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Keiichi Higuchi

Keiichi Higuchi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
12390
World Ranking
15504
National Ranking
1099

Overview

Keiichi Higuchi is affiliated with Shinshu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on medicine. Their body of work encompasses various subfields including molecular biology, physiology, cell biology, oncology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's research topics prominently include:

  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide

Keiichi Higuchi has published in various recognized venues, with frequent contributions to these journals:

  • Amyloid
  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Veterinary Pathology

Their recent publications include:

  • "Curcumin promotes AApoAII amyloidosis and peroxisome proliferation in mice by activating the PPARα signaling pathway," 2021, eLife
  • "Dialysis-related amyloidosis associated with a novel β2-microglobulin variant," 2020, Amyloid
  • "Classification of amyloidosis and protein misfolding disorders in animals 2024: A review on pathology and diagnosis," 2024, Veterinary Pathology
  • "Renal Function in Aged C57BL/6J Mice Is Impaired by Deposition of Age-Related Apolipoprotein A-II Amyloid Independent of Kidney Aging," 2023, American Journal Of Pathology
  • "Exercise suppresses mouse systemic AApoAII amyloidosis through enhancement of the p38 MAPK signaling pathway," 2022, Disease Models & Mechanisms

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Hiroki Miyahara
  • Masayuki Mori
  • Jian Dai
  • Xiaoran Cui
  • Ying Li

Best Publications

  • Fluorometric determination of amyloid fibrils in vitro using the fluorescent dye, thioflavin T1.

    Hironobu Naiki;Keiichi Higuchi;Masanori Hosokawa;Toshio Takeda

  • Senescence-accelerated-mouse (SAM) : a novel murine model of accelerated senescence

    Toshio Takeda;Masanori Hosokawa;Keiichi Higuchi

  • Senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM): a novel murine model of senescence.

    Toshio Takeda;Masanori Hosokawa;Keiichi Higuchi

  • Age-related changes in bone mass in the senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM). SAM-R/3 and SAM-P/6 as new murine models for senile osteoporosis.

    M Matsushita;T Tsuboyama;R Kasai;H Okumura

  • Grading score system: a method for evaluation of the degree of senescence in senescence accelerated mouse (SAM).

    Hosokawa M;Kasai R;Higuchi K;Takeshita S

  • Pathobiology of the senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM)

    Toshio Takeda;Takatoshi Matsushita;Mafumi Kurozumi;Kiminobu Takemura

  • Human liver apolipoprotein B-100 cDNA: complete nucleic acid and derived amino acid sequence

    S W Law;S M Grant;K Higuchi;A Hospattankar

  • Kinetic analysis of amyloid fibril polymerization in vitro.

    H Naiki;K Higuchi;K Nakakuki;T Takeda

  • Cardiac amyloid in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy consists of abundant wild-type transthyretin.

    Masahide Yazaki;Takahiko Tokuda;Akihiro Nakamura;Takeo Higashikata

  • Exercise effects on methylation of ASC gene.

    K. Nakajima;M. Takeoka;M. Mori;S. Hashimoto

  • SAMP8 mice as a neuropathological model of accelerated brain aging and dementia: Toshio Takeda's legacy and future directions.

    Ichiro Akiguchi;Ichiro Akiguchi;Mercè Pallàs;Herbert Budka;Haruhiko Akiyama

  • Fecal transmission of AA amyloidosis in the cheetah contributes to high incidence of disease.

    Beiru Zhang;Yumi Une;Xiaoying Fu;Jingmin Yan

  • Systemic senile amyloid in senescence-accelerated mice. A unique fibril protein demonstrated in tissues from various organs by the unlabeled immunoperoxidase method.

    Higuchi K;Matsumura A;Honma A;Takeshita S

  • Purification and characterization of a senile amyloid-related antigenic substance (apoSASSAM) from mouse serum. apoSASSAM is an apoA-II apolipoprotein of mouse high density lipoproteins.

    K Higuchi;T Yonezu;K Kogishi;A Matsumura

  • Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 is a negative regulator of peak BMD in SAMP6 mice

    Rika Nakanishi;Motoyuki Shimizu;Masayuki Mori;Haruhiko Akiyama

  • Polymorphism of apolipoprotein A-II (apoA-II) among inbred strains of mice. Relationship between the molecular type of apoA-II and mouse senile amyloidosis.

    K Higuchi;K Kitagawa;H Naiki;K Hanada

  • Lanosterol synthase mutations cause cholesterol deficiency–associated cataracts in the Shumiya cataract rat

    Masayuki Mori;Guixin Li;Ikuro Abe;Jun Nakayama

  • Identification of peak bone mass QTL in a spontaneously osteoporotic mouse strain.

    Motoyuki Shimizu;Keiichi Higuchi;Beth Bennett;Chen Xia

  • Ubiquinol-10 Supplementation Activates Mitochondria Functions to Decelerate Senescence in Senescence-Accelerated Mice

    Geng Tian;Jinko Sawashita;Hiroshi Kubo;Shin-ya Nishio

  • Coenzyme Q10 Improves Lipid Metabolism and Ameliorates Obesity by Regulating CaMKII-Mediated PDE4 Inhibition.

    Zhe Xu;Jia Huo;Xin Ding;Mu Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Masanori Hosokawa
Masanori Hosokawa Kyoto University
Toshio Takeda
Toshio Takeda Kyoto University
Hironobu Naiki
Hironobu Naiki University of Fukui
Takashi Nakamura
Takashi Nakamura Kyoto University
Susumu Tsunasawa
Susumu Tsunasawa Osaka University
Tadao Serikawa
Tadao Serikawa Kyoto University
Jaime Kulisevsky
Jaime Kulisevsky Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sonoko Misawa
Sonoko Misawa Chiba University
Montserrat Baiget
Montserrat Baiget Autonomous University of Barcelona
Masashi Tanaka
Masashi Tanaka Juntendo University

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