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Yoshio Yazaki

Yoshio Yazaki

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2023
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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
147
Citations
86545
World Ranking
1272
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Yoshio Yazaki is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, focusing primarily on medicine with an emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans several subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, surgery, and physiology.

Their main topics of investigation include heart failure treatment and management, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, cardiac valve diseases and treatments, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, nutrition and health in aging, and potassium and related disorders.

Yazaki's recent published papers include the following:

  • Ethnic differences in association of outcomes with trimethylamine N-oxide in acute heart failure, 2020, ESC Heart Failure
  • Association of gut-related metabolites with outcome in acute heart failure, 2021, American Heart Journal
  • Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS): basics and clinical applications, 2020, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
  • Circulating cell-free DNA levels are associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure: testing liquid biopsy in heart failure, 2020, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • In-hospital initiation of angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibition in acute heart failure: the PREMIER trial, 2024, European Heart Journal

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Yazaki are:

  • Hidehiko Hara
  • Muhammad Zubair Israr
  • Andrea Salzano
  • Toru Suzuki
  • Masato Nakamura

Yazaki's work is regularly published in several scientific journals including Cureus, American Heart Journal, European Heart Journal, Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics, and Circulation Journal.

Best Publications

  • A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells.

    Masashi Yanagisawa;Hiroki Kurihara;Hiroki Kurihara;Sadao Kimura;Yoko Tomobe

  • A role for macrophage scavenger receptors in atherosclerosis and susceptibility to infection

    Hiroshi Suzuki;Hiroshi Suzuki;Yukiko Kurihara;Motohiro Takeya;Nobuo Kamada

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

    Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Takashi Kadowaki;Kazuyuki Tobe;Takeshi Yagi

  • Elevated blood pressure and craniofacial abnormalities in mice deficient in endothelin-1.

    Kurihara Y;Kurihara H;Suzuki H;Suzuki H;Kodama T

  • Troglitazone increases the number of small adipocytes without the change of white adipose tissue mass in obese Zucker rats.

    Akira Okuno;Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Kazuyuki Tobe;Kohjiro Ueki

  • Endothelin stimulates c-fos and c-myc expression and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Issei Komuro;Hiroki Kurihara;Takao Sugiyama;Fumimaro Takaku

  • Genetic variation in the gene encoding adiponectin is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the japanese population

    Kazuo Hara;Philippe Boutin;Yasumichi Mori;Kazuyuki Tobe

  • Oxidative stress activates extracellular signal-regulated kinases through Src and Ras in cultured cardiac myocytes of neonatal rats

    R Aikawa;I Komuro;T Yamazaki;Y Zou

  • A novel signaling molecule, p130, forms stable complexes in vivo with v-Crk and v-Src in a tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent manner.

    R Sakai;A Iwamatsu;N Hirano;S Ogawa

  • Hemodynamic shear stress stimulates endothelin production by cultured endothelial cells

    Masao Yoshizumi;Hiroki Kurihara;Takao Sugiyama;Fumimaro Takaku

  • Stretching cardiac myocytes stimulates protooncogene expression.

    I Komuro;T Kaida;Y Shibazaki;M Kurabayashi

  • Transforming growth factor-β stimulates the expression of endothelin mRNA by vascular endothelial cells

    Hiroki Kurihara;Masao Yoshizumi;Takao Sugiyama;Fumimaro Takaku

  • Xid-Like Immunodeficiency in Mice with Disruption of the p85α Subunit of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase

    Harumi Suzuki;Yasuo Terauchi;Mari Fujiwara;Shinichi Aizawa

  • A novel type of vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF-E (NZ-7 VEGF), preferentially utilizes KDR/Flk-1 receptor and carries a potent mitotic activity without heparin-binding domain.

    Sachiyo Ogawa;Asuka Oku;Asako Sawano;Sachiko Yamaguchi

  • Pancreatic beta cell line MIN6 exhibits characteristics of glucose metabolism and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion similar to those of normal islets.

    H. Ishihara;T. Asano;K. Tsukuda;H. Katagiri

  • Mechanical loading stimulates cell hypertrophy and specific gene expression in cultured rat cardiac myocytes. Possible role of protein kinase C activation.

    Issei Komuro;Youichi Katoh;Toshikazu Kaida;Yoshikazu Shibazaki

  • Role of NADH Shuttle System in Glucose-Induced Activation of Mitochondrial Metabolism and Insulin Secretion

    Kazuhiro Eto;Yoshiharu Tsubamoto;Yasuo Terauchi;Takuya Sugiyama

  • Aortic arch malformations and ventricular septal defect in mice deficient in endothelin-1.

    Y Kurihara;H Kurihara;H Oda;K Maemura

  • Increased insulin sensitivity and hypoglycaemia in mice lacking the p85α subunit of phosphoinositide 3–kinase

    Y. Terauchi;Y. Tsuji;S. Satoh;H. Minoura

  • Tbx5 associates with Csx/Nkx2-5 and synergistically promotes cardiomyocyte differentiation

    Yukio Hiroi;Koushirou Monzen;Tooru Hosoda;Hiroki Kasai

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryozo Nagai
Ryozo Nagai Jichi Medical University
Issei Komuro
Issei Komuro University of Tokyo
Hisamaru Hirai
Hisamaru Hirai University of Tokyo
Fumimaro Takaku
Fumimaro Takaku University of Tokyo
Takashi Kadowaki
Takashi Kadowaki Toranomon Hospital
Hiroki Kurihara
Hiroki Kurihara University of Tokyo
Yoshitomo Oka
Yoshitomo Oka Tohoku University
Nobuhiro Yamada
Nobuhiro Yamada University of Tsukuba
Makoto Kuro-o
Makoto Kuro-o Jichi Medical University
Yasuo Akanuma
Yasuo Akanuma University of Tokyo

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