Lasker~DeBakey
Clinical Medical Research Award

Key Publications of Akira Endo
Endo, A., Kuroda, M., and Tanzawa, K. (1976). Competitive inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase by ML-236A and ML-236B fungal metabolites, having hypocholesterolmic activity. FEBS Lett. 72, 323-326.

Endo, A., Kuroda, M., and Tsujita, Y. (1976). ML-236A, ML-236B, and ML-236C, new inhibitors of cholesterogenesis produced by Penicillium citrinium. J. Antibiot. (Tokyo) 29, 1346-1348.

Endo, A., Tsujita, Y., Kuroda, M., and Tanzawa, K. (1977). Inhibition of cholesterol synthesis in vitro and in vivo by ML-236A and ML-236B, competitive inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. Eur. J. Biochem. 77, 31-36.

Tsujita, Y., Kuroda, M., Tanzawa, K., Kitano, N., and Endo, A. (1979). Hypolipidemic effects in dogs of ML-236B, a competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase. Atherosclerosis 32, 307-313.

Yamamoto, A., Sudo, H., and Endo, A. (1980). Therapeutic effects of ML-236B in primary hypercholesteromia. Atherosclerosis 35, 259-266.

Endo, A. (1992). The discovery and development of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. J. Lipid Res. 33, 1569-1582.