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Masayuki Ozawa

Masayuki Ozawa

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
13483
World Ranking
16505
National Ranking
1183

Overview

Masayuki Ozawa is affiliated with Kagoshima University in Japan. Their research primarily spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in medicine. The scientist's contributions focus on cell biology, immunology and allergy, molecular biology, and oncology as subfields.

Recent publications by Masayuki Ozawa include the following:

  • Adherens junction regulates cryptic lamellipodia formation for epithelial cell migration, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Adherens junction serves to generate cryptic lamellipodia required for collective migration of epithelial cells, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Loss of Cell-Cell Contact Inhibits Cellular Differentiation of α-Catenin Knock Out P19 Embryonal Carcinoma Cells and Their Colonization into the Developing Mouse Embryos, 2024, BioTech

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Masayuki Ozawa's work has been published in several venues, including:

  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BioTech

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following researchers:

  • Sylvain Hiver
  • Takaki Yamamoto
  • Tatsuo Shibata
  • Srigokul Upadhyayula
  • Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue

Best Publications

  • The Cytoplasmic Domain of the Cell Adhesion Molecule Uvomorulin Associates With Three Independent Proteins Structurally Related in Different Species

    M. Ozawa;H. Baribault;R. Kemler

  • Uvomorulin-catenin complex formation is regulated by a specific domain in the cytoplasmic region of the cell adhesion molecule.

    Masayuki Ozawa;Martin Ringwald;Rolf Kemler

  • Novel function of the cell adhesion molecule uvomorulin as an inducer of cell surface polarity

    Helen McNeill;Masayuki Ozawa;Rolf Kemler;W.James Nelson

  • Molecular organization of the uvomorulin-catenin complex.

    M Ozawa;R Kemler

  • The uvomorulin-anchorage protein alpha catenin is a vinculin homologue.

    Kurt Herrenknecht;Masayuki Ozawa;Christoph Eckerskorn;Friedrich Lottspeich

  • Four‐year Follow‐up of a Prospective Trial of HLA and MICA Antibodies on Kidney Graft Survival

    P. I. Terasaki;M. Ozawa;R. Castro

  • The transcription factor Snail downregulates the tight junction components independently of E-cadherin downregulation

    Tadashi Ohkubo;Masayuki Ozawa

  • Single amino acid substitutions in one Ca2+ binding site of uvomorulin abolish the adhesive function

    Masayuki Ozawa;Jürgen Engel;Rolf Kemler

  • De novo donor HLA-specific antibodies after heart transplantation are an independent predictor of poor patient survival.

    J. D. Smith;N. R. Banner;I. M. Hamour;M. Ozawa

  • Correct proteolytic cleavage is required for the cell adhesive function of uvomorulin.

    M Ozawa;R Kemler

  • Altered Cell Adhesion Activity by Pervanadate Due to the Dissociation of α-Catenin from the E-Cadherin·Catenin Complex

    Masayuki Ozawa;Rolf Kemler

  • Basigin, a New, Broadly Distributed Member of the Immunoglobulin Superfamily, Has Strong Homology with Both the Immunoglobulin V Domain and the β-Chain of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Antigen

    Teruo Miyauchi;Takuro Kanekura;Akihiro Yamaoka;Masayuki Ozawa

  • The membrane-proximal region of the E-cadherin cytoplasmic domain prevents dimerization and negatively regulates adhesion activity.

    Masayuki Ozawa;Rolf Kemler

  • Increased midkine gene expression in human gastrointestinal cancers

    Kuniaki Aridome;Jun-ichiro Tsutsui;Sonshin Takao;Kenji Kadomatsu;Kenji Kadomatsu

  • p120ctn Binds to the Membrane-proximal Region of the E-cadherin Cytoplasmic Domain and Is Involved in Modulation of Adhesion Activity

    Tadashi Ohkubo;Masayuki Ozawa

  • Presenilin-1 binds cytoplasmic epithelial cadherin, inhibits cadherin/p120 association, and regulates stability and function of the cadherin/catenin adhesion complex.

    Lia Baki;Philippe Marambaud;Spiros Efthimiopoulos;Anastasios Georgakopoulos

  • The Importance of Anti-HLA-Specific Antibody Strength in Monitoring Kidney Transplant Patients

    K. Mizutani;P. Terasaki;E. Hamdani;V. Esquenazi

  • Reticulocalbin, a novel endoplasmic reticulum resident Ca(2+)-binding protein with multiple EF-hand motifs and a carboxyl-terminal HDEL sequence.

    M. Ozawa;T. Muramatsu

  • Increased internalization of p120-uncoupled E-cadherin and a requirement for a dileucine motif in the cytoplasmic domain for endocytosis of the protein.

    Yayoi Miyashita;Masayuki Ozawa

  • CD151 regulates epithelial cell–cell adhesion through PKC- and Cdc42-dependent actin cytoskeletal reorganization

    Masaki Shigeta;Noriko Sanzen;Noriko Sanzen;Masayuki Ozawa;Jianguo Gu

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Muramatsu
Takashi Muramatsu Nagoya University
Rolf Kemler
Rolf Kemler Max Planck Society
Kenji Kadomatsu
Kenji Kadomatsu Nagoya University
Tatsuhiko Furukawa
Tatsuhiko Furukawa Kagoshima University
Yasuyuki Igarashi
Yasuyuki Igarashi Hokkaido University
Nikolaos K. Robakis
Nikolaos K. Robakis Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Philippe Marambaud
Philippe Marambaud Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Jianguo Gu
Jianguo Gu Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Ken Ichi Yamamura
Ken Ichi Yamamura Kumamoto University

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