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Rapid transcriptional activation and early mRNA turnover of brain natriuretic peptide in cardiocyte hypertrophy. Evidence for brain natriuretic peptide as an "emergency" cardiac hormone against ventricular overload.

Osamu Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Hiroaki Itoh et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1995 · 622 citations · Full text

Cardiac Muscle, Heart Failure, Cardiac Hormone +17

Phosphorylation of the mammalian beta-adrenergic receptor by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. Regulation of the rate of receptor phosphorylation and dephosphorylation by agonist occupancy and effects on coupling of the receptor to the stimulatory guanine nucleotide regulatory protein.

Jeffrey Benovic, Linda J. Pike, Richard A. Cerione et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1985 · 314 citations · Full text

Cyclic Amp Analogs, Cellular Physiology, Molecular Pharmacology +19

Cytokine-induced C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) secretion from vascular endothelial cells--evidence for CNP as a novel autocrine/paracrine regulator from endothelial cells.

Sachie Suga, Hiroshi Itoh, Yasato Komatsu et al. · Endocrinology · 1993 · 247 citations

Endothelial Cells, Immunology, Novel Autocrine/paracrine Regulator +18

Molecular cloning of the complementary DNA and gene that encode mouse brain natriuretic peptide and generation of transgenic mice that overexpress the brain natriuretic peptide gene.

Yoshihiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Itoh, Naohisa Tamura et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1994 · 186 citations · Full text

Engineering, Transgenic Mouse Models, Genetics +22

Detection of C-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Human Circulation and Marked Increase of Plasma CNP Level in Septic Shock Patients

Norio Hama, Hiroshi Itoh, Gotaro Shirakami et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1994 · 143 citations

Cardiogenic Shock, Human Circulation, C-type Natriuretic Peptide +5