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Shigetomo Fukuhara

Shigetomo Fukuhara

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
10391
World Ranking
17096
National Ranking
1230

Overview

Shigetomo Fukuhara is affiliated with Nippon Medical School in Japan and has an extensive research portfolio focused primarily on molecular biology and cell biology within the broader fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

Their research contributions have been published in multiple frequent venues including:

  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nihon Ika Daigaku Igakkai Zasshi
  • STAR Protocols

Shigetomo Fukuhara's work covers main topics such as angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer, zebrafish biomedical research applications, and cell adhesion molecules research. Other areas of focus include congenital heart defects research, neonatal respiratory health research, lymphatic system and diseases, and cellular mechanics and interactions.

The subfields of study linked to their publications are molecular biology, cell biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology and allergy, and oncology.

Recent papers include:

  • Mechanical load regulates bone growth via periosteal Osteocrin, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Conserved and context-dependent roles for pdgfrb signaling during zebrafish vascular mural cell development, 2021, Developmental Biology
  • KCNJ8/ABCC9-containing K-ATP channel modulates brain vascular smooth muscle development and neurovascular coupling, 2022, Developmental Cell
  • Rap1 Small GTPase Regulates Vascular Endothelial-Cadherin-Mediated Endothelial Cell-Cell Junctions and Vascular Permeability, 2021, Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • RhoJ integrates attractive and repulsive cues in directional migration of endothelial cells, 2020, The EMBO Journal

Frequent collaborators in research include Naoki Mochizuki, Koji Ando, Tomohiro Ishii, Haruko Watanabe-Takano, and Christer Betsholtz.

Best Publications

  • Cbl-b regulates the CD28 dependence of T-cell activation

    Yungping J. Chiang;Hemanta K. Kole;Karen Brown;Mayumi Naramura

  • Cyclic AMP Potentiates Vascular Endothelial Cadherin-Mediated Cell-Cell Contact To Enhance Endothelial Barrier Function through an Epac-Rap1 Signaling Pathway

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Atsuko Sakurai;Hideto Sano;Akiko Yamagishi

  • A Novel PDZ Domain Containing Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Links Heterotrimeric G Proteins to Rho

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Cristina Murga;Muriel Zohar;Tadashi Igishi

  • Differential function of Tie2 at cell–cell contacts and cell–substratum contacts regulated by angiopoietin-1

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Keisuke Sako;Takashi Minami;Kazuomi Noda

  • Angiopoietin-like Protein 2 Promotes Chronic Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Obesity-Related Systemic Insulin Resistance

    Mitsuhisa Tabata;Tsuyoshi Kadomatsu;Shigetomo Fukuhara;Keishi Miyata

  • The sphingosine-1-phosphate transporter Spns2 expressed on endothelial cells regulates lymphocyte trafficking in mice

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Szandor Simmons;Shunsuke Kawamura;Asuka Inoue

  • Identification of Multiple Novel Epididymis-Specific β-Defensin Isoforms in Humans and Mice

    Yasuhiro Yamaguchi;Takahide Nagase;Ryosuke Makita;Shigetomo Fukuhara

  • Leukemia‐associated Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (LARG) links heterotrimeric G proteins of the G12 family to Rho

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Hiroki Chikumi;J.Silvio Gutkind

  • RGS-containing RhoGEFs: the missing link between transforming G proteins and Rho?

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Shigetomo Fukuhara;Hiroki Chikumi;J Silvio Gutkind

  • Flow-Dependent Endothelial YAP Regulation Contributes to Vessel Maintenance

    Hiroyuki Nakajima;Kimiko Yamamoto;Sobhika Agarwala;Kenta Terai

  • The E1784K mutation in SCN5A is associated with mixed clinical phenotype of type 3 long QT syndrome

    Naomasa Makita;Elijah Behr;Wataru Shimizu;Minoru Horie

  • A Novel Role for Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase β in Signaling from G Protein-coupled Receptors to Akt

    Cristina Murga;Shigetomo Fukuhara;J.Silvio Gutkind

  • Tip cell-specific requirement for an atypical Gpr124- and Reck-dependent Wnt/β-catenin pathway during brain angiogenesis.

    Benoît Vanhollebeke;Oliver A Oa Stone;Naguissa Bostaille;Chris C Cho

  • Angiopoietin-1/Tie2 receptor signaling in vascular quiescence and angiogenesis.

    Shigetomo Fukuhara;Keisuke Sako;Kazuomi Noda;Jianghui Zhang

  • Conformational switch of angiotensin II type 1 receptor underlying mechanical stress-induced activation

    Noritaka Yasuda;Shin-ichiro Miura;Hiroshi Akazawa;Toshimasa Tanaka

  • Regulation of G Protein-linked Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors for Rho, PDZ-RhoGEF, and LARG by Tyrosine Phosphorylation EVIDENCE OF A ROLE FOR FOCAL ADHESION KINASE

    Hiroki Chikumi;Shigetomo Fukuhara;J. Silvio Gutkind

  • Clarification of mural cell coverage of vascular endothelial cells by live imaging of zebrafish

    Koji Ando;Shigetomo Fukuhara;Nanae Izumi;Hiroyuki Nakajima

  • Vascular Endothelial-Cadherin Stabilizes at Cell-Cell Junctions by Anchoring to Circumferential Actin Bundles through α- and β-Catenins in Cyclic AMP-Epac-Rap1 Signal-activated Endothelial Cells

    Kazuomi Noda;Jianghui Zhang;Shigetomo Fukuhara;Satoshi Kunimoto

  • MAGI-1 Is Required for Rap1 Activation upon Cell-Cell Contact and for Enhancement of Vascular Endothelial Cadherin-mediated Cell Adhesion

    Atsuko Sakurai;Shigetomo Fukuhara;Akiko Yamagishi;Keisuke Sako

  • Rap1 potentiates endothelial cell junctions by spatially controlling myosin II activity and actin organization

    Koji Ando;Shigetomo Fukuhara;Takahiro Moriya;Yutaro Obara;Yutaro Obara

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoki Mochizuki
Naoki Mochizuki National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
J. Silvio Gutkind
J. Silvio Gutkind University of California, San Diego
Hiroki Kurihara
Hiroki Kurihara University of Tokyo
Christer Betsholtz
Christer Betsholtz Uppsala University
Junken Aoki
Junken Aoki Tohoku University
Asuka Inoue
Asuka Inoue Tohoku University
Masayuki Miyasaka
Masayuki Miyasaka Osaka University
Yuichi Oike
Yuichi Oike Kumamoto University
Didier Y. R. Stainier
Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics

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