Eijiro Watanabe

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Eijiro Watanabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Eijiro Watanabe has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Eijiro Watanabe's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (4 papers). Eijiro Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (4 papers). Eijiro Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Eijiro Watanabe's co-authors include Yasushi Matsuki, Ryuji Hiramatsu, Masato Kasuga, Wataru Ogawa, Jun Eguchi, Atsuko Nakatsuka, Jun Wada, Hiroshi Inoue, Hirofumi Makino and Izumi Hashimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Eijiro Watanabe

18 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor: A unique insulin-sensitizing adipocytokine in obesity

2005 572 citations Kazuyuki Hida, Jun Wada et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eijiro Watanabe Japan	15	620	561	499	229	201	18	1.5k
Kim Bell‐Anderson Australia	20	580 0.9×	454 0.8×	521 1.0×	121 0.5×	140 0.7×	39	1.4k
Benny Chang United States	17	781 1.3×	444 0.8×	452 0.9×	148 0.6×	128 0.6×	23	1.6k
Mark Mason United States	13	844 1.4×	537 1.0×	957 1.9×	394 1.7×	125 0.6×	19	1.7k
Laurie J. Minze United States	25	577 0.9×	483 0.9×	436 0.9×	161 0.7×	116 0.6×	41	1.8k
Randall H. Friedline United States	22	717 1.2×	579 1.0×	556 1.1×	69 0.3×	229 1.1×	39	1.9k
Yugo Miyata Japan	12	358 0.6×	617 1.1×	735 1.5×	98 0.4×	85 0.4×	28	1.4k
Lynn M. Geletka United States	21	505 0.8×	1.2k 2.1×	957 1.9×	82 0.4×	111 0.6×	32	2.3k
John M. Hayden United States	14	419 0.7×	275 0.5×	230 0.5×	80 0.3×	131 0.7×	22	1.3k
Jasmine Bahrami Canada	7	273 0.4×	797 1.4×	554 1.1×	118 0.5×	200 1.0×	8	1.6k
Latisha Love‐Gregory United States	18	946 1.5×	331 0.6×	318 0.6×	76 0.3×	331 1.6×	32	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eijiro Watanabe

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18 of 18 papers shown

Nakatsuka, Atsuko, Makoto Matsuyama, Satoshi Yamaguchi, et al.. (2016). Insufficiency of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase is risk for lean non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21721–21721. 46 indexed citations

Watanabe, Mayu, Atsuko Nakatsuka, Kazutoshi Murakami, et al.. (2014). Pemt Deficiency Ameliorates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Diabetic Nephropathy. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92647–e92647. 20 indexed citations

Sakaue, Hiroshi, Michihiro Matsumoto, Kenjiro Inagaki, et al.. (2011). Overexpression of KLF15 Transcription Factor in Adipocytes of Mice Results in Down-regulation of SCD1 Protein Expression in Adipocytes and Consequent Enhancement of Glucose-induced Insulin Secretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(43). 37458–37469. 25 indexed citations

Ogawa, Wataru, Kumiko Hayashi, Hiroshi Inoue, et al.. (2010). Role of KLF15 in Regulation of Hepatic Gluconeogenesis and Metformin Action. Diabetes. 59(7). 1608–1615. 94 indexed citations

Inagaki, Kenjiro, Tetsuya Noguchi, Mashito Sakai, et al.. (2009). Identification and characterization of an alternative promoter of the human PGC-1α gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 381(4). 537–543. 47 indexed citations

Nakamura, Kyoko, Hiroshi Sakaue, Akihiko Nishizawa, et al.. (2008). PDK1 Regulates Cell Proliferation and Cell Cycle Progression through Control of Cyclin D1 and p27Kip1 Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(25). 17702–17711. 29 indexed citations

Sakaue, Hiroshi, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hideyuki Gomi, et al.. (2008). The Krüppel-like factor KLF15 inhibits transcription of the adrenomedullin gene in adipocytes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 379(1). 98–103. 11 indexed citations

Senga, Yoko, Hiroshi Inoue, Aki Emi, et al.. (2008). Role of the E3 ubiquitin ligase gene related to anergy in lymphocytes in glucose and lipid metabolism in the liver. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 42(2). 161–169. 9 indexed citations

Kinoshita, Shinichi, Wataru Ogawa, Yasuo Okamoto, et al.. (2008). Role of hepatic STAT3 in the regulation of lipid metabolism.. PubMed. 54(4). E200–8. 42 indexed citations

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Okada, Mitsuru, Takehiro Nakamura, Mimi Tamamori‐Adachi, et al.. (2008). Skp2 promotes adipocyte differentiation via a p27Kip1-independent mechanism in primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 379(2). 249–254. 3 indexed citations

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Okamoto, Yasuo, Wataru Ogawa, Akihiko Nishizawa, et al.. (2007). Restoration of Glucokinase Expression in the Liver Normalizes Postprandial Glucose Disposal in Mice With Hepatic Deficiency of PDK1. Diabetes. 56(4). 1000–1009. 29 indexed citations

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Inoue, Hiroshi, Wataru Ogawa, Akihiro Asakawa, et al.. (2006). Role of hepatic STAT3 in brain-insulin action on hepatic glucose production. Cell Metabolism. 3(4). 267–275. 239 indexed citations

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Sakaue, Hiroshi, Takehiro Nakamura, Mitsuru Okada, et al.. (2006). Skp2 Controls Adipocyte Proliferation during the Development of Obesity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(3). 2038–2046. 72 indexed citations

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Hida, Kazuyuki, Jun Wada, Jun Eguchi, et al.. (2005). Visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor: A unique insulin-sensitizing adipocytokine in obesity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(30). 10610–10615. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Teshigawara, Kiyoshi, Wataru Ogawa, Toshiyuki Mori, et al.. (2004). Role of Krüppel-like factor 15 in PEPCK gene expression in the liver. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 327(3). 920–926. 57 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Naofumi, Kenji Oeda, Eijiro Watanabe, et al.. (2001). Chaperonin turned insect toxin. Nature. 411(6833). 44–44. 92 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Eijiro, Masaaki Wachi, Makari Yamasaki, & Kazuo Nagai. (1992). ATPase activity of SopA, a protein essential for active partitioning of F plasmid. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 234(3). 346–352. 72 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Eijiro, et al.. (1989). Purification and characterization of the sopB gene product which is responsible for stable maintenance of mini-F plasmid. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 218(3). 431–436. 31 indexed citations

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