Research Projects

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2018

The impacts of ectopic fats in muscle, liver, and abdominal tissues on the metabolism related to glucose and insulin

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Grant number
26293140
Japan Grant Number (JGN)
JP26293140
Grant amount
(Total)
17,160,000 Japanese Yen
(Direct funding)
13,200,000 Japanese Yen
(Indirect funding)
3,960,000 Japanese Yen

As planned, we have finished reading the total of approximately 2,400 images, and cleaned the data of it. Also, we have obtained multiple measures related to glucose-insulin metabolism. Using those data, we have obtained preliminary results as follows: In a population-based samples of men aged 40years or older, 1) older individuals had lower body mass index, smaller muscle areas, but larger fat-muscle areas; 2) age and weight were the major predictors of muscle areas/mass; 3) abdominal visceral adipose tissue was most strongly correlated to glucose, triglycerides and inflammation as compared to other factors we studied.

Link information
URL
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/file/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26293140/26293140seika.pdf
KAKEN
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26293140
ID information
  • Grant number : 26293140
  • Japan Grant Number (JGN) : JP26293140