Dr. Shumpei Fujie is an Assistant Professor in Faculty of Sports and Health Science of Ritsumeikan University, and his research manuscript was accepted and published in Journal of the American Heart Association, which collaborated with Professor Motoyuki Iemitsu, Kiyoshi Sanada, Assistant Professor Natsuki Hasegawa, Assistant Professor in Ritsumeikan-Global Innovation Research Organization Masataka Uchida, Graduate student Naoki Horii (graduated from Sport and Health Science in March 2021), Professor and Director in Tokyo Medical University Takafumi Hamaoka, Professor in University of Tsukuba Seiji Maeda (Current affiliation and position: Professor in Waseda University) and Professor in University of Missouri Luis A Martinez-Lemus, Associate Professor in University of Missouri Jaume Padilla.

This study revealed that as a translational research in aged mice and elderly adults, changes in arterial adropin that occur with age or aerobic exercise training relate to alterations in endothelial function and NO production.

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Fujie S, Hasegawa N, Horii N, Uchida M, Sanada K, Hamaoka T, Padilla J, Martinez-Lemus LA, Maeda S, Iemitsu M. Aerobic Exercise Restores Aging-Associated Reductions in Arterial Adropin Levels and Improves Adropin-Induced Nitric Oxide-Dependent Vasorelaxation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021; 10(10): e020641.