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Overview

Hisashi Hirano is affiliated with Yokohama City University in Japan. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine. The main subfields of study include molecular biology, cell biology, spectroscopy, physiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on molecular mechanisms and biomedical applications. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Hirano include:

  • Basic 7S globulin in plants, 2021, Journal of Proteomics
  • Impact of Pretreatment Total Cholesterol Level Is Associated With Metastasis of Prostate Cancer, 2020, American Journal of Men's Health

Other important recent papers in the broader research network include works related to cell polarity, autophagy, and hepatic steatosis, such as:

  • Sank2 Binds to aPKC and Controls Tight Junction Formation with Rap1 Signaling during Establishment of Epithelial Cell Polarity, 2020, Cell Reports
  • TORC1 inactivation stimulates autophagy of nucleoporin and nuclear pore complexes, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Linagliptin Ameliorates Hepatic Steatosis via Non-Canonical Mechanisms in Mice Treated with a Dual Inhibitor of Insulin Receptor and IGF-1 Receptor, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include Yayoi Kimura, Yoko Ino, Yusuke Nakai, Takashi Ohira, and Tomoko Akiyama. These partnerships have contributed to a diverse range of scientific outputs, reflecting multidisciplinary approaches across the research themes.

Hisashi Hirano's work is published in a number of scientific journals, with recurring appearances in:

  • Journal of Proteomics
  • PROTEOMICS
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Cell Reports

Their main topics of research cover areas such as muscle metabolism and nutrition, spaceflight effects on biology, advanced proteomics techniques and applications, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, muscle physiology and disorders, high altitude and hypoxia, and prostate cancer treatment and research.

Best Publications

  • Receptor-mediated selective autophagy degrades the endoplasmic reticulum and the nucleus

    Keisuke Mochida;Yu Oikawa;Yayoi Kimura;Hiromi Kirisako

  • Production of waxy (amylose-free) wheats.

    Toshiki Nakamura;Makoto Yamamori;Hisashi Hirano;Soh Hidaka

  • Structural and Transcriptional Analysis of the Self-Incompatibility Locus of Almond: Identification of a Pollen-Expressed F-Box Gene with Haplotype-Specific Polymorphism

    Koichiro Ushijima;Hidenori Sassa;Abhaya M. Dandekar;Thomas M. Gradziel

  • Cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding S-RNases from almond (Prunus dulcis): primary structural features and sequence diversity of the S-RNases in Rosaceae

    K. Ushijima;H. Sassa;R. Tao;H. Yamane

  • Self-incompatibility (S) alleles of the Rosaceae encode members of a distinct class of the T2/S ribonuclease superfamily.

    Hidenori Sassa;Takeshi Nishio;Yasuo Kowyama;Hisashi Hirano

  • Microsequencing of proteins electrotransferred onto immobilizing matrices from polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis: application to an insoluble protein.

    Hisashi Hirano;Toshihiro Watanabe

  • Self-Incompatibility-Related RNases in Styles of Japanese Pear (Pyrus serotina Rehd.)

    Hidenori Sassa;Hisashi Hirano;Hiroshi Ikehashi

  • SMG-8 and SMG-9, two novel subunits of the SMG-1 complex, regulate remodeling of the mRNA surveillance complex during nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

    Akio Yamashita;Natsuko Izumi;Isao Kashima;Tetsuo Ohnishi

  • Distribution of saccharide residues on membrane fragments from a myeloma-cell homogenate: its implications for membrane biogenesis.

    Hiroshi Hirano;Brenda Parkhouse;Garth L. Nicolson;Edwin S. Lennox

  • Identification and characterization of stylar glycoproteins associated with self-incompatibility genes of Japanese pear, Pyrus serotina Rehd

    Hidenori Sassa;Hisashi Hirano;Hiroshi Ikehashi

  • Deimination of arginine residues in nucleophosmin/B23 and histones in HL-60 granulocytes.

    Teruki Hagiwara;Katsuhiko Nakashima;Hisashi Hirano;Tatsuo Senshu

  • S Locus F-Box Brothers: Multiple and Pollen-Specific F-Box Genes With S Haplotype-Specific Polymorphisms in Apple and Japanese Pear

    Hidenori Sassa;Hiroyuki Kakui;Mayu Miyamoto;Yusuke Suzuki

  • Structural basis of starvation-induced assembly of the autophagy initiation complex

    Yuko Fujioka;Sho W Suzuki;Hayashi Yamamoto;Chika Kondo-Kakuta

  • IDENTIFICATION OF SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY GENOTYPES OF ALMOND BY ALLELE-SPECIFIC PCR ANALYSIS

    M. Tamura;K. Ushijima;H. Sassa;H. Hirano

  • Style‐specific self‐compatible mutation caused by deletion of the S‐RNase gene in Japanese pear (Pyrus serotina)

    Hidenori Sassa;Hisashi Hirano;Takeshi Nishio;Takato Koba

  • The Intrinsically Disordered Protein Atg13 Mediates Supramolecular Assembly of Autophagy Initiation Complexes

    Hayashi Yamamoto;Yuko Fujioka;Sho W. Suzuki;Daisuke Noshiro

  • Thioredoxin h is one of the major proteins in rice phloem sap

    Yutaka Ishiwatari;Chikako Honda;Ichiro Kawashima;Shin-ichi Nakamura

  • Atg13 HORMA domain recruits Atg9 vesicles during autophagosome formation

    Sho W. Suzuki;Hayashi Yamamoto;Yu Oikawa;Chika Kondo-Kakuta

  • AAA+ Proteins RUVBL1 and RUVBL2 Coordinate PIKK Activity and Function in Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay

    Natsuko Izumi;Akio Yamashita;Akio Yamashita;Akihiro Iwamatsu;Rie Kurata

  • Microsequence analysis of winged bean seed proteins electroblotted from two-dimensional gel.

    Hisashi Hirano

Frequent Co-Authors

Setsuko Komatsu
Setsuko Komatsu Fukui University of Technology
Akihide Ryo
Akihide Ryo Yokohama City University
Shigeo Ohno
Shigeo Ohno Yokohama City University
Hiroshi Kawasaki
Hiroshi Kawasaki Keio University
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Toshiyuki Shimizu
Toshiyuki Shimizu University of Tokyo
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto Kyoto University
Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Susumu Tsunasawa
Susumu Tsunasawa Osaka University
Osamu Ohara
Osamu Ohara Chiba University

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