Masato Kasuga

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• MCP-1 contributes to macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue, insulin resistance, and hepatic steatosis in obesity

  Hajime Kanda;Sanshiro Tateya;Yoshikazu Tamori;Ko Kotani;Ko Kotani

  3056
  Citations

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

  Yutaka Seino;Kishio Nanjo;Naoko Tajima;Takashi Kadowaki

  2270
  Citations

• Ghrelin is an appetite-stimulatory signal from stomach with structural resemblance to motilin.

  Akihiro Asakawa;Akio Inui;Toshihiro Kaga;Hideki Yuzuriha

  1726
  Citations

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

  Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Takashi Kadowaki;Kazuyuki Tobe;Takeshi Yagi

  1509
  Citations

• 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

  1222
  Citations

• 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

  920
  Citations

• Insulin stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor in a cell-free system

  M Kasuga;Y Zick;D L Blithe;M Crettaz

  920
  Citations

• Variants in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

  Kazuki Yasuda;Kazuaki Miyake;Yukio Horikawa;Kazuo Hara

  907
  Citations

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

  Atsushi Tsuchida;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Yusuke Ito;Yusuke Hada

  783
  Citations

• Induction of cyclooxygenase 2 in gastric mucosal lesions and its inhibition by the specific antagonist delays healing in mice

  Hisashi Mizuno;Choitsu Sakamoto;Kohei Matsuda;Ken Wada

  753
  Citations

• Neuroepithelial Cells Supply an Initial Transient Wave of MSC Differentiation

  Yasuhiro Takashima;Takumi Era;Kazuki Nakao;Saki Kondo

  736
  Citations

• Regulation of eIF-4E BP1 Phosphorylation by mTOR

  Kenta Hara;Kazuyoshi Yonezawa;Mark T. Kozlowski;Tadanori Sugimoto

  721
  Citations

• Antagonism of ghrelin receptor reduces food intake and body weight gain in mice.

  A Asakawa;A Inui;T Kaga;G Katsuura

  710
  Citations

• Stomach regulates energy balance via acylated ghrelin and desacyl ghrelin

  A Asakawa;A Inui;M Fujimiya;R Sakamaki

  681
  Citations

• A novel membrane glycoprotein, SHPS-1, that binds the SH2-domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 in response to mitogens and cell adhesion.

  Y Fujioka;T Matozaki;T Noguchi;A Iwamatsu

  628
  Citations

• PI 3-kinase is a dual specificity enzyme: autoregulation by an intrinsic protein-serine kinase activity.

  R Dhand;I Hiles;G Panayotou;S Roche

  607
  Citations

• Activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase is required for PDGF-stimulated membrane ruffling

  Stefan Wennström;Phillip Hawkins;Frank Cooke;Kenta Hara

  560
  Citations

• Insulin stimulation of phosphorylation of the beta subunit of the insulin receptor. Formation of both phosphoserine and phosphotyrosine.

  M Kasuga;Y Zick;D L Blith;F A Karlsson

  554
  Citations

• Role of SH-PTP2, a protein-tyrosine phosphatase with Src homology 2 domains, in insulin-stimulated Ras activation.

  T Noguchi;T Matozaki;K Horita;Y Fujioka

  539
  Citations

• Obesity and insulin resistance

  Yoshikazu Tamori;Masato Kasuga

  2
  Citations