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Jun Nishihira

Jun Nishihira

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
13526
World Ranking
6813
National Ranking
459

Overview

Jun Nishihira is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and focuses primarily on the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, notably Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Plant Science.

The scholar's published work addresses diverse topics including Nutritional Studies and Diet, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior, Diet and Metabolism Studies, GABA and Rice Research, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities.

Frequent co-authors of Nishihira include Mari Maeda-Yamamoto, Hiroyo Kagami-Katsuyama, Kouji Satoh, Makoto Hazama, and Naohito Ito.

Nishihira has contributed to several publication venues with multiple articles appearing in Nutrients, alongside publications found in Frontiers in Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, and Food & Function.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Nishihira include:

  • Effects of Oral Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Administration on Stress and Sleep in Humans: A Systematic Review (2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • Highly Bioavailable Curcumin Derivative Ameliorates Crohn's Disease Symptoms: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study (2020, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis)
  • Effect of Increased Daily Water Intake and Hydration on Health in Japanese Adults (2020, Nutrients)
  • The combined effect of green tea and α-glucosyl hesperidin in preventing obesity: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • The Role of Micronutrients in Ageing Asia: What Can Be Implemented with the Existing Insights (2021, Nutrients)

Best Publications

  • Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Up-regulates Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Synovial Fibroblasts of Rheumatoid Arthritis *

    Shin Onodera;Kiyoshi Kaneda;Yuka Mizue;Yoshikazu Koyama

  • High Expression of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Human Melanoma Cells and Its Role in Tumor Cell Growth and Angiogenesis

    Tadamichi Shimizu;Riichiro Abe;Hideki Nakamura;Akira Ohkawara

  • Role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor in asthma

    Y. Mizue;S. Ghani;L. Leng;C. McDonald

  • Crystal structure of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor from rat liver.

    Mamoru Suzuki;Hiroshi Sugimoto;Atsushi Nakagawa;Isao Tanaka

  • Intracellular distribution of macrophage migration inhibitory factor predicts the prognosis of patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung.

    Akira Kamimura;Masafumi Kamachi;Jun Nishihira;Shigeaki Ogura

  • AN ANTIBODY FOR MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR SUPPRESSES TUMOUR GROWTH AND INHIBITS TUMOUR-ASSOCIATED ANGIOGENESIS

    Hideaki Ogawa;Jun Nishihira;Yuji Sato;Masao Kondo

  • Amelioration of dextran sulfate sodium–induced colitis by anti-macrophage migration inhibitory factor antibody in mice ☆ ☆☆

    Tatsuya Ohkawara;Jun Nishihira;Hiroshi Takeda;Shuhei Hige

  • Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF)

    Jun Nishihira;Teruo Ishibashi;Tsuyoshi Fukushima;Bailong Sun

  • Bone metabolism and oxidative stress in postmenopausal rats with iron overload.

    Haruo Isomura;Katsutoshi Fujie;Kouichi Shibata;Nobuo Inoue

  • Effect of anti-macrophage migration inhibitory factor antibody on lipopolysaccharide-induced pulmonary neutrophil accumulation.

    Hironi Makita;Masaharu Nishimura;Kenji Miyamoto;Tsuyoshi Nakano

  • Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is a critical mediator of severe acute pancreatitis

    Yoshitaka Sakai;Atsushi Masamune;Akihiko Satoh;Jun Nishihira

  • Identification of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in human vascular endothelial cells and its induction by lipopolysaccharide.

    Jun Nishihira;Yoshikazu Koyama;Yuka Mizue

  • Crystal structure of human D-dopachrome tautomerase, a homologue of macrophage migration inhibitory factor, at 1.54 A resolution.

    Hiroshi Sugimoto;Masae Taniguchi;Atsushi Nakagawa;Isao Tanaka

  • Enhancement of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) expression in injured epidermis and cultured fibroblasts

    Riichiro Abe;Tadamichi Shimizu;Akira Ohkawara;Jun Nishihira

  • Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with conventional and optic-spinal forms of multiple sclerosis and neuro-Behçet’s disease

    Masaaki Niino;Akihiko Ogata;Seiji Kikuchi;Kunio Tashiro

  • High expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in the synovial tissues of rheumatoid joints.

    Shin Onodera;Hiroshi Tanji;Kouji Suzuki;Kiyoshi Kaneda

  • Macrophage migration inhibitory factor as a redox-sensitive cytokine in cardiac myocytes.

    Masafumi Takahashi;Jun Nishihira;Masahisa Shimpo;Yuka Mizue

  • The crystal structure of human MRP14 (S100A9), a Ca(2+)-dependent regulator protein in inflammatory process.

    Hiroshi Itou;Min Yao;Ikuko Fujita;Nobuhisa Watanabe

  • Macrophage migration inhibitory factor up-regulates the expression of interleukin-8 messenger RNA in synovial fibroblasts of rheumatoid arthritis patients: common transcriptional regulatory mechanism between interleukin-8 and interleukin-1beta

    Shin Onodera;Jun Nishihira;Yoshikazu Koyama;Tokifumi Majima

  • Identification and immunohistochemical localization of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in human kidney.

    Keisaku Imamura;Jun Nishihira;Masaki Suzuki;Kazue Yasuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Riichiro Abe
Riichiro Abe Niigata University
Isao Tanaka
Isao Tanaka Hokkaido University
Masahiro Asaka
Masahiro Asaka Hokkaido University
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroshi Shimizu Hokkaido University
Akira Matsuda
Akira Matsuda Juntendo University
Akio Minami
Akio Minami Hokkaido University
Kazunori Yasuda
Kazunori Yasuda Hokkaido University
Satoru Todo
Satoru Todo Hokkaido University
Atsushi Nakagawa
Atsushi Nakagawa Osaka University
Kiyoshi Kaneda
Kiyoshi Kaneda Hokkaido University

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