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Atsushi Miyajima

Atsushi Miyajima

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
113
Citations
42963
World Ranking
331
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Atsushi Miyajima is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their primary research focus lies within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with extensive work across several subfields such as hepatology, surgery, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and genetics.

The scientist's work encompasses significant studies on liver physiology and pathology, pancreatic function and diabetes, and advances in 3D printing applied to biomedical research. Other noteworthy research topics include pluripotent stem cells, microRNA in disease regulation, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and extracellular vesicles related to disease processes.

The scientist has considerable publication records in various journals. The most frequent venues include Scientific Reports and Biotechnology and Bioengineering with four publications each, followed closely by Nature Communications and Communications Biology with two publications each, as well as Biochemical Engineering Journal.

Frequently collaborating with fellow researchers, Miyajima has worked closely with Taketomo Kido (23 publications), Yasuyuki Sakai (13 publications), Mathieu Danoy (13 publications), Éric Leclerc (10 publications), and Tohru Itoh (9 publications).

Significant papers authored or co-authored by Miyajima include:

  • Generation of a p16 Reporter Mouse and Its Use to Characterize and Target p16high Cells In Vivo, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Small extracellular vesicles derived from interferon-γ pre-conditioned mesenchymal stromal cells effectively treat liver fibrosis, 2021, npj Regenerative Medicine
  • Generation of functional liver organoids on combining hepatocytes and cholangiocytes with hepatobiliary connections ex vivo, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Multidimensional imaging of liver injury repair in mice reveals fundamental role of the ductular reaction, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Fibroblast growth factor 18 stimulates the proliferation of hepatic stellate cells, thereby inducing liver fibrosis, 2023, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Cytokines: Coordinators of Immune and Inflammatory Responses

    Ken-ichi Arai;Frank Lee;Atsushi Miyajima;Shoichiro Miyatake

  • Molecular cloning of a second subunit of the receptor for human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF): reconstitution of a high-affinity GM-CSF receptor.

    Kazuhiro Hayashida;Toshio Kitamura;Daniel M. Gorman;Ken-Ichi Arai

  • Interleukin-3, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor and interleukin-5 transduce signals through two STAT5 homologs.

    A. L.-F. Mui;H. Wakao;A.-M. O'farrell;N. Harada

  • Expression cloning of the human IL-3 receptor cDNA reveals a shared β subunit for the human IL-3 and GM-CSF receptors

    Toshio Kitamura;Noriko Sato;Ken-ichi Arai;Atsushi Miyajima

  • Cytokine receptors and signal transduction

    Atsushi Miyajima;I Toshio Kitamura;I Nobuyuki Harada;Takashi Yokota

  • Binding of Ovarian Cancer Antigen CA125/MUC16 to Mesothelin Mediates Cell Adhesion

    Armin Rump;Yoshihiro Morikawa;Minoru Tanaka;Sawako Minami

  • Stem/progenitor cells in liver development, homeostasis, regeneration, and reprogramming.

    Atsushi Miyajima;Minoru Tanaka;Tohru Itoh

  • CIS, a cytokine inducible SH2 protein, is a target of the JAK-STAT5 pathway and modulates STAT5 activation.

    Akira Matsumoto;Masaaki Masuhara;Masaaki Masuhara;Kaoru Mitsui;Kaoru Mitsui;Masahiro Yokouchi;Masahiro Yokouchi

  • Receptors for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-3, and interleukin-5

    A. Miyajima;A. L.-F. Mui;T. Ogorochi;K. Sakamaki

  • JAK2 associates with the beta c chain of the receptor for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and its activation requires the membrane-proximal region.

    F W Quelle;N Sato;B A Witthuhn;R C Inhorn

  • Suppression of interleukin-3-induced gene expression by a C-terminal truncated Stat5: role of Stat5 in proliferation.

    A. L.-F. Mui;H. Wakao;T. Kinoshita;T. Kitamura

  • Fetal liver development requires a paracrine action of oncostatin M through the gp130 signal transducer

    Akihide Kamiya;Taisei Kinoshita;Yoshiaki Ito;Takaaki Matsui

  • Identification and Characterization of a Constitutively Active STAT5 Mutant That Promotes Cell Proliferation

    Mayumi Onishi;Tetsuya Nosaka;Kazuhide Misawa;Alice L.-F. Mui

  • Cloning of an interleukin-3 receptor gene: a member of a distinct receptor gene family.

    Naoto Itoh;Shin Yonehara;Jolanda Schreurs;Daniel M Gorman

  • Critical cytoplasmic domains of the common beta subunit of the human GM-CSF, IL-3 and IL-5 receptors for growth signal transduction and tyrosine phosphorylation.

    K Sakamaki;I Miyajima;T Kitamura;A Miyajima

  • Signal transduction by the high-affinity GM-CSF receptor: two distinct cytoplasmic regions of the common beta subunit responsible for different signaling.

    N. Sato;K. Sakamaki;N. Terada;K.-I. Arai

  • Isolation of hepatoblasts based on the expression of Dlk/Pref-1

    Naoki Tanimizu;Mitsuo Nishikawa;Hiroki Saito;Tohru Tsujimura

  • Hypertrophy and Unconventional Cell Division of Hepatocytes Underlie Liver Regeneration

    Yuichiro Miyaoka;Kazuki Ebato;Hidenori Kato;Satoko Arakawa

  • Involvement of ras p21 protein in signal-transduction pathways from interleukin 2, interleukin 3, and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor, but not from interleukin 4.

    Takaya Satoh;Masato Nakafuku;Atsushi Miyajima;Yoshito Kaziro

  • Suppression of apoptotic death in hematopoietic cells by signalling through the IL-3/GM-CSF receptors.

    T. Kinoshita;T. Yokota;K.-I. Arai;A. Miyajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken-ichi Arai
Ken-ichi Arai University of Tokyo
Toshio Kitamura
Toshio Kitamura University of Tokyo
Takashi Yokota
Takashi Yokota Kanazawa University
Yoshihiro Morikawa
Yoshihiro Morikawa Wakayama Medical University
Yoshito Kaziro
Yoshito Kaziro Kyoto University
Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Tatsutoshi Nakahata Kyoto University
Kazuo Shin-ya
Kazuo Shin-ya National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Norihiro Kokudo
Norihiro Kokudo National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Tetsuya Nosaka
Tetsuya Nosaka Mie University
Shigeru Saito
Shigeru Saito University of Toyama

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