Maki Takemura

Role of premature leptin surge in obesity resulting from intrauterine undernutrition

Shigeo Yura, Hiroaki Itoh, Norimasa Sagawa et al. · Cell Metabolism · 2005 · 385 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Endocrinology, Nutritional Sciences +14

Resistin Is Expressed in the Human Placenta

Shigeo Yura, Norimasa Sagawa, Hiroaki Itoh et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2003 · 171 citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +13

The Relationship between Maternal Plasma Leptin Levels and Fetal Growth Restriction

Hiroko Mise, Shigeo Yura, Hiroaki Itoh et al. · Endocrine Journal · 2007 · 60 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Obstetrics +17

Significant Increase in Maternal Plasma Leptin Concentration in Induced Delivery: A Possible Contribution of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines to Placental Leptin Secretion

Mercy A. Nuamah, Shigeo Yura, Norimasa Sagawa et al. · Endocrine Journal · 2004 · 48 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Obstetrics, Physiology +10

Cyclic Mechanical Stretch Augments Prostacyclin Production in Cultured Human Uterine Myometrial Cells from Pregnant Women: Possible Involvement of Up-Regulation of Prostacyclin Synthase Expression

Daizo Korita, Norimasa Sagawa, Hiroaki Itoh et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2002 · 48 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Physiology +15