Search Results - "ASAYAMA, Kohtaro"

Plasma Visfatin Concentration as a Surrogate Marker for Visceral Fat Accumulation in Obese Children by Araki, Shunsuke, Dobashi, Kazushige, Kubo, Kazuyasu, Kawagoe, Rinko, Yamamoto, Yukiyo, Kawada, Yasusada, Asayama, Kohtaro, Shirahata, Akira

“…Objective: This study was designed to elucidate whether the plasma visfatin level reflects visceral or subcutaneous fat accumulation and metabolic derangement…”
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Decrease in Serum Adiponectin Level Due to Obesity and Visceral Fat Accumulation in Children by Asayama, Kohtaro, Hayashibe, Hidemasa, Dobashi, Kazushige, Uchida, Norihiko, Nakane, Takaya, Kodera, Kohji, Shirahata, Akira, Taniyama, Matsuo

“…Objective: To determine whether serum adiponectin is decreased in obesity and is restored toward normal level after treatment in children. Research Methods and…”
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Chronic Ethanol Consumption Alters the Glutathione/Glutathione Peroxidase-1 System and Protein Oxidation Status in Rat Liver by Bailey, Shannon M., Patel, Vinood B., Young, Tracey A., Asayama, Kohtaro, Cunningham, Carol C.

“…Background: Alcohol‐induced liver damage is associated with oxidative stress, which might be linked to disturbances in liver antioxidant defense mechanisms…”
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Criteria for medical intervention in obese children: A new definition of 'Obesity disease' in Japanese children by Asayama, Kohtaro, Ozeki, Takehiko, Sugihara, Shigetaka, Ito, Keiko, Okada, Tomoo, Tamai, Hiroshi, Takaya, Ryuzo, Hanaki, Keiichi, Murata, Mitsunori

“…The Committee of the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity reported the new criteria for ‘obesity disease’ for Japanese adults in 2000. We defined the…”
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Redox system expression in the motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): immunohistochemical studies on sporadic ALS, superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1)-mutated familial ALS, and SOD1-mutated ALS animal models by Kato, Shinsuke, Kato, Masako, Abe, Yasuko, Matsumura, Tomohiro, Nishino, Takeshi, Aoki, Masashi, Itoyama, Yasuto, Asayama, Kohtaro, Awaya, Akira, Hirano, Asao, Ohama, Eisaku

“…Peroxiredoxin-ll (Prxll) and glutathione peroxidase-l (GPxl) are regulators of the redox system that is one of the most crucial supporting systems in neurons…”
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Simvastatin enhances induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase in 3T3-L1 adipocytes by Araki, Shunsuke, Dobashi, Kazushige, Asayama, Kohtaro, Shirahata, Akira

“…The present study was designed to determine whether hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) modulate the NO production via iNOS in adipocytes…”
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Treatment for childhood-onset Graves' disease in Japan: results of a nationwide questionnaire survey of pediatric endocrinologists and thyroidologists by Sato, Hirokazu, Harada, Shohei, Yokoya, Susumu, Tanaka, Toshiaki, Asayama, Kohtaro, Mori, Masatomo, Sasaki, Nozomu

“…To determine the present condition of treatment of childhood-onset Graves' disease in Japan, a nationwide questionnaire survey was conducted among councilors…”
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Differential effects of cyclic AMP on induction of nitric oxide synthase in 3T3-L1 cells and brown adipocytes by Dobashi, Kazushige, Asayama, Kohtaro, Shirahata, Akira

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether cyclic AMP (cAMP) pathways alter the nitric oxide (NO) production mediated by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in…”
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Threshold values of visceral fat and waist girth in Japanese obese children by Asayama, Kohtaro, Hayashibe, Hidemasa, Endo, Akira, Okada, Tomoo, Hara, Mitsuhiko, Masuda, Hidenari, Sugihara, Shigetaka

“…Background : In order to define the diagnostic criteria for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) accumulation and abdominal obesity in Japanese youths, a…”
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Histological evidence of redox system breakdown caused by superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) aggregation is common to SOD1-mutated motor neurons in humans and animal models by Kato, Shinsuke, Saeki, Yusuke, Aoki, Masashi, Nagai, Makiko, Ishigaki, Aya, Itoyama, Yasuto, Kato, Masako, Asayama, Kohtaro, Awaya, Akira, Hirano, Asao, Ohama, Eisaku

“…Living cells produce reactive oxygen species (ROSs). To protect themselves from these ROSs, the cells have developed both an antioxidant system containing…”
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Increased Serum Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein in Obese Children by Asayama, Kohtaro, Hayashibe, Hidemasa, Dobashi, Kazushige, Uchida, Norihiko, Nakane, Takaya, Kodera, Kohji, Shirahata, Akira

“…Objective: To determine whether serum cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), which is one of the physiologically active gene products secreted from adipose…”
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Encephalopathy in megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome patients on long-term total parenteral nutrition possibly due to selenium deficiency by HIRATO, Junko, NAKAZATO, Yoichi, KOYAMA, Hiroshi, YAMADA, Ami, SUZUKI, Norio, KUROIWA, Minoru, TAKAHASHI, Atsushi, MATSUYAMA, Shiro, ASAYAMA, Kohtaro

“…This report concerns two patients (female, 9 and 6 years) who were diagnosed with megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS). Although…”
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Stimulation of catecholamine synthesis by orexin-A in bovine adrenal medullary cells through orexin receptor 1 by Kawada, Yasusada, Ueno, Susumu, Asayama, Kohtaro, Tsutsui, Masato, Utsunomiya, Kensuke, Toyohira, Yumiko, Morisada, Naoya, Tanaka, Kazumi, Shirahata, Akira, Yanagihara, Nobuyuki

“…Orexin-A has recently been identified as a new hypothalamic peptide working as a mediator in the regulation of feeding behavior and sleep control. To determine…”
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Oxidative muscular injury and its relevance to hyperthyroidism by Asayama, K, Kato, K

“…In experimental hyperthyroidism, acceleration of lipid peroxidation occurs in heart and slow-oxidative muscles, suggesting the contribution of reactive oxygen…”
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Expressions of the prepro-orexin and orexin type 2 receptor genes in obese rat by Yamamoto, Yukiyo, Ueta, Yoichi, Yamashita, Hiroshi, Asayama, Kohtaro, Shirahata, Akira

“…We examined the expressions of the prepro-orexin gene in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA), the genes of the neuropeptide Y ( NPY) and proopiomelanocortin (…”
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Inhibition of peroxisomal functions due to oxidative imbalance induced by mistargeting of catalase to cytoplasm is restored by vitamin E treatment in skin fibroblasts from Zellweger syndrome-like patients by Kawada, Yasusada, Khan, Mushfiquddin, Sharma, Ashish K., Ratnayake, Dinath B., Dobashi, Kazushige, Asayama, Kohtaro, Moser, Hugo W., Contreras, Miguel A., Singh, Inderjit

“…Many of the peroxisomal diseases exhibit excessive oxidative stress leading to neurological alterations and dysfunction. The role of peroxisomal oxidative…”
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Increased peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation and enhanced expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha in diabetic rat liver by Asayama, K, Sandhir, R, Sheikh, F G, Hayashibe, H, Nakane, T, Singh, I

“…To determine whether the increased fatty acid beta-oxidation in the peroxisomes of diabetic rat liver is mediated by a common peroxisome proliferation…”
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Girl with nephrotic syndrome after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation by Morisada, Naoya, Okita, Shinobu, Sato, Tetsuji, Miyaji, Ryosuke, Kamizono, Junji, Shimono, Masayuki, Osajima, Akihiko, Kaizu, Kazo, Asayama, Kohtaro, Shirahata, Akira

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High Molecular Weight, Rather than Total, Adiponectin Levels Better Reflect Metabolic Abnormalities Associated with Childhood Obesity by Araki, Shunsuke, Dobashi, Kazushige, Kubo, Kazuyasu, Asayama, Kohtaro, Shirahata, Akira

“…Context: Japanese are prone to obesity-induced metabolic derangement, which is linked to serum adipocytokine profile even in children. Objective: The objective…”
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Advanced glycation endproducts are deposited in neuronal hyaline inclusions: a study on familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with superoxide dismutase-1 mutation by Shibata, N, Hirano, A, Kato, S, Nagai, R, Horiuchi, S, Komori, T, Umahara, T, Asayama, K, Kobayashi, M

“…To determine the role of advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) in the pathogenesis of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with superoxide dismutase-1…”
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