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Michiyuki Matsuda

Michiyuki Matsuda

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
85
Citations
26937
World Ranking
850
National Ranking
66

Overview

Michiyuki Matsuda is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with particular emphasis on molecular biology, cell biology, and oncology. Their work addresses topics such as cellular mechanics and interactions, HER2/EGFR in cancer research, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, cell adhesion molecules research, 3D printing in biomedical research, cancer cells and metastasis, and viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects.

Matsuda's recent published papers include:

  • ERK-Mediated Mechanochemical Waves Direct Collective Cell Polarization, 2020, Developmental Cell
  • Booster, a Red-Shifted Genetically Encoded Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Biosensor Compatible with Cyan Fluorescent Protein/Yellow Fluorescent Protein-Based FRET Biosensors and Blue Light-Responsive Optogenetic Tools, 2020, ACS Sensors
  • Retrograde ERK activation waves drive base-to-apex multicellular flow in murine cochlear duct morphogenesis, 2021, eLife
  • Spatiotemporal ATP Dynamics during AKI Predict Renal Prognosis, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Altered G1 signaling order and commitment point in cells proliferating without CDK4/6 activity, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors that have collaborated with Matsuda include:

  • Kenta Terai (30 publications)
  • Tsuyoshi Hirashima (12 publications)
  • Kenta Sumiyama (9 publications)
  • Shinya Tsukiji (9 publications)
  • Eriko Deguchi (8 publications)

Key venues where Matsuda has published extensively are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 11 publications, Cell Structure and Function (4 publications), eLife (3 publications), The Journal of Urology (3 publications), and Developmental Cell (2 publications).

The main fields of study identified in Matsuda's research are biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine. Subfields show a strong focus on molecular biology (41 publications), cell biology (13 publications), oncology (12 publications), pulmonary and respiratory medicine (8 publications), and immunology (8 publications).

Best Publications

  • A family of cAMP-binding proteins that directly activate Rap1.

    Hiroaki Kawasaki;Gregory M. Springett;Naoki Mochizuki;Shinichiro Toki

  • Interferon-|[alpha]| induction through Toll-like receptors involves a direct interaction of IRF7 with MyD88 and TRAF6

    Taro Kawai;Shintaro Sato;Ken J. Ishii;Cevayir Coban

  • Spatio-temporal images of growth-factor-induced activation of Ras and Rap1.

    Naoki Mochizuki;Shigeko Yamashita;Kazuo Kurokawa;Yusuke Ohba

  • Activation of Rac and Cdc42 video imaged by fluorescent resonance energy transfer-based single-molecule probes in the membrane of living cells

    Reina E. Itoh;Kazuo Kurokawa;Yusuke Ohba;Hisayoshi Yoshizaki

  • Development of an optimized backbone of FRET biosensors for kinases and GTPases

    Naoki Komatsu;Kazuhiro Aoki;Masashi Yamada;Hiroko Yukinaga

  • Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-1 plays an essential role for Toll-like receptor (TLR)7- and TLR9-mediated interferon-α induction

    Satoshi Uematsu;Shintaro Sato;Masahiro Yamamoto;Tomonori Hirotani

  • Intravital Imaging Reveals How BRAF Inhibition Generates Drug-Tolerant Microenvironments with High Integrin β1/FAK Signaling

    Eishu Hirata;Maria Romina Girotti;Amaya Viros;Steven Hooper

  • Binding of transforming protein, P47gag-crk, to a broad range of phosphotyrosine-containing proteins.

    Michiyuki Matsuda;Bruce J. Mayer;Yasuhisa Fukui;Hidesaburo Hanafusa

  • Activation of Rac1 by a Crk SH3-binding protein, DOCK180

    Etsuko Kiyokawa;Yuko Hashimoto;Shin Kobayashi;Haruhiko Sugimura

  • Identification of Rap1 as a target for the Crk SH3 domain-binding guanine nucleotide-releasing factor C3G.

    Takaya Gotoh;Seisuke Hattori;Shun Nakamura;Hitoshi Kitayama

  • C3G, a guanine nucleotide-releasing protein expressed ubiquitously, binds to the Src homology 3 domains of CRK and GRB2/ASH proteins.

    Shinya Tanaka;Takashi Morishita;Yuko Hashimoto;Seisuke Hattori

  • Activity of Rho-family GTPases during cell division as visualized with FRET-based probes

    Hisayoshi Yoshizaki;Yusuke Ohba;Kazuo Kurokawa;Reina E. Itoh

  • A Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor enriched highly in the basal ganglia.

    Hiroaki Kawasaki;Gregory M. Springett;Shinichiro Toki;Juan J. Canales

  • DOCK180, a major CRK-binding protein, alters cell morphology upon translocation to the cell membrane.

    Hideki Hasegawa;Etsuko Kiyokawa;Shinya Tanaka;Kazuo Nagashima

  • Dynamics of the Ras/ERK MAPK Cascade as Monitored by Fluorescent Probes

    Aki Fujioka;Kenta Terai;Reina E. Itoh;Kazuhiro Aoki

  • Two species of human CRK cDNA encode proteins with distinct biological activities.

    Michiyuki Matsuda;Shinya Tanaka;Satoshi Nagata;Asato Kojima

  • Stochastic ERK Activation Induced by Noise and Cell-to-Cell Propagation Regulates Cell Density-Dependent Proliferation

    Kazuhiro Aoki;Yuka Kumagai;Atsuro Sakurai;Naoki Komatsu

  • Roles played by a subset of integrin signaling molecules in cadherin-based cell-cell adhesion.

    Hajime Yano;Yuichi Mazaki;Kazuo Kurokawa;Steven K. Hanks

  • Activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway by an isoform of rap1GAP associated with G alpha(i)

    Naoki Mochizuki;Yusuke Ohba;Etsuko Kiyokawa;Takeshi Kurata

  • Evidence that DOCK180 up-regulates signals from the CrkII-p130(Cas) complex.

    Etsuko Kiyokawa;Yuko Hashimoto;Takeshi Kurata;Haruhiko Sugimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhiro Aoki
Kazuhiro Aoki National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Takeshi Kurata
Takeshi Kurata Juntendo University
Kazuo Nagashima
Kazuo Nagashima Hokkaido University
Yusuke Ohba
Yusuke Ohba Hokkaido University
Naoki Mochizuki
Naoki Mochizuki National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Seisuke Hattori
Seisuke Hattori Kitasato University
Shinya Tanaka
Shinya Tanaka Hokkaido University
Kunio Matsumoto
Kunio Matsumoto Kanazawa University
Tobias Meyer
Tobias Meyer Stanford University

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