Akira Tokumura

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 Ca²⁺‐dependent and ‐independent mechanisms

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

Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +12