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Hiroaki Shimokawa

Researcher at Tohoku University

Publications -  976
Citations -  56856

Hiroaki Shimokawa is an academic researcher from Tohoku University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart failure & Endothelium. The author has an hindex of 111, co-authored 949 publications receiving 48822 citations. Previous affiliations of Hiroaki Shimokawa include University of Nebraska Medical Center & Nagoya University.

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Abstract 74: Crucial Role of ROCK2 in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Mice

TL;DR: VSMC- specific ROCK2-deficient (ROCK2+/-) and VSMC-specific ROCK2 -overexpressing (Rocked2-Tg) mice are developed and the extent of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension was significantly reduced in ROCK2+/+ mice and was enhanced in ROCK 2-T g mice compared with the littermates.
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[The role of Rho-kinase pathway on PAH].

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that Rho-kinase is activated in animal models of PAH associated with enhanced pulmonary vasoconstricting and proliferating responses, impaired endothelial vasodilator functions, and pulmonary remodeling and that intravenous fasudil, a selective Rho -kinase inhibitor, exerts acute pulmonary vasodILator effects in patients with severe PAH.