Kazuo Murakami

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Best Publications

• Adipose angiotensinogen is involved in adipose tissue growth and blood pressure regulation

  Florence Massiéra;May Bloch-Faure;Debbie Ceiler;Kazuo Murakami

  674
  Citations

• A truncated bone morphogenetic protein receptor affects dorsal-ventral patterning in the early Xenopus embryo

  A Suzuki;R S Thies;N Yamaji;J J Song

  556
  Citations

• Angiotensinogen-deficient mice with hypotension.

  K. Tanimoto;F. Sugiyama;Y. Goto;J. Ishida

  418
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• Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor-deficient Mice with Hypotension and Hyperreninemia

  Takeshi Sugaya;Shin-ichiro Nishimatsu;Keiji Tanimoto;Eriko Takimoto

  397
  Citations

• Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for human renin precursor

  Takashi Imai;Hitoshi Miyazaki;Shigehisa Hirose;Hitoshi Hori

  376
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• Pressure Overload Induces Cardiac Hypertrophy in Angiotensin II Type 1A Receptor Knockout Mice

  Koichiro Harada;Issei Komuro;Ichiro Shiojima;Doubun Hayashi

  336
  Citations

• Hypertension Induced in Pregnant Mice by Placental Renin and Maternal Angiotensinogen

  Eriko Takimoto;Junji Ishida;Fumihiro Sugiyama;Hisashi Horiguchi

  310
  Citations

• Identification of the fourth member of the mammalian endoprotease family homologous to the yeast Kex2 protease. Its testis-specific expression.

  K Nakayama;W S Kim;S Torii;M Hosaka

  292
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of renin-like enzymes from mouse submaxillary glands.

  Stanley Cohen;John M. Taylor;Kazuo Murakami;Andrew M. Michelakis

  282
  Citations

• Structure and Expression of Mouse Furin, a Yeast Kex2-related Protease. Lack of Processing of Coexpressed Prorenin in GH4C1 Cells

  K Hatsuzawa;M Hosaka;T Nakagawa;M Nagase

  274
  Citations

• Angiotensin II type 1A receptor knockout mice display less left ventricular remodeling and improved survival after myocardial infarction.

  Koichiro Harada;Takeshi Sugaya;Kazuo Murakami;Yoshio Yazaki

  258
  Citations

• Two distinct types of endothelin receptors are present on chick cardiac membranes.

  Hirotoshi Watanabe;Hitoshi Miyazaki;Motohiro Kondoh;Yasushi Masuda

  239
  Citations

• Identification and Functional Expression of a New Member of the Mammalian Kex2-Like Processing Endoprotease Family: Its Striking Structural Similarity to PACE4.

  Tsutomu Nakagawa;Masahiro Hosaka;Seiji Torii;Toshio Watanabe

  232
  Citations

• Human Prorenin Has “Gate and Handle” Regions for Its Non-proteolytic Activation *

  Fumiaki Suzuki;Makoto Hayakawa;Tsutomu Nakagawa;Uddin Mohammad Nasir

  232
  Citations

• Purification and characterization of furin, a Kex2-like processing endoprotease, produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells

  K Hatsuzawa;M Nagahama;S Takahashi;K Takada

  210
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• Mechanical Stretch Induces Hypertrophic Responses in Cardiac Myocytes of Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor Knockout Mice

  Sumiyo Kudoh;Issei Komuro;Yukio Hiroi;Yunzeng Zou

  202
  Citations

• Renin-dependent Cardiovascular Functions and Renin-independent Blood-Brain Barrier Functions Revealed by Renin-deficient Mice

  Kazuyuki Yanai;Tomoko Saito;Yoshihiko Kakinuma;Yasuhiro Kon

  202
  Citations

• Renal Interstitial Fibrosis Is Reduced in Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor-Deficient Mice

  Minoru Satoh;Naoki Kashihara;Yasushi Yamasaki;Keisuke Maruyama

  195
  Citations

• High Human Renin Hypertension in Transgenic Rats

  Jürgen Bohlender;Akiyoshi Fukamizu;Andrea Lippoldt;Tatsuji Nomura

  195
  Citations

• Impaired blood–brain barrier function in angiotensinogen-deficient mice

  Yoshihiko Kakinuma;Hiroshi Hama;Fumihiro Sugiyama;Ken-ichi Yagami

  194
  Citations