Masugi Nishihara

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
186 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

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Masugi Nishihara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Masugi Nishihara has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Physiology and 35 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Masugi Nishihara's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (29 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (26 papers) and Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (25 papers). Masugi Nishihara is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (29 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (26 papers) and Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (25 papers). Masugi Nishihara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Masugi Nishihara's co-authors include Keitaro Yamanouchi, Takashi Matsuwaki, Michio Takahashi, Masatoshi Suzuki, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hirotaka Kanuka, Yoichiro Iwakura, Reiko Horai and Katsuko Sudo and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Immunity and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Masugi Nishihara

184 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Production of Mice Deficient in Genes for Interleukin (IL)-1α, IL-1β, IL-1α/β, and IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Shows that IL-1β Is Crucial in Turpentine-induced Fever Development and Glucocorticoid Secretion

1998 530 citations Reiko Horai, Hirotaka Kanuka et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hypercorticosteronemia induces hyperphagia and obesity in human growth hormone transgenic rats 2024 ·Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Keitaro Yamanouchi, Masugi Nishihara, Takashi Matsuwaki	0
2	Involvement of progranulin in modulating neuroinflammatory responses but not neurogenesis in the hippocampus of aged mice 2017 ·Experimental Gerontology ·Yanbo Ma, Takashi Matsuwaki, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Masugi Nishihara	8
3	Progranulin Reduction Is Associated With Increased Tau Phosphorylation in P301L Tau Transgenic Mice 2015 ·Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology ·Masato Hosokawa, Tetsuaki Arai, Masami Masuda‐Suzukake, Hiromi Kondo, Takashi Matsuwaki, Masugi Nishihara, Masato Hasegawa, Haruhiko Akiyama	44
4	[Transdisciplinary Approach for Sarcopenia. Molecular mechanism of sarcopenia : The role of skeletal muscle niche component SPARC in the regulation of myogenesis and adipogenesis and its alteration with age]. 2014 ·PubMed ·Katsuyuki Nakamura, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Masugi Nishihara	3
5	Establishment of bipotent progenitor cell clone from rat skeletal muscle 2011 ·Animal Science Journal ·Yousuke Murakami, Erica Yada, Shin‐ichi Nakano, Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki, Tohru Hosoyama, Takashi Matsuwaki, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Masugi Nishihara	8
6	Granulin Is a Soluble Cofactor for Toll-like Receptor 9 Signaling 2011 ·Immunity ·Boyoun Park, Ludovico Buti, Sungwook Lee, Takashi Matsuwaki, Eric Spooner, Melanie M. Brinkmann, Masugi Nishihara, Hidde L. Ploegh	148
7	Proteolytic processing of TAR DNA binding protein‐43 by caspases produces C‐terminal fragments with disease defining properties independent of progranulin 2009 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Dorothee Dormann, Anja Capell, Aaron Carlson, Sunita S. Shankaran, (unknown), Manuela Neumann, Elisabeth Kremmer, Takashi Matsuwaki, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Masugi Nishihara, Christian Haass	141
8	Alteration of behavioural phenotype in mice by targeted disruption of the progranulin gene 2007 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·(unknown), Shuichi Chiba, Masatoshi Suzuki, Takefumi Kikusui, Takashi Matsuwaki, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Hayato Kotaki, Reiko Horai, Yoichiro Iwakura, Masugi Nishihara	137
9	The Novel Roles of Liver for Compensation of Insulin Resistance in Human Growth Hormone Transgenic Rats 2006 ·Endocrinology ·Yoshitake Cho, Miyako Ariga, Yasunobu Uchijima, Kumi Kimura, Jeung-Yon Rho, Yasufumi Furuhata, Fumihiko Hakuno, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Masugi Nishihara, Shin‐Ichiro Takahashi	33
10	Impairment of cardioprotective PI3K-Akt signaling by post-infarct ventricular remodeling is compensated by an ERK-mediated pathway 2006 ·Basic Research in Cardiology ·Takeshi Miki, Tetsuji Miura, Masaya Tanno, Masugi Nishihara, Kazuyuki Naitoh, Tatsuya Sato, Atsushi Takahashi, Kazuaki Shimamoto	49
11	Neuromedin S Is a Novel Anorexigenic Hormone 2005 ·Endocrinology ·Takanori Ida, Kenji Mori, Mikiya Miyazato, (unknown), Shinsuke Abe, Keiko Nakahara, Masugi Nishihara, Kenji Kangawa, Noboru Murakami	76
12	VMH Lesions Reduce Excessive Running Under the Activity–Stress Paradigm in the Rat 1999 ·Physiology & Behavior ·(unknown), Masugi Nishihara, Masao Takahashi	13
13	Fas/Fas Ligand System in Prolactin-Induced Apoptosis in Rat Corpus Luteum: Possible Role of Luteal Immune Cells 1999 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Erina Kuranaga, Hirotaka Kanuka, Makoto Bannai, Masatoshi Suzuki, Masugi Nishihara, Michio Takahashi	54
14	Different Female Reproductive Phenotypes Determined by Human Growth Hormone (hGH) Levels in hGH-Transgenic Rats1 1997 ·Biology of Reproduction ·Akihiro Ikeda, Yoshiki Matsumoto, Kyu‐Tae Chang, Takahiro Nakano, Shigemi Matsuyama, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Akihiko Ohta, Masugi Nishihara, Hideaki Tojo, Fumihiko Sasaki, Michio Takahashi	10
15	On the Role of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) in the Operation of the GnRH Pulse Generator in the Rhesus Monkey 1997 ·Neuroendocrinology ·Tamás Ördög, Ming‐Dao Chen, Masugi Nishihara, Martin A. Connaughton, Jason R. Goldsmith, Ernst Knobil	24
16	Neural activity in the VMH associated with suppression of the circulatory system in rats 1996 ·Physiology & Behavior ·Michiru Hirasawa, Masugi Nishihara, Michio Takahashi	10
17	Molecular Cloning of cDNA for Equine Ovarian Inhibin/Activin .BETA.A Subunit. 1995 ·Journal of Veterinary Medical Science ·(unknown), Keitaro Yamanouchi, Telhisa HASEGAWA, Akihiro Ikeda, Masatoshi Suzuki, Kyu‐Tae Chang, Shigemi Matsuyama, Masugi Nishihara, Michio Takahashi	8
18	Interaction between excitatory and inhibitory amino acids in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus in inducing hyper-running 1993 ·Brain Research ·(unknown), Takashi Yokawa, Masugi Nishihara, Michio Takahashi	27
19	Splenic Macrophages Enhance Prolactin-Induced Progestin Secretion from Mature Rat Granulosa Cells in Vitro1 1992 ·Biology of Reproduction ·Keitaro Yamanouchi, Shigemi Matsuyama, Masugi Nishihara, Kunio Shiota, Chikashi Tachi, Michio Takahashi	15
20	Roles of .GAMMA.-aminobutyric acid and serotonin in the arcuate nucleus in the control of prolactin and luteinizing hormone secretion. 1987 ·The Japanese Journal of Physiology ·Masugi Nishihara, Fukuko Kimura	7

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