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Naoki Mochizuki is affiliated with the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including congenital heart defects research, zebrafish biomedical research applications, angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer, the lymphatic system and diseases, neonatal respiratory health research, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, and erythrocyte function and pathophysiology.

Naoki Mochizuki has authored several recent papers, notable examples include:

  • Bioelectric signaling and the control of cardiac cell identity in response to mechanical forces, 2021, Science
  • Mechanical load regulates bone growth via periosteal Osteocrin, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Marcksl1 modulates endothelial cell mechanoresponse to haemodynamic forces to control blood vessel shape and size, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Conserved and context-dependent roles for pdgfrb signaling during zebrafish vascular mural cell development, 2021, Developmental Biology
  • KCNJ8/ABCC9-containing K-ATP channel modulates brain vascular smooth muscle development and neurovascular coupling, 2022, Developmental Cell

Frequent publication venues for Naoki Mochizuki include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Developmental Cell
  • eLife
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Regular collaborators in their publications encompass:

  • Hiroyuki Nakajima
  • Shigetomo Fukuhara
  • Moe Fukumoto
  • Ayano Chiba
  • Keisuke Sako

Best Publications

  • A molecular atlas of cell types and zonation in the brain vasculature

    Michael Vanlandewijck;Michael Vanlandewijck;Liqun He;Maarj A. Andaloussi Mäe;Johanna Andrae

  • 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

  • Regulatory roles for APJ, a seven-transmembrane receptor related to angiotensin-type 1 receptor in blood pressure in vivo

    Junji Ishida;Tatsuo Hashimoto;Tatsuo Hashimoto;Yasumi Hashimoto;Shiro Nishiwaki

  • Increased Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Atherosclerotic Plaques Associated With Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Masafumi Myoishi;Hiroyuki Hao;Tetsuo Minamino;Kouki Watanabe

  • Cyclic AMP Potentiates Vascular Endothelial Cadherin-Mediated Cell-Cell Contact To Enhance Endothelial Barrier Function through an Epac-Rap1 Signaling Pathway

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Atsuko Sakurai;Hideto Sano;Akiko Yamagishi

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

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

  • Differential function of Tie2 at cell–cell contacts and cell–substratum contacts regulated by angiopoietin-1

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Keisuke Sako;Takashi Minami;Kazuomi Noda

  • The sphingolipid transporter spns2 functions in migration of zebrafish myocardial precursors.

    Atsuo Kawahara;Tsuyoshi Nishi;Yu Hisano;Hajime Fukui

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

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

  • Angiopoietin-like Protein 2 Promotes Chronic Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Obesity-Related Systemic Insulin Resistance

    Mitsuhisa Tabata;Tsuyoshi Kadomatsu;Shigetomo Fukuhara;Keishi Miyata

  • Single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse brain and lung vascular and vessel-associated cell types.

    Liqun He;Michael Vanlandewijck;Michael Vanlandewijck;Maarja Andaloussi Mäe;Johanna Andrae

  • The sphingosine-1-phosphate transporter Spns2 expressed on endothelial cells regulates lymphocyte trafficking in mice

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Szandor Simmons;Shunsuke Kawamura;Asuka Inoue

  • Endophilin BAR domain drives membrane curvature by two newly identified structure-based mechanisms

    Michitaka Masuda;Soichi Takeda;Manami Sone;Takashi Ohki

  • Guidelines for morpholino use in zebrafish

    Didier Y. R. Stainier;Erez Raz;Nathan D. Lawson;Stephen C. Ekker

  • Hybrid Cell–Gene Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension Based on Phagocytosing Action of Endothelial Progenitor Cells

    Noritoshi Nagaya;Kenji Kangawa;Munetake Kanda;Masaaki Uematsu

  • Spatial and temporal role of the apelin/APJ system in the caliber size regulation of blood vessels during angiogenesis

    Hiroyasu Kidoya;Masaya Ueno;Yoshihiro Yamada;Naoki Mochizuki

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

    Naoki Mochizuki;Yusuke Ohba;Etsuko Kiyokawa;Takeshi Kurata

  • A Novel Actin Bundling/Filopodium-forming Domain Conserved in Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Substrate p53 and Missing in Metastasis Protein

    Akiko Yamagishi;Michitaka Masuda;Takashi Ohki;Hirofumi Onishi

  • Flow-Dependent Endothelial YAP Regulation Contributes to Vessel Maintenance

    Hiroyuki Nakajima;Kimiko Yamamoto;Sobhika Agarwala;Kenta Terai

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigetomo Fukuhara
Shigetomo Fukuhara Nippon Medical School
Masafumi Kitakaze
Masafumi Kitakaze Southern Medical University
Michiyuki Matsuda
Michiyuki Matsuda Kyoto University
Issei Komuro
Issei Komuro University of Tokyo
Yasushi Fujio
Yasushi Fujio Osaka University
Nobuyuki Takakura
Nobuyuki Takakura Osaka University
Toshio Hirano
Toshio Hirano National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Christer Betsholtz
Christer Betsholtz Uppsala University
Gou Young Koh
Gou Young Koh Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Hirofumi Sawa
Hirofumi Sawa Hokkaido University

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