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Yoshimitsu Yamasaki

Yoshimitsu Yamasaki

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D-Index
80
Citations
21265
World Ranking
17207
National Ranking
552

Overview

Yoshimitsu Yamasaki is a researcher affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, specializing in medical studies with a focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their research encompasses a range of topics related to diet, metabolism, diabetes management, pharmacology, and skin protection.

The main fields of Yoshimitsu Yamasaki's work include medicine, specifically within the subfields of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The primary research topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Skin protection and aging
  • Diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins
  • Pharmacology and obesity treatment
  • Diabetes treatment and management
  • Diabetes management and research

Yamasaki's recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • "Tirzepatide once weekly for the treatment of obesity in people with type 2 diabetes (SURMOUNT-2): a double-blind, randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial," 2023, The Lancet
  • "A phase 3 multicenter open-label maintenance study to investigate the long-term safety of sodium zirconium cyclosilicate in Japanese subjects with hyperkalemia," 2020, Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
  • "Dietary intake and physical activity in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: the Japan Diabetes Complication and its Prevention prospective study (JDCP study 8)," 2022, Diabetology International
  • "The Effect of Cysteine Peptide Ingestion on Skin Brightness, a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Human Clinical Trial," 2023, Cosmetics
  • "Different impacts of metabolic profiles on future risk of cardiovascular disease between diabetes with and without established cardiovascular disease: the Japan diabetes complication and its prevention prospective study 7 (JDCP study 7)," 2021, Acta Diabetologica

The researcher frequently collaborates with other scientists in the field. Key co-authors include:

  • Yasuaki Hayashino
  • Rimei Nishimura
  • Naoko Tajima
  • Hirohito Sone
  • Hitoshi Shimano

Publication venues where Yoshimitsu Yamasaki's work appears most often consist of:

  • Acta Diabetologica
  • The Lancet
  • Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
  • Diabetology International
  • Cosmetics

Best Publications

  • Beneficial effects of antioxidants in diabetes: possible protection of pancreatic beta-cells against glucose toxicity.

    Hideaki Kaneto;Yoshitaka Kajimoto;Jun-ichiro Miyagawa;Taka-aki Matsuoka

  • WEARABLE ARTIFICIAL ENDOCRINE PANCREAS WITH NEEDLE-TYPE GLUCOSE SENSOR

    Motoaki Shichiri;Yoshimitsu Yamasaki;Ryuzo Kawamori;Nobuyoshi Hakui

  • Involvement of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes

    Yoshihisa Nakatani;Hideaki Kaneto;Dan Kawamori;Kazutomi Yoshiuchi

  • 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

  • Possible novel therapy for diabetes with cell-permeable JNK-inhibitory peptide

    Hideaki Kaneto;Yoshihisa Nakatani;Takeshi Miyatsuka;Dan Kawamori

  • 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

  • The Forkhead Transcription Factor Foxo1 Bridges the JNK Pathway and the Transcription Factor PDX-1 through Its Intracellular Translocation *

    Dan Kawamori;Hideaki Kaneto;Yoshihisa Nakatani;Taka Aki Matsuoka

  • Involvement of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of diabetes.

    Hideaki Kaneto;Naoto Katakami;Dan Kawamori;Takeshi Miyatsuka

  • Reducing sugars trigger oxidative modification and apoptosis in pancreatic beta-cells by provoking oxidative stress through the glycation reaction.

    Hideaki Kaneto;Junichi Fujii;Theingi Myint;Nobuko Miyazawa

  • 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

  • Modulation of the JNK Pathway in Liver Affects Insulin Resistance Status

    Yoshihisa Nakatani;Hideaki Kaneto;Dan Kawamori;Masahiro Hatazaki

  • The endoplasmic reticulum chaperone improves insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes.

    Kentaro Ozawa;Mayuki Miyazaki;Munehide Matsuhisa;Katsura Takano

  • Atherosclerosis in Carotid Artery of Young IDDM Patients Monitored by Ultrasound High-Resolution B-Mode Imaging

    Yoshimitsu Yamasaki;Ryuzo Kawamori;Hiroyuki Matsushima;Hideko Nishizawa

  • PDX-1 Induces Insulin and Glucokinase Gene Expressions in αTC1 Clone 6 Cells in the Presence of Betacellulin

    Hirotaka Watada;Yoshitaka Kajimoto;Jun-ichiro Miyagawa;Toshiaki Hanafusa

  • Role of oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase in pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance.

    Hideaki Kaneto;Yoshihisa Nakatani;Dan Kawamori;Takeshi Miyatsuka

  • Oxidative Stress Induces Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Translocation of Pancreatic Transcription Factor PDX-1 Through Activation of c-Jun NH2-terminal Kinase

    Dan Kawamori;Yoshitaka Kajimoto;Hideaki Kaneto;Yutaka Umayahara

  • Involvement of endoplasmic reticulum stress in insulin resistance and diabetes. Vol. 280 (2005) 847-851

    Yoshihisa Nakatani;Hideaki Kaneto;Dan Kawamori;Kazutomi Yoshiuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Masatsugu Hori
Masatsugu Hori Osaka University
Ryuzo Kawamori
Ryuzo Kawamori Juntendo University
Takenobu Kamada
Takenobu Kamada Osaka University
Atsunori Kashiwagi
Atsunori Kashiwagi Shiga University of Medical Science
Iichiro Shimomura
Iichiro Shimomura Osaka University
Hirotaka Watada
Hirotaka Watada Juntendo University
Akio Kuroda
Akio Kuroda Hiroshima University
Nobuhiro Yamada
Nobuhiro Yamada University of Tsukuba
Hirohito Sone
Hirohito Sone Niigata University
Yasuo Akanuma
Yasuo Akanuma University of Tokyo

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