Osamu Ezaki

20.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
128 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Osamu Ezaki is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Osamu Ezaki has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Physiology, 74 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Osamu Ezaki's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (52 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (28 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers). Osamu Ezaki is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (52 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (28 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers). Osamu Ezaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Osamu Ezaki's co-authors include Mayumí Takáhashi, Shinji Miura, Yasutomi Kamei, Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka, Yuko Kai, Shinji Ikemoto, Sander M. Houten, John W. Harney, Tatsuhiko Kodama and Hiroyuki Sato 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

Osamu Ezaki

126 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bile acids induce energy expenditure by promoting intracellular thyroid hormone activation

2006 1.8k citations Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Sander M. Houten et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Osamu Ezaki Japan	53	5.0k	4.3k	1.8k	1.6k	1.6k	128	9.9k
Odile D. Peroni United States	37	6.9k 1.4×	5.5k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	958 0.6×	3.1k 1.9×	48	12.2k
Steven M. Watkins United States	42	4.6k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	2.8k 1.8×	77	10.2k
Jerry L. Nadler United States	68	4.6k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	2.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	256	13.8k
Peter J. Voshol Netherlands	53	3.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	704 0.4×	2.0k 1.3×	114	8.4k
Takeshi Imamura Japan	35	4.2k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	85	7.7k
David Pan Australia	33	3.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	46	7.2k
Nada A. Abumrad United States	75	9.5k 1.9×	5.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.8×	1.9k 1.2×	3.1k 2.0×	179	18.4k
Hang Shi United States	44	3.2k 0.7×	3.6k 0.9×	908 0.5×	802 0.5×	3.1k 1.9×	103	9.4k
Manuel Vázquez‐Carrera Spain	51	5.0k 1.0×	3.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	521 0.3×	2.3k 1.4×	191	9.2k
Asish K. Saha United States	57	7.0k 1.4×	6.1k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	522 0.3×	3.7k 2.3×	107	13.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Osamu Ezaki

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ezaki, Osamu. (2024). Possible Extracellular Signals to Ameliorate Sarcopenia in Response to Medium-Chain Triglycerides (8:0 and 10:0) in Frail Older Adults. Nutrients. 16(16). 2606–2606.

Hamasaki, Hidetaka, Osamu Ezaki, & Hidekatsu Yanai. (2016). Nonexercise Activity Thermogenesis is Significantly Lower in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Mental Disorders Than in Those Without Mental Disorders. Medicine. 95(2). e2517–e2517. 4 indexed citations

Ezaki, Osamu, Yoshihiro Miyake, Shinichi Sato, & Hiroyasu Iso. (2012). Dietary Reference Intakes for Japanese 2010: Fat. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 59(Supplement). S44–S52. 5 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Tomomi, et al.. (2012). The ddY mouse: a model of postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in response to dietary fat. Journal of Lipid Research. 53(10). 2024–2037. 25 indexed citations

Chiba, Tsuyoshi & Osamu Ezaki. (2010). Dietary restriction suppresses inflammation and delays the onset of stroke in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 399(1). 98–103. 24 indexed citations

Kamei, Yasutomi, et al.. (2009). Foxo1 Inhibits Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 41(5). 33–33. 1 indexed citations

Ezaki, Osamu, et al.. (2007). Concept of Reference Intake of Saturated Fatty Acids in the Japanese Population. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi. 60(1). 19–52. 2 indexed citations

Ezaki, Osamu, Shinichi Sato, Masanobu Sakono, et al.. (2006). Concept of Reference Intake of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Japanese Population. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi. 59(2). 123–158. 3 indexed citations

Ezaki, Osamu. (2006). Prevention of Lifestyle-related Disease by Regular Exercise and Fish Oil Feeding. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi. 59(6). 323–329. 4 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Mitsuhiro, Sander M. Houten, Chikage Mataki, et al.. (2006). Bile acids induce energy expenditure by promoting intracellular thyroid hormone activation. Nature. 439(7075). 484–489. 1752 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ezaki, Osamu, Masanobu Sakono, Yoshihiro Miyake, & Natsuko Mito. (2005). Concepts for Reference Intake of Cholesterol in the Japanese Population. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Gakkaishi. 58(2). 69–83. 3 indexed citations

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Kubota, Naoto, Yasuo Terauchi, Kazuyuki Tobe, et al.. (2004). Insulin receptor substrate 2 plays a crucial role in β cells and the hypothalamus. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(7). 917–927. 189 indexed citations

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Yajima, Hiroaki, Daisuke Fujiwara, Hideharu Odai, et al.. (2004). Isohumulones, Bitter Acids Derived from Hops, Activate Both Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α and γ and Reduce Insulin Resistance. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(32). 33456–33462. 138 indexed citations

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Kasaoka, Seiichi, Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka, Yumi Kawahara, et al.. (2004). Histidine supplementation suppresses food intake and fat accumulation in rats. Nutrition. 20(11-12). 991–996. 88 indexed citations

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Miura, Shinji, Nobuyo Tsunoda, Yuko Kai, et al.. (2003). Regulatory sequence elements of mouse GLUT4 gene expression in adipose tissues. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 312(2). 277–284. 9 indexed citations

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Shimokawa, Teruhiko, et al.. (1997). Effect of Triiodothyronine on Muscle Cell Differentiation and Blood Glucose Level in Hyperglycemic KK Mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 235(3). 790–793. 7 indexed citations

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Kawanaka, Kentaro, et al.. (1996). Muscle Contractile Activity Modulates GLUT4 Protein Content in the Absence of Insulin. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 28(2). 75–80. 11 indexed citations

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Takata, Kuniaki, Toshiko Kasahara, Michihiro Kasahara, Osamu Ezaki, & Hiroshi Hirano. (1992). Localization of erythrocyte/HepG2-type glucose transporter (GLUT1) in human placental villi. Cell and Tissue Research. 267(3). 407–412. 90 indexed citations

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Ezaki, Osamu. (1989). Mechanism for increased insulin-stimulated glucose metabolism in adipocytes from 13-week-old obese Zucker rats. Diabetologia. 32(5). 290–294. 3 indexed citations

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Ezaki, Osamu. (1989). IIb Group Metal Ions (Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+) Stimulate Glucose Transport Activity by Post-insulin Receptor Kinase Mechanism in Rat Adipocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(27). 16118–16122. 114 indexed citations

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