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Masayoshi Kumegawa

Masayoshi Kumegawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14727
World Ranking
8281
National Ranking
551

Overview

Masayoshi Kumegawa is affiliated with Meikai University in Japan. Their academic work is situated within this institution, contributing to the scientific community through research and teaching activities.

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Best Publications

  • Estrogen Inhibits Bone Resorption by Directly Inducing Apoptosis of the Bone-resorbing Osteoclasts

    Takashi Kameda;Hiroshi Mano;Tatsuhisa Yuasa;Yoshihisa Mori

  • Large scale gene expression analysis of osteoclastogenesis in vitro and elucidation of NFAT2 as a key regulator.

    Norihiro Ishida;Koji Hayashi;Mitsuhiro Hoshijima;Takuya Ogawa

  • Molecular Cloning of Human cDNA for Cathepsin K: Novel Cysteine Proteinase Predominantly Expressed in Bone

    T. Inaoka;G. Bilbe;O. Ishibashi;K.-I. Tezuka

  • Congenital osteoclast deficiency in osteopetrotic (op/op) mice is cured by injections of macrophage colony-stimulating factor

    Hiroaki Kodama;Akira Yamasaki;Makoto Nose;Shumpei Niida

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) directly enhances osteoclastic bone resorption and survival of mature osteoclasts.

    Mari Nakagawa;Mari Nakagawa;Toshio Kaneda;Toshiya Arakawa;Shuichi Morita

  • Direct stimulation of osteoclastic bone resorption by bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2 and expression of BMP receptors in mature osteoclasts

    H Kaneko;T Arakawa;H Mano;T Kaneda

  • Molecular cloning of a possible cysteine proteinase predominantly expressed in osteoclasts.

    Ken Ichi Tezuka;Yoko Tezuka;Akiko Maejima;Takuya Sato

  • Insulin-like growth factor-I supports formation and activation of osteoclasts

    Hiroshi Mochizuki;Yoshiyuki Hakeda;Nobuhiko Wakatsuki;Nobuo Usui

  • Calcium-Sensing Receptor in Mature Osteoclasts, Which Are Bone Resorbing Cells

    Takashi Kameda;Hiroshi Mano;Yoshiji Yamada;Hiroyuki Takai

  • Generation of osteoclasts from isolated hematopoietic progenitor cells.

    Noriyoshi Kurihara;Toshio Suda;Yasusada Miura;Hiromitsu Nakauchi

  • Identification of osteopontin in isolated rabbit osteoclasts.

    Ken ichi Tezuka;Takuya Sato;Hiroshi Kamioka;Peter J. Nijweide

  • Stimulatory effect of bone morphogenetic protein-2 on osteoclast-like cell formation and bone-resorbing activity

    Masanori Kanatani;Toshitsugu Sugimoto;Hiroshi Kaji;Tatsuya Kobayashi

  • Identification of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in rabbit osteoclasts.

    K.-I. Tezuka;K. Nemoto;Y. Tezuka;T. Sato

  • Stimulation of prostaglandin E2 synthesis in cloned osteoblastic cells of mouse (MC3T3-E1) by epidermal growth factor.

    K Yokota;M Kusaka;T Ohshima;S Yamamoto

  • Fluid Shear Stress-induced Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression Is Mediated by C/EBP β, cAMP-response Element-binding Protein, and AP-1 in Osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 Cells

    Aichi Ogasawara;Toshiya Arakawa;Toshio Kaneda;Taishin Takuma

  • Cathepsin K Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide Inhibits Osteoclastic Bone Resorption

    Takashi Inui;Osamu Ishibashi;Tetsuya Inaoka;Yumi Origane

  • Vitamin K2 inhibits osteoclastic bone resorption by inducing osteoclast apoptosis.

    Takashi Kameda;Koshi Miyazawa;Yoshihisa Mori;Tatsuhisa Yuasa

  • Isolation of mouse and human cDNA clones encoding a protein expressed specifically in osteoblasts and brain tissues.

    Ken-ichi Tezuka;Sunao Takeshita;Yoshiyuki Hakeda;Masayoshi Kumegawa

  • Prostaglandin E2 stimulates DNA synthesis by a cyclic AMP-independent pathway in osteoblastic clone MC3T3-E1 cells.

    Yoshiyuki Hakeda;Takahiko Yoshino;Yoshinori Natakani;Noriyoshi Kurihara

  • Endogenous production of TGF-beta is essential for osteoclastogenesis induced by a combination of receptor activator of NF-kappa B ligand and macrophage-colony-stimulating factor.

    Toshio Kaneda;Takaki Nojima;Mari Nakagawa;Aichi Ogasawara

Frequent Co-Authors

Shozo Yamamoto
Shozo Yamamoto Kyoto Women's University
Toshikazu Nakamura
Toshikazu Nakamura Osaka University
Lawrence G. Raisz
Lawrence G. Raisz University of Connecticut Health Center
Mone Zaidi
Mone Zaidi Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Zvi Schwartz
Zvi Schwartz Virginia Commonwealth University
Bernard Tandler
Bernard Tandler Case Western Reserve University
Yutaka Taketani
Yutaka Taketani University of Tokushima
Subburaman Mohan
Subburaman Mohan Loma Linda University
Anthony W. Norman
Anthony W. Norman University of California, Riverside
Fujio Suzuki
Fujio Suzuki Osaka University

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