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Homeostatic Inflammation
Homeostatic Inflammation in Heart Disease
How inflammation is regulated in the heart and contributes to the transition from adaptive cardiac hypertrophy to heart failure will be discussed.
Mar 13, 2022 9:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Kobe, Online
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
Project
Project
Aging in Cardiovascular Medicine
Aging and cardiovascular disease will be discussed.
Jan 25, 2022 7:00 PM — 8:00 PM
Tokyo, Online
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
Project
Pathogenic Basis of Thromboinflammation and Endothelial Injury in COVID-19: Current Findings and Therapeutic Implications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global …
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
,
Wenhao Liu, M.D.
,
Takumi Obana
,
Masataka Sata
Project
DOI
Biodegradable Extremely-Small-Diameter Vascular Graft Made of Silk Fibroin can be Implanted in Mice
Aim, Synthetic vascular grafts are widely used in surgical revascularization, mainly for medium- to large-sized vessels. However, …
Kimie Tanaka
,
Daiju Fukuda
,
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
,
Yoichiro Hirata
,
Issei Komuro
,
Toshiki Saotome
,
Yoshihiro Yamashita
,
Tetsuo Asakura
,
Masataka Sata
Project
DOI
Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 9 Impairs Blood Flow Recovery After Hind-Limb Ischemia
Background, Peripheral artery disease causes significant functional disability and results in impaired quality of life. Ischemic tissue …
Sachiko Nishimoto
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Kunduziayi Aini
,
Daiju Fukuda
,
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
,
Kimie Tanaka
,
Yoichiro Hirata
,
Shunsuke Yagi
,
Kenya Kusunose
,
Hirotsugu Yamada
,
Takeshi Soeki
,
Michio Shimabukuro
,
Masataka Sata
Project
DOI
Toll-Like Receptor 9 Plays a Pivotal Role in Angiotensin II-Induced Atherosclerosis
Background Toll-like receptor ( TLR ) 9 recognizes bacterial DNA , activating innate immunity, whereas it also provokes inflammation in …
Daiju Fukuda
,
Sachiko Nishimoto
,
Kunduziayi Aini
,
Atsushi Tanaka
,
Tsuyoshi Nishiguchi
,
Joo-Ri Kim-Kaneyama
,
Xiao-Feng Lei
,
Kiyoshi Masuda
,
Takuya Naruto
,
Kimie Tanaka
,
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
,
Yoichiro Hirata
,
Shunsuke Yagi
,
Kenya Kusunose
,
Hirotsugu Yamada
,
Takeshi Soeki
,
Issei Komuro
,
Takashi Akasaka
,
Michio Shimabukuro
,
Masataka Sata
Project
DOI
Obesity-induced DNA released from adipocytes stimulates chronic adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance
Obesity stimulates chronic inflammation in adipose tissue, which is associated with insulin resistance, although the underlying …
Sachiko Nishimoto
,
Daiju Fukuda
,
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
,
Kimie Tanaka
,
Yoichiro Hirata
,
Chie Murata
,
Joo-Ri Kim-Kaneyama
,
Fukiko Sato
,
Masahiro Bando
,
Shunsuke Yagi
,
Takeshi Soeki
,
Tetsuya Hayashi
,
Issei Komuro
,
Hiroshi Sakaue
,
Michio Shimabukuro
,
Masataka Sata
Project
DOI
Pioglitazone Reduces Vascular Lipid Accumulation in Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertensive Rat
Aim, In an insulin-resistant state, excess lipids may accumulate in various non-adipose tissues, leading to histological and functional …
Aiko Sakamoto
,
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
,
Makiko Hongo
,
Yasushi Imai
,
Kazuhiko Koike
,
Ryozo Nagai
,
Issei Komuro
,
Nobukazu Ishizaka
Project
DOI
Endothelial PGC-1α mediates vascular dysfunction in diabetes
Endothelial dysfunction is a central hallmark of diabetes. The transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α is a powerful regulator of …
Naoki Sawada
,
Aihua Jiang
,
Fumihiko Takizawa
,
Adeel Safdar
,
Andre Manika
,
Yevgenia Tesmenitsky
,
Kyu-Tae Kang
,
Joyce Bischoff
,
Hermann Kalwa
,
Juliano L. Sartoretto
,
Yasutomi Kamei
,
Laura E. Benjamin
,
Hirotaka Watada
,
Yoshihiro Ogawa
,
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
,
Chase W. Kessinger
,
Farouc A. Jaffer
,
Thomas Michel
,
Masataka Sata
,
Kevin Croce
,
Rica Tanaka
,
Zolt Arany
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DOI
HMGB1 plays a critical role in vascular inflammation and lesion formation via toll-like receptor 9
Objective, Endogenous ligands such as high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and nucleic acids are released by dying cells and bind to …
Yoichiro Hirata
,
Hirotsugu Kurobe
,
Mayuko Higashida
,
Daiju Fukuda
,
Michio Shimabukuro
,
Kimie Tanaka
,
Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC
,
Tetsuya Kitagawa
,
Masataka Sata
Project
DOI
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