Ken Karasawa

Human Plasma Platelet-Activating Factor Acetylhydrolase Binds to All the Murine Lipoproteins, Conferring Protection Against Oxidative Stress

Hiroshi Noto, Masumi Hara, Ken Karasawa et al. · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 2003 · 84 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +14

Local Expression of Platelet-Activating Factor-Acetylhydrolase Reduces Accumulation of Oxidized Lipoproteins and Inhibits Inflammation, Shear Stress-Induced Thrombosis, and Neointima Formation in Balloon-Injured Carotid Arteries in Nonhyperlipidemic Rabbits

Hideki Arakawa, Jian-Yong Qian, Dolgor Baatar et al. · Circulation · 2005 · 50 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Molecular Medicine +16

Purification and Characterization from Rat Kidney Membranes of a Novel Platelet-activating Factor (PAF)-dependent Transacetylase That Catalyzes the Hydrolysis of PAF, Formation of PAF Analogs, and C2-ceramide

Ken Karasawa, Xiaoyun Qiu, Ten‐ching Lee · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1999 · 43 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

Partial Purification and Properties of Phospholipase A2 from Rat Liver Mitochondria1

Yasuhiro Natori, Ken Karasawa, Hiroyuki Arai et al. · The Journal of Biochemistry · 1983 · 41 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +11

Activated Mast Cells Release Extracellular Type Platelet-activating Factor Acetylhydrolase That Contributes to Autocrine Inactivation of Platelet-activating Factor

Koh-ichi Nakajima, Makoto Murakami, Ryohei Yanoshita et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1997 · 40 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +11