Ritsuo Watanabe
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Recent Articles
1.
Ogawa O, Watanabe R, Shimizu H, Masani F
Ann Vasc Dis
. 2013 Apr;
4(3):256-9.
PMID: 23555464
A young male suffering from renovascular hypertension was admitted. His initial arteriogram highlighted a focal stenosis of the right renal artery. His intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) revealed increasing medial layer thickness...
2.
Ogawa O, Watanabe R, Shimizu H, Masani F
Intern Med
. 2011 Sep;
50(18):1963-7.
PMID: 21921377
A young woman who was experiencing repeated convulsions was admitted. The patient's brain magnetic resonance image revealed reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy. Blood pressure fluctuated at times to more than 200 mmHg,...
3.
Ding L, Hanawa H, Ota Y, Hasegawa G, Hao K, Asami F, et al.
Circ J
. 2010 Jan;
74(3):523-30.
PMID: 20057160
Background: Lipocalin-2/neutrophil gelatinase-B associated lipocalin (Lcn2/NGAL) is involved in the transport of iron and seems to play an important role in inflammation. A recent study has reported that it is...
4.
Isoda M, Hanawa H, Watanabe R, Yoshida T, Toba K, Yoshida K, et al.
J Nutr Biochem
. 2009 Jul;
21(8):749-56.
PMID: 19615879
The micronutrient iron is an essential component that plays a role in many crucial metabolic reactions. The peptide hormone hepcidin is thought to play a central role in iron homeostasis...
5.
Watanabe R, Hanawa H, Yoshida T, Ito M, Isoda M, Chang H, et al.
Transl Res
. 2008 Sep;
152(3):119-27.
PMID: 18774541
Cardiomyocytes with myocarditis compared with the normal state are thought to change the expressions of various genes greatly, some of which may be new biomarkers or new biologic medicinal products....
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Chang H, Hanawa H, Liu H, Yoshida T, Hayashi M, Watanabe R, et al.
J Immunol
. 2006 Sep;
177(6):3635-43.
PMID: 16951323
IL-22 is one of several cytokines with limited homology to IL-10. However, the biological activities of IL-22 are mostly unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect...
7.
Abe S, Hanawa H, Hayashi M, Yoshida T, Komura S, Watanabe R, et al.
J Card Fail
. 2005 Oct;
11(7):557-64.
PMID: 16198253
Background: Rat experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) is a T cell-mediated disease that resembled the giant cell myocarditis seen in humans. Soluble CTLA4 improves some autoimmune diseases by blocking costimulatory signals...
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Yoshida T, Hanawa H, Toba K, Watanabe H, Watanabe R, Yoshida K, et al.
Cardiovasc Res
. 2005 Jul;
68(2):278-88.
PMID: 16018993
Background: In a heart with myocarditis, there are cardiomyocytes, inflammatory cells, and non-inflammatory interstitial cells. Immunological molecules are thought to influence not only inflammatory cells but also cardiac function and...
9.
Elnaggar R, Hanawa H, Liu H, Yoshida T, Hayashi M, Watanabe R, et al.
Eur J Immunol
. 2005 May;
35(6):1995-2005.
PMID: 15902684
Interleukin (IL)-13 is a pleiotropic cytokine secreted by activated Th2 T lymphocytes. Th1 cytokines are assumed to exacerbate and Th2 cytokines to ameliorate rat experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM). Here, we...
10.
Tsuchida K, Hori T, Tanabe N, Makiyama Y, Ozawa T, Saigawa T, et al.
Circ J
. 2005 Apr;
69(5):521-5.
PMID: 15849436
Background: Elevated lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) concentrations are reported to impair endothelium-dependent vasodilatation of the epicardial coronary artery. However, the effects on vasomotor abnormalities in coronary spastic angina (CSA) have not been...