Shigemasa Hashimoto

Local Release of C-Reactive Protein From Vulnerable Plaque or Coronary Arterial Wall Injured by Stenting

Teruo Inoue, Toru Kato, Toshihiko Uchida et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2005 · 154 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Sciences +16

Mechanical stress promotes the expression of smooth muscle-like properties in marrow stromal cells

Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Takanori Yasu, Hiroto Ueba et al. · Experimental Hematology · 2004 · 113 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +15

Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Improves Endothelial Function Predominantly in the Trained Extremities

Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuruya, Takamasa Iwasawa et al. · Circulation Journal · 2003 · 107 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Physiology +17

C-reactive protein induces endothelial cell apoptosis and matrix metalloproteinase-9 production in human mononuclear cells: Implications for the destabilization of atherosclerotic plaque

Aoi Nabata, Masatoshi Kuroki, Hiroto Ueba et al. · Atherosclerosis · 2007 · 90 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Cardiology, Pathology +17

Effects of a Distal Protection Device During Primary Stenting in Patients With Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction

Tomohiro Nakamura, Norifumi Kubo, Yuichi Seki et al. · Circulation Journal · 2004 · 48 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +13