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Tamami Morishita
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Tamami Morishita is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rho-associated protein kinase & Sensitization. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 2811 citations.
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Calcium sensitization of smooth muscle mediated by a Rho-associated protein kinase in hypertension
Masayoshi Uehata,Toshimasa Ishizaki,Hiroyuki Satoh,Takashi Ono,Toshio Kawahara,Tamami Morishita,Hiroki Tamakawa,Keiji Yamagami,Jun Inui,Midori Maekawa,Shuh Narumiya +10 more
TL;DR: Pyridine derivative Y-27632 consistently suppresses Rho-induced, p160ROCK-mediated formation of stress fibres in cultured cells and dramatically corrects hypertension in several hypertensive rat models, suggesting that compounds that inhibit this process might be useful therapeutically.