Atai Watanabe

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

Norimichi Koitabashi, Masashi Arai, Shinya Kogure et al. · Hypertension · 2007 · 131 citations

Cardiac Muscle, Heart Failure, Cellular Physiology +19

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 et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure · 2008 · 98 citations

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 et al. · Molecular Therapy · 2008 · 92 citations · Full text

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

Atai Watanabe, Masashi Arai, Miki Yamazaki et al. · Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology · 2004 · 66 citations

Cardiac Muscle, Cardiomyopathy, Signal Transduction +10

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 et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2005 · 57 citations

Reductive Stress, Signal Transduction, Molecular Physiology +11