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Hiroshi Kataoka

Hiroshi Kataoka

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
22040
World Ranking
3553
National Ranking
222

Overview

Hiroshi Kataoka is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Over the course of their career, Hiroshi has contributed to diverse topics including neurobiology and insect physiology research, insect utilization and effects, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, physiological and biochemical adaptations, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, as well as aquaculture nutrition and growth.

Hiroshi's recent publications encompass work focused on insect biochemistry and physiology, covering molecular mechanisms and biochemical processes. Some notable papers include:

  • Functional analysis of ecdysteroid biosynthetic enzymes of the rice planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (2020), published in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Measurement of 1α hydroxycorticosterone in the Japanese banded houndshark, Triakis scyllium, following exposure to a series of stressors (2020), published in General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Twenty-hydroxyecdysone produced by dephosphorylation and ecdysteroidogenesis regulates early embryonic development in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori (2020), published in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • The plant-derived triterpenoid, cucurbitacin B, but not cucurbitacin E, inhibits the developmental transition associated with ecdysone biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster (2021), published in Journal of Insect Physiology
  • Characterization and functional analysis of BmSR-B1 for phytosterol uptake (2022), published in Steroids

Their work has appeared frequently in journals such as Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, General and Comparative Endocrinology, Journal of Insect Physiology, and Steroids.

Collaborations play a role in Hiroshi's research output, with frequent co-authors including Mari H. Ogihara, Mika Takeshima, Daiki Fujinaga, Xiang Zhou, and Yi-Zhou Ye. These partnerships suggest a multidisciplinary approach involving biochemistry, entomology, and endocrinology.

The subfields of study relevant to Hiroshi's work are cellular and molecular neuroscience, insect science, genetics, molecular biology, and ecology. This indicates an integration of molecular methods with ecological and physiological perspectives to address complex biological questions related to insects and other species.

Best Publications

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Can Substitute for Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in the Support of Osteoclastic Bone Resorption

    Shumpei Niida;Masato Kaku;Hitoshi Amano;Hisahiro Yoshida

  • In Vitro Generation of Lymphohematopoietic Cells from Endothelial Cells Purified from Murine Embryos

    Shin-Ichi Nishikawa;Satomi Nishikawa;Hiroshi Kawamoto;Hisahiro Yoshida

  • Uric acid as a danger signal in gout and its comorbidities

    Kenneth L. Rock;Hiroshi Kataoka;Jiann-Jyh Lai

  • Molecular bases of odor discrimination: Reconstitution of olfactory receptors that recognize overlapping sets of odorants.

    Kentaro Kajiya;Koichiro Inaki;Motonari Tanaka;Tatsuya Haga

  • Identification of an allatotropin from adult manduca sexta.

    Hiroshi Kataoka;Anne Toschi;Jorge P. Li;Robert L. Carney

  • Role of oxidized LDL in atherosclerosis.

    Toru Kita;Noriaki Kume;Manabu Minami;Kazutaka Hayashida

  • Clinical features of haemophagocytic syndrome in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases: analysis of 30 cases

    S Fukaya;S Yasuda;T Hashimoto;K Oku

  • STEPWISE REQUIREMENT OF C-KIT TYROSINE KINASE IN MOUSE OVARIAN FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT

    Hisahiro Yoshida;Nobuyuki Takakura;Hiroshi Kataoka;Takahiro Kunisada

  • Identification of an allatostatin from the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta.

    Steven J. Kramer;Anne Toschi;Christine A. Miller;Hiroshi Kataoka

  • CYP306A1, a cytochrome P450 enzyme, is essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the prothoracic glands of Bombyx and Drosophila.

    Ryusuke Niwa;Takahiro Matsuda;Takuji Yoshiyama;Toshiki Namiki

  • Amino acid sequence of pheromone-biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide (PBAN) of the silkworm, Bombyxmori

    Akihiro Kitamura;Hiromichi Nagasawa;Hiroshi Kataoka;Takashi Inoue

  • Amino-terminal amino Acid sequence of the silkworm prothoracicotropic hormone: homology with insulin.

    Hiromichi Nagasawa;Hiroshi Kataoka;Akira Isogai;Saburo Tamura

  • Amino acid sequence of a prothoracicotropic hormone of the silkworm Bombyx mori.

    H Nagasawa;H Kataoka;A Isogai;S Tamura

  • Molecular cloning of the Bombyx mori prothoracicotropic hormone.

    Atsushi Kawakami;Hiroshi Kataoka;Tadanori Oka;Akira Mizoguchi

  • Olfactory receptor antagonism between odorants

    Yuki Oka;Masayo Omura;Hiroshi Kataoka;Kazushige Touhara

  • Functional diversity of a neurohormone produced by the suboesophageal ganglion: molecular identity of melanization and reddish colouration hormone and pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide

    Shogo Matsumoto;Akihiro Kitamura;Hiromichi Nagasawa;Hiroshi Kataoka

  • A Fat Body-Derived IGF-like Peptide Regulates Postfeeding Growth in Drosophila

    Naoki Okamoto;Naoki Yamanaka;Yoshimasa Yagi;Yasuyoshi Nishida

  • The unique evolution of neuropeptide genes in the silkworm Bombyx mori.

    Ladislav Roller;Naoki Yamanaka;Ken Watanabe;Ivana Daubnerova;Ivana Daubnerova

  • Probing cell type–specific functions of Gi in vivo identifies GPCR regulators of insulin secretion

    Jean B. Regard;Hiroshi Kataoka;David A. Cano;Eric Camerer

  • Neverland is an evolutionally conserved Rieske-domain protein that is essential for ecdysone synthesis and insect growth.

    Takuji Yoshiyama;Toshiki Namiki;Kazuei Mita;Hiroshi Kataoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Akinori Suzuki
Akinori Suzuki University of Tokyo
Ryusuke Niwa
Ryusuke Niwa University of Tsukuba
Hiromichi Nagasawa
Hiromichi Nagasawa University of Tokyo
Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai University of Tokyo
David A. Schooley
David A. Schooley University of Nevada Reno
Yasuhiro Furuichi
Yasuhiro Furuichi National Institute of Genetics
Yutaka Suzuki
Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo
Kazuei Mita
Kazuei Mita University of Tsukuba

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