Ayako Makino

Increased renal medullary oxidative stress produces hypertension.

Effects of chronic administration of L-arginine on vasoactive responses induced by endothelin-1 and its plasma level in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Structural studies on IgG oligosaccharides of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Increased renal medullary H2O2 leads to hypertension.

Control of neutrophil pseudopods by fluid shear: role of Rho family GTPases.

G protein-coupled receptors serve as mechanosensors for fluid shear stress in neutrophils.

Effects of anthocyanidin derivative (HK-008) on relaxation in rat perfused mesenterial bed.

Characterization of agonist-induced vasoconstriction in mouse pulmonary artery.

Nitrosyl-cobinamide, a new and direct nitric oxide releasing drug effective in vivo.

Mechanotransduction in leukocyte activation: a review.

Downregulation of connexin40 is associated with coronary endothelial cell dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice.

p75 neurotrophin receptor regulates agonist-induced pulmonary vasoconstriction.

Alterations in mitochondrial function and cytosolic calcium induced by hyperglycemia are restored by mitochondrial transcription factor A in cardiomyocytes.

Thyroid hormone receptor-beta is associated with coronary angiogenesis during pathological cardiac hypertrophy.

Notch3 signaling promotes the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Role of reactive oxygen species and redox in regulating the function of transient receptor potential channels.

Regulation of mitochondrial morphology and function by O-GlcNAcylation in neonatal cardiac myocytes.

STIM2 Contributes to Enhanced Store-operated Ca Entry in Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells from Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Fenfluramine-induced gene dysregulation in human pulmonary artery smooth muscle and endothelial cells.

Thyroid hormone receptor-α and vascular function.

The role of oxysterols in control of endothelial stiffness.

Mitochondrial function in vascular endothelial cell in diabetes.

Enhanced Ca(2+)-sensing receptor function in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

STIM1 restores coronary endothelial function in type 1 diabetic mice.

Apolipoprotein E enhances endothelial-NO production by modulating caveolin 1 interaction with endothelial NO synthase.

VDAC: old protein with new roles in diabetes.

Tension Measurement in Isolated Rat and Mouse Pulmonary Artery.

Dihydropyridine Ca(2+) channel blockers increase cytosolic [Ca(2+)] by activating Ca(2+)-sensing receptors in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells.

Functional characterization of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels in mouse pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells: divergent effect of ROS.

Chronic hypoxia selectively enhances L- and T-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel activity in pulmonary artery by upregulating Cav1.2 and Cav3.2.

Endothelial and smooth muscle cell ion channels in pulmonary vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling.

Coronary endothelial dysfunction and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in type 2 diabetic mice.

Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) regulates melanoma proliferation and cell migration.

Hyperthermia generated with ferucarbotran (Resovist®) in an alternating magnetic field enhances cisplatin-induced apoptosis of cultured human oral cancer cells.

In vivo selective expression of thyroid hormone receptor α1 in endothelial cells attenuates myocardial injury in experimental myocardial infarction in mice.

Flow shear stress enhances intracellular Ca2+ signaling in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Deficiency of Akt1, but not Akt2, attenuates the development of pulmonary hypertension.

Notch Activation of Ca(2+) Signaling in the Development of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction and Pulmonary Hypertension.

Upregulated expression of STIM2, TRPC6, and Orai2 contributes to the transition of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells from a contractile to proliferative phenotype.

O-GlcNAcase overexpression reverses coronary endothelial cell dysfunction in type 1 diabetic mice.

SGLT inhibitors attenuate NO-dependent vascular relaxation in the pulmonary artery but not in the coronary artery.

ATP promotes cell survival via regulation of cytosolic [Ca2+] and Bcl-2/Bax ratio in lung cancer cells.

Pathogenic role of calcium-sensing receptors in the development and progression of pulmonary hypertension.