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Molecular Biology

D-Index
160
Citations
99168
World Ranking
63
National Ranking
42

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth M. Yamada is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these domains, their work focuses extensively on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunology and Allergy, Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research explores numerous topics, particularly:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Among recent publications authored by them are:

  • Cell-3D matrix interactions: recent advances and opportunities, 2022, Trends in Cell Biology
  • The extracellular matrix in development, 2020, Development
  • Ubiquitin ligases: guardians of mammalian development, 2022, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Budding epithelial morphogenesis driven by cell-matrix versus cell-cell adhesion, 2021, Cell
  • Cell-extracellular matrix dynamics, 2021, Physical Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kenneth M. Yamada include:

  • Andrew D. Doyle
  • Shaohe Wang
  • Kazue Matsumoto
  • Shayan Nazari
  • David A. Cruz Walma

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Dental Research
  • Development
  • Developmental Cell

Kenneth M. Yamada has been recognized with the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1991.

Best Publications

  • Taking Cell-Matrix Adhesions to the Third Dimension

    Edna Cukierman;Roumen Pankov;Daron R. Stevens;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Transmembrane crosstalk between the extracellular matrix--cytoskeleton crosstalk.

    Benjamin Geiger;Alexander Bershadsky;Roumen Pankov;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Fibronectin at a glance.

    Roumen Pankov;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Modeling Tissue Morphogenesis and Cancer in 3D

    Kenneth M. Yamada;Edna Cukierman

  • Fibronectins—adhesive glycoproteins of cell surface and blood

    Kenneth M. Yamada;Kenneth Olden

  • Inhibition of cell migration, spreading, and focal adhesions by tumor suppressor PTEN

    Masahito Tamura;Jianguo Gu;Jianguo Gu;Kazue Matsumoto;Kazue Matsumoto;Shin-ichi Aota;Shin-ichi Aota

  • Microfilaments in Cellular and Developmental Processes

    N. K. Wessells;B. S. Spooner;J. F. Ash;M. O. Bradley

  • Fibronectins: multifunctional modular glycoproteins.

    R O Hynes;K M Yamada

  • Integrin function: molecular hierarchies of cytoskeletal and signaling molecules.

    S Miyamoto;H Teramoto;O A Coso;J S Gutkind

  • Cell surface interactions with extracellular materials.

    Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Mutation of Pten/Mmac1 in mice causes neoplasia in multiple organ systems

    Katrina Podsypanina;Lora Hedrick Ellenson;Adriana Nemes;Jianguo Gu

  • Random versus directionally persistent cell migration.

    Ryan J. Petrie;Andrew D. Doyle;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Synergistic Roles for Receptor Occupancy and Aggregation in Integrin Transmembrane Function

    Shingo Miyamoto;Steven K. Akiyama;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Cell interactions with three-dimensional matrices.

    Edna Cukierman;Roumen Pankov;Kenneth M Yamada

  • Cell–matrix adhesion

    Allison L. Berrier;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • The relationship between force and focal complex development.

    Catherine G. Galbraith;Kenneth M. Yamada;Michael P. Sheetz;Michael P. Sheetz

  • Integrins can collaborate with growth factors for phosphorylation of receptor tyrosine kinases and MAP kinase activation: roles of integrin aggregation and occupancy of receptors.

    S Miyamoto;H Teramoto;J S Gutkind;K M Yamada

  • ULTRASTRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF GROWTH CONES AND AXONS OF CULTURED NERVE CELLS

    Kenneth M. Yamada;Brian S. Spooner;Norman K. Wessells

  • The short amino acid sequence Pro-His-Ser-Arg-Asn in human fibronectin enhances cell-adhesive function.

    S.-I. Aota;M. Nomizu;K. M. Yamada

  • Integrin transmembrane signaling and cytoskeletal control

    Kenneth M Yamada;Shingo Miyamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven K. Akiyama
Steven K. Akiyama National Institutes of Health
Kenneth Olden
Kenneth Olden National Institutes of Health
Jean Paul Thiery
Jean Paul Thiery National University of Singapore
Edna Cukierman
Edna Cukierman Fox Chase Cancer Center
Martin J. Humphries
Martin J. Humphries University of Manchester
Ira Pastan
Ira Pastan Center for Cancer Research
Benjamin Geiger
Benjamin Geiger Weizmann Institute of Science
Robert M. Pratt
Robert M. Pratt National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Kazuhiro Nagata
Kazuhiro Nagata Kyoto Sangyo University
Bruce J. Baum
Bruce J. Baum National Institutes of Health

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