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Hitoshi Arita

Hitoshi Arita

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
8636
World Ranking
18369
National Ranking
1321

Overview

Hitoshi Arita is affiliated with Shionogi in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with a focus on Surgery, Rheumatology, and Biomedical Engineering. Their research primarily addresses orthopedic and musculoskeletal issues, especially relating to knee injuries and osteoarthritis.

Their scholarly output includes studies on structural alterations of the knee, biomechanics, and mechanisms of osteoarthritis. Key topics in their work encompass:

  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment

Arita has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Orthopaedics Trauma and Rehabilitation

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Medial meniscus extrusion is a determinant factor for the gait speed among MRI-detected structural alterations of knee osteoarthritis," 2021, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open
  • "Validation and defining the minimal clinically important difference of the Japanese version of the IKDC Subjective Knee Form," 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Science
  • "Medial meniscus extrusion is directly correlated with medial tibial osteophyte in patients received reconstruction surgery for anterior cruciate ligament injury: A longitudinal study," 2022, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open
  • "Medial meniscus extrusion is invariably observed and consistent with tibial osteophyte width in elderly populations: The Bunkyo Health Study," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Anterior meniscus extrusion is associated with anterior tibial osteophyte width in knee osteoarthritis - The Bunkyo Health Study," 2023, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open

Arita collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Haruka Kaneko
  • Muneaki Ishijima
  • S. Hada
  • Takako Aoki
  • Yoshifumi Negishi

Best Publications

  • Identification of the Product of Growth Arrest-specific Gene 6 as a Common Ligand for Axl, Sky, and Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

    Kyoko Nagata;Kazumasa Ohashi;Toru Nakano;Hitoshi Arita

  • INFLAMMATORY FACTORS STIMULATE EXPRESSION OF GROUP II PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 IN RAT CULTURED ASTROCYTES : TWO DISTINCT PATHWAYS OF THE GENE EXPRESSION

    Shogo Oka;Hitoshi Arita

  • Cell adhesion to phosphatidylserine mediated by a product of growth arrest-specific gene 6.

    Toru Nakano;Yoshikazu Ishimoto;Junji Kishino;Masato Umeda

  • Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell-derived, Gla-containing Growth-potentiating Factor for Ca2+-mobilizing Growth Factors (∗)

    Toru Nakano;Ken-ichi Higashino;Norihisa Kikuchi;Junji Kishino

  • Glucocorticoids suppress group II phospholipase A2 production by blocking mRNA synthesis and post-transcriptional expression.

    T Nakano;O Ohara;H Teraoka;H Arita

  • Potent modification of low density lipoprotein by group X secretory phospholipase A2 is linked to macrophage foam cell formation

    Kohji Hanasaki;Katsutoshi Yamada;Shigenori Yamamoto;Yoshikazu Ishimoto

  • Molecular Cloning of Pancreatic Group I Phospholipase A2 Receptor

    Jun Ishizaki;Kohji Hanasaki;Ken-ichi Higashino;Junji Kishino

  • Group II phospholipase A2 mRNA synthesis is stimulated by two distinct mechanisms in rat vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Tohru Nakano;Osamu Ohara;Hiroshi Teraoka;Hitoshi Arita

  • Purified Group X Secretory Phospholipase A2 Induced Prominent Release of Arachidonic Acid from Human Myeloid Leukemia Cells

    Kohji Hanasaki;Takashi Ono;Akihiko Saiga;Yasuhide Morioka

  • Novel proliferative effect of phospholipase A2 in Swiss 3T3 cells via specific binding site.

    H Arita;K Hanasaki;T Nakano;S Oka

  • Different Functional Aspects of the Group II Subfamily (Types IIA and V) and Type X Secretory Phospholipase A2s in Regulating Arachidonic Acid Release and Prostaglandin Generation IMPLICATIONS OF CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 INDUCTION AND PHOSPHOLIPID SCRAMBLASE-MEDIATED CELLULAR MEMBRANE PERTURBATION

    Makoto Murakami;Terumi Kambe;Satoko Shimbara;Ken Ichi Higashino

  • Thromboxane A2: Its generation and role in platelet activation

    Hitoshi Arita;Tohru Nakano;Kohji Hanasaki

  • Prevention of Allergic Inflammation by a Novel Prostaglandin Receptor Antagonist, S-5751

    Akinori Arimura;Kiyoshi Yasui;Junji Kishino;Fujio Asanuma

  • Requirement of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid residues for the biological activity of Gas6: contribution of endogenous Gas6 to the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Toru Nakano;Keiko Kawamoto;Junji Kishino;Koji Nomura

  • Cloning and Characterization of Novel Mouse and Human Secretory Phospholipase A2s

    Jun Ishizaki;Noriko Suzuki;Ken-ichi Higashino;Yasunori Yokota

  • RESISTANCE TO ENDOTOXIC SHOCK IN PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 RECEPTOR-DEFICIENT MICE

    Kohji Hanasaki;Yasunori Yokota;Jun Ishizaki;Takeshi Itoh

  • Phospholipase A2 receptor: a regulator of biological functions of secretory phospholipase A2.

    Kohji Hanasaki;Hitoshi Arita

  • Stimulation of Sky Receptor Tyrosine Kinase by the Product of Growth Arrest-specific Gene 6

    Kazumasa Ohashi;Kyoko Nagata;Jiro Toshima;Toru Nakano

  • Enhanced expression of group II phospholipase A2 gene in the tissues of endotoxin shock rats and its suppression by glucocorticoid.

    Tohru Nakano;Hitoshi Arita

  • PREVENTION OF GROWTH ARREST-INDUCED CELL DEATH OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS BY A PRODUCT OF GROWTH ARREST-SPECIFIC GENE, GAS6

    Toru Nakano;Keiko Kawamoto;Ken-ichi Higashino;Hitoshi Arita

Frequent Co-Authors

Osamu Ohara
Osamu Ohara Chiba University
Toru Nakano
Toru Nakano Osaka University
Keizo Inoue
Keizo Inoue University of Tokyo
Kensaku Mizuno
Kensaku Mizuno Tohoku University
Kazumasa Ohashi
Kazumasa Ohashi Tohoku University
Masato Umeda
Masato Umeda Kyoto University
Yoshinori Nozawa
Yoshinori Nozawa Gifu University
Ichiro Kudo
Ichiro Kudo Showa University
Makoto Murakami
Makoto Murakami University of Tokyo
Koji Suzuki
Koji Suzuki Suzuka University of Medical Science

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