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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
106
Citations
37522
World Ranking
1156
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Mikio Nishimura is affiliated with the National Institute for Basic Biology in Japan. Their research primarily spans several interconnected fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader domains, the subfields most frequently explored are Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Immunology, Biochemistry, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, notably:

  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research

Recent publications by Mikio Nishimura include the following:

  • "Vacuolar degradation of plant organelles" (2024) published in The Plant Cell
  • "Pexophagy suppresses ROS-induced damage in leaf cells under high-intensity light" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Endoplasmic reticulum-derived bodies enable a single-cell chemical defense in Brassicaceae plants" (2020) published in Communications Biology
  • "Image-Based Analysis Revealing the Molecular Mechanism of Peroxisome Dynamics in Plants" (2022) published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Pexophagy in plants: a mechanism to remit cells from oxidative damage caused under high-intensity light" (2023) published in Autophagy

The venues where Mikio Nishimura most frequently publishes include:

  • The Plant Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Biology
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Autophagy

Collaboration plays a notable role in their research career, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Shino Goto-Yamada
  • Shoji Mano
  • Kazusato Oikawa
  • Kenji Yamada
  • Yasuko Hayashi

The research of Mikio Nishimura explores molecular and cellular processes, particularly focusing on mechanisms of autophagy and peroxisome function in plants. This includes the cellular response to oxidative stress and the degradation pathways that maintain cellular homeostasis in plant cells under environmental challenges such as high-intensity light.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A plant vacuolar protease, VPE, mediates, virus-induced hypersensitive cell death

    Noriyuki Hatsugai;Miwa Kuroyanagi;Kenji Yamada;Kenji Yamada;Tetsuo Meshi

  • Altered shoot/root Na^+ distribution and bifurcating salt sensitivity in Arabidopsis by genetic disruption of the Na^+ transporter AtHKT1

    Pascal Mäser;Brendan Eckelman;Rama Vaidyanathan;Tomoaki Horie

  • 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYBUTYRIC ACID-RESISTANT MUTANTS OF ARABIDOPSIS HAVE DEFECTS IN GLYOXYSOMAL FATTY ACID BETA -OXIDATION

    Makoto Hayashi;Kanako Toriyama;Maki Kondo;Mikio Nishimura

  • Gibberellin Modulates Anther Development in Rice via the Transcriptional Regulation of GAMYB

    Koichiro Aya;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Maki Kondo;Kazuki Hamada

  • Transport of Storage Proteins to Protein Storage Vacuoles Is Mediated by Large Precursor-Accumulating Vesicles

    Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Tomoo Shimada;Kyoko Hatano;Kyoko Hatano;Yuka Takeuchi

  • A novel membrane fusion-mediated plant immunity against bacterial pathogens

    Noriyuki Hatsugai;Shinji Iwasaki;Kentaro Tamura;Maki Kondo

  • A unique vacuolar processing enzyme responsible for conversion of several proprotein precursors into the mature forms.

    Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Kaori Inoue;Mikio Nishimura

  • Vacuolar processing enzyme: an executor of plant cell death.

    Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Noriyuki Hatsugai;Satoru Nakaune;Miwa Kuroyanagi

  • Galactolipid synthesis in chloroplast inner envelope is essential for proper thylakoid biogenesis, photosynthesis, and embryogenesis

    Koichi Kobayashi;Maki Kondo;Hiroaki Fukuda;Mikio Nishimura

  • A Novel Isoenzyme of Ascorbate Peroxidase Localized on Glyoxysomal and Leaf Peroxisomal Membranes in Pumpkin

    Katsushi Yamaguchi;Hitoshi Mori;Mikio Nishimura

  • A subtilisin-like serine protease is required for epidermal surface formation in Arabidopsis embryos and juvenile plants.

    Hirokazu Tanaka;Hitoshi Onouchi;Hitoshi Onouchi;Maki Kondo;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • Cytosolic HSP90 Regulates the Heat Shock Response That Is Responsible for Heat Acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Kenji Yamada;Yoichiro Fukao;Makoto Hayashi;Mitsue Fukazawa

  • Vacuolar sorting receptor for seed storage proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Tomoo Shimada;Kentaro Fuji;Kentaro Tamura;Maki Kondo

  • Vacuolar processing enzyme is up-regulated in the lytic vacuoles of vegetative tissues during senescence and under various stressed conditions

    Tetsu Kinoshita;Kenji Yamada;Kenji Yamada;Nagako Hiraiwa;Maki Kondo

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Biosynthetic processing of cathepsins and lysosomal degradation are abolished in asparaginyl endopeptidase-deficient mice.

    Kanae Shirahama-Noda;Akitsugu Yamamoto;Kazushi Sugihara;Noriyoshi Hashimoto

  • Distribution and Characterization of Peroxisomes in Arabidopsis by Visualization with GFP: Dynamic Morphology and Actin-Dependent Movement

    Shoji Mano;Chihiro Nakamori;Makoto Hayashi;Akira Kato

  • Vacuolar Processing Enzyme Is Essential for Mycotoxin-induced Cell Death in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Miwa Kuroyanagi;Miwa Kuroyanagi;Kenji Yamada;Noriyuki Hatsugai;Maki Kondo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ikuko Hara-Nishimura
Ikuko Hara-Nishimura Kyoto University
Maki Kondo
Maki Kondo National Institute for Basic Biology
Tomoo Shimada
Tomoo Shimada Kyoto University
Takashi Akazawa
Takashi Akazawa Nagoya University
Hitoshi Mori
Hitoshi Mori Nagoya University
Yoichiro Fukao
Yoichiro Fukao Ritsumeikan University
Luigi De Bellis
Luigi De Bellis University of Salento
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Tetsuro Mimura
Tetsuro Mimura Kyoto University of Advanced Science
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa Shimane University

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