Faculty - KITAURA Yasuyuki |

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KITAURA Yasuyuki

Department / Course

College of Bioscience and Biotechnology Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Office for the Coordination of Clinical Practicums Center for Registered Dietitian Practicum Support

Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology

Job Professor

Education and Degrees
1999/04～2002/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Nagoya University Finished

Business career
2024/04 ～	Chubu University College of Bioscience and Biotechnology
2017/04 ～ 2024/03	Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
2009/04 ～ 2017/03	Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
2006/03 ～ 2009/03	RIKEN BioResource Center
2003/04 ～ 2006/02	Columbia University Medical Center
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Belonging society
	JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR AMINO ACID SCIENCES
	JAPAN SOCIETY OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE
	JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BIOSCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND AGROCHEMISTRY

Present specialized field
Nutrition science and health science, Food sciences keyword(energy metabolism, amino acid, oligosaccharide)

Book and thesis
Papers	Transient Dietary Intervention Induces Healthy Adipose Tissue Expansion and Metabolically Healthy Obesity in Mice. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 39 (14),pp.e70847 (Co-authored) 2025/07
Papers	Effect of 1-Kestose on Lipid Metabolism in a High-Fat-Diet Rat Model. Nutrients 17 (8) (Co-authored) 2025/04
Papers	The Effects of 1-Kestose on the Abundance of Inflammation-Related Gene mRNA in Adipose Tissue and the Gut Microbiota Composition in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet. Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology 70 (4),pp.311-317 (Co-authored) 2024
Papers	The synergistic synbiotic potential of 1-kestose and Bifidobacterium longum in the mouse gut JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS 101 2023/02
Papers	Branched-chain amino acids regulate hyaluronan synthesis and PPARα expression in the skin. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 85 (11),pp.2292-2294 2021/10/21
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Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
2020/04/01 ～ 2024/03/31	Mechanisms responsible for skeletal muscle atrophy induced by vitamin D deficiency Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2019/04/01 ～ 2022/03/31	Molecular Mechanisms of D-Amino Acid Signaling: Elucidation and Development Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2017/04/01 ～ 2020/03/31	Basic research for development of functional foods to enhance energy metabolism by modulating amino acid catabolism Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2017/04/01 ～ 2020/03/31	Physiological functions of branched-chain amino acids as regulatory factors in mammals Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2016/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	Importance of amino acid nutrition for maintaining heart function Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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