Huang X, Yamada Y, Kidoya H, Naitoh H, Nagahama Y, Kong L, Katoh S, Li W, Ueno M, and Takakura N.EphB4 overexpression on B16 melanoma cells affects arterial-venous patterning in tumor angiogenesis. Cancer Res 67:9800-9808, 2007.
Yamada Y, Yokoyama S, Wang XD, Fukuda N, and Takakura N. Cardiac stem cells in brown adipose tissue express CD133 and induce bone marrow non-hematopoietic cells to differentiate into cardiomyocytes. Stem cells 25: 1326-1333, 2007.
Vachkov IH, Huang X, Yamada Y, Tonchev AB, Yamashima T, Kato S, and Takakura N. Inhibition of axonal outgrowth in the tumor environment: Involvement of class 3 semaphorins. Cancer Sci 98:1192-1197, 2007.
Yamada Y, Yokoyama SI, Fukuda N, Kidoya H, Huang XY, Naitoh H, Satoh N, Takakura N. A novel approach for myocardial regeneration with educated cord blood cells cocultured with cells from brown adipose tissue. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 353:182-188, 2007.
Tonchev AB, Yamashima T, Guo J, Chaldakov GN, and Takakura N. Expression of angiogenic and neurotrophic factors in the progenitor cell niche of adult monkey subventricular zone. Neuroscience 144:1425-1435, 2007.
Iwanaga A, Sato T, Sugihara K, Hirao A, Takakura N, Okamoto H, Asano M, Yoshioka K. Neural-specific ablation of the scaffold protein JSAP1 in mice causes neonatal death. Neurosci Lett 429:43-48, 2007.
Ishida Y, Kimura A, Kondo T, Hayashi T, Ueno M, Takakura N, Matsushima K, Mukaida N. Essential Roles of the CC Chemokine Ligand 3-CC Chemokine Receptor 5 Axis in Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis through Regulation of Macrophage and Fibrocyte Infiltration. Am J Pathol. 170: 843-854, 2007.
Nishioka T, Suzuki M, Onishi K, Takakura N, Inada H, Yoshida T, Hiroe M, Imanaka-Yoshida K. Eplerenone attenuates myocardial fibrosis in the angiotensin II-induced hypertensive mouse: involvement of tenascin-C induced by aldosterone-mediated inflammation. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 49:261-268, 2007.