Toshio Nishikimi

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Affiliation: Kyoto University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Direct immunochemiluminescent assay for proBNP and total BNP in human plasma proBNP and total BNP levels in normal and heart failure
    Toshio Nishikimi
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    PLoS ONE 8:e53233. 2013
  2. ncbi Current biochemistry, molecular biology, and clinical relevance of natriuretic peptides
    Toshio Nishikimi
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54, Shogoin Kawara cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    J Cardiol 57:131-40. 2011
  3. ncbi Diverse molecular forms of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in heart failure
    Toshio Nishikimi
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54, Shogoin Kawara cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    Curr Heart Fail Rep 8:140-6. 2011
  4. ncbi The effect of glycosylation on plasma N-terminal proBNP-76 levels in patients with heart or renal failure
    Toshio Nishikimi
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawara cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Japan
    Heart 98:152-61. 2012
  5. ncbi Reciprocal expression of MRTF-A and myocardin is crucial for pathological vascular remodelling in mice
    Takeya Minami
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    EMBO J 31:4428-40. 2012
  6. ncbi Zinc-finger protein 90 negatively regulates neuron-restrictive silencer factor-mediated transcriptional repression of fetal cardiac genes
    Leo Hata
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    J Mol Cell Cardiol 50:972-81. 2011
  7. ncbi Transcriptional regulation of the fetal cardiac gene program
    Koichiro Kuwahara
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    J Pharmacol Sci 119:198-203. 2012

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Direct immunochemiluminescent assay for proBNP and total BNP in human plasma proBNP and total BNP levels in normal and heart failure
    Toshio Nishikimi
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    PLoS ONE 8:e53233. 2013
    ..It is important to know the exact levels of proBNP in heart failure, because elevation of the low-activity proBNP may be associated with the development of heart failure...
  2. ncbi Current biochemistry, molecular biology, and clinical relevance of natriuretic peptides
    Toshio Nishikimi
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54, Shogoin Kawara cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    J Cardiol 57:131-40. 2011
    ..In this review we discuss recent progress in our understanding of the biochemistry, molecular biology and clinical relevance of the natriuretic peptide system...
  3. ncbi Diverse molecular forms of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in heart failure
    Toshio Nishikimi
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54, Shogoin Kawara cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    Curr Heart Fail Rep 8:140-6. 2011
    ..A new hypothesis that O-glycosylation at Thr71 in a region close to the cleavage site impairs proBNP-108 processing was proposed. In the future, the precise mechanism of increased proBNP-108 in HF should be elucidated...
  4. ncbi The effect of glycosylation on plasma N-terminal proBNP-76 levels in patients with heart or renal failure
    Toshio Nishikimi
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawara cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Japan
    Heart 98:152-61. 2012
    ..The pathophysiological significance of cardiac and plasma levels of non-glycosylated (nonglyNT-BNP) and glycosylated NT-BNP (glyNT-BNP) in heart failure (HF) and chronic renal failure (CRF) was investigated...
  5. ncbi Reciprocal expression of MRTF-A and myocardin is crucial for pathological vascular remodelling in mice
    Takeya Minami
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    EMBO J 31:4428-40. 2012
    ..Moreover, the MRTF-A inhibitor CCG1423 significantly reduced neointima formation following wire injury in mice. MRTF-A could thus be a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of vascular diseases...
  6. ncbi Zinc-finger protein 90 negatively regulates neuron-restrictive silencer factor-mediated transcriptional repression of fetal cardiac genes
    Leo Hata
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    J Mol Cell Cardiol 50:972-81. 2011
    ..Collectively, these results suggest that Zfp90 functions as a negative regulator of NRSF and contributes to genetic remodeling during the development of cardiac dysfunction...
  7. ncbi Transcriptional regulation of the fetal cardiac gene program
    Koichiro Kuwahara
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    J Pharmacol Sci 119:198-203. 2012
    ..In this review we will summarize what is currently known about the transcriptional regulation of the fetal cardiac gene program...