Research theme for competitive and other funds (2):
2015 - 2018 Palmitic acid elicits insulin resistance and oxidative cell injury through clusterization of lipid rafts in murine hepatocytes.
2011 - 2012 Role of lipid raft on palmitic acid induced-cell death in primary-cultured mouse hepatocytes
Papers (72):
Yu Yamaji, Goh Murayama, Moeko Inoue, Takuya Urita, Takashi Hirayama, Akira Uchiyama, Masaki Nojima, Yukitomo Hagiwara, Takumi Saito, Taiga Kuga, et al. Cell-free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy enables removal of extracellular vesicles and circulating immune complexes in ascites. Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy. 2025
Hiroo Fukada, Kazuyoshi Kon, Reiko Yaginuma, Akira Uchiyama, Maki Morinaga, Kei Ishizuka, Kyoko Fukuhara, Hironao Okubo, Satoko Suzuki, Shuko Nojiri, et al. Effectiveness and risks of dapagliflozin in treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in medicine. 2025. 12. 1542741-1542741
Akira Uchiyama, Kazuyoshi Kon, Maki Morinaga, Hiroo Fukada, Reiko Yaginuma, Kyoko Fukuhara, Shunhei Yamashina, Kazuhisa Iwabuchi, Kenichi Ikejima. Palmitic acid induces insulin resistance and oxidative stress-mediated cell injury through accumulation of lipid rafts in murine hepatocytes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2025. 745. 151242-151242
Akira Uchiyama, Kazuyoshi Kon, Satoshi Sakuma, Toshifumi Sato, Maki Morinaga, Hiroo Fukada, Hisafumi Yamagata, Reiko Yaginuma, Kyoko Fukuhara, Shunhei Yamashina, et al. Hepatic steatosis and skeletal muscle alterations during the COVID-19 lockdown in a cohort of patients with chronic liver disease in Japan. Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology. 2023
Akira Uchiyama, Shunhei Yamashina, Toshifumi Sato, Satoshi Sakuma, Yuichi Tomiki, Hiroyuki Isayama, Akihito Nagahara, Kenichi Ikejima. Benefit of an action camera in endoscopy education for medical students under COVID-19. BMC medical education. 2023. 23. 1. 693-693