# Kazuwa Nakao

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/kazuwa-nakao/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 65,130 |
| Field | Heart Failure Treatment and Management |
| h-index | 121 |
| i10-index | 703 |
| Last Known Institution | Kyoto University |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5105832217 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3483-4196 |
| Works | 1,231 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 15.

- [Brain natriuretic peptide as a novel cardiac hormone in humans. Evidence for an exquisite dual natriuretic peptide system, atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide.](https://scholariq.org/papers/brain-natriuretic-peptide-as-a-novel-cardiac-hormone-in-humans-evidence-for-an/)
- [Flk1-positive cells derived from embryonic stem cells serve as vascular progenitors](https://scholariq.org/papers/flk1-positive-cells-derived-from-embryonic-stem-cells-serve-as-vascular/)
- [Stomach Is a Major Source of Circulating Ghrelin, and Feeding State Determines Plasma Ghrelin-Like Immunoreactivity Levels in Humans](https://scholariq.org/papers/stomach-is-a-major-source-of-circulating-ghrelin-and-feeding-state-determines/)
- [Thyroid Hormone Action Is Disrupted by Bisphenol A as an Antagonist](https://scholariq.org/papers/thyroid-hormone-action-is-disrupted-by-bisphenol-a-as-an-antagonist/)
- [Receptor selectivity of natriuretic peptide family, atrial natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide, and C-type natriuretic peptide.](https://scholariq.org/papers/receptor-selectivity-of-natriuretic-peptide-family-atrial-natriuretic-peptide/)
- [Cardiac fibrosis in mice lacking brain natriuretic peptide](https://scholariq.org/papers/cardiac-fibrosis-in-mice-lacking-brain-natriuretic-peptide/)
- [Different secretion patterns of atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide in patients with congestive heart failure.](https://scholariq.org/papers/different-secretion-patterns-of-atrial-natriuretic-peptide-and-brain-natriuretic/)
- [Increased plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide in patients with acute myocardial infarction.](https://scholariq.org/papers/increased-plasma-levels-of-brain-natriuretic-peptide-in-patients-with-acute/)
- [Endothelial production of C-type natriuretic peptide and its marked augmentation by transforming growth factor-beta. Possible existence of "vascular natriuretic peptide system".](https://scholariq.org/papers/endothelial-production-of-c-type-natriuretic-peptide-and-its-marked-augmentation/)
- [Superiority of Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Hormonal Marker of Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction and Ventricular Hypertrophy](https://scholariq.org/papers/superiority-of-brain-natriuretic-peptide-as-a-hormonal-marker-of-ventricular/)
- [Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Is Positively Associated With Essential Hypertension](https://scholariq.org/papers/endothelial-nitric-oxide-synthase-gene-is-positively-associated-with-essential/)
- [Dwarfism and early death in mice lacking C-type natriuretic peptide](https://scholariq.org/papers/dwarfism-and-early-death-in-mice-lacking-c-type-natriuretic-peptide/)

## Researcher topics

- [Heart Failure Treatment and Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/heart-failure-treatment-and-management/)
- [Regulation of Appetite and Obesity](https://scholariq.org/topics/regulation-of-appetite-and-obesity/)
- [Adipose Tissue and Metabolism](https://scholariq.org/topics/adipose-tissue-and-metabolism/)
- [Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension](https://scholariq.org/topics/hormonal-regulation-and-hypertension/)
- [Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuropeptides-and-animal-physiology/)

## Researcher university

- [Kyoto University](https://scholariq.org/institutions/kyoto-university/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.