Akiyoshi Uezumi

6.6k citations

72 papers · 4.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Molecular Biology top 2%
Surgery top 2%
Genetics top 0.5%
Physiology top 2%
Rehabilitation top 1%

Co-authors: So‐ichiro Fukada Kunihiro Tsuchida Shin’ichi Takeda Naoki Yamamoto Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi Hiroshi Yamamoto Masashi Nakatani
Topics: Muscle Physiology and Disorders (59 papers)Mesenchymal stem cell research (20 papers)Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (20 papers)
Cited by: Genetics Aging Rehabilitation
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Clinical Investigation Nature Communications
Partner nations: Japan Germany Denmark

In The Last Decade

Akiyoshi Uezumi

68 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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Mesenchymal progenitors distinct from satellite cells contribute to ectopic fat cell formation in skeletal muscle

2010 1.0k citations Akiyoshi Uezumi, So‐ichiro Fukada et al. profile →
Fibrosis and adipogenesis originate from a common mesenchymal progenitor in skeletal muscle

2011 499 citations Akiyoshi Uezumi, Takahito Ito et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Calcitonin receptor downregulation and exercise-conditioned blood enable systemic muscle stem cell proliferation 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Lidan Zhang,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jiayao Xu,Yilin Liu,Akiyoshi Uezumi,Daisuke Kamimura,Masaaki Murakami,Atsushi Kubo,Takashi Yamada,Takayuki Akimoto,So‐ichiro Fukada	0
2	Epidermal growth factor receptor contributes to indirect regulation of skeletal muscle mass by androgen 2024 ·Endocrine Journal ·(unknown),Hiroshi Sakai,(unknown),Iori Sakakibara,Akiyoshi Uezumi,(unknown),Tsutomu Kai,Shigeki Higashiyama,Noriyoshi Miura,Tadahiko Kikugawa,Takashi Saika,Yuuki Imai	0
3	Adipose tissue boosts muscle regeneration by supplying mesenchymal stromal cells 2023 ·Nature Reviews Endocrinology ·Akiyoshi Uezumi	4
4	Detection of muscle stem cell-derived myonuclei in murine overloaded muscles 2022 ·STAR Protocols ·Akihiro Kaneshige,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi,Akiyoshi Uezumi,So‐ichiro Fukada	5
5	Liver fibrosis-induced muscle atrophy is mediated by elevated levels of circulating TNFα 2021 ·Cell Death and Disease ·(unknown),(unknown),Noriyuki Kaji,(unknown),(unknown),Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi,Masashi Toyoda,Nobuo Kanazawa,Tatsu Nakazawa,Masatoshi Hori,Akiyoshi Uezumi	15
6	Methods for Accurate Assessment of Myofiber Maturity During Skeletal Muscle Regeneration 2020 ·Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology ·Yuki Yoshimoto,Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi,Keisuke Hitachi,So‐ichiro Fukada,Akiyoshi Uezumi	56
7	Cell-autonomous and redundant roles of Hey1 and HeyL in muscle stem cells: HeyL requires Hes1 to bind diverse DNA sites 2019 ·Development ·(unknown),Miki Nakamura,Nobumasa Hino,Jumpei Nogami,(unknown),Takahiko Sato,Lidan Zhang,Kazutake Tsujikawa,Toru Tanaka,(unknown),Yoshiaki Okada,Takefumi Doi,Hiroki Kokubo,Akihito Harada,Akiyoshi Uezumi,Manfred Gessler,Yasuyuki Ohkawa,So‐ichiro Fukada	38
8	The CalcR-PKA-Yap1 Axis Is Critical for Maintaining Quiescence in Muscle Stem Cells 2019 ·Cell Reports ·Lidan Zhang,(unknown),Hiroyuki Nakayama,(unknown),Kazutake Tsujikawa,Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi,Akiyoshi Uezumi,Yoshiaki Okada,Takefumi Doi,Shuichi Watanabe,Thomas Braun,Yasushi Fujio,So‐ichiro Fukada	43
9	Tbx1 regulates inherited metabolic and myogenic abilities of progenitor cells derived from slow- and fast-type muscle 2018 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·Norio Motohashi,Akiyoshi Uezumi,Atsushi Asakura,Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi,Shuuichi Mori,Yuhei Mizunoe,(unknown),Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki,Shin’ichi Takeda,Kazuhiro Shigemoto	27
10	Disuse Atrophy Accompanied by Intramuscular Ectopic Adipogenesis in Vastus Medialis Muscle of Advanced Osteoarthritis Patients 2017 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi,Yasumoto Matsui,Masaki Hasegawa,(unknown),Yasuhide Kanayama,Akiyoshi Uezumi,Tsuyoshi Watanabe,Atsushi Harada,A. Robin Poole,Naohiro Hashimoto	21
11	Notch ligands regulate the muscle stem-like state ex vivo but are not sufficient for retaining regenerative capacity 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Hiroshi Sakai,Sumiaki Fukuda,Miki Nakamura,Akiyoshi Uezumi,(unknown),Takahiko Sato,Mitsuhiro Morita,Harumoto Yamada,Kunihiro Tsuchida,Shahragim Tajbakhsh,So‐ichiro Fukada	25
12	Evidence of Notch-Hesr-Nrf2 Axis in Muscle Stem Cells, but Absence of Nrf2 Has No Effect on Their Quiescent and Undifferentiated State 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Masahiko Yamaguchi,Satoshi Murakami,Tomohiro Yoneda,Miki Nakamura,Lidan Zhang,Akiyoshi Uezumi,Sumiaki Fukuda,Hiroki Kokubo,Kazutake Tsujikawa,So‐ichiro Fukada	14
13	Calcitonin Receptor Signaling Inhibits Muscle Stem Cells from Escaping the Quiescent State and the Niche 2015 ·Cell Reports ·Masahiko Yamaguchi,Yoko Watanabe,(unknown),Akiyoshi Uezumi,Norihisa Mikami,Miki Nakamura,Takahiko Sato,Masahito Ikawa,Mikio Hoshino,Kunihiro Tsuchida,Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki,Kazutake Tsujikawa,Shin’ichi Takeda,Hiroshi Yamamoto,So‐ichiro Fukada	86
14	Human skeletal muscle-derived PDGFRα+ cells formed heterotopic ossification 2014 ·Osteoarthritis and Cartilage ·(unknown),Arihiko Kanaji,Akiyoshi Uezumi,Kunihiro Tsuchida,Hisao Yamada	1
15	Identification and characterization of PDGFRα+ mesenchymal progenitors in human skeletal muscle 2014 ·Cell Death and Disease ·Akiyoshi Uezumi,So‐ichiro Fukada,Naoki Yamamoto,Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi,Masashi Nakatani,Mitsuhiro Morita,(unknown),Hirotsugu Yamada,Ichizo Nishino,Y. Hamada,Kunihiro Tsuchida	230
16	Imatinib attenuates severe mouse dystrophy and inhibits proliferation and fibrosis-marker expression in muscle mesenchymal progenitors 2013 ·Neuromuscular Disorders ·Takahito Ito,Ryo Ogawa,Akiyoshi Uezumi,(unknown),Yoko Watanabe,Kazutake Tsujikawa,Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki,Shin’ichi Takeda,Hiroshi Yamamoto,So‐ichiro Fukada	51
17	NO production results in suspension-induced muscle atrophy through dislocation of neuronal NOS 2007 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Naoki Suzuki,Norio Motohashi,Akiyoshi Uezumi,So‐ichiro Fukada,Tetsuhiko Yoshimura,Yasuto Itoyama,Masashi Aoki,Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki,Shin’ichi Takeda	152
18	Autologous Transplantation of SM/C-2.6+ Satellite Cells Transduced with Micro-dystrophin CS1 cDNA by Lentiviral Vector into mdx Mice 2007 ·Molecular Therapy ·Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi,So‐ichiro Fukada,Akiyoshi Uezumi,S. Masuda,Hiroyuki Miyoshi,Hiroshi Yamamoto,Michiko Wada,Nami Masubuchi,Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki,Shin’ichi Takeda	69
19	Participation of Bone Marrow-Derived Cells in Fibrotic Changes in Denervated Skeletal Muscle 2005 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Yasushi Mochizuki,Koichi Ojima,Akiyoshi Uezumi,S. Masuda,Kotaro Yoshimura,Shin’ichi Takeda	19
20	Purification and cell-surface marker characterization of quiescent satellite cells from murine skeletal muscle by a novel monoclonal antibody 2004 ·Experimental Cell Research ·So‐ichiro Fukada,Saito Higuchi,Masashi Segawa,(unknown),Yukiko Yamamoto,Kazutake Tsujikawa,Yasuhiro Kohama,Akiyoshi Uezumi,Michihiro Imamura,Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki,Shin’ichi Takeda,Hiroshi Yamamoto	149

About Akiyoshi Uezumi

Akiyoshi Uezumi is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Rehabilitation, having authored 72 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (59 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (20 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (1.3k citations), Aging (138 citations) and Rehabilitation (454 citations). Akiyoshi Uezumi has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, Germany and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include So‐ichiro Fukada, Kunihiro Tsuchida, Shin’ichi Takeda, Naoki Yamamoto, Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki, Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Masashi Nakatani, Masashi Segawa and Kazutake Tsujikawa. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

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