Tohru Sakai

Exendin-4, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, directly induces adiponectin expression through protein kinase A pathway and prevents inflammatory adipokine expression

Le Thi Kim Chung, Toshio Hosaka, Masaki Yoshida et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2009 · 155 citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Pharmacology +16

Nippocystatin, a Cysteine Protease Inhibitor from<i>Nippostrongylus brasiliensis</i>, Inhibits Antigen Processing and Modulates Antigen-Specific Immune Response

Teruki Dainichi, Yoichi Maekawa, Kazunari Ishii et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2001 · 127 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Pathobiology +17

Switch of CD4+ T Cell Differentiation from Th2 to Th1 by Treatment with Cathepsin B Inhibitor in Experimental Leishmaniasis

Yoichi Maekawa, Kunisuke Himeno, Hiroyuki Ishikawa et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1998 · 91 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Sudachitin, a polymethoxylated flavone, improves glucose and lipid metabolism by increasing mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle

Rie Tsutsumi, Tomomi Yoshida, Yoshitaka NII et al. · Nutrition & Metabolism · 2014 · 84 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Nutritional Sciences +17

Heat shock protein 65 induced by gammadelta T cells prevents apoptosis of macrophages and contributes to host defense in mice infected with Toxoplasma gondii

Hajime Hisaeda, Tohru Sakai, Hiroyuki Ishikawa et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1997 · 81 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17