Koji Sakai, M.D. Ph.D.

Former Postdoctoral Fellow

Koji's Shrine to his Iowa Experience

Publications:

1: Sakai K, Agassandian K, Morimoto S, Sinnayah P, Cassell MD, Davisson RL, Sigmund CD.     Local production of angiotensin II in the subfornical organ causes elevated drinking. J Clin Invest. 2007 Apr;117(4):1088-95. PMID: 17404622 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 2: Sinnayah P, Lazartigues E, Sakai K, Sharma RV, Sigmund CD, Davisson RL.     Genetic ablation of angiotensinogen in the subfornical organ of the brain prevents the central angiotensinergic pressor response. Circ Res. 2006 Nov 10;99(10):1125-31. Epub 2006 Oct 19. PMID: 17053195 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 3: Sakai K, Sigmund CD.     Molecular evidence of tissue renin-angiotensin systems: a focus on the brain. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2005 Apr;7(2):135-40. Review. PMID: 15748539 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4: Sakai K, Chapleau MW, Morimoto S, Cassell MD, Sigmund CD.     Differential modulation of baroreflex control of heart rate by neuron- vs. glia-derived angiotensin II. Physiol Genomics. 2004 Dec 15;20(1):66-72. Epub 2004 Oct 5. PMID: 15467015 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 5: Lavoie JL, Bianco RA, Sakai K, Keen HL, Ryan MJ, Sigmund CD.     Transgenic mice for studies of the renin-angiotensin system in hypertension. Acta Physiol Scand. 2004 Aug;181(4):571-7. Review. PMID: 15283772 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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