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Kimi Araki is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their scholarly output spans diverse topics within molecular biology, immunology, hematology, cancer research, and surgery.

The scientist's research focuses on key areas such as DNA repair mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, genomics and chromatin dynamics, acute myeloid leukemia research, CRISPR and genetic engineering, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Frequent publication venues for Kimi Araki include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Blood
  • Leukemia

Notable recent papers by Kimi Araki include:

  • "MEIOSIN Directs the Switch from Mitosis to Meiosis in Mammalian Germ Cells," 2020, published in Developmental Cell
  • "Independent origins of fetal liver haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells," 2022, published in Nature
  • "The lncRNA Caren antagonizes heart failure by inactivating DNA damage response and activating mitochondrial biogenesis," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Meiosis-Specific C19orf57/4930432K21Rik/BRME1 Modulates Localization of RAD51 and DMC1 to DSBs in Mouse Meiotic Recombination," 2020, published in Cell Reports
  • "Meiotic cohesins mediate initial loading of HORMAD1 to the chromosomes and coordinate SC formation during meiotic prophase," 2020, published in PLoS Genetics

Collaborations form an important component of Kimi Araki's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kei-ichiro Ishiguro
  • Masatake Araki
  • Sayoko Fujimura
  • Naoki Takeda
  • Kazumasa Takemoto

Best Publications

  • Establishment of a pancreatic beta cell line that retains glucose-inducible insulin secretion: special reference to expression of glucose transporter isoforms

    Jun Ichi Miyazaki;Kimi Araki;Eiji Yamato;Hiroshi Ikegami

  • Truncated CBP Protein Leads to Classical Rubinstein—Taybi Syndrome Phenotypes in Mice: Implications for a Dominant-Negative Mechanism

    Yuichi Oike;Akira Hata;Takayoshi Mamiya;Tadashi Kaname

  • Involvement of autophagy in trypsinogen activation within the pancreatic acinar cells.

    Daisuke Hashimoto;Masaki Ohmuraya;Masahiko Hirota;Akitsugu Yamamoto

  • Expression and replication of hepatitis B virus genome in transgenic mice

    Kimi Araki;Jun-Ichi Miyazaki;Okio Hino;Naohiro Tomita

  • Mice Homozygous for a Truncated Form of CREB-Binding Protein Exhibit Defects in Hematopoiesis and Vasculo-angiogenesis

    Yuichi Oike;Nobuyuki Takakura;Nobuyuki Takakura;Akira Hata;Akira Hata;Tadashi Kaname;Tadashi Kaname

  • Site-directed integration of the cre gene mediated by Cre recombinase using a combination of mutant lox sites.

    Kimi Araki;Masatake Araki;Ken ichi Yamamura

  • Redirection of tumor metastasis by expression of E-selectin in vivo.

    Luigi Biancone;Masatake Araki;Kimi Araki;Pierre Vassalli

  • The Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-C/EBP Homologous Protein Pathway-Mediated Apoptosis in Macrophages Contributes to the Instability of Atherosclerotic Plaques

    Hiroto Tsukano;Tomomi Gotoh;Motoyoshi Endo;Keishi Miyata

  • Autophagic Cell Death of Pancreatic Acinar Cells in Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal Type 3—Deficient Mice

    Masaki Ohmuraya;Masahiko Hirota;Masatake Araki;Noboru Mizushima;Noboru Mizushima

  • An efficient gene-trap method using poly A trap vectors and characterization of gene-trap events.

    Hitoshi Niwa;Kimi Araki;Shigemi Kimura;Shin-ichi Taniguchi

  • EFFICIENCY OF RECOMBINATION BY CRE TRANSIENT EXPRESSION IN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS : COMPARISON OF VARIOUS PROMOTERS

    Kimi Araki;Takashi Imaizumi;Keiji Okuyama;Yuichi Oike

  • Angiopoietin-like Protein 2 is an Important Facilitator of Inflammatory Carcinogenesis and Metastasis

    Jun Aoi;Motoyoshi Endo;Tsuyoshi Kadomatsu;Keishi Miyata

  • Regulation of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis by EphB/ephrin-B2 signaling between endothelial cells and surrounding mesenchymal cells.

    Yuichi Oike;Yuichi Oike;Yuichi Oike;Yasuhiro Ito;Yasuhiro Ito;Yasuhiro Ito;Koichi Hamada;Koichi Hamada;Koichi Hamada;Xiu Qin Zhang;Xiu Qin Zhang;Xiu Qin Zhang

  • mTORC1 is essential for leukemia propagation but not stem cell self-renewal

    Takayuki Hoshii;Yuko Tadokoro;Kazuhito Naka;Takako Ooshio

  • Generation and genetic modification of dendritic cells derived from mouse embryonic stem cells

    Satoru Senju;Shinya Hirata;Hidetake Matsuyoshi;Masako Masuda

  • Guided Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Pdx1-Expressing Regional-Specific Definitive Endoderm

    Nobuaki Shiraki;Tetsu Yoshida;Kimi Araki;Akihiro Umezawa

  • MEIOSIN Directs the Switch from Mitosis to Meiosis in Mammalian Germ Cells.

    Kei ichiro Ishiguro;Kumi Matsuura;Naoki Tani;Naoki Takeda

  • Macrophage-Derived Angiopoietin-Like Protein 2 Accelerates Development of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Hirokazu Tazume;Keishi Miyata;Zhe Tian;Motoyoshi Endo

  • Region‐specific gastrointestinal Hox code during murine embryonal gut development

    Yasuhiro Kawazoe;Tomohisa Sekimoto;Masatake Araki;Katsumasa Takagi

  • NRBF2 regulates autophagy and prevents liver injury by modulating Atg14L-linked phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase III activity

    Jiahong Lu;Jiahong Lu;Liqiang He;Christian Behrends;Masatake Araki

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken Ichi Yamamura
Ken Ichi Yamamura Kumamoto University
Yuichi Oike
Yuichi Oike Kumamoto University
Naomi Nakagata
Naomi Nakagata Kumamoto University
Hideo Baba
Hideo Baba Kumamoto University
Motohiro Takeya
Motohiro Takeya Kumamoto Health Science University
Hitoshi Niwa
Hitoshi Niwa Kumamoto University
Hiroyasu Nakano
Hiroyasu Nakano Toho University
Yasuo Uchiyama
Yasuo Uchiyama Juntendo University
Toshio Suda
Toshio Suda National University of Singapore

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