Tohru Funahashi

Research.com Recognitions

• 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Paradoxical decrease of an adipose-specific protein, adiponectin, in obesity.

  Yukio Arita;Shinji Kihara;Noriyuki Ouchi;Masahiko Takahashi

  7249
  Citations

• Hypoadiponectinemia in obesity and type 2 diabetes: close association with insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.

  Christian Weyer;Tohru Funahashi;Sachiyo Tanaka;Kikuko Hotta

  4991
  Citations

• Plasma Concentrations of a Novel, Adipose-Specific Protein, Adiponectin, in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

  Kikuko Hotta;Tohru Funahashi;Yukio Arita;Masahiko Takahashi

  4667
  Citations

• Novel Modulator for Endothelial Adhesion Molecules: Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein Adiponectin

  Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Yukio Arita;Kazuhisa Maeda

  3358
  Citations

• cDNA cloning and expression of a novel adipose specific collagen-like factor, apM1 (AdiPose Most abundant Gene transcript 1).

  Kazuhisa Maeda;Kousaku Okubo;Iichiro Shimomura;Tohru Funahashi

  3211
  Citations

• Diet-induced insulin resistance in mice lacking adiponectin/ACRP30.

  Norikazu Maeda;Iichiro Shimomura;Ken Kishida;Hitoshi Nishizawa

  2855
  Citations

• Visfatin: a protein secreted by visceral fat that mimics the effects of insulin.

  Atsunori Fukuhara;Morihiro Matsuda;Masako Nishizawa;Katsumori Segawa

  2728
  Citations

• Adiponectin, an Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein, Inhibits Endothelial NF-κB Signaling Through a cAMP-Dependent Pathway

  Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Yukio Arita;Yoshihisa Okamoto

  2695
  Citations

• PPARγ Ligands Increase Expression and Plasma Concentrations of Adiponectin, an Adipose-Derived Protein

  Norikazu Maeda;Masahiko Takahashi;Tohru Funahashi;Shinji Kihara

  2524
  Citations

• Association of Hypoadiponectinemia With Coronary Artery Disease in Men

  Masahiro Kumada;Shinji Kihara;Satoru Sumitsuji;Toshiharu Kawamoto

  2110
  Citations

• Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein, Adiponectin, Suppresses Lipid Accumulation and Class A Scavenger Receptor Expression in Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages

  Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Yukio Arita;Makoto Nishida

  1936
  Citations

• Adiponectin, a new member of the family of soluble defense collagens, negatively regulates the growth of myelomonocytic progenitors and the functions of macrophages

  Takafumi Yokota;Kenji Oritani;Isao Takahashi;Jun Ishikawa

  1917
  Citations

• Adiponectin and Metabolic Syndrome

  Yuji Matsuzawa;Tohru Funahashi;Shinji Kihara;Iichiro Shimomura

  1681
  Citations

• Adiponectin and development of type 2 diabetes in the Pima Indian population

  Robert S Lindsay;Tohru Funahashi;Robert L Hanson;Yuji Matsuzawa

  1652
  Citations

• Circulating Concentrations of the Adipocyte Protein Adiponectin Are Decreased in Parallel With Reduced Insulin Sensitivity During the Progression to Type 2 Diabetes in Rhesus Monkeys

  Kikuko Hotta;Tohru Funahashi;Noni L. Bodkin;Heidi K. Ortmeyer

  1645
  Citations

• Adiponectin Reduces Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice

  Yoshihisa Okamoto;Shinji Kihara;Noriyuki Ouchi;Makoto Nishida

  1536
  Citations

• Weight reduction increases plasma levels of an adipose-derived anti-inflammatory protein, adiponectin.

  Wei-Shiung Yang;Wei-Jei Lee;Tohru Funahashi;Sachiyo Tanaka

  1430
  Citations

• Adiponectin Stimulates Production of Nitric Oxide in Vascular Endothelial Cells

  Hui Chen;Monica Montagnani;Tohru Funahashi;Iichiro Shimomura

  1362
  Citations

• Reciprocal Association of C-Reactive Protein With Adiponectin in Blood Stream and Adipose Tissue

  Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Tohru Funahashi;Tadashi Nakamura

  1269
  Citations

• Visfatin : A protein secreted by visceral fat that mimics the effects of insulin

  Atsunori Fukuhara;Morihiro Matsuda;Masako Nishizawa;Katsumori Segawa

  11
  Citations