Shiro Kitamoto

Mast cells promote atherosclerosis by releasing proinflammatory cytokines

Jiusong Sun, Galina K. Sukhova, Paul J. Wolters et al. · Nature Medicine · 2007 · 426 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +14

Gene Transfer of Stromal Cell–Derived Factor-1α Enhances Ischemic Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis via Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase–Related Pathway

Ken‐ichi Hiasa, Minako Ishibashi, Kisho Ohtani et al. · Circulation · 2004 · 305 citations

Medicine, Molecular Medicine, Cell Signaling +12

Cathepsin S Controls Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth via Matrix-derived Angiogenic Factors

Bing Wang, Jiusong Sun, Shiro Kitamoto et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2005 · 280 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cancer Biology, Oncology +15

Anti-Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Gene Therapy Limits Progression and Destabilization of Established Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E–Knockout Mice

Shujiro Inoue, Kensuke Egashira, Weihua Ni et al. · Circulation · 2002 · 254 citations

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Immunology +13

New Anti–Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Gene Therapy Attenuates Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E–Knockout Mice

Weihua Ni, Kensuke Egashira, Shiro Kitamoto et al. · Circulation · 2001 · 243 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Molecular Medicine +15