Kumi Shirai

TRPV1 Involvement in Inflammatory Tissue Fibrosis in Mice

Yuka Okada, Peter S. Reinach, Kumi Shirai et al. · American Journal Of Pathology · 2011 · 96 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Fibrosis, Autoimmune Disease +6

TRPA1 is required for TGF-β signaling and its loss blocks inflammatory fibrosis in mouse corneal stroma

Yuka Okada, Kumi Shirai, Peter S. Reinach et al. · Laboratory Investigation · 2014 · 70 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Fibrosis, Signal Transduction +9

Impairment of Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing in a TRPV1-Deficient Mouse

Takayoshi Sumioka, Yuka Okada, Peter S. Reinach et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2014 · 58 citations

Accumulation of latent transforming growth factor-β binding protein-1 and TGFβ1 in extracellular matrix of filtering bleb and of cultured human subconjunctival fibroblasts

Shizuya Saika, Osamu Yamanaka, Yukio Baba et al. · Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology · 2001 · 50 citations

Fibrosis, Developmental Biology, Signal Transduction +9

Sensory nerve supports epithelial stem cell function in healing of corneal epithelium in mice: the role of trigeminal nerve transient receptor potential vanilloid 4

Yuka Okada, Takayoshi Sumioka, Kana Ichikawa et al. · Laboratory Investigation · 2018 · 50 citations · Full text

Regenerative Medicine, Ophthalmology, Corneal Dystrophy +8