibrosis: A mouse fibrosis model

Toshifumi Mori, Shigeru Kawara, Mikio Shinozaki et al. · Journal of Cellular Physiology · 1999 · 463 citations

Connective Tissue Growth Factor Induces the Proliferation, Migration, and Tube Formation of Vascular Endothelial Cells In Vitro, and Angiogenesis In Vivo

Tsuyoshi Shimo, Tohru Nakanishi, Takashi Nishida et al. · The Journal of Biochemistry · 1999 · 406 citations

TCGF (IL 2)-receptor inducing factor(s). I. Regulation of IL 2 receptor on a natural killer-like cell line (YT cells).

Junji Yodoi, Keisuke Teshigawara, T Nikaido et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1985 · 374 citations

Il 2, T-regulatory Cell, Immune Regulation +20

Nitric Oxide Mediates Interleukin-1-Induced Gene Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Cultured Rabbit Articular Chondrocytes

Kazuhiro Sasaki, Tetsuo Hattori, Tomotsumi Fujisawa et al. · The Journal of Biochemistry · 1998 · 271 citations

Articular Chondrocytes, Nitric Oxide, Immunology +16