Leptin Induces Proliferation of Pancreatic β Cell Line MIN6 through Activation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase

Katsuya Tanabe, Shigeru Okuya, Yukio Tanizawa, +2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Molecular PhysiologySignal TransductionDevelopmental BiologySignaling PathwayCell Regulation +8

Direct Stimulation of Basal Insulin Secretion by Physiological Concentrations of Leptin in Pancreatic β Cells

Yukio Tanizawa, Shigeru Okuya, Hisamitsu Ishihara, +3

Endocrinology

Basal Insulin SecretionInsulin SignalingGastrointestinal Peptide HormoneObesityMetabolic Syndrome +20

Angiotensin II sensitive neurons in the supraoptic nucleus, subfornical organ and anteroventral third ventricle of rats in vitro

Shigeru Okuya, Kiyotoshi Inenaga, Toshio Kaneko, +1

Brain Research

Sodium HomeostasisNeuroanatomyNeurophysiologyPhysiologySupraoptic Nucleus +12

Oxytocin predominantly excites putative oxytocin neurons in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro

Hiroshi Yamashita, Shigeru Okuya, Kiyotoshi Inenaga, +4

Brain Research

Putative Oxytocin NeuronsRat Supraoptic NucleusNeurophysiologyNeuroanatomySynaptic Transmission +11

Troglitazone Treatment Increases Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Diabetic Patients and Its mRNA in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

Masahiro Emoto, Takatoshi Anno, Yutaka Satō, +5

Diabetes

3T3-l1 AdipocytesDiabetic PatientsPharmacotherapyInsulin SignalingMetabolic Syndrome +16

Wolfram Syndrome in the Japanese Population; Molecular Analysis of WFS1 Gene and Characterization of Clinical Features

Kimie Matsunaga, Katsuya Tanabe, Hiroshi Inoue, +12

PLoS ONE

Leptin Increases the Viability of Isolated Rat Pancreatic Islets by Suppressing Apoptosis

Shigeru Okuya, Katsuya Tanabe, Yukio Tanizawa, +1

Endocrinology

Electrophysiological properties of neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla projecting to the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in rats

Hiroshi Kannan, Toshimasa Osaka, Masanori Kasai, +2

Brain Research

Hyperpolarization (Biology)NeurophysiologyNeuroanatomyHypothalamusPhysiology +11

Myosin motor Myo1c and its receptor NEMO/IKK-γ promote TNF-α–induced serine307 phosphorylation of IRS-1

Yoshitaka Nakamori, Masahiro Emoto, Naofumi Fukuda, +7

The Journal of Cell Biology

Effects of atrial natriuretic polypeptide on rat hypothalamic neurones in vitro.

Shigeru Okuya, Hiroshi Yamashita

The Journal of Physiology