Research field (2):
Food sciences
, Home economics, lifestyle science
Research keywords (2):
energy metabolism
, amino acid
Research theme for competitive and other funds (17):
2024 - 2028 アミノ酸代謝フロー変化による脂肪蓄積メカニズムの解明
2021 - 2024 肥満・インスリン抵抗性におけるアミノ酸代謝フロー変化の解明とその応用
2020 - 2024 Mechanisms responsible for skeletal muscle atrophy induced by vitamin D deficiency
2019 - 2022 Molecular Mechanisms of D-Amino Acid Signaling: Elucidation and Development
2017 - 2020 Basic research for development of functional foods to enhance energy metabolism by modulating amino acid catabolism
2017 - 2020 Physiological functions of branched-chain amino acids as regulatory factors in mammals
2016 - 2018 Importance of amino acid nutrition for maintaining heart function
2014 - 2017 Physiological functions of branched-chain amino acids as regulatory factors in mammals
2014 - 2016 Amino acid nutrition for promoting the efficacy of exercise training
2013 - 2016 Analysis of lipotoxicity induced by fatty acids
2012 - 2014 Physiological functions of free branched-chain amino acids in nerve and brain
2011 - 2012 Anti-cancer effect by metabolic conversion
2010 - 2011 PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACIDS IN MUSCLES
2008 - 2010 Effects of amino acid administration and exercise on the regulation of the muscle protein and energy metabolism.
2008 - 2009 肝硬変および癌における代謝状態の改善に関する研究
2007 - 2008 A search for the determination factors for T-cell development using cytotoxic T-cell deficient wild-derived mouse strain
2001 - 2002 新規カルシウム結合蛋白質peflinの性状解析と生理機能の解明
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Papers (60):
Kento KURAMITSU, Yoshihiro KADOTA, Ayako WATANABE, Akihito ENDO, Yoshiharu SHIMOMURA, Yasuyuki KITAURA. The Effects of 1-Kestose on the Abundance of Inflammation-Related Gene mRNA in Adipose Tissue and the Gut Microbiota Composition in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 2024. 70. 4. 311-317
Ayako Watanabe, Yukine Teragaki, Yasuyuki Kitaura, Takumi Tochio. The synergistic synbiotic potential of 1-kestose and Bifidobacterium longum in the mouse gut. JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS. 2023. 101
Naoya Nakai, Noriko Iida, Saki Kitai, Yoshiharu Shimomura, Yasuyuki Kitaura, Kazuhiko Higashida. BDK knockout skeletal muscle satellite cells exhibit enhanced protein translation initiation signal in response to BCAA in vitro. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. 2022. 86. 5. 610-617
Takumi Yamane, Yasuyuki Kitaura, Ken Iwatsuki, Yoshiharu Shimomura, Yuichi Oishi. Branched-chain amino acids regulate hyaluronan synthesis and PPARα expression in the skin. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. 2021. 85. 11. 2292-2294
Ayako Watanabe, Takumi Tochio, Yoshihiro Kadota, Motoki Takahashi, Yasuyuki Kitaura, Hirohito Ishikawa, Takanori Yasutake, Masahiro Nakano, Hiroe Shinohara, Toru Kudo, et al. Supplementation of 1-Kestose Modulates the Gut Microbiota Composition to Ameliorate Glucose Metabolism in Obesity-Prone Hosts. Nutrients. 2021. 13. 9
1997 - 2002 Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
Work history (6):
2024/04 - 現在 Chubu University College of Bioscience and Biotechnology Professor
2017/04 - 2024/03 Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences lecturer
2009/04 - 2017/03 Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences assistant professor
2006/03 - 2009/03 RIKEN BioResource Center Researcher
2003/04 - 2006/02 Columbia University Medical Center Post-doc.
2001/04 - 2003/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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Association Membership(s) (3):
JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR AMINO ACID SCIENCES
, JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BIOSCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND AGROCHEMISTRY
, JAPAN SOCIETY OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE