Kiichiro Nakajima

Mapping the extended substrate binding site of cathepsin G and human leukocyte elastase. Studies with peptide substrates related to the alpha 1-protease inhibitor reactive site.

Kiichiro Nakajima, James C. Powers, Bonnie M. Ashe et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1979 · 595 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

Primary structure, synthesis, and biological activity of rat endothelin, an endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide.

Masashi Yanagisawa, Akihiro Inoue, Tomohisa Ishikawa et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1988 · 547 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology +13

Cellular mechanism of action by a novel vasoconstrictor endothelin in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells

Yoko Hirata, Hiroki Yoshimi, Satoru Takata et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1988 · 384 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +9

Specific receptors for adrenomedullin in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells

Satoru Eguchi, Yukio Hirata, Hiroaki Kano et al. · FEBS Letters · 1994 · 292 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Pharmacology, Cell Signaling +12

Sensitive substrates for human leukocyte and porcine pancreatic elastase: A study of the merits of various chromophoric and fluorogenic leaving groups in assays for serine proteases

Mario J. Castillo, Kiichiro Nakajima, Morris Zimmerman et al. · Analytical Biochemistry · 1979 · 269 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +14