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44
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12035
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19209
National Ranking
1386

Overview

Atsushi Suzuki is affiliated with Yokohama City University in Japan. Their research spans key areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Medicine. Their work cuts across molecular biology, cell biology, surgery, clinical biochemistry, and cardiovascular medicine.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and have appeared in diverse scientific journals and venues. Notable papers include:

  • De novo ATP1A3 variants cause polymicrogyria, 2021, Science Advances
  • ARK5 enhances cell survival associated with mitochondrial morphological dynamics from fusion to fission in human multiple myeloma cells, 2024, Cell Death Discovery
  • Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of Ser852 and Ser889 control the clustering, localization and function of PAR3, 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • MTCL2 promotes asymmetric microtubule organization by crosslinking microtubules on the Golgi membrane, 2022, Journal of Cell Science
  • Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of Ser852 and Ser889 control clustering, localization, and function of PAR-3, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Suzuki frequently collaborates with other researchers including Tomonori Hirose, Risa Matsuoka, Masateru Miki, Sonoko Mizuno, and Yurina Ito. These coauthors have appeared multiple times across Suzuki's body of work.

Publication venues where Suzuki's research has been featured most often include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Science Advances
  • Cell Death Discovery
  • Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica

The scientist's work centers on various topics such as:

  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Ion transport and channel regulation
  • Metabolism and genetic disorders

Suzuki's research links molecular mechanisms and cellular functions, notably focusing on microtubule organization, phosphorylation regulation, and mitochondrial dynamics. Their contributions to both fundamental and applied aspects of molecular and cell biology are reflected in the range of subfields and publication venues.

Best Publications

  • The PAR-aPKC system: lessons in polarity.

    Atsushi Suzuki;Shigeo Ohno

  • Protein Kinase C δ Activates the MEK-ERK Pathway in a Manner Independent of Ras and Dependent on Raf

    Yoshihiko Ueda;Syu-ichi Hirai;Shin-ichi Osada;Atsushi Suzuki

  • Junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs): more molecules with dual functions?

    Klaus Ebnet;Atsushi Suzuki;Shigeo Ohno;Dietmar Vestweber;Dietmar Vestweber

  • Helicobacter pylori CagA targets PAR1/MARK kinase to disrupt epithelial cell polarity

    Iraj Saadat;Hideaki Higashi;Chikashi Obuse;Mayumi Umeda

  • Atypical Protein Kinase C Is Involved in the Evolutionarily Conserved Par Protein Complex and Plays a Critical Role in Establishing Epithelia-Specific Junctional Structures

    Atsushi Suzuki;Tomoyuki Yamanaka;Tomonori Hirose;Naoyuki Manabe

  • The cell polarity protein ASIP/PAR-3 directly associates with junctional adhesion molecule (JAM).

    Klaus Ebnet;Atsushi Suzuki;Yosuke Horikoshi;Tomonori Hirose

  • Polarity-Dependent Distribution of Angiomotin Localizes Hippo Signaling in Preimplantation Embryos

    Yoshikazu Hirate;Shino Hirahara;Ken Ichi Inoue;Atsushi Suzuki

  • Mammalian Lgl Forms a Protein Complex with PAR-6 and aPKC Independently of PAR-3 to Regulate Epithelial Cell Polarity

    Tomoyuki Yamanaka;Yosuke Horikoshi;Yuki Sugiyama;Chikako Ishiyama

  • Muscle Develops a Specific Form of Small Heat Shock Protein Complex Composed of MKBP/HSPB2 and HSPB3 during Myogenic Differentiation

    Yuki Sugiyama;Atsushi Suzuki;Masaru Kishikawa;Rika Akutsu

  • PAR-6 regulates aPKC activity in a novel way and mediates cell-cell contact-induced formation of the epithelial junctional complex.

    Tomoyuki Yamanaka;Yosuke Horikoshi;Atsushi Suzuki;Yuki Sugiyama

  • The junctional adhesion molecule (JAM) family members JAM-2 and JAM-3 associate with the cell polarity protein PAR-3: a possible role for JAMs in endothelial cell polarity

    Klaus Ebnet;Michel Aurrand-Lions;Annegret Kuhn;Friedemann Kiefer

  • aPKC kinase activity is required for the asymmetric differentiation of the premature junctional complex during epithelial cell polarization

    Atsushi Suzuki;Chikako Ishiyama;Katsutaka Hashiba;Miki Shimizu

  • aPKC acts upstream of PAR-1b in both the establishment and maintenance of mammalian epithelial polarity.

    Atsushi Suzuki;Maki Hirata;Katsusi Kamimura;Rika Maniwa

  • Survivin initiates procaspase 3/p21 complex formation as a result of interaction with Cdk4 to resist Fas-mediated cell death.

    Atsushi Suzuki;Takeshi Ito;Hirokazu Kawano;Midori Hayashida

  • A novel integrin-linked kinase-binding protein, affixin, is involved in the early stage of cell-substrate interaction.

    Satoshi Yamaji;Atsushi Suzuki;Yuki Sugiyama;Yu-ichi Koide

  • Chemotherapeutic agents augment TRAIL-induced apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines.

    Takenari Yamanaka;Katsuya Shiraki;Kazushi Sugimoto;Takeshi Ito

  • Survivin initiates cell cycle entry by the competitive interaction with Cdk4/p16(INK4a) and Cdk2/cyclin E complex activation.

    Atsushi Suzuki;Midori Hayashida;Takeshi Ito;Hirokazu Kawano

  • Regulated protein–protein interaction between aPKC and PAR‐3 plays an essential role in the polarization of epithelial cells

    Yoko Nagai-Tamai;Keiko Mizuno;Tomonori Hirose;Atsushi Suzuki

  • Caspase 3 inactivation to suppress Fas-mediated apoptosis: identification of binding domain with p21 and ILP and inactivation machinery by p21.

    Atsushi Suzuki;Yumi Tsutomi;Masayuki Miura;Kouichi Akahane

  • The small heat shock-related protein, HSP20, is phosphorylated on serine 16 during cyclic nucleotide-dependent relaxation.

    Arthur Beall;Drew Bagwell;David Woodrum;Terrence A. Stoming

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeo Ohno
Shigeo Ohno Yokohama City University
Dietmar Vestweber
Dietmar Vestweber Max Planck Society
Klaus Ebnet
Klaus Ebnet University of Münster
Naomichi Matsumoto
Naomichi Matsumoto Yokohama City University
Masayuki Miura
Masayuki Miura University of Tokyo
Taisen Iguchi
Taisen Iguchi National Institute for Basic Biology
Ichizo Nishino
Ichizo Nishino Tokyo Medical University
Hirotomo Saitsu
Hirotomo Saitsu Hamamatsu University
Noriko Miyake
Noriko Miyake Yokohama City University
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda University of Tokyo

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