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R Nagai

Jichi Medical University(JP)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling

Most-Cited Works

→ The fat-derived hormone adiponectin reverses insulin resistance associated with both lipoatrophy and obesity(2001)4,904 cited
→ Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase(2002)4,196 cited
→ Disruption of insulin receptor substrate 2 causes type 2 diabetes because of liver insulin resistance and lack of compensatory beta-cell hyperplasia.(2000)525 cited
→ Aortic arch malformations and ventricular septal defect in mice deficient in endothelin-1.(1995)389 cited
→ A Mouse Model of Vascular Injury that Induces Rapid Onset of Medial Cell Apoptosis Followed by Reproducible Neointimal Hyperplasia(2000)306 cited
→ Identification of two types of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms by cDNA cloning and immunoblot analysis(1989)295 cited

→ Mechanical loading activates mitogen-activated protein kinase and S6 peptide kinase in cultured rat cardiac myocytes(1993)291 cited

→ Regulation of myocardial Ca2+-ATPase and phospholamban mRNA expression in response to pressure overload and thyroid hormone.(1989)288 cited

→ cDNA cloning of a myosin heavy chain isoform in embryonic smooth muscle and its expression during vascular development and in arteriosclerosis(1991)286 cited

→ Developmentally regulated expression of vascular smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms(1989)226 cited