Akira Takeshita

Blockade of type beta transforming growth factor signaling prevents liver fibrosis and dysfunction in the rat.

A. Ooshima, A. Takeshita, H. Ueno, 1999, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Separate roles for H-Ras and Rac in signaling by transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta. H-Ras is essential for activation of MAP kinase, partially required for transcriptional activation by TGF-beta, but not required for signaling of growth suppression by TGF-beta.

A. Takeshita, H. Ueno, H. Tanaka, 1999, European journal of biochemistry.

Local expression of C-type natriuretic peptide markedly suppresses neointimal formation in rat injured arteries through an autocrine/paracrine loop.

A. Takeshita, H. Ueno, K. Kangawa, 1997, Circulation.