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Masato Okada

Masato Okada

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Overview

Masato Okada is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has a substantial body of research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Rheumatology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed to numerous research areas, with main topics including:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact
  • IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases

Their publication record includes research articles in venues such as:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Internal Medicine
  • Clinical Rheumatology
  • Poster presentations

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Masato Okada are:

  • An infectivity-enhancing site on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein targeted by antibodies, 2021, Cell
  • Multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ixekizumab versus adalimumab in patients with psoriatic arthritis naïve to biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug: final results by week 52, 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is poised to acquire complete resistance to wild-type spike vaccines, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The lysosomal Ragulator complex activates NLRP3 inflammasome in vivo via HDAC6, 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • An inhaled ACE2 decoy confers protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in preclinical models, 2023, Science Translational Medicine

Masato Okada frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Sho Fukui
  • Hiromichi Tamaki
  • Takehiro Nakai
  • Shigeyuki Nada
  • Satoshi Kawaai

Best Publications

  • Reduced cell motility and enhanced focal adhesion contact formation in cells from FAK-deficient mice

    D Ilić;Y Furuta;S Kanazawa;N Takeda

  • Cloning of a complementary DNA for a protein-tyrosine kinase that specifically phosphorylates a negative regulatory site of p60c-src.

    Shigeyuki Nada;Masato Okada;Alasdair MacAuley;Jonathan A. Cooper

  • CSK: a protein-tyrosine kinase involved in regulation of src family kinases.

    M Okada;S Nada;Y Yamanashi;T Yamamoto

  • Ixekizumab, an interleukin-17A specific monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis: results from the 24-week randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled and active (adalimumab)-controlled period of the phase III trial SPIRIT-P1

    Philip J Mease;Désirée van der Heijde;Christopher T Ritchlin;Masato Okada

  • Transmembrane phosphoprotein Cbp regulates the activities of Src-family tyrosine kinases.

    Masahiro Kawabuchi;Yoshinori Satomi;Toshifumi Takao;Yasutsugu Shimonishi

  • Binding of APC to the Human Homolog of the Drosophila Discs Large Tumor Suppressor Protein

    Akihiko Matsumine;Akiko Ogai;Takao Senda;Nobuaki Okumura

  • Constitutive activation of Src family kinases in mouse embryos that lack Csk.

    Shigeyuki Nada;Takeshi Yagi;Hiroyuki Takeda;Tomoyuki Tokunaga

  • IL-6/BSF-2 functions as a killer helper factor in the in vitro induction of cytotoxic T cells.

    M Okada;M Kitahara;S Kishimoto;T Matsuda

  • A protein tyrosine kinase involved in regulation of pp60c-src function.

    M Okada;H Nakagawa

  • Attenuation of Helicobacter pylori CagA·SHP-2 Signaling by Interaction between CagA and C-terminal Src Kinase

    Ryouhei Tsutsumi;Hideaki Higashi;Megumi Higuchi;Masato Okada

  • Regulation of the Src Family Kinases by Csk

    Masato Okada

  • 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

  • Dynamic landscape of immune cell-specific gene regulation in immune-mediated diseases.

    Mineto Ota;Yasuo Nagafuchi;Hiroaki Hatano;Kazuyoshi Ishigaki

  • Analysis of the binding of the Src homology 2 domain of Csk to tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in the suppression and mitotic activation of c-Src

    Histaka Sabe;Akiko Hata;Masato Okada;Hachiro Nakagawa

  • An infectivity-enhancing site on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein targeted by antibodies

    Yafei Liu;Wai Tuck Soh;Jun ichi Kishikawa;Mika Hirose

  • Potentiation of the ligand-binding activity of integrin α3β1 via association with tetraspanin CD151

    Ryoko Nishiuchi;Noriko Sanzen;Shigeyuki Nada;Yasuhiro Sumida

  • Autonomous regulation of osteosarcoma cell invasiveness by Wnt5a/Ror2 signaling

    M Enomoto;S Hayakawa;S Itsukushima;D Y Ren

  • Cutting Edge: Negative Regulation of Immune Synapse Formation by Anchoring Lipid Raft to Cytoskeleton Through Cbp-EBP50-ERM Assembly

    Katsuhiko Itoh;Masahiro Sakakibara;Sho Yamasaki;Arata Takeuchi

  • Transmembrane phosphoprotein Cbp positively regulates the activity of the carboxyl-terminal Src kinase, Csk.

    Satoru Takeuchi;Yoshiharu Takayama;Akira Ogawa;Keiko Tamura

  • Identification of HS1 protein as a major substrate of protein-tyrosine kinase(s) upon B-cell antigen receptor-mediated signaling.

    Yuji Yamanashi;Masato Okada;Toshihiko Semba;Takashi Yamori

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsuya Nagai
Katsuya Nagai Osaka University
Atsushi Nakagawa
Atsushi Nakagawa Osaka University
Tadashi Yamamoto
Tadashi Yamamoto Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Atsushi Kumanogoh
Atsushi Kumanogoh Osaka University
Shinichi Aizawa
Shinichi Aizawa Kumamoto University
Ken Inoki
Ken Inoki University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hiroyuki Nakanishi
Hiroyuki Nakanishi Kumamoto University
Hisataka Sabe
Hisataka Sabe Hokkaido University
Tadamitsu Kishimoto
Tadamitsu Kishimoto Osaka University

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