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Yasuhiko Yamamoto

Yasuhiko Yamamoto

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
13888
World Ranking
14269
National Ranking
1007

Overview

Yasuhiko Yamamoto is a researcher affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these broader fields, Yamamoto has contributed extensively to subfields such as Physiology, Clinical Biochemistry, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Social Psychology, and Neurology.

The main research topics covered by Yamamoto include:

  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune cells in cancer

Yamamoto's publication record includes influential research papers such as:

  • "RAGE regulates oxytocin transport into the brain" (2020) published in Communications Biology
  • "Inhibition of CD38 and supplementation of nicotinamide riboside ameliorate lipopolysaccharide-induced microglial and astrocytic neuroinflammation by increasing NAD+" (2021) published in Journal of Neurochemistry
  • "Intake of ω-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid-Rich Vegetable Oils and Risk of Lifestyle Diseases" (2020) published in Advances in Nutrition
  • "LECT2 as a hepatokine links liver steatosis to inflammation via activating tissue macrophages in NASH" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "The transcription factor ATF3 switches cell death from apoptosis to necroptosis in hepatic steatosis in male mice" (2023) published in Nature Communications

The researcher has frequently published in venues such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Physiology & Behavior, Diabetes, and Research Square. Their most frequent publication venue is Scientific Reports, with six papers.

Yamamoto collaborates often with several coauthors, with the most frequent including Seiichi Munesue (24 coauthored papers), Haruhiro Higashida (22), Ai Harashima (21), Yu Oshima (12), and Kumi Kimura (10).

Best Publications

  • Novel splice variants of the receptor for advanced glycation end-products expressed in human vascular endothelial cells and pericytes, and their putative roles in diabetes-induced vascular injury.

    Hideto Yonekura;Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Shigeru Sakurai;Ralica G. Petrova

  • The N-terminal domain of thrombomodulin sequesters high-mobility group-B1 protein, a novel antiinflammatory mechanism

    Kazuhiro Abeyama;David M. Stern;Yuji Ito;Ko-ichi Kawahara

  • Development and prevention of advanced diabetic nephropathy in RAGE-overexpressing mice

    Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Ichiro Kato;Toshio Doi;Hideto Yonekura

  • The Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Is Induced by the Glycation Products Themselves and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α through Nuclear Factor-κB, and by 17β-Estradiol through Sp-1 in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells

    Nobushige Tanaka;Hideto Yonekura;Sho-ichi Yamagishi;Hideki Fujimori

  • Plasma Level of Endogenous Secretory RAGE Is Associated With Components of the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis

    Hidenori Koyama;Takuhito Shoji;Hisayo Yokoyama;Kohka Motoyama

  • Advanced Glycation End Products-driven Angiogenesis in Vitro INDUCTION OF THE GROWTH AND TUBE FORMATION OF HUMAN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS THROUGH AUTOCRINE VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR

    Sho-ichi Yamagishi;Hideto Yonekura;Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Kenji Katsuno

  • CCR5 Plays a Critical Role in Obesity-Induced Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by Regulating Both Macrophage Recruitment and M1/M2 Status

    Hironori Kitade;Kazuki Sawamoto;Mayumi Nagashimada;Hiroshi Inoue

  • Adipose Natural Killer Cells Regulate Adipose Tissue Macrophages to Promote Insulin Resistance in Obesity

    Byung-Cheol Lee;Byung-Cheol Lee;Myung-Sunny Kim;Munkyong Pae;Yasuhiko Yamamoto

  • RAGE control of diabetic nephropathy in a mouse model: effects of RAGE gene disruption and administration of low-molecular weight heparin.

    Khin Mar Myint;Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Toshio Doi;Ichiro Kato

  • Advanced glycation endproducts inhibit prostacyclin production and induce plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in human microvascular endothelial cells.

    S. Yamagishi;H. Fujimori;H. Yonekura;Y. Yamamoto

  • PLACENTA GROWTH FACTOR AND VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR B AND C EXPRESSION IN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND PERICYTES: IMPLICATION IN AUTOCRINE AND PARACRINE REGULATION OF ANGIOGENESIS

    Hideto Yonekura;Shigeru Sakurai;Xiaoxu Liu;Hideyuki Migita

  • Tumor-associated macrophages of the M2 phenotype contribute to progression in gastric cancer with peritoneal dissemination

    Takahisa Yamaguchi;Sachio Fushida;Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Tomoya Tsukada

  • Receptor for advanced glycation end products binds to phosphatidylserine and assists in the clearance of apoptotic cells

    Mei He;Hiroshi Kubo;Konosuke Morimoto;Naoya Fujino

  • CD38 DISRUPTION IMPAIRS GLUCOSE-INDUCED INCREASES IN CYCLIC ADP-RIBOSE, CA2+I, AND INSULIN SECRETION

    Ichiro Kato;Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Miki Fujimura;Naoya Noguchi

  • Anti–high mobility group box‐1 antibody therapy for traumatic brain injury

    Yu Okuma;Keyue Liu;Hidenori Wake;Jiyong Zhang

  • Septic Shock Is Associated with Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Ligation of LPS

    Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Ai Harashima;Hidehito Saito;Koichi Tsuneyama

  • Relationship between interindividual differences in nicotine metabolism and CYP2A6 genetic polymorphism in humans

    Miki Nakajima;Miki Nakajima;Jun‐Tack Kwon;Jun‐Tack Kwon;Nobushige Tanaka;Nobushige Tanaka;Takahiro Zenta;Takahiro Zenta

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor acts as a pericyte mitogen under hypoxic conditions.

    S.-I. Yamagishi;H. Yonekura;Y. Yamamoto;H. Fujimori

  • The role of the receptor for advanced glycation end-products in lung fibrosis

    Mei He;Hiroshi Kubo;Kota Ishizawa;Ahmed E. Hegab

  • [Anti-high mobility group box-1 antibody therapy for traumatic brain injury].

    Yu Okuma;Isao Date;Masahiro Nishibori

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Yamamoto
Hiroshi Yamamoto Komatsu University
Haruhiro Higashida
Haruhiro Higashida Kanazawa University
Hiroshi Okamoto
Hiroshi Okamoto University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Okamoto
Hiroshi Okamoto Kanazawa University
Masayoshi Takeuchi
Masayoshi Takeuchi Kanazawa Medical University
Shin Takasawa
Shin Takasawa Nara Medical University
Koichi Tsuneyama
Koichi Tsuneyama University of Tokushima
Masahide Asano
Masahide Asano Kyoto University
Masahiro Nishibori
Masahiro Nishibori Okayama University
Shuichi Kaneko
Shuichi Kaneko Kanazawa University

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