Effects of AT1 receptor antagonist, losartan, on rat hepatic fibrosis induced by CCl(4).

Angiotensin II stimulates cardiac myocyte hypertrophy via paracrine release of TGF-β1 and endothelin-1 from fibroblasts

1998 • 406 citations

Activation of Cardiac Aldosterone Production in Rat Myocardial Infarction

1999 • 375 citations

Angiotensin II Stimulated Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β1in Cardiac Fibroblasts and Myofibroblasts

1997 • 350 citations

Angiotensin II, Transforming Growth Factor-β1and Repair in the Infarcted Heart

1998 • 241 citations

Angiotensin II modulates cell growth-related events and synthesis of matrix proteins in renal interstitial fibroblasts

1997 • 208 citations

Angiotensin II blockade decreases TGF-β1 and matrix proteins in cyclosporine nephropathy

1997 • 207 citations

Reduced angiotensinogen expression attenuates renal interstitial fibrosis in obstructive nephropathy in mice

1999 • 170 citations

Chronic Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition and Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockade

1997 • 166 citations

Transforming growth factor ? and tumor necrosis factor ? inhibit both apoptosis and proliferation of activated rat hepatic stellate cells

1999 • 162 citations

Antifibrogenic effect of a deletion variant of hepatocyte growth factor on liver fibrosis in rats

1996 • 151 citations

Gene therapy by transforming growth factor-β receptor-IgG Fc chimera suppressed extracellular matrix accumulation in experimental glomerulonephritis

1999 • 132 citations

Role of AT₁angiotensin II receptors in renal ischemic injury

1998 • 121 citations

Effect of AT₂receptor blockade on the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis

1999 • 114 citations

Captopril inhibits apoptosis in human lung epithelial cells: a potential antifibrotic mechanism

1998 • 114 citations

Role of transforming growth factor ? type II receptor in hepatic fibrosis: Studies of human chronic hepatitis C and experimental fibrosis in rats

1999 • 107 citations

The transforming growth factor beta system in kidney disease and repair: recent progress and future directions

1999 • 103 citations

Role of the renin-angiotensin system in cardiac hypertrophy

1999 • 90 citations

Effects of the administration of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor during the acute phase of myocardial infarction in patients with arterial hypertension

1999 • 88 citations

Angiotensin II Activates Collagen Type I Gene in the Renal Vasculature of Transgenic Mice During Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthesis

1999 • 88 citations

Cardioprotective Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition Against Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury in Cultured Rat Cardiac Myocytes

1999 • 87 citations

Cardiac Senescence Is Associated with Enhanced Expression of Angiotensin II Receptor Subtypes¹

1998 • 86 citations

Dynamic changes of type I, III and IV collagen synthesis and distribution of collagen-producing cells in carbon tetrachloride-induced rat liver fibrosis

1999 • 73 citations

Regression of Hypertrophy After Myocardial Infarction is Produced by the Chronic Blockade of Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor in Rats

1996 • 55 citations

Cardiac intersitial fluid levels of angiotensin I and II in the pig

1999 • 53 citations

Critical Role of AT ₁ Receptor Expression After Ischemia/Reperfusion in Isolated Rat Hearts

1998 • 47 citations

Fat-storing cells and liver fibrosis

1996 • 39 citations

Angiotensin–Converting Enzyme Inhibition by Enalapril: A Novel Approach to Reduce Ischemia/Reperfusion Damage After Experimental Liver Transplantation

1997 • 38 citations

Effects of Fuzheng Huayu 319 recipe on liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B

1998 • 33 citations

Protective effects of polydatin against CCl₄-induced injury to primarily cultured rat hepatocytes

1999 • 30 citations

Study of heteroserum-induced rat liver fibrosis model and its mechanism

1998 • 24 citations

Experimental study of bioartificial liver with cul-tured human liver cells

1999 • 23 citations

Effect of lipid on proliferation and activation of rat hepatic stellate cells (I)

1998 • 23 citations

Clinical study on the treatment of liver fibrosis due to hepatitis B by IFN-α₁and traditional medicine preparation

1999 • 22 citations

Study on the role of free fatty acids in proliferation of rat hepatic stellate cells (II).

1998 • 17 citations

The Renin-Angiotensin System and Compensatory Renal Hypertrophy in the Rat

1997 • 15 citations

Fibrodynamics-elucidation of the mechanisms and sites of liver fibrogenesis

1999 • 14 citations

Increased expression of glomerular AT₁ receptors in rats with myocardial infarction

1998 • 13 citations

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

1999 • 12 citations

The effect of retinoic acid on Ito cell proliferation and content of DNA and RNA

1999 • 11 citations

Therapeutic effect of Zijin capsule in liver fibrosis in rats

1998 • 10 citations

Progress in studies of tetrandrine against hepatofibrosis

1998 • 9 citations

Angiotensin II-Induced Modulation of Rat Mesangial Cell Phenotype

1999 • 7 citations

Effect of amygdalin on proliferation of rat hepatic fat-storing cells and collagen production in vitro.

1997 • 4 citations

Angiotensin II receptor blockers

1999 • 4 citations

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors: first line therapy in patients with diabetic hypertension?

1999 • 4 citations

Inhibitory effects of captopril on hypoxia-induced proliferation and collagen synthesis in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells.

1999 • 3 citations

Effect of losartan and captopril on expression of cardiac angiotensin II AT1 receptor mRNA in rats following myocardial infarction.

1997 • 3 citations

Cellular immune function and liver damage in post-hepatitic cirrhosis

2011 • 2 citations