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Naoto Minamino

Naoto Minamino

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
33994
World Ranking
4000
National Ranking
260

Overview

Naoto Minamino is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and focuses their research primarily within the field of medicine. Their work includes a significant number of publications related to cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with 25 identified publications in this subfield. Additional subfields of study for Minamino include surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, organic chemistry, and molecular biology.

The primary topics addressed in Minamino's research cover diverse aspects of cardiac and cardiovascular health, including:

  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments

Minamino's recent papers demonstrate a focus on cardiovascular regulation, injury amelioration, and biomarker discovery. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Mechanical load regulates bone growth via periosteal Osteocrin" (2021, Cell Reports)
  • "Discovery of novel biomarkers for atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm through proteomics-based assessment of disease progression" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Sacubitril/valsartan ameliorates renal tubulointerstitial injury through increasing renal plasma flow in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes with aldosterone excess" (2023, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation)
  • "Endothelial Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 1 Play Crucial Role for Acute and Chronic Blood Pressure Regulation by Atrial Natriuretic Peptide" (2022, Hypertension)
  • "A chemically stable peptide agonist to neuromedin U receptor type 2" (2020, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry)

Minamino frequently publishes in journals such as Scientific Reports, Hypertension, Open Heart, Circulation, and Endoscopy, each with multiple publications attributed to the researcher.

Collaborations are a consistent part of Minamino's work, with frequent co-authors including Tsukasa Osaki, Kunihiro Nishimura, Mikiya Miyazato, Hiroaki Yagi, and Mitsuhiro Nishigori.

Best Publications

  • A new natriuretic peptide in porcine brain

    Tetsuji Sudoh;Kenji Kangawa;Naoto Minamino;Hisayuki Matsuo

  • Isolation of a novel 38 residue-hypothalamic polypeptide which stimulates adenylate cyclase in pituitary cells

    Atsuro Miyata;Akira Arimura;Raymond R. Dahl;Naoto Minamino

  • Primary structure of Electrophorus electricus sodium channel deduced from cDNA sequence.

    Masaharu Noda;Shin Shimizu;Tsutomu Tanabe;Toshiyuki Takai

  • C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP): a new member of natriuretic peptide family identified in porcine brain.

    Tetsuji Sudoh;Naoto Minamino;Kenji Kangawa;Hisayuki Matsuo

  • Primary structure and expression from complementary DNA of skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor.

    Hiroshi Takeshima;Seiichiro Nishimura;Takeshi Matsumoto;Hiroyuki Ishida

  • Isolation of a neuropeptide corresponding to the N-terminal 27 residues of the pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide with 38 residues (PACAP38).

    Atsuro Miyata;Lun Jiang;Raymond D. Dahl;Chieko Kitada

  • Selective activation of the B natriuretic peptide receptor by C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)

    Kerry J. Koller;David G. Lowe;Gregory L. Bennett;Naoto Minamino

  • Endothelial cells actively synthesize and secrete adrenomedullin

    S. Sugo;N. Minamino;K. Kangawa;K. Miyamoto

  • Neuromedin K: A novel mammalian tachykinin identified in porcine spinal cord

    Kenji Kangawa;Naoto Minamino;Ayako Fukuda;Hisayuki Matsuo

  • Cloning and characterization of an androgen-induced growth factor essential for the androgen-dependent growth of mouse mammary carcinoma cells.

    Akira Tanaka;Kaoru Miyamoto;Naoto Minamino;Masashi Takeda

  • PRODUCTION AND SECRETION OF ADRENOMEDULLIN FROM VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS : AUGMENTED PRODUCTION BY TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA

    S. Sugo;N. Minamino;H. Shoji;K. Kangawa

  • Neuromedin B : a novel bombesin-like peptide identified in porcine spinal cord

    Naoto Minamino;Kenji Kangawa;Hisayuki Matsuo

  • Adrenomedullin stimulates cyclic AMP formation in rat vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Y. Ishizaka;M. Tanaka;K. Kitamura;K. Kangawa

  • Interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor and lipopolysaccharide additively stimulate production of adrenomedullin in vascular smooth muscle cells.

    S. Sugo;N. Minamino;H. Shoji;K. Kangawa

  • Vascular Abnormalities and Elevated Blood Pressure in Mice Lacking Adrenomedullin Gene

    Takayuki Shindo;Yukiko Kurihara;Hiroaki Nishimatsu;Nobuo Moriyama

  • Neuromedin U-8 and U-25: Novel uterus stimulating and hypertensive peptides identified in porcine spinal cord

    Naoto Minamino;Kenji Kangawa;Hisayuki Matsuo

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA encoding a precursor for porcine brain natriuretic peptide

    Keiji Maekawa;Tetsuji Sudoh;Mitsuru Furusawa;Naoto Minamino

  • Brain natriuretic peptide is a novel cardiac hormone

    Yoshihiko Saito;Kazuwa Nakao;Hiroshi Itoh;Takayuki Yamada

  • Primary structure of the alpha-subunit of transducin and its relationship to ras proteins.

    Tsutomu Tanabe;Toshihide Nukada;Toshihide Nukada;Yoshiki Nishikawa;Katsunori Sugimoto

  • Neuromedin C: a bombesin-like peptide identified in porcine spinal cord.

    Naoto Minamino;Kenji Kangawa;Hisayuki Matsuo

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Kangawa
Kenji Kangawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Hisayuki Matsuo
Hisayuki Matsuo Osaka University
Kazuo Kitamura
Kazuo Kitamura University of Miyazaki
Tanenao Eto
Tanenao Eto University of Miyazaki
Kazuwa Nakao
Kazuwa Nakao Kyoto University
Hiroshi Hosoda
Hiroshi Hosoda Shinshu University
Masamitsu Nakazato
Masamitsu Nakazato University of Miyazaki
Masayasu Kojima
Masayasu Kojima Kurume University
Kensaku Mizuno
Kensaku Mizuno Tohoku University
Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito Nara Medical University

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