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Michio Ogawa

Michio Ogawa

Overview

Michio Ogawa is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research focuses on various subfields including cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, hematology, and pediatric health sciences.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, notably zebrafish biomedical research applications, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, immune cells in cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer, cell adhesion molecules research, and FOXO transcription factor regulation.

Ogawa's recent publications include:

  • Independent origins of fetal liver haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, 2022, Nature
  • The canonical smooth muscle cell marker TAGLN is present in endothelial cells and is involved in angiogenesis, 2021, Journal of Cell Science
  • FOXO1 promotes endothelial cell elongation and angiogenesis by up-regulating the phosphorylation of myosin light chain 2, 2023, Angiogenesis
  • Transition of signal requirement in hematopoietic stem cell development from hemogenic endothelial cells, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bone morphogenetic protein 4 induces hematopoietic stem cell development from murine hemogenic endothelial cells in culture, 2024, Stem Cell Reports

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ogawa include Saori Morino-Koga, Toshio Suda, Mariko Tsuruda, Tomomasa Yokomizo, and Shingo Usuki. These collaborations reflect a productive network within stem cell biology and related biomedical research areas.

The venues where Ogawa has published most frequently are:

  • Experimental Hematology
  • Nature
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Angiogenesis
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Glypican-3, overexpressed specifically in human hepatocellular carcinoma, is a novel tumor marker.

    Tetsuya Nakatsura;Yoshihiro Yoshitake;Satoru Senju;Mikio Monji

  • Correlation between the location of germ-line mutations in the APC gene and the number of colorectal polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis patients.

    Hiroki Nagase;Hiroki Nagase;Yasuo Miyoshi;Akira Horii;Takahisa Aoki

  • Immunoreactive Hepatocyte Growth Factor Is a Strong and Independent Predictor of Recurrence and Survival in Human Breast Cancer

    Jun-ichi Yamashita;Michio Ogawa;Shin-ichi Yamashita;Koichi Nomura

  • Genetic diagnosis of lymph-node metastasis in colorectal cancer.

    N. Hayashi;I. Ito;Y. Nakamura;A. Yanagisawa

  • Elevation of Circulating Interleukin 6 After Surgery: Factors Influencing the Serum Level

    Kiyoshi Sakamoto;Hirofumi Arakawa;Seiji Mita;Takatoshi Ishiko

  • Neurons but not glial cells show reciprocal imprinting of sense and antisense transcripts of Ube3a

    K. Yamasaki;K. Joh;T. Ohta;H. Masuzaki

  • Estimation of Physiologic Ability and Surgical Stress (E-PASS) as a new prediction scoring system for postoperative morbidity and mortality following elective gastrointestinal surgery

    Yoshio Haga;Satoshi Ikei;Michio Ogawa

  • Induction of haem oxygenase-1 by nitric oxide and ischaemia in experimental solid tumours and implications for tumour growth

    K Doi;T Akaike;S Fujii;S Tanaka

  • Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and organ dysfunction following gastrointestinal surgery.

    Yoshio Haga;Toru Beppu;Kouichi Doi;Fumiaki Nozawa

  • Antiapoptotic effect of haem oxygenase-1 induced by nitric oxide in experimental solid tumour.

    S Tanaka;T Akaike;J Fang;T Beppu

  • Relationship between neutrophil elastase and acute lung injury in humans.

    Shouetsu Tamakuma;Michio Ogawa;Naoki Aikawa;Tatsuya Kubota

  • Overexpression of group II phospholipase A2 in human breast cancer tissues is closely associated with their malignant potency

    S.-I. Yamashita;J.-I. Yamashita;M. Ogawa

  • Autophagic Cell Death of Pancreatic Acinar Cells in Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal Type 3—Deficient Mice

    Masaki Ohmuraya;Masahiko Hirota;Masatake Araki;Noboru Mizushima;Noboru Mizushima

  • Mechanisms of Peritoneal Metastasis after Operation for Non-Serosa-invasive Gastric Carcinoma: An Ultrarapid Detection System for Intraperitoneal Free Cancer Cells and a Prophylactic Strategy for Peritoneal Metastasis

    Takashi Marutsuka;Shinya Shimada;Kenji Shiomori;Naoko Hayashi

  • A Novel Migration Pathway for Rat Dendritic Cells from the Blood: Hepatic Sinusoids–Lymph Translocation

    Shunsuke Kudo;Kenjiro Matsuno;Taichi Ezaki;Michio Ogawa

  • Acute Pancreatitis and Cytokines : "Second Attack" by Septic Complication Leads to Organ Failure

    Michio Ogawa

  • Curcumin inhibits interleukin 8 production and enhances interleukin 8 receptor expression on the cell surface: Impact on human pancreatic carcinoma cell growth by autocrine regulation

    Hideki Hidaka;Takatoshi Ishiko M.D.;Takashi Furuhashi;Hidenobu Kamohara

  • No-touch isolation technique reduces intraoperative shedding of tumor cells into the portal vein during resection of colorectal cancer.

    Naoko Hayashi;Hiroshi Egami;Mikio Kai;Yuji Kurusu

  • Genetic Diagnosis Identifies Occult Lymph Node Metastases Undetectable by the Histopathological Method

    Naoko Hayashi;Hirofumi Arakawa;Hiroki Nagase;Akio Yanagisawa

  • Relationship Between Plasma Cytokine Concentration and Multiple Organ Failure in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis

    Masahiko Hirota;Fumiaki Nozawa;Akihiro Okabe;Muneyuki Shibata

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Yasuharu Nishimura
Yasuharu Nishimura Kumamoto University
Yasuyuki Yamashita
Yasuyuki Yamashita Kumamoto University
Takaaki Akaike
Takaaki Akaike Tohoku University
Hiroshi Maeda
Hiroshi Maeda Kumamoto University
Hideyuki Saya
Hideyuki Saya Fujita Health University
Mutsumasa Takahashi
Mutsumasa Takahashi Kumamoto University
Keizo Sugimachi
Keizo Sugimachi Kyushu University
Motohiro Takeya
Motohiro Takeya Kumamoto Health Science University
Akira Horii
Akira Horii Tohoku University

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