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Hajime Nawata

Hajime Nawata

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Overview

Hajime Nawata is a researcher affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan, primarily working in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Physiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Epidemiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, as well as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientific output of Nawata includes multiple publications in recognized journals and platforms. Notably, they have contributed to research published in Research Square and the Endocrine Journal, each with two publications, as well as in BMC Geriatrics.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Low serum albumin, aspartate aminotransferase, and body mass are risk factors for frailty in elderly people with diabetes-a cross-sectional study, 2020, BMC Geriatrics
  • Low serum albumin, aspartate aminotransferase, and body mass are risk factors for frailty in elderly people with diabetes-a cross-sectional study, 2020, Research Square (Research Square)
  • Celebration of 100th anniversary of the Japan Endocrine Society, 2022, Endocrine Journal
  • Arterial stiffness, high fasting glucose, and fatty liver as predictors for visceral obesity in middle-aged Chinese individuals: a cross-sectional study, 2023, Research Square (Research Square)
  • Arterial stiffness, high fasting glucose, and fatty liver as risk factors for visceral obesity in middle-aged Chinese individuals: a cross-sectional study, 2025, Endocrine Journal

Nawata frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Ikumi Yanagita, Yuya Fujihara, Chikayo Iwaya, Yuichi Kitajima, and Misuzu Tajima, each having coauthored two publications alongside Nawata.

The topics central to Nawata's research cover:

  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

These topics align with Nawata's interdisciplinary approach to studying conditions affecting aging populations and metabolic and cardiovascular health, combining aspects of clinical investigation and population health.

Best Publications

  • High glucose level and free fatty acid stimulate reactive oxygen species production through protein kinase C--dependent activation of NAD(P)H oxidase in cultured vascular cells.

    Toyoshi Inoguchi;Ping Li;Fumio Umeda;Hai Yan Yu

  • TGF-β1 Plays an Important Role in the Mechanism of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cell Activity in Both Humans and Mice

    Kazuhiko Nakamura;Kazuhiko Nakamura;Atsushi Kitani;Ivan Fuss;Aasta Pedersen

  • Establishment and characterization of a steroidogenic human granulosa-like tumor cell line, KGN, that expresses functional follicle-stimulating hormone receptor.

    Yoshihiro Nishi;Toshihiko Yanase;Yi Ming Mu;Koichi Oba

  • Autoimmune pancreatitis as a new clinical entity. Three cases of autoimmune pancreatitis with effective steroid therapy.

    Tetsuhide Ito;Itsuro Nakano;Shujiro Koyanagi;Toshihiko Miyahara

  • Guidelines on the management and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis of the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research (2004).

    Yasuo Suzuki;Hajime Nawata;Satoshi Soen;Saeko Fujiwara

  • Increased expression of NAD(P)H oxidase subunits, NOX4 and p22phox, in the kidney of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and its reversibity by interventive insulin treatment

    T. Etoh;T. Inoguchi;M. Kakimoto;N. Sonoda

  • Glucocorticoid suppresses the canonical Wnt signal in cultured human osteoblasts

    Keizo Ohnaka;Mizuho Tanabe;Hisaya Kawate;Hajime Nawata

  • ADRP stimulates lipid accumulation and lipid droplet formation in murine fibroblasts

    Minako Imamura;Toyoshi Inoguchi;Shoichiro Ikuyama;Susumu Taniguchi

  • Presence of non-selective type of endothelin receptor on vascular endothelium and its linkage to vasodilation.

    Ryoichi Takayanagi;Kazuhiro Kitazumi;Chikahisa Takasaki;Keizo Ohnaka

  • Androgen receptor null male mice develop late-onset obesity caused by decreased energy expenditure and lipolytic activity but show normal insulin sensitivity with high adiponectin secretion

    Wu Qiang Fan;Toshihiko Yanase;Masatoshi Nomura;Taijiro Okabe

  • Atrazine-induced aromatase expression is SF-1 dependent: implications for endocrine disruption in wildlife and reproductive cancers in humans.

    Wu Qiang Fan;Toshihiko Yanase;Hidetaka Morinaga;Shigeki Gondo

  • Saturated FFAs, palmitic acid and stearic acid, induce apoptosis in human granulosa cells.

    Yi Ming Mu;Yi Ming Mu;Toshihiko Yanase;Yoshihiro Nishi;Atsushi Tanaka

  • Ingested Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Are Directly Utilized for the Acyl Modification of Ghrelin

    Yoshihiro Nishi;Hiroshi Hiejima;Hiroshi Hosoda;Hiroyuki Kaiya

  • Confirmation of Multiple Risk Loci and Genetic Impacts by a Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in the Japanese Population

    Fumihiko Takeuchi;Masakuni Serizawa;Ken Yamamoto;Tomomi Fujisawa

  • Accumulation of 8-Hydroxy-2′-Deoxyguanosine and Mitochondrial DNA Deletion in Kidney of Diabetic Rats

    Maiko Kakimoto;Toyoshi Inoguchi;Toshiyo Sonta;Hai Yan Yu

  • Enhanced secretion of endothelin-1 by elevated glucose levels from cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells

    Teruaki Yamauchi;Keizo Ohnaka;Ryoichi Takayanagi;Fumio Umeda

  • Hepatitis C and hepatitis B in the etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in the Japanese population.

    Tanaka K;Hirohata T;Koga S;Sugimachi K

  • Glucocorticoid enhances the expression of dickkopf-1 in human osteoblasts: novel mechanism of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.

    Keizo Ohnaka;Hiroshi Taniguchi;Hisaya Kawate;Hajime Nawata

  • Pitavastatin enhanced BMP-2 and osteocalcin expression by inhibition of Rho-associated kinase in human osteoblasts.

    Keizo Ohnaka;Seiko Shimoda;Hajime Nawata;Hiroaki Shimokawa

  • High Plasma Concentrations of Human Atrial Natriuretic Polypeptide in Aged Men

    Masao Ohashi;Nobuaki Fujio;Hajime Nawata;Ken-Ichi Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryoichi Takayanagi
Ryoichi Takayanagi Kyushu University
Masatoshi Nomura
Masatoshi Nomura Kurume University
Masao Tanaka
Masao Tanaka Kyushu University
Hisayuki Matsuo
Hisayuki Matsuo Osaka University
Masazumi Tsuneyoshi
Masazumi Tsuneyoshi Kyushu University
Kenji Kangawa
Kenji Kangawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Ken-ichirou Morohashi
Ken-ichirou Morohashi Kyushu University
Michel Chrétien
Michel Chrétien University of Montreal
Koichi Ohshima
Koichi Ohshima Kurume University
Nobuhiro Harada
Nobuhiro Harada Fujita Health University

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