Researcher Database

NISHIZAWA Mikio

Department / Course College of Life Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences

Title / Position Professor

Papers
1.	2023/08/16	Hydrophobic constituents of Polygonum multiflorum roots promote renal erythropoietin expression in healthy mice │ Journal of Natural Medicines │ 77,pp.880-890 (Co-authored)
2.	2023/07/01	Combination therapy with a sense oligonucleotide to inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA and human soluble thrombomodulin improves survival of sepsis model rats after partial hepatectomy │ Shock │ 60 (1),pp.84-91 (Co-authored)
3.	2023/06/28	Identification of Anti-Inflammatory Compounds from Peucedanum praeruptorum Roots by Using Nitric Oxide-Producing Rat Hepatocytes Stimulated by Interleukin 1β │ Molecules │ 28,pp.5076 (Co-authored)
4.	2023/04	White-skinned sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) acutely suppresses postprandial blood glucose elevation by improving insulin sensitivity in normal rats │ Heliyon │ 9 (4),pp.e14719 (Co-authored)
5.	2022/08	Anti-inflammatory effects of hydrophobic constituents in the extract of the root cortex of Paeonia suffruticosa │ Bioactive Compounds in Health and Disease │ 5 (8),pp.160-173 (Co-authored)
6.	2022/06	Anti-inflammatory effects of anthraquinones of Polygonum multiflorum roots │ Bioactive Compounds in Health and Disease │ 5 (6),pp.136-148 (Co-authored)
7.	2022/03	Bitter melon fruit extract enhances intracellular ATP production and insulin secretion from rat pancreatic β-cells │ British Journal of Nutrition │ 127 (3),pp.377-383 (Co-authored)
8.	2022/03	Omeprazole Increases Survival Through the Inhibition of Inflammatory Mediaters in Two Rat Sepsis Models. │ Shock │ 57 (3),pp.444-456 (Co-authored)
9.	2022/02	Detection of Decarboxylated Amino Acids after in Vitro Protease Digestion of the Hydrophilic Fraction of Crude Drug Extracts │ Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin │ 45 (2),pp.169-177 (Co-authored)
10.	2022/02	Hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory profile of sokeikakketsuto and makyoyokukanto in primary cultured rat hepatocytes │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 12 (2),pp.81-92 (Co-authored)
11.	2022	Two new monoterpene esters from the pericarps of Alpinia zerumbet │ Natural Product Research │ (Co-authored)
12.	2021/12	Comparison of the anti-inflammatory activities of furanocoumarins from the roots of Angelica dahurica. │ Bioactive Compounds in Health and Disease │ 4 (12),pp.287-300 (Co-authored)
13.	2021/02	Development of a new sense oligonucleotide drug for sepsis │ Medical Science Digest │ ,pp.104-105 (Co-authored)
14.	2020/11	Comparative Analysis of Anti-inflammatory Activity of the Constituents of the Rhizome of Cnidium officinale Using Rat Hepatocytes │ Biol. Pharm. Bull. │ 43 (12),pp.1867-1875 (Co-authored)
15.	2020/10/03	EPHA2 antisense RNA modulates EPHA2 mRNA levels in basal-like/ triple-negative breast cancer cells. │ Biochimie │ 179,pp.169-180 (Co-authored)
16.	2020/10	BOOK REVIEW: Indonesia-no-Ayurveda: Rakuen-no-Treatment JAMU. Translated from: Susan-Jane Beers, JAMU: The Ancient Indonesian Art of Herbal Healing, Takeshi ITOH (translator), Tokyo: Shuppansinsha, 2006. │ Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University │ 2,pp.184-186 (Sole-authored)
17.	2020/10	Research Project Report: Program for Asia-Japan Research Development, Asia-Japan Research Institute April 2017 – March 2020: Increase of Healthy Life Expectancy by Studies on Indonesian and Japanese Medicinal Plants. │ Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University │ 2,pp.217-223 (Sole-authored)
18.	2020/06	Bitter melon fruit extract has a hypoglycemic effect and reduces hepatic lipid accumulation in ob/ob mice. │ Phytotherapy Research │ 34 (6),pp.1338-1346 (Co-authored)
19.	2020/04	Comparison of the anti-colitis activities of Qing Dai/Indigo Naturalis constituents in mice. │ Journal of Pharmacological Sciences │ 142,pp.148-156 (Co-authored)
20.	2020/01	Antiinflammatory constituents of Atractylodes chinensis rhizome improve glomerular lesions in immunoglobulin A nephropathy model mice. │ Journal of Natural Medicines │ 74 (1),pp.51-64 (Co-authored)
21.	2020/01	Cinnamomi Cortex and Scutellariae Radix in the Japanese herbal medicine Kampo saireito inhibit expression of iNOS through different mechanisms in hepatocytes. │ Traditional and Kampo Medicine │ 7 (1),pp.38-47 (Co-authored)
22.	2020/01	Effect of heat processing on the chemical constituents and NO-suppressing activity of Bletilla Tuber. │ Journal of Natural Medicines │ 74 (1),pp.219-228 (Co-authored)
23.	2019/11	Anti-inflammatory kavalactones from Alpinia zerumbet. │ Fitoterapia │ 140 (104444) (Co-authored)
24.	2019/10	Effects of medicinal plant ipe on expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in inerleukin-1β-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 9 (10),pp.648-661 (Co-authored)
25.	2019/10	The proton pump inhibitor lansoprazole has hepatoprotective effects in in vitro and in vivo rat models of acute liver injury. │ Digestive Diseases and Sciences (Dig Dis Sci) │ 64 (10),pp.2854-2866 (Co-authored)
26.	2019/09	Levosimendan pretreatment improves survival of septic rats after partial hepatectomy and suppresses inoS induction in cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Scientific Reports │ 9 (13398) (Co-authored)
27.	2019/07	Essential amino acid tryptophan inhibits induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression in interleukin-1β stimulated hepatocytes. │ Bioactive Compounds in Health and Disease │ 2 (7),pp.170-182 (Co-authored)
28.	2019/04	Anti-inflammatory effect of foods and crude drugs in relation to bitter and spicy tastes. │ Bioactive Compounds in Health and Disease │ 2 (4),pp.77-93 (Co-authored)
29.	2019/03	Sakuranetin downregulates inducible nitric oxide synthase expression by affecting interleukin-1 receptor and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β. │ Journal of Natural Medicines │ 73 (2),pp.353-368 (Co-authored)
30.	2019/02	Assessment of anti-inflammatory effects of Japanese Kampo medicine versus functional foods. │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 9 (2),pp.79-91 (Co-authored)
31.	2019/01	The anti-inflammatory effects of Indonesian and Japanese bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) fruit extracts on interleukin-1β- treated hepatocytes. │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 9 (21),pp.16-33 (Co-authored)
32.	2018/12	Glutathione inhibits expression of the proinflammatory biomarker inducible nitric oxide synthase in hepatocytes. │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 8 (12),pp.544-560 (Co-authored)
33.	2018/10	Systematic analyses of Japanese Kampo drugs. │ AIP Conference Proceedings │ 2019 (050016) (Co-authored)
34.	2018/03	Metformin inhibits expression of the proinflammatory biomarker inducible nitric oxide synthase in hepatocytes. │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 8 (3),pp.175-192 (Co-authored)
35.	2018/01	A sense oligonucleotide to inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA increases the survival rate of rats in septic shock. │ Nitric Oxide │ 72,pp.32-40 (Co-authored)
36.	2017/10	Identification of antiinflammatory constituents in Phellodendri Cortex and Coptidis Rhizoma by monitoring the suppression of nitric oxide production │ Journal of Natural Medicines │ 71,pp.745-756 (Co-authored)
37.	2017/08	Identification of PGC-1α activating constituents in Zingiberaceous crude drugs │ Fitoterapia │ 122,pp.40-44 (Co-authored)
38.	2017/07	Curcumin protects liver inflammation by suppressing expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in primary cultured rat hepatocytes │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 7 (9),pp.716-734 (Co-authored)
39.	2017/06	Elental® amino acid component has protective effects on primary cultured hepatocytes and a rat model of acute liver injury. │ Nutrition Research │ 42,pp.71-84 (Co-authored)
40.	2017/04	Genipin inhibits the induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase through the inhibition of NF-κB activation in rat hepatocytes │ Drug Metabolism Letters │ 10 (4),pp.254-263 (Co-authored)
41.	2017/01	Lignans from guaiac resin decrease nitric oxide production in interleukin 1beta-treated hepatocytes. │ Journal of Natural Medicines │ 71 (1),pp.190-197 (Co-authored)
42.	2016/11	Protective effects of active hexose correlated compoundin a rat model of liver injury after hepatectomy. │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 6 (11),pp.702-717 (Co-authored)
43.	2016/09	Japanese kampo saireito has a liver-protective effect through the inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase induction in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. │ JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. │ 40 (7),pp.1033-1041 (Co-authored)
44.	2016/06	RNA networks that regulate mRNA expression and their potential as drug targets. │ RNA & Disease │ 3 (1),pp.e864 (Co-authored)
45.	2016/04	Comparative analysis of the constituents in Saposhnikoviae Radix and Glehniae Radix cum Rhizoma by monitoring inhibitory activity of nitric oxide production. │ Journal of Natural Medicines │ 70 (2),pp.253-259 (Co-authored)
46.	2016/02	Anti-inflammatory effects of enzyme-treated asparagus extract and its constituents in hepatocytes │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 6 (2),pp.91-109 (Co-authored)
47.	2015/07	Interferon-alpha competing endogenous RNA network antagonizes microRNA-1270. │ Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences │ 72 (14),pp.2749-2761 (Co-authored)
48.	2015/07	The constituents of licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis) differentially suppress nitric oxide production in interleukin-1beta-treated hepatocytes. │ Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports │ 2,pp.153–159 (Co-authored)
49.	2015/04	Influence of Rictor and Raptor Expression of mTOR Signaling on Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma │ Digestive Diseases and Sciences │ 60 (4),pp.919-928 (Co-authored)
50.	2015/02	Alpha-lipoic acid exerts a liver-protective effect in acute liver injury rats. │ Journal of Surgical Research (J Surg Res) │ 193 (2),pp.675–683 (Co-authored)
51.	2015/02	Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Liver Injury: Liver Protective Effects on Primary Rat Hepatocytes. │ Inflammation & Allergy - Drug Targets │ 14 (2),pp.77-83 (Co-authored)
52.	2015/01	A new flavanone and other flavonoids from green perilla leaf extract inhibit nitric oxide production in interleukin 1β-treated hepatocytes. │ Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. │ 79 (1),pp.138–146 (Co-authored)
53.	2015/01	Antipyretic analgesic drugs have different mechanisms for regulation of the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in hepatocytes and macrophages. │ Nitric Oxide │ 44,pp.61-70 (Co-authored)
54.	2015/01	Post-transcriptional inducible gene regulation by natural antisense RNA. │ Frontiers in Bioscience Landmark Edition [Front Biosci (Landmark Ed)] │ 20,pp.1-36 (Co-authored)
55.	2015/01	pyroGlu-Leu inhibits the induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase in interleukin-1β-stimulated primary cultured rat hepatocytes. │ Nitric Oxide │ 44,pp.81-87 (Co-authored)
56.	2014/09	Japanese Kampo Medicine, Ninjinyoeito, Inhibits the Induction of iNOS Gene Expression in Proinflammatory Cytokine-Stimulated Hepatocytes. │ British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. │ 4 (19),pp.2226-2244 (Co-authored)
57.	2014/09	Temporal and spatial dependence of inflammatory biomarkers and suppression by fluvastatin in dextran sodium sulfate-induced rat colitis model. │ Digestive Diseases and Sciences (Dig Dis Sci) │ 59 (9),pp.2126-2135 (Co-authored)
58.	2014/08	Adenosine, a hepato-protective component in active hexose correlated compound: its identification and iNOS suppression mechanism. │ Nitric Oxide. │ 40,pp.75-86 (Co-authored)
59.	2014/07	Bone marrow cells enhance liver regeneration after massive hepatectomy in mice. │ Digestive Diseases and Sciences (Dig Dis Sci) │ 59 (7),pp.1484-1489 (Co-authored)
60.	2014/05	Interleukin-1β induces tumor necrosis factor-α secretion from rat hepatocytes. │ Hepatology Research │ 44 (5),pp.571-583 (Co-authored)
61.	2014/04	The anti-inflammatory effects of flavanol-rich lychee fruit extract in rat hepatocytes. │ PLoS One │ 9 (4),pp.e93818 (Co-authored)
62.	2013/09	Citrus nobiletin suppresses inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression in interleukin-1beta-treated hepatocytes │ Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications │ 439 (1),pp.54–59 (Co-authored)
63.	2013/07	Fluvastatin inhibits the induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase, an inflammatory biomarker, in hepatocytes. │ Hepatology Research │ 43 (7),pp.775–784 (Co-authored)
64.	2013/06	Active hexose correlated compound extends the lifespan and increases the thermotolerance of nematodes. │ Functional Foods in Health and Disease │ 3 (6),pp.166-182 (Co-authored)
65.	2013/04	Natural antisense transcript-targeted regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA levels. │ Nitric Oxide │ 30,pp.9-16 (Co-authored)
66.	2013/04	Stabilization of human interferon-alpha1 mRNA by its antisense RNA. │ Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences │ 70 (8),pp.1451-1467 (Co-authored)
67.	2013/01	Gomisin N in the herbal drug gomishi (Schisandra chinensis) suppresses inducible nitric oxide synthase gene via C/EBPβ and NF-κB in rat hepatocytes. │ Nitric Oxide │ 28,pp.47-56 (Co-authored)
68.	2012/09	Characterization of natural antisense transcripts expressed from interleukin 1β-inducible genes in rat hepatocytes. │ HOAJ Biology (open access) │ 1 (10) (Co-authored)
69.	2012/05	Stimulation of liver regeneration after hepatectomy in mice by injection of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells via the portal vein. │ Transplant Proc. │ 44 (4),pp.1107-1109 (Co-authored)
70.	2012/04	Alpha-lipoic acid prevents the induction of iNOS gene expression through destabilization of its mRNA in proinflammatory cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Digestive Diseases and Sciences (Dig Dis Sci) │ 57 (4),pp.943-951 (Co-authored)
71.	2012/04	Chlorogenic acid from the Japanese herbal medicine Kinginka (Flos Lonicerae japonicae) suppresses the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in rat hepatocytes. │ HOAJ Biology (open access) │ 1,pp.2 (Co-authored)
72.	2012/01	Japanese herbal medicine, inchinkoto, inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase induction in interleukin-1β-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Hepatology Research │ 42 (1),pp.76-90 (Co-authored)
73.	2012/01	Regulation of inducible gene expression by natural antisense transcripts. │ Frontiers in Bioscience Landmark Edition [Front Biosci (Landmark Ed)] │ 17 (3),pp.938-958 (Co-authored)
74.	2012	Japanese herbal medicine hochuekkito inhibits the expression of proinflammatory biomarker, inducible nitric oxide synthase, in hepatocytes. │ Medicinal Chemistry (open access journal) │ 2 (112) (Co-authored)
75.	2011/11	Active hexose correlated compound inhibits the expression of proinflammatory biomarker iNOS in hepatocytes. │ European Surgical Research │ 47 (4),pp.274-283 (Co-authored)
76.	2011/10	Supplementation with a flavanol-rich lychee fruit extract influences the inflammatory status of young athletes. │ Phytotherapy Research │ 25 (10),pp.1486-1493 (Co-authored)
77.	2011/06	Sivelestat suppresses iNOS gene expression in proinflammatory cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Digestive Diseases and Scieces │ 56 (6),pp.1672-1681 (Co-authored)
78.	2011	Honeycomb form β-tricalcium phosphate induces osteogenesis by geometrical property with BMSC. │ Biomed Mater Eng. │ 21 (5-6),pp.291-306 (Co-authored)
79.	2011	Peroxidation of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids inhibits the induction of iNOS gene expression in proinflammatory cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism │ 2011,pp.374542 (Co-authored)
80.	2010/09	Novel cis-active structures in the coding region mediate CRM1-dependent nuclear export of IFN-alpha1 mRNA │ Medical Molecular Morphology (Med Mol Morphol) │ 43 (3),pp.145-157 (Co-authored)
81.	2010/01	Dexamethasone inhibits the induction of iNOS gene expression through destabilization of its mRNA in proinflammatory cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Shock │ 33 (1),pp.64-69 (Co-authored)
82.	2008/12	Edaravone inhibits the induction of iNOS gene expression at transcriptional and posttranscriptional steps in murine macrophages. │ Shock │ 30 (6),pp.734-739 (Co-authored)
83.	2008/11	Cloning, bacterial expression, and unique structure of adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase-like protein 1, or inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor-binding protein from mouse kidney. │ Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (Biochim Biophys Acta) │ 1784 (11),pp.1786-1794 (Co-authored)
84.	2008/09	Protective effect of FR183998, a Na(+)/H(+) exchanger inhibitor, and its inhibition of iNOS induction in hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. │ Shock │ 30 (3),pp.311-317 (Co-authored)
85.	2008/08	The revival of natural antisense transcripts. │ Seikagaku │ 80 (8),pp.747-751 (Co-authored)
86.	2008/06	Insulin-like growth factor 1 prevents liver injury through the inhibition of TNF-alpha and iNOS induction in D-galactosamine and LPS-treated rats. │ Shock │ 29 (6),pp.740-747 (Co-authored)
87.	2008/03	Edaravone prevents iNOS expression by inhibiting its promoter transactivation and mRNA stability in cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Nitric Oxide │ 18 (2),pp.105-112 (Co-authored)
88.	2008/02	Na(+)/H(+) exchanger inhibitor, FR183998, has protective effect in lethal acute liver failure and prevents iNOS induction in rats. │ Journal of Hepatology │ 48 (2),pp.289-299 (Co-authored)
89.	2008/02	Natural antisense transcript stabilizes inducible nitric oxide synthase messenger RNA in rat hepatocytes. │ Hepatology │ 47 (2),pp.686-697 (Co-authored)
90.	2008/02	Pitavastatin up-regulates the induction of iNOS through enhanced stabilization of its mRNA in pro-inflammatory cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Nitric Oxide │ 18 (1),pp.19-27 (Co-authored)
91.	2008/02	Rebamipide, anti-gastric ulcer drug, up-regulates the induction of iNOS in proinflammatory cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes. │ Nitric Oxide │ 18 (1),pp.28-36 (Co-authored)
92.	2007/09	Characterization of alternatively spliced isoforms of the type I interleukin-1 receptor on iNOS induction in rat hepatocytes. │ Nitric Oxide │ 17 (2),pp.98-105 (Co-authored)
93.	2007/09	Effect of active hexose correlated compound on the production of nitric oxide in hepatocytes. │ JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr │ 31 (5),pp.373-380 (Co-authored)
94.	2007/07	Chronic inflammation associated with hepatitis C virus infection perturbs hepatic transforming growth factor beta signaling, promoting cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. │ Hepatology │ 46 (1),pp.48-57 (Co-authored)
95.	2007	Effect of thiol-containing molecule cysteamine on the induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase in hepatocytes. │ JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr │ 31 (5),pp.366-371 (Co-authored)
96.	2006	Enzymatic and biochemical properties of a novel human serine dehydratase isoform. │ Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Proteins and Proteomics. │ 1764,pp.961-971 (Co-authored)
97.	2005/04	Preemptive analgesia by zaltoprofen that inhibits bradykinin action and cyclooxygenase in a post-operative pain model. │ Neurosci. Res. │ 51 (4),pp.427-433 (Co-authored)
98.	2005/04	Transforming growth factor-beta and platelet-derived growth factor signal via c-Jun N-terminal kinase-dependent Smad2/3 phosphorylation in rat hepatic stellate cells after acute liver injury. │ Am. J. Pathol. │ 166 (4),pp.1029-1039 (Co-authored)
99.	2004/11	Pirfenidone inhibits the induction of iNOS stimulated by interleukin-1beta at a step of NF-kappaB DNA binding in hepatocytes. │ J. Hepatol. │ 41,pp.730-736 (Co-authored)
100.	2004/08	Cycloprodigiosin up-regulates inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression in hepatocytes stimulated by interleukin-1beta. │ Nitric Oxide │ 11 (1),pp.9-16 (Co-authored)
101.	2004	A simple acromelic acid analog potentially useful for receptor photoaffinity labeling and biochemical studies. │ Tetrahedron Lett. │ 45,pp.3933-3936 (Co-authored)
102.	2004	Acute and late effects on induction of allodynia by acromelic acid, a mushroom poison related structurally to kainic acid. │ Br. J. Pharmacol. │ 142,pp.679-688 (Co-authored)
103.	2004	Characterization of the isoforms of MOVO zinc finger protein, a mouse homologue of Drosophila Ovo, as transcription factors. │ Gene │ 336,pp.47-58 (Co-authored)
104.	2004	Epidermal growth factor and interleukin-1beta synergistically stimulate the production of nitric oxide in rat intestinal epithelial cells. │ Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. │ 287,pp.G1188-1193 (Co-authored)
105.	2004	TGF-beta and HGF transmit the signals through JNK-dependent Smad2/3 phosphorylation at the linker regions. │ Oncogene │ 23,pp.7416-7429 (Co-authored)
106.	2004	Up-regulation of IL-1 receptor through PI3K/Akt is essential for the induction of iNOS gene expression in hepatocytes. │ J Hepatol. │ 40 (4),pp.616-623 (Co-authored)
107.	2003/10	p38 MAPK mediates fibrogenic signal through Smad3 phosphorylation in rat myofibroblasts. │ Hepatology │ 38 (4),pp.879-889 (Co-authored)
108.	2003/07	Functional characterization of prostaglandin F2alpha receptor in the spinal cord for tactile pain (allodynia). │ J. Neurochem. │ 86 (2),pp.374-382 (Co-authored)
109.	2003	Asymmetric reduction of benzil to (S)-benzoin with whole cells of Bacillus cereus. │ Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. │ 111 (3),pp.185-190 (Co-authored)
110.	2003	Distortion of autocrine transforming growth factor beta signal accelerates malignant potential by enhancing cell growth as well as PAI-1 and VEGF production in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. │ Oncogene │ 22 (15),pp.2309-2321 (Co-authored)
111.	2003	Expression of 20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase mRNA in human endometrium and decidua. │ Endocrine J. │ 50 (15),pp.105-111 (Co-authored)
112.	2002/11	The human transcription factor activation protein-2 gamma (AP-2gamma): gene structure, promoter, and expression in mammary carcinoma cell lines. │ Gene │ 301,pp.43-51 (Co-authored)
113.	2002/06	Altered response to inflammatory cytokines in hepatic energy metabolism in inducible nitric oxide synthase knockout mice. │ J. Hepatology │ 36 (6),pp.759-765 (Co-authored)
114.	2002/03/28	The enzymes with benzil reductase activity conserved from bacteria to mammals. │ J. Biotechnology │ 94 (2),pp.157-169 (Co-authored)
115.	2002	Central nociceptive role of prostacyclin (IP) receptor induced by peripheral inflammation. │ NeuroReport │ 13 (1),pp.93-96 (Co-authored)
116.	2001/12	Isolation and expression of a Bacillus cereus gene encoding benzil reductase │ Biotechnol. Bioeng. │ 75 (6),pp.630-633 (Co-authored)
117.	2001/08	Effects of amino acids on the amidation of polyaromatic carboxylic acids by Bacillus cereus. │ Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. │ 65 (8),pp.1761-1765 (Co-authored)
118.	2001/01	Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase isoforms I and II in human uterus. comparisons with pregnant uterus and myoma. │ Biol. Reprod. │ 64 (1),pp.339-344 (Co-authored)
119.	2000/05	Hypoxia and heat inhibit inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression by different mechanisms in rat hepatocytes. │ Hepatology │ 32 (5),pp.1037-1044 (Co-authored)
120.	2000/02	Close kinship of human 20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase gene with three aldo-keto reductase genes │ Genes Cells │ 5 (2),pp.111-125 (Co-authored)
121.	2000	Autocrine stimulatory mechanism by transforming growth factor beta in human hepatocellular carcinoma. │ Cancer Res. │ 60 (5),pp.1394-1402 (Co-authored)
122.	2000	Regulatory mechanisms for transforming growth factor beta as an autocrine inhibitor in human hepatocellular carcinoma: implications for roles of Smads in its growth. │ Hepatology │ 32 (2),pp.218-227 (Co-authored)
123.	1999/12	cDNA cloning, expression and characterization of human prostaglandin F synthase. │ FEBS Letters │ 462 (3),pp.335-340 (Co-authored)
124.	1999/08	Transfection of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) gene or bFGF antisense gene into human retinal pigment epithelial cells. │ Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. │ 237 (8),pp.678-684 (Co-authored)
125.	1999/06	Immunosuppressant FK506 inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression at a step of NF-kappaB activation in rat hepatocytes. │ Journal of Hepatology │ 30 (6),pp.1138-1145 (Co-authored)
126.	1999	Down-regulation of TGF-beta receptors in human colorectal cancer: implications for cancer development. │ Br. J. Cancer │ 80 (1-2),pp.194-205 (Co-authored)
127.	1998/05	Synergistic regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase gene by CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta and nuclear factor-kappaB in hepatocytes. │ Genes Cells │ 3 (5),pp.321-330 (Co-authored)
128.	1997/10	Inhibition of nociceptin-induced allodynia in conscious mice by prostaglandin D2. │ Br. J. Pharmacol. │ 122 (4),pp.605-610 (Co-authored)
129.	1997/02	The anti-inflammatory drug sodium salicylate inhibits nitric oxide formation induced by interleukin-1beta at a translational step, but not at a transcriptional step, in hepatocytes. │ Hepatology │ 25 (2),pp.416-420 (Co-authored)
130.	1996/10	Hormonal regulation of prostaglandin F2alpha receptor gene expression in mouse ovary. │ Am. J. Physiol. │ 271 (4 Pt 1),pp.E686-E693 (Co-authored)
131.	1992/03	cDNA clones encoding leucine-zipper proteins which interact with G-CSF promoter element 1-binding protein │ FEBS Letters │ 299 (1),pp.36-38 (Co-authored)
132.	1991/11	Three individual regulatory elements of the promoter positively activate the transcription of the murine gene encoding granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. │ Gene │ 107 (2),pp.241-246 (Co-authored)
133.	1991/04	Molecular cloning of cDNA and a chromosomal gene encoding GPE1-BP, a nuclear protein which binds to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor promoter element 1. │ FEBS Letters │ 282 (1),pp.95-97 (Co-authored)
134.	1990/05	Regulatory elements responsible for inducible expression of the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor gene in macrophages. │ Mol. Cell. Biol. │ 10 (5),pp.2002-2011 (Co-authored)
135.	1990/04	Multiple elements in the promoter of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor gene regulate its constitutive expression in human carcinoma cells. │ J. Biol. Chem. │ 265 (10),pp.5897-5902 (Co-authored)
136.	1988/06	Complete nucleotide sequence of human vasoactive intestinal peptide/PHM-27 gene and its inducible promoter. │ Ann. New York Acad. Sci. │ 527,pp.87-102 (Co-authored)
137.	1987/09	Rat vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) precursor mRNA: Primary structure of its precursor and alternative 5' exons in the mRNAs │ Dissertation for Ph.D. degree, Tohoku University School of Medicine │ (Sole-authored)
138.	1985/11	Synergistic stimulation of VIP/PHM-27 gene expression by cyclic AMP and phorbol esters in human neuroblastoma cells. │ Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. │ 132 (3),pp.885-891 (Co-authored)
139.	1985/04	Nucleotide sequence divergence and functional constraint in VIP precursor mRNA evolution between human and rat. │ FEBS Letters │ 183 (1),pp.55-59 (Co-authored)