Yasushi Itakura

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma (Japan) — Japan

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Pancreatic function and diabetes(6), Nerve injury and regeneration(5), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(5), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(2), Liver physiology and pathology(2)

Publications10 total

Intermittent administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) ameliorates glucose metabolism and prevents pancreatic exhaustion in diabetic mice
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering·2008· 63 cited
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) prevents the development of diabetes in prediabetic mice
Biomedical Research·2008· 51 citedOpen Access
Table of Contents
Metabolism·2006Open Access
Protective effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on pancreatic islets in obese diabetic mice
Metabolism·2006· 79 cited
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor ameliorates hepatic insulin resistance in Zucker fatty rats
Metabolism·2003· 37 cited
Intermittent administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor ameliorates glucose metabolism in obese diabetic mice
Metabolism·2000· 80 cited
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Reduces Blood Glucose Level in Obese Diabetic Mice but Not in Normal Mice
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·1997· 122 cited
Autocrine stimulation of motility in SBC-5 human lung carcinoma cells by a two-kringle variant of HGF
Cancer Letters·1994· 25 cited
Prediction of prognosis in LEC rats with fulminant hepatitis.
Kanzo·1994· 1 citedOpen Access
Resistance to proteolysis of antibody ligands modified with polyethylene glycol
Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering·1991· 6 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Mutsuo Taiji(7), Tsutomu Nakagawa(6), Mitsugu Yamanaka(4), Atsushi Tsuchida(4), Hiroshi Noguchi(3), Michiko Ono(2), Takeshi Nonomura(2), Tadashi Inoue(2), Kunio Matsumoto(2), Toshikazu Nakamura(2), Junji Ichihara(1), Chikao Nakayama(1), C Nakayama(1), Michiko Ono‐Kishino(1), Akio Kuroda(1), Yoshimitsu Yamasaki(1), Munehide Matsuhisa(1), Minoru Kubota(1), Itsuro Nakahara(1), Yoshihisa Nakatani(1)