Phytochemical flavones isolated from Scutellaria barbata and antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Yoichi Sato, Shiho Suzaki, Takako Nishikawa, +3

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Bioassay-guided IsolationPhytochemical FlavonesMedicineAntibacterial ActivityPhytochemical +6

Both Plasma Lysophosphatidic Acid and Serum Autotaxin Levels are Increased in Chronic Hepatitis C

Naoko Watanabe, Hitoshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Nakamura, +15

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Sphingosine 1-phosphate regulates regeneration and fibrosis after liver injury via sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 2

Hitoshi Ikeda, Naoko Watanabe, Isao Ishii, +12

Journal of Lipid Research

Lipid PeroxidationPathologyCell DeathFatty Liver DiseaseCholangiopathies +19

Plasma lysophosphatidic acid level and serum autotaxin activity are increased in liver injury in rats in relation to its severity

Naoko Watanabe, Hitoshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Nakamura, +12

Life Sciences

InflammationAutoimmune DiseaseHepatologyLiver InjuryMedicine +12

Autotaxin as a novel serum marker of liver fibrosis

Hayato Nakagawa, Hitoshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Nakamura, +19

Clinica Chimica Acta

Liver FibrosisFibrosisHepatologyAutoimmune DiseaseLiver Physiology +9

Involvement of Rho/Rho kinase pathway in regulation of apoptosis in rat hepatic stellate cells

Hitoshi Ikeda, Kayo Nagashima, Mikio Yanase, +8

American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Rho/rho Kinase PathwayHepatologyRho KinaseHepatic Stellate CellsCell Regulation +11

Leucine stimulates the secretion of hepatocyte growth factor by hepatic stellate cells

Tomoaki Tomiya, Yukiko Inoue, Mikio Yanase, +6

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Hepatocyte Growth FactorHepatic DisordersHepatologyDevelopmental BiologyHepatic Stellate Cells +10

Ischemic preconditioning protects hepatocytes via reactive oxygen species derived from Kupffer cells in rats

Kazuaki Tejima, Masahiro Arai, Hitoshi Ikeda, +8

Gastroenterology

InflammationIschemic PreconditioningHepatologyMedicineLiver Physiology +11

Functional diversity between Rho-kinase- and MLCK-mediated cytoskeletal actions in a myofibroblast-like hepatic stellate cell line

Mikio Yanase, Hitoshi Ikeda, Itsuro Ogata, +12

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Signal TransductionSignaling PathwayCell RegulationFunctional DiversityReceptor Tyrosine Kinase +9

High ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase expression in hepatocellular carcinoma denotes a poor prognosis with highly malignant potential

Baasanjav Uranbileg, Kenichiro Enooku, Yoko Soroida, +16

International Journal of Cancer

Umtck MrnaPathologyCell DeathUmtck ExpressionOncology +15