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Overview

Naomi Kitamura is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research focuses on several subfields including Hematology, Genetics, and Biochemistry.

Kitamura's scholarly output includes work on topics related to blood groups and transfusion, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, and blood transfusion and management. These areas reflect an emphasis on the biochemical and genetic factors affecting blood-related medical conditions.

The scientist has published in the venue Scientific Reports, with at least one recent paper titled "The impact of blood type on the mortality of patients with severe abdominal trauma: a multicenter observational study," published in 2021. This paper has been cited 18 times, indicating engagement from the scientific community.

  • Wataru Takayama
  • Akira Endo
  • Kiyoshi Murata
  • Kota Hoshino
  • Shiei Kim

These individuals are frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Kitamura on research projects, indicating a network of professional partnerships mainly within clinical and biomedical research areas.

Best Publications

  • Placental defect and embryonic lethality in mice lacking hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor

    Yoshihiko Uehara;Osamu Minowa;Chisato Mori;Kohei Shiota

  • Primary structure, gene organization and polypeptide expression of poliovirus RNA

    Naomi Kitamura;Bert L. Semler;Paul G. Rothberg;Glenn R. Larsen

  • Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for human hepatocyte growth factor

    Keiji Miyazawa;Hirohito Tsubouchi;Daiji Naka;Kazuhiro Takahashi

  • Tyrosine Phosphorylation of β-Catenin and Plakoglobin Enhanced by Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor in Human Carcinoma Cells

    S Shibamoto;M Hayakawa;K Takeuchi;T Hori

  • Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the cDNA for a human serine protease reponsible for activation of hepatocyte growth factor. Structural similarity of the protease precursor to blood coagulation factor XII.

    K. Miyazawa;T. Shimomura;A. Kitamura;J. Kondo

  • Regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor down-regulation by UBPY-mediated deubiquitination at endosomes.

    Emi Mizuno;Takanobu Iura;Akiko Mukai;Tamotsu Yoshimori

  • Association of p120, a Tyrosine Kinase Substrate, With E-cadherin/catenin Complexes

    S Shibamoto;M Hayakawa;K Takeuchi;T Hori

  • Avian sarcoma virus Y73 genome sequence and structural similarity of its transforming gene product to that of Rous sarcoma virus

    N Kitamura;A Kitamura;K Toyoshima;Y Hirayama

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor, a Novel Kunitz-type Serine Protease Inhibitor *

    Takeshi Shimomura;Kimitoshi Denda;Akiko Kitamura;Toshiya Kawaguchi

  • Structural organization of the human kininogen gene and a model for its evolution.

    N Kitamura;H Kitagawa;D Fukushima;Y Takagaki

  • Purification and Cloning of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor Type 2, a Kunitz-type Serine Protease Inhibitor

    Toshiya Kawaguchi;Li Qin;Takeshi Shimomura;Jun Kondo

  • A deubiquitinating enzyme UBPY interacts with the Src homology 3 domain of Hrs-binding protein via a novel binding motif PX(V/I)(D/N)RXXKP.

    Masaki Kato;Keiji Miyazawa;Naomi Kitamura

  • Proteolytic activation of hepatocyte growth factor in response to tissue injury.

    K Miyazawa;T Shimomura;D Naka;N Kitamura

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNAs for human high molecular weight and low molecular weight prekininogens. Primary structures of two human prekininogens.

    Y Takagaki;N Kitamura;S Nakanishi

  • Activation of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in the Injured Tissues Is Mediated by Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator

    Keiji Miyazawa;Takeshi Shimomura;Naomi Kitamura;Naomi Kitamura

  • The 5'-terminal structures of poliovirion RNA and poliovirus mRNA differ only in the genome-linked protein VPg.

    Akio Nomoto;Naomi Kitamura;Fred Golini;Eckard Wimmer

  • Activation of the zymogen of hepatocyte growth factor activator by thrombin.

    T Shimomura;J Kondo;M Ochiai;D Naka

  • Hrs, a Tyrosine Kinase Substrate with a Conserved Double Zinc Finger Domain, Is Localized to the Cytoplasmic Surface of Early Endosomes

    Masayuki Komada;Ryuichi Masaki;Akitsugu Yamamoto;Naomi Kitamura

  • Growth factor-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Hrs, a novel 115-kilodalton protein with a structurally conserved putative zinc finger domain.

    M Komada;N Kitamura

  • ACTIVATION OF HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR BY TWO HOMOLOGOUS PROTEASES, BLOOD-COAGULATION FACTOR XIIA AND HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR ACTIVATOR

    Takeshi Shimomura;Keiji Miyazawa;Yutaka Komiyama;Hirotoshi Hiraoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Keiji Miyazawa
Keiji Miyazawa University of Yamanashi
Hiroaki Kataoka
Hiroaki Kataoka University of Miyazaki
Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Yamaguchi University
Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Keio University
Akitsugu Yamamoto
Akitsugu Yamamoto Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology
Tetsuo Noda
Tetsuo Noda Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Eckard Wimmer
Eckard Wimmer Stony Brook University
Hiroyuki Nawa
Hiroyuki Nawa Wakayama Medical University
Hiroshi Nakajima
Hiroshi Nakajima Chiba University
Akio Nomoto
Akio Nomoto Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation

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