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Jun Aruga is affiliated with Nagasaki University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience and related molecular biology fields. Their work primarily spans investigations into cellular and molecular neuroscience, with additional focus on molecular biology, cell biology, cognitive neuroscience, and genetics.

The main topics of Jun Aruga's research include:

  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Jun Aruga has published in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (4 publications)
  • iScience (2 publications)
  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society (2 publications)
  • Pharmaceutics (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Neural Circuits (1 publication)

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Trans-Synaptic Regulation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors by Elfn Proteins in Health and Disease" (2021) in Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • "Characterization of a Primate Blood-Brain Barrier Co-Culture Model Prepared from Primary Brain Endothelial Cells, Pericytes and Astrocytes" (2021) in Pharmaceutics
  • "Developmental control of noradrenergic system by SLITRK1 and its implications in the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders" (2023) in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • "SLITRK1-mediated noradrenergic projection suppression in the neonatal prefrontal cortex" (2022) in Communications Biology
  • "Slitrk2 deficiency causes hyperactivity with altered vestibular function and serotonergic dysregulation" (2022) in iScience

Frequent collaborators of Jun Aruga include:

  • Minoru Hatayama
  • Hayato Matsunaga
  • Keiichi Katayama
  • Muhammad Ilyas
  • Shinsuke Nakagawa

Best Publications

  • Mouse-Musashi-1, a neural RNA-binding protein highly enriched in the mammalian CNS stem cell.

    Shin Ichi Sakakibara;Shin Ichi Sakakibara;Takao Imai;Takao Imai;Kayoko Hamaguchi;Masataka Okabe;Masataka Okabe

  • THE EXPRESSION OF THE MOUSE ZIC1, ZIC2, AND ZIC3 GENE SUGGESTS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE FOR ZIC GENES IN BODY PATTERN FORMATION

    Takeharu Nagai;Jun Aruga;Shinji Takada;Thomas Günther

  • The role of Zic genes in neural development.

    Jun Aruga

  • The subtypes of the mouse inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor are expressed in a tissue-specific and developmentally specific manner.

    Toshiyuki Nakagawa;Hideyuki Okano;Teiichi Furuichi;Jun Aruga

  • IP3 Receptor Types 2 and 3 Mediate Exocrine Secretion Underlying Energy Metabolism

    Akira Futatsugi;Takeshi Nakamura;Maki K. Yamada;Etsuko Ebisui

  • Glial cell degeneration and hypomyelination caused by overexpression of myelin proteolipid protein gene.

    Tetsushi Kagawa;Kazuhiro Ikenaka;Yoshiro Inoue;Shigeki Kuriyama

  • Inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate binding to C2B domain of IP4BP/synaptotagmin II.

    Mitsunori Fukuda;Jun Aruga;Michio Niinobe;Saburo Aimoto

  • Zic2 Patterns Binocular Vision by Specifying the Uncrossed Retinal Projection

    Eloı́sa Herrera;Lucia Brown;Jun Aruga;Rivka A. Rachel

  • Selective control of inhibitory synapse development by Slitrk3-PTPδ trans-synaptic interaction.

    Hideto Takahashi;Kei-ichi Katayama;Kazuhiro Sohya;Hiroyuki Miyamoto

  • The Mouse Zic Gene Family HOMOLOGUES OF THE DROSOPHILA PAIR-RULE GENE odd-paired

    Jun Aruga;Takeharu Nagai;Tsutomu Tokuyama;Yoshihide Hayashizaki

  • A novel zinc finger protein, zic, is involved in neurogenesis, especially in the cell lineage of cerebellar granule cells.

    Jun Aruga;Naoki Yokota;Mitsuhiro Hashimoto;Teiichi Furuichi

  • Identification and characterization of Slitrk, a novel neuronal transmembrane protein family controlling neurite outgrowth

    Jun Aruga;Katsuhiko Mikoshiba

  • Xenopus Zic3, a primary regulator both in neural and neural crest development

    Katsunori Nakata;Takeharu Nagai;Jun Aruga;Katsuhiko Mikoshiba

  • Zic2 regulates the kinetics of neurulation

    Takeharu Nagai;Jun Aruga;Osamu Minowa;Takashi Sugimoto

  • The Xenopus IP3 receptor: Structure, function, and localization in oocytes and eggs

    Shoen Kume;Shoen Kume;Akira Muto;Jun Aruga;Jun Aruga;Toshiyuki Nakagawa

  • Physical and functional interactions between Zic and Gli proteins.

    Yoshio Koyabu;Katsunori Nakata;Kiyomi Mizugishi;Jun Aruga

  • Molecular properties of Zic proteins as transcriptional regulators and their relationship to GLI proteins.

    Kiyomi Mizugishi;Kiyomi Mizugishi;Jun Aruga;Katsunori Nakata;Katsuhiko Mikoshiba;Katsuhiko Mikoshiba

  • Xenopus Zic family and its role in neural and neural crest development

    Katsunori Nakata;Takeharu Nagai;Jun Aruga;Katsuhiko Mikoshiba

  • Mouse Zic1 is involved in cerebellar development.

    Jun Aruga;Osamu Minowa;Hiroyuki Yaginuma;Junko Kuno

  • Predominant Expression of Human Zic in Cerebellar Granule Cell Lineage and Medulloblastoma

    Naoki Yokota;Jun Aruga;Setsuo Takai;Kiyomi Yamada

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ShanghaiTech University
Hideyuki Okano
Hideyuki Okano Keio University
Takeharu Nagai
Takeharu Nagai Osaka University
Mitsunori Fukuda
Mitsunori Fukuda Tohoku University
Takeo Yoshikawa
Takeo Yoshikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Kazunori Nakajima
Kazunori Nakajima Keio University
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics
Kazuhiro Ikenaka
Kazuhiro Ikenaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Tetsuo Noda
Tetsuo Noda Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Yoshiyuki Sakaki
Yoshiyuki Sakaki Toyohashi University of Technology

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