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Ryuichi Nishinakamura

Ryuichi Nishinakamura

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
11125
World Ranking
13889
National Ranking
971

Overview

Ryuichi Nishinakamura is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as Renal and related cancers, Renal cell carcinoma treatment, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Congenital heart defects research, and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nishinakamura include:

  • Generation of ovarian follicles from mouse pluripotent stem cells, 2021, Science
  • PKD1-Dependent Renal Cystogenesis in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Ureteric Bud/Collecting Duct Organoids, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Generation of the organotypic kidney structure by integrating pluripotent stem cell-derived renal stroma, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The endothelial Dll4-muscular Notch2 axis regulates skeletal muscle mass, 2022, Nature Metabolism
  • Advances and challenges toward developing kidney organoids for clinical applications, 2023, Cell Stem Cell

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nishinakamura include:

  • Shunsuke Tanigawa
  • Koichiro Miike
  • Tomoko Ohmori
  • Akio Kobayashi
  • Shingo Usuki

The primary venues for publication by Nishinakamura include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Experimental Hematology
  • Nature Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Redefining the In Vivo Origin of Metanephric Nephron Progenitors Enables Generation of Complex Kidney Structures from Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Atsuhiro Taguchi;Yusuke Kaku;Tomoko Ohmori;Sazia Sharmin

  • Sall1 is a transcriptional regulator defining microglia identity and function

    Anne Buttgereit;Iva Lelios;Xueyang Yu;Melissa Vrohlings

  • Murine homolog of SALL1 is essential for ureteric bud invasion in kidney development.

    Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Yuko Matsumoto;Kazuki Nakao;Kenji Nakamura

  • Mice deficient for the IL-3/GM-CSF/IL-5 βc receptor exhibit lung pathology and impaired immune response, while βIL3 receptor-deficient mice are normal

    Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Naoki Nakayama;Yoko Hirabayashi;Tohru Inoue

  • Higher-Order Kidney Organogenesis from Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Atsuhiro Taguchi;Ryuichi Nishinakamura

  • The murine homolog of SALL4, a causative gene in Okihiro syndrome, is essential for embryonic stem cell proliferation, and cooperates with Sall1 in anorectal, heart, brain and kidney development

    Masayo Sakaki-Yumoto;Chiyoko Kobayashi;Akira Sato;Sayoko Fujimura

  • Synergistic action of Wnt and LIF in maintaining pluripotency of mouse ES cells

    Kazuya Ogawa;Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Yuko Iwamatsu;Daisuke Shimosato

  • Hematopoiesis in mice lacking the entire granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor/interleukin-3/interleukin-5 functions.

    R Nishinakamura;A Miyajima;PJ Mee;VL Tybulewicz

  • Generation of kidney from pluripotent stem cells via blastocyst complementation.

    Jo Ichi Usui;Toshihiro Kobayashi;Tomoyuki Yamaguchi;A. S. Knisely

  • Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Podocytes Mature into Vascularized Glomeruli upon Experimental Transplantation

    Sazia Sharmin;Atsuhiro Taguchi;Yusuke Kaku;Yasuhiro Yoshimura

  • Different assemblies of Notch receptors coordinate the distribution of the major bronchial Clara, ciliated and neuroendocrine cells

    Mitsuru Morimoto;Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Yumiko Saga;Yumiko Saga;Raphael Kopan

  • The pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor/interleukins 3/5 beta c receptor-deficient mice is reversed by bone marrow transplantation.

    Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Rhonda Wiler;Uta Dirksen;Yoshihiro Morikawa

  • Identification of multipotent progenitors in the embryonic mouse kidney by a novel colony-forming assay.

    Kenji Osafune;Minoru Takasato;Minoru Takasato;Andreas Kispert;Makoto Asashima

  • Functional antagonism between Sall4 and Plzf defines germline progenitors.

    Robin M. Hobbs;Sharmila Fagoonee;Antonella Papa;Kaitlyn Webster

  • Draxin, a repulsive guidance protein for spinal cord and forebrain commissures.

    Shahidul M. Islam;Yohei Shinmyo;Tatsuya Okafuji;Tatsuya Okafuji;Yuhong Su

  • Human kidney organoids: progress and remaining challenges

    Ryuichi Nishinakamura

  • Sall4 regulates cell fate decision in fetal hepatic stem/progenitor cells.

    Tsunekazu Oikawa;Tsunekazu Oikawa;Akihide Kamiya;Sei Kakinuma;Mikio Zeniya

  • A novel chordin-like protein inhibitor for bone morphogenetic proteins expressed preferentially in mesenchymal cell lineages

    Naoki Nakayama;Chun ya E Han;Sheila Scully;Ryuichi Nishinakamura

  • In vitro induction of the pronephric duct in Xenopus explants.

    Kenji Osafune;Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Shinji Komazaki;Makoto Asashima

  • Organoids from Nephrotic Disease-Derived iPSCs Identify Impaired NEPHRIN Localization and Slit Diaphragm Formation in Kidney Podocytes.

    Shunsuke Tanigawa;Mazharul Islam;Sazia Sharmin;Hidekazu Naganuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Makoto Asashima
Makoto Asashima Teikyo University
Takashi Yokota
Takashi Yokota Kanazawa University
Yasuhiko Kawakami
Yasuhiko Kawakami University of Minnesota
Hiromitsu Nakauchi
Hiromitsu Nakauchi Stanford University
Patrick P.L. Tam
Patrick P.L. Tam University of Sydney
Atsushi Miyajima
Atsushi Miyajima University of Tokyo
Takashi Yamamoto
Takashi Yamamoto Hiroshima University
Tetsushi Sakuma
Tetsushi Sakuma Hiroshima University
Naomi Nakagata
Naomi Nakagata Kumamoto University
Hiroshi Kiyonari
Hiroshi Kiyonari RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

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