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Overview

Jun Yokota is affiliated with the National Cancer Research Institute, UK, based in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine.

Their subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Hematology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Within these areas, the scientist focuses on key topics such as RNA modifications and cancer, Protein Degradation and Inhibitors, Lung Cancer Research Studies, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Jun Yokota has authored several papers across different journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "BET-Inhibitor I-BET762 and PARP-Inhibitor Talazoparib Synergy in Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Gene Amplification-Associated Overexpression of the Selenoprotein tRNA Enzyme TRIT1 Confers Sensitivity to Arsenic Trioxide in Small-Cell Lung Cancer," 2021, Cancers
  • "ISOTOPE: ISOform-guided prediction of epiTOPEs in cancer," 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "ISOTOPE: ISOform-guided prediction of epiTOPEs in cancer," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has contributed to research disseminated in venues such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cancers, PLoS Computational Biology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Frequent collaborators of Jun Yokota include Juan L. Trincado, Marina Reixachs-Solé, Judith Pérez-Granado, Tim Fugmann, and Ferrán Sanz, with whom they have co-authored multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Unique microRNA molecular profiles in lung cancer diagnosis and prognosis

    Nozomu Yanaihara;Natasha Caplen;Elise Bowman;Masahiro Seike

  • Comprehensive genomic profiles of small cell lung cancer

    Julie George;Jing Shan Lim;Se Jin Jang;Yupeng Cun

  • KIF5B-RET fusions in lung adenocarcinoma.

    Takashi Kohno;Hitoshi Ichikawa;Yasushi Totoki;Kazuki Yasuda

  • Circulating Exosomal microRNAs as Biomarkers of Colon Cancer

    Hiroko Ogata-Kawata;Masashi Izumiya;Daisuke Kurioka;Yoshitaka Honma

  • Identification of genes upregulated in ALK-positive and EGFR/KRAS/ALK-negative lung adenocarcinomas.

    Hirokazu Okayama;Takashi Kohno;Yuko Ishii;Yoko Shimada

  • Loss of Keap1 Function Activates Nrf2 and Provides Advantages for Lung Cancer Cell Growth

    Tsutomu Ohta;Kumiko Iijima;Mamiko Miyamoto;Izumi Nakahara

  • Familial gastric cancer: overview and guidelines for management*

    Carlos Caldas;Fatima Carneiro;Henry T Lynch;Jun Yokota

  • Loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes 3, 13, and 17 in small-cell carcinoma and on chromosome 3 in adenocarcinoma of the lung

    Jun Yokota;Makio Wada;Yukio Shimosato;Masaaki Terada

  • Tumor progression and metastasis

    Jun Yokota

  • Genetic polymorphisms and alternative splicing of the hOGG1 gene, that is involved in the repair of 8-hydroxyguanine in damaged DNA

    Takashi Kohno;Kazuya Shinmura;Kazuya Shinmura;Masahiko Tosaka;Masachika Tani

  • Amplification of c-erbB-2 oncogene in human adenocarcinomas in vivo.

    Jun Yokota;Kumao Toyoshima;Takashi Sugimura;Tadashi Yamamoto

  • Correlation between Long-Term Survival in Breast Cancer Patients and Amplification of Two Putative Oncogene-Coamplification Units: hst-1/int-2 and c-erbB-2/ear-1

    Tsuda H;Hirohashi S;Shimosato Y;Hirota T

  • Allele loss on chromosome 16 associated with progression of human hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Hitoshi Tsuda;Wandong Zhang;Yukio Shimosato;Jun Yokota

  • Increased formation of oxidative DNA damage, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, in human livers with chronic hepatitis.

    Ryuya Shimoda;Makoto Nagashima;Michiie Sakamoto;Naohito Yamaguchi

  • p29ING4 and p28ING5 bind to p53 and p300, and enhance p53 activity.

    Masayuki Shiseki;Makoto Nagashima;Remy M. Pedeux;Mariko Kitahama-Shiseki

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking women in Asia.

    Qing Lan;Chao A. Hsiung;Keitaro Matsuo;Yun Chul Hong

  • Altered expression of the retinoblastoma (RB) gene in small-cell carcinoma of the lung.

    J Yokota;T Akiyama;Y K Fung;W F Benedict

  • hOGG1 Ser326Cys Polymorphism and Lung Cancer Susceptibility

    H. Sugimura;T. Kohno;K. Wakai;K. Nagura

  • Prevalence and specificity of LKB1 genetic alterations in lung cancers

    S. Matsumoto;R. Iwakawa;K. Takahashi;T. Kohno

  • Cloning of a human homolog of the yeast OGG1 gene that is involved in the repair of oxidative DNA damage

    Kiyomitsu Arai;Kiyomitsu Arai;Kazuhiro Morishita;Kazuya Shinmura;Takashi Kohno

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Kohno
Takashi Kohno National Cancer Centre
Masaaki Terada
Masaaki Terada National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Takashi Sugimura
Takashi Sugimura National Cancer Centre
Setsuo Hirohashi
Setsuo Hirohashi National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Koji Tsuta
Koji Tsuta Kansai Medical University
Curtis C. Harris
Curtis C. Harris National Institutes of Health
Hiromi Sakamoto
Hiromi Sakamoto National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Teruhiko Yoshida
Teruhiko Yoshida National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Yoshihiro Matsuno
Yoshihiro Matsuno Hokkaido University
Haruhiko Sugimura
Haruhiko Sugimura Hamamatsu University

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