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Masao Igarashi
Researcher at Gunma University
Publications - 109
Citations - 4350
Masao Igarashi is an academic researcher from Gunma University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Follicle-stimulating hormone & Luteinizing hormone. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 109 publications receiving 4282 citations. Previous affiliations of Masao Igarashi include Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
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Identification of the second gonadotropin-releasing hormone in chicken hypothalamus: evidence that gonadotropin secretion is probably controlled by two distinct gonadotropin-releasing hormones in avian species.
Kaoru Miyamoto,Yoshihisa Hasegawa,Mitsuo Nomura,Masao Igarashi,Kenji Kangawa,Hisayuki Matsuo +5 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that gonadotropin secretion is probably controlled by two distinct GnRHs, at least in avian species.
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Isolation of porcine follicular fluid inhibin of 32K daltons.
Kaoru Miyamoto,Yoshihisa Hasegawa,Masaki Fukuda,Mitsuo Nomura,Masao Igarashi,Kenji Kangawa,Hisayuki Matsuo +6 more
TL;DR: Purification of ovarian inhibin from porcine follicular fluid was performed by using an bioassay based upon the suppression of spontaneous FSH release from cultured cells of rat anterior pituitary to specifically suppress the secretion of FSH, but not of LH from the pituitsary cells.
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Cloning and sequencing of human LH/hCG receptor cDNA
Takashi Minegish,Kazuto Nakamura,Yumi Takakura,Kaoru Miyamoto,Yoshihisa Hasegawa,Yoshito Ibuki,Masao Igarashi +6 more
TL;DR: A cDNA encoding the human luteinizing hormone--choriogonadotropin (LH/hCG) receptor is isolated and sequenced, showing sequence similarity to G protein-coupled receptors.
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α-Neo-endorphin: A “big” leu-enkephalin with potent opiate activity from porcine hypothalami
TL;DR: It is concluded that α-neo-endorphin is a “big” Leu-enkephalin, which has never been discovered and its structure shows no relationship with β-lipotropin.
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Cloning and sequencing of human FSH receptor cDNA.
TL;DR: While the protein is 89% identical overall with the previously cloned rat FSH receptor, the most highly conserved regions are the putative transmembrane segments (95% similarity).