Search Results - "Soma, Masaaki"
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Orally administered eicosapentaenoic acid reduces and stabilizes atherosclerotic lesions in ApoE-deficient mice
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-04-2008)“…Abstract Accumulating evidence demonstrates that dietary intake of n -3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) is associated with reduced incidence of…”
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Oral eicosapentaenoic acid supplementation as possible therapy for endometriosis
Published in Fertility and sterility (01-10-2008)“…Objective To investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of n-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) compared with n-6 linoleic acid (LA) in an endometriosis rat model. We…”
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Eicosapentaenoic acid increases cytochrome P-450 2J2 gene expression and epoxyeicosatrienoic acid production via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ in endothelial cells
Published in Journal of cardiology (01-12-2009)“…Summary ω-3 fatty acids, such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have beneficial effects on cardiovascular diseases. Cytochrome…”
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Inhibitory effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on chronic cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: possible involvement of a sphingosylphosphorylcholine-rho-kinase pathway
Published in Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) (01-01-2008)“…Rho-kinase (ROK)-mediated Ca2+ sensitization of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) contraction plays a pivotal role in cerebral vasospasm (CV). We previously…”
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Elevated concentrations of sphingosylphosphorylcholine in cerebrospinal fluid after subarachnoid hemorrhage: A possible role as a spasmogen
Published in Journal of clinical neuroscience (01-08-2009)“…Abstract This study investigates the role of sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC) in the mechanisms underlying cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage…”
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Stabilizing effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on Kv1.5 channel protein expressed in mammalian cells
Published in European journal of pharmacology (14-02-2009)“…We investigated the effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the stability of Kv1.5 channel protein. The expression and…”
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Acute and chronic effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on voltage-gated sodium channel expressed in cultured human bronchial smooth muscle cells
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (17-06-2005)“…This study investigated acute and chronic effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on voltage-gated Na + current ( I Na) expressed in cultured human bronchial…”
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Eicosapentaenoic Acid Suppresses Basal and Insulin-Stimulated Endothelin-1 Production in Human Endothelial Cells
Published in Hypertension Research (01-08-2003)“…cis-Polyunsaturated fatty acids such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are the major fatty acids contained in fish oil, and are known to affect the various…”
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Fetus-specific expression of a form of cytochrome P-450 in human livers
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (08-05-1990)“…The developmentally regulated expression of forms of cytochrome P-450, namely, those encoded by lambda HFL33 and NF25 or HLp cDNAs, which were isolated from…”
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Eicosapentaenoic acid reduces myocardial injury induced by ischemia and reperfusion in rabbit hearts
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Influence of cellular incorporation of n-3 eicosapentaenoic acid on intracellular Ca2+ concentration and membrane potential in vascular smooth muscle cells
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-05-1998)“…Long-term treatment with n-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) has been shown to exert hypotensive effects and have beneficial effects on atherosclerosis. To…”
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Cholesterol Primes Vascular Smooth Muscle to Induce Ca2+ Sensitization Mediated by a Sphingosylphosphorylcholine–Rho-Kinase Pathway: Possible Role for Membrane Raft
Published in Circulation research (04-08-2006)“…Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor involved in abnormal cardiovascular events. Rho-kinase–mediated Ca sensitization of vascular smooth muscle (VSM)…”
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Eicosapentaenoic acid prevents endothelin-1-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in vitro through the suppression of TGF-beta 1 and phosphorylated JNK
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-08-2006)“…The cardiovascular benefit of fish oil in humans and experimental animals has been reported. Endothelin (ET)-1 is a well-known cardiac hypertrophic factor…”
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A monoclonal antibody (MSN-1) against a newly established uterine endometrial cancer cell line (SNG-II) and its application to immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry
Published in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology (01-10-1989)“…To determine a phenotypic difference between normal endometrium and endometrial adenocarcinoma, a new monoclonal antibody (MSN-1) was produced by immunizing a…”
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Abstract 3660: Cardioprotective Effect of Eicosapentaenoic Acid, an Important Fish Oil, through Suppression of Endothelin-1-induced Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy via PPAR-α
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (16-10-2007)“…Abstract only A growing body of evidences report the cardiovascular benefit of fish oil including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in humans and experimental…”
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Oral eicosapentaenoic acid supplementation as possible therapy for endometriosis: Reproductive Biology
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EPA effect on NOS gene expression and on NO level in endothelin-1-induced hypertrophied cardiomyocytes
Published in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) (01-06-2006)“…Cardiomyocytes release (or metabolize) several diffusible agents (e.g., nitric oxide [NO], endothelin-1 [ET-1], and angiotensin II) that exert direct effects…”
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Changes in important apoptosis-related molecules in the endothelin-1-induced hypertrophied cardiomyocytes: effect of the pretreatment with eicosapentaenoic Acid
Published in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) (01-06-2006)“…Human heart failure is preceded by a process called cardiac remodeling, in which heart chambers progressively enlarge and contractile function deteriorates…”
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Cholesterol Primes Vascular Smooth Muscle to Induce Ca 2 Sensitization Mediated by a Sphingosylphosphorylcholine–Rho-Kinase Pathway: Possible Role for Membrane Raft
Published in Circulation research (04-08-2006)“…Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor involved in abnormal cardiovascular events. Rho-kinase–mediated Ca 2+ sensitization of vascular smooth muscle (VSM)…”
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Cholesterol Primes Vascular Smooth Muscle to Induce Ca super(2) Sensitization Mediated by a Sphingosylphosphorylcholine-Rho-Kinase Pathway: Possible Role for Membrane Raft
Published in Circulation research (04-08-2006)“…Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor involved in abnormal cardiovascular events. Rho-kinase-mediated Ca super(2+) sensitization of vascular smooth…”
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