Research field (2)：
Food sciences
, Home economics, lifestyle science
Research keywords (2)：
energy metabolism
, amino acid
Research theme for competitive and other funds (16)：
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 (57)：
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
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
Yoshiharu Shimomura, Yasuyuki Kitaura. SPORTS NUTRITION FOR ACTIVE LIFE-STYLE. ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM. 2017. 71. 1362-1362
Yasuyuki Kitaura, Yoshiharu Shimomura. BCAA FUNCTION AND INSULIN RESISTANCE FROM THE STUDIES USING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICE IN BCAA CATABOLISM. ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM. 2017. 71. 140-140
Yoshiharu Shimomura, Yusuke Kondo, Rina Ito, Ai Tsuji, Katsumi Shibata, Yasuyuki Kitaura. Novel mechanism responsible for regulation of branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase. FASEB JOURNAL. 2016. 30
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
