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Masaki Fukata is affiliated with The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI in Japan. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience, with a strong focus on Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Genetics as subfields.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Cellular transport and secretion, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Masaki Fukata has contributed to several notable publications, including:

  • Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Monoclonal LGI1 Autoantibodies Increase Neuronal Excitability, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • LGI1-ADAM22-MAGUK configures transsynaptic nanoalignment for synaptic transmission and epilepsy prevention, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Encephalitis patient-derived monoclonal GABAA receptor antibodies cause epileptic seizures., 2021, PubMed
  • Forelimb movements evoked by optogenetic stimulation of the macaque motor cortex, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Canonical versus non-canonical transsynaptic signaling of neuroligin 3 tunes development of sociality in mice, 2021, Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Yuko Fukata
  • Norihiko Yokoi
  • Hans-Christian Kornau
  • Harald Prüß
  • Atsushi Yamagata

Masaki Fukata has published frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Brain
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Rac1 and Cdc42 Capture Microtubules through IQGAP1 and CLIP-170

    Masaki Fukata;Takashi Watanabe;Jun Noritake;Masato Nakagawa

  • Role of IQGAP1, a Target of the Small GTPases Cdc42 and Rac1, in Regulation of E-Cadherin- Mediated Cell-Cell Adhesion

    Shinya Kuroda;Masaki Fukata;Masato Nakagawa;Katsuhiko Fujii

  • Protein palmitoylation in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity

    Yuko Fukata;Yuko Fukata;Masaki Fukata

  • Identification of PSD-95 palmitoylating enzymes.

    Masaki Fukata;Yuko Fukata;Hillel Adesnik;Roger A. Nicoll

  • Roles of Rho-family GTPases in cell polarisation and directional migration.

    Masaki Fukata;Masato Nakagawa;Kozo Kaibuchi

  • Interaction with IQGAP1 Links APC to Rac1, Cdc42, and Actin Filaments during Cell Polarization and Migration

    Takashi Watanabe;Shujie Wang;Jun Noritake;Kazumasa Sato

  • Rho-family GTPases in cadherin-mediated cell — cell adhesion

    Masaki Fukata;Kozo Kaibuchi

  • Epilepsy-Related Ligand/Receptor Complex LGI1 and ADAM22 Regulate Synaptic Transmission

    Yuko Fukata;Hillel Adesnik;Tsuyoshi Iwanaga;David S. Bredt

  • Identification of IQGAP as a Putative Target for the Small GTPases, Cdc42 and Rac1

    Shinya Kuroda;Masaki Fukata;Kenta Kobayashi;Masato Nakafuku

  • Autoantibodies to epilepsy-related LGI1 in limbic encephalitis neutralize LGI1-ADAM22 interaction and reduce synaptic AMPA receptors.

    Toshika Ohkawa;Toshika Ohkawa;Yuko Fukata;Yuko Fukata;Miwako Yamasaki;Taisuke Miyazaki

  • Disruption of LGI1–linked synaptic complex causes abnormal synaptic transmission and epilepsy

    Yuko Fukata;Kathryn L. Lovero;Tsuyoshi Iwanaga;Atsushi Watanabe

  • Recruitment and activation of Rac1 by the formation of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion sites

    Masato Nakagawa;Masaki Fukata;Masaki Yamaga;Naohiro Itoh

  • Cdc42 and Rac1 Regulate the Interaction of IQGAP1 with β-Catenin

    Masaki Fukata;Shinya Kuroda;Shinya Kuroda;Masato Nakagawa;Aie Kawajiri

  • Differential Activity-Dependent Secretion of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor from Axon and Dendrite

    Naoto Matsuda;Hui Lu;Yuko Fukata;Jun Noritake

  • Local palmitoylation cycles define activity-regulated postsynaptic subdomains

    Yuko Fukata;Ariane Dimitrov;Ariane Dimitrov;Gaelle Boncompain;Gaelle Boncompain;Ole Vielemeyer;Ole Vielemeyer

  • p140Sra-1 (Specifically Rac1-associated Protein) Is a Novel Specific Target for Rac1 Small GTPase

    Kenta Kobayashi;Shinya Kuroda;Masaki Fukata;Masaki Fukata;Tomoko Nakamura

  • Dynamic Interaction of Stargazin-like TARPs with Cycling AMPA Receptors at Synapses

    Susumu Tomita;Masaki Fukata;Roger A. Nicoll;David S. Bredt

  • Regulation of cross-linking of actin filament by IQGAP1, a target for Cdc42.

    Masaki Fukata;Masaki Fukata;Shinya Kuroda;Katsuhiko Fujii;Tomoko Nakamura

  • Regulation of cadherin-mediated cell–cell adhesion by the Rho family GTPases

    Kozo Kaibuchi;Shinya Kuroda;Masaki Fukata;Masato Nakagawa

  • Mobile DHHC palmitoylating enzyme mediates activity-sensitive synaptic targeting of PSD-95

    Jun Noritake;Yuko Fukata;Tsuyoshi Iwanaga;Naoki Hosomi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuko Fukata
Yuko Fukata National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Kozo Kaibuchi
Kozo Kaibuchi Nagoya University
Shinya Kuroda
Shinya Kuroda University of Tokyo
Masato Nakagawa
Masato Nakagawa Kyoto University
Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
Franck Perez
Franck Perez PSL University
Yoshiharu Matsuura
Yoshiharu Matsuura Osaka University
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Dies Meijer
Dies Meijer University of Edinburgh
Akihiro Iwamatsu
Akihiro Iwamatsu Osaka University

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