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Katsutoshi Yoshizato

Katsutoshi Yoshizato

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
14776
World Ranking
7515
National Ranking
512

Overview

Katsutoshi Yoshizato is affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in related subfields such as Cell Biology, Cancer Research, Hepatology, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hair Growth and Disorders
  • Dermatologic Treatments and Research
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Liver physiology and pathology

Yoshizato has contributed to numerous publications, with recent papers including:

  • "TGF-β1-driven reduction of cytoglobin leads to oxidative DNA damage in stellate cells during non-alcoholic steatohepatitis," 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • "Hexa Histidine-Tagged Recombinant Human Cytoglobin Deactivates Hepatic Stellate Cells and Inhibits Liver Fibrosis by Scavenging Reactive Oxygen Species," 2021, Hepatology
  • "The Effects of Ischemia and Hyperoxygenation on Hair Growth and Cycle," 2020, Organogenesis
  • "Glass-patternable notch-shaped microwave architecture for on-chip spin detection in biological samples," 2022, Lab on a Chip
  • "Cytoglobin attenuates pancreatic cancer growth via scavenging reactive oxygen species," 2022, Oncogenesis

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Hepatology, Hepatology, Lab on a Chip, Oncogenesis, and the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Misako Sato
  • Norifumi Kawada
  • Tsutomu Matsubara
  • Atsuko Daikoku
  • Lê Thị Thanh Thủy

Best Publications

  • Near Completely Humanized Liver in Mice Shows Human-Type Metabolic Responses to Drugs

    Chise Tateno;Yasumi Yoshizane;Naomi Saito;Miho Kataoka

  • Transgenic silkworms produce recombinant human type III procollagen in cocoons.

    Masahiro Tomita;Hiroto Munetsuna;Tsutomu Sato;Takahiro Adachi

  • Characterization of a Stellate Cell Activation-associated Protein (STAP) with Peroxidase Activity Found in Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells

    Norifumi Kawada;Dan Bach Kristensen;Kinji Asahina;Kazuki Nakatani

  • Cell Culture on a Thermo-Responsive Polymer Surface

    Toshiaki Takezawa;Yuichi Mori;Katsutoshi Yoshizato;Katsutoshi Yoshizato

  • Proteome analysis of rat hepatic stellate cells

    Dan Bach Kristensen;Norifumi Kawada;Kunihiko Imamura;Yuka Miyamoto

  • MicroRNA-221/222 upregulation indicates the activation of stellate cells and the progression of liver fibrosis

    Tomohiro Ogawa;Tomohiro Ogawa;Masaru Enomoto;Hideki Fujii;Yumiko Sekiya

  • Type IV collagen in sponges, the missing link in basement membrane ubiquity.

    Nicolas Boute;Jean-Yves Exposito;Nicole Boury-Esnault;Jean Vacelet

  • Suppression of hepatic stellate cell activation by microRNA-29b.

    Yumiko Sekiya;Tomohiro Ogawa;Katsutoshi Yoshizato;Kazuo Ikeda

  • Real-Time Analysis of Ligand-Induced Cell Surface and Intracellular Reactions of Living Mast Cells Using a Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Biosensor

    Michihiro Hide;Tomoko Tsutsui;Hajime Sato;Tomoaki Nishimura

  • Infection of human hepatocyte chimeric mouse with genetically engineered hepatitis B virus.

    Masataka Tsuge;Nobuhiko Hiraga;Hideki Takaishi;Chiemi Noguchi

  • Single lymphocyte analysis with a microwell array chip

    Yoshiharu Tokimitsu;Hiroyuki Kishi;Sachiko Kondo;Ritsu Honda

  • Cytoglobin/STAP, its unique localization in splanchnic fibroblast-like cells and function in organ fibrogenesis.

    Kazuki Nakatani;Hiroaki Okuyama;Yasuyuki Shimahara;Shigeru Saeki

  • Suppression of type I collagen production by microRNA-29b in cultured human stellate cells.

    Tomohiro Ogawa;Masashi Iizuka;Yumiko Sekiya;Yumiko Sekiya;Katsutoshi Yoshizato

  • Establishment of Rat Dermal Papilla Cell Lines that Sustain the Potency to Induce Hair Follicles from Afollicular Skin

    Mutsumi Inamatsu;Takashi Matsuzaki;Hiroko Iwanari;Katsutoshi Yoshizato

  • Expression of Sonic hedgehog gene in regenerating newt limb blastemas recapitulates that in developing limb buds

    Yutaka Imokawa;Katsutoshi Yoshizato

  • Stimulation of Proliferation of Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells by Galectin-1 and Galectin-3 through Different Intracellular Signaling Pathways

    Naoto Maeda;Norifumi Kawada;Shuichi Seki;Tetsuo Arakawa

  • Long-term cultivation of adult rat hepatocytes that undergo multiple cell divisions and express normal parenchymal phenotypes

    Chise Tateno;Katsutoshi Yoshizato

  • EXPRESSION OF HUMAN CYTOCHROMES P450 IN CHIMERIC MICE WITH HUMANIZED LIVER

    Miki Katoh;Tomohito Matsui;Miki Nakajima;Chise Tateno

  • Proteome Analysis of Human Vitreous Proteins

    Ken Yamane;Atsushi Minamoto;Hidetoshi Yamashita;Hiroshi Takamura

  • Generation of a transgenic silkworm that secretes recombinant proteins in the sericin layer of cocoon: production of recombinant human serum albumin.

    Shingo Ogawa;Masahiro Tomita;Katsuhiko Shimizu;Katsutoshi Yoshizato

Frequent Co-Authors

Norifumi Kawada
Norifumi Kawada Osaka Metropolitan University
Kazuaki Chayama
Kazuaki Chayama Hiroshima University
Tsuyoshi Yokoi
Tsuyoshi Yokoi Nagoya University
Michio Imamura
Michio Imamura Hiroshima University
Yoshitsugu Shiro
Yoshitsugu Shiro University of Hyogo
Miki Nakajima
Miki Nakajima Kanazawa University
Michihiro Hide
Michihiro Hide Hiroshima University
Mark Pines
Mark Pines Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Takaji Wakita
Takaji Wakita National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Arnon Nagler
Arnon Nagler Sheba Medical Center

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