Masato Kasahara

Cardiac fibrosis in mice lacking brain natriuretic peptide

Naohisa Tamura, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Hideki Chusho et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 621 citations

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Physiology +15

Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels reflect damage to glomeruli, proximal tubules, and distal nephrons

Takashige Kuwabara, Kiyoshi Mori, Masashi Mukoyama et al. · Kidney International · 2009 · 301 citations

Medicine, Nephrology, Pathology +15

Overexpression of connective tissue growth factor in podocytes worsens diabetic nephropathy in mice

Hideki Yokoi, Masashi Mukoyama, Kiyoshi Mori et al. · Kidney International · 2007 · 120 citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Nephrology +14

Rat Receptor-Activity-Modifying Proteins (RAMPs) for Adrenomedullin/CGRP Receptor: Cloning and Upregulation in Obstructive Nephropathy

Tetsuya Nagae, Masashi Mukoyama, Akira Sugawara et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2000 · 114 citations · Full text

Medicine, Nephrology, Pharmacology +12

MicroRNA-26a inhibits TGF-β-induced extracellular matrix protein expression in podocytes by targeting CTGF and is downregulated in diabetic nephropathy

Kenichi Koga, Hideki Yokoi, Kiyoshi Mori et al. · Diabetologia · 2015 · 94 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Nephrology +12