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Hiroaki Kiyokawa is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Oncology, and Epidemiology.

Their work covers a range of topics primarily centered on:

  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Kiyokawa has contributed research published in a diverse set of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Cancers
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cell Chemical Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • The FASEB Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kiyokawa include:

  • "The HECT E3 Ligase E6AP/UBE3A as a Therapeutic Target in Cancer and Neurological Disorders," 2020, published in Cancers
  • "Regulation of O-Linked N-Acetyl Glucosamine Transferase (OGT) through E6 Stimulation of the Ubiquitin Ligase Activity of E6AP," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Regulation of the endocytosis and prion-chaperoning machineries by yeast E3 ubiquitin ligase Rsp5 as revealed by orthogonal ubiquitin transfer," 2021, Cell Chemical Biology
  • "Effects of UBE3A on Cell and Liver Metabolism through the Ubiquitination of PDHA1 and ACAT1," 2023, Biochemistry
  • "Orthogonal ubiquitin transfer reveals human papillomavirus E6 downregulates nuclear transport to disarm interferon-γ dependent apoptosis of cervical cancer cells," 2021, The FASEB Journal

Several collaborators appear frequently in Kiyokawa's research, reflecting ongoing partnerships. Regular co-authors include:

  • Jun Yin
  • Geon Jeong
  • Li Zhou
  • Yiyang Wang
  • Bo Zhao

Best Publications

  • Enhanced Growth of Mice Lacking the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Function of p27Kip1

    Hiroaki Kiyokawa;Rhonda D Kineman;Katia O Manova-Todorova;Vera C Soares

  • Targeted disruption of CDK4 delays cell cycle entry with enhanced p27(Kip1) activity.

    Tateki Tsutsui;Bahar Hesabi;David S. Moons;Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • Requirement for CDK4 kinase function in breast cancer

    Qunyan Yu;Ewa Sicinska;Yan Geng;Marie Ahnström

  • Cdc2–cyclin E complexes regulate the G1/S phase transition

    Eiman Aleem;Hiroaki Kiyokawa;Philipp Kaldis

  • The absence of p21Cip1/WAF1 alters keratinocyte growth and differentiation and promotes ras-tumor progression.

    C Missero;F Di Cunto;H Kiyokawa;A Koff

  • The Forkhead Box m1b transcription factor is essential for hepatocyte DNA replication and mitosis during mouse liver regeneration

    Xinhe Wang;Hiroaki Kiyokawa;Margaret B. Dennewitz;Robert H. Costa

  • Formation of p27-CDK complexes during the human mitotic cell cycle

    Timothy J. Soos;Hiroaki Kiyokawa;Jie Shi Yan;Mark Stephen Rubin

  • Oligodendrocyte precursor differentiation is perturbed in the absence of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1.

    Patrizia Casaccia-Bonnefil;Ravi Tikoo;Hiroaki Kiyokawa;Victor Friedrich

  • Rapamycin resistance tied to defective regulation of p27Kip1.

    Yan Luo;Steven O. Marx;Hiroaki Kiyokawa;Andrew Koff

  • Akt deficiency impairs normal cell proliferation and suppresses oncogenesis in a p53-independent and mTORC1-dependent manner.

    Jennifer E. Skeen;Prashanth T. Bhaskar;Chia Chen Chen;William S. Chen

  • Enhanced Ribosomal Association of p27Kip1 mRNA Is a Mechanism Contributing to Accumulation during Growth Arrest

    S. Sean Millard;Jie Shi Yan;Hoang Nguyen;Michele Pagano

  • Akt Induces β-Cell Proliferation by Regulating Cyclin D1, Cyclin D2, and p21 Levels and Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-4 Activity

    Szabolcs Fatrai;Lynda Elghazi;Norman Balcazar;Corentin Cras-Méneur

  • Eukaryotic initiation factor 6 is rate-limiting in translation, growth and transformation

    Valentina Gandin;Annarita Miluzio;Anna Maria Barbieri;Anne Beugnet

  • The mouse Forkhead Box m1 transcription factor is essential for hepatoblast mitosis and development of intrahepatic bile ducts and vessels during liver morphogenesis.

    Katherine Krupczak-Hollis;Xinhe Wang;Xinhe Wang;Vladimir V. Kalinichenko;Vladimir V. Kalinichenko;Galina A. Gusarova

  • Combined Loss of Cdk2 and Cdk4 Results in Embryonic Lethality and Rb Hypophosphorylation

    Cyril Berthet;Kimberly D. Klarmann;Mary Beth Hilton;Hyung Chan Suh

  • Cdk4 promotes adipogenesis through PPARgamma activation.

    Anna Abella;Pierre Dubus;Marcos Malumbres;Sushil G. Rane

  • Cdk4 disruption renders primary mouse cells resistant to oncogenic transformation, leading to Arf/p53-independent senescence

    Xianghong Zou;Dipankar Ray;Aileen Aziyu;Konstantin Christov

  • Loss of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors produces adipocyte hyperplasia and obesity

    Afia Naaz;Denise R. Holsberger;Gary A. Iwamoto;Amanda Nelson

  • Suppression of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 during induced differentiation of erythroleukemia cells.

    H Kiyokawa;V M Richon;R A Rifkind;P A Marks

  • The cell cycle-regulatory CDC25A phosphatase inhibits apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1.

    Xianghong Zou;Tateki Tsutsui;Dipankar Ray;James F. Blomquist

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Koff
Andrew Koff Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Philipp Kaldis
Philipp Kaldis Lund University
Paul S. Cooke
Paul S. Cooke University of Florida
Duc M. Duong
Duc M. Duong Emory University
Hermann Schindelin
Hermann Schindelin University of Würzburg
Vladimir V. Kalinichenko
Vladimir V. Kalinichenko Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Piotr Sicinski
Piotr Sicinski Harvard University
Nicholas T. Seyfried
Nicholas T. Seyfried Emory University
Raúl M. Luque
Raúl M. Luque University of Córdoba

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