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Hideshi Kawakami

Hideshi Kawakami

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Biology and Biochemistry

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54
Citations
13356
World Ranking
15465
National Ranking
1094

Overview

Hideshi Kawakami is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. The main subfields include Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their scientific work covers a variety of topics, emphasizing genetic neurodegenerative diseases and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research. Other important research themes include mitochondrial function and pathology, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, neurological diseases and metabolism, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, and parathyroid disorders and treatments.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Kodai Kume
  • Hiroyuki Morino
  • Takashi Kurashige
  • Hirofumi Maruyama
  • Yui Tada

Kawakami has contributed to multiple publication venues, with recurring publications in journals such as:

  • Journal of Human Genetics
  • European Heart Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Neurology
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Selected recent papers reflecting the scope of their work include:

  • Prediction Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Deep Learning with Patient Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (2021, Annals of Neurology)
  • FXTAS is difficult to differentiate from neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease through skin biopsy: a case report (2021, BMC Neurology)
  • TDP-43 Accumulation Within Intramuscular Nerve Bundles of Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (2022, JAMA Neurology)
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia type 17-digenic TBP/STUB1 disease: neuropathologic features of an autopsied patient (2022, Acta Neuropathologica Communications)
  • Optineurin defects cause TDP43-pathology with autophagic vacuolar formation (2020, Neurobiology of Disease)

Best Publications

  • CAG expansions in a novel gene for Machado-Joseph disease at chromosome 14q32.1

    Yoshiya Kawaguchi;Toshihiro Okamoto;Masafumi Taniwaki;Megumi Aizawa

  • Genome-wide association study identifies common variants at four loci as genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease

    Wataru Satake;Yuko Nakabayashi;Yuko Nakabayashi;Ikuko Mizuta;Ikuko Mizuta;Yushi Hirota;Yushi Hirota

  • Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Hirofumi Maruyama;Hiroyuki Morino;Hidefumi Ito;Hidefumi Ito;Yuishin Izumi

  • Self-Organization of Polarized Cerebellar Tissue in 3D Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Keiko Muguruma;Ayaka Nishiyama;Hideshi Kawakami;Kouichi Hashimoto

  • Collaborative analysis of alpha-synuclein gene promoter variability and Parkinson disease.

    Demetrius M. Maraganore;Mariza De Andrade;Alexis Elbaz;Matthew J. Farrer

  • High frequency of open-angle glaucoma in Japanese patients with Alzheimer's disease

    Hiroki Tamura;Hideshi Kawakami;Takashi Kanamoto;Tomoko Kato

  • Molecular features of the CAG repeats and clinical manifestation of Machado—Joseph disease

    Hirofumi Maruyama;Shigenobu Nakamura;Zenjiro Matsuyama;Tetsuo Sakai

  • Generation of transgenic mice with elevated blood pressure by introduction of the rat renin and angiotensinogen genes.

    H Ohkubo;H Kawakami;Y Kakehi;T Takumi

  • Lack of an association of estrogen receptor α gene polymorphisms and transcriptional activity with Alzheimer disease

    Hirofumi Maruyama;Hiromasa Toji;Charles R. Harrington;Ken Sasaki

  • Molecular Features of the CAG Repeats of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 6 (SCA6)

    Zenjiro Matsuyama;Hideshi Kawakami;Hirofumi Maruyama;Yuishin Izumi

  • Characteristic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Machado-Joseph Disease

    Yoshio Murata;Shinya Yamaguchi;Hideshi Kawakami;Yukari Imon

  • Linear ubiquitination is involved in the pathogenesis of optineurin-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Seshiru Nakazawa;Daisuke Oikawa;Daisuke Oikawa;Ryohei Ishii;Takashi Ayaki

  • Direct Alteration of the P/Q-Type Ca2+ Channel Property by Polyglutamine Expansion in Spinocerebellar Ataxia 6

    Zenjiro Matsuyama;Minoru Wakamori;Yasuo Mori;Hideshi Kawakami

  • Structure and organization of the gene encoding human dopamine transporter.

    Toshitaka Kawarai;Hideshi Kawakami;Yasuhiro Yamamura;Shigenobu Nakamura

  • Difference in disease-free survival curve and regional distribution according to subtype of spinocerebellar ataxia: A study of 1,286 Japanese patients

    Hirofumi Maruyama;Yuishin Izumi;Hiroyuki Morino;Masaya Oda

  • Mutations in Twinkle primase-helicase cause Perrault syndrome with neurologic features.

    Hiroyuki Morino;Sarah B. Pierce;Yukiko Matsuda;Tom Walsh

  • Vulnerability of Purkinje Cells Generated from Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 Patient-Derived iPSCs

    Yoshihito Ishida;Hideshi Kawakami;Hiroyuki Kitajima;Ayaka Nishiyama

  • Optineurin suppression causes neuronal cell death via NF-κB pathway.

    Mayumi Akizuki;Hirofumi Yamashita;Kengo Uemura;Hirofumi Maruyama

  • Lack of replication of thirteen single-nucleotide polymorphisms implicated in Parkinson's disease: a large-scale international study

    Alexis Elbaz;Lorene M Nelson;Haydeh Payami;John P A Ioannidis

  • Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral

    Hirofumi Maruyama;Hiroyuki Morino;Hidefumi Ito;Yuishin Izumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayasu Matsumoto
Masayasu Matsumoto Hiroshima University
Masakuni Kameyama
Masakuni Kameyama Kyoto University
Ryosuke Takahashi
Ryosuke Takahashi Kyoto University
Toru Takumi
Toru Takumi Kobe University
Kohichi Tanaka
Kohichi Tanaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Takashi Uchiyama
Takashi Uchiyama Kyoto University
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
Kouichi Hashimoto
Kouichi Hashimoto Hiroshima University
Hidemi Kurihara
Hidemi Kurihara Hiroshima University
Akira Kakizuka
Akira Kakizuka Kyoto University

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