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Hirofumi Tachibana

Hirofumi Tachibana

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Biology and Biochemistry

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57
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World Ranking
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981

Overview

Hirofumi Tachibana is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has a research focus spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work is documented through extensive publications mainly within these domains, with significant contributions to molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, immunology, oncology, and cancer research subfields.

The scientist's research is predominantly centered on tea polyphenols and their biological effects, which constitute the major topic of their investigation. Other key research topics include phytochemicals and antioxidant activities, microRNA in disease regulation, genomics related to phytochemicals and oxidative stress, cell adhesion molecules, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, and circular RNAs in diseases.

Hirofumi Tachibana has published in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Natural Medicines
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Among recent papers authored by Hirofumi Tachibana are:

  • "The combined effect of green tea and α-glucosyl hesperidin in preventing obesity: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial" (2021), Scientific Reports
  • "Procyanidin C1 Inhibits Melanoma Cell Growth by Activating 67-kDa Laminin Receptor Signaling" (2020), Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • "Plasma Homocysteine Concentration is Associated with the Expression Level of Folate Receptor 3" (2020), Scientific Reports
  • "67-kDa Laminin Receptor-Mediated Cellular Sensing System of Green Tea Polyphenol EGCG and Functional Food Pairing" (2022), Molecules
  • "Soy isoflavone metabolite equol inhibits cancer cell proliferation in a PAP associated domain containing 5-dependent and an estrogen receptor-independent manner" (2021), The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Collaborative work is also a characteristic of their career, frequently coauthoring with:

  • Yoshinori Fujimura
  • Motofumi Kumazoe
  • Yuki Marugame
  • Ren Yoshitomi
  • Motoki Murata

Best Publications

  • A receptor for green tea polyphenol EGCG

    Hirofumi Tachibana;Kiyoshi Koga;Yoshinori Fujimura;Koji Yamada

  • Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate signaling pathway through 67-kDa laminin receptor.

    Daisuke Umeda;Satomi Yano;Koji Yamada;Hirofumi Tachibana

  • Fucoidan induces apoptosis through activation of caspase-8 on human breast cancer MCF-7 cells

    Yumi Yamasaki-Miyamoto;Masao Yamasaki;Hirofumi Tachibana;Koji Yamada

  • 67-kDa laminin receptor increases cGMP to induce cancer-selective apoptosis

    Motofumi Kumazoe;Kaori Sugihara;Shuntaro Tsukamoto;Yuhui Huang

  • TLR4 Signaling Inhibitory Pathway Induced by Green Tea Polyphenol Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate through 67-kDa Laminin Receptor

    Eui Hong Byun;Yoshinori Fujimura;Koji Yamada;Hirofumi Tachibana

  • O-Methylated Catechins from Tea Leaves Inhibit Multiple Protein Kinases in Mast Cells

    Mari Maeda-Yamamoto;Naoki Inagaki;Jiro Kitaura;Takao Chikumoto

  • Dietary effect of pomegranate seed oil on immune function and lipid metabolism in mice.

    Masao Yamasaki;Masao Yamasaki;Takae Kitagawa;Nami Koyanagi;Hitomi Chujo

  • Relationship between estrogen receptor-binding and estrogenic activities of environmental estrogens and suppression by flavonoids

    Dal Ho Han;Michael S. Denison;Hirofumi Tachibana;Koji Yamada

  • Antiallergic tea catechin, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-(3-O-methyl)-gallate, suppresses FcepsilonRI expression in human basophilic KU812 cells.

    Yoshinori Fujimura;Hirofumi Tachibana;Mari Maeda-Yamamoto;Toshio Miyase

  • Ultrahighly sensitive in situ metabolomic imaging for visualizing spatiotemporal metabolic behaviors.

    Daisuke Miura;Yoshinori Fujimura;Mayumi Yamato;Fuminori Hyodo

  • Celastrol inhibits growth and induces apoptotic cell death in melanoma cells via the activation ROS-dependent mitochondrial pathway and the suppression of PI3K/AKT signaling

    Ju Hye Lee;Yeong Seon Won;Ki Hun Park;Mi Kyung Lee

  • Antihypertensive effect of Benifuuki tea containing O-methylated EGCG.

    Ikuko Kurita;Mari Maeda-Yamamoto;Hirofumi Tachibana;Masanori Kamei

  • A lipid raft-associated 67 kDa laminin receptor mediates suppressive effect of epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate on FcεRI expression

    Yoshinori Fujimura;Koji Yamada;Hirofumi Tachibana

  • Modulation of body fat and serum leptin levels by dietary conjugated linoleic acid in Sprague-Dawley rats fed various fat-level diets.

    Masao Yamasaki;Atsushi Ikeda;Mariko Oji;Yoko Tanaka

  • Effect of conjugated linoleic acid isomers on growth factor-induced proliferation of human breast cancer cells

    Hitomi Chujo;Masao Yamasaki;Shinsuke Nou;Nami Koyanagi

  • Apoptosis induction by γ-tocotrienol in human hepatoma Hep3B cells

    Midori Sakai;Masaaki Okabe;Hirofumi Tachibana;Koji Yamada

  • Green tea polyphenol sensing.

    Hirofumi Tachibana

  • Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate up-regulates microRNA-let-7b expression by activating 67-kDa laminin receptor signaling in melanoma cells.

    Shuhei Yamada;Shuntaro Tsukamoto;Yuhui Huang;Akiko Makio

  • Effect of Royal Jelly on Bisphenol A-Induced Proliferation of Human Breast Cancer Cells

    Mako Nakaya;Mako Nakaya;Hiroyuki Onda;Kyoko Sasaki;Akiko Yukiyoshi

  • Green tea polyphenol EGCG induces lipid-raft clustering and apoptotic cell death by activating protein kinase Cδ and acid sphingomyelinase through a 67 kDa laminin receptor in multiple myeloma cells

    Shuntaro Tsukamoto;Keisuke Hirotsu;Motofumi Kumazoe;Yoko Goto

Frequent Co-Authors

Koji Yamada
Koji Yamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Michihiro Sugano
Michihiro Sugano Kyushu University
Hiroyuki Wariishi
Hiroyuki Wariishi Kyushu University
Toshio Miyase
Toshio Miyase University of Shizuoka
Kenji Kangawa
Kenji Kangawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Mitsuo Shimada
Mitsuo Shimada University of Tokushima
Takashi Takahashi
Takashi Takahashi Nagoya University
Toshiaki Kawakami
Toshiaki Kawakami University of California, San Diego
Tait D. Shanafelt
Tait D. Shanafelt Stanford University
Ikuo Ikeda
Ikuo Ikeda Tohoku University

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