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Masayuki Miura

Masayuki Miura

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
73
Citations
18810
World Ranking
1281
National Ranking
104

Overview

Masayuki Miura is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. The scientist has contributed to a significant number of publications, with 54 works categorized mainly under Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and 32 publications in Neuroscience.

The work of Masayuki Miura often addresses specific subfields, including:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Insect Science
  • Aging

Their primary research topics cover areas such as:

  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Masayuki Miura has contributed to several journals and publication venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • iScience
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Reports
  • PLoS Genetics

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Masayuki Miura include:

  • "A Fluorescent Probe for Rapid, High-Contrast Visualization of Folate-Receptor-Expressing Tumors In Vivo," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Sensing of the non-essential amino acid tyrosine governs the response to protein restriction in Drosophila," 2022, Nature Metabolism
  • "Gut Bacterial Species Distinctively Impact Host Purine Metabolites during Aging in Drosophila," 2020, iScience
  • "Early-adult methionine restriction reduces methionine sulfoxide and extends lifespan in Drosophila," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Local Necrotic Cells Trigger Systemic Immune Activation via Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in Drosophila," 2020, Cell Reports

Collaboration has been an important component of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Fumiaki Obata
  • Hina Kosakamoto
  • Soshiro Kashio
  • Natsuki Shinoda
  • Yu-ichiro Nakajima

Best Publications

  • Induction of apoptosis in fibroblasts by IL-1β-converting enzyme, a mammalian homolog of the C. elegans cell death gene ced-3

    Masayuki Miura;Hong Zhu;Rocco J. Rotello;Erika A. Hartwieg

  • Ich-1, an Ice/ced-3-related gene, encodes both positive and negative regulators of programmed cell death

    Lin Wang;Masayuki Miura;Louise Bergeron;Hong Zhu

  • Murine Caspase-11, an ICE-Interacting Protease, Is Essential for the Activation of ICE

    Suyue Wang;Masayuki Miura;Yong-keun Jung;Hong Zhu

  • Eiger, a TNF superfamily ligand that triggers the Drosophila JNK pathway

    Tatsushi Igaki;Hiroshi Kanda;Hiroshi Kanda;Yuki Yamamoto-Goto;Hirotaka Kanuka

  • Resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis: activation of caspase 3 is regulated by cell cycle regulator p21WAF1 and IAP gene family ILP.

    Atsushi Suzuki;Yumi Tsutomi;Kouichi Akahane;Takashi Araki

  • Methionine Metabolism Regulates Maintenance and Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Nobuaki Shiraki;Yasuko Shiraki;Tomonori Tsuyama;Fumiaki Obata

  • A transgenic mouse model for monitoring endoplasmic reticulum stress

    Takao Iwawaki;Ryoko Akai;Ryoko Akai;Kenji Kohno;Masayuki Miura;Masayuki Miura

  • Caspase-1 initiates apoptosis in the absence of gasdermin D.

    Kohsuke Tsuchiya;Shinsuke Nakajima;Shoko Hosojima;Dinh Thi Nguyen

  • HIF-1α-PDK1 axis-induced active glycolysis plays an essential role in macrophage migratory capacity

    Hiroaki Semba;Norihiko Takeda;Takayuki Isagawa;Yuki Sugiura

  • Spatio-temporal activation of caspase revealed by indicator that is insensitive to environmental effects

    Kiwamu Takemoto;Takeharu Nagai;Takeharu Nagai;Atsushi Miyawaki;Masayuki Miura

  • Tumor necrosis factor-induced apoptosis is mediated by a CrmA-sensitive cell death pathway

    Masayuki Miura;Robert M. Friedlander;Junying Yuan

  • Androgen-dependent neurodegeneration by polyglutamine-expanded human androgen receptor in Drosophila.

    Ken Ichi Takeyama;Saya Ito;Ayako Yamamoto;Hiromu Tanimoto

  • Survivin initiates procaspase 3/p21 complex formation as a result of interaction with Cdk4 to resist Fas-mediated cell death.

    Atsushi Suzuki;Takeshi Ito;Hirokazu Kawano;Midori Hayashida

  • β-Galactosidase Fluorescence Probe with Improved Cellular Accumulation Based on a Spirocyclized Rhodol Scaffold

    Mako Kamiya;Daisuke Asanuma;Erina Kuranaga;Asuka Takeishi

  • Intrinsic tumor suppression and epithelial maintenance by endocytic activation of Eiger/TNF signaling in Drosophila.

    Tatsushi Igaki;Jose Carlos Pastor-Pareja;Hiroka Aonuma;Masayuki Miura

  • Genetic evidence linking age-dependent attenuation of the 26S proteasome with the aging process.

    Ayako Tonoki;Erina Kuranaga;Takeyasu Tomioka;Jun Hamazaki

  • Control of the cell death pathway by Dapaf-1, a Drosophila Apaf-1/CED-4-related caspase activator.

    Hirotaka Kanuka;Kazunobu Sawamoto;Naohiro Inohara;Kenji Matsuno

  • Survivin initiates cell cycle entry by the competitive interaction with Cdk4/p16(INK4a) and Cdk2/cyclin E complex activation.

    Atsushi Suzuki;Midori Hayashida;Takeshi Ito;Hirokazu Kawano

  • Programmed Cell Death in Neurodevelopment

    Yoshifumi Yamaguchi;Yoshifumi Yamaguchi;Masayuki Miura

  • Nonapoptotic functions of caspases : caspases as regulatory molecules for immunity and cell-fate determination

    Erina Kuranaga;Masayuki Miura

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideyuki Okano
Hideyuki Okano Keio University
Yasuteru Urano
Yasuteru Urano University of Tokyo
Hiroki Yoshida
Hiroki Yoshida Saga University
Noritaka Usami
Noritaka Usami Nagoya University
Hidenori Ichijo
Hidenori Ichijo University of Tokyo
Toshiaki Katada
Toshiaki Katada Musashino University
Takao Iwawaki
Takao Iwawaki Kanazawa Medical University
Keisuke Kuida
Keisuke Kuida Takeda (United States)
Hideki Mochizuki
Hideki Mochizuki Osaka University

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