Increased Connective Tissue Growth Factor Relative to Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Determinant of Myocardial Fibrosis

Norimichi Koitabashi, Masashi Arai, Shinya Kogure, +8

Hypertension

Cardiac MuscleHeart FailureCellular PhysiologyInflammationDisease Pathophysiology +17

Plasma Connective Tissue Growth Factor is a Novel Potential Biomarker of Cardiac Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Norimichi Koitabashi, Masashi Arai, Kazuo Niwano, +13

European Journal of Heart Failure

Lentiviral Vector–mediated SERCA2 Gene Transfer Protects Against Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction in Rats

Kazuo Niwano, Masashi Arai, Norimichi Koitabashi, +4

Molecular Therapy

Phospholamban ablation by RNA interference increases Ca2+uptake into rat cardiac myocyte sarcoplasmic reticulum

Atai Watanabe, Masashi Arai, Miki Yamazaki, +3

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Cardiac MuscleCardiomyopathySignal TransductionMolecular PhysiologyPhospholamban Ablation +8

Carvedilol effectively blocks oxidative stress-mediated downregulation of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 2 gene transcription through modification of Sp1 binding

Norimichi Koitabashi, Masashi Arai, Koichi Tomaru, +8

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Reductive StressSignal TransductionMolecular PhysiologyBiochemistryMolecular Pathway +9

Mitochondrial transcription factors TFAM and TFB2M regulate Serca2 gene transcription

Atai Watanabe, Masashi Arai, Norimichi Koitabashi, +5

Cardiovascular Research

Serum syndecan-4 is a novel biomarker for patients with chronic heart failure

R. Takahashi, Kazuaki Negishi, Atai Watanabe, +4

Journal of Cardiology

Biomarker (Medicine)Serum Syndecan-4Heart FailureChronic Heart FailureCardiomyopathy +6

Regulation of the human tumor necrosis factor-α promoter by angiotensin II and lipopolysaccharide in cardiac fibroblasts: different cis-acting promoter sequences and transcriptional factors

Hiroko Sato, Atai Watanabe, Toru Tanaka, +4

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

InflammationTranscriptional RegulationCardiomyopathyAngiotensin IiCardiovascular Disease Pathogenesis +8

Integral Role of RhoA Activation in Monocyte Adhesion–Triggered Tissue Factor Expression in Endothelial Cells

Toshiyuki Ishibashi, Takayuki Sakamoto, Hiroshi Ohkawara, +10

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Competitive Binding of CREB and ATF2 to cAMP/ATF Responsive Element Regulates eNOS Gene Expression in Endothelial Cells

Kazuo Niwano, Masashi Arai, Norimichi Koitabashi, +6

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology