Development and effect of alkali treatment on tensile properties of curaua fiber green composites

Alexandre Gomes, Takanori Matsuo, Koichi GODA, +1

Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing

Materials ScienceFiber ReinforcementReinforcement MaterialEngineeringMechanical Properties +6

Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibition reduces lung fibrosis following targeted type II alveolar epithelial cell injury

Thomas H. Sisson, Paul J. Christensen, Yo Muraki, +9

Physiological Reports

Acute Lung InjuryAntifibrotic TherapyInflammatory Lung DiseaseAdvanced Lung DiseaseLung Inflammation +23

Effect of candesartan cilexetil (TCV-116) in rats with chronic renal failure

Masakuni Noda, Takanori Matsuo, Ryo Fukuda, +6

Kidney International

UrologyRenal FunctionChronic Renal FailureCandesartan CilexetilMedicine +8

A new class of non-thiazolidinedione, non-carboxylic-acid-based highly selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) γ agonists: Design and synthesis of benzylpyrazole acylsulfonamides

Kentaro Rikimaru, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Hidenori Abe, +21

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

Pharmaceutical ScienceDiversity Oriented SynthesisBiochemistryMedicineBenzylpyrazole Acylsulfonamides +7

Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor and phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor combination therapy has antifibrotic and anti‐inflammatory effects in mdx mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Yasunori Nio, Masayuki Tanaka, Yoshihiko Hirozane, +4

The FASEB Journal

MechanobiologyAntifibrotic TherapyMuscle FunctionAutoimmune DiseaseMdx Mice +13

Fluorescence-labeled liposome accumulation in injured colon of a mouse model of T-cell transfer-mediated inflammatory bowel disease

Midori Yamasaki, Yo Muraki, Yutaka Nishimoto, +2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

ImmunologyGastroenterologyPathologyLuminescence ProbesImmunotherapy +15

Involvement of Angiotensin II in Progression of Renal Injury in Rats With Genetic Non-insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (Wistar Fatty Rats)

Masakuni Noda, Takanori Matsuo, Hiroko Nagano-Tsuge, +5

The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

HypertensionWf RatsInflammationMetabolic SyndromeObesity +16

Structure–activity relationships and key structural feature of pyridyloxybenzene-acylsulfonamides as new, potent, and selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) γ Agonists

Kentaro Rikimaru, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Hidenori Abe, +22

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

BiochemistryMedicineNatural Sciencesγ AgonistsMechanism Of Action +6

Strength Evaluation of Curaua Fibers with Variation in Cross-Sectional Area

Katsunori TANABE, Takanori Matsuo, Alexandre Gomes, +2

Journal of the Society of Materials Science Japan

Fiber ReinforcementStrength EvaluationFiber Cross-sectional AreasEngineeringHigh-performance Fiber +7

Improvement of pulmonary arterial hypertension, inflammatory response, and epithelium injury by dual activation of cAMP/cGMP pathway in a rat model of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension

Yo Muraki, Takako Naito, Kimio Tohyama, +5

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Inflammatory Lung DiseaseLung InflammationCamp/cgmp PathwayPulmonary HypertensionRat Model +21