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Masatsugu Ema is affiliated with Shiga University of Medical Science in Japan. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Neurology, and Oncology.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics, notably:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Renal and Related Cancers
  • Virus-based Gene Therapy Research
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Masatsugu Ema has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
  • eLife
  • Viruses

Recent papers attributed to Masatsugu Ema include:

  • "The X chromosome dosage compensation program during the development of cynomolgus monkeys," 2021, Science
  • "Organogenesis and distribution of the ocular lymphatic vessels in the anterior eye," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Aging of the Vascular System and Neural Diseases," 2020, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "Erratic and blood vessel-guided migration of astrocyte progenitors in the cerebral cortex," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Generation of Transgenic Cynomolgus Monkeys Overexpressing the Gene for Amyloid-β Precursor Protein," 2020, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Masatsugu Ema include:

  • Shoma Matsumoto
  • Masanaga Muto
  • Seiya Mizuno
  • Fumihiro Sugiyama
  • Hideaki Tsuchiya

Best Publications

  • A novel bHLH-PAS factor with close sequence similarity to hypoxia-inducible factor 1α regulates the VEGF expression and is potentially involved in lung and vascular development

    Masatsugu Ema;Shinichiro Taya;Noboru Yokotani;Kazuhiro Sogawa

  • Loss of teratogenic response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin (TCDD) in mice lacking the Ah (dioxin) receptor

    Junsei Mimura;Keisuke Yamashita;Kenji Nakamura;Masanobu Morita

  • Molecular mechanisms of transcription activation by HLF and HIF1alpha in response to hypoxia: their stabilization and redox signal-induced interaction with CBP/p300.

    Masatsugu Ema;Kiichi Hirota;Junsei Mimura;Hisaku Abe

  • Identification of a novel mechanism of regulation of Ah (dioxin) receptor function

    Junsei Mimura;Masatsugu Ema;Kazuhiro Sogawa;Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama

  • cDNA cloning and structure of mouse putative Ah receptor

    M. Ema;K. Sogawa;N. Watanabe;Y. Chujoh

  • Dioxin binding activities of polymorphic forms of mouse and human arylhydrocarbon receptors.

    Masatsugu Ema;Norihisa Ohe;Michiko Suzuki;Junsei Mimura

  • Subventricular Zone-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells Migrate Along a Blood Vessel Scaffold Toward the Post-stroke Striatum

    Takuro Kojima;Takuro Kojima;Yuki Hirota;Masatsugu Ema;Satoru Takahashi

  • cDNA cloning and tissue-specific expression of a novel basic helix-loop-helix/PAS factor (Arnt2) with close sequence similarity to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (Arnt).

    Ken Hirose;Masanobu Morita;Masatsugu Ema;Junsei Mimura

  • Deletion of the selection cassette, but not cis-acting elements, in targeted Flk1-lacZ allele reveals Flk1 expression in multipotent mesodermal progenitors.

    Masatsugu Ema;Satoru Takahashi;Satoru Takahashi;Satoru Takahashi;Janet Rossant;Janet Rossant;Janet Rossant

  • Combinatorial effects of Flk1 and Tal1 on vascular and hematopoietic development in the mouse.

    Masatsugu Ema;Patrick Faloon;Wen Jie Zhang;Masanori Hirashima

  • Inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 activity by nitric oxide donors in hypoxia

    Kazuhiro Sogawa;Keiko Numayama-Tsuruta;Masatsugu Ema;Manabu Abe

  • HLF/HIF‐2α is a key factor in retinopathy of prematurity in association with erythropoietin

    Masanobu Morita;Osamu Ohneda;Toshiharu Yamashita;Toshiharu Yamashita;Satoru Takahashi

  • Neurons limit angiogenesis by titrating VEGF in retina.

    Keisuke Okabe;Sakiko Kobayashi;Toru Yamada;Toshihide Kurihara

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A Signaling in the Podocyte-Endothelial Compartment Is Required for Mesangial Cell Migration and Survival

    Vera Eremina;Shiying Cui;Hanspeter Gerber;Napoleone Ferrara

  • Krüppel-like factor 5 Is Essential for Blastocyst Development and the Normal Self-Renewal of Mouse ESCs

    Masatsugu Ema;Daisuke Mori;Hitoshi Niwa;Yoshikazu Hasegawa

  • Roles of VEGF-A signalling in development, regeneration, and tumours.

    Ken Matsumoto;Masatsugu Ema;Masatsugu Ema

  • Transcriptionally Active Heterodimer Formation of an Arnt-like PAS Protein, Arnt3, with HIF-1a, HLF, and Clock

    Sho Takahata;Kazuhiro Sogawa;Akira Kobayashi;Masatsugu Ema

  • Two new members of the murine Sim gene family are transcriptional repressors and show different expression patterns during mouse embryogenesis.

    Masatsugu Ema;Masanobu Morita;Shuntaro Ikawa;Masahiro Tanaka

  • A factor binding to the xenobiotic responsive element (XRE) of P-4501A1 gene consists of at least two helix-loop-helix proteins, Ah receptor and Arnt.

    N Matsushita;K Sogawa;M Ema;A Yoshida

  • Generation of Naive-Like Porcine-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Capable of Contributing to Embryonic and Fetal Development

    Shuh-hei Fujishiro;Kazuaki Nakano;Yoshihisa Mizukami;Takuya Azami

Frequent Co-Authors

Satoru Takahashi
Satoru Takahashi University of Tsukuba
Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama
Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Junsei Mimura
Junsei Mimura Hirosaki University
Kazuhiro Sogawa
Kazuhiro Sogawa Tohoku University
Janet Rossant
Janet Rossant University of Toronto
Susumu Itoh
Susumu Itoh Showa Pharmaceutical University
Shosei Yoshida
Shosei Yoshida The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Masayuki Yamamoto
Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University
Jody J. Haigh
Jody J. Haigh University of Manitoba
Marie-José Goumans
Marie-José Goumans Leiden University Medical Center

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