Ichiro Hirahara

Morphologic changes of peritoneum and expression of VEGF in encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis rat models.

Activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 causes peritoneal injury during peritoneal dialysis in rats.

Rapid, simple, and reliable method for the diagnosis of CAPD peritonitis using the new MMP-9 test kit.

Neutral-pH peritoneal dialysis solution improves peritoneal function and decreases matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

A case of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis at the clinical early stage with high concentration of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in peritoneal effluent.

Peritoneal injury by methylglyoxal in peritoneal dialysis.

Endothelin(B) receptor blocker inhibits high glucose-induced synthesis of fibronectin in human peritoneal mesothelial cells.

The potential of matrix metalloproteinase-2 as a marker of peritoneal injury, increased solute transport, or progression to encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis during peritoneal dialysis--a multicentre study in Japan.

Methylglyoxal induces peritoneal thickening by mesenchymal-like mesothelial cells in rats.

Captopril directly inhibits matrix metalloproteinase-2 activity in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis therapy.

Matrix metalloproteinase levels in the drained dialysate reflect the peritoneal solute transport rate: a multicentre study in Japan.

Matrix metalloproteinase 2 induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition in proximal tubules from the luminal side and progresses fibrosis in mineralocorticoid/salt-induced hypertensive rats.

DNA microarray analysis of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of mesothelial cells in a rat model of peritoneal dialysis.

Matrix metalloproteinase levels in peritoneal effluents were increased in a patient with appendicitis undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Level of 8-OHdG in drained dialysate appears to be a marker of peritoneal damage in peritoneal dialysis.

Matrix metalloproteinase-2 inhibition by temocapril and its important role in peritoneal transport.

Peritoneal fibrosis induced by intraperitoneal methylglyoxal injection: the role of concurrent renal dysfunction.

Methylglyoxal Induced Basophilic Spindle Cells with Podoplanin at the Surface of Peritoneum in Rat Peritoneal Dialysis Model.

Attenuation of methylglyoxal-induced peritoneal fibrosis: immunomodulation by interleukin-10.

MicroRNA expression profiling in peritoneal fibrosis.

HIF-1α mediates Hypoxia-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in peritoneal mesothelial cells.

Effluent Tenascin-C Levels Reflect Peritoneal Deterioration in Peritoneal Dialysis: MAJOR IN PD Study.

Matrix metalloproteinase-2 as a superior biomarker for peritoneal deterioration in peritoneal dialysis.

The association between soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 levels in drained dialysate and peritoneal injury in peritoneal dialysis.