Kurajiro Kishi

The Placenta Is Not the Main Source of Leptin Production in Pregnant Rat: Gestational Profile of Leptin in Plasma and Adipose Tissues

Motoyuki Kawai, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Takashi Murakami et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1997 · 136 citations

Gastrointestinal Peptide Hormone, Developmental Biology, Placental Development +12

Epididymal sperm motion as a parameter of male reproductive toxicity: sperm motion, fertility, and histopathology in ethinylestradiol-treated rats

Masako Kaneto, S. Kanamori, Atsuko Hishikawa et al. · Reproductive Toxicology · 1999 · 46 citations

Infertility, Urology, Andrology +13

Adaptation of pancreatic islet B-cells during the last third of pregnancy: regulation of B-cell function and proliferation by lactogenic hormones in rats

Motoyuki Kawai, Kurajiro Kishi · European Journal of Endocrinology · 1999 · 42 citations

Gynecology, Brdu Incorporation, Insulin Signaling +21

<i>In vitro</i> studies of the stimulation of insulin secretion and B-cell proliferation by rat placental lactogen-II during pregnancy in rats

Motoyuki Kawai, Kurajiro Kishi · Reproduction · 1997 · 33 citations · Full text

Mouse Placental Cells Secrete Soluble Leptin Receptor (sOB-R): cAMP Inhibits sOB-R Production

Masaaki Yamaguchi, Takashi Murakami, Yumiko Yasui et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1998 · 26 citations

Developmental Biology, Placental Development, Immunology +11