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Overview

Ken Sato is a researcher affiliated with Gunma University in Japan. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad disciplines, they have contributed notably to subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research focus covers multiple key topics such as Cellular transport and secretion, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, as well as Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Ken Sato's publication record features a selection of papers published in peer-reviewed journals across several high-impact venues. Among these are:

  • Structural insights into tetraspanin CD9 function, 2020, Nature Communications
  • ERdj8 governs the size of autophagosomes during the formation process, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Cargo receptor Surf4 regulates endoplasmic reticulum export of proinsulin in pancreatic β-cells, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is essential for the selective degradation of maternal membrane proteins and preimplantation development, 2021, Development
  • Reorganization, specialization, and degradation of oocyte maternal components for early development, 2023, Reproductive Medicine and Biology

The venues in which Ken Sato regularly publishes include Nature Communications, The Journal of Cell Biology, Communications Biology, eLife, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

In their collaborative work, Ken Sato frequently coauthors with several researchers who have been involved in multiple publications together. These coauthors include Yuhkoh Satouh, Miyuki Sato, Hidetaka Kosako, Taeko Sasaki, and Takaki Tatebe.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Degradation of Paternal Mitochondria by Fertilization-Triggered Autophagy in C. elegans Embryos

    Miyuki Sato;Ken Sato

  • The Rab8 GTPase regulates apical protein localization in intestinal cells

    Takashi Sato;Sotaro Mushiake;Yukio Kato;Ken Sato

  • Defining the functions of trans -SNARE pairs

    Christian Ungermann;Ken Sato;Ken Sato;William Wickner

  • Maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA by diverse mechanisms to eliminate paternal mitochondrial DNA.

    Miyuki Sato;Ken Sato

  • Mechanisms of COPII vesicle formation and protein sorting

    Ken Sato;Akihiko Nakano

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The yeast RER2 gene, identified by endoplasmic reticulum protein localization mutations, encodes cis-prenyltransferase, a key enzyme in dolichol synthesis.

    Miyuki Sato;Ken Sato;Shuh-ichi Nishikawa;Aiko Hirata

  • Importance of the Proline-Rich Region Following Signal-Anchor Sequence in the Formation of Correct Conformation of Microsomal Cytochrome P-450s

    Soh Yamazaki;Ken Sato;Katsuko Suhara;Masao Sakaguchi

  • Randomized phase 3 trial of ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir for hepatitis C virus genotype 1b-infected Japanese patients with or without cirrhosis.

    Hiromitsu Kumada;Kazuaki Chayama;Lino Rodrigues;Fumitaka Suzuki

  • Rer1p, a Retrieval Receptor for Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Proteins, Is Dynamically Localized to the Golgi Apparatus by Coatomer

    Ken Sato;Miyuki Sato;Akihiko Nakano

  • Functional Reconstitution of the Na+-driven Polar Flagellar Motor Component of Vibrio alginolyticus

    Ken Sato;Michio Homma

  • Regulation of endocytic recycling by C. elegans Rab35 and its regulator RME-4, a coated-pit protein.

    Miyuki Sato;Miyuki Sato;Ken Sato;Ken Sato;Willisa Liou;Saumya Pant

  • Dissection of COPII subunit-cargo assembly and disassembly kinetics during Sar1p-GTP hydrolysis.

    Ken Sato;Akihiko Nakano

  • Endoplasmic reticulum localization of Sec12p is achieved by two mechanisms: Rer1p-dependent retrieval that requires the transmembrane domain and Rer1p-independent retention that involves the cytoplasmic domain.

    M Sato;K Sato;A Nakano

  • Caenorhabditis elegans RME-6 is a novel regulator of RAB-5 at the clathrin-coated pit.

    Miyuki Sato;Ken Sato;Paul Fonarev;Chih-Jen Huang

  • A dominant negative mutant of sar1 GTPase inhibits protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus in tobacco and Arabidopsis cultured cells.

    Masaki Takeuchi;Takashi Ueda;Ken Sato;Hiroshi Abe

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis: clinical characteristics, prognosis, and patient survival analysis.

    Daichi Takizawa;Satoru Kakizaki;Naondo Sohara;Ken Sato

Frequent Co-Authors

Masatomo Mori
Masatomo Mori Gunma University
Barth D. Grant
Barth D. Grant Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Soichi Wakatsuki
Soichi Wakatsuki Stanford University
Hiroyuki Noji
Hiroyuki Noji University of Tokyo
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Michio Homma
Michio Homma Nagoya University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Kazuhiro Nagata
Kazuhiro Nagata Kyoto Sangyo University

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