Rika Kawakami

<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> WhiB3 interacts with RpoV to affect host survival but is dispensable for <i>in vivo</i> growth

Adrie J. C. Steyn, Desmond M. Collins, Mary K. Hondalus et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 243 citations · Full text

Mutation of the principal sigma factor causes loss of virulence in a strain of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

Desmond M. Collins, Rika Kawakami, Geoffrey W. de Lisle et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1995 · 120 citations · Full text

The effects of the selective ROCK inhibitor, Y27632, on ET‐1‐induced hypertrophic response in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes – possible involvement of Rho/ROCK pathway in cardiac muscle cell hypertrophy

Koichiro Kuwahara, Yoshihiko Saito, Osamu Nakagawa et al. · FEBS Letters · 1999 · 115 citations · Full text

Cardiotrophin-1 Phosphorylates Akt and BAD, and Prolongs Cell Survival via a PI3K-dependent Pathway in Cardiac Myocytes

Koichiro Kuwahara, Yoshihiko Saito, Ichiro Kishimoto et al. · Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology · 2000 · 114 citations

Cardiac Muscle, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure +11

The Neuron-Restrictive Silencer Element–Neuron-Restrictive Silencer Factor System Regulates Basal and Endothelin 1-Inducible Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Gene Expression in Ventricular Myocytes

Koichiro Kuwahara, Yoshihiko Saito, Emiko Ogawa et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2001 · 109 citations · Full text