Fumitake Usui

Inflammasome Activation of Cardiac Fibroblasts Is Essential for Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

Masanori Kawaguchi, Masafumi Takahashi, Takeki Hata et al. · Circulation · 2011 · 845 citations

Inflammasome Activation by Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Macrophages Leads to the Development of Angiotensin II–Induced Aortic Aneurysm

Fumitake Usui, Koumei Shirasuna, Hiroaki Kimura et al. · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 2014 · 189 citations · Full text

Critical role of caspase-1 in vascular inflammation and development of atherosclerosis in Western diet-fed apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Fumitake Usui, Koumei Shirasuna, Hiroaki Kimura et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2012 · 178 citations

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Migration and Proliferation of Primordial Germ Cells in the Early Chicken Embryo

Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Fumitake Usui et al. · Poultry Science · 2007 · 163 citations · Full text

NLRP3 Regulates Neutrophil Functions and Contributes to Hepatic Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury Independently of Inflammasomes

Yoshiyuki Inoue, Koumei Shirasuna, Hiroaki Kimura et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2014 · 125 citations