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Katsuyoshi Mihara

Katsuyoshi Mihara

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
22851
World Ranking
4748
National Ranking
312

Overview

Katsuyoshi Mihara is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan, focusing on research intersecting immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including immunology, molecular biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's research engages deeply with topics related to interferon and immune responses, inflammasome and immune disorders, as well as viral infections and immunology research. These focus areas highlight an emphasis on understanding immune system mechanisms and their implications for disease.

Mihara has published in notable scientific venues, with Nature Communications being a primary publication outlet for their work. The available record shows a paper titled MAVS is energized by Mff which senses mitochondrial metabolism via AMPK for acute antiviral immunity, published in 2020 in Nature Communications.

Frequent collaborators include researchers such as Yuki Hanada, Naotada Ishihara, Lixiang Wang, Hidenori Otera, and Takaya Ishihara. These coauthors reflect a network of scientific partnership contributing to the development of the published research.

  • Main fields of study: Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine
  • Subfields of study: Immunology, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Main topics of work: interferon and immune responses, Inflammasome and immune disorders, Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Publication venue: Nature Communications
  • Frequent coauthors: Yuki Hanada, Naotada Ishihara, Lixiang Wang, Hidenori Otera, Takaya Ishihara

Best Publications

  • Mitotic Phosphorylation of Dynamin-related GTPase Drp1 Participates in Mitochondrial Fission

    Naoko Taguchi;Naotada Ishihara;Akihiro Jofuku;Toshihiko Oka

  • Mff is an essential factor for mitochondrial recruitment of Drp1 during mitochondrial fission in mammalian cells.

    Hidenori Otera;Chunxin Wang;Megan M. Cleland;Kiyoko Setoguchi

  • Mitochondrial fission factor Drp1 is essential for embryonic development and synapse formation in mice

    Naotada Ishihara;Masatoshi Nomura;Akihiro Jofuku;Hiroki Kato

  • Regulation of mitochondrial morphology through proteolytic cleavage of OPA1.

    Naotada Ishihara;Yuu Fujita;Toshihiko Oka;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • Mitofusin 1 and 2 play distinct roles in mitochondrial fusion reactions via GTPase activity.

    Naotada Ishihara;Yuka Eura;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • Structural basis of presequence recognition by the mitochondrial protein import receptor Tom20.

    Yoshito Abe;Toshihiro Shodai;Takanori Muto;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • PINK1 autophosphorylation upon membrane potential dissipation is essential for Parkin recruitment to damaged mitochondria.

    Kei Okatsu;Toshihiko Oka;Masahiro Iguchi;Kenji Imamura;Kenji Imamura

  • Endogenous Drp1 Mediates Mitochondrial Autophagy and Protects the Heart Against Energy Stress

    Yoshiyuki Ikeda;Akihiro Shirakabe;Yasuhiro Maejima;Peiyong Zhai

  • New insights into the function and regulation of mitochondrial fission.

    Hidenori Otera;Naotada Ishihara;Katsuyoshi Mihara;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • Two Mitofusin Proteins, Mammalian Homologues of FZO, with Distinct Functions Are Both Required for Mitochondrial Fusion

    Yuka Eura;Naotada Ishihara;Sadaki Yokota;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion Factors Reciprocally Orchestrate Mitophagic Culling in Mouse Hearts and Cultured Fibroblasts

    Moshi Song;Katsuyoshi Mihara;Yun Chen;Luca Scorrano

  • Export of mitochondrial AIF in response to proapoptotic stimuli depends on processing at the intermembrane space

    Hidenori Otera;Shigenori Ohsakaya;Zen Ichiro Nagaura;Naotada Ishihara

  • Molecular basis of selective mitochondrial fusion by heterotypic action between OPA1 and cardiolipin.

    Tadato Ban;Takaya Ishihara;Hiroto Kohno;Shotaro Saita;Shotaro Saita

  • Molecular mechanisms and physiologic functions of mitochondrial dynamics.

    Hidenori Otera;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • Regulation of mitochondrial morphology by membrane potential, and DRP1-dependent division and FZO1-dependent fusion reaction in mammalian cells

    Naotada Ishihara;Akihiro Jofuku;Yuka Eura;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • A short amino-terminal segment of microsomal cytochrome P-450 functions both as an insertion signal and as a stop−transfer sequence

    M Sakaguchi;K Mihara;R Sato

  • Characterization of the Signal That Directs Tom20 to the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane

    Sachiko Kanaji;Jun Iwahashi;Yuichiro Kida;Masao Sakaguchi

  • Drp1-dependent mitochondrial fission via MiD49/51 is essential for apoptotic cristae remodeling

    Hidenori Otera;Non Miyata;Osamu Kuge;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • Functions of signal and signal-anchor sequences are determined by the balance between the hydrophobic segment and the N-terminal charge

    Masao Sakaguchi;Ryoko Tomiyoshi;Tomoko Kuroiwa;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • Interaction of mitochondrial targeting signals with acidic receptor domains along the protein import pathway: evidence for the 'acid chain' hypothesis

    Tohru Komiya;Sabine Rospert;Carla Koehler;Renate Looser

Frequent Co-Authors

Masao Sakaguchi
Masao Sakaguchi University of Hyogo
Tsuneo Omura
Tsuneo Omura Kyushu University
Masatoshi Nomura
Masatoshi Nomura Kurume University
Ryo Sato
Ryo Sato Osaka University
Noboru Mizushima
Noboru Mizushima University of Tokyo
Yoshio Misumi
Yoshio Misumi Fukuoka University
Dongchon Kang
Dongchon Kang Kyushu University
Günter Blobel
Günter Blobel Rockefeller University
Francis A. Barr
Francis A. Barr University of Oxford

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