Toru Oka

Periostin regulates collagen fibrillogenesis and the biomechanical properties of connective tissues

Russell A. Norris, Brook Damon, Vladimir Kasyanov et al. · Journal of Cellular Biochemistry · 2007 · 588 citations

Genetic Manipulation of Periostin Expression Reveals a Role in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Ventricular Remodeling

Toru Oka, Jian Xu, Robert A. Kaiser et al. · Circulation Research · 2007 · 487 citations · Full text

Cardiac-Specific Deletion of <i>Gata4</i> Reveals Its Requirement for Hypertrophy, Compensation, and Myocyte Viability

Toru Oka, Marjorie Maillet, Alistair J. Watt et al. · Circulation Research · 2006 · 418 citations · Full text

Cardiac Muscle, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Function +19

Complement C1q Activates Canonical Wnt Signaling and Promotes Aging-Related Phenotypes

Atsuhiko T. Naito, Tomokazu S. Sumida, Seitaro Nomura et al. · Cell · 2012 · 313 citations · Full text

Cytokine, Complement System, Signal Transduction +7

Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Induce Cardiomyocyte Differentiation through the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase TAK1 and Cardiac Transcription Factors Csx/Nkx-2.5 and GATA-4

Koshiro Monzen, Ichiro Shiojima, Yukio Hiroi et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 1999 · 236 citations · Full text

Cardiac Muscle, Engineering, Cardiac Progenitor Cells +16