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A Model-Predictive Hypnosis Control System Under Total Intravenous Anesthesia by Sawaguchi, Yoshihito, Furutani, Eiko, Shirakami, Gotaro, Araki, Mituhiko, Fukuda, Kazuhiko

“…In ambulatory surgery, anesthetic drugs must be administered at a suitable rate to prevent adverse reactions after discharge from the hospital. To realize more…”
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Brain natriuretic peptide as a novel cardiac hormone in humans : evidence for an exquisite dual natriuretic peptide system, atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide by MUKOYAMA, M, NAKAO, K, KAMBAYASHI, Y, INOUYE, K, IMURA, H, HOSODA, K, SUGA, S.-I, SAITO, Y, OGAWA, Y, SHIRAKAMI, G, JOUGASAKI, M, OBATA, K, YASUE, H

“…Using a specific radioimmunoassay for human brain natriuretic peptide (hBNP) with a monoclonal antibody, we have investigated its synthesis, secretion, and…”
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Natriuretic Peptides as Cardiac Hormones in Normotensive and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats: The Ventricle Is a Major Site of Synthesis and Secretion of Brain Natriuretic Peptide by Ogawa, Yoshihiro, Nakao, Kazuwa, Mukoyama, Masashi, Hosoda, Kiminori, Shirakami, Gotaro, Arai, Hiroshi, Saito, Yoshihiko, Suga, Shin-ichi, Jougasaki, Michihisa, Imura, Hiroo

“…To study synthesis, storage, and secretion of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in the heart, we have measured BNP mRNA and BNP concentrations in the hearts of…”
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Plasma levels of brain and atrial natriuretic peptides elevate in proportion to left ventricular end-systolic wall stress in patients with aortic stenosis by Ikeda, Tadashi, Matsuda, Katsuhiko, Itoh, Hiroshi, Shirakami, Gotaro, Miyamoto, Yoshihiro, Yoshimasa, Takaaki, Nakao, Kazuwa, Ban, Toshihiko

“…Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a novel cardiac hormone secreted predominantly from the ventricle. We examined the plasma levels of BNP and atrial…”
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Detection of C-type natriuretic peptide in human circulation and marked increase of plasma CNP level in septic shock patients by Hama, N, Itoh, H, Shirakami, G, Suga, S, Komatsu, Y, Yoshimasa, T, Tanaka, I, Mori, K, Nakao, K

“…We have previously reported that C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), the third member of natriuretic family, was produced in vascular endothelial cells and…”
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Expression of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Gene in Human Heart: Production in the Ventricle by Hosoda, Kiminori, Nakao, Kazuwa, Mukoyama, Masashi, Saito, Yoshihiko, Jougasaki, Michihisa, Shirakami, Gotaro, Suga, Shin-ichi, Ogawa, Yoshihiro, Yasue, Hirofumi, Imura, Hiroo

“…To elucidate the expression of the brain natriuretic peptide gene in the human heart, we have measured brain natriuretic peptide mRNA levels in hearts using…”
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Propofol stimulates ciliary motility via the nitric oxide-cyclic GMP pathway in cultured rat tracheal epithelial cells by SHIRAKAMI, G, DECHUN LI, XINHUA ZHAN, JOHNS, R. A

“…Airway ciliary motility is impaired by inhaled anesthetics. Recent reports show that nitric oxide (NO) induces upregulation in ciliary beat frequency (CBF),…”
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Plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentrations in healthy children from birth to adolescence: marked and rapid increase after birth by Yoshibayashi, M, Kamiya, T, Saito, Y, Nakao, K, Nishioka, K, Temma, S, Itoh, H, Shirakami, G, Matsuo, H

“…The aim of the present study is to establish the normal range and to determine the developmental changes of plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)…”
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Phenotype-Related Alteration in Expression of Natriuretic Peptide Receptors in Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells by Suga, Shin-ichi, Nakao, Kazuwa, Kishimoto, Ichiro, Hosoda, Kiminori, Mukoyama, Masashi, Arai, Hiroshi, Shirakami, Gotaro, Ogawa, Yoshihiro, Komatsu, Yasato, Nakagawa, Osamu, Hama, Norio, Imura, Hiroo

“…To elucidate the physiological and pathophysiological roles of the natriuretic peptide family in vascular smooth muscle cells, in which the natriuretic peptide…”
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Characterization of the 5'-flanking region and chromosomal assignment of the human brain natriuretic peptide gene by OGAWA, Y, ITOH, H, NAKAGAWA, O, SHIRAKAMI, G, TAMURA, N, YOSHIMASA, T, NAGATA, K, YOSHIDA, N, NAKAO, K

“…Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a cardiac hormone that occurs predominantly in the ventricle, and synthesis and secretion of BNP are greatly augmented in…”
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Stomach is a major source of circulating ghrelin, and feeding state determines plasma ghrelin-like immunoreactivity levels in humans by ARIYASU, Hiroyuki, TAKAYA, Kazuhiko, SHIRAKAMI, Gotaro, USUI, Takeshi, SHIMATSU, Akira, DOI, Kentaro, HOSODA, Hiroshi, KOJIMA, Masayasu, KANGAWA, Kenji, NAKAO, Kazuwa, TAGAMI, Tetsuya, OGAWA, Yoshihiro, HOSODA, Kiminori, AKAMIZU, Takashi, SUDA, Michio, KOH, Toshikiyo, NATSUI, Koshi, TOYOOKA, Shigetake

“…Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the GH secretagogue receptor, was isolated from rat stomach and is involved in a novel system for regulating GH release…”
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Effects of Anesthesia and Surgery on Plasma Endothelin Levels by Shirakami, Gotaro, Magaribuchi, Tatsuo, Shingu, Koh, Saito, Yoshihiko, Oʼhigashi, Toyohiko, Nakao, Kazuwa, Mori, Kenjiro

“…To investigate the clinical significance of endothelin (ET), a potent and long-acting vasoconstrictor peptide in anesthesia and surgery, we measured plasma…”
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Chronic blockade of endogenous atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) by monoclonal antibody against ANP accelerates the development of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive and deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt-hypertensive rats by ITOH, H, NAKAO, K, ARAI, H, YOSHIDA, I, IMURA, H, MUKOYAMA, M, YAMADA, T, HOSODA, K, SHIRAKAMI, G, MORII, N, SUGAWARA, A, SAITO, Y, SHIONO, S

“…To explain the pathophysiological significance of endogenous atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) in the development of hypertension, we examined the effect of…”
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Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor Does Not Reduce Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration of Halothane in Rats by Adachi, Takehiko, Kurata, Jiro, Nakao, Shin-ichi, Murakawa, Masahiro, Shichino, Tsutomu, Shirakami, Gotaro, Shinomura, Tetsutaro, Mori, Kenjiro

“…Nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor (N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester [L-NAME]) has been reported to reduce minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration (MAC) of…”
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Intracerebroventricular injection of brain natriuretic peptide inhibits vasopressin secretion in conscious rats by Yamada, T, Nakao, K, Itoh, H, Shirakami, G, Kangawa, K, Minamino, N, Matsuo, H, Imura, H

“…The effect of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a novel peptide purified from the porcine brain, on arginine…”
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Changes of endothelin concentration in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage by Shirakami, G, Magaribuchi, T, Shingu, K, Kim, S, Saito, Y, Nakao, K, Mori, K

“…To investigate the clinical significance of endothelin (ET), a potent vasoconstrictor peptide, in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and SAH-related cerebral…”
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Application of monoclonal antibodies for endothelin to hypertensive research by SAITO, Y, NAKAO, K, OGAWA, Y, NAKAJIMA, S, UEDA, M, IMURA, H, MUKOYAMA, M, SHIRAKAMI, G, ITOH, H, YAMADA, T, ARAI, H, HOSODA, K, SUGA, S.-I, JOUGASAKI, M

“…We developed six kinds of monoclonal antibodies against endothelin (ET)-1 recognizing different epitopes with high affinities (5 x 10(10) M-1 to 5 x 10(11)…”
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Biosynthesis, secretion, and receptor selectivity of human brain natriuretic peptide by Nakao, K, Mukoyama, M, Hosoda, K, Suga, S, Ogawa, Y, Saito, Y, Shirakami, G, Arai, H, Jougasaki, M, Imura, H

“…Biosynthesis, secretion and receptor selectivity of human brain natriuretic peptide (hBNP) were studied. The BNP mRNA level in the ventricle was approximately…”
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Rat brain natriuretic peptide : isolation from rat heart and tissue distribution by NAKAO, K, ITOH, H, JOUGASAKI, M, OGAWA, Y, INOUYE, K, IMURA, H, KAMBAYASHI, Y, HOSODA, K, SAITO, Y, YAMADA, T, MUKOYAMA, M, ARAI, H, SHIRAKAMI, G, SUGA, S.-I

“…We have isolated a cardiac natriuretic peptide of 5,000 d from atrial tissues from 500 rats and determined its amino acid sequence. The 5,000 d atrial…”
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Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Ventilation Decreases Plasma Atrial and Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Humans by Shirakami, Gotaro, Magaribuchi, Tatsuo, Shingu, Koh, Suga, Shin-ichi, Tamai, Sunao, Nakao, Kazuwa, Mori, Kenjiro

“…To investigate the possible role of atrial and brain natriuretic peptides (ANP and BNP) in the renal effects of mechanical ventilation with positive…”
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