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Hiroo Imura

Hiroo Imura

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
43473
World Ranking
6509
National Ranking
150

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Hiroo Imura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan, contributing to multiple fields including physiology, surgery, molecular biology, and genetics. Their research spans topics related to adipose tissue and metabolism, pancreatic function and diabetes, metabolism, diabetes and cancer, as well as nutrition, genetics, and disease.

The following are recent papers authored by Hiroo Imura:

  • The spontaneous-diabetes rat: a model of noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus by Yoshio Goto and Masaei Kakizaki (2024), published in Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B
  • 1 2 (2020), published in Transactions of the Japan Academy
  • Endocrinology in the era of Anthropocene (2022), published in Endocrine Journal
  • PL-2: TOWARD PRECISION MEDICINE OF METABOLIC DISEASES BASED ON GENETIC ANCESTRY (2023), published in Journal of Hypertension

Hiroo Imura has published in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B
  • Transactions of the Japan Academy
  • Endocrine Journal
  • Journal of Hypertension

The main subfields of study for Hiroo Imura are:

  • Physiology
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

Primary research topics explored include:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

In recognition of contributions to the field, Hiroo Imura was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Different secretion patterns of atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide in patients with congestive heart failure.

    Michihiro Yoshimura;Hirofumi Yasue;Ken Okumura;Hisao Ogawa

  • Endothelial production of C-type natriuretic peptide and its marked augmentation by transforming growth factor-beta. Possible existence of "vascular natriuretic peptide system".

    S. I. Suga;K. Nakao;H. Itoh;Y. Komatsu

  • Hemodynamic, renal, and hormonal responses to brain natriuretic peptide infusion in patients with congestive heart failure

    Michihiro Yoshimura;Hirofumi Yasue;Etsuo Morita;Naritsugu Sakaino

  • Molecular biology and biochemistry of the natriuretic peptide system. II: Natriuretic peptide receptors.

    Kazuwa Nakao;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Shi nichi Suga;Hiroo Imura

  • Interleukin-6 stimulates the secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone in conscious, freely-moving rats

    Yoshiyuki Naitoh;Junichi Fukata;Tomoko Tominaga;Yoshikatsu Nakai

  • Lymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis as a cause of central diabetes insipidus.

    Hiroo Imura;Kazuwa Nakao;Akira Shimatsu;Yoshihiro Ogawa

  • The NOD Mouse: Recessive Diabetogenic Gene in the Major Histocompatibility Complex

    M. Hattori;J. B. Buse;R. A. Jackson;L. Glimcher

  • Sequence, tissue distribution, and chromosomal localization of mRNA encoding a human glucose transporter-like protein.

    Hirofumi Fukumoto;Susumu Seino;Hiroo Imura;Yutaka Seino

  • Increased plasma endothelin level in patients with essential hypertension

    Y Saito;K Nakao;M Mukoyama;H Imura

  • Plasma endothelin concentrations in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart defects: Evidence for increased production of endothelin in pulmonary circulation

    M Yoshibayashi;K Nishioka;K Nakao;Y Saito

  • Clinical application of atrial natriuretic polypeptide in patients with congestive heart failure: beneficial effects on left ventricular function.

    Y Saito;K Nakao;K Nishimura;A Sugawara

  • C-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (CNP) IN RATS AND HUMANS

    Yasato Komatsu;Kazuwa Nakao;Shin Ichi Suga;Yoshihiro Ogawa

  • Prolactin Release by Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide in Rats

    Yuzuru Kato;Yoshiko Iwasaki;Junji Iwasaki;Hiromi Abe

  • Cloning and expression of human endothelin-1 receptor cDNA.

    Kiminori Hosoda;Kazuwa Nakao;Hiroshi-Arai;Shin ichi Suga

  • Increased human brain natriuretic peptide in congestive heart failure

    Masashi Mukoyama;Kazuwa Nakao;Yoshihiko Saito;Yoshihiro Ogawa

  • Effects of adrenalectomy and dexamethasone administration on the level of prepro-corticotropin-releasing factor messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in the hypothalamus and adrenocorticotropin/beta-lipotropin precursor mRNA in the pituitary in rats.

    Hisato Jingami;Shigeru Matsukura;Shosaku Numa;Hiroo Imura

  • Antigen-induced apoptotic death of Ly-1 B cells responsible for autoimmune disease in transgenic mice

    Masao Murakami;Takeshi Tsubata;Masaya Okamoto;Akira Shimizu

  • Natriuretic peptides as cardiac hormones in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. The ventricle is a major site of synthesis and secretion of brain natriuretic peptide.

    Y. Ogawa;K. Nakao;M. Mukoyama;K. Hosoda

  • Atrial natriuretic polypeptide: topographical distribution in the rat brain by radioimmunoassay and immunohistochemistry.

    M. Kawata;K. Nakao;N. Morii;Y. Kiso

  • Identification of somatostatin receptor subtypes and an implication for the efficacy of somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 in treatment of human endocrine tumors.

    A Kubota;Y Yamada;S Kagimoto;A Shimatsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuwa Nakao
Kazuwa Nakao Kyoto University
Yutaka Seino
Yutaka Seino Kyoto University
Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito Nara Medical University
Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Keio University
Kiminori Hosoda
Kiminori Hosoda Kyoto University
Noboru Yanaihara
Noboru Yanaihara University of Shizuoka
Yoshihiro Ogawa
Yoshihiro Ogawa Kyushu University
Susumu Seino
Susumu Seino Kobe University
Hirofumi Yasue
Hirofumi Yasue Kumamoto University
Yoshiaki Kiso
Yoshiaki Kiso Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

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