Akira Kudo

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Best Publications

• Identification and characterization of a novel protein, periostin, with restricted expression to periosteum and periodontal ligament and increased expression by transforming growth factor β

  Keisuke Horiuchi;Norio Amizuka;Sunao Takeshita;Hiroyuki Takamatsu

  1338
  Citations

• Tumor necrosis factor-alpha induces differentiation of and bone resorption by osteoclasts.

  Yoshiaki Azuma;Keisuke Kaji;Rei Katogi;Sunao Takeshita

  886
  Citations

• A critical role of λ5 protein in B cell development

  Daisuke Kitamura;Akira Kudo;Stefan Schaal;Werner Müller

  824
  Citations

• IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEW OSTEOCLAST PROGENITOR WITH MACROPHAGE PHENOTYPES BEING ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE INTO MATURE OSTEOCLASTS

  Sunao Takeshita;Keisuke Kaji;Akira Kudo

  687
  Citations

• The gamete fusion process is defective in eggs of Cd9-deficient mice.

  Keisuke Kaji;Shoji Oda;Tomohide Shikano;Tatsuya Ohnuki

  600
  Citations

• Periostin is essential for cardiac healing after acute myocardial infarction

  Masashi Shimazaki;Kazuto Nakamura;Isao Kii;Takeshi Kashima

  554
  Citations

• The proteins encoded by the VpreB and lambda 5 pre-B cell-specific genes can associate with each other and with mu heavy chain.

  H Karasuyama;A Kudo;F Melchers

  507
  Citations

• The role of periostin in tissue remodeling across health and disease.

  Simon J. Conway;Kenji Izuhara;Yasusei Kudo;Judith Litvin

  477
  Citations

• Long-term proliferating early pre B cell lines and clones with the potential to develop to surface Ig-positive, mitogen reactive B cells in vitro and in vivo.

  A Rolink;A Kudo;H Karasuyama;Y Kikuchi

  445
  Citations

• A second gene, VpreB in the lambda 5 locus of the mouse, which appears to be selectively expressed in pre-B lymphocytes.

  A Kudo;F Melchers

  416
  Citations

• Molecular cloning and characterization of OB-cadherin, a new member of cadherin family expressed in osteoblasts.

  Makoto Okazaki;Sunao Takeshita;Shinji Kawai;Reiko Kikuno

  410
  Citations

• The surrogate light chain in B-cell development

  Fritz Melchers;Hajime Karasuyama;Dirk Haasner;Steven Bauer

  394
  Citations

• Osteopetrosis and thalamic hypomyelinosis with synaptic degeneration in DAP12-deficient mice

  Tomonori Kaifu;Jin Nakahara;Masanori Inui;Kenichi Mishima

  382
  Citations

• Periostin in fibrillogenesis for tissue regeneration: periostin actions inside and outside the cell

  Akira Kudo

  362
  Citations

• Incorporation of Tenascin-C into the Extracellular Matrix by Periostin Underlies an Extracellular Meshwork Architecture

  Isao Kii;Takashi Nishiyama;Minqi Li;Ken-ichi Matsumoto

  352
  Citations

• Activation of calcium signaling through Trpv1 by nNOS and peroxynitrite as a key trigger of skeletal muscle hypertrophy

  Naoki Ito;Urs T Ruegg;Akira Kudo;Yuko Miyagoe-Suzuki

  349
  Citations

• Interaction between Periostin and BMP-1 Promotes Proteolytic Activation of Lysyl Oxidase

  Takumi Maruhashi;Isao Kii;Mitsuru Saito;Akira Kudo

  336
  Citations

• Recombinant Human Growth/Differentiation Factor 5 Stimulates Mesenchyme Aggregation and Chondrogenesis Responsible for the Skeletal Development of Limbs

  Gertrud C. Hötten;Tomoaki Matsumoto;Michio Kimura;Rolf F. Bechtold

  231
  Citations

• Periostin advances atherosclerotic and rheumatic cardiac valve degeneration by inducing angiogenesis and MMP production in humans and rodents

  Daihiko Hakuno;Naritaka Kimura;Masatoyo Yoshioka;Makio Mukai

  227
  Citations

• Surrogate light chain in B cell development.

  Hajime Karasuyama;Antonius Rolink;Fritz Melchers

  159
  Citations