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Schuichi Koizumi

Schuichi Koizumi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
16793
World Ranking
11199
National Ranking
769

Overview

Schuichi Koizumi is affiliated with the University of Yamanashi in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Neurology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Immunology.

Their research addresses a range of topics with particular focus on mechanisms of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, adenosine and purinergic signaling, RNA regulation in disease, glaucoma and retinal disorders, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, as well as retinal development and related disorders.

Recent publications associated with Schuichi Koizumi include the following:

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Reactive astrocyte-driven epileptogenesis is induced by microglia initially activated following status epilepticus, 2021, JCI Insight
  • Phagocytic astrocytes: Emerging from the shadows of microglia, 2022, Glia
  • Neutrophils initiate and exacerbate Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • Potential roles of astrocytes and Müller cells in the pathogenesis of glaucoma, 2020, Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include:

  • Eiji Shigetomi
  • Youichi Shinozaki
  • Bijay Parajuli
  • Kozo Saito
  • Kenji F. Tanaka

Schuichi Koizumi has regularly published in several academic venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Glia
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • P2x4 receptors induced in spinal microglia gate tactile allodynia after nerve injury

    Makoto Tsuda;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Schuichi Koizumi;Akito Mizokoshi

  • UDP acting at P2Y6 receptors is a mediator of microglial phagocytosis

    Schuichi Koizumi;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Kaoru Nasu-Tada;Yoichi Shinozaki

  • Microglia contact induces synapse formation in developing somatosensory cortex.

    Akiko Miyamoto;Hiroaki Wake;Ayako Wendy Ishikawa;Kei Eto;Kei Eto

  • Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in spinal hyperactive microglia contributes to pain hypersensitivity following peripheral nerve injury.

    Makoto Tsuda;Akito Mizokoshi;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Schuichi Koizumi

  • Reactive astrocytes function as phagocytes after brain ischemia via ABCA1-mediated pathway

    Yosuke M. Morizawa;Yosuke M. Morizawa;Yuri Hirayama;Noubuhiko Ohno;Shinsuke Shibata

  • Transformation of Astrocytes to a Neuroprotective Phenotype by Microglia via P2Y1 Receptor Downregulation

    Youichi Shinozaki;Keisuke Shibata;Keitaro Yoshida;Eiji Shigetomi

  • Functional vanilloid receptors in cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes

    Kaori Inoue;Schuichi Koizumi;Shigeyoshi Fuziwara;Sumiko Denda

  • Functional Role for Piezo1 in Stretch-evoked Ca2+ Influx and ATP Release in Urothelial Cell Cultures

    Tatsuya Miyamoto;Tsutomu Mochizuki;Hiroshi Nakagomi;Satoru Kira

  • The TRPV4 Cation Channel Mediates Stretch-evoked Ca2+ Influx and ATP Release in Primary Urothelial Cell Cultures

    Tsutomu Mochizuki;Takaaki Sokabe;Takaaki Sokabe;Isao Araki;Kayoko Fujishita

  • Dynamic inhibition of excitatory synaptic transmission by astrocyte-derived ATP in hippocampal cultures.

    Schuichi Koizumi;Kayoko Fujishita;Makoto Tsuda;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami

  • Mechanical Allodynia Caused by Intraplantar Injection of P2X Receptor Agonist in Rats: Involvement of Heteromeric P2X2/3 Receptor Signaling in Capsaicin-Insensitive Primary Afferent Neurons

    Makoto Tsuda;Schuichi Koizumi;Aya Kita;Yukari Shigemoto

  • Ca2+ waves in keratinocytes are transmitted to sensory neurons: the involvement of extracellular ATP and P2Y2 receptor activation.

    Schuichi Koizumi;Kayoko Fujishita;Kaori Inoue;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami

  • Purinergic receptors in microglia: Functional modal shifts of microglia mediated by P2 and P1 receptors

    Schuichi Koizumi;Keiko Ohsawa;Kazuhide Inoue;Shinichi Kohsaka

  • Mechanisms underlying extracellular ATP-evoked interleukin-6 release in mouse microglial cell line, MG-5

    Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Schuichi Koizumi;Makoto Tsuda;Keiko Ohsawa

  • Microglia release ATP by exocytosis

    Yoshio Imura;Yosuke Morizawa;Ryohei Komatsu;Keisuke Shibata

  • Cortical astrocytes rewire somatosensory cortical circuits for peripheral neuropathic pain

    Sun Kwang Kim;Sun Kwang Kim;Hideaki Hayashi;Tatsuya Ishikawa;Keisuke Shibata

  • Characterization of Elementary Ca2+ Release Signals in NGF-Differentiated PC12 Cells and Hippocampal Neurons

    Schuichi Koizumi;Martin D Bootman;Laura K Bobanović;Michael J Schell

  • ATP stimulation of Ca2+-dependent plasminogen release from cultured microglia

    Kazuhide Inoue;Kazuyuki Nakajima;Takako Morimoto;Yoshiaki Kikuchi

  • Aberrant Calcium Signals in Reactive Astrocytes: A Key Process in Neurological Disorders

    Eiji Shigetomi;Kozo Saito;Kozo Saito;Fumikazu Sano;Schuichi Koizumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhide Inoue
Kazuhide Inoue Kyushu University
Makoto Tsuda
Makoto Tsuda Kyushu University
Kenji F. Tanaka
Kenji F. Tanaka Keio University
Yoshinori Moriyama
Yoshinori Moriyama Okayama University
Junichi Nabekura
Junichi Nabekura National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Kazuhiro Ikenaka
Kazuhiro Ikenaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Shinichi Kohsaka
Shinichi Kohsaka Keio University
Christian Gachet
Christian Gachet University of Strasbourg
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ShanghaiTech University
Martin D. Bootman
Martin D. Bootman The Open University

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