Katsuhiko Takenaka

Pigment Epithelium-derived Factor Inhibits Advanced Glycation End Product-induced Retinal Vascular Hyperpermeability by Blocking Reactive Oxygen Species-mediated Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression

Sho‐ichi Yamagishi, Kazuo Nakamura, Takanori Matsui et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2006 · 218 citations · Full text

Medicine, Ophthalmology, Pharmacology +17

Elevated Serum Levels of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor in the Metabolic Syndrome

Sho‐ichi Yamagishi, Hisashi Adachi, Akio Abe et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2006 · 181 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Epidemiology +13

Positive association between serum levels of advanced glycation end products and the soluble form of receptor for advanced glycation end products in nondiabetic subjects

Sho‐ichi Yamagishi, Hisashi Adachi, Kazuo Nakamura et al. · Metabolism · 2006 · 146 citations

Medicine, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +9

Telmisartan inhibits expression of a receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in angiotensin-II-exposed endothelial cells and decreases serum levels of soluble RAGE in patients with essential hypertension

Kazuo Nakamura, Sho‐ichi Yamagishi, Yayoi Nakamura et al. · Microvascular Research · 2005 · 101 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Pharmacology +17

Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF)-induced apoptosis and inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in MG63 human osteosarcoma cells

Katsuhiko Takenaka, Sho‐ichi Yamagishi, Yuko Jinnouchi et al. · Life Sciences · 2005 · 99 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Oncology +16