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Masato Koike

Masato Koike

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
53970
World Ranking
6097
National Ranking
389

Overview

Masato Koike is affiliated with Juntendo University in Japan and has an extensive publication record spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their research primarily explores molecular and cellular mechanisms related to neurobiology and disease.

Koike's work focuses on several interrelated fields of study, including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader areas, the work delves into specific subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Biophysics

The main topics covered in Koike's research encompass:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Koike's publication venues include journals with a focus on molecular and neurological sciences. Frequent venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Autophagy
  • eNeuro

Several papers with notable citations illustrate the range of Koike's contributions:

  • NBR 1-mediated p62-liquid droplets enhance the Keap1-Nrf2 system, 2020, EMBO Reports
  • Cells recognize osmotic stress through liquid-liquid phase separation lubricated with poly(ADP-ribose), 2021, Nature Communications
  • Alternative mitochondrial quality control mediated by extracellular release, 2020, Autophagy
  • α-Synuclein aggregates amplified from patient-derived Lewy bodies recapitulate Lewy body diseases in mice, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Developmental Changes in Dendritic Spine Morphology in the Striatum and Their Alteration in an A53T α-Synuclein Transgenic Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease, 2020, eNeuro

Koike has frequently collaborated with several researchers in related fields. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Hiroyuki Hioki
  • Kenta Yamauchi
  • Megumu Takahashi
  • Mutsumi Yokota
  • Shinichiro Okamoto

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

  • Loss of autophagy in the central nervous system causes neurodegeneration in mice

    Masaaki Komatsu;Satoshi Waguri;Satoshi Waguri;Tomoki Chiba;Shigeo Murata

  • Homeostatic Levels of p62 Control Cytoplasmic Inclusion Body Formation in Autophagy-Deficient Mice

    Masaaki Komatsu;Satoshi Waguri;Masato Koike;Yu shin Sou;Yu shin Sou

  • Identification of Tim4 as a phosphatidylserine receptor.

    Masanori Miyanishi;Masanori Miyanishi;Kazutoshi Tada;Masato Koike;Yasuo Uchiyama

  • Autoimmune disease and impaired uptake of apoptotic cells in MFG-E8-deficient mice.

    Rikinari Hanayama;Masato Tanaka;Kay Miyasaka;Katsuyuki Aozasa

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

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

  • Transplantation of in vitro‐expanded fetal neural progenitor cells results in neurogenesis and functional recovery after spinal cord contusion injury in adult rats

    Y. Ogawa;K. Sawamoto;K. Sawamoto;T. Miyata;S. Miyao

  • Grafted human-induced pluripotent stem-cell–derived neurospheres promote motor functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice

    Satoshi Nori;Yohei Okada;Akimasa Yasuda;Osahiko Tsuji

  • Inhibition of autophagy prevents hippocampal pyramidal neuron death after hypoxic-ischemic injury.

    Masato Koike;Masahiro Shibata;Masao Tadakoshi;Kunihito Gotoh

  • The ATG conjugation systems are important for degradation of the inner autophagosomal membrane

    Kotaro Tsuboyama;Ikuko Koyama-Honda;Yuriko Sakamaki;Masato Koike

  • Cathepsin D Deficiency Induces Lysosomal Storage with Ceroid Lipofuscin in Mouse CNS Neurons

    Masato Koike;Hiroshi Nakanishi;Paul Saftig;Junji Ezaki

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction associated with increased oxidative stress and α-synuclein accumulation in PARK2 iPSC-derived neurons and postmortem brain tissue.

    Yoichi Imaizumi;Yohei Okada;Wado Akamatsu;Masato Koike

  • RNA-binding protein Musashi family: Roles for CNS stem cells and a subpopulation of ependymal cells revealed by targeted disruption and antisense ablation

    Shin ichi Sakakibara;Yuki Nakamura;Tetsu Yoshida;Shinsuke Shibata

  • Nesfatin-1-regulated oxytocinergic signaling in the paraventricular nucleus causes anorexia through a leptin-independent melanocortin pathway.

    Yuko Maejima;Udval Sedbazar;Shigetomo Suyama;Daisuke Kohno

  • Phosphatidylserine-dependent engulfment by macrophages of nuclei from erythroid precursor cells.

    Hideyuki Yoshida;Kohki Kawane;Masato Koike;Yoshimi Mori

  • Participation of autophagy in storage of lysosomes in neurons from mouse models of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (Batten disease).

    Masato Koike;Masahiro Shibata;Satoshi Waguri;Kentaro Yoshimura

  • The novel lipid raft adaptor p18 controls endosome dynamics by anchoring the MEK-ERK pathway to late endosomes.

    Shigeyki Nada;Akihiro Hondo;Atsuko Kasai;Masato Koike

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuo Uchiyama
Yasuo Uchiyama Juntendo University
Eiki Kominami
Eiki Kominami Juntendo University
Satoshi Waguri
Satoshi Waguri Fukushima Medical University
Masaaki Komatsu
Masaaki Komatsu Juntendo University
Takashi Ueno
Takashi Ueno Juntendo University
Nobutaka Hattori
Nobutaka Hattori Juntendo University
Isei Tanida
Isei Tanida Juntendo University
Noboru Mizushima
Noboru Mizushima University of Tokyo
Christoph Peters
Christoph Peters University of Freiburg
Keiji Tanaka
Keiji Tanaka Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

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