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Ueda K, Takano H, Niitsuma Y, Hasegawa H, Uchiyama R, Oka T, Miyazaki M, Nakaya H, Komuro I. Sonic hedgehog is a critical mediator of erythropoietin-induced cardiac protection in mice. J Clin Invest 120:2016-2029, 2010.
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Komuro I. and Izumo S. Csx: a murine homeobox-containing gene specifically expressed in the developing heart. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 90:8145-8149, 1993.
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Komuro I and Yazaki Y. Control of cardiac gene expression by mechanical stress. Annu Rev Physiol.55:55-75, 1993.
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Yamazaki T, Komuro I, Kudoh S, Zou Y, Shiojima I, Mizuno T, Takano H, Hiroi Y, Ueki K, Tobe K, Kadowaki T, Nagai R and Yazaki Y. Mechanical Stress Activates Protein Kinase Cascade of Phosphorylation in Neonatal Rat Cardiac Myocytes. J Clin Invest 96:438-446, 1995.
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Aikawa R, Komuro I, Yamazaki T, Zou Y, Kudoh S, Tanaka M, Shiojima I, Hiroi Y and Yazaki Y. Oxidative Stress Activates Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases Through Src and Ras in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes of Neonatal Rats. J Clin Invest 100:1813-1821, 1997.
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Hiroi Y, Kudoh S, Monzen K, Ikeda Y, Yazaki Y, Nagai R, Komuro I. Tbx5 associates withNkx2-5 and synergistically promotes cardiomyocyte differentiation. Nat Genet 28:276- 280 2001.
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Miyauchi H, Minamino T, Tateno K, Kunieda T, Toko H, Komuro I. Akt negatively regulates the in vitro lifespan of human endothelial cells via a p53/p21-dependent pathway. EMBO J 23: 212-220, 2004.
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Zou Y, Akazawa H, Qin Y, Sano M, Takano H, Minamino T, Makita N, Iwanaga K, Zhu W, Kudoh S, Toko H, Tamura K, Kihara M, Nagai T, Fukamizu A, Umemura S, Iiri T, Fujita T, Komuro I. Mechanical stress activates angiotensin II type 1 receptor without the involvement of angiotensin II. Nat Cell Biol 6:499-506, 2004.
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Iwamoto T, Kita S, Zhang J, Blaustein M.P, Arai Y, Yoshida S, Wakimoto K, Komuro I, Katsuragi T. Salt-sensitive hypertension is triggered by Ca(2+) entry via Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger type-1 in vascular smooth muscle. Nat Med 10:1193-1199, 2004.
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Harada M, Qin Y, Takano H, Minamino T, Zou Y, Toko H, Ohtsuka M, Matsuura K, Sano M, Nishi J, Akazawa H, Kunieda T, Zhu W, Hasegawa H, Kunisada K, Nagai T, Nakaya H, Yamauchi-Takihara K, Komuro I. G-CSF prevents cardiac Remodeling after myocardial infarction by activating Jak/Stat in cardiomyocytes. Nat Med 11:305-311, 2005.
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Sano M, Minamino T, Toko H, Miyauchi H, Orimo M, Qin Y, Akazawa H, Tateno K, Kayama Y, Harada M, Shimizu I, Asahara T, Hamada H, Tomita S, Molkentin J.D, Zou Y, Komuro I. p53-induced inhibition of Hif-1 causes cardiac dysfunction during pressure overload. Nature 446:444-448, 2007.
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Monzen K, Ito Y, Naito A.T, Kasai H, Hiroi Y, Hayashi D, Shiojima I, Yamazaki T, Miyazono K, Asashima, M., Nagai, R., Komuro, I. A crucial role of a high mobility group protein HMGA2 in cardiogenesis. Nat Cell Biol 10:567-574, 2008.
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Zhu W, Shiojima I, Ito Y, Li Z, Ikeda H, Yoshida M, Naito A.T, Nishi J.I, Ueno H, Umezawa A, Minamino T, Nagai T, Kikuchi A, Asashima M, Komuro I. IGFBP-4 is an inhibitor of canonical Wnt signalling required for cardiogenesis. Nature 454:345-349, 2008.
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Matsuura K, Honda A, Nagai T, Fukushima N, Iwanaga K, Tokunaga M, Shimizu T, Okano T, Kasanuki H, Hagiwara N, Komuro I. Transplantation of cardiac progenitor cells ameliorates cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction in mice. J Clin Invest 119:2204-2217, 2009.
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Minamino T, Orimo M, Shimizu I, Kunieda T, Yokoyama M, Ito T, Nojima A, Nabetani A, Oike Y, Matsubara H, Ishikawa F, Komuro I. A crucial role for adipose tissue p53 in the regulation of insulin resistance. Nat Med 15:1082-1087, 2009.
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Komuro I, Kurabayashi M, Shibazaki Y, Takaku F and Yazaki Y. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Ca2+, Mg2+- Dependent Adenosine Triphospatase from Rat Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum. Regulation of its Expression by Pressure Overload and Developmental Stage. J Clin Invest 83:1102-1108, 1989.
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Shimizu I, Minamino T, Toko H, Okada S, Ikeda H, Yasuda N, Tateno K, Moriya J, Yokoyama M, Nojima A, Koh GY, Akazawa H, Shiojima I, Kahn CR, Abel ED, Komuro I. Excessive cardiac insulin signaling exacerbates systolic dysfunction induced by pressure overload in rodents. J Clin Invest. 2010;120:1506-14.
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Liao CH, Akazawa H, Tamagawa M, Ito K, Yasuda N, Kudo Y, Yamamoto R, Ozasa Y, Fujimoto M, Wang P, Nakauchi H, Nakaya H, Komuro I. Cardiac mast cells cause atrial fibrillation through PDGF-A-mediated fibrosis in pressure-overloaded mouse hearts. J Clin Invest 120:242-253, 2010.
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Naito AT, Sumida T, Nomura S, Liu ML, Higo T, Nakagawa A, Okada K, Sakai T, Hashimoto A, Hara Y, Shimizu I, Zhu W, Toko H, Katada A, Akazawa H, Oka T, Lee JK, Minamino T, Nagai T, Walsh K, Kikuchi A, Matsumoto M, Botto M, Shiojima I, Komuro I. Complement C1q activates canonical Wnt signaling and promotes aging-related phenotypes. Cell 149:1298-1313, 2012.
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Oka T, Hikoso S, Yamaguchi O, Taneike M, Takeda T, Tamai T, Oyabu J, Murakawa T, Nakayama H, Nishida K, Akira S, Yamamoto A, Komuro I, Otsu K. Mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy causes inflammation and heart failure. Nature 485:251-255, 2012.
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Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Katsuno T, Tateno K, Okada S, Moriya J, Yokoyama M, Nojima A, Ito T, Zechner R, Komuro I, Kobayashi Y, Minamino T.p53-induced adipose tissue inflammation is critically involved in the development of insulin resistance in heart failure.Cell Metab. 2012 Jan 4;15(1):51-64.
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Sumida T, Naito AT, Nomura S, Higo T, Hashimoto A, Okada K, Sakai T, Ito M, Yamaguchi T, Oka T, Akazawa H, Lee JK, Minamino T, Offermanns S, Noda T, Botto M, Kobayashi Y, Morita H, Manabe I, Nagai T, Shiojima I, Komuro I. Complement C1q-induced activation of β-cateninsignalling causes hypertensive arterial remodelling. Nat Commun 6:6241, 2015.
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Semba H, Takeda N, Isagawa T, Sugiura Y, Honda K, Wake M, Miyazawa H, Yamaguchi Y, Miura M, Jenkins DM, Choi H, Kim JW, Asagiri M, Cowburn AS, Abe H, Soma K, Koyama K, Katoh M, Sayama K, Goda N, Johnson RS, Manabe I, Nagai R, Komuro I. HIF-1α-PDK1 axis-induced active glycolysis plays an essential role in macrophage migratory capacity. Nat Commun 7:11635, 2016.
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Fujiu K, Shibata M, Nakayama Y, Ogata F, Matsumoto S, Noshita K, Iwami S, Nakae S, Komuro I, Nagai R, Manabe I. A heart-brain-kidney network controls adaptation to cardiac stress through tissue macrophage activation. Nat Med.23:611-622, 2017.
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Higo T, Naito AT, Sumida T, Shibamoto M, Okada K, Nomura S, Nakagawa A, Yamaguchi T, Sakai T, Hashimoto A, Kuramoto Y, Ito M, Hikoso S, Akazawa H, Lee JK, Shiojima I, McKinnon PJ, Sakata Y, Komuro I. DNA single-strand break-induced DNA damage response causes heart failure. Nat Commun.8:15104, 2017.
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Sumida T, Lincoln MR, Ukeje CM, Rodriguez DM, Akazawa H, Noda T, Naito AT, Komuro I, Dominguez-Villar M, Hafler DA. Activated β-catenin in Foxp3+ regulatory T cells links inflammatory environments to autoimmunity. Nat Immunol. 19:1391-1402, 2018.
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Nomura S, Satoh M, Fujita T, Higo T, Sumida T, Ko T, Yamaguchi T, Tobita T, Naito AT, Ito M, Fujita K, Harada M, Toko H, Kobayashi Y, Ito K, Takimoto E, Akazawa H, Morita H, Aburatani H, Komuro I. Cardiomyocyte gene programs encoding morphological and functional signatures in cardiac hypertrophy and failure. Nat Commun. 9:4435, 2018
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Yoshida Y, Nakanishi K, Daimon M, Ishiwata J, Sawada N, Hirokawa M, Kaneko H, Nakao T, Mizuno Y, Morita H, Di Tullio MR, Homma S, Komuro I.Alteration of Cardiac Performance and Serum B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Level in Healthy Aging. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019;74:1789-1800.
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Abe H, Takeda N, Isagawa T, Semba H, Nishimura S, Morioka MS, Nakagama Y, Sato T, Soma K, Koyama K, Wake M, Katoh M, Asagiri M, Neugent ML, Kim JW, Stockmann C, Yonezawa T, Inuzuka R, Hirota Y, Maemura K, Yamashita T, Otsu K, Manabe I, Nagai R, Komuro I. Macrophage hypoxia signaling regulates cardiac fibrosis via Oncostatin M. Nat Commun. 2019;10:2824.
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Hara H, Takeda N, Kondo M, Kubota M, Saito T, Maruyama J, Fujiwara T, Maemura S, Ito M, Naito AT, Harada M, Toko H, Nomura S, Kumagai H, Ikeda Y, Ueno H, Takimoto E, Akazawa H, Morita H, Aburatani H, Hata Y, Uchiyama M, Komuro I. Discovery of a Small Molecule to Increase Cardiomyocytes and Protect the Heart After Ischemic Injury. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2018;3:639-653.