Researcher Database - UYAMA TOORU | Kobe Gakuin University

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UYAMA TOORU

Department / Course

Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Job Professor

Academic background
1996～2000	Pharmaceutical Science Faculty of Pharmacy Kobe Pharmaceutical University
2000～2002	Research Division in Pharmacy Kobe Pharmaceutical University
2002～2005	Research Division in Pharmacy Kobe Pharmaceutical University

Business career
2004 ～ 2006	Kobe Pharmaceutical University
2007/06 ～ 2015/12	Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine
2016/01 ～ 2021/03	Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine
2021/04 ～ 2026/03	Associate professor Kagawa University Department of Biochemistry
2026/04 ～	Professor Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Book and thesis
2025/04/03	Papers	Recent Progress in N-Acylethanolamine Research: Biological Functions and Metabolism Regulated by Two Distinct N-Acyltransferases: cPLA2ε and PLAAT Enzymes. International journal of molecular sciences 26 (7)
2025/04	Papers	The PLAAT family as phospholipid-related enzymes. Progress in lipid research 98,pp.101331-101331
2024/11	Papers	PLAAT5 as an N-acyltransferase responsible for the generation of anti-inflammatory N-acylethanolamines in testis Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids,pp.159583-159583
2023/12/20	Papers	PLAAT1 expression triggers fragmentation of mitochondria in an enzyme activity-dependent manner. Journal of biochemistry 175 (1),pp.101-113
2023/07	Papers	PLAAT1 deficiency alleviates high-fat diet-induced hepatic lipid accumulation in mice. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 37 (7),pp.e23032
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Academic conference presentation
2022/11/09	High-Fat Diet-Induced Hepatic Lipid Accumulation is Decreased in PLAAT1- Deficient Mouse (第95回日本生化学会大会)
2022/06	Accumulation of N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamines in brain ischemia by cytosolic phospholipase A2ε (32nd Annual Symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society)
2022/06	Acid ceramidase as a third N-acylethanolamine hydrolase in cells and tissues (32nd Annual Symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society)
2022/05/28	PLAAT1 Deficiency Alleviates High Fat Diet-Induced Hepatic Lipid Accumulation in Mice (第63回日本生化学会中国・四国支部例会)
2021/11/03	Involvement of γ isoform of cPLA2 in the biosynthesis of N-acylethanolamine (第94回日本生化学会大会)
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Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
2022/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	Enzymological studies on N-acyl-PS a novel triacyl-type phospholipid Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2019/04/01 ～ 2022/03/31	The analysis of physiological functions of triacyl-type phospholipids Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2018/04/01 ～ 2021/03/31	Functional analysis of anorexic N-acylethanolamine Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2017/04/01 ～ 2020/03/31	Regulatory mechanism of appetite and obesity by GDE7, a novel Ca-dependent lipid-metabolizing enzyme Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2016/04/01 ～ 2019/03/31	Enzymological analysis of a trace phosphopilid N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Present specialized field
Medical biochemistry keyword(Enzymes、Lipid)