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Kiyotaka Toshimori

Kiyotaka Toshimori

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
7998
World Ranking
18714
National Ranking
1341

Overview

Kiyotaka Toshimori is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed to subfields including genetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, reproductive medicine, molecular biology, and rheumatology.

Toshimori's work has a strong focus on reproductive biology and fertility, as well as renal and related cancers. Other notable research topics involve connective tissue disorders, bone and dental protein studies, bone health and treatments, ovarian function and disorders, and aspects of birth, development, and health.

The scientist has published several recent papers, demonstrating ongoing contributions to their fields. Notable publications include:

  • "Spermatozoa from male mice with infertility due to Odf4 deficiency can fertilize oocytes by in vitro fertilization," 2024, Reproductive Medicine and Biology
  • "The association of ODF4 with AK1 and AK2 in mice is essential for fertility through its contribution to flagellar shape," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Decrease of lysyl hydroxylase 2 activity causes abnormal collagen molecular phenotypes, defective mineralization and compromised mechanical properties of bone," 2021, Bone
  • "Dlec1 is required for spermatogenesis and male fertility in mice," 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Toshimori include:

  • Chizuru Ito
  • Tohru Mutoh
  • Tomoaki Saito
  • Masahiko Terajima
  • Yuki Taga

The primary venues where Toshimori's research has been published are:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Bone
  • Reproductive Medicine and Biology

This body of work shows a consistent engagement with studies related to bone biology, reproductive health, and molecular mechanisms underlying fertility and connective tissue disorders. Toshimori's output demonstrates interdisciplinary research that integrates genetics, molecular biology, and clinical applications in medicine.

Best Publications

  • Fibrous sheath of mammalian spermatozoa.

    Edward M. Eddy;Kiyotaka Toshimori;Deborah A. O'Brien

  • Lack of acrosome formation in mice lacking a Golgi protein, GOPC.

    Ryoji Yao;Chizuru Ito;Yasuko Natsume;Yoshinobu Sugitani

  • The Putative Chaperone Calmegin is Required for Sperm Fertility

    M. Ikawa;I. Wada;K. Kominami;D. Watanabe

  • The fusing ability of sperm is bestowed by CD9-containing vesicles released from eggs in mice

    Kenji Miyado;Keiichi Yoshida;Kazuo Yamagata;Keiichi Sakakibara

  • Acrosin Accelerates the Dispersal of Sperm Acrosomal Proteins during Acrosome Reaction

    Kazuo Yamagata;Keitaro Murayama;Masaru Okabe;Kiyotaka Toshimori

  • HANP1/H1T2, a Novel Histone H1-Like Protein Involved in Nuclear Formation and Sperm Fertility

    Hiromitsu Tanaka;Naoko Iguchi;Ayako Isotani;Kouichi Kitamura

  • An MN9 Antigenic Molecule, Equatorin, Is Required for Successful Sperm-Oocyte Fusion in Mice

    K. Toshimori;D.K. Saxena;I. Tanii;K. Yoshinaga

  • Hybrid breakdown caused by substitution of the X chromosome between two mouse subspecies.

    Ayako Oka;Ayako Oka;Akihiko Mita;Noriko Sakurai-Yamatani;Hiromi Yamamoto

  • Adverse effects of bisphenol A to spermiogenesis in mice and rats

    Yoshiro Toyama;Fumie Suzuki-Toyota;Mamiko Maekawa;Chizuru Ito

  • Oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia in mice lacking Cnot7, a regulator of retinoid X receptor beta

    Takahisa Nakamura;Ryoji Yao;Takehiko Ogawa;Toru Suzuki

  • Biology of spermatozoa maturation: an overview with an introduction to this issue.

    Kiyotaka Toshimori

  • Oligo-Astheno-Teratozoospermia in Mice Lacking RA175/TSLC1/SynCAM/IGSF4A, a Cell Adhesion Molecule in the Immunoglobulin Superfamily

    Eriko Fujita;Yoriko Kouroku;Satomi Ozeki;Yuko Tanabe

  • Mechanism of asymmetric ovarian development in chick embryos

    Yoshiyasu Ishimaru;Tomoko Komatsu;Megumi Kasahara;Yuko Katoh-Fukui

  • Ultrastructural studies on the fertilization of mammalian gametes.

    C Oura;K Toshimori

  • Mouse Polycomb M33 is required for splenic vascular and adrenal gland formation through regulating Ad4BP/SF1 expression

    Yuko Katoh-Fukui;Akiko Owaki;Yoshiro Toyama;Masatomo Kusaka

  • Behaviour of a sperm surface transmembrane glycoprotein basigin during epididymal maturation and its role in fertilization in mice.

    DK Saxena;T Oh-Oka;K Kadomatsu;T Muramatsu

  • Identification of Rab3A GTPase as an acrosome-associated small GTP- binding protein in rat sperm

    Hiroshi Iida;Yuko Yoshinaga;Shigeyasu Tanaka;Kiyotaka Toshimori

  • Mouse germ cell-less as an essential component for nuclear integrity.

    Tohru Kimura;Chizuru Ito;Shoko Watanabe;Tohru Takahashi

  • Formation and organization of the mammalian sperm head.

    Kiyotaka Toshimori;Chizuru Ito

  • Alkalinization of Acrosome Measured by GFP as a pH Indicator and Its Relation to Sperm Capacitation

    Tomoko Nakanishi;Masahito Ikawa;Shuichi Yamada;Kiyotaka Toshimori

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuo Noda
Tetsuo Noda Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Masaru Okabe
Masaru Okabe Osaka University
Hisayuki Matsuo
Hisayuki Matsuo Osaka University
Atsuo Ogura
Atsuo Ogura University of Tsukuba
Kimiko Inoue
Kimiko Inoue University of Tsukuba
Yoshitake Nishimune
Yoshitake Nishimune Osaka University
Narumi Ogonuki
Narumi Ogonuki National Institutes of Health
Masahito Ikawa
Masahito Ikawa Osaka University
Edward M. Eddy
Edward M. Eddy National Institutes of Health
Ken-ichirou Morohashi
Ken-ichirou Morohashi Kyushu University

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