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Overview

Gen Watanabe is affiliated with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan. Their research encompasses extensive work in the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's primary research topics cover Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Sperm and Testicular Function, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Trace Elements in Health, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Gut Microbiota and Health, and Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gen Watanabe include Haney Samir, Kentaro Nagaoka, Ahmed S. Mandour, Faten Radwan, and Ryou Tanaka.

Gen Watanabe has published multiple papers in notable academic venues. The frequent publication outlets include:

  • Veterinary Research Communications
  • Theriogenology
  • Animals
  • Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Gen Watanabe are:

  • Administration of melatonin improves testicular blood flow, circulating hormones, and semen quality in Shiba goats, 2020, Theriogenology
  • Heat-killed Enterococcus fecalis (EC-12) supplement alters the expression of neurotransmitter receptor genes in the prefrontal cortex and alleviates anxiety-like behavior in mice, 2020, Neuroscience Letters
  • Effect of supra-nutritional selenium-enriched probiotics on hematobiochemical, hormonal, and Doppler hemodynamic changes in male goats, 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Advances in applications of color Doppler ultrasonography in the andrological assessment of domestic animals: A review, 2020, Theriogenology
  • Assessment of correlations and concentrations of salivary and plasma steroids, testicular morphometry, and semen quality in different climatic conditions in goats, 2020, Theriogenology

Best Publications

  • Radioimmunoassay for progesterone, testosterone and estradiol-17.BETA. using 125I-iodohistamine radioligands.

    Kazuyoshi Taya;Gen Watanabe;Shuji Sasamoto

  • Radioimmunoassay of inhibin in various mammals

    T. Hamada;G. Watanabe;T. Kokuho;K. Taya

  • In vivo release of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone increases with puberty in the female rhesus monkey.

    G. Watanabe;E. Terasawa

  • Adverse effects of environmental toxicants, octylphenol and bisphenol A, on male reproductive functions in pubertal rats.

    Chandana B. Herath;Wanzhu Jin;Gen Watanabe;Koji Arai

  • Ovarian Dynamics and Their Associations with Peripheral Concentrations of Gonadotropins, Ovarian Steroids, and Inhibin During the Estrous Cycle in Goats

    Mohamed S. Medan;Gen Watanabe;Kazuaki Sasaki;Sayed Sharawy

  • Immunoneutralization of inhibin and estradiol during the follicular phase of the estrous cycle in cows.

    H Kaneko;Y Nakanishi;S Akagi;K Arai

  • Changes in Plasma Concentrations of Immunoreactive Inhibin, Estradiol and FSH Associated with Follicular Waves during the Estrous Cycle of the Cow

    Hiroyuki Kaneko;Hisashi Kishi;Gen Watanabe;Kazuyoshi Taya

  • Changes in Sex Steroids, Gonadotropins, Prolactin, and Inhibin in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Japanese Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus)

    Miho Sato;Toshio Tsubota;Takeshi Komatsu;Gen Watanabe

  • Effect of passive immunization against inhibin on FSH secretion, folliculogenesis and ovulation rate during the follicular phase of the estrous cycle in mares

    Y Nambo;H Kaneko;S Nagata;M Oikawa

  • Protective effects of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 on whole body heat stress-induced oxidative damage in the mouse testis

    Yansen Li;Yi Huang;Yuanguo Piao;Kentaro Nagaoka;Kentaro Nagaoka

  • Dynamics of ovarian inhibin secretion during the oestrous cycle of the rat.

    G. Watanabe;K. Taya;S. Sasamoto

  • Different Effects of Pueraria mirifica, a Herb Containing Phytoestrogens, on LH and FSH Secretion in Gonadectomized Female and Male Rats

    Suchinda Malaivijitnond;Patthama Kiatthaipipat;Wichai Cherdshewasart;Gen Watanabe;Gen Watanabe

  • Re-evaluation of mucin phenotypes of gastric minute well-differentiated-type adenocarcinomas using a series of HGM, MUC5AC, MUC6, M-GGMC, MUC2 and CD10 stains.

    Hidefumi Shiroshita;Hidenobu Watanabe;Yoichi Ajioka;Gen Watanabe

  • Evidence that inhibin is an important factor in the regulation of FSH secretion during the mid-luteal phase in cows.

    H. Kaneko;Y. Nakanishi;K. Taya;H. Kishi

  • Estrogenic and anti-androgenic activity of nitrophenols in diesel exhaust particles (DEP).

    Shinji Taneda;Yoki Mori;Kazuyuki Kamata;Hideyuki Hayashi

  • Diesel exhaust (DE) affects the regulation of testicular function in male Fischer 344 rats.

    Naomi Tsukue;Noriko Toda;Hirokazu Tsubone;Masaru Sagai

  • Ovarian follicular dynamics and concentrations of oestradiol-17 beta, progesterone, luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone during the periovulatory phase of the oestrous cycle in the cow.

    H Kaneko;T Terada;K Taya;G Watanabe

  • Male reproductive defects caused by puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase deficiency in mice.

    Tomoharu Osada;Gen Watanabe;Shunzo Kondo;Masashi Toyoda

  • Testicular inhibin in the stallion: cellular source and seasonal changes in its secretion

    Shun-ichi Nagata;Nobuo Tsunoda;Natsuko Nagamine;Yumiko Tanaka

  • Induction of superovulation by immunoneutralization of endogenous inhibin through the increase in the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone in the cyclic golden hamster

    H Kishi;T Okada;M Otsuka;G Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel P. Groome
Nigel P. Groome Oxford Brookes University
Atsuo Ogura
Atsuo Ogura University of Tsukuba
Yoshiyuki Sakaki
Yoshiyuki Sakaki Toyohashi University of Technology
Kunihiro Tsuchida
Kunihiro Tsuchida Fujita Health University

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