Genetic cholesteryl ester transfer protein deficiency caused by two prevalent mutations as a major determinant of increased levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Akihiro Inazu, Xian‐Cheng Jiang, Tatsuo Haraki, +7

Journal of Clinical Investigation

GeneticsGenetic EpidemiologyHuman PolymorphismMolecular BiologyPathology +18

Reduction of Diabetes-Induced Oxidative Stress, Fibrotic Cytokine Expression, and Renal Dysfunction in Protein Kinase Cβ–Null Mice

Yuzuru Ohshiro, Ronald C.W., Yutaka Yasuda, +7

Diabetes

Two genetic variants of CD38 in subjects with autism spectrum disorder and controls

Toshio Munesue, Shigeru Yokoyama, Kazuhiko Nakamura, +50

Neuroscience Research

Genetic VariantsSyndromic AutismGenetic DisorderGeneticsPsychiatric Genetics +7

Reassessment of the cutoff values of waist circumference and visceral fat area for identifying Japanese subjects at risk for the metabolic syndrome

Rie Oka, Junji Kobayashi, Kunimasa Yagi, +13

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

ObesityNutritionMetabolic SyndromeCutoff ValuesBody Composition +8

Characterization of Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia Caused by <i>PCSK9</i> Gain of Function Mutations and Its Specific Treatment With Alirocumab, a PCSK9 Monoclonal Antibody

Paul N. Hopkins, Joep C. Defesche, Sigrid W. Fouchier, +39

Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics

Impact of anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidative effects of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells with transient overexpression of heme oxygenase-1 on myocardial ischemia

T Tsubokawa, Kunimasa Yagi, Chiaki Nakanishi, +9

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Myocardial IschemiaAdult Stem CellImmunologyCell DeathHeme Oxygenase-1 +17

Serum lipoprotein lipid concentration and composition in homozygous and heterozygous patients with cholesteryl ester transfer protein deficiency

Jun‐ichi Koizumi, Akihiro Inazu, Kunimasa Yagi, +7

Atherosclerosis

Lipid ConcentrationMetabolic SyndromeLipid DisorderBiochemistryPhysiology +5

Genotypic and phenotypic features in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia caused by proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gain-of-function mutation

Hiroshi Mabuchi, Atsushi Nohara, Tohru Noguchi, +13

Atherosclerosis

Lipid DisorderHomozygous Familial HypercholesterolemiaGenetic DisorderGeneticsInherited Metabolic Disease +10

Impacts of Visceral Adipose Tissue and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue on Metabolic Risk Factors in Middle‐aged Japanese

Rie Oka, Katsuyuki Miura, Masaru Sakurai, +14

Obesity

NutritionHypertensionVisceral Adipose TissueSubcutaneous Adipose TissueMetabolic Disorder +20

Comparison of waist circumference with body mass index for predicting abdominal adipose tissue

Rie Oka, Katsuyuki Miura, Masaru Sakurai, +12

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

ObesityWaist CircumferenceBody CompositionBody SizeBody Mass Index +5