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Satoshi Kubota

Satoshi Kubota

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10091
World Ranking
14537
National Ranking
1029

Overview

Satoshi Kubota is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and specializes in research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus also on Medicine.

Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Rheumatology, Genetics, Immunology, and Immunology and Allergy. Key research topics covered in their publications include Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Fibroblast Growth Factor Research, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Extracellular vesicles in disease, and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms.

Satoshi Kubota's recent publications feature:

  • Knockout of MMP3 Weakens Solid Tumor Organoids and Cancer Extracellular Vesicles (2020, Cancers)
  • CCN3 (NOV) Drives Degradative Changes in Aging Articular Cartilage (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Roles of CCN2 as a mechano-sensing regulator of chondrocyte differentiation (2020, Japanese Dental Science Review)
  • Odontoblast differentiation is regulated by an interplay between primary cilia and the canonical Wnt pathway (2021, Bone)
  • Molecular and Genetic Interactions between CCN2 and CCN3 behind Their Yin-Yang Collaboration (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Their frequent co-authors include Masaharu Takigawa, Takashi Nishida, Takako Hattori, Kazumi Kawata, and Kochi Toyomane.

Satoshi Kubota's work has been published notably in:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling
  • mSystems
  • Preprints.org

Best Publications

  • Connective tissue growth factor increased by hypoxia may initiate angiogenesis in collaboration with matrix metalloproteinases

    Seiji Kondo;Satoshi Kubota;Tsuyoshi Shimo;Takashi Nishida

  • Role of CTGF/HCS24/ecogenin in skeletal growth control

    Masaharu Takigawa;Tohru Nakanishi;Satoshi Kubota;Takashi Nishida

  • Novel transcription-factor-like function of human matrix metalloproteinase 3 regulating the CTGF/CCN2 gene

    Takanori Eguchi;Satoshi Kubota;Kazumi Kawata;Yoshiki Mukudai

  • Regeneration of defects in articular cartilage in rat knee joints by CCN2 (connective tissue growth factor).

    Takashi Nishida;Satoshi Kubota;Shunji Kojima;Takuo Kuboki

  • Functional similarity of HIV-I rev and HTLV-I rex proteins: Identification of a new nucleolar-targeting signal in rev protein

    Satoshi Kubota;Haruhiko Siomi;Takumi Satoh;Sei ichi Endo

  • Cellular and molecular actions of CCN2/CTGF and its role under physiological and pathological conditions.

    Satoshi Kubota;Masaharu Takigawa

  • Pathogenic Role of Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) in Osteolytic Metastasis of Breast Cancer

    Tsuyoshi Shimo;Satoshi Kubota;Norie Yoshioka;Soichiro Ibaragi

  • CCN family proteins and angiogenesis: from embryo to adulthood

    Satoshi Kubota;Masaharu Takigawa

  • A DEAD box protein facilitates HIV-1 replication as a cellular co-factor of Rev.

    Jianhua Fang;Satoshi Kubota;Bin Yang;Naiming Zhou

  • Increases in p53 expression induce CTGF synthesis by mouse and human hepatocytes and result in liver fibrosis in mice

    Takahiro Kodama;Tetsuo Takehara;Hayato Hikita;Satoshi Shimizu

  • Increased connective tissue growth factor relative to brain natriuretic peptide as a determinant of myocardial fibrosis.

    Norimichi Koitabashi;Masashi Arai;Shinya Kogure;Kazuo Niwano

  • CTGF/Hcs24, a hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene product, stimulates proliferation and differentiation, but not hypertrophy of cultured articular chondrocytes

    Takashi Nishida;Satoshi Kubota;Tohru Nakanishi;Takuo Kuboki

  • Cooperative regulation of chondrocyte differentiation by CCN2 and CCN3 shown by a comprehensive analysis of the CCN family proteins in cartilage.

    Harumi Kawaki;Satoshi Kubota;Akiko Suzuki;Noureddine Lazar

  • Connective tissue growth factor as a major angiogenic agent that is induced by hypoxia in a human breast cancer cell line.

    Tsuyoshi Shimo;Satoshi Kubota;Seiji Kondo;Tohru Nakanishi

  • Role of CCN2/CTGF/Hcs24 in bone growth.

    Satoshi Kubota;Masaharu Takigawa

  • CTGF/Hcs24, hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene product, interacts with perlecan in regulating the proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes.

    Takashi Nishida;Satoshi Kubota;Tomohiro Fukunaga;Seiji Kondo

  • Plasma connective tissue growth factor is a novel potential biomarker of cardiac dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure

    Norimichi Koitabashi;Masashi Arai;Kazuo Niwano;Atai Watanabe

  • Abundant Retention and Release of Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) by Platelets

    Satoshi Kubota;Kazumi Kawata;Takeshi Yanagita;Hideyuki Doi;Hideyuki Doi

  • CCN Family 2/Connective Tissue Growth Factor Modulates BMP Signalling as a Signal Conductor, Which Action Regulates the Proliferation and Differentiation of Chondrocytes

    Azusa Maeda;Takashi Nishida;Eriko Aoyama;Satoshi Kubota

  • Binding of intracellular anti-Rev single chain variable fragments to different epitopes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 rev: variations in viral inhibition.

    Yong Wu;Lingxun Duan;Minghua Zhu;Baocheng Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaharu Takigawa
Masaharu Takigawa Okayama University
Roger J. Pomerantz
Roger J. Pomerantz ContraFect (United States)
Masakazu Hatanaka
Masakazu Hatanaka Kyoto University
Karen M. Lyons
Karen M. Lyons University of California, Los Angeles
Masatoshi Maki
Masatoshi Maki Nagoya University
Haruhiko Siomi
Haruhiko Siomi Keio University
Masahiko Kurabayashi
Masahiko Kurabayashi Gunma University
Bernard Perbal
Bernard Perbal Université Paris Cité
Tetsuya Nosaka
Tetsuya Nosaka Mie University
Klaus von der Mark
Klaus von der Mark University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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