Takafumi Sakai

Early-Life Events, Including Mode of Delivery and Type of Feeding, Siblings and Gender, Shape the Developing Gut Microbiota

Hiroshi Makino, Aysun Cetinyurek‐Yavuz, Kaouther Ben‐Amor et al. · PLoS ONE · 2016 · 446 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Nutrition +17

Ghrelin-producing cells exist as two types of cells, closed- and opened-type cells, in the rat gastrointestinal tract

Ichiro Sakata, Kazuaki Nakamura, Mami Yamazaki et al. · Peptides · 2002 · 323 citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +13

Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Intestinal Bifidobacterial Strains Has an Impact on the Early Development of Vaginally Delivered Infant's Microbiota

Hiroshi Makino, Akira Kushiro, Eiji Ishikawa et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 301 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Maternal Health, Microbiology +11

Transmission of Intestinal Bifidobacterium longum subsp. <i>longum</i> Strains from Mother to Infant, Determined by Multilocus Sequencing Typing and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism

Hiroshi Makino, Akira Kushiro, Eiji Ishikawa et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2011 · 197 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Maternal Health, Microbiology +12

Growth hormone secretagogue receptor expression in the cells of the stomach-projected afferent nerve in the rat nodose ganglion

Ichiro Sakata, Mami Yamazaki, Kinji Inoue et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 2003 · 124 citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +16