Takeshi Nikawa
Professor
Faculty of Medicine
University of Tokushima
Japan
Biography
Takeshi Nikawa has done his PhD in Health Sciences from Tokushima University in 1991. Currently he is working as Professor in Faculty of Medicine at Tokushima University. His research interests are Health Studies. Several papers of his work were pubished in reputed international journals. He is also the member of The Japanese Society of Food & Nutrition, Japan Society of Cosmology, Japan Aerospace Medicine Association, Japan Society of Molecular Biology, Japan Amateurinic acid society, Japan Biochemical Society, International Proteolysis Society, Europe Muscle Conference.
Research Interest
Health Studies
Publications
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Hiroko Ikeda, Hikaru Souda, Anggraeini Puspitasari, D Kathryn Held, Jun Hidema, Takeshi Nikawa, Yukari Yoshida, Tatsuaki Kanai and Akihisa Takahashi. Development and performance evaluation of a three-dimensional clinostat synchronized heavy-ion irradiation system. Life Sciences in Space Research, 2017. 12: 51-60.
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Hyunwoo Ju, Taewan Kim, Chan-Moon Chung, Junsoo Park, Takeshi Nikawa, Kyoungsook Park and Inho Choi. Metabolic Suppression by 3-Iodothyronamine Induced Muscle Cell Atrophy via Activation of FoxO-Proteasome Signaling and Downregulation of Akt1-S6K Signaling. Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 2017, 40(5): 576-582.
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Hidehiro Umehara, Shusuke Numata, Shinya Watanabe, Yutaka Hatakeyama, Makoto Kinoshita, Yukiko Tomioka, Kiyoshi Nakahara, Takeshi Nikawa and Tetsuro Ohmori. Altered KYN/TRP, Gln/Glu, and Met/methionine sulfoxide ratios in the blood plasma of medication-free patients with major depressive disorder. Scientific Reports. 2017, 7(1): 4855.
