2003

1. Takenaka M, Hirade K, Tanabe K, Akamatsu S, Dohi S, Matsuno H and Kozawa O.
Simvastatin stimulates VEGF release via p44/p42 MAP kinase in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2003;301:198-203.

2. Tanabe K, Dohi S, Matsuno H, Hirade K and Kozawa O.
Midazolam stimulates vascular endothelial growth factor release in aortic smooth muscle cells : role of the mitogen-activated protein kinase superfamily.
Anesthesiology. 2003;98:1147-1154.

3. Tokuda H, Kato K, Oiso Y and Kozawa O.
Contrasting effects of triiodothyronine on heat shock protein 27 induction and vascular endothelial growth factor synthesis stimulated TGF-β in osteoblasts.
Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 2003;201:33-38.

4. Tokuda H, Hirade K, Wang X, Oiso Y and Kozawa O.
Involvement of SAPK/JNK in basic fibroblast growth factor-induced VEGF release in osteoblasts.
J. Endocrinol. 2003;177:101-107.

5. Tokuda H, Hatakeyama D, Shibata T, Akamatsu S, Oiso Y and Kozawa O.
p38 MAP kinase regulates BMP-4-stimulated VEGF synthesis via p70 S6 kinase in osteoblasts.
Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinology and Metabolism Physiology 2003;284:E1202-1209.

6. Niwa M, Hotta K, Kanamori Y, Hatakeyama D, Hirade K, Katayama M, Hara A, Mori H, Ito H, Kato K, Matsuno H, Uematsu T and Kozawa O.
Involvement of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in heat shock protein 27 induction in human neutrophils.
Eur. J. Pharmacol. 2003;466:245-253.

7. Tokuda H, Harada A, Hirade K, Matsuno H, Ito H, Kato K, Oiso Y and Kozawa O.
Incadronate amplifies prostaglandin F2α-induced vascular endothelial growth factor in osteoblasts: enhancement of MAP kinase activity.
J. Biol. Chem. 2003;278:18930-18937.

8. Wang X, Tokuda H, Hatakeyama D, Hirade K, Niwa M, Ito H, Kato K and Kozawa O.
Mechanism of simvastatin on induction of heat shock protein in osteoblasts.
Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 2003;415:6-13.

9. Tokuda H, Hatakeyama D, Akamatsu S, Tanabe K, Yoshida M, Shibata T and Kozawa O.
Involvement of MAP kinases in TGF-β-stimulated vascular endothelial growth factor synthesis in osteoblasts.
Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 2003;415:117-125.

10. Matsuno H, Okada K, Ueshima S, Matsuo O and Kozawa O.
α2-antiplasmin plays a significant role in acute pulmonary embolism.
J. Thromb. Haemost. 2003;1:1734-1739.

11. Tokuda H, Niwa M, Ito H, Oiso Y, Kato K and Kozawa O.
Involvement of stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK)/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in endothelin-1-induced heat shock protein 27 in osteoblasts.
Eur. J. Endocrinol. 2003;149:239-245.

12. Matsuno H, Ishisaki A, Nakajima K, Okada K, Ueshima S, Matsuo O and Kozawa O.
Lack of α2-antiplasmin promotes reendothelialization via over-release of VEGF after vascular injury in mice.
Blood 2003;102:3621-3628.

13. Matsuno H, Ishisaki A, Nakajima K, Kato K and Kozawa O.
A peptide isolated from αB-crystallin is a novel and potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation via dual prevension of PAR-1 and GPIb/V/IX.
J. Thromb. Haemost. 2003;1:2636-2642.