Hiroko Nikaido

Primary systemic carnitine deficiency is caused by mutations in a gene encoding sodium ion-dependent carnitine transporter

Jun‐ichi Nezu, Ikumi Tamai, Asuka Oku et al. · Nature Genetics · 1999 · 551 citations

Sodium Homeostasis, Genetics, Inherited Metabolic Disease +3

Molecular and Physiological Evidence for Multifunctionality of Carnitine/Organic Cation Transporter OCTN2

Rikiya Ohashi, Ikumi Tamai, Jun‐ichi Nezu et al. · Molecular Pharmacology · 2001 · 181 citations

Functional relevance of carnitine transporter OCTN2 to brain distribution of<scp>l</scp>‐carnitine and acetyl‐<scp>l</scp>‐carnitine across the blood–brain barrier

Yasuto Kido, Ikumi Tamai, Aki Ohnari et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2001 · 167 citations · Full text

Primary defect of juvenile visceral steatosis (jvs) mouse with systemic carnitine deficiency is probably in renal carnitine transport system

Masahisa Horiuchi, Keiko Kobayashi, Seiji Yamaguchi et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease · 1994 · 85 citations

Physiology, Renal Pathology, Pathology +4

Carnitine administration to juvenile visceral steatosis mice corrects the suppressed expression of urea cycle enzymes by normalizing their transcription.

Masahisa Horiuchi, K. Kobayashi, Mineko Tomomura et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1992 · 78 citations · Full text

Metabolic Syndrome, Developmental Biology, Visceral Steatosis Mice +15