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Hiroshi Itoh

Hiroshi Itoh

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Medicine
Japan
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
119
Citations
55304
World Ranking
3881
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hiroshi Itoh is affiliated with Keio University in Japan and has a substantial body of research in the field of medicine, with a focus on endocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular conditions. Their research contributions span several subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nephrology, Surgery, Physiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist has been extensively published in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Hypertension Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Diabetes Investigation
  • Endocrine Journal

Main topics covered in their research involve:

  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies

Among the notable recent research papers authored or co-authored by Hiroshi Itoh are:

  • "Novel bile acid biosynthetic pathways are enriched in the microbiome of centenarians," 2021, Nature
  • "Maternal gut microbiota in pregnancy influences offspring metabolic phenotype in mice," 2020, Science
  • "Hypertension and related diseases in the era of COVID-19: a report from the Japanese Society of Hypertension Task Force on COVID-19," 2020, Hypertension Research
  • "Addressing global disparities in blood pressure control: perspectives of the International Society of Hypertension," 2022, Cardiovascular Research
  • "Calcium phosphate microcrystals in the renal tubular fluid accelerate chronic kidney disease progression," 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their academic efforts, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Takashin Nakayama
  • Kiyotaka Uchiyama
  • Kaori Hayashi
  • Shu Wakino
  • Kohkichi Morimoto

Best Publications

  • Flk1-positive cells derived from embryonic stem cells serve as vascular progenitors

    Jun Yamashita;Hiroshi Itoh;Masanori Hirashima;Minetaro Ogawa

  • The Japanese Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of hypertension (JSH 2014)

    Kazuaki Shimamoto;Katsuyuki Ando;Toshiro Fujita;Naoyuki Hasebe

  • Rapid transcriptional activation and early mRNA turnover of brain natriuretic peptide in cardiocyte hypertrophy. Evidence for brain natriuretic peptide as an "emergency" cardiac hormone against ventricular overload.

    Osamu Nakagawa;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Hiroshi Itoh;Shin Ichi Suga

  • Structure and Function of Signal-Transducing GTP-Binding Proteins

    Yoshito Kaziro;Hiroshi Itoh;Tohru Kozasa;Masato Nakafuku

  • Cardiac fibrosis in mice lacking brain natriuretic peptide

    Naohisa Tamura;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Hideki Chusho;Kenji Nakamura

  • Rapid ventricular induction of brain natriuretic peptide gene expression in experimental acute myocardial infarction

    Norio Hama;Hiroshi Itoh;Gotaro Shirakami;Osamu Nakagawa

  • Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Is Positively Associated With Essential Hypertension

    Yoshihiro Miyamoto;Yoshihiko Saito;Noboru Kajiyama;Michihiro Yoshimura

  • Endothelial production of C-type natriuretic peptide and its marked augmentation by transforming growth factor-beta. Possible existence of "vascular natriuretic peptide system".

    S. I. Suga;K. Nakao;H. Itoh;Y. Komatsu

  • Multiple autocrine growth factors modulate vascular smooth muscle cell growth response to angiotensin II.

    Hiroshi Itoh;Masashi Mukoyama;Richard E. Pratt;Gary H. Gibbons

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Expression in Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Lesions Possible Pathophysiological Significance of VEGF in Progression of Atherosclerosis

    Mayumi Inoue;Hiroshi Itoh;Makiko Ueda;Takahiko Naruko

  • Novel bile acid biosynthetic pathways are enriched in the microbiome of centenarians

    Yuko Sato;Koji Atarashi;Damian R. Plichta;Yasumichi Arai

  • Dwarfism and early death in mice lacking C-type natriuretic peptide.

    Hideki Chusho;Naohisa Tamura;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Akihiro Yasoda

  • Renal tubular Sirt1 attenuates diabetic albuminuria by epigenetically suppressing Claudin-1 overexpression in podocytes

    Kazuhiro Hasegawa;Shu Wakino;Petra Simic;Yusuke Sakamaki

  • Atrial natriuretic polypeptide inhibits hypertrophy of vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Hiroshi Itoh;Richard E. Pratt;Victor J. Dzau;Victor J. Dzau

  • Sema3A regulates bone-mass accrual through sensory innervations

    Toru Fukuda;Shu Takeda;Ren Xu;Hiroki Ochi

  • Angiopoietin-like Protein 2 Promotes Chronic Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Obesity-Related Systemic Insulin Resistance

    Mitsuhisa Tabata;Tsuyoshi Kadomatsu;Shigetomo Fukuhara;Keishi Miyata

  • The PTEN/PI3K pathway governs normal vascular development and tumor angiogenesis

    Koichi Hamada;Takehiko Sasaki;Pandelakis A. Koni;Miyuki Natsui

  • Natriuretic Peptides/cGMP/cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Cascades Promote Muscle Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Prevent Obesity

    Kazutoshi Miyashita;Hiroshi Itoh;Hirokazu Tsujimoto;Naohisa Tamura

  • Brain natriuretic peptide is a novel cardiac hormone

    Yoshihiko Saito;Kazuwa Nakao;Hiroshi Itoh;Takayuki Yamada

  • Significance of Ventricular Myocytes and Nonmyocytes Interaction During Cardiocyte Hypertrophy Evidence for Endothelin-1 as a Paracrine Hypertrophic Factor From Cardiac Nonmyocytes

    Masaki Harada;Hiroshi Itoh;Osamu Nakagawa;Yoshihiro Ogawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuwa Nakao
Kazuwa Nakao Kyoto University
Yoshihiro Ogawa
Yoshihiro Ogawa Kyushu University
Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito Nara Medical University
Hiroo Imura
Hiroo Imura Kyoto University
Jun K. Yamashita
Jun K. Yamashita Kyoto University
Kiminori Hosoda
Kiminori Hosoda Kyoto University
Hiroaki Kataoka
Hiroaki Kataoka University of Miyazaki
Takao Saruta
Takao Saruta Keio University
Sadayoshi Ito
Sadayoshi Ito Tohoku University
Issei Komuro
Issei Komuro University of Tokyo

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