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Hidemi Misawa

Hidemi Misawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

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54
Citations
9286
World Ranking
15741
National Ranking
1121

Overview

Hidemi Misawa is affiliated with Keio University in Japan and has contributed to scientific research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. Their research output includes multiple publications across several subfields such as molecular biology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, immunology, and biological psychiatry.

Their scientific work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hidemi Misawa include:

  • Yasuhiro Moriwaki
  • Rieko Muramatsu
  • Yoichiro Abe
  • Mikako Hirose
  • Yuta Morisaki

Misawa's research has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Folia Pharmacologica Japonica
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hidemi Misawa include:

  • Regulation of Immune Functions by Non-Neuronal Acetylcholine (ACh) via Muscarinic and Nicotinic ACh Receptors, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for a neuroprotective role of aquaporin-4 in the 5xFAD transgenic mice model, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Stagnation of glymphatic interstitial fluid flow and delay in waste clearance in the SOD1-G93A mouse model of ALS, 2020, Neuroscience Research
  • Minireview: Divergent roles of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed on antigen-presenting cells and CD4+ T cells in the regulation of T cell differentiation, 2020, International Immunopharmacology
  • Endogenous neurotoxin-like protein Ly6H inhibits alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor currents at the plasma membrane, 2020, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Astrocytes as determinants of disease progression in inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Koji Yamanaka;Seung Joo Chun;Severine Boillee;Noriko Fujimori-Tonou

  • miRNA malfunction causes spinal motor neuron disease

    Sharon Haramati;Elik Chapnik;Yehezkel Sztainberg;Yehezkel Sztainberg;Raya Eilam

  • Expression and Function of the Cholinergic System in Immune Cells.

    Takeshi Fujii;Masato Mashimo;Yasuhiro Moriwaki;Hidemi Misawa

  • Localization of two cholinergic markers, choline acetyltransferase and vesicular acetylcholine transporter in the central nervous system of the rat: in situ hybridization histochemistry and immunohistochemistry

    Tomoyuki Ichikawa;Kyoko Ajiki;Junko Matsuura;Hidemi Misawa

  • A null mutation in the human CNTF gene is not causally related to neurological diseases

    Ryosuke Takahashi;Hidehiro Yokoji;Hidemi Misawa;Michiyuki Hayashi

  • Expression and function of genes encoding cholinergic components in murine immune cells

    Koichiro Kawashima;Ken Yoshikawa;Yoshihito X. Fujii;Yasuhiro Moriwaki

  • Loss of TDP-43 causes age-dependent progressive motor neuron degeneration.

    Yohei Iguchi;Masahisa Katsuno;Jun Ichi Niwa;Shinnosuke Takagi

  • Critical roles of acetylcholine and the muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the regulation of immune function

    Koichiro Kawashima;Takeshi Fujii;Yasuhiro Moriwaki;Hidemi Misawa

  • Physiological functions of the cholinergic system in immune cells.

    Takeshi Fujii;Masato Mashimo;Yasuhiro Moriwaki;Hidemi Misawa

  • Motor neuron-specific disruption of proteasomes, but not autophagy, replicates amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Yoshitaka Tashiro;Makoto Urushitani;Haruhisa Inoue;Masato Koike

  • Induced loss of ADAR2 engenders slow death of motor neurons from Q/R site-unedited GluR2.

    Takuto Hideyama;Takenari Yamashita;Takeshi Suzuki;Shoji Tsuji

  • Neurotransmitter release regulated by a MALS–liprin-α presynaptic complex

    Olav Olsen;Kimberly A. Moore;Masaki Fukata;Toshinari Kazuta

  • Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors promote misfolding of mutant SOD1 protein and development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a transgenic mouse model

    Minako Tateno;Hisako Sadakata;Mika Tanaka;Shigeyoshi Itohara

  • Evidence for active acetylcholine metabolism in human amniotic epithelial cells: Applicable to intracerebral allografting for neurologic disease

    Norio Sakuragawa;Hidemi Misawa;Keiko Ohsugi;Kouji Kakishita

  • The crucial role of caspase-9 in the disease progression of a transgenic ALS mouse model

    Haruhisa Inoue;Kayoko Tsukita;Takuji Iwasato;Takuji Iwasato;Yasuyuki Suzuki

  • Gene expression of mouse choline acetyltransferase. Alternative splicing and identification of a highly active promoter region.

    H Misawa;K Ishii;T Deguchi

  • Multiple mRNA species of choline acetyltransferase from rat spinal cord

    Mineko Kengaku;Hidemi Misawa;Takeo Deguchi

  • Acetylcholine synthesis and muscarinic receptor subtype mRNA expression in T-lymphocytes.

    K. Kawashima;T. Fujii;Y. Watanabe;H. Misawa

  • Ubiquitous expression of acetylcholine and its biological functions in life forms without nervous systems.

    Koichiro Kawashima;Hidemi Misawa;Yasuhiro Moriwaki;Yoshihito X. Fujii

  • INDUCTION OF CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE MRNA IN HUMAN MONONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES STIMULATED BY PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ, A T-CELL ACTIVATOR

    Takeshi Fujii;Shin Yamada;Yoshihiro Watanabe;Hidemi Misawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Koichiro Kawashima
Koichiro Kawashima Kitasato University
Ryosuke Takahashi
Ryosuke Takahashi Kyoto University
Koji Yamanaka
Koji Yamanaka Nagoya University
Hiroshi Ueda
Hiroshi Ueda Kyoto University
Tadashi Kasahara
Tadashi Kasahara Jichi Medical University
Shinji Ohara
Shinji Ohara Johns Hopkins University
Hiroshi Takagi
Hiroshi Takagi Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Toshiaki Katada
Toshiaki Katada Musashino University
Shigeyoshi Itohara
Shigeyoshi Itohara RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Hiroshi Takagi
Hiroshi Takagi Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

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