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National Ranking
274

Overview

Kohjiro Ueki is affiliated with the National Center For Global Health and Medicine in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the broad fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a more specific emphasis on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics within these fields including Diabetes Treatment and Management, Diabetes Management and Research, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Diabetes and Associated Disorders, Diabetes Management and Education, Pancreatic Function and Diabetes, and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kohjiro Ueki include Mitsuru Ohsugi, Takashi Kadowaki, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Hiroshi Kajio, and Ryotaro Bouchi.

The venues where this scientist has published most frequently are the Journal of Diabetes Investigation, Diabetology International, Diabetes, Nature Communications, and Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Kohjiro Ueki include:

  • "Continuous glucose monitoring and metrics for clinical trials: an international consensus statement," 2022, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Preparation and culture of bone marrow-derived macrophages from mice for functional analysis," 2020, STAR Protocols
  • "Metagenomic Identification of Microbial Signatures Predicting Pancreatic Cancer From a Multinational Study," 2022, Gastroenterology
  • "Population-level Metagenomics Uncovers Distinct Effects of Multiple Medications on the Human Gut Microbiome," 2022, Gastroenterology
  • "Retrospective nationwide study on the trends in first-line antidiabetic medication for patients with type 2 diabetes in Japan," 2021, Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Best Publications

  • Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase

    T Yamauchi;J Kamon;Y Minokoshi;Y Ito

  • Adiponectin and adiponectin receptors in insulin resistance, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome

    Takashi Kadowaki;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Naoto Kubota;Kazuo Hara

  • CD8 + effector T cells contribute to macrophage recruitment and adipose tissue inflammation in obesity

    Satoshi Nishimura;Ichiro Manabe;Mika Nagasaki;Koji Eto

  • Report of the Committee on the Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Diabetes Mellitus

    Yutaka Seino;Kishio Nanjo;Naoko Tajima;Takashi Kadowaki

  • Targeted disruption of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 causes abrogation of adiponectin binding and metabolic actions.

    Toshimasa Yamauchi;Yasunori Nio;Toshiyuki Maki;Masaki Kobayashi

  • Insulin resistance and growth retardation in mice lacking insulin receptor substrate-1.

    Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Takashi Kadowaki;Kazuyuki Tobe;Takeshi Yagi

  • Troglitazone increases the number of small adipocytes without the change of white adipose tissue mass in obese Zucker rats.

    Akira Okuno;Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Kazuyuki Tobe;Kohjiro Ueki

  • Protein–protein interaction in insulin signaling and the molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance

    Antti Virkamäki;Kohjiro Ueki;C. Ronald Kahn

  • International clinical harmonization of glycated hemoglobin in Japan: From Japan Diabetes Society to National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program values.

    Atsunori Kashiwagi;Masato Kasuga;Eiichi Araki;Yoshitomo Oka

  • Adipose tissue selective insulin receptor knockout protects against obesity and obesity-related glucose intolerance.

    Matthias Blüher;M.Dodson Michael;Odile D. Peroni;Kohjiro Ueki

  • Overexpression of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in Adipose Tissues Causes Macrophage Recruitment and Insulin Resistance

    Nozomu Kamei;Kazuyuki Tobe;Ryo Suzuki;Mitsuru Ohsugi

  • Adiponectin and AdipoR1 regulate PGC-1alpha and mitochondria by Ca(2+) and AMPK/SIRT1.

    Masato Iwabu;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Miki Okada-Iwabu;Koji Sato

  • Adiponectin Stimulates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in the Hypothalamus and Increases Food Intake

    Naoto Kubota;Wataru Yano;Tetsuya Kubota;Tetsuya Kubota;Toshimasa Yamauchi

  • Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus : The Committee of the Japan Diabetes Society on the diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus

    Yutaka Seino;Kishio Nanjo;Naoko Tajima;Takashi Kadowaki

  • Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS-1) and SOCS-3 cause insulin resistance through inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate proteins by discrete mechanisms

    Kohjiro Ueki;Tatsuya Kondo;C. Ronald Kahn

  • A small-molecule AdipoR agonist for type 2 diabetes and short life in obesity

    Miki Okada-Iwabu;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Masato Iwabu;Teruki Honma

  • Insulin/Foxo1 Pathway Regulates Expression Levels of Adiponectin Receptors and Adiponectin Sensitivity

    Atsushi Tsuchida;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Yusuke Ito;Yusuke Hada

  • Tumstatin, an Endothelial Cell-Specific Inhibitor of Protein Synthesis

    Yohei Maeshima;Akulapalli Sudhakar;Julie C. Lively;Kohjiro Ueki

  • Impaired Insulin Signaling in Endothelial Cells Reduces Insulin-Induced Glucose Uptake by Skeletal Muscle

    Tetsuya Kubota;Naoto Kubota;Hiroki Kumagai;Shinichi Yamaguchi

  • Increased insulin sensitivity and hypoglycaemia in mice lacking the p85α subunit of phosphoinositide 3–kinase

    Y. Terauchi;Y. Tsuji;S. Satoh;H. Minoura

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Kadowaki
Takashi Kadowaki Toranomon Hospital
Toshimasa Yamauchi
Toshimasa Yamauchi University of Tokyo
Naoto Kubota
Naoto Kubota University of Tokyo
Kazuyuki Tobe
Kazuyuki Tobe University of Toyama
Ryozo Nagai
Ryozo Nagai Jichi Medical University
C. Ronald Kahn
C. Ronald Kahn Harvard University
Yasuo Terauchi
Yasuo Terauchi Yokohama City University
Masato Kasuga
Masato Kasuga National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Eiichi Araki
Eiichi Araki Kumamoto University
Yasuo Akanuma
Yasuo Akanuma University of Tokyo

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