Yuko Kako

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yuko Kako is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuko Kako has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 13 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yuko Kako's work include Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (12 papers), Lipid metabolism and disorders (11 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (4 papers). Yuko Kako is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (12 papers), Lipid metabolism and disorders (11 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (4 papers). Yuko Kako collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Yuko Kako's co-authors include Ira J. Goldberg, Erlo Lutz, Jan L. Breslow, Hiroaki Yagyu, Ayanna S. Augustus, Marc Pypaert, Irene K. Moore, Wanda Velez‐Carrasco, Yan Chen and Gerald I. Shulman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Yuko Kako

28 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Tissue-specific overexpression of lipoprotein lipase causes tissue-specific insulin resistance

2001 593 citations Jason K. Kim, Jonathan J. Fillmore et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuko Kako United States	22	871	710	591	573	437	28	2.1k
Yunying Hu United States	24	1.1k 1.2×	844 1.2×	623 1.1×	381 0.7×	346 0.8×	31	2.4k
Tova Chajek‐Shaul Israel	28	723 0.8×	606 0.9×	331 0.6×	781 1.4×	714 1.6×	71	2.5k
Xavier Prieur France	20	796 0.9×	325 0.5×	392 0.7×	352 0.6×	503 1.2×	46	1.8k
Miek C. Jong Netherlands	15	477 0.5×	365 0.5×	280 0.5×	462 0.8×	451 1.0×	17	1.3k
Robert W. Schwenk Netherlands	24	918 1.1×	317 0.4×	465 0.8×	317 0.6×	349 0.8×	32	1.6k
Xian-Cheng Jiang United States	17	840 1.0×	375 0.5×	372 0.6×	300 0.5×	497 1.1×	22	1.6k
A. Fredenrich France	17	721 0.8×	292 0.4×	520 0.9×	418 0.7×	553 1.3×	39	1.6k
Birgit Knebel Germany	25	838 1.0×	223 0.3×	445 0.8×	353 0.6×	339 0.8×	84	1.7k
S. Griglio France	19	1.2k 1.4×	273 0.4×	423 0.7×	426 0.7×	641 1.5×	46	2.1k
Ricardo Rodríguez‐Calvo Spain	28	1.3k 1.5×	325 0.5×	702 1.2×	203 0.4×	303 0.7×	64	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuko Kako

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Horibata, Katsuyoshi, Chie Ishigami, Xue Zhang, et al.. (2015). Constructive rescue of TFIIH instability by an alternative isoform of XPD derived from a mutated XPD allele in mild but not severe XP-D/CS. Journal of Human Genetics. 60(5). 259–265. 9 indexed citations

Nakano, Yuya, et al.. (2013). A neonate with an anomalous bone attached to the cervical spine. The Spine Journal. 13(7). e5–e7. 1 indexed citations

O’Byrne, Sheila M., Yuko Kako, Richard J. Deckelbaum, et al.. (2009). Multiple pathways ensure retinoid delivery to milk: studies in genetically modified mice. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 298(4). E862–E870. 23 indexed citations

Sakazume, Satoru, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, et al.. (2007). GPC3 mutations in seven patients with Simpson–Golabi–Behmel syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 143A(15). 1703–1707. 23 indexed citations

Vikramadithyan, Reeba K., Yuko Kako, Guangping Chen, et al.. (2004). Atherosclerosis in perlecan heterozygous mice. Journal of Lipid Research. 45(10). 1806–1812. 41 indexed citations

Lutz, Erlo, Yuko Kako, Hiroaki Yagyu, et al.. (2003). Mice Expressing Only Covalent Dimeric Heparin Binding-deficient Lipoprotein Lipase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(1). 238–244. 4 indexed citations

Yagyu, Hiroaki, Guangping Chen, Masayoshi Yokoyama, et al.. (2003). Lipoprotein lipase (LpL) on the surface of cardiomyocytes increases lipid uptake and produces a cardiomyopathy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111(3). 419–426. 307 indexed citations

Yagyu, Hiroaki, Erlo Lutz, Yuko Kako, et al.. (2002). Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL) Receptor-deficient Mice Have Reduced Lipoprotein Lipase Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(12). 10037–10043. 101 indexed citations

Vogel, Silke, Roseann Piantedosi, Sheila M. O’Byrne, et al.. (2002). Retinol-Binding Protein-Deficient Mice: Biochemical Basis for Impaired Vision. Biochemistry. 41(51). 15360–15368. 70 indexed citations

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Chen, Guangping, et al.. (2001). A Protective Role for Kidney Apolipoprotein E. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(52). 49142–49147. 72 indexed citations

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Lutz, Erlo, Martin Merkel, Yuko Kako, et al.. (2001). Heparin-binding defective lipoprotein lipase is unstable and causes abnormalities in lipid delivery to tissues. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 107(9). 1183–1192. 49 indexed citations

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Kako, Yuko, et al.. (2001). Inhibitory action of gemfibrozil on cholesterol absorption in rat intestine. Journal of Lipid Research. 42(8). 1214–1219. 22 indexed citations

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Kim, Jason K., Jonathan J. Fillmore, Yan Chen, et al.. (2001). Tissue-specific overexpression of lipoprotein lipase causes tissue-specific insulin resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(13). 7522–7527. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Seo, Toru, Maysoon Al‐Haideri, Tilla S. Worgall, et al.. (2000). Lipoprotein Lipase-mediated Selective Uptake from Low Density Lipoprotein Requires Cell Surface Proteoglycans and Is Independent of Scavenger Receptor Class B Type 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(39). 30355–30362. 67 indexed citations

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Goldberg, Ira J., et al.. (2000). Responses to eating: lipoproteins, lipolytic products and atherosclerosis. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 11(3). 235–241. 41 indexed citations

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Ebara, Tetsu, Karin Conde, Yuko Kako, et al.. (2000). Delayed catabolism of apoB-48 lipoproteins due to decreased heparan sulfate proteoglycan production in diabetic mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 105(12). 1807–1818. 82 indexed citations

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Paka, Latha, Yuko Kako, Joseph C. Obunike, & Sivaram Pillarisetti. (1999). Apolipoprotein E Containing High Density Lipoprotein Stimulates Endothelial Production of Heparan Sulfate Rich in Biologically Active Heparin-like Domains. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(8). 4816–4823. 40 indexed citations

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Kako, Yuko, Peter Weinstock, Earl H. Harrison, et al.. (1999). Lipoprotein lipase expression level influences tissue clearance of chylomicron retinyl ester. Journal of Lipid Research. 40(3). 565–574. 71 indexed citations

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Hirano, Tsutomu, et al.. (1998). A selective inhibitor of intestinal ACAT, EAB309 suppresses both intestinal and hepatic cholesterol output and stimulates chylomicron removal. Life Sciences. 63(13). PL187–PL195. 4 indexed citations

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Yin, Biaolin, John D. Loike, Yuko Kako, et al.. (1997). Lipoprotein lipase regulates Fc receptor-mediated phagocytosis by macrophages maintained in glucose-deficient medium.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 100(3). 649–657. 38 indexed citations

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