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Y. Kamei, S. Miura, T. Suganami, F. Akaike, S. Kanai, S. Sugita, A. Katsumata, H. Aburatani, T. G. Unterman, O. Ezaki, and Y. Ogawa. Regulation of SREBP1c gene expression in skeletal muscle: role of retinoid X receptor/ liver X receptor and forkhead-O1 transcription factor. Endocrinology 149:2293-2305, 2008.

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N. Satoh, A. Shimatsu, Y. Kato, R. Araki, K. Koyama, T. Okajima, M. Tanabe, M. Ooishi, K. Kotani, and Y. Ogawa for the Japan Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Study（ JOMS） Group. Evaluation of the cardio-ankle vascular index, a new indicator of arterial stiffness independent of blood pressure, in obesity and metabolic syndrome. Hypertens. Res. 31:1921- 1930, 2008.

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◎ H. Yamada, M. Yoshida, Y. Nakano, T. Suganami, N. Satoh, T. Mita, K. Azuma, M. Itoh, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Kamei, M. Horie, H. Watada, and Y. Ogawa. In vivo and in vitro inhibition of monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells and endothelial adhesion molecules by eicosapentaenoic acid. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 28:2173-2179, 2008.

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◎ A. Ito, T. Suganami, A. Yamauchi, M. Degawa-Yamauchi, M. Tanaka, R. Kouyama, Y. Kobayashi, N. Nitta, K. Yasuda, Y. Hirata, W. A. Kuziel, M. Takeya, S. Kanegasaki, Y. Kamei, and Y. Ogawa. Role of C-C chemokine receptor 2 in bone marrow cells in the recruitment of macrophages into obese adipose tissue. J. Biol. Chem. 283:35715-35723, 2008.