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Ryuzo Kawamori

Ryuzo Kawamori

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D-Index
88
Citations
30755
World Ranking
13090
National Ranking
389

Overview

Ryuzo Kawamori is affiliated with Juntendo University in Japan and has a significant research output in the field of Medicine, with 194 publications. Their work spans several subfields including Physiology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, notably Nutrition and Health in Aging, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Knee Injuries and Reconstruction Techniques, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies, and Muscle Physiology and Disorders.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Ryuzo Kawamori include:

  • Sarcopenic obesity is associated with cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults: The Bunkyo Health Study (2022, Clinical Nutrition)
  • Neuroimaging findings related to glymphatic system alterations in older adults with metabolic syndrome (2023, Neurobiology of Disease)
  • Age-Related Changes in Relaxation Times, Proton Density, Myelin, and Tissue Volumes in Adult Brain Analyzed by 2-Dimensional Quantitative Synthetic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2020, Investigative Radiology)
  • A chronic high-fat diet exacerbates contractile dysfunction with impaired intracellular Ca2+ release capacity in the skeletal muscle of aged mice (2020, Journal of Applied Physiology)
  • Prevalence and Features of Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Young Underweight Japanese Women (2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)

Kawamori frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Yoshifumi Tamura
  • Hirotaka Watada
  • Yuki Someya
  • Hideyoshi Kaga
  • Saori Kakehi

Their work has been published across various journals, with frequent contributions in:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (18 publications)
  • Diabetes (7 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)
  • Research Square (4 publications)
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Autophagy is important in islet homeostasis and compensatory increase of beta cell mass in response to high-fat diet

    Chie Ebato;Toyoyoshi Uchida;Masayuki Arakawa;Masaaki Komatsu;Masaaki Komatsu;Masaaki Komatsu

  • SNPs in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in East Asian and European populations

    Hiroyuki Unoki;Atsushi Takahashi;Takahisa Kawaguchi;Kazuo Hara

  • WEARABLE ARTIFICIAL ENDOCRINE PANCREAS WITH NEEDLE-TYPE GLUCOSE SENSOR

    Motoaki Shichiri;Yoshimitsu Yamasaki;Ryuzo Kawamori;Nobuyoshi Hakui

  • A subtype of diabetes mellitus associated with a mutation of mitochondrial DNA

    T Kadowaki;H Kadowaki;Y Mori;K Tobe

  • Serotonin regulates pancreatic beta cell mass during pregnancy.

    Hail Kim;Yukiko Toyofuku;Francis C. Lynn;Francis C. Lynn;Eric W Chak

  • Inhibition of Monocyte Adhesion to Endothelial Cells and Attenuation of Atherosclerotic Lesion by a Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist, Exendin-4

    Masayuki Arakawa;Tomoya Mita;Kosuke Azuma;Chie Ebato

  • Mitochondrial Genome Variation in Eastern Asia and the Peopling of Japan

    Masashi Tanaka;Vicente M. Cabrera;Ana M. González;José M. Larruga

  • Glycaemic control in pancreatectomized dogs with a wearable artificial endocrine pancreas.

    M. Shichiri;R. Kawamori;Y. Goriya;Y. Yamasaki

  • Telemetry Glucose Monitoring Device With Needle-Type Glucose Sensor: A Useful Tool for Blood Glucose Monitoring in Diabetic Individuals

    Motoaki Shichiri;Nobuyuki Asakawa;Yoshimitsu Yamasaki;Ryuzo Kawamori

  • Estrogen regulation of the insulin-like growth factor I gene transcription involves an AP-1 enhancer.

    Y Umayahara;R Kawamori;H Watada;E Imano

  • Glycation-dependent, reactive oxygen species-mediated suppression of the insulin gene promoter activity in HIT cells.

    T.-A. Matsuoka;Y. Kajimoto;H. Watada;H. Kaneto

  • Osteopontin Mediates Obesity-Induced Adipose Tissue Macrophage Infiltration and Insulin Resistance in Mice

    Takashi Nomiyama;Diego Perez-Tilve;Daisuke Ogawa;Florence Gizard

  • Long-Term Clinical Effects of Epalrestat, an Aldose Reductase Inhibitor, on Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: The 3-year, multicenter, comparative Aldose Reductase Inhibitor-Diabetes Complications Trial

    Nigishi Hotta;Yasuo Akanuma;Ryuzo Kawamori;Kempei Matsuoka

  • Effects of Diet and Exercise on Muscle and Liver Intracellular Lipid Contents and Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

    Yoshifumi Tamura;Yasushi Tanaka;Fumihiko Sato;Jong Bock Choi

  • Prevalence of Carotid Atherosclerosis in Diabetic Patients Ultrasound high-resolution B-mode imaging on carotid arteries

    Ryuzo Kawamori;Yamasaki Yamasaki;Hiroyuki Matsushima;Hideko Nishizawa

  • Voglibose for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomised, double-blind trial in Japanese individuals with impaired glucose tolerance

    Ryuzo Kawamori;Naoko Tajima;Yasuhiko Iwamoto;Atsunori Kashiwagi

  • Association of CDKAL1, IGF2BP2, CDKN2A/B, HHEX , SLC30A8, and KCNJ11 With Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes in a Japanese Population

    Shintaro Omori;Yasushi Tanaka;Atsushi Takahashi;Hiroshi Hirose

  • A genome-wide association study in the Japanese population identifies susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes at UBE2E2 and C2CD4A-C2CD4B

    Toshimasa Yamauchi;Kazuo Hara;Shiro Maeda;Kazuki Yasuda

  • The human glucokinase gene beta-cell-type promoter: an essential role of insulin promoter factor 1/PDX-1 in its activation in HIT-T15 cells.

    Hirotaka Watada;Yoshitaka Kajimoto;Yutaka Umayahara;Taka-aki Matsuoka

  • Closed-loop glycemic control with a wearable artificial endocrine pancreas: variations in daily insulin requirements to glycemic response

    Motoaki Shichiri;Ryuzo Kawamori;Nobuyoshi Hakui;Yoshimitsu Yamasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirotaka Watada
Hirotaka Watada Juntendo University
Yoshimitsu Yamasaki
Yoshimitsu Yamasaki Osaka University
Atsunori Kashiwagi
Atsunori Kashiwagi Shiga University of Medical Science
Shiro Maeda
Shiro Maeda University of the Ryukyus
Takashi Kadowaki
Takashi Kadowaki Toranomon Hospital
Takenobu Kamada
Takenobu Kamada Osaka University
Kazuyuki Tobe
Kazuyuki Tobe University of Toyama
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Nobutaka Hattori
Nobutaka Hattori Juntendo University
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda University of Tokyo

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