FNDC4 acts as an anti-inflammatory factor on macrophages and improves colitis in mice

by Madeleen Bosma, Marco Gerling, Jenny Pasto, Anastasia Georgiadi, Evan Graham, Olga Shilkova, Yasunori Iwata, Sven Almer, Jan Söderman, Rune Toftgård, Fredrik Wermeling, Elisabeth Almer Boström, Pontus Almer Boström
Published 2016

Carnitine/organic cation transporter 1 precipitates the progression of interstitial fibrosis through oxidative stress in diabetic nephropathy in mice

by Shohei Makiishi, Kengo Furuichi, Yuta Yamamura, Keisuke Sako, Yasuyuki Shinozaki, Tadashi Toyama, Shinji Kitajima, Yasunori Iwata, Norihiko Sakai, Miho Shimizu, Tomoko Hirose-Sugiura, Shuichi Kaneko, Yukio Kato, Takashi Wada
Published 2021

Inhibition of CTGF ameliorates peritoneal fibrosis through suppression of fibroblast and myofibroblast accumulation and angiogenesis

by Norihiko Sakai, Miki Nakamura, Kenneth E. Lipson, Taito Miyake, Yasutaka Kamikawa, Akihiro Sagara, Yasuyuki Shinozaki, Shinji Kitajima, Tadashi Toyama, Akinori Hara, Yasunori Iwata, Miho Shimizu, Kengo Furuichi, Shuichi Kaneko, Andrew M. Tager, Takashi Wada
Published 2017

Identification of candidate PAX2-regulated genes implicated in human kidney development

by Yuta Yamamura, Kengo Furuichi, Yasuhiro Murakawa, Shigeki Hirabayashi, Masahito Yoshihara, Keisuke Sako, Shinji Kitajima, Tadashi Toyama, Yasunori Iwata, Norihiko Sakai, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Philip M. Murphy, Atsushi Tajima, Keisuke Okita, Kenji Osafune, Shuichi Kaneko, Takashi Wada
Published 2021

Anti-proliferative and anti-migratory properties of coffee diterpenes kahweol acetate and cafestol in human renal cancer cells

by Tomoyuki Makino, Kouji Izumi, Kaoru Hiratsuka, Hiroshi Kano, Takashi Shimada, Taito Nakano, Suguru Kadomoto, Renato Naito, Hiroaki Iwamoto, Hiroshi Yaegashi, Kazuyoshi Shigehara, Yoshifumi Kadono, Hiroki Nakata, Yohei Saito, Kyoko Nakagawa-Goto, Norihiko Sakai, Yasunori Iwata, Takashi Wada, Atsushi Mizokami
Published 2021