Norimasa Sawada

Tight Junction Proteins Claudin-2 and -12 Are Critical for Vitamin D-dependent Ca ²⁺ Absorption between Enterocytes

Hiroki Fujita, Kotaro Sugimoto, Shuichiro Inatomi et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2008 · 426 citations · Full text

Use of a low-speed, iso-density percoll centrifugation method to increase the viability of isolated rat hepatocyte preparations

Bill L. Kreamer, Jeffrey L. Staecker, Norimasa Sawada et al. · In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant · 1986 · 385 citations

Hepatology, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +6

Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Induces Barrier Function of Endothelial Cells Forming the Blood–Brain Barrier

Y Igarashi, Hiroyuki Utsumi, Hideki Chiba et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1999 · 251 citations

Glial Biology, Endothelial Cells, Blood–brain Barrier +10

Possible involvement of gap junctions in the barrier function of tight junctions of brain and lung endothelial cells

Kunihiko Nagasawa, Hideki Chiba, Hiroki Fujita et al. · Journal of Cellular Physiology · 2006 · 251 citations

Cell Adhesion, Immunology, Cytoskeleton +20

Differential Expression and Subcellular Localization of Claudin-7, −8, −12, −13, and −15 Along the Mouse Intestine

Hiroki Fujita, Hideki Chiba, Hiroshi Yokozaki et al. · Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry · 2006 · 240 citations