Ko Kotani

Serum retinol binding protein 4 contributes to insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes

Qin Yang, Timothy E. Graham, Nimesh Mody et al. · Nature · 2005 · 2.1K citations

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Signal Transduction +10

Insulin-Induced Phosphorylation and Activation of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase 3B by the Serine-Threonine Kinase Akt

Tadahiro Kitamura, Yukari Kitamura, Shoji Kuroda et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 1999 · 370 citations · Full text

Serine-threonine Kinase Akt, Mouse Pde3b, Signal Transduction +15

Requirement of Atypical Protein Kinase Cλ for Insulin Stimulation of Glucose Uptake but Not for Akt Activation in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

Ko Kotani, Wataru Ogawa, Michihiro Matsumoto et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 1998 · 360 citations · Full text

Akt Activation, Glucose Uptake, Insulin Signaling +18

Adipose-specific overexpression of GLUT4 reverses insulin resistance and diabetes in mice lacking GLUT4 selectively in muscle

Eugénia Carvalho, Ko Kotani, Odile D. Peroni et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2005 · 235 citations

Deletion of Cdkn1b ameliorates hyperglycemia by maintaining compensatory hyperinsulinemia in diabetic mice

Tohru Uchida, Takehiro Nakamura, Naoko Hashimoto et al. · Nature Medicine · 2005 · 214 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Signaling, Diabetes Management +13