■Hosoya A, Ninomiya T, Hiraga T, Zhao C, Yoshiba K, Yoshiba N, Takahashi M, Okabe T, Wakitani S, Yamada H, Kasahara E, Ozawa H, Nakamura H. Alveolar bone regeneration of subcutaneously transplanted rat molar. Bone 42: 350-357, 2008
■Takahashi M. High-mobility group box 1 protein (HMBG1) in ischemic heart disease: beneficial or deleterious? (Editorial) Cardiovasc Res 80: 5-6, 2008
■Murayama H, Takahashi M, Takamoto M, Shiba Y, Ise H, Koyama J, Tagawa Y, Iwakura Y, Ikeda U. Deficiency of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma in bone marrow cells synergistically inhibits neointimal formation following vascular injury. Cardiovasc Res 80: 175-180, 2008
■Koshikawa M, Aizawa K, Kasai H, Izawa A, Tomita T, Kumazaki S, Tsutsui H, Koyama J, Shimodaira S, Takahashi M, Ikeda U. Elevated osteopontin levels in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Angiology (in press)
■Nakamura-Horigome M, Koyama J, Eizawa T, Kasai H, Kumazaki S, Tsutsui H, Koiwai K, Oguchi K, Kinoshita K, Ikeda U. Successful treatment of primary cardiac angiosarcoma with docetaxel and radiotherapy. Angiology (in press)
■Ikeda U, Kasai H, Izawa A, Koyama J,Takahashi M, Yazaki Y, Higuchi M, Chang-Sung Koh, Yamamoto K. Immunoadsorption therapy for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Current Cardiology Reviews 4: 219-222, 2008
■Yajima N, Takahashi M, Morimoto H, Shiba Y, Takahashi Y, Masumoto J, Ise H, J Sagara, Nakayama J, Taniguchi S, Ikeda U. Critical role of bone marrow-derived ASC, an inflammasome adaptor molecule, in neointimal formation after vascular injury in mice. Circulation 117: 3079-3087, 2008
■Morimoto H, Hirose M, Takahashi M, Kawaguchi M, Ise H, Kolattukudy PE, Yamada M, Ikeda U. MCP-1 induces cardioprotection against ischemia/reperfusion injury: Role of reactive oxygen species. Cardiovasc Res 78: 554-562, 2008
■Hongo M, Tsutsui H, Mawatari E, Hidaka H, Kumazaki S, Yazaki Y, Takahashi M, Kinoshita O, Ikeda U. Fluvastatin improves arterial stiffness in patients with coronary artery disas and hyperlipidemia: A 5-year follow-up study. Circ J 72: 722-728, 2008
■Tachi Y, Fukui D, Wada Y, Koshikawa M, Shimodaira S, Ikeda U, Amano J. Changes in angiogenesis-related factors in serum following autologous bone marrow cell implantation for severe limb ischemia. Exp Opin Biol Ther 8:705-12, 2008
■Kamiyoshi Y, Yazaki Y, Urushibata K, Koizumu T, Kasai H, Izawa A, Kinoshita O, Hongo M, Ikeda U. Risk stratification assessed by combined lung and heart iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 101:1482-1486, 2008
■Shiba Y, Takahashi M, Ikeda U. Models for the study of angiogenesis. Curr Pharm Design 14: 371-377, 2008
■Zenimaru Y, Takahashi S, Takahashi M, Yamada K, Iwasaki T, Hattori H, Imagawa M, Ueno M, Suzuki J, Miyamori I. Glucose deprivation accelerates VLDL receptor-mediated TG-rich lipoprotein uptake by AMPK activation in skeletal muscle cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 368: 716-722, 2008
■Kubota K, Soeda J, Misawa R, Mihara M, Miwa S, Ise H, Takahashi M, Miyagawa S. Bone marrow-derived cell fuses with hepatic oval cells but are not involved in hepatic tumorgenesis in the choline-deficient ethionine-supplemented diet rat model. Carcinogenesis 29: 448-454, 2008
