Ghrelin Strongly Stimulates Growth Hormone Release in Humans

Kazuhiko Takaya, Hiroyuki Ariyasu, Naotetsu Kanamoto, +13

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Brain natriuretic peptide is a novel cardiac hormone

Yoshihiko Saito, Kazuwa Nakao, Hiroshi Itoh, +10

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Heart FailureBrain Natriuretic PeptidePhysiologyHypothalamic PeptideNeuropeptide Receptor +6

Plasma levels of A- and B-type natriuretic peptides in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Yuji Mizuno, Michihiro Yoshimura, Eisaku Harada, +8

The American Journal of Cardiology

CardiomyopathyHeart FailureCardiovascular DiseasePlasma LevelsPhysiology +6

Outside-in Signalling of Fibronectin Stimulates Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy in Cultured Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes

Emiko Ogawa, Yoshihiko Saito, Masaki Harada, +11

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Cardiac MuscleCardiomyopathyMolecular PhysiologySignal TransductionCell Signaling +8

Augmentation of Leptin Synthesis and Secretion Through Activation of Protein Kinases A and C in Cultured Human Trophoblastic Cells¹

Shigeo Yura, Norimasa Sagawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, +6

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Enzymatic inactivation of major circulating forms of atrial and brain natriuretic peptides

Junko Ozaki, Hiromasa Shimizu, Yukiya Hashimoto, +3

European Journal of Pharmacology

BiochemistryEnzymatic InactivationPhysiologyPeptide TherapeuticElectrophysiology +3

Atrial natriuretic peptide in the ventricles of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and human foetuses

Michihisa Jougasaki, Hirofumi Yasue, Ken Okumura, +4

The Histochemical Journal

CardiomyopathyHeart FailureCardiovascular DiseasePhysiologyAtrial Natriuretic Peptide +5

Thyrotropin decreses leptin production in rat adipocytes

Mitsuyo Shintani, Haruo Nishimura, Takashi Akamizu, +7

Metabolism

ObesityMetabolic SyndromePhysiologyHypothalamic PeptideLeptin Production +6

Immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing hormone levels in discrete hypothalamic nuclei of genetically obese Zucker rats

Shigeo Nakaishi, Yoshikatsu Nakai, Junichi Fukata, +6

Neuroscience Letters

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeEnergy HomeostasisBody CompositionEndocrine Mechanism +11