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Overview

Masato Hirata is affiliated with Fukuoka Dental College in Japan and has a primary research focus within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work encompasses molecular biology, physiology, surgery, cell biology, and cancer research, with a notable emphasis on the intersections between metabolism, diabetes, and cancer.

Their research topics include:

  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer

Masato Hirata has contributed to a variety of peer-reviewed scientific publications. Recent papers include:

  • "NFAT5 promotes oral squamous cell carcinoma progression in a hyperosmotic environment," 2020, Laboratory Investigation
  • "The roles of osteocalcin in lipid metabolism in adipose tissue and liver," 2020, Advances in Biological Regulation
  • "A novel inhibitor of NF-κB-inducing kinase prevents bone loss by inhibiting osteoclastic bone resorption in ovariectomized mice," 2020, Bone
  • "Adipocyte-specific GPRC6A ablation promotes diet-induced obesity by inhibiting lipolysis," 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Volume-regulated chloride channel regulates cell proliferation and is involved in the possible interaction between TMEM16A and LRRC8A in human metastatic oral squamous cell carcinoma cells," 2021, European Journal of Pharmacology

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Laboratory Investigation
  • Advances in Biological Regulation
  • Bone

The researcher collaborates regularly with several scholars, including:

  • Akiko Mizokami
  • Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Eijiro Jimi
  • Miho Matsuda
  • Takahito Otani

Best Publications

  • Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate releases Ca2+ from intracellular store sites in skinned single cells of porcine coronary artery

    Eiichi Suematsu;Masato Hirata;Toshihiko Hashimoto;Hirosi Kuriyama

  • Release of Ca2+ from a non-mitochondrial store site in peritoneal macrophages treated with saponin by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate.

    M Hirata;E Suematsu;T Hashimoto;T Hamachi

  • Replacements of Single Basic Amino Acids in the Pleckstrin Homology Domain of Phospholipase C-δ1 Alter the Ligand Binding, Phospholipase Activity, and Interaction with the Plasma Membrane

    Hitoshi Yagisawa;Kaori Sakuma;Hugh F. Paterson;Robert Cheung

  • Osteocalcin Induces Release of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 and Thereby Stimulates Insulin Secretion in Mice

    Akiko Mizokami;Yu Yasutake;Jing Gao;Miho Matsuda

  • Early Changes in KCC2 Phosphorylation in Response to Neuronal Stress Result in Functional Downregulation

    Hiroaki Wake;Miho Watanabe;Andrew J. Moorhouse;Takashi Kanematsu

  • Putative Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Binding Proteins in Rat Brain Cytosol*

    T Kanematsu;H Takeya;Y Watanabe;S Ozaki

  • Role of the PLC-related, catalytically inactive protein p130 in GABAA receptor function

    Takashi Kanematsu;Il Sung Jang;Taku Yamaguchi;Hiroyasu Nagahama

  • Osteocalcin and its endocrine functions.

    Akiko Mizokami;Tomoyo Kawakubo-Yasukochi;Masato Hirata

  • A role for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in the initiation of agonist-induced contractions of dog tracheal smooth muscle.

    Toshihiko Hashimoto;Masato Hirata;Yushi Ito

  • Dexamethasone stimulates osteoclast-like cell formation by inhibiting granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor production in mouse bone marrow cultures

    Toshihide Shuto;Toshio Kukita;Masato Hirata;Eijiro Jimi

  • Expression and characterization of an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate binding domain of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C-delta 1.

    H Yagisawa;M Hirata;T Kanematsu;Y Watanabe

  • Dependence on Ca2+ of the activities of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate phosphatase in smooth muscles of the porcine coronary artery.

    T Sasaguri;M Hirata;H Kuriyama

  • Dictyostelium Differentiation-inducing Factor-3 Activates Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β and Degrades Cyclin D1 in Mammalian Cells

    Fumi Takahashi-Yanaga;Yoji Taba;Yoshikazu Miwa;Yuzuru Kubohara

  • InsP4 facilitates store-operated calcium influx by inhibition of InsP3 5-phosphatase

    Meredith C. Hermosura;Hiroshi Takeuchi;Andrea Fleig;Andrew M. Riley

  • Solution structure of microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 and identification of its functional subdomains.

    Takahide Kouno;Mineyuki Mizuguchi;Isei Tanida;Takashi Ueno

  • A new inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate binding protein similar to phospholipase C-delta 1.

    Takashi Kanematsu;Yoshio Misumi;Yutaka Watanabe;Shoichiro Ozaki

  • Effects of cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein kinases, and calmodulin on Ca2+ uptake by highly purified sarcolemmal vesicles of vascular smooth muscle.

    Eiichi Suematsu;Masato Hirata;Hirosi Kuriyama

  • GABAA receptor phospho-dependent modulation is regulated by phospholipase C-related inactive protein type 1, a novel protein phosphatase 1 anchoring protein.

    Miho Terunuma;Il Sung Jang;Sang Hoon Ha;Josef T. Kittler

  • Modulation of GABAA receptor phosphorylation and membrane trafficking by phospholipase C-related inactive protein/protein phosphatase 1 and 2A signaling complex underlying brain-derived neurotrophic factor-dependent regulation of GABAergic inhibition

    Takashi Kanematsu;Atsushi Yasunaga;Yoshito Mizoguchi;Yoshito Mizoguchi;Akiko Kuratani

  • Interleukin-1α activates an NF-κB-like factor in osteoclast-like cells

    Eijiro Jimi;Tetsuro Ikebe;Naoyuki Takahashi;Masato Hirata

Frequent Co-Authors

Keiichi I. Nakayama
Keiichi I. Nakayama Institute of Science Tokyo
Junichi Nabekura
Junichi Nabekura National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Stephen J. Moss
Stephen J. Moss Tufts University
Yoshio Misumi
Yoshio Misumi Fukuoka University
Kiyoko Fukami
Kiyoko Fukami Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Tadaomi Takenawa
Tadaomi Takenawa Kobe University
Isei Tanida
Isei Tanida Juntendo University
Taiji Imoto
Taiji Imoto Kyushu University
Sung Ho Ryu
Sung Ho Ryu Pohang University of Science and Technology
Hiroki Toyoda
Hiroki Toyoda Osaka University

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