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Kiyoko Fukami is affiliated with Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences in Japan. Their research spans several disciplines including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on the subfields of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunology and Allergy, Physiology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work frequently covers key topics such as:

  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Cancer Research and Treatments

Recent notable publications include the following:

  • "Homeostatic membrane tension constrains cancer cell dissemination by counteracting BAR protein assembly" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate is localized in the plasma membrane outer leaflet and regulates cell adhesion and motility" (2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)
  • "PLEKHA5 regulates the survival and peritoneal dissemination of diffuse-type gastric carcinoma cells with Met gene amplification" (2021, Oncogenesis)
  • "Plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate is critical for determination of epithelial characteristics" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Tissue factor-induced fibrinogenesis mediates cancer cell clustering and multiclonal peritoneal metastasis" (2022, Cancer Letters)

Compilation of frequent co-authors highlights collaborations with:

  • Yoshikazu Nakamura
  • Reiko Satow
  • Atsuko Yoneda
  • Hiroyuki Aburatani
  • Kaori Kanemaru

They have published multiple articles in venues such as:

  • Cancer Science
  • Nature Communications
  • iScience
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Oncogenesis

Best Publications

  • Visualizing Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Multicellular Cell-Cycle Progression

    Asako Sakaue-Sawano;Hiroshi Kurokawa;Toshifumi Morimura;Aki Hanyu

  • Scale: a chemical approach for fluorescence imaging and reconstruction of transparent mouse brain.

    Hiroshi Hama;Hiroshi Kurokawa;Hiroyuki Kawano;Ryoko Ando

  • GAP43, MARCKS, and CAP23 modulate PI(4,5)P(2) at plasmalemmal rafts, and regulate cell cortex actin dynamics through a common mechanism.

    Thorsten Laux;Kiyoko Fukami;Marcus Thelen;Tamara Golub

  • ATP-dependent inositide phosphorylation required for Ca 2+ -activated secretion

    Jesse C. Hay;Phillip L Fisette;Glenn H Jenkins;Kiyoko Fukami

  • Multiple roles of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C isozymes.

    Pann-Ghill Suh;Jae-Il Park;Lucia Manzoli;Lucio Cocco

  • Requirement of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate for alpha-actinin function.

    Kiyoko Fukami;Kiyoshi Furuhashi;Masaki Inagaki;Takeshi Endo

  • Cosignaling of NCAM via lipid rafts and the FGF receptor is required for neuritogenesis.

    Philipp Niethammer;Markus Delling;Vladimir Sytnyk;Alexander Dityatev

  • Recombinant Phospholipase Cζ Has High Ca2+ Sensitivity and Induces Ca2+ Oscillations in Mouse Eggs

    Zen Kouchi;Kiyoko Fukami;Tomohide Shikano;Shoji Oda

  • alpha-Actinin and vinculin are PIP2-binding proteins involved in signaling by tyrosine kinase.

    K Fukami;T Endo;M Imamura;T Takenawa

  • Illuminating cell-cycle progression in the developing zebrafish embryo

    Mayu Sugiyama;Asako Sakaue-Sawano;Tadahiro Iimura;Kiyoko Fukami

  • Requirement of Phospholipase Cδ4 for the Zona Pellucida-Induced Acrosome Reaction

    Kiyoko Fukami;Kazuki Nakao;Takafumi Inoue;Yuki Kataoka

  • Phospholipase C is a key enzyme regulating intracellular calcium and modulating the phosphoinositide balance.

    Kiyoko Fukami;Shunichi Inanobe;Kaori Kanemaru;Yoshikazu Nakamura

  • Lipid rafts and caveolin-1 are required for invadopodia formation and extracellular matrix degradation by human breast cancer cells.

    Hideki Yamaguchi;Yukiko Takeo;Shuhei Yoshida;Zen Kouchi

  • H3K4/H3K9me3 Bivalent Chromatin Domains Targeted by Lineage-Specific DNA Methylation Pauses Adipocyte Differentiation

    Yoshihiro Matsumura;Ryo Nakaki;Takeshi Inagaki;Ayano Yoshida

  • X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis functions as ubiquitin ligase toward mature caspase-9 and cytosolic Smac/DIABLO.

    Yoshihito Morizane;Reiko Honda;Kiyoko Fukami;Hideyo Yasuda

  • A novel neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP) binding protein, WISH, induces Arp2/3 complex activation independent of Cdc42.

    Maiko Fukuoka;Shiro Suetsugu;Hiroaki Miki;Kiyoko Fukami

  • Mitogenesis in response to PDGF and bombesin abolished by microinjection of antibody to PIP2

    Koozi Matuoka;Kiyoko Fukami;Osamu Nakanishi;Sadaaki Kawai

  • Phospholipase Cδ4 is required for Ca2+ mobilization essential for acrosome reaction in sperm

    Kiyoko Fukami;Manabu Yoshida;Takafumi Inoue;Manabu Kurokawa

  • Identification of a Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate-binding Site in Chicken Skeletal Muscle α-Actinin

    Kiyoko Fukami;Norio Sawada;Takeshi Endo;Tadaomi Takenawa

  • A new phospholipase C delta 4 is induced at S-phase of the cell cycle and appears in the nucleus.

    Ningshu Liu;Kiyoko Fukami;Haiyan Yu;Tadaomi Takenawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadaomi Takenawa
Tadaomi Takenawa Kobe University
Hideki Yamaguchi
Hideki Yamaguchi Sasaki Institute
Yoshikazu Nakamura
Yoshikazu Nakamura University of Tokyo
Nobuaki Yoshida
Nobuaki Yoshida University of Tokyo
Masato Hirata
Masato Hirata Fukuoka Dental College
Rafael A. Fissore
Rafael A. Fissore University of Massachusetts Amherst
Makoto Murakami
Makoto Murakami University of Tokyo
Shigeru Yanagi
Shigeru Yanagi Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Juro Sakai
Juro Sakai University of Tokyo
Keiichi I. Nakayama
Keiichi I. Nakayama Institute of Science Tokyo

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