Katsuhiko Yoshimoto
Professor
Faculty of Dentistry
University of Tokushima
Japan
Biography
Katsuhiko Yoshimoto has done his PhD from Tokushima University in 1984. Currently he is working as Professor in Faculty of Dentistry at Tokushima University. His research interests are Endocrinology and Metabolism, Molecular Genetics, Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Nutrition, Dental Pharmacology, Molecular mechanisms of endocrine tumorigenesis, Molecular biology of pancreatic islets, obesity, adipokine, Biomarkers in saliva. Several Papers of his work were published in reputed international journals. He is also the member of The Japan Endocrine Society, Japan Diabetes Society, The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, The Japanese Cancer Association, Shikoku Society of Dental Research, Japan Society of Endocrine Pathology.
Research Interest
Endocrinology and Metabolism, Molecular Genetics, Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Nutrition, Dental Pharmacology.
Publications
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Yuki Iwawaki, Noriko Mizusawa, Takeo Iwata, Nobuaki Higaki, Takaharu Goto, Megumi Watanabe, Yoritoki Tomotake, Tetsuo Ichikawa and Katsuhiko Yoshimoto. MiR-494-3p induced by compressive force inhibits cell proliferation in MC3T3-E1 cells. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 2015, 120(4): 456-462.
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Otsuka Ryo, Nagakatsu Harada, Aoki Shouhei, Shirai Kanna, Kazuchika Nishitsuji, Nozaki Ayane, Hatakeyama Adzumi, Masayuki Shono, Noriko Mizusawa, Katsuhiko Yoshimoto, Yutaka Nakaya, Hiroshi Kitahata and Hiroshi Sakaue. C-terminal region of GADD34 regulates eIF2alpha dephosphorylation and cell proliferation in CHO-K1 cells. Cell Stress & Chaperones. 2016, 21(1): 29-40.
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Takeo Iwata, Kyoko Kuribayashi, Masahiko Nakasono, Noriko Tarashima, Noriaki Minakawa, Noriko Mizusawa, Rie Kido and Katsuhiko Yoshimoto. The AMPK/mTOR pathway is involved in D-dopachrome tautomerase gene transcription in adipocytes differentiated from SGBS cells, a human preadipocyte cell line. Cytokine. 2017, 96: 195-202.
