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Overview

Satoshi Waguri is affiliated with Fukushima Medical University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, focusing mainly on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

Their work addresses various subfields, including molecular biology, epidemiology, cell biology, immunology, and physiology.

The main topics that define Waguri's contributions include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

The scientist has published extensively across several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • EMBO Reports
  • Nature Cell Biology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Waguri include:

  • p62/SQSTM1-droplet serves as a platform for autophagosome formation and anti-oxidative stress response, 2021, Nature Communications
  • <scp>NBR</scp> 1-mediated p62-liquid droplets enhance the Keap1-Nrf2 system, 2020, EMBO Reports
  • STING signalling is terminated through ESCRT-dependent microautophagy of vesicles originating from recycling endosomes, 2023, Nature Cell Biology
  • Homeostatic regulation of STING by retrograde membrane traffic to the ER, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The UFM1 system regulates ER-phagy through the ufmylation of CYB5R3, 2022, Nature Communications

Waguri has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Masaaki Komatsu
  • Takefumi Uemura
  • Satoko Komatsu-Hirota
  • Manabu Abe
  • Ritsuko Arai

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Loss of autophagy in the central nervous system causes neurodegeneration in mice

    Masaaki Komatsu;Satoshi Waguri;Satoshi Waguri;Tomoki Chiba;Shigeo Murata

  • Impairment of starvation-induced and constitutive autophagy in Atg7-deficient mice

    Masaaki Komatsu;Satoshi Waguri;Takashi Ueno;Junichi Iwata

  • The selective autophagy substrate p62 activates the stress responsive transcription factor Nrf2 through inactivation of Keap1

    Masaaki Komatsu;Hirofumi Kurokawa;Satoshi Waguri;Keiko Taguchi

  • Homeostatic Levels of p62 Control Cytoplasmic Inclusion Body Formation in Autophagy-Deficient Mice

    Masaaki Komatsu;Satoshi Waguri;Masato Koike;Yu shin Sou;Yu shin Sou

  • Autophagy-deficient mice develop multiple liver tumors

    Akito Takamura;Masaaki Komatsu;Taichi Hara;Ayako Sakamoto

  • Phosphorylation of p62 activates the Keap1-Nrf2 pathway during selective autophagy.

    Yoshinobu Ichimura;Satoshi Waguri;Yu shin Sou;Shun Kageyama

  • Persistent activation of Nrf2 through p62 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

    Yoshihiro Inami;Satoshi Waguri;Ayako N. Sakamoto;Tsuguka Kouno

  • Uptake through glycoprotein 2 of FimH(+) bacteria by M cells initiates mucosal immune response.

    Koji Hase;Kazuya Kawano;Tomonori Nochi;Gemilson Soares Pontes

  • Activation of STING requires palmitoylation at the Golgi

    Kojiro Mukai;Hiroyasu Konno;Tatsuya Akiba;Takefumi Uemura

  • Inhibition of autophagy prevents hippocampal pyramidal neuron death after hypoxic-ischemic injury.

    Masato Koike;Masahiro Shibata;Masao Tadakoshi;Kunihito Gotoh

  • The Atg8 Conjugation System Is Indispensable for Proper Development of Autophagic Isolation Membranes in Mice

    Yu Shin Sou;Satoshi Waguri;Jun Ichi Iwata;Jun Ichi Iwata;Takashi Ueno;Takashi Ueno

  • Cathepsin D Deficiency Induces Lysosomal Storage with Ceroid Lipofuscin in Mouse CNS Neurons

    Masato Koike;Hiroshi Nakanishi;Paul Saftig;Junji Ezaki

  • Participation of autophagy in storage of lysosomes in neurons from mouse models of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (Batten disease).

    Masato Koike;Masahiro Shibata;Satoshi Waguri;Kentaro Yoshimura

  • p62/Sqstm1 promotes malignancy of HCV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma through Nrf2-dependent metabolic reprogramming.

    Tetsuya Saito;Yoshinobu Ichimura;Yoshinobu Ichimura;Keiko Taguchi;Takafumi Suzuki

  • Rab11 regulates exocytosis of recycling vesicles at the plasma membrane

    Senye Takahashi;Keiji Kubo;Satoshi Waguri;Atsuko Yabashi

  • Visualization of TGN to Endosome Trafficking through Fluorescently Labeled MPR and AP-1 in Living Cells

    Satoshi Waguri;Frédérique Dewitte;Roland Le Borgne;Yves Rouillé

  • Regulation of a novel pathway for cell death by lysosomal aspartic and cysteine proteinases.

    K Isahara;Y Ohsawa;S Kanamori;M Shibata

  • Constitutive autophagy : Vital role in clearance of unfavorable proteins in neurons

    M Komatsu;T Ueno;S Waguri;Y Uchiyama

  • p62/Sqstm1 promotes malignancy of HCV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma through Nrf2-dependent metabolic reprogramming.

    Tetsuya Saito;Yoshinobu Ichimura;Keiko Taguchi;Takafumi Suzuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuo Uchiyama
Yasuo Uchiyama Juntendo University
Masaaki Komatsu
Masaaki Komatsu Juntendo University
Eiki Kominami
Eiki Kominami Juntendo University
Masato Koike
Masato Koike Juntendo University
Keiji Tanaka
Keiji Tanaka Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Noboru Mizushima
Noboru Mizushima University of Tokyo
Takashi Ueno
Takashi Ueno Juntendo University
Masayuki Yamamoto
Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University
Kazuhisa Nakayama
Kazuhisa Nakayama Kyoto University
Hozumi Motohashi
Hozumi Motohashi Tohoku University

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