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Koichi Furukawa

Koichi Furukawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
21642
World Ranking
3041
National Ranking
190

Overview

Koichi Furukawa is affiliated with Chubu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, notably SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Extracellular vesicles in disease, and the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Koichi Furukawa include the following:

  • Early Differences in Cytokine Production by Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (2021), published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Distinguishing functional exosomes and other extracellular vesicles as a nucleic acid cargo by the anion-exchange method (2022), published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • Seroepidemiological study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in East Java, Indonesia (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • Assessment of Neutralizing Antibody Response Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants After 2 to 3 Doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine (2022), published in JAMA Network Open
  • Ganglioside GD2 Enhances the Malignant Phenotypes of Melanoma Cells by Cooperating with Integrins (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist has frequently collaborated with peers including Mitsuhiro Nishimura, Yasuko Mori, Jun Arii, Yuhsuke Ohmi, and Keiko Furukawa. Each of these collaborators has worked with Koichi Furukawa on numerous publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Publications by Koichi Furukawa have appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • PLoS ONE
  • PubMed

Best Publications

  • Gene silencing in cancer by histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation independent of promoter DNA methylation

    Yutaka Kondo;Lanlan Shen;Alfred S. Cheng;Alfred S. Cheng;Saira Ahmed

  • Carbohydrate mimicry between human ganglioside GM1 and Campylobacter jejuni lipooligosaccharide causes Guillain-Barre syndrome.

    Nobuhiro Yuki;Keiichiro Susuki;Michiaki Koga;Yukihiro Nishimoto

  • Mice with disrupted GM2/GD2 synthase gene lack complex gangliosides but exhibit only subtle defects in their nervous system

    K Takamiya;A Yamamoto;K Furukawa;S Yamashiro

  • RNA Polymerase II is Required for RNAi-Dependent Heterochromatin Assembly

    Hiroaki Kato;Derek B. Goto;Robert A. Martienssen;Takeshi Urano

  • Expression of Lewisa, Lewisb, X, and Y blood group antigens in human colonic tumors and normal tissue and in human tumor-derived cell lines.

    Junichi Sakamoto;Koichi Furukawa;Carlos Cordon-Cardo;Beatrice W. T. Yin

  • Autophosphorylation of a Newly Identified Site of Aurora-B Is Indispensable for Cytokinesis

    Yoshihiro Yasui;Takeshi Urano;Aie Kawajiri;Koh Ichi Nagata

  • Isolation of GD3 synthase gene by expression cloning of GM3 alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase cDNA using anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody

    M Haraguchi;S Yamashiro;A Yamamoto;K Furukawa

  • Gene therapy for mitochondrial disease by delivering restriction endonuclease SmaI into mitochondria.

    Masashi Tanaka;Harm-Jan Borgeld;Jin Zhang;Shin-ichi Muramatsu

  • Ganglioside GD3 expression on target cells can modulate NK cell cytotoxicity via siglec-7-dependent and -independent mechanisms.

    Gavin Nicoll;Tony Avril;Kevin Lock;Koichi Furukawa

  • Expression cloning of beta 1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase cDNAs that determine the expression of GM2 and GD2 gangliosides.

    Y Nagata;S Yamashiro;J Yodoi;K O Lloyd

  • Molecular Cloning of a Novel α2,3-Sialyltransferase (ST3Gal VI) That Sialylates Type II Lactosamine Structures on Glycoproteins and Glycolipids

    Tetsuya Okajima;Satoshi Fukumoto;Satoshi Fukumoto;Hiroshi Miyazaki;Hideharu Ishida

  • Gangliosides GM1 and GM3 in the Living Cell Membrane Form Clusters Susceptible to Cholesterol Depletion and Chilling

    Akikazu Fujita;Jinglei Cheng;Minako Hirakawa;Koichi Furukawa

  • b-series Ganglioside deficiency exhibits no definite changes in the neurogenesis and the sensitivity to Fas-mediated apoptosis but impairs regeneration of the lesioned hypoglossal nerve.

    Masahiko Okada;Michi Ichiro Itoh;Masashi Haraguchi;Tetsuya Okajima

  • Gangliosides contribute to stability of paranodal junctions and ion channel clusters in myelinated nerve fibers.

    Keiichiro Susuki;Keiichiro Susuki;Hiroko Baba;Koujiro Tohyama;Kazuaki Kanai

  • Ganglioside GD2 in Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Lines: Enhancement of Cell Proliferation and Mediation of Apoptosis

    Shoko Yoshida;Satoshi Fukumoto;Satoshi Fukumoto;Haruhiko Kawaguchi;Shigeki Sato

  • Complex formation of Plk1 and INCENP required for metaphase-anaphase transition.

    Hidemasa Goto;Tohru Kiyono;Yasuko Tomono;Aie Kawajiri

  • O-Linked- N -acetylglucosamine on extracellular protein domains mediates epithelial cell–matrix interactions

    Yuta Sakaidani;Tomoko Nomura;Aiko Matsuura;Makiko Ito

  • Peptides derived from a wild-type murine proto-oncogene c-erbB-2/HER2/neu can induce CTL and tumor suppression in syngeneic hosts.

    Y Nagata;R Furugen;A Hiasa;H Ikeda

  • O-linked N-acetylglucosamine is present on the extracellular domain of notch receptors.

    Aiko Matsuura;Makiko Ito;Yuta Sakaidani;Tatsuhiko Kondo

  • Molecular Basis for the Progeroid Variant of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO MUTATIONS IN GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE I GENE

    Tetsuya Okajima;Satoshi Fukumoto;Satoshi Fukumoto;Keiko Furukawa;Takeshi Urano

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Urano
Takeshi Urano Shimane University
Satoshi Fukumoto
Satoshi Fukumoto Tohoku University
Hiroshi Shiku
Hiroshi Shiku Mie University
Kogo Takamiya
Kogo Takamiya University of Miyazaki
Hugh J. Willison
Hugh J. Willison University of Glasgow
Makoto Kiso
Makoto Kiso Gifu University
Kenneth O. Lloyd
Kenneth O. Lloyd Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Shinichi Aizawa
Shinichi Aizawa Kumamoto University
Jaap J. Plomp
Jaap J. Plomp Leiden University Medical Center
Koichi Honke
Koichi Honke Kōchi University

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