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Kazuya Iwamoto

Kazuya Iwamoto

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
9236
World Ranking
18653
National Ranking
1337

Overview

Kazuya Iwamoto is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, notably Molecular Biology, Surgery, Genetics, Oncology, and Biological Psychiatry.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics such as Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Iwamoto has published research in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, Research Square (Research Square), The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, and Neuroscience Research.

Some of their recent notable papers include:

  • Colonization of distant organs by tumor cells generating circulating homotypic clusters adaptive to fluid shear stress (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Decreased DNA methylation at promoters and gene-specific neuronal hypermethylation in the prefrontal cortex of patients with bipolar disorder (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Promoter Activity-Based Case-Control Association Study on SLC6A4 Highlighting Hypermethylation and Altered Amygdala Volume in Male Patients With Schizophrenia (2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin)
  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α as a novel therapeutic target for schizophrenia (2020, EBioMedicine)
  • Global DNA hypomethylation and its correlation to the betaine level in peripheral blood of patients with schizophrenia (2020, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry)

Iwamoto collaborates frequently with researchers including:

  • Miki Bundo
  • Yutaka Nakachi
  • Tsunekazu Mizushima
  • Tadafumi Kato
  • Atsushi Naito

Best Publications

  • Functional organization of the transcriptome in human brain

    Michael C Oldham;Genevieve Konopka;Kazuya Iwamoto;Peter Langfelder

  • Abnormal behavior in a chromosome-engineered mouse model for human 15q11-13 duplication seen in autism

    Jin Nakatani;Kota Tamada;Kota Tamada;Fumiyuki Hatanaka;Fumiyuki Hatanaka;Satoko Ise

  • Altered expression of mitochondria-related genes in postmortem brains of patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, as revealed by large-scale DNA microarray analysis

    Kazuya Iwamoto;Miki Bundo;Tadafumi Kato

  • Molecular characterization of bipolar disorder by comparing gene expression profiles of postmortem brains of major mental disorders

    K Iwamoto;C Kakiuchi;M Bundo;K Ikeda

  • Increased L1 Retrotransposition in the Neuronal Genome in Schizophrenia

    Miki Bundo;Manabu Toyoshima;Yohei Okada;Wado Akamatsu

  • Impaired feedback regulation of XBP1 as a genetic risk factor for bipolar disorder.

    Chihiro Kakiuchi;Kazuya Iwamoto;Mizuho Ishiwata;Miki Bundo

  • DNA Methylation Status of SOX10 Correlates with Its Downregulation and Oligodendrocyte Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

    Kazuya Iwamoto;Miki Bundo;Kazuo Yamada;Hitomi Takao

  • Aberrant DNA methylation associated with bipolar disorder identified from discordant monozygotic twins

    G Kuratomi;K Iwamoto;M Bundo;I Kusumi

  • Neurons show distinctive DNA methylation profile and higher interindividual variations compared with non-neurons

    Kazuya Iwamoto;Miki Bundo;Junko Ueda;Michael C. Oldham

  • DNA methylation of the BDNF gene and its relevance to psychiatric disorders.

    Tempei Ikegame;Miki Bundo;Yui Murata;Kiyoto Kasai

  • RNA editing of serotonin 2C receptor in human postmortem brains of major mental disorders.

    Kazuya Iwamoto;Tadafumi Kato

  • Gene expression profiling of major depression and suicide in the prefrontal cortex of postmortem brains.

    Mamoru Tochigi;Kazuya Iwamoto;Miki Bundo;Tsukasa Sasaki

  • Methylation status of the reelin promoter region in the brain of schizophrenic patients.

    Mamoru Tochigi;Mamoru Tochigi;Kazuya Iwamoto;Miki Bundo;Atsuko Komori

  • Mitochondrial DNA 3243A>G mutation and increased expression of LARS2 gene in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

    Kae Munakata;Kazuya Iwamoto;Miki Bundo;Tadafumi Kato

  • Altered CpG methylation in sporadic Alzheimer's disease is associated with APP and MAPT dysregulation

    Atsushi Iwata;Kenichi Nagata;Hiroyuki Hatsuta;Hiroshi Takuma

  • Genetic or epigenetic difference causing discordance between monozygotic twins as a clue to molecular basis of mental disorders

    T Kato;K Iwamoto;C Kakiuchi;G Kuratomi;G Kuratomi

  • DNA methylation analysis of BDNF gene promoters in peripheral blood cells of schizophrenia patients.

    Tempei Ikegame;Miki Bundo;Fumiko Sunaga;Tatsuro Asai

  • The Role of Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-induced XBP1 Splicing during Brain Development

    Akiko Hayashi;Takaoki Kasahara;Kazuya Iwamoto;Mizuho Ishiwata

  • Gene Expression Profiling in Schizophrenia and Related Mental Disorders

    Kazuya Iwamoto;Tadafumi Kato

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Schizophrenia in Japanese Population

    Kazuo Yamada;Yoshimi Iwayama;Eiji Hattori;Kazuya Iwamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadafumi Kato
Tadafumi Kato Juntendo University
Kiyoto Kasai
Kiyoto Kasai University of Tokyo
Takeo Yoshikawa
Takeo Yoshikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Nakao Iwata
Nakao Iwata Fujita Health University
Kazuo Yamada
Kazuo Yamada RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Masashi Ikeda
Masashi Ikeda Nagoya University
Hiroshi Kunugi
Hiroshi Kunugi Teikyo University
Nobumasa Kato
Nobumasa Kato Showa University
Shinichiro Nanko
Shinichiro Nanko Teikyo University
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo

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