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Kiminori Hosoda

Kiminori Hosoda

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
32470
World Ranking
3634
National Ranking
229

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
33065
World Ranking
15910
National Ranking
496

Overview

Kiminori Hosoda is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, genetics, and immunology.

Their work addresses a range of topics that include diabetes management and research, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, and diabetes-related disorders. Additional areas of focus are diabetes treatment and management, pancreatic function related to diabetes, cardiovascular function and risk factors, and atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Kiminori Hosoda include:

  • "Six years' accomplishment of the Initiative on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases: nationwide project in Japan to discover causes, mechanisms, and cures" (2022), published in Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Assessment of the accuracy of an intermittent-scanning continuous glucose monitoring device in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus undergoing hemodialysis (AIDT2H) study" (2021), published in Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis
  • "Prevention of hypoglycemia by intermittent-scanning continuous glucose monitoring device combined with structured education in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A randomized, crossover trial" (2022), published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • "Comparison of efficacy between dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor on metabolic risk factors in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Results from the CANTABILE study" (2021), published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • "Association between Achilles Tendon Softness and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia" (2022), published in Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kiminori Hosoda include:

  • Hisashi Makino
  • Masaki Matsubara
  • Michio Noguchi
  • Tamiko Tamanaha
  • Ryo Koezuka

The main publication venues for their work are:

  • Diabetology International
  • European Heart Journal
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Best Publications

  • Brain natriuretic peptide as a novel cardiac hormone in humans. Evidence for an exquisite dual natriuretic peptide system, atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide.

    M Mukoyama;K Nakao;K Hosoda;S Suga

  • NONADIPOSE TISSUE PRODUCTION OF LEPTIN : LEPTIN AS A NOVEL PLACENTA-DERIVED HORMONE IN HUMANS

    Hiroaki Masuzaki;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Norimasa Sagawa;Kiminori Hosoda

  • Stomach Is a Major Source of Circulating Ghrelin, and Feeding State Determines Plasma Ghrelin-Like Immunoreactivity Levels in Humans

    Hiroyuki Ariyasu;Kazuhiko Takaya;Tetsuya Tagami;Yoshihiro Ogawa

  • Ghrelin Strongly Stimulates Growth Hormone Release in Humans

    Kazuhiko Takaya;Hiroyuki Ariyasu;Naotetsu Kanamoto;Hiroshi Iwakura

  • Ghrelin, an Endogenous Growth Hormone Secretagogue, Is a Novel Orexigenic Peptide That Antagonizes Leptin Action Through the Activation of Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y/Y1 Receptor Pathway

    Mitsuyo Shintani;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Ken Ebihara;Megumi Aizawa-Abe

  • Targeted and natural (piebald-lethal) mutations of endothelin-B receptor gene produce megacolon associated with spotted coat color in mice

    Kiminori Hosoda;Robert E. Hammer;James A. Richardson;Amy Greenstein Baynash

  • Interaction of endothelin-3 with endothelin-B receptor is essential for development of epidermal melanocytes and enteric neurons

    Amy Greenstein Baynash;Kiminori Hosoda;Adel Giaid;James A. Richardson

  • A missense mutation of the endothelin-B receptor gene in multigenic hirschsprung's disease

    Erik G. Puffenberger;Kiminori Hosoda;Sarah S. Washington;Kazuwa Nakao

  • Receptor selectivity of natriuretic peptide family, atrial natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide, and C-type natriuretic peptide.

    S Suga;K Nakao;K Hosoda;M Mukoyama

  • Human Obese Gene Expression: Adipocyte-Specific Expression and Regional Differences in the Adipose Tissue

    Hiroaki Masuzaki;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Naohi Isse;Noriko Satoh

  • Pathophysiological role of leptin in obesity-related hypertension

    Megumi Aizawa-Abe;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Hiroaki Masuzaki;Ken Ebihara

  • Differentiation of embryonic stem cells is induced by GATA factors

    Junji Fujikura;Eiji Yamato;Shigenobu Yonemura;Kiminori Hosoda

  • Kidney produces a novel acylated peptide, ghrelin.

    Kiyoshi Mori;Akihiro Yoshimoto;Kazuhiko Takaya;Kiminori Hosoda

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

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

  • Augmented Placental Production of Leptin in Preeclampsia: Possible Involvement of Placental Hypoxia

    Hiroko Mise;Norimasa Sagawa;Tsunekazu Matsumoto;Shigeo Yura

  • 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

  • Structural organization and chromosomal assignment of the human obese gene.

    Naohi Isse;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Naohisa Tamura;Hiroaki Masuzaki

  • Molecular cloning of a non-isopeptide-selective human endothelin receptor.

    Yoshihiro Ogawa;Kazuwa Nakao;Hiroshi Arai;Osamu Nakagawa

  • Adipocyte-Specific Expression and Regional Differences in the Adipose Tissue

    Hiroaki Masuzaki;Yoshihiro Ogawa;Naohi Isse;Noriko Satoh

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuwa Nakao
Kazuwa Nakao Kyoto University
Yoshihiro Ogawa
Yoshihiro Ogawa Kyushu University
Hiroaki Masuzaki
Hiroaki Masuzaki University of the Ryukyus
Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Keio University
Hiroo Imura
Hiroo Imura Kyoto University
Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito Nara Medical University
Kenji Kangawa
Kenji Kangawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Hiroshi Hosoda
Hiroshi Hosoda Shinshu University
Yukio Yamori
Yukio Yamori Mukogawa Women's University
Kiyoshi Mori
Kiyoshi Mori University of Shizuoka

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