Clinical features of hepatocellular carcinoma with extrahepatic metastases

Mitsuteru Natsuizaka, Takumi Omura, Toru Akaike, +7

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Chronic activation of the prostaglandin receptor EP4 promotes hyaluronan-mediated neointimal formation in the ductus arteriosus

Utako Yokoyama, Susumu Minamisawa, Hong Quan, +12

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Prostaglandin E2-activated Epac Promotes Neointimal Formation of the Rat Ductus Arteriosus by a Process Distinct from That of cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase A

Utako Yokoyama, Susumu Minamisawa, Hong Quan, +10

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Epac1 is upregulated during neointima formation and promotes vascular smooth muscle cell migration

Utako Yokoyama, Susumu Minamisawa, Hong Quan, +9

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Multiple transcripts of Ca²⁺ channel α₁-subunits and a novel spliced variant of the α_1C-subunit in rat ductus arteriosus

Utako Yokoyama, Susumu Minamisawa, Satomi Adachi‐Akahane, +9

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Rat Ductus ArteriosusArterial Smooth MuscleCardiovascular FunctionCellular PhysiologyMultiple Transcripts +15

T-type Ca2+ Channels Promote Oxygenation-induced Closure of the Rat Ductus Arteriosus Not Only by Vasoconstriction but Also by Neointima Formation

Toru Akaike, Mei-Hua Jin, Utako Yokoyama, +11

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Sarcalumenin is essential for maintaining cardiac function during endurance exercise training

Qibin Jiao, Yunzhe Bai, Toru Akaike, +3

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Cardiac FunctionCardiac MuscleHeart FailureCardiovascular FunctionExercise +14

Fibrosis growth factor 23 is a promoting factor for cardiac fibrosis in the presence of transforming growth factor-β1

Kazuhiro Kuga, Yoichiro Kusakari, Ken Uesugi, +4

PLoS ONE

Maternal vitamin A alters gene profiles and structural maturation of the rat ductus arteriosus

Utako Yokoyama, Yoji Sato, Toru Akaike, +9

Physiological Genomics

Rat Ductus ArteriosusGeneticsRetinoic AcidMva-mediated MaturationEmbryology +15

Transcription Profiles of the Ductus Arteriosus in Brown-Norway Rats With Irregular Elastic Fiber Formation

Yi‐Ting Hsieh, Norika Liu, Eriko Ohmori, +6

Circulation Journal