Yoshitomo Oka

17.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
193 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Yoshitomo Oka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshitomo Oka has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Molecular Biology, 71 papers in Surgery and 38 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Yoshitomo Oka's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (63 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (52 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers). Yoshitomo Oka is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (63 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (52 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers). Yoshitomo Oka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Yoshitomo Oka's co-authors include Hideki Katagiri, Tomoichiro Asano, Hisamitsu Ishihara, Yoshikazu Shibasaki, Takehide Ogihara, Tetsuya Yamada, Yoshio Yazaki, Yasushi Ishigaki, Kouichi Inukai and Masatoshi Kikuchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yoshitomo Oka

192 papers receiving 12.2k 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.

Establishment of a Pancreatic β Cell Line That Retains Glucose-Inducible Insulin Secretion: Special Reference to Expression of Glucose Transporter Isoforms*

1990 1.0k citations Jun‐ichi Miyazaki, Tomoichiro Asano et al. Endocrinology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshitomo Oka Japan	64	6.1k	3.7k	2.6k	2.4k	1.8k	193	12.4k
Daniel T. O’Connor United States	67	6.9k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	3.2k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	368	15.7k
Hans‐Georg Joost Germany	63	6.6k 1.1×	2.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	3.8k 1.6×	2.5k 1.4×	277	13.6k
Donald A. McClain United States	64	6.4k 1.1×	2.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	166	11.5k
Simeon I. Taylor United States	65	8.5k 1.4×	4.2k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	3.3k 1.4×	4.1k 2.3×	194	14.7k
Karen Reue United States	76	8.4k 1.4×	2.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	3.7k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	202	16.0k
Maureen Charron United States	57	5.5k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	916 0.3×	3.5k 1.5×	2.9k 1.6×	166	11.1k
Anna Krook Sweden	60	6.9k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	5.2k 2.2×	1.1k 0.6×	174	11.9k
Terry G. Unterman United States	62	7.3k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	885 0.3×	2.5k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	157	12.6k
Barry I. Posner Canada	69	7.0k 1.2×	2.0k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	3.5k 1.9×	230	13.4k
W. Waldhäusl Austria	56	3.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	940 0.4×	3.7k 1.5×	3.1k 1.7×	268	11.0k

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Munakata, Yuichiro, Tetsuya Yamada, Junta Imai, et al.. (2018). Olfactory receptors are expressed in pancreatic β-cells and promote glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1499–1499. 44 indexed citations

Tsukita, Sohei, Tetsuya Yamada, Kenji Uno, et al.. (2012). Hepatic Glucokinase Modulates Obesity Predisposition by Regulating BAT Thermogenesis via Neural Signals. Cell Metabolism. 16(6). 825–832. 77 indexed citations

Hosaka, Miki, Kei Asayama, Takayoshi Ohkubo, et al.. (2010). Relationship of dysregulation of glucose metabolism with white-coat hypertension: the Ohasama study. Hypertension Research. 33(9). 937–943. 12 indexed citations

Yoshida, Sumiko, Masashi Hirai, Susumu Suzuki, Shuichi Awata, & Yoshitomo Oka. (2008). Neuropathy is associated with depression independently of health‐related quality of life in Japanese patients with diabetes. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 63(1). 65–72. 49 indexed citations

Nonogaki, Katsunori, et al.. (2006). Induction of hypothalamic serum- and glucocorticoid-induced protein kinase-1 gene expression and its relation to plasma des-acyl ghrelin in energy homeostasis in mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 344(2). 696–699. 16 indexed citations

Tamura, Akira, Hiroyuki Soga, Mai Yamagishi, et al.. (2003). Distribution of two types of lymphocytes (intraepithelial and lamina-propria-associated) in the murine small intestine. Cell and Tissue Research. 313(1). 47–53. 29 indexed citations

Okuya, Shigeru, Katsuya Tanabe, Yukio Tanizawa, & Yoshitomo Oka. (2001). Leptin Increases the Viability of Isolated Rat Pancreatic Islets by Suppressing Apoptosis. Endocrinology. 142(11). 4827–4830. 65 indexed citations

Inukai, Kouichi, Makoto Funaki, Motonobu Anai, et al.. (2001). Five isoforms of the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase regulatory subunit exhibit different associations with receptor tyrosine kinases and their tyrosine phosphorylations. FEBS Letters. 490(1-2). 32–38. 41 indexed citations

Matsuo, Michinori, Stefan Trapp, Yukio Tanizawa, et al.. (2000). Functional Analysis of a Mutant Sulfonylurea Receptor, SUR1-R1420C, That Is Responsible for Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(52). 41184–41191. 35 indexed citations

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Nawano, Masao, Kiichiro Ueta, Akira Oku, et al.. (1999). Hyperglycemia Impairs the Insulin Signaling Step between PI 3-Kinase and Akt/PKB Activations in ZDF Rat Liver. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 266(1). 252–256. 34 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Yoshihiko, Takashi Iizuka, Tetsuro Kobayashi, et al.. (1997). Diabetes mellitus associated with the 3243 mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) mutation: Insulin secretion and sensitivity. Metabolism. 46(9). 1019–1023. 18 indexed citations

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Tanizawa, Yukio, Shigeru Okuya, Hisamitsu Ishihara, et al.. (1997). Direct Stimulation of Basal Insulin Secretion by Physiological Concentrations of Leptin in Pancreatic β Cells. Endocrinology. 138(10). 4513–4516. 108 indexed citations

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Inukai, Kouichi, Kuniaki Takata, Tomoichiro Asano, et al.. (1997). Targeting of GLUT1-GLUT5 Chimeric Proteins in the Polarized Cell Line Caco-2. Molecular Endocrinology. 11(4). 442–449. 14 indexed citations

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Inukai, Kouichi, Makoto Funaki, Takehide Ogihara, et al.. (1997). p85α Gene Generates Three Isoforms of Regulatory Subunit for Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI 3-Kinase), p50α, p55α, and p85α, with Different PI 3-Kinase Activity Elevating Responses to Insulin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(12). 7873–7882. 132 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Hideo, et al.. (1996). Myelodysplastic Syndrome Associated with Hypotriploidy. Acta Haematologica. 95(2). 148–150. 2 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Yoshihiko, Hiroko Kadowaki, Matsuo Taniyama, et al.. (1995). Insulin edema in diabetes mellitus associated with the 3243 mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) mutation; Case reports. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 29(2). 137–142. 26 indexed citations

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Oka, Yoshitomo. (1995). Mitochondrial gene mutation.. 43(2). 9–12. 3 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Yoshihiko, Yukihiko Momiyama, Yoshihito Atsumi, et al.. (1995). A Case of Mitochondrial Diabetes Mellitus with Various Autonomic Symptoms and Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction. 38(1). 39–44. 3 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Yoshihiko, Hiroko Kadowaki, Yoshihito Atsumi, et al.. (1995). A Case of Diabetic Amyotrophy Associated with 3243 Mitochondrial tRNA(leu; UUR) Mutation and Successful Therapy with Coenzyme Q10.. Endocrine Journal. 42(2). 141–145. 21 indexed citations

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Wasada, Taro, Naomi Hizuka, Mikio Yamamoto, et al.. (1992). An insulin-like growth factor II-producing histiocytoma associated with hypoglycemia: Analysis of the peptide, its gene expression, and glucose transporter isoforms. Metabolism. 41(3). 310–316. 9 indexed citations

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