Zenji Makita

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Advanced Glycation End Products research(57), Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies(13), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes(11), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins(10), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research(9)

Publications83 total

Carotid intima–media thickness is a useful screening tool to detect coronary artery plaque in type 2 diabetic patients with zero calcium score
International Journal of Cardiology·2014· 3 cited
Advanced Glycosylation of LDL: Role in Oxidative Modification and Diabetic Complications
Elsevier eBooks·2005
Nϵ-Carboxymethyllysine in brain aging, diabetes mellitus, and Alzheimer's disease
Free Radical Biology and Medicine·2004· 92 cited
AGE down-regulation of monocyte RAGE expression and its association with diabetic complications in type 1 diabetes
Journal of Diabetes and its Complications·2004· 25 cited
Novel splice variants of the receptor for advanced glycation end-products expressed in human vascular endothelial cells and pericytes, and their putative roles in diabetes-induced vascular injury
Biochemical Journal·2003· 700 citedOpen Access
Effect of proteasome inhibitor on cultured mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons
Brain Research·2003· 49 cited
Serum levels of non-carboxymethyllysine advanced glycation endproducts are correlated to severity of microvascular complications in patients with Type 1 diabetes
Journal of Diabetes and its Complications·2002· 155 cited
A glycation inhibitor, aminoguanidine and pyridoxal adduct, suppresses the development of diabetic nephropathy
International Congress Series·2002· 7 cited
RAGE engagement and vascular cell derangement by short chain sugar-derived advanced glycation end products
International Congress Series·2002· 11 cited
High expression of inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase (iPFK-2; PFKFB3) in human cancers.
PubMed·2002· 326 cited
Angiogenesis induced by advanced glycation end products and its prevention by cerivastatin
The FASEB Journal·2002· 256 cited
CS-866, a New Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antagonist, Ameliorates Glomerular Anionic Site Loss and Prevents Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty Rats
Molecular Medicine·2002· 24 citedOpen Access
Advanced Glycation Endproduct-Induced Calcium Handling Impairment in Mouse Cardiac Myocytes
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology·2002· 119 cited
Interferon-γ-induced apoptosis and activation of THP-1 macrophages
Life Sciences·2002· 43 cited
Beraprost Sodium, a Prostaglandin I2 Analogue, Protects Against Advanced Glycation End Products-induced Injury in Cultured Retinal Pericytes
Molecular Medicine·2002· 44 citedOpen Access
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PubMed·2002· 1 cited
Pigment epithelium-derived factor protects cultured retinal pericytes from advanced glycation end product-induced injury through its antioxidative properties
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·2002· 169 cited
Advanced Glycation End Product-induced Apoptosis and Overexpression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in Human-cultured Mesangial Cells
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2002· 311 citedOpen Access
Detection of N<SUP>ε</SUP>-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) and non-CML advanced glycation end-products in the anterior horn of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spinal cord
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis·2002· 47 cited
Advanced glycation end products (AGE) and their receptor (RAGE) in the brain of patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with prion plaques.
Neuroscience Letters·2002· 104 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Masayoshi Takeuchi(19), Helen Vlassara(13), Richard Bucala(10), Sho‐ichi Yamagishi(10), Anthony Cerami(8), Takao Koike(8), Tamami Okamoto(8), Yosuke Inagaki(7), Shinjiro Amano(7), Nobuyuki Sasaki(5), Kohachiro Koga(5), Takayoshi Koike(5), Seiji Kikuchi(5), Hiroshi Yamamoto(4), Katsuyuki Yanagisawa(4), Yukihiko Kameda(4), Steven Radoff(3), Edward Y. Skolnik(3), Yorihide Hayashi(3), Yuko Horii(3)