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Junichi Takagi

Junichi Takagi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
19933
World Ranking
5594
National Ranking
361

Overview

Junichi Takagi is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and is an active researcher primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output reflects significant involvement in molecular biology, infectious diseases, oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and immunology and allergy.

The scientist's main research topics include monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, cell adhesion molecules research, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, axon guidance and neuronal signaling, and dental development and anomalies.

Junichi Takagi has contributed to numerous publications, several of which have been influential within their respective fields. Recent papers include:

  • Structural insights into integrin α5β1 opening by fibronectin ligand (2021), published in Science Advances
  • Engineered ACE2 receptor therapy overcomes mutational escape of SARS-CoV-2 (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • Structural mechanism of laminin recognition by integrin (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • An engineered ACE2 decoy neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and confers protection against infection in vivo (2022), published in Science Translational Medicine
  • Celastrol suppresses humoral immune responses and autoimmunity by targeting the COMMD3/8 complex (2023), published in Science Immunology

Their research has appeared frequently in several academic venues, including:

  • The Journal of Biochemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • Structure

Junichi Takagi has collaborated extensively with other researchers, working regularly with coauthors such as Takao Arimori, Emiko Mihara, Hiroaki Suga, Toru Okamoto, and Atsushi Hoshino. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse body of work spanning multiple disciplines within biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Global Conformational Rearrangements in Integrin Extracellular Domains in Outside-In and Inside-Out Signaling

    Junichi Takagi;Benjamin M. Petre;Thomas Walz;Timothy A. Springer

  • Structural basis for allostery in integrins and binding to fibrinogen-mimetic therapeutics

    Tsars Xiao;Junichi Takagi;Junichi Takagi;Barry S. Coller;Jia-Huai Wang

  • Conformational Regulation of Integrin Structure and Function

    Motomu Shimaoka;Junichi Takagi;Timothy A Springer

  • Structures of the αL I Domain and Its Complex with ICAM-1 Reveal a Shape-Shifting Pathway for Integrin Regulation

    Motomu Shimaoka;Tsan Sam Xiao;Jin Huan Liu;Yuting Yang

  • Integrin activation and structural rearrangement.

    Junichi Takagi;Timothy A. Springer

  • Human Pancreatic Tumor Organoids Reveal Loss of Stem Cell Niche Factor Dependence during Disease Progression

    Takashi Seino;Shintaro Kawasaki;Mariko Shimokawa;Hiroki Tamagawa

  • Ligand-binding specificities of laminin-binding integrins: A comprehensive survey of laminin–integrin interactions using recombinant α3β1, α6β1, α7β1 and α6β4 integrins

    Ryoko Nishiuchi;Junichi Takagi;Maria Hayashi;Hiroyuki Ido

  • Structure of integrin α5β1 in complex with fibronectin

    Junichi Takagi;Junichi Takagi;Konstantin Strokovich;Timothy A. Springer;Thomas Walz

  • Cysteine-rich module structure reveals a fulcrum for integrin rearrangement upon activation.

    Natalia Beglova;Stephen C. Blacklow;Junichi Takagi;Timothy A. Springer

  • Semaphorin 7A initiates T-cell-mediated inflammatory responses through α1β1 integrin

    Kazuhiro Suzuki;Tatsusada Okuno;Midori Yamamoto;R. Jeroen Pasterkamp

  • C-terminal Opening Mimics 'Inside-Out' Activation of Integrin alpha5beta1

    Junichi Takagi;Harold P. Erickson;Timothy A. Springer

  • Implications for familial hypercholesterolemia from the structure of the LDL receptor YWTD-EGF domain pair.

    Hyesung Jeon;Wuyi Meng;Junichi Takagi;Michael J. Eck

  • Reversibly locking a protein fold in an active conformation with a disulfide bond: Integrin αL I domains with high affinity and antagonist activity in vivo

    Motomu Shimaoka;Chafen Lu;Roger T. Palframan;Ulrich H. von Andrian

  • Crystal structure of α5β1 integrin ectodomain: Atomic details of the fibronectin receptor

    Masamichi Nagae;Suyong Re;Emiko Mihara;Terukazu Nogi

  • Crystal structure of autotaxin and insight into GPCR activation by lipid mediators

    Hiroshi Nishimasu;Shinichi Okudaira;Kotaro Hama;Emiko Mihara

  • The RGD motif in fibronectin is essential for development but dispensable for fibril assembly

    Seiichiro Takahashi;Michael Leiss;Markus Moser;Tomoo Ohashi

  • A Specific Interface between Integrin Transmembrane Helices and Affinity for Ligand

    Bing Hao Luo;Timothy A. Springer;Junichi Takagi

  • Locking in alternate conformations of the integrin αLβ2 I domain with disulfide bonds reveals functional relationships among integrin domains

    Chafen Lu;Motomu Shimaoka;Qun Zang;Junichi Takagi

  • Epitope Mapping of Antibodies to the C-Terminal Region of the Integrin β2 Subunit Reveals Regions that Become Exposed Upon Receptor Activation

    Chafen Lu;Mazen Ferzly;Junichi Takagi;Timothy A. Springer

  • Association of the Membrane Proximal Regions of the α and β Subunit Cytoplasmic Domains Constrains an Integrin in the Inactive State

    Chafen Lu;Junichi Takagi;Timothy A. Springer

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy A. Springer
Timothy A. Springer Boston Children's Hospital
Yukinari Kato
Yukinari Kato Tohoku University
Yuji Inada
Yuji Inada Toin University of Yokohama
Motomu Shimaoka
Motomu Shimaoka Mie University
Kunio Matsumoto
Kunio Matsumoto Kanazawa University
Mika K. Kaneko
Mika K. Kaneko Tohoku University
Junken Aoki
Junken Aoki Tohoku University
Akira Kikuchi
Akira Kikuchi Osaka University
Osamu Nureki
Osamu Nureki University of Tokyo
Hiroaki Suga
Hiroaki Suga University of Tokyo

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