Masanori Aikawa

Best Publications

• From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

  Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  4689
  Citations

• Targeted deletion of matrix metalloproteinase-9 attenuates left ventricular enlargement and collagen accumulation after experimental myocardial infarction

  Anique Ducharme;Stefan Frantz;Masanori Aikawa;Elena Rabkin

  1030
  Citations

• Stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques: new mechanisms and clinical targets.

  Peter Libby;Masanori Aikawa

  846
  Citations

• An HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, Cerivastatin, Suppresses Growth of Macrophages Expressing Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tissue Factor In Vivo and In Vitro

  Masanori Aikawa;Elena Rabkin;Seigo Sugiyama;Sami J. Voglic

  787
  Citations

• Osteogenesis Associates With Inflammation in Early-Stage Atherosclerosis Evaluated by Molecular Imaging In Vivo

  Elena Aikawa;Matthias Nahrendorf;Jose-Luiz Figueiredo;Filip K. Swirski

  779
  Citations

• Lipid Lowering by Diet Reduces Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity and Increases Collagen Content of Rabbit Atheroma A Potential Mechanism of Lesion Stabilization

  Masanori Aikawa;Elena Rabkin;Yoshikatsu Okada;Sami J. Voglic

  759
  Citations

• Host bone-marrow cells are a source of donor intimal smooth- muscle-like cells in murine aortic transplant arteriopathy.

  Koichi Shimizu;Seigo Sugiyama;Masanori Aikawa;Yoshihiro Fukumoto

  735
  Citations

• Macrophages and atherosclerotic plaque stability

  Peter Libby;Yong Jian Geng;Masanori Aikawa;Uwe Schoenbeck

  698
  Citations

• Activated Interstitial Myofibroblasts Express Catabolic Enzymes and Mediate Matrix Remodeling in Myxomatous Heart Valves

  Elena Rabkin;Masanori Aikawa;James R. Stone;Yoshihiro Fukumoto

  616
  Citations

• Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition Attenuates Early Left Ventricular Enlargement After Experimental Myocardial Infarction in Mice

  Luis E. Rohde;Anique Ducharme;Luis H. Arroyo;Masanori Aikawa

  570
  Citations

• Hypochlorous Acid, a Macrophage Product, Induces Endothelial Apoptosis and Tissue Factor Expression Involvement of Myeloperoxidase-Mediated Oxidant in Plaque Erosion and Thrombogenesis

  Seigo Sugiyama;Kiyotaka Kugiyama;Masanori Aikawa;Shinichi Nakamura

  566
  Citations

• Statins Alter Smooth Muscle Cell Accumulation and Collagen Content in Established Atheroma of Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipidemic Rabbits

  Yoshihiro Fukumoto;Peter Libby;Elena Rabkin;Christopher C. Hill

  534
  Citations

• Dynamic and reversible changes of interstitial cell phenotype during remodeling of cardiac valves.

  Elena Rabkin-Aikawa;Mark Farber;Masanori Aikawa;Frederick J. Schoen

  503
  Citations

• Inflammation in Atherosclerosis Visualizing Matrix Metalloproteinase Action in Macrophages In Vivo

  Jun-o Deguchi;Masanori Aikawa;Ching-Hsuan Tung;Elena Aikawa

  497
  Citations

• Human Semilunar Cardiac Valve Remodeling by Activated Cells From Fetus to Adult Implications for Postnatal Adaptation, Pathology, and Tissue Engineering

  Elena Aikawa;Peter Whittaker;Mark Farber;Karen Mendelson

  482
  Citations

• Multimodality Molecular Imaging Identifies Proteolytic and Osteogenic Activities in Early Aortic Valve Disease

  Elena Aikawa;Matthias Nahrendorf;David Sosnovik;Vincent M. Lok

  460
  Citations

• Macrophage-derived matrix vesicles: an alternative mechanism for microcalcification in atherosclerotic plaques

  Elena Aikawa;Masanori Aikawa;Sophie New;Kevin Croce

  449
  Citations

• Human smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms as molecular markers for vascular development and atherosclerosis.

  M Aikawa;P N Sivam;M Kuro-o;K Kimura

  421
  Citations

• Apolipoprotein CIII Induces Expression of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 in Vascular Endothelial Cells and Increases Adhesion of Monocytic Cells

  Akio Kawakami;Masanori Aikawa;Pilar Alcaide;Francis W. Luscinskas

  407
  Citations

• Arterial and Aortic Valve Calcification Abolished by Elastolytic Cathepsin S Deficiency in Chronic Renal Disease

  Elena Aikawa;Masanori Aikawa;Peter Libby;Jose-Luiz Figueiredo

  363
  Citations