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Masafumi Tsujimoto is affiliated with Gifu Pharmaceutical University in Japan and has conducted research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their scholarly work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research interests focus on several key topics such as Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Extracellular Vesicles in Disease, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Signaling Pathways in Disease, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, and Galectins and Cancer Biology.

Recent notable publications by Masafumi Tsujimoto include:

  • Stability of human salivary extracellular vesicles containing dipeptidyl peptidase IV under simulated gastrointestinal tract conditions, 2021, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidase 1 beyond Antigenic Peptide-Processing Enzyme in the Endoplasmic Reticulum, 2020, Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • Molecular and functional diversity of the oxytocinase subfamily of M1 aminopeptidases, 2021, The Journal of Biochemistry
  • Characterization of the enzymatic properties of human RNPEPL1/aminopeptidase Z, 2022, The Journal of Biochemistry
  • Importance of Tyr409 and Tyr414 in constructing the substrate pocket of human aminopeptidase B, 2020, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Masafumi Tsujimoto has frequently published in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Biochemistry
  • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
  • Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several researchers, notably:

  • Yoshikuni Goto
  • Atsushi Ohnishi
  • Kazuma Aoki
  • Yuko Ogawa
  • Yoshihiro Akimoto

Best Publications

  • An IFN-gamma-induced aminopeptidase in the ER, ERAP1, trims precursors to MHC class I-presented peptides.

    Tomo Saric;Shih-Chung Chang;Akira Hattori;Ian A. York

  • Involvement of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in osteoclastogenesis mediated by receptor activator of NF-kappa B ligand (RANKL).

    Masahito Matsumoto;Tatsuhiko Sudo;Tamio Saito;Hiroyuki Osada

  • Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Human G-protein-coupled Receptor, EDG7, for Lysophosphatidic Acid

    Koji Bandoh;Junken Aoki;Hiroyuki Hosono;Susumu Kobayashi

  • Miller-Dieker lissencephaly gene encodes a subunit of brain platelet-activating factor

    Mitsuharu Hattori;Hideki Adachi;Masafumi Tsujimoto;Hiroyuki Arai

  • Essential Role of p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase in Cathepsin K Gene Expression during Osteoclastogenesis through Association of NFATc1 and PU.1 *

    Masahito Matsumoto;Masakazu Kogawa;Seiki Wada;Hiroshi Takayanagi

  • Function of nucleophosmin/B23, a nucleolar acidic protein, as a histone chaperone.

    Mitsuru Okuwaki;Ken Matsumoto;Masafumi Tsujimoto;Kyosuke Nagata

  • Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptors of the EDG family are differentially activated by LPA species. Structure-activity relationship of cloned LPA receptors.

    Koji Bandoh;Junken Aoki;Akitsu Taira;Masafumi Tsujimoto

  • Multiple isozymes of heparan sulfate/heparin GlcNAc N-deacetylase/GlcN N-sulfotransferase. Structure and activity of the fourth member, NDST4.

    Jun-ichi Aikawa;Kay Grobe;Masafumi Tsujimoto;Jeffrey D Esko

  • Molecular cloning of a novel trypsin-like serine protease (neurosin) preferentially expressed in brain

    Kyoko Yamashiro;Nobuo Tsuruoka;Shiho Kodama;Masafumi Tsujimoto

  • Human Placental Leucine Aminopeptidase/Oxytocinase A NEW MEMBER OF TYPE II MEMBRANE-SPANNING ZINC METALLOPEPTIDASE FAMILY

    Tomohiro Rogi;Masafumi Tsujimoto;Hiroshi Nakazato;Shigehiko Mizutani

  • Human leukocyte-derived arginine aminopeptidase. The third member of the oxytocinase subfamily of aminopeptidases.

    Toshihiro Tanioka;Akira Hattori;Shinako Masuda;Yoshihiro Nomura

  • Expression Cloning of a Novel Scavenger Receptor from Human Endothelial Cells

    Hideki Adachi;Masafumi Tsujimoto;Hiroyuki Arai;Keizo Inoue

  • Transcriptional regulation of thioredoxin reductase 1 expression by cadmium in vascular endothelial cells: role of NF-E2-related factor-2.

    Atsuko Sakurai;Michie Nishimoto;Seiichiro Himeno;Seiichiro Himeno;Nobumasa Imura

  • Neural RNA-binding protein Musashi1 inhibits translation initiation by competing with eIF4G for PABP

    Hironori Kawahara;Takao Imai;Hiroaki Imataka;Masafumi Tsujimoto

  • FEEL-1, a Novel Scavenger Receptor with in Vitro Bacteria-binding and Angiogenesis-modulating Activities

    Hideki Adachi;Masafumi Tsujimoto

  • The RNA binding activity of a ribosome biogenesis factor, nucleophosmin/B23, is modulated by phosphorylation with a cell cycle-dependent kinase and by association with its subtype.

    Mitsuru Okuwaki;Masafumi Tsujimoto;Kyosuke Nagata

  • Tumor necrosis factor stimulates the synthesis and secretion of biologically active nerve growth factor in non-neuronal cells.

    Akira Hattori;Eiko Tanaka;Katsuhito Murase;Nobuhiro Ishida

  • FEEL-1 and FEEL-2 Are Endocytic Receptors for Advanced Glycation End Products

    Yoshiaki Tamura;Hideki Adachi;Jun-ichi Osuga;Ken Ohashi

  • Mechanism of mRNA deadenylation: evidence for a molecular interplay between translation termination factor eRF3 and mRNA deadenylases

    Yuji Funakoshi;Yusuke Doi;Nao Hosoda;Naoyuki Uchida

  • SRB1, a class B scavenger receptor, recognizes both negatively charged liposomes and apoptotic cells.

    Masayoshi Fukasawa;Hideki Adachi;Kotaro Hirota;Masafumi Tsujimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Arai
Hiroyuki Arai University of Tokyo
Junken Aoki
Junken Aoki Tohoku University
Keizo Inoue
Keizo Inoue University of Tokyo
Fumitaka Kikkawa
Fumitaka Kikkawa Nagoya University
Mitsuharu Hattori
Mitsuharu Hattori Nagoya City University
Puay Hoon Tan
Puay Hoon Tan Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Shuichi Tsuji
Shuichi Tsuji Tokai University
Boon-Huat Bay
Boon-Huat Bay National University of Singapore
Koji Takio
Koji Takio University of Washington

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