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Alvin M. Matsumoto is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a specific focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their work spans a wide range of subfields, also including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, cell biology, and pharmacology.

The scientist's research primarily revolves around hormonal and reproductive studies, with additional significant contributions in prostate cancer treatment and research, sexual differentiation and disorders, muscle metabolism and nutrition, pharmacology and obesity treatment, pharmacological effects and assays, and doping in sports.

Alvin M. Matsumoto has published numerous articles in several well-regarded venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Matsumoto include:

  • "Associations of Serum Testosterone and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin With Incident Cardiovascular Events in Middle-Aged to Older Men" (2021, Annals of Internal Medicine)
  • "Serum Testosterone is Inversely and Sex Hormone-binding Globulin is Directly Associated with All-cause Mortality in Men" (2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
  • "Lower serum testosterone concentrations are associated with a higher incidence of dementia in men: The UK Biobank prospective cohort study" (2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
  • "Associations of Testosterone and Related Hormones With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Men" (2024, Annals of Internal Medicine)
  • "Aging and androgens: Physiology and clinical implications" (2022, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders)

Matsumoto has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Bu B. Yeap
  • Ross J. Marriott
  • Shalender Bhasin
  • Claes Ohlsson
  • Eric Orwoll

Throughout the course of their research career, Alvin M. Matsumoto has maintained a consistent focus on endocrinology-related topics, with a strong presence in hormonal studies and clinical investigations touching on cardiovascular health, mortality, dementia, and aging.

Best Publications

  • Testosterone therapy in men with androgen deficiency syndromes: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.

    Shalender Bhasin;Glenn R. Cunningham;Frances J. Hayes;Alvin M. Matsumoto

  • Testosterone Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Shalender Bhasin;Juan P Brito;Glenn R Cunningham;Frances J Hayes

  • Testosterone Therapy in Adult Men with Androgen Deficiency Syndromes: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Shalender Bhasin;Glenn R. Cunningham;Frances J. Hayes;Alvin M. Matsumoto

  • Transdermal testosterone gel improves sexual function, mood, muscle strength, and body composition parameters in hypogonadal men

    Christina Wang;Ronald S. Swerdloff;Ali Iranmanesh;Adrian Dobs

  • The hypoxia-responsive transcription factor EPAS1 is essential for catecholamine homeostasis and protection against heart failure during embryonic development

    Hui Tian;Robert E. Hammer;Alvin M. Matsumoto;David W. Russell

  • Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Older Men

    P. J. Snyder;S. Bhasin;G. R. Cunningham;A. M. Matsumoto

  • Prevalence and Incidence of Androgen Deficiency in Middle-Aged and Older Men: Estimates from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study

    Andre B. Araujo;Amy B. O’Donnell;Donald J. Brambilla;William B. Simpson

  • Long-term testosterone gel (AndroGel) treatment maintains beneficial effects on sexual function and mood, lean and fat mass, and bone mineral density in hypogonadal men.

    Christina Wang;Glenn Cunningham;Adrian S Dobs;Ali Iranmanesh

  • Resistance to CYP17A1 inhibition with abiraterone in castration resistant prostate cancer: Induction of steroidogenesis and androgen receptor splice variants

    Elahe A. Mostaghel;Brett T. Marck;Stephen R. Plymate;Robert L. Vessella

  • Low serum testosterone and mortality in male veterans

    Molly M. Shores;Alvin M. Matsumoto;Kevin L. Sloan;Daniel R. Kivlahan

  • Exogenous testosterone (T) alone or with finasteride increases physical performance, grip strength, and lean body mass in older men with low serum T.

    Stephanie T. Page;John K. Amory;F. DuBois Bowman;Bradley D. Anawalt

  • Noradrenaline is essential for mouse fetal development

    Steven A. Thomas;Alvin M. Matsumoto;Richard D. Palmiter

  • Andropause Clinical Implications of the Decline in Serum Testosterone Levels With Aging in Men

    Alvin M Matsumoto

  • Intraprostatic androgens and androgen-regulated gene expression persist after testosterone suppression: therapeutic implications for castration-resistant prostate cancer.

    Elahe A. Mostaghel;Stephanie T. Page;Daniel W. Lin;Ladan Fazli

  • Multiple organ pathology, metabolic abnormalities and impaired homeostasis of reactive oxygen species in Epas1-/- mice

    Marzia Scortegagna;Kan Ding;Yavuz Oktay;Arti Gaur

  • Testosterone supplementation improves spatial and verbal memory in healthy older men

    Monique M. Cherrier;S. Asthana;S. Plymate;L. Baker

  • Testosterone treatment and mortality in men with low testosterone levels.

    Molly M. Shores;Nicholas L. Smith;Christopher W. Forsberg;Bradley D. Anawalt

  • Exogenous Testosterone or Testosterone with Finasteride Increases Bone Mineral Density in Older Men with Low Serum Testosterone

    John K. Amory;Nelson B. Watts;Kirk A. Easley;Paul R. Sutton

  • Daily melatonin administration to middle-aged male rats suppresses body weight, intraabdominal adiposity, and plasma leptin and insulin independent of food intake and total body fat.

    T. Wolden-Hanson;D. R. Mitton;R. L. McCants;S. M. Yellon

  • Serum inhibin B levels reflect Sertoli cell function in normal men and men with testicular dysfunction.

    B D Anawalt;R A Bebb;A M Matsumoto;N P Groome

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Bremner
William J. Bremner University of Washington
Ronald S. Swerdloff
Ronald S. Swerdloff Lundquist Institute
Christina Wang
Christina Wang Lundquist Institute
Shalender Bhasin
Shalender Bhasin Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter J. Snyder
Peter J. Snyder University of Pennsylvania
Peter S. Nelson
Peter S. Nelson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota
Thomas M. Gill
Thomas M. Gill Yale University
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jane A. Cauley
Jane A. Cauley University of Pittsburgh

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