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Masanori Kasahara

Masanori Kasahara

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Genetics

D-Index
66
Citations
14089
World Ranking
2632
National Ranking
104

Overview

Masanori Kasahara is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and focuses their research on various aspects of medicine, immunology, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including immunology, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, and oncology.

Their research covers several key topics such as:

  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Galectins and cancer biology
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease
  • Peptidase inhibition and analysis
  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research
  • Immune cell function and interaction

Masanori Kasahara has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • "The immune system of jawless vertebrates: insights into the prototype of the adaptive immune system" (2020), Immunogenetics
  • "Decreased Proteasomal Function Induces Neuronal Loss and Memory Impairment" (2020), American Journal Of Pathology
  • "Expression of the immunoproteasome subunit β5i in non-small cell lung carcinomas" (2020), Journal of Clinical Pathology
  • "Role of immunoproteasomes and thymoproteasomes in health and disease" (2021), Pathology International
  • "Expression of cathepsins B, D and K in thymic epithelial tumours" (2020), Journal of Clinical Pathology

Their frequent coauthors reflect collaborative research partnerships and include:

  • Utano Tomaru
  • Akihiro Ishizu
  • Noriyuki Otsuka
  • Yoichi Sutáh
  • Eri Murata

Publications by Masanori Kasahara often appear in established scientific venues such as:

  • American Journal Of Pathology
  • Experimental and Molecular Pathology
  • Immunogenetics
  • Journal of Clinical Pathology
  • The Journal of Immunology

Their work primarily contributes to the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with several publications also emphasizing biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Origin and evolution of the adaptive immune system: genetic events and selective pressures

    Martin F. Flajnik;Masanori Kasahara

  • Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution

    Byrappa Venkatesh;Byrappa Venkatesh;Alison P. Lee;Vydianathan Ravi;Ashish K. Maurya

  • The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

    Linda Z. Holland;Ricard Albalat;Kaoru Azumi;Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez

  • Comparative genomics of the MHC: glimpses into the evolution of the adaptive immune system.

    Martin F. Flajnik;Masanori Kasahara

  • The MHC class I ligand-generating system: roles of immunoproteasomes and the interferon-4gMY-inducible proteasome activator PA28

    K Tanaka;M Kasahara;M Kasahara

  • Genomic analysis of immunity in a Urochordate and the emergence of the vertebrate immune system: “waiting for Godot”

    Kaoru Azumi;Rosaria De Santis;Anthony De Tomaso;Isidore Rigoutsos

  • The 2R hypothesis: an update.

    Masanori Kasahara

  • The immunoproteasome and thymoproteasome: functions, evolution and human disease.

    Shigeo Murata;Yousuke Takahama;Masanori Kasahara;Keiji Tanaka

  • A novel type of E3-ligase for the Ufm1-conjugation system

    Kanako Tatsumi;Yu Shin Sou;Yu Shin Sou;Norihiro Tada;Eri Nakamura

  • Abnormal conformation and impaired degradation of propylthiouracil-induced neutrophil extracellular traps: implications of disordered neutrophil extracellular traps in a rat model of myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

    Daigo Nakazawa;Utano Tomaru;Akira Suzuki;Sakiko Masuda

  • Variable lymphocyte receptors in hagfish

    Zeev Pancer;Nil Ratan Saha;Jun Kasamatsu;Takashi Suzuki

  • VLR-Based Adaptive Immunity

    Thomas Boehm;Nathanael McCurley;Yoichi Sutoh;Michael Schorpp

  • Growth Retardation in Mice Lacking the Proteasome Activator PA28γ

    Shigeo Murata;Hiroyuki Kawahara;Shigeto Tohma;Kazuhiko Yamamoto

  • Decreased proteasomal activity causes age-related phenotypes and promotes the development of metabolic abnormalities.

    Utano Tomaru;Satomi Takahashi;Akihiro Ishizu;Yukiko Miyatake

  • Chromosomal localization of the proteasome Z subunit gene reveals an ancient chromosomal duplication involving the major histocompatibility complex.

    Masanori Kasahara;Masaru Hayashi;Keiji Tanaka;Hidetoshi Inoko

  • Immunoproteasome assembly and antigen presentation in mice lacking both PA28α and PA28β

    Shigeo Murata;Heiichiro Udono;Nobuyuki Tanahashi;Nobuyuki Hamada

  • Chromosomal duplication and the emergence of the adaptive immune system

    Masanori Kasahara;Jun Nakaya;Yoko Satta;Yoko Satta;Naoyuki Takahata;Naoyuki Takahata

  • Cloning and mapping of a testis-specific gene with sequence similarity to a sperm-coating glycoprotein gene.

    Masanori Kasahara;Jutta Gutknecht;Keith Brew;Nigel Spurr

  • Which came first, MHC class I or class II?

    Martin F. Flajnik;Camilo Canel;Jack Kramer;Masanori Kasahara

  • Cooperation of Multiple Chaperones Required for the Assembly of Mammalian 20S Proteasomes

    Yuko Hirano;Hidemi Hayashi;Shun-ichiro Iemura;Klavs B. Hendil

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin F. Flajnik
Martin F. Flajnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Keiji Tanaka
Keiji Tanaka Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Shigeo Murata
Shigeo Murata University of Tokyo
Felipe Figueroa
Felipe Figueroa Max Planck Society
Akira Suzuki
Akira Suzuki Hokkaido University
Yoshihiro Matsuno
Yoshihiro Matsuno Hokkaido University
Katsumi Maenaka
Katsumi Maenaka Hokkaido University
Tsukasa Seya
Tsukasa Seya Hokkaido University
Byrappa Venkatesh
Byrappa Venkatesh Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Misako Matsumoto
Misako Matsumoto Aomori University

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