Bullfrog Ghrelin Is Modified by n-Octanoic Acid at Its Third Threonine Residue

Hiroyuki Kaiya, Masayasu Kojima, Hiroshi Hosoda, +7

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Bullfrog Ghrelin IsBioorganic ChemistryMammalian PhysiologyEducationChemistry +17

A Novel Amphibian Hypothalamic Neuropeptide: Isolation, Localization, and Biological Activity

Aya Koda, Kazuyoshi Ukena, Hitoshi Teranishi, +4

Endocrinology

Novel Neuropeptides Related to Frog Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptide: Isolation, Sequence, and Functional Analysis

Kazuyoshi Ukena, Aya Koda, Kazutoshi Yamamoto, +4

Endocrinology

NeuropeptidesImmunologyPeptide ScienceFunctional AnalysisGastrointestinal Peptide Hormone +15

Development of radioimmunoassay for bullfrog thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH): effects of hypothalamic releasing hormones on the release of TSH from the pituitary in vitro

Reiko Okada, Kazutoshi Yamamoto, Aya Koda, +5

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Animal PhysiologyPituitary GlandEndocrine MechanismPhysiologyBullfrog Thyroid-stimulating Hormone +4

The Safety and Tolerability of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Phosphate with Sodium Ferrous Citrate in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bahrain

Feryal Al-Saber, Waleed Aldosari, Mariam Al-Selaiti, +10

Journal of Diabetes Research

Combination of 5‐aminolevulinic acid and ferrous ion reduces plasma glucose and hemoglobin A1c levels in Zucker diabetic fatty rats

Takeshi Hara, Aya Koda, Naoko Nozawa, +8

FEBS Open Bio

NutritionFerrous Ion ReducesHemoglobin A1c LevelsMetabolic DisorderMitochondrial Dysfunction +16

Identification of immunoreactive plasma and stomach ghrelin, and expression of stomach ghrelin mRNA in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

Hiroyuki Kaiya, Ichiro Sakata, Kazutoshi Yamamoto, +4

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Animal PhysiologyAllergyAnimal ScienceMammalian PhysiologyPhysiology +6

5-aminolevulinic acid combined with ferrous ion reduces adiposity and improves glucose tolerance in diet-induced obese mice via enhancing mitochondrial function

Urara Ota, Takeshi Hara, Hitoshi Nakagawa, +12

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology

Urinary prostasin in humans: relationships among prostasin, aldosterone and epithelial sodium channel activity

Aya Koda, Naoki Wakida, Kazuhiro Toriyama, +4

Hypertension Research

Urinary ProstasinUrologyRenal FunctionSodium HomeostasisMedicine +4

Occurrence of Immunoreactive Activin/Inhibin βB in Thyrotropes and Gonadotropes in the Bullfrog Pituitary: Possible Paracrine/Autocrine Effects of Activin B on Gonadotropin Secretion

Hideho Uchiyama, Aya Koda, Shinji Komazaki, +2

General and Comparative Endocrinology