Beneficial effects of metformin on energy metabolism and visceral fat volume through a possible mechanism of fatty acid oxidation in human subjects and rats

Ichiro Tokubuchi, Yuji Tajiri, Shimpei Iwata, +6

PLoS ONE

Exaggerated Blood Pressure Variability Superimposed on Hypertension Aggravates Cardiac Remodeling in Rats via Angiotensin II System-Mediated Chronic Inflammation

Hiroshi Kudo, Hisashi Kai, Hidemi Kajimoto, +10

Hypertension

Developmental Changes in the Pattern of Ghrelin’s Acyl Modification and the Levels of Acyl-Modified Ghrelins in Murine Stomach

Yoshihiro Nishi, Hiroshi Hiejima, Hiroharu Mifune, +3

Endocrinology

Animal PhysiologyGastrointestinal Peptide HormoneGrowth HormoneBiochemistryEndocrine Mechanism +12

Characterization and species differences in gastric ghrelin cells from mice, rats and hamsters

Akira Yabuki, Toshimichi Ojima, Masayasu Kojima, +6

Journal of Anatomy

Natriuretic peptides after pulmonary resection

Kohsuke Tayama, Shinzo Takamori, Masahiro Mitsuoka, +4

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionHeart FailurePulmonary CirculationNatriuretic PeptidesPulmonary Physiology +5

Immunohistochemical localization of ghrelin in rodent kidneys

Akira Yabuki, Satoshi Taharaguchi, Osamu Ichii, +6

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Signal TransductionPhysiologyRenal PathologyRodent KidneysCytoskeleton +4

Equine cardiodilatin/ atrial natriuretic peptide. Primary structure and immunohistochemical localization in auricular cardiocytes.

Rudolf Richter, Hans‐Jürgen Mägert, Hiroharu Mifune, +2

PubMed

Cardiac MuscleAuricular CardiocytesCardiovascular FunctionCdd/anp Precursor ProteinCardiology +15

Regional distribution and the dynamics of n-decanoyl ghrelin, another acyl-form of ghrelin, upon fasting in rodents

Hiroshi Hiejima, Yoshihiro Nishi, Hiroshi Hosoda, +11

Regulatory Peptides

BiologyBiochemistryNatural SciencesPhysiologyRegional Distribution +4

Fine Structure of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide(ANP)-Granules in the Atrial Cardiocytes in the Pig, Cattle and Horse.

Hiroharu Mifune, S Suzuki, Yasutaka Noda, +1

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Cardiac MuscleRight AtrialCytoskeletonAnatomyFine Structure +19

Voluntary exercise contributed to an amelioration of abnormal feeding behavior, locomotor activity and ghrelin production concomitantly with a weight reduction in high fat diet-induced obese rats

Hiroharu Mifune, Yuji Tajiri, Yoshihiro Nishi, +6

Peptides

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeNutritionEnergy HomeostasisKinesiology +10