Kei Imagawa

Regulated Transcription of Human Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 (MMP13) and Interleukin-1β (IL1B) Genes in Chondrocytes Depends on Methylation of Specific Proximal Promoter CpG Sites

Ko Hashimoto, Miguel Otero, Kei Imagawa et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2013 · 146 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +16

The epigenetic effect of glucosamine and a nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) inhibitor on primary human chondrocytes – Implications for osteoarthritis

Kei Imagawa, María C. de Andrés, Ko Hashimoto et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2011 · 122 citations · Full text

Medicine, Molecular Biology, Orthopaedic Surgery +16

Loss of methylation in CpG sites in the NF‐κB enhancer elements of inducible nitric oxide synthase is responsible for gene induction in human articular chondrocytes

María C. de Andrés, Kei Imagawa, Ko Hashimoto et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2012 · 94 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +13

Association of Reduced Type IX Collagen Gene Expression in Human Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes With Epigenetic Silencing by DNA Hypermethylation

Kei Imagawa, María C. de Andrés, Ko Hashimoto et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatology · 2014 · 89 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

Suppressors of cytokine signalling (SOCS) are reduced in osteoarthritis

María C. de Andrés, Kei Imagawa, Ko Hashimoto et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2011 · 73 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Orthopedic Surgery +12