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Overview

Masashi Narita is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology, and Immunology.

The researcher's publications focus on various topics including:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms

Some of Narita's recent scientific papers are:

  • "Temporal inhibition of autophagy reveals segmental reversal of ageing with increased cancer risk," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "COX2 regulates senescence secretome composition and senescence surveillance through PGE2," 2021, published in Cell Reports
  • "Transcription-dependent cohesin repositioning rewires chromatin loops in cellular senescence," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Autophagy at the intersection of aging, senescence, and cancer," 2022, published in Molecular Oncology
  • "Bioprinting microporous functional living materials from protein-based core-shell microgels," 2023, published in Nature Communications

The venues where Masashi Narita frequently publishes include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research
  • Genes & Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Narita in research projects include:

  • Ioana Olan
  • Adelyne Chan
  • Masako Narita
  • Liam D. Cassidy
  • Andrew Young

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Bcl-2 family proteins regulate the release of apoptogenic cytochrome c by the mitochondrial channel VDAC

    Shigeomi Shimizu;Masashi Narita;Yoshihide Tsujimoto

  • Rb-mediated heterochromatin formation and silencing of E2F target genes during cellular senescence.

    Masashi Narita;Sabrina Nuñez;Sabrina Nuñez;Edith Heard;Masako Narita

  • Cellular Senescence: Defining a Path Forward

    Vassilis Gorgoulis;Peter D. Adams;Andrea Alimonti;Dorothy C. Bennett

  • Reversal of human cellular senescence: roles of the p53 and p16 pathways

    Christian M. Beauséjour;Ana Krtolica;Francesco Galimi;Francesco Galimi;Masashi Narita

  • Bax interacts with the permeability transition pore to induce permeability transition and cytochrome c release in isolated mitochondria

    Masashi Narita;Shigeomi Shimizu;Toshinori Ito;Thomas Chittenden

  • Autophagy mediates the mitotic senescence transition

    Andrew R.J. Young;Masako Narita;Manuela Ferreira;Kristina Kirschner

  • G-quadruplex structures mark human regulatory chromatin

    Robert Hänsel-Hertsch;Dario Beraldi;Stefanie V Lensing;Giovanni Marsico

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Cellular senescence and its effector programs

    Rafik Salama;Mahito Sadaie;Matthew Hoare;Masashi Narita

  • A novel role for high-mobility group a proteins in cellular senescence and heterochromatin formation.

    Masashi Narita;Masako Narita;Valery Krizhanovsky;Sabrina Nuñez

  • Spatial Coupling of mTOR and Autophagy Augments Secretory Phenotypes

    Masako Narita;Andrew R. J. Young;Satoko Arakawa;Shamith A. Samarajiwa

  • Direct coupling of the cell cycle and cell death machinery by E2F.

    Zaher Nahle;Zaher Nahle;Julia Polakoff;Ramana V. Davuluri;Ramana V. Davuluri;Mila E. McCurrach

  • Inside and out: the activities of senescence in cancer

    Pedro A. Pérez-Mancera;Andrew R. J. Young;Masashi Narita

  • NOTCH1 mediates a switch between two distinct secretomes during senescence

    Matthew William Hoare;Yoko Ito;Tae-Won Kang;Michael Paul Weekes

  • 14-3-3 Interacts Directly with and Negatively Regulates Pro-apoptotic Bax

    Masaya Nomura;Shigeomi Shimizu;Tomoyasu Sugiyama;Masashi Narita

  • Dissecting the Unique Role of the Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor during Cellular Senescence

    Agustin Chicas;Xiaowo Wang;Chaolin Zhang;Mila McCurrach

  • Impact of cellular senescence signature on ageing research.

    Ewa Sikora;Thomas Arendt;Martin Bennett;Masashi Narita

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott W. Lowe
Scott W. Lowe Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Shigeomi Shimizu
Shigeomi Shimizu Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Simon Tavaré
Simon Tavaré Columbia University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Philippe Pierre
Philippe Pierre Aix-Marseille University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Felix Randow
Felix Randow MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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