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Overview

Takashi Morita is affiliated with Meiji Pharmaceutical University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans various subfields, including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, radiology and nuclear medicine, surgery, rheumatology, and physiology.

Their recent scholarly contributions include research published in prominent medical journals. Notable papers are:

  • Comparison of Clopidogrel Monotherapy After 1 to 2 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome (2022, JAMA Cardiology)
  • Effect of Empagliflozin as an Add-On Therapy on Decongestion and Renal Function in Patients With Diabetes Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (2021, Circulation Heart Failure)
  • Coronary vasomotion after treatment with drug-coated balloons or drug-eluting stents: a prospective, open-label, single-centre randomised trial (2022, EuroIntervention)
  • Prognostic Significance of Cardiac 123I-MIBG SPECT Imaging in Heart Failure Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction (2021, JACC. Cardiovascular imaging)
  • Prognostic significance of cardiac I-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging in patients with reduced, mid-range, and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction admitted for acute decompensated heart failure: a prospective study in Osaka Prefectural Acute Heart Failure Registry (OPAR) (2020, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging)

Morita's research covers a range of topics centering on cardiovascular health and imaging, including:

  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Frequent collaborators in Morita's work include:

  • Tsutomu Kawai
  • Masato Kawasaki
  • Masatake Fukunami
  • Takahisa Yamada
  • Masahiro Seo

The scientist has published in various respected journals, with a concentration of publications in:

  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of Cardiology
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • International Heart Journal

The number of publications in medicine attributed to Morita totals over 210, reflecting a broad and consistent engagement in research. The scientist's work is multidisciplinary, integrating advanced imaging, functional cardiac assessments, and therapeutic approaches within cardiovascular medicine.

Best Publications

  • Noninvasive evaluation of pulmonary hypertension by a pulsed Doppler technique.

    A Kitabatake;M Inoue;M Asao;T Masuyama

  • Adenovirus serotype 5 hexon mediates liver gene transfer

    Simon N. Waddington;John H. McVey;David Bhella;Alan L. Parker

  • A novel Syk-dependent mechanism of platelet activation by the C-type lectin receptor CLEC-2

    Katsue Suzuki-Inoue;Gemma L J Fuller;Angel Garcia;Johannes A Eble

  • New fluorogenic substrates for .ALPHA.-thrombin, factor Xa, kallikreins, and urokinase.

    Takashi Morita;Hisao Kato;Sadaaki Iwanaga;Katsumi Takada

  • Involvement of Nuclear Factor-κB and Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 in G-Protein–Coupled Receptor Agonist–Induced Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy

    Shinichi Hirotani;Kinya Otsu;Kazuhiko Nishida;Yoshiharu Higuchi

  • Structure and function of snake venom cysteine-rich secretory proteins.

    Yasuo Yamazaki;Takashi Morita

  • Molecular and functional diversity of vascular endothelial growth factors.

    Yasuo Yamazaki;Takashi Morita

  • Chromogenic substrates for horseshoe crab clotting enzyme. Its application for the assay of bacterial endotoxins.

    Sadaaki Iwanaga;Takashi Morita;Toshie Harada;Shin Nakamura

  • p38α Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Plays a Critical Role in Cardiomyocyte Survival but Not in Cardiac Hypertrophic Growth in Response to Pressure Overload

    Kazuhiko Nishida;Osaniu Yamaguchi;Shinichi Hirotani;Shungo Hikoso

  • Isolation and biological activities of limulus anticoagulant (anti-LPS factor) which interacts with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

    Takashi Morita;Sadami Ohtsubo;Takanori Nakamura;Shigenori Tanaka

  • Primary structure of limulus anticoagulant anti-lipopolysaccharide factor.

    J Aketagawa;T Miyata;S Ohtsubo;T Nakamura

  • Structures and functions of snake venom CLPs (C-type lectin-like proteins) with anticoagulant-, procoagulant-, and platelet-modulating activities.

    Takashi Morita

  • Isolation and characterization of carinactivase, a novel prothrombin activator in Echis carinatus venom with a unique catalytic mechanism.

    Daisuke Yamada;Fujio Sekiya;Takashi Morita

  • Cloning and characterization of novel snake venom proteins that block smooth muscle contraction.

    Yasuo Yamazaki;Hisashi Koike;Yusuke Sugiyama;Kazuko Motoyoshi

  • Structure of coagulation factors IX/X-binding protein, a heterodimer of C-type lectin domains.

    Hiroshi Mizuno;Zui Fujimoto;Mika Koizumi;Hiromi Kano

  • The Mechanism of Activation of Bovine Prothrombin by an Activator Isolated from Echis carinatus Venom and Characterization of the New Active Intermediates

    Takashi Morita;Sadaaki Iwanaga;Tomoji Suzuki

  • Snake Venom Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors (VEGFs) Exhibit Potent Activity through Their Specific Recognition of KDR (VEGF Receptor 2)

    Yasuo Yamazaki;Koji Takani;Hideko Atoda;Takashi Morita

  • Noninvasive evaluation of the ratio of pulmonary to systemic flow in atrial septal defect by duplex Doppler echocardiography.

    A Kitabatake;M Inoue;M Asao;H Ito

  • Crystal structure of an anticoagulant protein in complex with the Gla domain of factor X

    Hiroshi Mizuno;Zui Fujimoto;Hideko Atoda;Takashi Morita

  • Crystal Structures of Novel Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors (VEGF) from Snake Venoms INSIGHT INTO SELECTIVE VEGF BINDING TO KINASE INSERT DOMAIN-CONTAINING RECEPTOR BUT NOT TO fms-LIKE TYROSINE KINASE-1

    Kyoko Suto;Yasuo Yamazaki;Takashi Morita;Hiroshi Mizuno

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito Nara Medical University
Wataru Shimizu
Wataru Shimizu Nippon Medical School
Hisao Ogawa
Hisao Ogawa Kumamoto University
Hironori Yamamoto
Hironori Yamamoto Jichi Medical University
Sadaaki Iwanaga
Sadaaki Iwanaga Kyushu University
Yukio Ozaki
Yukio Ozaki University of Yamanashi
Kinya Otsu
Kinya Otsu King's College London
R. Manjunatha Kini
R. Manjunatha Kini National University of Singapore
John H. McVey
John H. McVey University of Surrey
Simon N. Waddington
Simon N. Waddington University College London

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