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Kinichi Nakashima

Kinichi Nakashima

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
22319
World Ranking
5014
National Ranking
325

Overview

Kinichi Nakashima is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their research spans molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and neurology.

Their scientific work focuses on a range of topics including:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Pluripotent stem cells research
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Immune cells in cancer

Recent notable publications by Kinichi Nakashima include:

  • Generation of ovarian follicles from mouse pluripotent stem cells, 2021, Science
  • Reconstitution of the oocyte transcriptional network with transcription factors, 2020, Nature
  • Regulation of Adult Mammalian Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis by Cell Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors, 2021, Cells
  • MeCP2 controls neural stem cell fate specification through miR-199a-mediated inhibition of BMP-Smad signaling, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Transnasal transplantation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia to the brain of immunocompetent mice, 2021, Glia

Frequent co-authors involved in research with Nakashima include:

  • Taito Matsuda (15 publications)
  • Hideyuki Nakashima (13 publications)
  • Takuya Imamura (7 publications)
  • Kanae Matsuda-Ito (6 publications)
  • Sayako Katada (6 publications)

The primary outlets for Nakashima's research findings are diverse, with multiple works published in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 6 publications
  • Neuroscience Research - 3 publications
  • Cells - 2 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 2 publications
  • Epigenomes - 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Synergistic signaling in fetal brain by STAT3-Smad1 complex bridged by p300.

    Kinichi Nakashima;Makoto Yanagisawa;Hirokazu Arakawa;Naoki Kimura

  • Histone deacetylase inhibition-mediated neuronal differentiation of multipotent adult neural progenitor cells

    Jenny Hsieh;Kinichi Nakashima;Kinichi Nakashima;Tomoko Kuwabara;Eunice Mejia

  • Wnt-mediated activation of NeuroD1 and retro-elements during adult neurogenesis

    Tomoko Kuwabara;Jenny Hsieh;Alysson Muotri;Gene Yeo

  • DNA methylation is a critical cell-intrinsic determinant of astrocyte differentiation in the fetal brain.

    Takumi Takizawa;Kinichi Nakashima;Masakazu Namihira;Wataru Ochiai

  • L1 retrotransposition in neurons is modulated by MeCP2

    Alysson R. Muotri;Maria C. N. Marchetto;Nicole G. Coufal;Ruth Oefner

  • A Small Modulatory dsRNA Specifies the Fate of Adult Neural Stem Cells

    Tomoko Kuwabara;Tomoko Kuwabara;Jenny Hsieh;Kinichi Nakashima;Kinichi Nakashima;Kazunari Taira

  • Reconstitution in vitro of the entire cycle of the mouse female germ line

    Orie Hikabe;Nobuhiko Hamazaki;Go Nagamatsu;Yayoi Obata

  • Signaling through BMPR-IA regulates quiescence and long-term activity of neural stem cells in the adult hippocampus.

    Helena Mira;Helena Mira;Zoraida Andreu;Zoraida Andreu;Hoonkyo Suh;Hoonkyo Suh;D. Chichung Lie

  • Fetal liver development requires a paracrine action of oncostatin M through the gp130 signal transducer

    Akihide Kamiya;Taisei Kinoshita;Yoshiaki Ito;Takaaki Matsui

  • BMP2-mediated alteration in the developmental pathway of fetal mouse brain cells from neurogenesis to astrocytogenesis

    Kinichi Nakashima;Takumi Takizawa;Takumi Takizawa;Takumi Takizawa;Wataru Ochiai;Wataru Ochiai;Makoto Yanagisawa;Makoto Yanagisawa

  • Expression and function of orphan nuclear receptor TLX in adult neural stem cells

    Yanhong Shi;D. Chichung Lie;Philippe Taupin;Kinichi Nakashima;Kinichi Nakashima

  • Targeted DNA demethylation in vivo using dCas9-peptide repeat and scFv-TET1 catalytic domain fusions

    Sumiyo Morita;Hirofumi Noguchi;Takuro Horii;Kazuhiko Nakabayashi

  • Mice lacking methyl-CpG binding protein 1 have deficits in adult neurogenesis and hippocampal function

    Xinyu Zhao;Tetsuya Ueba;Tetsuya Ueba;Brian R. Christie;Basam Barkho

  • Brain from bone: efficient "meta-differentiation" of marrow stroma-derived mature osteoblasts to neurons with Noggin or a demethylating agent.

    Jun Kohyama;Hitoshi Abe;Takuya Shimazaki;Takuya Shimazaki;Amane Koizumi

  • Cell fusion-independent differentiation of neural stem cells to the endothelial lineage

    Andrew E. Wurmser;Kinichi Nakashima;Kinichi Nakashima;Robert G. Summers;Nicolas Toni

  • IGF-I instructs multipotent adult neural progenitor cells to become oligodendrocytes

    Jenny Hsieh;James B. Aimone;Brian K. Kaspar;Tomoko Kuwabara

  • Epigenetic Modulation of Seizure-Induced Neurogenesis and Cognitive Decline

    Sebastian Jessberger;Kinichi Nakashima;Gregory D. Clemenson;Eunice Mejia

  • Identification of astrocyte-expressed factors that modulate neural stem/progenitor cell differentiation.

    Basam Z. Barkho;Hongjun Song;James B. Aimone;Richard D. Smrt

  • Committed neuronal precursors confer astrocytic potential on residual neural precursor cells.

    Masakazu Namihira;Jun Kohyama;Katsunori Semi;Tsukasa Sanosaka

  • Developmental Requirement of gp130 Signaling in Neuronal Survival and Astrocyte Differentiation

    Kinichi Nakashima;Stefan Wiese;Makoto Yanagisawa;Hirokazu Arakawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Tomohisa Ogawa
Tomohisa Ogawa Tohoku University
Hideyuki Okano
Hideyuki Okano Keio University
Yasuyuki Fukumaki
Yasuyuki Fukumaki Kyushu University
Yoshiyuki Sakaki
Yoshiyuki Sakaki Toyohashi University of Technology
Masahira Hattori
Masahira Hattori Waseda University
Alysson R. Muotri
Alysson R. Muotri University of California, San Diego
Masahiro Iwamoto
Masahiro Iwamoto University of Maryland, Baltimore
Takashi Ito
Takashi Ito Kyushu University
Kiyokazu Agata
Kiyokazu Agata National Institute for Basic Biology

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