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Yuji Matsuzawa

Yuji Matsuzawa

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2025
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Medicine
Japan
2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yuji Matsuzawa is affiliated with Sumitomo Hospital in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, physiology, epidemiology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's recent work includes publications on diverse topics within cardiovascular and metabolic health. Notable papers include:

  • Waist circumference as a vital sign in clinical practice: a Consensus Statement from the IAS and ICCR Working Group on Visceral Obesity, 2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Pemafibrate, a New Selective PPARα Modulator: Drug Concept and Its Clinical Applications for Dyslipidemia and Metabolic Diseases, 2020, Current Atherosclerosis Reports
  • Probucol Trial for Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Events in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease (PROSPECTIVE), 2020, Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
  • The Combination of High Levels of Adiponectin and Insulin Resistance Are Affected by Aging in Non-Obese Old Peoples, 2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Gaps in beliefs and practice in dyslipidaemia management in Japan, Germany, Colombia and the Philippines: insights from a web-based physician survey, 2020, Lipids in Health and Disease

Their research production frequently appears in journals such as the Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Nature Reviews Endocrinology, Endocrine Journal, and Current Atherosclerosis Reports.

Yuji Matsuzawa's work addresses several main topics including:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers such as Shizuya Yamashita, Ryohei Mineo, Daisaku Masuda, Sachiko Tamba, and Takuya Sugiyama.

Best Publications

  • Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic

    D. S. Akram;A. V. Astrup;T. Atinmo;J. L. Boissin

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

    Yukio Arita;Shinji Kihara;Noriyuki Ouchi;Masahiko Takahashi

  • Gain-of-function mutations of c-kit in human gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

    Seiichi Hirota;Koji Isozaki;Yasuhiro Moriyama;Koji Hashimoto

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

    Christian Weyer;Tohru Funahashi;Sachiyo Tanaka;Kikuko Hotta

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

    Kikuko Hotta;Tohru Funahashi;Yukio Arita;Masahiko Takahashi

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

    Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Yukio Arita;Kazuhisa Maeda

  • 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

  • Effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on major coronary events in hypercholesterolaemic patients (JELIS): a randomised open-label, blinded endpoint analysis

    Mitsuhiro Yokoyama;Hideki Origasa;Masunori Matsuzaki;Yuji Matsuzawa

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

    Norikazu Maeda;Iichiro Shimomura;Ken Kishida;Hitoshi Nishizawa

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

    Atsunori Fukuhara;Morihiro Matsuda;Masako Nishizawa;Katsumori Segawa

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

    Noriyuki Ouchi;Shinji Kihara;Yukio Arita;Yoshihisa Okamoto

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

    Norikazu Maeda;Masahiko Takahashi;Tohru Funahashi;Shinji Kihara

  • Association of Hypoadiponectinemia With Coronary Artery Disease in Men

    Masahiro Kumada;Shinji Kihara;Satoru Sumitsuji;Toshiharu Kawamoto

  • 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

  • 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

  • Contribution of intra-abdominal fat accumulation to the impairment of glucose and lipid metabolism in human obesity

    Shigenori Fujioka;Yuji Matsuzawa;Katsuto Tokunaga;Seiichiro Tarui

  • Adiponectin and Metabolic Syndrome

    Yuji Matsuzawa;Tohru Funahashi;Shinji Kihara;Iichiro Shimomura

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

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

  • 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

  • Adiponectin Reduces Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice

    Yoshihisa Okamoto;Shinji Kihara;Noriyuki Ouchi;Makoto Nishida

Frequent Co-Authors

Tohru Funahashi
Tohru Funahashi Osaka University
Shizuya Yamashita
Shizuya Yamashita Osaka University
Seiichiro Tarui
Seiichiro Tarui Osaka University
Shinji Kihara
Shinji Kihara Osaka University
Yasuhisa Shinomura
Yasuhisa Shinomura Sapporo Medical University
Toru Kita
Toru Kita Kyoto University
Iichiro Shimomura
Iichiro Shimomura Osaka University
Yuzuru Kanakura
Yuzuru Kanakura Osaka University
Yasushi Saito
Yasushi Saito Chiba University
Masunori Matsuzaki
Masunori Matsuzaki Yamaguchi University

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