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Overview

Keizo Waku is affiliated with Teikyo University in Japan. Their academic profile does not list specific recent papers, co-authors, or publication venues, limiting detailed insight into their research outputs and collaborations.

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Best Publications

  • 2-Arachidonoylgylcerol: A Possible Endogenous Cannabinoid Receptor Ligand in Brain

    T. Sugiura;S. Kondo;A. Sukagawa;S. Nakane

  • Evidence That 2-Arachidonoylglycerol but Not N-Palmitoylethanolamine or Anandamide Is the Physiological Ligand for the Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor COMPARISON OF THE AGONISTIC ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS CANNABINOID RECEPTOR LIGANDS IN HL-60 CELLS

    Takayuki Sugiura;Sachiko Kondo;Seishi Kishimoto;Tomoyuki Miyashita

  • Biosynthesis and degradation of anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol and their possible physiological significance.

    T. Sugiura;Y. Kobayashi;S. Oka;K. Waku

  • Evidence That the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Is a 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Receptor STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF 2-ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL, ETHER-LINKED ANALOGUES, AND RELATED COMPOUNDS

    Takayuki Sugiura;Tomoko Kodaka;Shinji Nakane;Tomoyuki Miyashita

  • Acyltransferases and Transacylases Involved in Fatty Acid Remodeling of Phospholipids and Metabolism of Bioactive Lipids in Mammalian Cells

    Atsushi Yamashita;Takayuki Sugiura;Keizo Waku

  • 2-Arachidonoylglycerol and the cannabinoid receptors.

    Takayuki Sugiura;Keizo Waku

  • Acyltransferases and transacylases that determine the fatty acid composition of glycerolipids and the metabolism of bioactive lipid mediators in mammalian cells and model organisms.

    Atsushi Yamashita;Yasuhiro Hayashi;Yoko Nemoto-Sasaki;Makoto Ito

  • Synaptically Driven Endocannabinoid Release Requires Ca2+-Assisted Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 to Phospholipase C β4 Signaling Cascade in the Cerebellum

    Takashi Maejima;Saori Oka;Yuki Hashimotodani;Takako Ohno-Shosaku

  • Transacylase‐Mediated and Phosphodiesterase‐Mediated Synthesis of N‐Arachidonoylethanolamine, an Endogenous Cannabinoid‐Receptor Ligand, in Rat Brain Microsomes

    Takayuki Sugiura;Sachiko Kondo;Akihiro Sukagawa;Takashi Tonegawa

  • Enzymatic synthesis of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, through N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine pathway in testis: involvement of Ca(2+)-dependent transacylase and phosphodiesterase activities.

    Takayuki Sugiura;Sachiko Kondo;Akihiro Sukagawa;Takashi Tonegawa

  • 2-Arachidonoylglycerol, a Putative Endogenous Cannabinoid Receptor Ligand, Induces Rapid, Transient Elevation of Intracellular Free Ca2+in Neuroblastoma × Glioma Hybrid NG108-15 Cells

    Takayuki Sugiura;Tomoko Kodaka;Sachiko Kondo;Takashi Tonegawa

  • 2-Arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor agonist: identification as one of the major species of monoacylglycerols in various rat tissues, and evidence for its generation through Ca2+-dependent and -independent mechanisms

    Sachiko Kondo;Hironori Kondo;Shinji Nakane;Tomoko Kodaka

  • Detection of an Endogenous Cannabimimetic Molecule, 2-Arachidonoylglycerol, and Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor mRNA in Human Vascular Cells: Is 2-Arachidonoylglycerol a Possible Vasomodulator? ☆ ☆☆

    Takayuki Sugiura;Tomoko Kodaka;Shinji Nakane;Seishi Kishimoto

  • IS THE CANNABINOID CB1 RECEPTOR A 2-ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL RECEPTOR? STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TRIGGERING A CA2+ TRANSIENT IN NG108-15 CELLS

    Takayuki Sugiura;Tomoko Kodaka;Sachiko Kondo;Shinji Nakane

  • Origins and fates of fatty acyl-CoA esters.

    Keizo Waku

  • 2-arachidonoylglycerol induces the migration of HL-60 cells differentiated into macrophage-like cells and human peripheral blood monocytes through the cannabinoid CB2 receptor-dependent mechanism.

    Seishi Kishimoto;Maiko Gokoh;Saori Oka;Mayumi Muramatsu

  • Lysophosphatidic acid, a growth factor-like lipid, in the saliva

    Takayuki Sugiura;Shinji Nakane;Seishi Kishimoto;Keizo Waku

  • Different fatty chain compositions of alkenylacyl, alkylacyl and diacyl phospholipids in rabbit alveolar macrophages: High amounts of arachidonic acid in ether phospholipids

    Takayuki Sugiura;Motoko Nakajima;Nobuyuki Sekiguchi;Yasuhito Nakagawa

  • Transacylation of lyso platelet-activating factor and other lysophospholipids by macrophage microsomes. Distinct donor and acceptor selectivities.

    T Sugiura;Y Masuzawa;Y Nakagawa;K Waku

  • Cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous ligands.

    Takayuki Sugiura;Keizo Waku

Frequent Co-Authors

Takayuki Sugiura
Takayuki Sugiura Teikyo University
Akira Tokumura
Akira Tokumura Yasuda Women's University
Takao Shimizu
Takao Shimizu University of Tokyo
Mitsuomi Hirashima
Mitsuomi Hirashima Kagawa University
Kiyoshi Takatsu
Kiyoshi Takatsu University of Toyama
Akio Mori
Akio Mori University of Tokyo
Masayuki Ando
Masayuki Ando Kumamoto University
Howard Sprecher
Howard Sprecher The Ohio State University
Mikihiko Naito
Mikihiko Naito University of Tokyo
Keizo Inoue
Keizo Inoue University of Tokyo

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