Shinichi Okada

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor ameliorates diabetic nephropathy by its pleiotropic effects in rats (2003)

Usui, Hitomi, Shikata, Kenichi, Matsuda, Mitsuhiro, Okada, Shinichi, Ogawa, Daisuke, Yamashita, Tetsuji, ...

Background. An inflammatory process may be one of the critical factors that contribute to the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). We reported previously that intercellular adhesion...

Protective effect of a novel and selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase on experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis in WKY rats (2002)

Ogawa, Daisuke, Shikata, Kenichi, Matsuda, Mitsuhiro, Okada, Shinichi, Usui, Hitomi, Wada, Jun, ...

Background. Nitric oxide (NO) plays important roles in a variety of pathophysiological processes. It has been reported that inducible NO synthase (iNOS) is upregulated in the...

Health and earned income: Recursive and non-recursive models (1997)

Okada, Shinichi

The current study examines systematically the utility of a set of possible variables in estimating the dual effects of health and earned income among a non-elderly working population. The variables...