Chikao Iwai

Stromelysin Promoter 5A/6A Polymorphism Is Associated With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Masahiro Terashima, Hozuka Akita, Kenji Kanazawa et al. · Circulation · 1999 · 167 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Genetics +17

Cardiomyocyte apoptosis in autoimmune cardiomyopathy: mediated via endoplasmic reticulum stress and exaggerated by norepinephrine

Weike Mao, Shuji Fukuoka, Chikao Iwai et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2007 · 72 citations

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Molecular Biology +17

Suppressive Effect of the Gly389 Allele of the .BETA.1-Adrenergic Receptor Gene on the Occurrence of Ventricular Tachycardia in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

Chikao Iwai, Hozuka Akita, Nobuyuki Shiga et al. · Circulation Journal · 2002 · 58 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Genetics +17

Darbepoetin alfa exerts a cardioprotective effect in autoimmune cardiomyopathy via reduction of ER stress and activation of the PI3K/Akt and STAT3 pathways

Weike Mao, Chikao Iwai, Jiahao Liu et al. · Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology · 2008 · 55 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Pharmacology +13

Arg389Gly polymorphism of the human β1-adrenergic receptor in patients with nonfatal acute myocardial infarction

Chikao Iwai, Hozuka Akita, Kenji Kanazawa et al. · American Heart Journal · 2003 · 54 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +15