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Masanao Miwa is a researcher affiliated with the Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology in Japan. The primary fields of study for Miwa's work are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on oncology. Their contributions span several subfields, including oncology, molecular biology, immunology, epidemiology, and physiology.

Miwa's research centers around topics such as PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, DNA repair mechanisms, autophagy in disease and therapy, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, and metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for Miwa include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Experimental Cell Research
  • Preprints.org
  • Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
  • Methods in Molecular Biology

Miwa has coauthored multiple papers with collaborators such as Masakazu Tanaka, Mitsuko Masutani, Palmiro Poltronieri, Sachiko Yamashita, and Chieri Ida.

Among the recent published papers associated with Miwa are:

  • ADP-Ribosylation as Post-Translational Modification of Proteins: Use of Inhibitors in Cancer Control, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Physiological levels of poly(ADP-ribose) during the cell cycle regulate HeLa cell proliferation, 2022, Experimental Cell Research
  • Adp-Ribosylation as Post-Translational Modification of Proteins: Use of Inhibitors in Cancer Control, 2021, Preprints.org
  • PARP Inhibitor Decreases Akt Phosphorylation and Induces Centrosome Amplification and Chromosomal Aneuploidy in CHO-K1 Cells, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Elucidating Differences in Early-Stage Centrosome Amplification in Primary and Immortalized Mouse Cells, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of an infectious clone of human T-cell leukemia virus type II: an open reading frame for the protease gene

    Kunitada Shimotohno;Yuri Takahashi;Nobuaki Shimizu;Takashi Gojobori

  • Monoclonal antibodies to poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) recognize different structures.

    Hisae Kawamitsu;Hiroo Hoshino;Hidechika Okada;Masanao Miwa

  • Requirement of multiple copies of a 21-nucleotide sequence in the U3 regions of human T-cell leukemia virus type I and type II long terminal repeats for trans-acting activation of transcription

    Kunitada Shimotohno;Masako Takano;Toshiyuki Teruuchi;Masanao Miwa

  • Multi‐step Carcinogenesis Model for Adult T‐cell Leukemia

    Okamoto T;Ohno Y;Tsugane S;Watanabe S

  • Inhibition of Crm1-p53 interaction and nuclear export of p53 by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation.

    Masayuki Kanai;Kazuhiko Hanashiro;Song-Hee Kim;Shuji Hanai

  • Loss of poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase causes progressive neurodegeneration in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Shuji Hanai;Masayuki Kanai;Sayaka Ohashi;Keiji Okamoto

  • Establishment and characterization of an opisthorchiasis-associated cholangiocarcinoma cell line (KKU-100).

    Banchob Sripa;Saman Leungwattanawanit;Takayuki Nitta;Chaisiri Wongkham

  • Mutations of p16Ink4/CDKN2 and p15Ink4B/MTS2 Genes in Biliary Tract Cancers

    Sadao Yoshida;Takeshi Todoroki;Yoshihito Ichikawa;Shuji Hanai

  • PolyADP-ribosylation and cancer.

    Masanao Miwa;Mitsuko Masutani

  • Involvement of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 and poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in regulation of centrosome function

    M. Kanai;W. Tong;E. Sugihara;Z. Wang

  • Genetic and environmental determinants of risk for cholangiocarcinoma via Opisthorchis viverrini in a densely infested area in Nakhon Phanom, northeast Thailand.

    Satoshi Honjo;Petcharin Srivatanakul;Hutcha Sriplung;Hiroko Kikukawa

  • Mutation of K-ras protooncogene is associated with histological subtypes in human mucinous ovarian tumors.

    Yoshihiro Ichikawa;Masato Nishida;Hiromichi Suzuki;Sadao Yoshida

  • Japanese Families with Autosomal Dominant Pure Cerebellar Ataxia Map to Chromosome 19p13.1-p13.2 and Are Strongly Associated with Mild CAG Expansions in the Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 Gene in Chromosome 19p13.1

    K. Ishikawa;H. Tanaka;M. Saito;N. Ohkoshi

  • Structure of poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) : identification of 2'-[1''-ribosyl-2''-(or 3''-)(1'''-ribosyl)]adenosine-5',5'',5'''-tris (phosphate) as a branch linkage

    Masanao Miwa;Noriko Saikawa;Ziro Yamaizumi;Susumu Nishimura

  • Detection of lymphocytes producing a human retrovirus associated with adult T-cell leukemia by syncytia induction assay.

    Hiroo Hoshino;Masanori Shimoyama;Masanao Miwa;Takashi Sugimura

  • Establishment and characterization of 10 cell lines derived from patients with adult T-cell leukemia.

    H Hoshino;H Esumi;M Miwa;M Shimoyama

  • A novel phosphodiesterase from cultured tobacco cells.

    Hideaki Shinshi;Masanao Miwa;Kunio Kato;Masao Noguchi

  • Clinicopathologic, immunophenotypic, and immunogenotypic analyses of immunoblastic lymphadenopathy-like T-cell lymphoma

    Kensei Tobinai;Keisuke Minato;Tomoko Ohtsu;Kiyoshi Mukai

  • The branching and linear portions of poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) have the same alpha(1 leads to 2) ribose-ribose linkage.

    M Miwa;M Ishihara;S Takishima;N Takasuka

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Localizes to the Centrosomes and Chromosomes☆

    Masayuki Kanai;Masahiro Uchida;Shuji Hanai;Naoya Uematsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Sugimura
Takashi Sugimura National Cancer Centre
Banchob Sripa
Banchob Sripa Khon Kaen University
Kunitada Shimotohno
Kunitada Shimotohno National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Hisanori Suzuki
Hisanori Suzuki University of Verona
Puangrat Yongvanit
Puangrat Yongvanit Khon Kaen University
Hideyuki Saya
Hideyuki Saya Fujita Health University
Irvin S. Y. Chen
Irvin S. Y. Chen University of California, Los Angeles
Hiroyasu Esumi
Hiroyasu Esumi Tokyo University of Science
Joel Moss
Joel Moss National Institutes of Health
Paiboon Sithithaworn
Paiboon Sithithaworn Khon Kaen University

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