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Masayuki Endo

Masayuki Endo

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Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9465
World Ranking
13131
National Ranking
995

Overview

Masayuki Endo is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple specialized subfields including molecular biology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, surgery, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as obstetrics and gynecology.

The main topics covered in Endo's research include advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, RNA interference and gene delivery, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, maternal and fetal healthcare, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and the synthesis and applications of gold and silver nanoparticles.

Endo's recent publications demonstrate a focus on DNA nanostructures and their applications in biomedical fields. Selected recent papers include:

  • DNA Nanostructures for Targeted Antimicrobial Delivery, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Isothermal self-assembly of multicomponent and evolutive DNA nanostructures, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Antenatal diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of obstetric and maternal outcomes after prior uterine artery embolization, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Duplex DNA Is Weakened in Nanoconfinement, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors in Endo's research collaborations include Hiroshi Sugiyama, Kazuya Mimura, Tadashi Kimura, Takuji Tomimatsu, and Kumi Hidaka.

Endo has published frequently in the following scientific venues:

  • Placenta
  • ChemBioChem
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Molecules
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Best Publications

  • A DNA-based molecular motor that can navigate a network of tracks

    Shelley F. J. Wickham;Jonathan Bath;Yousuke Katsuda;Masayuki Endo

  • Direct observation of stepwise movement of a synthetic molecular transporter

    Shelley F. J. Wickham;Masayuki Endo;Yousuke Katsuda;Kumi Hidaka

  • Photocatalytic Oxidation Reactivity of Holes in the Sulfur- and Carbon-Doped TiO2 Powders Studied by Time-Resolved Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

    Takashi Tachikawa;Sachiko Tojo;Kiyohiko Kawai;Masayuki Endo

  • A light-driven three-dimensional plasmonic nanosystem that translates molecular motion into reversible chiroptical function

    Anton Kuzyk;Yangyang Yang;Xiaoyang Duan;Xiaoyang Duan;Simon Stoll;Simon Stoll

  • Single-molecule analysis using DNA origami.

    Arivazhagan Rajendran;Masayuki Endo;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Lipid-bilayer-assisted two-dimensional self-assembly of DNA origami nanostructures

    Yuki Suzuki;Masayuki Endo;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Visualization of Dynamic Conformational Switching of the G-Quadruplex in a DNA Nanostructure

    Yuta Sannohe;Masayuki Endo;Yousuke Katsuda;Kumi Hidaka

  • Regulation of DNA methylation using different tensions of double strands constructed in a defined DNA nanostructure.

    Masayuki Endo;Yousuke Katsuda;Kumi Hidaka;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Photo-Cross-Linking-Assisted Thermal Stability of DNA Origami Structures and Its Application for Higher-Temperature Self-Assembly

    Arivazhagan Rajendran;Masayuki Endo;Yousuke Katsuda;Kumi Hidaka

  • Programmed Two-Dimensional Self- Assembly of Multiple DNA Origami Jigsaw Pieces

    Arivazhagan Rajendran;Masayuki Endo;Yousuke Katsuda;Kumi Hidaka

  • Design and development of nanosized DNA assemblies in polypod-like structures as efficient vehicles for immunostimulatory CpG motifs to immune cells.

    Kohta Mohri;Makiya Nishikawa;Natsuki Takahashi;Tomoki Shiomi

  • Chemical approaches to DNA nanotechnology.

    Masayuki Endo;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Photo-controllable DNA origami nanostructures assembling into predesigned multiorientational patterns.

    Yangyang Yang;Masayuki Endo;Kumi Hidaka;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Single-molecule imaging of dynamic motions of biomolecules in DNA origami nanostructures using high-speed atomic force microscopy.

    Masayuki Endo;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Zinc-Finger Proteins for Site-Specific Protein Positioning on DNA-Origami Structures†

    Eiji Nakata;Fong Fong Liew;Chisana Uwatoko;Shigeki Kiyonaka

  • Dynamic Assembly/Disassembly Processes of Photoresponsive DNA Origami Nanostructures Directly Visualized on a Lipid Membrane Surface

    Yuki Suzuki;Masayuki Endo;Yangyang Yang;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Direct Visualization of Walking Motions of Photocontrolled Nanomachine on the DNA Nanostructure.

    Yangyang Yang;Marisa A. Goetzfried;Kumi Hidaka;Mingxu You

  • Direct and Single-Molecule Visualization of the Solution-State Structures of G-Hairpin and G-Triplex Intermediates

    Arivazhagan Rajendran;Masayuki Endo;Kumi Hidaka;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • DNA Prism Structures Constructed by Folding of Multiple Rectangular Arms

    Masayuki Endo;Kumi Hidaka;Takayuki Kato;Keiichi Namba

  • Porphyrin light-harvesting arrays constructed in the recombinant tobacco mosaic virus scaffold.

    Masayuki Endo;Mamoru Fujitsuka;Tetsuro Majima

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Sugiyama
Hiroshi Sugiyama Kyoto University
Tetsuro Majima
Tetsuro Majima Osaka University
Mamoru Fujitsuka
Mamoru Fujitsuka Osaka University
Makiya Nishikawa
Makiya Nishikawa Tokyo University of Science
Yoshinobu Takakura
Yoshinobu Takakura Kyoto University
Makoto Komiyama
Makoto Komiyama University of Tokyo
Nobuaki Koga
Nobuaki Koga Nagoya University
Ichiro Hirao
Ichiro Hirao Xenolis Pte. Ltd.

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