Masako Shimada

Mice lacking melanin-concentrating hormone are hypophagic and lean

Masako Shimada, Nicholas A. Tritos, Bradford B. Lowell et al. · Nature · 1998 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology +10

Hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and impaired endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation in mice lacking insulin receptor substrate-1.

Hideki Abe, N Yamada, Katsuo Kamata et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1998 · 231 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology +17

Suppression of diet-induced atherosclerosis in low density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice overexpressing lipoprotein lipase.

Masako Shimada, S Ishibashi, T Inaba et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 152 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pathobiology +15

Overexpression of apolipoprotein E in transgenic mice: marked reduction in plasma lipoproteins except high density lipoprotein and resistance against diet-induced hypercholesterolemia.

Hitoshi Shimano, Nobuhiro Yamada, Motoya Katsuki et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1992 · 144 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

Role of sugar chains in the in vitro biological activity of human erythropoietin produced in recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cells.

Makoto Takeuchi, S. Takasaki, Masako Shimada et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1990 · 141 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +11