Shigehiro Katayama

TL;DR: FoxO1 has the most prominent role in transducing insulin's effect downstream from Akt to suppress hepatic glucose output, involving mechanisms independent of the transcriptional regulation of key gluconeogenic enzymes.

TL;DR: Differences between Japanese and Caucasian patients with type 2 diabetes demonstrate the necessity of obtaining clinical evidence based on large-scale studies of Japanese patients in order to provide management and care specific to this population.

TL;DR: Hormonal findings would support the hypothesis that the tumor of AIMAH originated from cells of the upper zona fasciculata, and respond to ACTH and was increased by hypoglycemia without modifying ACTH levels.

TL;DR: In the present case, concurrent hyperthyroidism was assumed to accelerate skeletal mobilization of calcium into the circulation through renal handling of Ca and Hypocortisolism and central DI was also considered to contribute, to some extent, to the hypercalcemia.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors purify intact free immunoglobulin light chain (FLC) kappa and lambda from the pooled urine specimens of healthy volunteers as the first reference materials for FLC assays.