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 ・Yoshida Y*, Shimizu I*,**, Shimada A, Nakahara K, Yanagisawa S, Kubo M, Fukuda S, Ishii C, Yamamoto H, Ishikawa T, Kano K, Aoki J, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Katsuumi G, Suda M, Ozaki K, Kashimura T, Izumi D, Yoshida Y, Okuda S, Ohta S, Okamoto S, Minokoshi Y, Oda K, Sasaoka T, Abe M, Sakimura K, Kubota Y, Yoshimura N, Kajimura S, Zuriaga M, Walsh K, Soga T** and Minamino T**. Brown adipose tissue dysfunction promotes heart failure via a trimethylamine N-oxide-dependent mechanism. Sci Rep. 2022, 12:14883, *Co-first author, **corresponding author

 ・ Hayashi Y*, Shimizu I*,**, Yoshida Y*, Ikegami R, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Nakao M, Fujiki S, Abe M, Sakimura K, Okuda S, Hayano T, Walsh K, Jespersen NJ, Nielsen S, Scheele C, Minamino T**. Coagulation factors promote brown adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal systemic metabolism in obesity. iScience. 2022 *Co-first author, **corresponding

・ Suda M*, Shimizu I*, Katsuumi G*, Yoshida Y, Matsumoto N, Yoshida Y, Katayama A, Wada J, Seki M, Suzuki Y, Okuda S, Ozaki K, Matsui M, Minamino T. Glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B regulates lysosomal integrity and lifespan of senescent cells. Sci Rep. 2022, April 20, 6522. *Co-first author.

・ Yoshida Y*, Shimizu I*, Yung Ting Hsiao*, Hayashi Y, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Ikegami R, Nakao M, Sakai R, Seki M, Suzuki Y, Okuda S, Soga T, Minamino T. Differing impact of phosphoglycerate mutase 1-deficiency on brown and white adipose tissue. iScience. 2022 *Co-first author

・ Park N, Marquez J, Pham T, Ko TH, Youm JB, Kim M, Choi SH, Moon J, Flores J, Ko K, Rhee BD, Shimizu I, Minamino T, Ha JD, Hwang JY, Yang SJ, Park CS, Kim HK and Han J. Cereblon contributes to cardiac dysfunction by degrading Cav1.2α. European Heart Journal. 2022, Feb; 22.

Yoshida Y*, Shimizu I*,**, Minamino T*. Capillaries as a therapeutic target for heart failure. J Atheroscler Thromb. April1, 2022 *Joint senior authors,**Corresponding

・ Hsiao Y T*, Shimizu I*,**, Yoshida Y, Minamino T**. Role of circulating molecules in age-related cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Inflammation and regeneration. *Co-first author, **corresponding author

・ Suda M*, Shimizu I*, Katsuumi G*, Yoshida Y, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Matsumoto N, Yoshida Y, Mikawa R, Katayama A, Wada J, Seki M, Suzuki Y, Iwama A, Nakagami H, Nagasawa A, Morishita R, Sugimoto M, Okuda S, Tsuchida M, Ozaki K, Matsui M, Minamino T. Senolytic vaccination improves normal and pathological age-related phenotypes and increases lifespan in progeroid mice. Nature aging. 2021, Dec; 10. *Co-first author

・ Cho K, Ushiki T, Ishiguro H Tamura S, Araki M, Suwabe T, Katagiri T, Ohashi R, Ajioka Y, Shimizu I, Okuda S, Masuko M, Nakagawa Y, Hirai H, Alexander W, Shimano H, Sone H. Altered Microbiota by a High-Fat Diet Accelerates Lethal Myeloid Hematopoiesis Associated with Systemic Socs3 Deficiency. iScience. 2021, Oct; 24(10), 103117.

・ Nakao M, Shimizu I*,**, Katsuumi G, Yoshida Y, Suda M, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Hsiao Yung Ting, Okuda S, Soga T, Minamino T**. Empagliflozin Maintains Capillarization and Improves Cardiac Function in a Murine Model of Left Ventricular Pressure Overload. Sci Rep. 2021, Sep15;11(1): 18384 (2021). *Co-first author, **Co-corresponding author

・ Hsiao YT*, Shimizu I*,**, Wakasugi T, Jiao S, Watanabe T, Yoshida Y, Ikegami R, Hayashi Y, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Nakao M, Ozawa T, Kashimura T, Ozaki K, Hanawa H, Minamino T**. Cardiac Mitofusin-1 is Reduced in Non-responding Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Sci Rep. (CI0), 2021, Mar24; 11(1):6722. *Co-first author, **Co-corresponding author

・ Kim HK, Ko T, Song I, Jeong Y, Heo HJ, Jeong S, Kim M, Park NM, Seo DY, Kha PT, Kim SW, Lee SR, Cho SW, Won JC, Youm JB, Ko K, Rhee B, Kim N, Cho KI, Shimizu I, Minamino T, Ha NC, Park Y, Nilius B, Han J. BH4 activates CaMKK2 and rescues the cardiomyopathic phenotype in rodent models of diabetes. Life Science Alliance. (CI3). 2020 Jul 22;3(9):e201900619.

・ Fujiki S, Iijima K, Okabe M, Niwano S, Tsujita K, Naito S, Ando K, Kusano K, Kato R, Nitta J, Miura T, Mitsuhashi T, Kario K, Kondo Y, Ieda M, Hagiwara N, Murohara T, Takahashi K, Tomita H, Takeishi Y, Anzai T, Simizu W, Watanabe M, Morino Y, Kato T, Tada H, Nakagawa Y, Yano M, Maemura K, Kimura T, Yoshida H, Ota K, Tanaka T, Node K, Aizawa Y, Shimizu I, Izumi D, Ozaki K, and Minamino T. On behalf of the EMPA-ICD investigators. Placebo-controlled, double-blind study of empagliflozin (EMPA) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (EMPA-ICD) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM): rationale and design. Diabetes Ther. (CI0) 2020 Nov;11(11):2739-2755.

・ Fujiki S, Watanabe H, Obata H, Suda M, Mitsuma W, Tomii A, Sakai K, Uehara A, Shimizu I, Kashimura T, Ozaki K, Minamino M. Association of adipokines with frailty in heart failure. Acta Biomed. 2021 Jul 1;92(3):e2021195.

・ Shimizu I*, Minamino T*. Cellular senescence in arterial diseases. Journal of lipid and atherosclerosis. 2020 Jan;9(9(1):79-91 *corresponding author

・ Kim HK, Jeon J, Song IS, Heo HJ, Jeong SH, Long LT, Thu VT, Ko TH, Kim M, Kim N, Lee SR, Yang JS, Kang MS, Ahn JM, Cho JY, Ko KS, Rhee BD, Nilius B, Ha NC, Shimizu I, Minamino T, Cho KI, Park YS, Kim S, Han J. Tetrahydrobiopterin enhances mitochondrial biogenesis and cardiac contractility via stimulation of PGC1α signaling. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2019 Aug2; S0925-4439(19)30241-8

・ Shimizu I*, Minamino T. Cellular senescence in cardiac diseases. J Cardiol. 2019 Jun 12; S0914-5087(19)30128-5 *corresponding author

・ Yoshida Y*, Shimizu I*, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Wakasugi T, Nakao M, Nakagmi H, Morishita R, Minamino T. Peptide vaccine for semaphorin3E ameliorates systemic glucose intolerance in mice with dietary obesity. Sci Rep 2019 Mar7; 9(1)3858 *Co-first author

・ Yokoyama M*, Shimizu I*, Nagasawa A, Yoshida Y, Katsuumi G, Wakasugi T, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Suda M, Ota Y, Okada S, Fruttiger M, Kobayashi Y, Tsuchida M, Kubota Y, Minamino T. p53 plays a crucial role in endothelial dysfunction associated with hyperglycemia and ischemia. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2019 Apr; 129; 105-117 Co-first author

・ Wakasugi T*, Shimizu I*, Yoshida Y, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Nakao M, Hoyano M Kashimura T, Nakamura K, Ito H, Nojiri T, Soga T, Minamino T. Role of smooth muscle cell p53 in pulmonary arterial hypertension. PLOS One. 2019 Feb 26, Co-first author

・ Ikegami R*,Shimizu I*,**, Sato T*, Yoshida Y, Hayashi Y, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Li J, Wakasugi T, Minokoshi Y, Okamoto S, Hinoi E, Nielsen S, Jespersen N, Scheele C, Soga T, Minamino T**. Gamma-aminobutyric acid signaling in brown adipose tissue promotes systemic metabolic derangement in obesity. Cell Rep. (CI4) 24(11):2827-2837, 2018. *Co-first author, **Co-corresponding author

・ Furuuchi R*, Shimizu I*, Yoshida Y, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Wakasugi T, Nakao M, Minamino T. Boysenberry polyphenol suppresses endothelial senescence and contributes for vascular health.PLOS One. *Co-first author

・ Kayamori H, Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Hayashi Y, Suda M, Ikegami R, Katsuumi G, Wakasugi T, Minamino T. Amlodipine inhibits vascular cell senescence and protects against atherogenesis through the mechanism independent of calcium channel blockade. Int Heart J. 2018 May 30;59(3):607-613

・ Katsuumi G*, Shimizu I*, Yoshida Y, Minamino T. Vascular senescence in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Front Cardiovasc Med. 05 March 2018 https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2018.00018. *Co-first author

・ Ikegami R*, Shimizu I*, Yoshida Y, Minamino T. Metabolomic analysis in heart failure. Circ J. 2017 ;82(1):10-16 *Co-first author

・ Katsuumi G*, Shimizu I*, Yoshida Y, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Suda M, Wakasugi T, Nakao M, Minamino T. Catecholamine-induced senescence of endothelial cells and and bone-marrow cells promotes cardiac dysfunction in mice. Int Heart J. (CI9), 59(4)837-844, 2018. *Co-first author

・ Suda M*, Shimizu I*, Yoshida Y, Minamino T. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells in extremities. Therapeutic Angiogenesis (Springer publication). *Co-first author

・ Yoshida Y*, Shimizu I*,**, Minamino T**. Diabetes and adipocyte dysfunction. Diabetes and Aging-related Complications (Springer publication) (CI0). 69-84, 2017. *Co-first author, **corresponding author

・ Shimizu I*, Minamino T. Cellular senescence in cardiac diseases. J Cardiol. (CI28)74(4):313-319, 2019. *corresponding author

・ Kinoshita D, Nagasawa A, Shimizu I, Ito T, Yoshida Y, Tsuchida M, Iwama A, Hayano T and Tohru Minamino. Progerin impairs vascular smooth muscle cell growth via the DNA damage response pathway. Oncotarget. (CI13) 8(21):34045-34056, 2017.

・ Katsuumi G*, Shimizu I*,**, Yoshida Y, Minamino T**. Inflammation and regeneration. The pathological role of cardio-vascular aging in heart failure. *Co-first author, **corresponding author

・ Shimizu I*, Minamino T*. Physiological and pathological cardiac hypertrophy. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2016 Jun 2;97:245-262 *corresponding author

・ Maruyama S, Nakamura K, Papanicolaou N.K., Shimizu I, Sano S, Asaumi Y, van den Hoff M.J., Ouchi N, Recchia A.F., Walsh K. Follistatin-like 1 promotes cardiac fibroblast activation and protects the heart from rupture. EMBO Mol Med. (CI50),8(8):949-66, 2016.

・ Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Minamino T. A role for circadian clock in metabolic disease. Hypertens Res. (CI22), 39(7):483-91, 2016.

・ Nakamura K, Sano S, Fuster J, Kikuchi R, Shimizu I, Ohshima K, Katanasaka Y, Ouchi N, and Walsh K. Secreted frizzled-related protein5 diminishes cardiac inflammation and protects the heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Biol Chem. (CI76), 291(6):2566-75, 2016.

・ Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Minamino T. Diabetes. 2015 (Commentary) Dec;64(12):3984-6. Maintenance of subcutaneous fat homeostasis improves systemic metabolic dysfunction in obesity.

・ Nakagomi A, Okada S, Yokoyama M, Yoshida Y, Shimizu I, Miki T, Kobayashi Y, and Minamino T. Aging and Mechanism of Disease. 2015 October, Role of the central nervous system and adipose tissue BDNF/TrkB axes in metabolic regulation.

・ Yoshida Y*, Shimizu I*, Minamino T. Inflammation and regeneration. 2015 September, The pathological role of adipose tissue aging in the progression of systemic insulin resistance. *Co-first author

・ Yoshida Y*, Shimizu I*, Katsuumi G*, Suda M, Hayashi Y, Minamino T. J Mol Cell Cardiol. p53-induced inflammation exacerbates cardiac dysfunction during pressure overload. *Co-first author

・ Shimizu I*, Yoshida Y, Minamino T*. Int Heart J. 2015 May 13;56(3):255-9. Pathological role of adipose tissue dysfunction in cardio-metabolic disorders. *corresponding author

・ Shimizu I*, Walsh K. Curr Obes Rep. 2015 June 4;(2):224-229. Whitening of brown fat and implications for weight management in obesity. Corresponding author

・ Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Suda M, Minamino T. Cell Metab. 2014 Dec 2;20(6):967-977.DNA damage response and metabolic disease.

・ Suzuki H, Kayama Y, Sakamoto M, Iuchi H, Shimizu I, Yoshino T, Katoh D, Nagoshi T , Tojo K, Minamino T, Yoshimura M, Utsunomiya K. Arachidonate 12/15-lipoxygenase-induced inflammation and oxidative stress are involved in the development of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Diabetes. (CI74) 64(2):618-30, 2015.

・ Kikuchi R, Nakamura K, Maclauchlan S, Ngo D, Shimizu I, Fuster J, Katanasaka Y, Yoshida S, Qiu Y, Yamaguchi T, Matsushita T, Murohara T, Gokce N, Bates D, Hamburg N, Walsh K. Nat Med. 2014 Dec;20(12):1464-71An anti-angiogenic isoform of VEGF-A contributes to impaired vascularization in peripheral artery disease.

・ Yoshida Y, Hayashi Y, Suda M, Tateno K, Okada S, Moriya J, Yokoyama M, Nojima A, Yamashita M, Kobayashi Y, Shimizu I, Minamino T. PLOS One. 2014; 9(6). Notch Signaling Regulates the Lifespan of Vascular Endothelial Cells via a p16-Dependent Pathway.

・ Yokoyama M, Okada S, Nakagomi A, Moriya J, Shimizu I, Nojima A, Yoshida Y, Ichimiya H, Kamimura N, Kobayashi Y, Ohta S, Fruttiger M, Lozano G, Minamino T. Cell reports. 2014 June12, 7, 1-13. Inhibition of endothelial p53 improves metabolic abnormalities related to dietary obesity.

・ Shimizu I, Tamar A, Kikuchi R, Shimizu A, Papanicolaou K, Maclauchlan S, Maruyama S, Walsh K. J Clin Invest. 2014; 1;124(5):2099-112. Vascular rarefaction mediates whitening of brown fat in obesity.

・ Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Moriya J, Nojima A, Uemura A, Kobayashi Y, Minamino T. Cell Metab 2013; 18:4. Semaphorin3E-induced inflammation contributes to insulin resistance in dietary obesity. (Featured article)

・ Nojima A, Yamashita M, Yoshida Y, Shimizu I, Ichimiya H, Kamimura N, Kobayashi Y, Ohta S, Ishii Naoaki, Minamino T. PLOS One. 2013; 30;8(7). Haploinsufficiency of Akt1 prolongs the lifespan of mice.

・ Shimizu I, Walsh K. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2013; 59C:176-178. Vascular remodeling mediated by Angptl2 produced from perivascular adipose tissue.

・ Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Katsuno T, Minamino T. Microbes and Infection. 2013; 1:11-7. Adipose tissue inflammation in diabetes and heart failure.

・ Tomita K, Teratani T, Suzuki T, Oshikawa T, Yokoyama H, Shimamura K, Nishiyama K, Mataki N, Irie R, Minamino T, Okada Y, Kurihara C, Ebinuma H, Saito H, Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Hokari R, Sugiyama K, Hatsuse K, Yamamoto J, Kanai T, Miura S, Hibi T. J Hepatol. 2012; 57, 837-843. P53/p66Shc-mediated signaling contributes to the progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in humans and mice.

・ Naito AT, Sumida T, Nomura S, Liu ML, Higo T, Nakagawa A, Okada K, Sakai T, Hashimoto A, Hara Y, Shimizu I, Zhu W, Toko H, Katada A, Akazawa H, Oka T, Lee JK, Minamino T, Nagai T, Walsh K, Kikuchi A, Matsumoto M, Botto M, Shiojima I, Komuro I. Cell. 2012; 149: 1298-313. Complement C1q Activates Canonical Wnt Signaling and Promotes Aging-Related Phenotypes.

・ Okada S, Yokoyama M, Toko H, Tateno K, Moriya J, Shimizu I, Nojima A, Ito T, Yoshida Y, Kobayashi Y, Katagiri H, Minamino T, Komuro I. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012; 8: 1902-9. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor protects against cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction via a central nervous system-mediated pathway.

・ Shimizu I, Yoshida Y, Katsuno T, Tateno K, Okada S, Moriya J, Yokoyama M, Nojima A, Ito T, Zechner R, Komuro I, Kobayashi Y, Minamino T. Cell Metab. 2012; 15:51-64. p53-induced adipose tissue inflammation is critically involved in the development of insulin resistance in heart failure. (Featured article)

・ Yasuda N, Akazawa H, Ito K, Shimizu I, Kudo-Sakamoto Y, Yabumoto C, Yano M, Yamamoto R, Ozasa Y, Minamino T, Naito AT, Oka T, Shiojima I, Tamura K, Umemura S, Nemer M, Komuro I. Hypertension. 2012; 59: 627-33. Agonist-independent constitutive activity of angiotensin II receptor promotes cardiac remodeling in mice.

・ Shimizu I, Minamino T, Toko H, Okada S, Ikeda H, Yasuda N, Tateno K, Moriya J, Yokoyama M, Nojima A, Koh G, Akazawa H, Shiojima I, Kahn C, Abel E, & Komuro I. J Clin Invest. 2010;120:1506-1514. Excessive cardiac insulin signaling exacerbates systolic dysfunction induced by pressure overload in rodents.

・ Moriya J, Minamino T, Tateno K, Okada S, Akiyoshi U. Shimizu I, Yokoyama M, Nojima A, Henderson CE, Okada M, Koga H, Komuro I. Circ Res. 2010; 106:391-8. Inhibition of Semaphorin As a Novel Strategy for Therapeutic Angiogenesis.

・ Shimizu I, Iguchi N, Watanabe H, Umemura J, Tobaru T, Asano R, Misu K, Nagayama M, Aikawa M Funabashi N, Komuro I, Sumiyoshi T. Int J Cardiol. 2010; 142:224-9. Delayed enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance as a novel technique to predict cardiac events in dilated cardiomyopathy patients.

・ Minamino T*, Orimo M*, Shimizu I*, Kunieda T, Yokoyama M, Ito T, Nojima A, Nabetani A, Oike Y, Matsubara H, Ishikawa F, Komuro I. Nat Med A crucial role for adipose tissue p53 in the regulation of insulin resistance. Co-first author

・ Kayama Y, Minamino T, Toko H, Sakamoto M, Shimizu I, Takahashi H, Okada S, Tateno K, Moriya J, Yokoyama M, Nojima A, Yoshimura M, Egashira K, Aburatani H and Komuro I. J. Exp. Med. 2009; 206:1565-74. Cardiac 12/15-lipoxygenase-induced inflammation is involved in heart failure.

・ Sano M, Minamino T, Toko H, Miyauchi H, Orimo M, Qin Y, Akazawa H, Tateno K, Kayama Y, Harada M, Shimizu I, Asahara T, Hamada H, Tomita S, Molkentin JD, Zou Y, Komuro I. Nature. 2007; 446:444-8. p53-induced inhibition of Hif-1 causes cardiac dysfunction during pressure overload.