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Masamichi Takagi is a researcher affiliated with Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a concentration on subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Oncology, and Surgery.

Their research spans several main topics, notably Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research, Infectious Diseases and Mycology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Takagi include the following papers:

  • Re-administration of pembrolizumab with prednisolone after pembrolizumab-induced nephrotic syndrome, 2020, European Journal of Cancer
  • Clinical features of organizing pneumonia in anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, 2022, Respiratory Investigation
  • Pancreatic tuberculosis in an immunocompetent young female mimicking a malignant tumor: A case report and diagnostic radiological investigation, 2021, Clinical Imaging
  • The antiplatelet effect of mirtazapine is mediated by co-blocking 5-HT2A and α2-adrenergic receptors on platelets: An in vitro human plasma-based study, 2021, European Journal of Pharmacology
  • COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis Complicated by Severe Coronavirus Disease: Is Detection of Aspergillus in Airway Specimens Before Disease Onset an Indicator of Antifungal Prophylaxis?, 2023, Cureus

Takagi frequently publishes in various scientific journals. The venues where their work has appeared include:

  • Respiratory Investigation
  • European Journal of Cancer
  • Clinical Imaging
  • European Journal of Pharmacology
  • Cureus

Collaborative research is a significant component of Takagi's work. They have worked often with coauthors such as:

  • Kazuya Tone
  • Shunsuke Inaki
  • Mina Gochi
  • Atsuki Furube
  • Takuya Akutsu

Best Publications

  • A lea-class gene of tomato confers salt and freezing tolerance when expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Ryozo Imai;Lei Chang;Akinori Ohta;Elizabeth A. Bray

  • Characterization of Chitin Synthase 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. IMPLICATION OF TWO HIGHLY CONSERVED DOMAINS AS POSSIBLE CATALYTIC SITES

    Shigehisa Nagahashi;Masayuki Sudoh;Naomi Ono;Rumi Sawada

  • Purification and characterization of a haloalkane dehalogenase of a new substrate class from a gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterium, Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26.

    Yuji Nagata;Keisuke Miyauchi;Jiri Damborsky;Katka Manova

  • Expression of Plant Group 2 and Group 3 lea Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Revealed Functional Divergence among LEA Proteins

    Lei Zhang;Akinori Ohta;Masamichi Takagi;Ryozo Imai

  • The cytochrome P450ALK multigene family of an n-alkane-assimilating yeast, Yarrowia lipolytica: cloning and characterization of genes coding for new CYP52 family members

    Toshiya Iida;Toru Sumita;Akinori Ohta;Masamichi Takagi

  • Proliferation of intrahyphal hyphae caused by disruption of csmA, which encodes a class V chitin synthase with a myosin motor-like domain in Aspergillus nidulans.

    Hiroyuki Horiuchi;Makoto Fujiwara;Shuichi Yamashita;Akinori Ohta

  • Cloning and characterization of a chitinase-encoding gene (chiA) from Aspergillus nidulans, disruption of which decreases germination frequency and hyphal growth.

    Naoki Takaya;Daisuke Yamazaki;Hiroyuki Horiuchi;Akinori Ohta

  • A novel fungal gene encoding chitin synthase with a myosin motor-like domain.

    Makoto Fujiwara;Hiroyuki Horiuchi;Akinori Ohta;Masamichi Takagi

  • Primary structure of a base non-specific ribonuclease from Rhizopus niveus.

    Hiroyuki Horiuchi;Koji Yanai;Masamichi Takagi;Keiji Yano

  • Cloning and Sequencing of a Novel meta-Cleavage Dioxygenase Gene Whose Product Is Involved in Degradation of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane in Sphingomonas paucimobilis

    Keisuke Miyauchi;Yugo Adachi;Yuji Nagata;Masamichi Takagi

  • Cloning and Sequencing of a 2,5-Dichlorohydroquinone Reductive Dehalogenase Gene Whose Product Is Involved in Degradation of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane by Sphingomonas paucimobilis

    Keisuke Miyauchi;Seug Kyo Suh;Yuji Nagata;Masamichi Takagi

  • Nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of the meta-cleavage pathway involved in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102.

    Y Kikuchi;Y Yasukochi;Y Nagata;M Fukuda

  • CYP52 (Cytochrome P450alk) Multigene Family in Candida maltosa: Identification and Characterization of Eight Members

    Moriya Ohkuma;Shin-Ichiro Muraoka;Takeshi Tanimoto;Michihiko Fujii

  • The CYP52 multigene family of Candida maltosa encodes functionally diverse n-alkane-inducible cytochromes P450.

    Thomas Zimmer;Moriya Ohkuma;Akinori Ohta;Masamichi Takagi

  • Two different types of dehalogenases, LinA and LinB, involved in γ- hexachlorocyclohexane degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26 are localized in the periplasmic space without molecular processing

    Yuji Nagata;Akiko Futamura;Keisuke Miyauchi;Masamichi Takagi

  • A chitinase gene, chiB , involved in the autolytic process of Aspergillus nidulans

    Harutake Yamazaki;Daisuke Yamazaki;Naoki Takaya;Naoki Takaya;Masamichi Takagi;Masamichi Takagi

  • The Aspergillus nidulans genes chsA and chsD encode chitin synthases which have redundant functions in conidia formation.

    T. Motoyama;Makoto Fujiwara;Nobuko Kojima;Hiroyuki Horiuchi

  • Crystal Structure of the tRNA 3′ Processing Endoribonuclease tRNase Z from Thermotoga maritima

    Ryohei Ishii;Asako Minagawa;Hiroaki Takaku;Masamichi Takagi

  • Evidence that the Aspergillus nidulans class I and class II chitin synthase genes, chsC and chsA, share critical roles in hyphal wall integrity and conidiophore development.

    Makoto Fujiwara;Masayuki Ichinomiya;Takayuki Motoyama;Hiroyuki Horiuchi

  • Cloning and sequencing of a 2,5-dichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diol dehydrogenase gene involved in the degradation of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane in Pseudomonas paucimobilis.

    Y Nagata;R Ohtomo;K Miyauchi;M Fukuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Akinori Ohta
Akinori Ohta Chubu University
Yuji Nagata
Yuji Nagata Tohoku University
Ryozo Imai
Ryozo Imai National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Masao Fukuda
Masao Fukuda Chubu University
Mikio Arisawa
Mikio Arisawa Roche (Switzerland)
Aiko Hirata
Aiko Hirata University of Tokyo
Hisafumi Yamada-Okabe
Hisafumi Yamada-Okabe Roche (Switzerland)
Takanobu Nakazawa
Takanobu Nakazawa Osaka University

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