Assistant professor:Yoko Ueda, MD, PhD

CV

Kanazawa Medical University (-2013)
Residency:Wakayama Medical University Hospital (2013-2015)
Graduate: Wakayama Medical University (2016-2020)
Assistant professor at Department of Clinical laboratory Unit, Wakayama Medical University(2021-2022)
Assistant professor at Laboratory of Pharmacoterapeutics, School of Pharmacotherapeutics, Wakayama Medical University.

Membership of Academic Societies
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
The Japan Diabetes Society
The Japan Endocrine Society
Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO)
Endocrine Socciety

Publications

Original Articles

Ensho T, Hino J, Ueda Y, Miyazato M, Iwakura H.
Vascular endothelial cell-specific overexpression of CNP did not improve liver fibrosis in HFFCD-induced NASH, but did improve renal lesions.
Peptides.2024

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Iwakura H, Takagi T, Inaba H, Doi A, Ueda Y, Uraki S, Takeshima K, Furukawa Y, Ishibashi T, Morita S, Matsuno S, Nishi M, Furuta H, Matsuoka T, Akamizu T.
Thyroid function, glycemic control, and diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes over 24 months: prospective observational study
BMC Endocrine Disorders.2023.23, Article number:146.

[PubMed]

Fukuda N, Ojima T, Hayata K, Katsuda M, Kitadani J, Takeuchi A, Goda T, Ueda Y, Iwakura H, Nishi M, Yamaue H.
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity improves gut microbiota balance, increases colonic mucosal-associated invariant T cells and decreases circulating regulatory T cells.
Surg Endosc. 2022 Feb 19. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09122-z.

[PubMed]

Kurimoto C, Inaba H, Ariyasu H, Iwakura H, Ueda Y, Uraki S, Takeshima K, Furukawa Y, Morita S, Yamamoto Y, Yamashita S, Katsuda M, Hayata A, Akamatsu H, Jinnin M, Hara I, Yamaue H, Akamizu T.
Predictive and sensitive biomarkers for thyroid dysfunctions during treatment with immune-checkpoint inhibitors.
Cancer Sci. 2020 May;111(5):1468-1477.

[PubMed]

Inaba H, Ariyasu H, Iwakura H, Kurimoto C, Ueda Y, Uraki S, Takeshima K, Furukawa Y, Morita S, Nakayama Y, Ohashi T, Ito H, Nishimura Y, Akamizu T.
Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 and autoimmune hepatitis with thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis: case report.
BMC Endocr Disord. 2020 Apr 7;20(1):47.

[PubMed]

Inaba H, Ariyasu H, Iwakura H, Ueda Y, Kurimoto C, Uraki S, Takeshima K, Yamaoka H, Furukawa Y, Morita S, Nishi M, Akamizu T.
Comparative analysis of HLA between Idiopathic and Anti-PD-1 antibody induced Isolated ACTH deficiency: A Pilot Study.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2019 Dec91(6):786-792

[PubMed]

Ueda Y, Iwakura H, Bando M, Doi A, Ariyasu H, Inaba H, Morita S, Akamizu T.
Differential role of GPR142 in tryptophan-mediated enhancement of insulin secretion in obese and lean mice.
PLoS One. 2018;13(6):e0198762.

[PubMed]

Bando M, Iwakura H, Ueda Y, Ariyasu H, Inaba H, Furukawa Y, Furuta H, Nishi M, Akamizu T.
IL-1β directly suppress ghrelin mRNA expression in ghrelin-producing cells.
Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2017;447:45-51.

[PubMed]

Iwakura H, Bando M, Ueda Y, Akamizu T
The effects of inflammatory cytokines on the expression of ghrelin. [Proceedings]
Endocr J. 2017;64 (Suppl.):S25-S26.

[PubMed]

Ueda Y, Uraki S, Inaba H, Nakashima S, Ariyasu H, Iwakura H, Ota T, Furuta H, Nishi M, Akamizu T.
Graves' Disease in Pediatric and Elderly Patients with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.
Intern Med. 2017;56(10):1169-1173.

[PubMed]

Review

Iwakura H, Ensho T, Ueda Y
Desacyl-ghrelin, not just an inactive form of ghrelin?-A review of current knowledge on the biological actions of desacyl-ghrelin.[Review]
Peptides.2023.Online ahead of print.

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