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Makoto Makishima

Makoto Makishima

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
26918
World Ranking
15883
National Ranking
1135

Overview

Makoto Makishima is affiliated with Nihon University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans numerous subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Immunology, Surgery, and Genetics.

Makishima's research frequently addresses topics related to Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Vitamin D Research Studies, Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism, Estrogen and related hormone effects, Mesenchymal stem cell research, and Inflammasome and immune disorders.

Makishima has published papers in a variety of venues, with a notable concentration in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biomolecules
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Frequent collaborators include Yuichi Hashimoto, Minoru Ishikawa, Yūki Ichikawa, Masanobu Uchiyama, and Michiaki Hiramatsu.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Makishima include:

  • "Molecular Basis of Bile Acid-FXR-FGF15/19 Signaling Axis" (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Myeloid LXR (Liver X Receptor) Deficiency Induces Inflammatory Gene Expression in Foamy Macrophages and Accelerates Atherosclerosis" (2022), published in Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • "Dec1 deficiency protects the heart from fibrosis, inflammation, and myocardial cell apoptosis in a mouse model of cardiac hypertrophy" (2020), published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • "MicroRNA-21 facilitates osteoblast activity" (2020), published in Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
  • "A deficiency of Dec2 triggers periodontal inflammation and pyroptosis" (2021), published in Journal of Periodontal Research

These publications indicate a focus on molecular signaling pathways, inflammatory gene expression, cardiac and bone cellular activity, and immune-related cellular processes.

Best Publications

  • Increased oxidative stress in obesity and its impact on metabolic syndrome

    Shigetada Furukawa;Takuya Fujita;Michio Shimabukuro;Masanori Iwaki

  • Identification of a Nuclear Receptor for Bile Acids

    Makoto Makishima;Arthur Y. Okamoto;Joyce J. Repa;Hua Tu

  • Visfatin: a protein secreted by visceral fat that mimics the effects of insulin.

    Atsunori Fukuhara;Morihiro Matsuda;Masako Nishizawa;Katsumori Segawa

  • Molecular basis for feedback regulation of bile acid synthesis by nuclear receptors.

    Timothy T. Lu;Makoto Makishima;Joyce J. Repa;Kristina Schoonjans

  • Vitamin D Receptor As an Intestinal Bile Acid Sensor

    Makoto Makishima;Timothy T. Lu;Wen Xie;G. Kerr Whitfield

  • Induction of Adiponectin, a Fat-Derived Antidiabetic and Antiatherogenic Factor, by Nuclear Receptors

    Masanori Iwaki;Morihiro Matsuda;Norikazu Maeda;Tohru Funahashi

  • Human Bile Salt Export Pump Promoter Is Transactivated by the Farnesoid X Receptor/Bile Acid Receptor

    Meenakshisundaram Ananthanarayanan;Natarajan V. Balasubramanian;Makoto Makishima;David J. Mangelsdorf

  • The orphan nuclear receptor, shp, mediates bile acid-induced inhibition of the rat bile acid transporter, ntcp.

    Lee A. Denson;Ekkehard Sturm;Wihelma Echevarria;Tracy L. Zimmerman

  • The Drosophila orphan nuclear receptor DHR38 mediates an atypical ecdysteroid signaling pathway

    Keith D. Baker;Lisa M. Shewchuk;Tatiana Kozlova;Makoto Makishima;Makoto Makishima

  • Induction of Intestinal ATP-binding Cassette Transporters by a Phytosterol-derived Liver X Receptor Agonist

    Emi Kaneko;Morihiro Matsuda;Yukio Yamada;Yoji Tachibana

  • Musclin, a novel skeletal muscle-derived secretory factor.

    Hitoshi Nishizawa;Hitoshi Nishizawa;Morihiro Matsuda;Morihiro Matsuda;Yukio Yamada;Kenichiro Kawai

  • Selective activation of vitamin D receptor by lithocholic acid acetate, a bile acid derivative

    Ryutaro Adachi;Yoshio Honma;Hiroyuki Masuno;Katsuyoshi Kawana;Katsuyoshi Kawana

  • Nuclear receptors as targets for drug development: regulation of cholesterol and bile acid metabolism by nuclear receptors.

    Makoto Makishima

  • Angiopoietin-like protein 3 mediates hypertriglyceridemia induced by the liver X receptor

    Toshimori Inaba;Morihiro Matsuda;Morihiro Matsuda;Mitsuru Shimamura;Norihide Takei

  • Diosgenin, the Main Aglycon of Fenugreek, Inhibits LXRα Activity in HepG2 Cells and Decreases Plasma and Hepatic Triglycerides in Obese Diabetic Mice

    Taku Uemura;Tsuyoshi Goto;Min‑Sook Kang;Noriko Mizoguchi

  • Sulfonylurea Agents Exhibit Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Agonistic Activity

    Shuichi Fukuen;Masanori Iwaki;Atsutaka Yasui;Makoto Makishima

  • Angiopoietin-like protein 3, a hepatic secretory factor, activates lipolysis in adipocytes.

    Mitsuru Shimamura;Morihiro Matsuda;Sachiko Kobayashi;Yosuke Ando

  • Lithocholic acid derivatives act as selective vitamin D receptor modulators without inducing hypercalcemia.

    Michiyasu Ishizawa;Manabu Matsunawa;Ryutaro Adachi;Shigeyuki Uno

  • Growth hormone stimulates adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 cells through activation of the Stat5A/5B-PPARγ pathway

    Masanobu Kawai;Noriyuki Namba;Sotaro Mushiake;Yuri Etani

  • Visfatin : A protein secreted by visceral fat that mimics the effects of insulin

    Atsunori Fukuhara;Morihiro Matsuda;Masako Nishizawa;Katsumori Segawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuichi Hashimoto
Yuichi Hashimoto University of Tokyo
Kazuo Motoyoshi
Kazuo Motoyoshi National Defense Medical College
David J. Mangelsdorf
David J. Mangelsdorf The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Iichiro Shimomura
Iichiro Shimomura Osaka University
Yoshimichi Ohki
Yoshimichi Ohki Waseda University
Chisei Ra
Chisei Ra Nihon University
Yukio Kato
Yukio Kato Hiroshima University
Takeshi Kawamoto
Takeshi Kawamoto Hiroshima University
Mitsuhide Noshiro
Mitsuhide Noshiro Hiroshima University
Daniel W. Nebert
Daniel W. Nebert University of Cincinnati

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