Yoshitomo Oka

17.6k citations

193 papers · 12.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 64

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Surgery top 0.5%
Cell Biology top 0.2%
Physiology top 0.5%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 0.5%

Co-authors: Hideki Katagiri Tomoichiro Asano Hisamitsu Ishihara Yoshikazu Shibasaki Takehide Ogihara Tetsuya Yamada Yoshio Yazaki Yasushi Ishigaki
Topics: Pancreatic function and diabetes (63 papers)Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (52 papers)Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers)
Cited by: Cell Biology Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Japan United States Australia

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Yoshitomo Oka

192 papers receiving 12.2k citations

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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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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Olfactory receptors are expressed in pancreatic β-cells and promote glucose-stimulated insulin secretion 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Yuichiro Munakata,Tetsuya Yamada,Junta Imai,Kei Takahashi,Sohei Tsukita,(unknown),Shinjiro Kodama,Yoichiro Asai,(unknown),(unknown),Keizo Kaneko,Kenji Uno,Shojiro Sawada,Hiroyasu Hatakeyama,Makoto Kanzaki,Jun‐ichi Miyazaki,Yoshitomo Oka,Hideki Katagiri	44
2	A hepatic amino acid/mTOR/S6K-dependent signalling pathway modulates systemic lipid metabolism via neuronal signals 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Kenji Uno,Tetsuya Yamada,Yasushi Ishigaki,Junta Imai,Yutaka Hasegawa,Shojiro Sawada,Keizo Kaneko,Hiraku Ono,Tomoichiro Asano,Yoshitomo Oka,Hideki Katagiri	50
3	Hepatic Glucokinase Modulates Obesity Predisposition by Regulating BAT Thermogenesis via Neural Signals 2012 ·Cell Metabolism ·Sohei Tsukita,Tetsuya Yamada,Kenji Uno,Kei Takahashi,Keizo Kaneko,Yasushi Ishigaki,Junta Imai,Yutaka Hasegawa,Shojiro Sawada,Hisamitsu Ishihara,Yoshitomo Oka,Hideki Katagiri	77
4	Cognitive decline in a patient with anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase autoimmunity; case report 2011 ·BMC Neurology ·Masahito Takagi,Hiroshi Yamasaki,Keiko Endo,Tetsuya Yamada,Keizo Kaneko,Yoshitomo Oka,Etsuro Mori	13
5	Relationship of dysregulation of glucose metabolism with white-coat hypertension: the Ohasama study 2010 ·Hypertension Research ·Miki Hosaka,(unknown),Kei Asayama,Takayoshi Ohkubo,(unknown),Masahiro Kikuya,Michihiro Sato,Takanao Hashimoto,Atsuhiro Kanno,Azusa Hara,Taku Obara,Hirohito Metoki,Ryusuke Inoue,Haruhisa Hoshi,Hiroshi Satoh,Yoshitomo Oka,Yutaka Imai	12
6	WRN gene 1367 Arg allele protects against development of type 2 diabetes mellitus 2005 ·Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice ·Masashi Hirai,Susumu Suzuki,Yoshinori Hinokio,Takahiro Yamada,(unknown),Chitose Suzuki,Jo Satoh,Yoshitomo Oka	26
7	Overexpression of constitutively activated glutamate dehydrogenase induces insulin secretion through enhanced glutamate oxidation 2004 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Takatoshi Anno,Shunsuke Uehara,Hideki Katagiri,Yasuharu Ohta,Kohei Ueda,Hiroyuki Mizuguchi,Yoshinori Moriyama,Yoshitomo Oka,Yukio Tanizawa	19
8	Distribution of two types of lymphocytes (intraepithelial and lamina-propria-associated) in the murine small intestine 2003 ·Cell and Tissue Research ·Akira Tamura,Hiroyuki Soga,(unknown),Mai Yamagishi,Takayoshi Toyota,(unknown),Yoshitomo Oka,Tsunetoshi Itoh	29
9	Atypical muscle pathology and a survey of cis-mutations in deaf patients harboring a 1555 A-to-G point mutation in the mitochondrial ribosomal RNA gene 2002 ·Neuromuscular Disorders ·Tatsuya Yamasoba,Yu-ichi Goto,Yoshitomo Oka,Ichizo Nishino,Katsunori Tsukuda,Ikuya Nonaka	14
10	Leptin Increases the Viability of Isolated Rat Pancreatic Islets by Suppressing Apoptosis 2001 ·Endocrinology ·Shigeru Okuya,Katsuya Tanabe,Yukio Tanizawa,Yoshitomo Oka	65
11	Five isoforms of the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase regulatory subunit exhibit different associations with receptor tyrosine kinases and their tyrosine phosphorylations 2001 ·FEBS Letters ·Kouichi Inukai,Makoto Funaki,Motonobu Anai,Takehide Ogihara,Hideki Katagiri,Yasushi Fukushima,Hideyuki Sakoda,Yukiko Onishi,Hiraku Ono,Midori Fujishiro,Miho Abe,Yoshitomo Oka,(unknown),Tomoichiro Asano	41
12	Functional Analysis of a Mutant Sulfonylurea Receptor, SUR1-R1420C, That Is Responsible for Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michinori Matsuo,Stefan Trapp,Yukio Tanizawa,Noriyuki Kioka,Teruo Amachi,Yoshitomo Oka,Frances M. Ashcroft,Kazumitsu Ueda	35
13	Direct Stimulation of Basal Insulin Secretion by Physiological Concentrations of Leptin in Pancreatic β Cells 1997 ·Endocrinology ·Yukio Tanizawa,Shigeru Okuya,Hisamitsu Ishihara,Tomoichiro Asano,Toshihiko Yada,Yoshitomo Oka	108
14	Targeting of GLUT1-GLUT5 Chimeric Proteins in the Polarized Cell Line Caco-2 1997 ·Molecular Endocrinology ·Kouichi Inukai,Kuniaki Takata,Tomoichiro Asano,Hideki Katagiri,Hisamitsu Ishihara,Mitsuhiro Nakazaki,Yasushi Fukushima,Yoshio Yazaki,Masatoshi Kikuchi,Yoshitomo Oka	14
15	Diabetes mellitus associated with the 3243 mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) mutation: Insulin secretion and sensitivity 1997 ·Metabolism ·Yoshihiko Suzuki,Takashi Iizuka,Tetsuro Kobayashi,Tetsuo Nishikawa,Yoshihito Atsumi,Takashi Kadowaki,Yoshitomo Oka,Hiroko Kadowaki,Matsuo Taniyama,Kazuhiro Hosokawa,Takayuki Asahina,Kempei Matsuoka	18
16	Leptin Induces Proliferation of Pancreatic β Cell Line MIN6 through Activation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1997 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Katsuya Tanabe,Shigeru Okuya,Yukio Tanizawa,Akira Matsutani,Yoshitomo Oka	118
17	Myelodysplastic Syndrome Associated with Hypotriploidy 1996 ·Acta Haematologica ·(unknown),Hideo Takeuchi,Kohei Kaku,Yoshitomo Oka	2
18	Mitochondrial gene mutation. 1995 ·Yoshitomo Oka	3
19	A Case of Mitochondrial Diabetes Mellitus with Various Autonomic Symptoms and Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction 1995 ·Yoshihiko Suzuki,Yukihiko Momiyama,Yoshihito Atsumi,Kazuhiro Hosokawa,Mitsuru Kimura,Hideki Katagiri,Takashi Kadowaki,Yoshitomo Oka,Kempei Matsuoka	3
20	Insulin edema in diabetes mellitus associated with the 3243 mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) mutation; Case reports 1995 ·Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice ·Yoshihiko Suzuki,Hiroko Kadowaki,Matsuo Taniyama,Takashi Kadowaki,Hideki Katagiri,Yoshitomo Oka,Yoshihito Atsumi,Kazuhiro Hosokawa,Yasushi Tanaka,Takayuki Asahina,Yukihiko Momiyama,Kempei Matsuoka	26

About Yoshitomo Oka

Yoshitomo Oka is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cell Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, having authored 193 papers that have together received 12.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (63 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (52 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (2.6k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (1.0k citations) and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (1.8k citations). Yoshitomo Oka has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Hideki Katagiri, Tomoichiro Asano, Hisamitsu Ishihara, Yoshikazu Shibasaki, Takehide Ogihara, Tetsuya Yamada, Yoshio Yazaki, Yasushi Ishigaki, Kouichi Inukai and Masatoshi Kikuchi. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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