Researcher Database - UCHITOMI RAN | Kobe Gakuin University

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UCHITOMI RAN

Department / Course

Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Nutrition Department of Nutrition

Job Assistant Professor

Business career
2023/04/01 ～	Assistant Professor Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Nutrition Department of Nutrition

Book and thesis
2024/05	Papers	PGC1α in Skeletal Muscle Mediates Anti-Obesity Effects of Soy Isoflavones. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 70(5),pp.434-440 (Co-authored)
2022/10	Papers	A combination of exercise and calorie restriction improves the development of obesity-related type 2 diabetes mellitus in KKAy mice. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 87,pp.108-113 (Co-authored)
2022/02	Papers	Vitamin D activates various gene expressions, including lipid metabolism, in C2C12 cells. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 68,pp.65-72 (Co-authored)
2021/02	Papers	Metabolomic analysis on blood of transgenic mice overexpressing PGC-1α in skeletal muscle. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 85,pp.579-586 (Co-authored)
2020/10	Papers	Vitamin D and Sarcopenia: Potential of Vitamin D Supplementation in Sarcopenia Prevention and Treatment. Nutrients 12(10),pp.3189 (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
2025/09	Combined Impact of Low Tongue Pressure and Malnutrition on Sarcopenia Components and Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis (ESPEN 2025 Congress)
2025/08	Multivariate analysis of the influence of muscle condition and estimated protein intake on the amino acid levels in small volumes of calf sweat in older adults (IUNS-ICN 2025)
2025/08	The transcriptional co-activator PGC1α in skeletal muscle mediates the anti-obesity effects of soy isoflavones (IUNS-ICN 2025)
2022/12	Analysis of muscle atrophy inhibiting mechanisms by compounds that suppress transcriptional activity of FOXO1 (The 22nd International Congress of Nutrition (ICN))
2020/11	Comprehensive analysis on blood of skeletal muscle-specific PGC-1α overexpressing mice (The American Physiological Society’s (APS) Integrative Physiology of Exercise (IPE) 2020 conference)
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Present specialized field
keyword(amino acids、skeletal muscle、sarcopenia、frailty、sports nutrition、sarcopenic obesity、sports science、gerontology、soy isoflavones、vitamin D)