Hirotsugu Kurobe

Coronary Atherosclerosis Is Associated With Macrophage Polarization in Epicardial Adipose Tissue

Yoichiro Hirata, Minoru Tabata, Hirotsugu Kurobe et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2011 · 419 citations

Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Vascular Disease +15

CCR7-Dependent Cortex-to-Medulla Migration of Positively Selected Thymocytes Is Essential for Establishing Central Tolerance

Hirotsugu Kurobe, Cunlan Liu, Tomoo Ueno et al. · Immunity · 2006 · 301 citations · Full text

Positively Selected Thymocytes, Central Tolerance, Ccr7-dependent Cortex-to-medulla Migration +10

Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume and Adipocytokine Imbalance Are Strongly Linked to Human Coronary Atherosclerosis

Michio Shimabukuro, Yoichiro Hirata, Minoru Tabata et al. · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 2013 · 199 citations · Full text

Enhanced Inflammation in Epicardial Fat in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Yoichiro Hirata, Hirotsugu Kurobe, Masashi Akaike et al. · International Heart Journal · 2011 · 173 citations · Full text

Vascular Disease, Immunology, Pathology +22

Well-organized neointima of large-pore poly(l-lactic acid) vascular graft coated with poly(l-lactic-co-ε-caprolactone) prevents calcific deposition compared to small-pore electrospun poly(l-lactic acid) graft in a mouse aortic implantation model

Shuhei Tara, Hirotsugu Kurobe, Kevin A. Rocco et al. · Atherosclerosis · 2014 · 86 citations · Full text

Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Vascular Tissue Engineering +12