Masahiro Arai

Both Plasma Lysophosphatidic Acid and Serum Autotaxin Levels are Increased in Chronic Hepatitis C

Naoko Watanabe, Hitoshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Nakamura et al. · Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology · 2007 · 189 citations

Contribution of adenosine A2 receptors and cyclic adenosine monophosphate to protective ischemic preconditioning of sinusoidal endothelial cells against storage/reperfusion injury in rat livers

Masahiro Arai, Ronald G. Thurman, John J. Lemasters · Hepatology · 2000 · 117 citations · Full text

Plasma lysophosphatidic acid level and serum autotaxin activity are increased in liver injury in rats in relation to its severity

Naoko Watanabe, Hitoshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Nakamura et al. · Life Sciences · 2007 · 107 citations

Inflammation, Autoimmune Disease, Hepatology +14

Sinusoidal endothelial cell damage by activated macrophages in rat liver necrosis

Masahiro Arai, Satoshi Mochida, Akihiko Ohno et al. · Gastroenterology · 1993 · 90 citations

Immunology, Cell Death, Oxidative Stress +16

Lysophosphatidic Acid Enhances Collagen Gel Contraction by Hepatic Stellate Cells: Association with Rho-Kinase

Mikio Yanase, Hitoshi Ikeda, Atsushi Matsui et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2000 · 78 citations

Hepatic Stellate Cells, Cytoskeleton, Cellular Physiology +16