Toru Akune

Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis, lumbar spondylosis, and osteoporosis in Japanese men and women: the research on osteoarthritis/osteoporosis against disability study

Noriko Yoshimura, Shigeyuki Muraki, Hiroyuki Oka et al. · Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism · 2009 · 807 citations

Bone Disease, Rheumatology, Spondyloarthritis +10

PPAR γ insufficiency enhances osteogenesis through osteoblast formation from bone marrow progenitors

Toru Akune, Shinsuke Ohba, Satoru Kamekura et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2004 · 784 citations

PPAR γ insufficiency enhances osteogenesis through osteoblast formation from bone marrow progenitors

Toru Akune, Shinsuke Ohba, Satoru Kamekura et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2004 · 719 citations · Full text

Transcriptional regulation of endochondral ossification by HIF-2α during skeletal growth and osteoarthritis development

Taku Saito, Atsushi Fukai, Akihiko Mabuchi et al. · Nature Medicine · 2010 · 496 citations

Transcriptional Regulation, Musculoskeletal Research, Developmental Biology +9

Prevalence and distribution of intervertebral disc degeneration over the entire spine in a population-based cohort: the Wakayama Spine Study

Masatoshi Teraguchi, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Hashizume et al. · Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2013 · 484 citations · Full text

Lumbosacral Radiculopathy, Lumbar Spine, Intervertebral Disc +8