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Junji Kamon

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23

Publications

18.3K

Citations

20

H-Index

2001

Active since

Affiliations

The University of Tokyo(Current)

Japan Science and Technology Agency

The Institute of Medical Science, Asahi Life Foundation

Tokyo Medical University

Nissan Chemical Corporation (Japan)

Junji Kamon is an author at The University of Tokyo specializing in medicine, metabolic regulation, and diabetes.

Top concepts

MedicineDiabetesPhysiologyMetabolic RegulationObesityMetabolismBiochemistryPharmacologyMetabolic SyndromeHealth

Publications per year

2001–2020

23

Publications

23

The fat-derived hormone adiponectin reverses insulin resistance associated with both lipoatrophy and obesity

Toshimasa Yamauchi, Junji Kamon, Hironori Waki et al. · Nature Medicine · 2001 · 4.9K citations

Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity +11

Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase

Toshimasa Yamauchi, Junji Kamon, Yasuhiko Minokoshi et al. · Nature Medicine · 2002 · 4.2K citations

Obesity, Biochemistry, Amp-activated Protein Kinase +9

Cloning of adiponectin receptors that mediate antidiabetic metabolic effects

Toshimasa Yamauchi, Junji Kamon, Yusuke Ito et al. · Nature · 2003 · 3.1K citations

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Biochemistry +7

Targeted disruption of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 causes abrogation of adiponectin binding and metabolic actions

Toshimasa Yamauchi, Yasunori Nio, Toshiyuki Maki et al. · Nature Medicine · 2007 · 1.4K citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Systems Biology, Signal Transduction +8

Impaired Multimerization of Human Adiponectin Mutants Associated with Diabetes

Hironori Waki, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Junji Kamon et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2003 · 980 citations · Full text

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