Kazumasa Ohashi

Overview

Best Publications

• Signaling from Rho to the actin cytoskeleton through protein kinases ROCK and LIM-kinase.

  Midori Maekawa;Toshimasa Ishizaki;Shuken Boku;Naoki Watanabe

  2007
  Citations

• Cofilin phosphorylation by LIM-kinase 1 and its role in Rac-mediated actin reorganization

  Neng Yang;Osamu Higuchi;Kazumasa Ohashi;Kyoko Nagata

  1583
  Citations

• Rho-associated Kinase ROCK Activates LIM-kinase 1 by Phosphorylation at Threonine 508 within the Activation Loop

  Kazumasa Ohashi;Kyoko Nagata;Midori Maekawa;Toshimasa Ishizaki

  653
  Citations

• Identification of the Product of Growth Arrest-specific Gene 6 as a Common Ligand for Axl, Sky, and Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

  Kyoko Nagata;Kazumasa Ohashi;Toru Nakano;Hitoshi Arita

  607
  Citations

• Phosphorylation of cofilin by LIM-kinase is necessary for semaphorin 3A-induced growth cone collapse.

  Hiroyuki Aizawa;Hiroyuki Aizawa;Shuji Wakatsuki;Ai Ishii;Kenji Moriyama

  447
  Citations

• A critical role for a Rho-associated kinase, p160ROCK, in determining axon outgrowth in mammalian CNS neurons

  Haruhiko Bito;Tomoyuki Furuyashiki;Hisamitsu Ishihara;Yoshikazu Shibasaki

  391
  Citations

• Cell adhesion to phosphatidylserine mediated by a product of growth arrest-specific gene 6.

  Toru Nakano;Yoshikazu Ishimoto;Junji Kishino;Masato Umeda

  289
  Citations

• Peroxisome Targeting Signal Type 1 (PTS1) Receptor Is Involved in Import of Both PTS1 and PTS2: Studies with PEX5-Defective CHO Cell Mutants

  Hidenori Otera;Kanji Okumoto;Keita Tateishi;Yuka Ikoma

  282
  Citations

• Control of growth cone motility and morphology by LIM kinase and Slingshot via phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of cofilin.

  Mitsuharu Endo;Kazumasa Ohashi;Yukio Sasaki;Yoshio Goshima

  269
  Citations

• Spatial and temporal regulation of cofilin activity by LIM kinase and Slingshot is critical for directional cell migration.

  Michiru Nishita;Chinatsu Tomizawa;Masahiro Yamamoto;Yuji Horita

  268
  Citations

• Identification of a human cDNA encoding a novel protein kinase with two repeats of the LIM/double zinc finger motif.

  Kensaku Mizuno;Ichiro Okano;Kazumasa Ohashi;Koh Nunoue

  266
  Citations

• Identification and characterization of a novel family of serine/threonine kinases containing two N-terminal LIM motifs.

  Ichiro Okano;Junji Hiraoka;Hidenori Otera;Koh Nunoue

  263
  Citations

• Promotion of the uptake of PS liposomes and apoptotic cells by a product of growth arrest-specific gene, gas6.

  Yoshikazu Ishimoto;Kazumasa Ohashi;Kensaku Mizuno;Toru Nakano

  259
  Citations

• Cofilin promotes stimulus-induced lamellipodium formation by generating an abundant supply of actin monomers

  Tai Kiuchi;Kazumasa Ohashi;Souichi Kurita;Kensaku Mizuno

  244
  Citations

• Roles of the cytoskeleton, cell adhesion and rho signalling in mechanosensing and mechanotransduction.

  Kazumasa Ohashi;Sachiko Fujiwara;Sachiko Fujiwara;Kensaku Mizuno

  233
  Citations

• A pathway of neuregulin-induced activation of cofilin-phosphatase Slingshot and cofilin in lamellipodia.

  Kyoko Nagata-Ohashi;Yusaku Ohta;Kazumichi Goto;Shuhei Chiba

  228
  Citations

• MAPKAPK-2-mediated LIM-kinase activation is critical for VEGF-induced actin remodeling and cell migration

  Miho Kobayashi;Michiru Nishita;Toshiaki Mishima;Kazumasa Ohashi

  221
  Citations

• Cloning of the cDNA for a novel receptor tyrosine kinase, Sky, predominantly expressed in brain.

  K. Ohashi;K. Mizuno;K.-I. Kuma;T. Miyata

  196
  Citations

• LIM Kinase and Slingshot Are Critical for Neurite Extension

  Mitsuharu Endo;Kazumasa Ohashi;Kensaku Mizuno

  180
  Citations

• Differential activities, subcellular distribution and tissue expression patterns of three members of Slingshot family phosphatases that dephosphorylate cofilin

  Yusaku Ohta;Kazuyoshi Kousaka;Kyoko Nagata-Ohashi;Kazumasa Ohashi

  165
  Citations