| No. | 
Year | 
Title | 
Author | 
Corresponding | 
Journal | 
Vol. | 
Pages | 
| 1 | 
2013 | 
A novel regulatory function of sweet taste-sensing receptor in adipogenic differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells. | 
Masubuchi Y, Nakagawa Y, Ma J, Sasaki T, Kitamura T, Yamamoto Y, Kurose H, Kojima I, Shibata H | 
Shibata H | 
PLoS ONE | 
8 | 
e54500 | 
| 2 | 
2013 | 
Screening of new tioactive metabolites for diabetes therapy. | 
Sidthipong,K, Todo,S., Takei,I, Kojima,I. and Umezawa,K. | 
Umezawa,K | 
Int Emerg Med | 
8 | 
S57-S59 | 
| 3 | 
2013 | 
Low oxygen tension enhances proliferation and maintains stemness of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells. | 
Yamamoto Y., Fujita M., Tanaka Y., Kojima I., Kanatani Y., Ishihara M and Tachibana S. | 
Tachibana S | 
BioResearch Open Access | 
2 | 
199-205 | 
| 4 | 
2013 | 
Involvement of the parasympathetic nervous system in the initiation of regeneration of pancreatic β-cells | 
Medina, A., Yamada,S., Hara,A., Hamamoto,K. and Kojima,I. | 
Kojima I | 
Endocrine J | 
60 | 
687-696 | 
| 5 | 
2013 | 
Multimodal function of the sweet taste receptor expressed in pancreatic b-cells: generation of diverse patterns of intracellular signals by sweet agonists. | 
Nakagawa,Y., Nagasawa,M., Mogami,H., Lohse,M., Ninomiya,Y., and Kojima, I. | 
Kojima I | 
Endocrine J | 
60 | 
1191-1206 | 
| 6 | 
2014 | 
Follistatin, an Activin Antagonist, Ameliorates Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in a Rat Model of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction | 
Maeshima,A., Mishima,K., Yamashita,S., Nakasatomi,M., Miya,M., Sakurai,N., Sakatori,T., Ikeuchi,H., Hiromura,K., Hasegawa,Y., Kojima,I. and NojimaY. | 
Nojima Y | 
Biomed Res Int | 
2014 | 
ID376191 | 
| 7 | 
2014 | 
Prolonged Insulin Stimulation Downregulates GLUT4 Through Oxidative Stress-Mediated Retromer Inhibition by a Protein Kinase CK2-Dependent Mechanism in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes. | 
Ma J, Nakagawa Y, Kojima I, Shibata H. | 
Shibata H | 
J Biol Chem | 
289 | 
133-142 | 
| 8 | 
2014 | 
Glucose promotes its own metabolism by acting on the cell-surface glucose-sensing receptor T1R3. | 
Nakagawa,Y., Ohtsu,Y., Nagasawa,M., Shibata,H. and Kojima,I | 
Kojima I | 
Endocrine J | 
61 | 
119-131 | 
| 9 | 
2014 | 
Sweet Taste-Sensing Receptors Expressed in Pancreatic SS-Cells: Sweet Molecules Act as Biased Agonists | 
Kojima I, Nakagawa Y, Ohtsu Y, Medina A, Nagasawa M. | 
Kojima I | 
Endocrinology and Metabolism | 
1 | 
12-19 | 
| 10 | 
2014 | 
Elevated mitochondria biogenesis in skeletal muscle is associated with testosterone-induced body weight loss in male mice. | 
Usui, T., Kajita,K., Kajita,T., Mori,I., Hanamoto,T., Ikeda,T., Okada,H., Taguchi,K., Kitada,M., Morita,H., SasakiT., Kitamura,T.,Sato,T., Kojima,I., Ishizuka,T. | 
Ishizuka,T | 
FEBS Lett | 
558 | 
1935-1941 | 
| 11 | 
2014 | 
Triiodothyronine Excess Suppress Erythroid Differentiation of Human Erythroleukemia K562 Cells under Long Time Incubation of Hypoxia. | 
Yamamoto,Y., Shiraishi,M., Fujita, M., Kojima,I., Tanaka,Y. and Tachibana,S | 
Yamamoto Y | 
Mol Cell Biochem | 
391 | 
217-224 | 
| 12 | 
2014 | 
Conophylline suppresses hepatic stellate cells and attenuates thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis in rats. | 
Kubo N, Saito R, Hamano K, Nagasawa M, Aoki F, Takei I, Umezawa K, Kuwano H, Kojima I | 
Kojima I | 
Liver Int | 
34 | 
1057-1067 | 
| 13 | 
2014 | 
Expression of the glucose-sensing receptor T1R3 in pancreatic islet: changes in the expression levels in various nutritional and metabolic states | 
Medina A, Nakagawa Y, Ma JH, Li LF, Hamano K. Akimoto T, Ninomiya Y, Kojima I | 
Kojima I | 
Endcrine J | 
61 | 
797-805 | 
| 14 | 
2014 | 
Diverse signaling systems activated by the sweet taste-sensing recptor in human GLP-1-secreting cells. | 
Otsu,Y., Nakagawa,Y., Nagasawa,M., Takeda,S., Arakawa,H. and Kojima,I. | 
Kojima I | 
Mol Cell Endocrinol | 
394 | 
70-79 | 
| 15 | 
2014 | 
TRPV2 | 
Kojima I and Nagasawa M | 
Kojima I | 
Handbook Exp. Pharmacol | 
222 | 
247-272 | 
| 16 | 
2014 | 
Reconfirmation of the anatomy of the left triangular ligament and the appendix fibrosa hepatis in human livers, and its implication in abdominal surgery | 
Kogure, K., Kojima, I., Kuwano, H., Matsuzaki, T., Yorifuji, H., Takata, K., Makuuchi, M. | 
Makuuchi M | 
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci | 
21 | 
856-863 | 
| 17 | 
2015 | 
Translocation of TRPV2 channel induced by focal administration of mechanical stress. | 
Nagasawa, M., Kojima, I. | 
Kojima I | 
Physiol Rep | 
3 | 
e12296 | 
| 18 | 
2015 | 
Glucose-sensing receptor T1R3: A New Signaling Receptor Activated by Glucose in Pancreatic β-cells. | 
Kojima, I., Nakagawa, Y., Hamano, K., Medina, J., Li, L.F., Nagasawa, M | 
Kojima I | 
Biol Pharm Bull | 
38 | 
p1-6 | 
| 19 | 
2015 | 
Return of the glucoreceptor: Glucose activates the glucose-sensing receptor T1R3 and facilitates metabolism in pancreatic β-cells. | 
Kojima I, Nakagawa Y, Ohtsu Y, Hamano K, Medina J, Nagasawa M. | 
Kojima I | 
J Diabetes Invest | 
 6 | 
256-263 | 
| 20 | 
2015 | 
Lactisole inhibits the glucose-sensing receptor in mouse pancreatic β-cells. | 
Hamano, K., Nakagawa, Y., Ohtsu, Y., Li, L.F., Medina, J., Tanaka, Y., Masuda, K., Komastu, M., Kojima, I. | 
Kojima I | 
J Endocrinol | 
226 | 
57-66 | 
| 21 | 
2015 | 
Glucose evokes rapid Ca2+ and cyclic AMP signals by activating the cell-surface glucose-sensing receptor in pancreatic β-cells. | 
Hamano, K., Nakagawa, Y., Ohtsu, Y., Li, L.F., Medina, J., Tanaka, Y., Masuda, K., Komastu, M., Kojima,I. | 
Kojima I | 
PLoS ONE | 
10 | 
e0144053 | 
| 22 | 
2016 | 
Blockade of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 2 signaling attenuates high-fat diet-induced adipocyte hypertrophy and systemic glucose intolerance in mice. | 
Katada, Y., Kajita, K., Taguchi, K., Mori, I., YamauchiM., Ikeda, T., Kawashima, M., Asano, M., Kajita, T., Ishizuka, T., Banno, Y., Kojima, I., Chun, J., Kamata, S., Ishii, I., Morita, H., Kajita,K. | 
Kajita K | 
Endocrinology | 
 157 | 
1839-1851 | 
| 23 | 
2016 | 
Sucralose, an activator of the glucose-sensing receptor, increases ATP by calcium-dependent and -independent mechanisms | 
Li L, Ohtsu Y, Nakagawa Y, Masuda K, Kojima I | 
Kojima I | 
Endcrine J | 
63 | 
715-725 | 
| 24 | 
2016 | 
Positive Allosteric Modulation of the Calcium-sensing Receptor by Physiological Concentrations of Glucose | 
Medina J, Nakagawa Y, Nagasawa M, Fernandez A, Sakaguchi K, Kitaguchi T, Kojima I | 
Kojima I | 
J Biol Chem | 
291 | 
23126-23135 |