Y Yoshimasa
Osaka Minami Medical Center(JP)
Publications by Year
Research Areas
Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
Most-Cited Works
- → Nonadipose tissue production of leptin: Leptin as a novel placenta-derived hormone in humans(1997)1,286 cited
- → Sympathetic activation of leptin via the ventromedial hypothalamus: leptin-induced increase in catecholamine secretion.(1999)223 cited
- → Molecular cloning of rat obese cDNA and augmented gene expression in genetically obese Zucker fatty (fa/fa) rats.(1995)214 cited
- → Increased glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity in transgenic skinny mice overexpressing leptin.(1999)206 cited
- → Involvement of agouti-related protein, an endogenous antagonist of hypothalamic melanocortin receptor, in leptin action.(1999)175 cited
- → Human leptin receptor gene in obese Japanese subjects: evidence against either obesity-causing mutations or association of sequence variants with obesity(1997)157 cited
- → Down regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorγ expression by inflammatory cytokines and its reversal by thiazolidinediones(1999)126 cited
- → Glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity in transgenic mice overexpressing leptin with lethal yellow agouti mutation: usefulness of leptin for the treatment of obesity-associated diabetes.(1999)91 cited
- → Cross-linking of a B25 azidophenylalanine insulin derivative to the carboxyl-terminal region of the alpha-subunit of the insulin receptor. Identification of a new insulin-binding domain in the insulin receptor.(1994)90 cited
- → Change of insulin action with aging in conscious rats determined by euglycemic clamp(1988)75 cited