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Hiroshi Kawauchi

Hiroshi Kawauchi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
16034
World Ranking
6048
National Ranking
386

Overview

Hiroshi Kawauchi is affiliated with Kitasato University in Japan and has an extensive research profile in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. The scientist's work primarily focuses on subfields such as Aquatic Science, Ecology, Immunology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Physiology.

Kawauchi's research topics cover several key areas including Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Photoperiodic regulation of pituitary thyroid-stimulating hormone and brain deiodinase in Atlantic salmon (2020) in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
  • Cortisol regulates insulin-like growth-factor binding protein (igfbp) gene expression in Atlantic salmon parr (2020) in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
  • Effects of long-term cortisol treatment on growth and osmoregulation of Atlantic salmon and brook trout (2021) in General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Seasonal Changes in Photoperiod: Effects on Growth and Redox Signaling Patterns in Atlantic Salmon Postsmolts (2023) in Antioxidants
  • Roles of leptin in initiation of acquired growth hormone resistance and control of metabolism in rainbow trout (2022) in American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Frequent publication venues for Kawauchi include the Journal of Fish Biology, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, General and Comparative Endocrinology, Antioxidants, and Aquaculture. These journals reflect the focus on fish biology, endocrinology, physiology, and aquaculture science.

Kawauchi has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, among them:

  • Stephen D. McCormick
  • Peng Yin
  • Takaya Saito
  • Per Gunnar Fjelldal
  • Kristin Hamre

This collaboration network highlights interdisciplinary engagement in aquatic biology and physiology.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of melanin-concentrating hormone in chum salmon pituitaries.

    Hiroshi Kawauchi;Ichiro Kawazoe;Makoto Tsubokawa;Mitsuyo Kishida

  • Growth Regulation by Insulin-like Growth Factor-I in Fish

    Shunsuke Moriyama;Felix G. Ayson;Hiroshi Kawauchi

  • Isolation and characterization of two distinct gonadotropins from chum salmon pituitary glands

    Kunimasa Suzuki;Hiroshi Kawauchi;Yoshitaka Nagahama

  • Isolation and characterization of two coho salmon gonadotropins, GTH I and GTH II.

    Penny Swanson;Kunimasa Suzuki;Hiroshi Kawauchi;Walton W. Dickhoff

  • Cloning and expression of cDNA for salmon growth hormone in Escherichia coli

    Susumu Sekine;Tamio Mizukami;Tatsunari Nishi;Yoshihisa Kuwana

  • Involvement of gonadotropin in the uptake of vitellogenin into vitellogenic oocytes of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.

    C.R. Tyler;J.P. Sumpter;H. Kawauchi;P. Swanson

  • Steroidogenic activities of two distinct salmon gonadotropins.

    Kunimasa Suzuki;Yoshitaka Nagahama;Hiroshi Kawauchi

  • Development of a Homologous Radioimmunoassay for Coho Salmon Insulin-like Growth Factor-I

    Shunsuke Moriyama;Penny Swanson;Manabu Nishii;Akiyoshi Takahashi

  • The duality of teleost gonadotropins.

    Hiroshi Kawauchi;Kunimasa Suzuki;Hiromichi Itoh;Penny Swanson

  • The dawn and evolution of hormones in the adenohypophysis.

    Hiroshi Kawauchi;Stacia A. Sower

  • cDNA cloning of somatolactin, a pituitary protein related to growth hormone and prolactin.

    M Ono;Y Takayama;M Rand-Weaver;S Sakata

  • Isolation and characterization of chum salmon growth hormone

    Hiroshi Kawauchi;Syunsuke Moriyama;Akikazu Yasuda;Kazuo Yamaguchi

  • Gonadotropins I and II in juvenile coho salmon

    Penny Swanson;M. Bernard;M. Nozaki;K. Suzuki

  • Osmoregulatory actions of growth hormone in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)

    J. P. Bolton;N. L. Collie;H. Kawauchi;T. Hirano

  • Reaction of Fluorescein-Isothiocyanate with Proteins and Amino Acids: I. Covalent and Non-Covalent Binding of Fluorescein-Isothiocyanate and Fluorescein to Proteins

    Hiroshi Maeda;Nakao Ishida;Hiroshi Kawauchi;Katura Tuzimura

  • Isolation and characterization of subunits from two distinct salmon gonadotropins

    Kunimasa Suzuki;Hiroshi Kawauchi;Yoshitaka Nagahama

  • Peptide Purification, Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and Genomic DNA Cloning, and Functional Characterization of Ghrelin in Rainbow Trout

    Hiroyuki Kaiya;Masayasu Kojima;Hiroshi Hosoda;Shunsuke Moriyama

  • Regulation of gonadal steroidogenesis in Fundulus heteroclitus by recombinant salmon growth hormone and purified salmon prolactin.

    Hanuman Singh;Hanuman Singh;Hanuman Singh;Robert W. Griffith;Robert W. Griffith;Akiyoshi Takahashi;Hiroshi Kawauchi

  • Development of salmon GTH I and GTH II radioimmunoassays

    Kunimasa Suzuki;Akira Kanamori;Yoshitaka Nagahama;Hiroshi Kawauchi

  • In vitro activation of fish phagocytic cells by GH, prolactin and somatolactin.

    M Sakai;M Kobayashi;H Kawauchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Akiyoshi Takahashi
Akiyoshi Takahashi Kitasato University
Masahiro Sakai
Masahiro Sakai University of Miyazaki
Koji Muramoto
Koji Muramoto Tohoku University
Walton W. Dickhoff
Walton W. Dickhoff National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Seiji Shioda
Seiji Shioda Shonan University of Medical Sciences
John H. Youson
John H. Youson University of Toronto
Choh Hao Li
Choh Hao Li University of California, San Francisco
Yoshitaka Nagahama
Yoshitaka Nagahama National Institute for Basic Biology
Helgi B. Schiöth
Helgi B. Schiöth Uppsala University
Nakao Ishida
Nakao Ishida Tohoku University

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