Masahiko Oka

Formation of Plexiform Lesions in Experimental Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Kohtaro Abe, Michie Toba, Abdallah Alzoubi et al. · Circulation · 2010 · 500 citations · Full text

Rho Kinase–Mediated Vasoconstriction Is Important in Severe Occlusive Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Rats

Masahiko Oka, Noriyuki Homma, Laimute Taraseviciene‐Stewart et al. · Circulation Research · 2007 · 331 citations

Acute Lung Injury, Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension +16

Attenuation of acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in mice by inhibition of Rho-kinase

Karen A. Fagan, Masahiko Oka, Natalie R. Bauer et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology · 2004 · 301 citations

Acute Lung Injury, Hypertension, Lung Inflammation +19

Rho/Rho kinase signaling mediates increased basal pulmonary vascular tone in chronically hypoxic rats

Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Yoshiteru Morio, Nina Casanova et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology · 2004 · 237 citations

Hypertension, Rho/rho Kinase, Lung Inflammation +17

Inhaled Rho Kinase Inhibitors Are Potent and Selective Vasodilators in Rat Pulmonary Hypertension

Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Karen A. Fagan, Sarah A. Gebb et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2004 · 234 citations