Yukio Hara

Omentin, a novel adipocytokine inhibits TNF-induced vascular inflammation in human endothelial cells

Hideyuki Yamawaki, Junji Kuramoto, Satoshi Kameshima et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2011 · 300 citations

Inflammation, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome +15

Omentin, a novel adipokine, induces vasodilation in rat isolated blood vessels

Hideyuki Yamawaki, Naoya Tsubaki, Masashi Mukohda et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2010 · 248 citations

Blood Vessels, Metabolic Syndrome, Novel Adipokine +13

Omentin plays an anti-inflammatory role through inhibition of TNF-α-induced superoxide production in vascular smooth muscle cells

Kyosuke Kazama, Tatsuya Usui, Muneyoshi Okada et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 2012 · 151 citations

Inflammation, Anti-inflammatory, Medicine +12

Vaspin prevents TNF-α-induced intracellular adhesion molecule-1 via inhibiting reactive oxygen species-dependent NF-κB and PKCθ activation in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells

Sukanya Phalitakul, Muneyoshi Okada, Yukio Hara et al. · Pharmacological Research · 2011 · 121 citations

Inflammation, Signal Transduction, Pkcθ Activation +11

HDAC4 mediates development of hypertension via vascular inflammation in spontaneous hypertensive rats

Tatsuya Usui, Muneyoshi Okada, Wataru Mizuno et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2012 · 96 citations

Histone Deacetylases, Hypertension, Immunology +18