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Akira Tokumura

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129

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Active since

1973

Affiliations

Tokushima University(Current)

Teikyo University

Yasuda Women's University

Kagawa University

Fukuyama University

Akira Tokumura is an author at Tokushima University specializing in biochemistry, life sciences, and lipid biochemistry.

Publications per year

1973–2023

129

Publications

129

Identification of Human Plasma Lysophospholipase D, a Lysophosphatidic Acid-producing Enzyme, as Autotaxin, a Multifunctional Phosphodiesterase

Akira Tokumura, Eiji Majima, Yuko Kariya et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2002 · 739 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +9

Lysophosphatidic acids induce proliferation of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells from rat aorta

Akira Tokumura, Makoto Iimori, Yasuhiko Nishioka et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology · 1994 · 196 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +12

Effects of synthetic and natural lysophosphatidic acids on the arterial blood pressure of different animal species

Akira Tokumura, Kenji Fukuzawa, Hiroaki Tsukatani · Lipids · 1978 · 164 citations

Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +15

Involvement of lysophospholipase D in the production of lysophosphatidic acid in rat plasma

Akira Tokumura, Kengo Harada, Kenji Fukuzawa et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism · 1986 · 162 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Physiology +10

2‐Arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor agonist: identification as one of the major species of monoacylglycerols in various rat tissues, and evidence for its generation through Ca<sup>2+</sup>‐dependent and ‐independent mechanisms

Sachiko Kondo, Hironori Kondo, Shinji Nakane et al. · FEBS Letters · 1998 · 147 citations

Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +12

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