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Shoei Furukawa is affiliated with Gifu Pharmaceutical University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on several interdisciplinary subfields including Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Epidemiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered around regenerative medicine and neurobiology. Key areas of study include:

  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Furukawa has contributed to research published in journals such as Cell Transplantation and Brain Research. Their recent papers include:

  • Effects of FGF2 Priming and Nrf2 Activation on the Antioxidant Activity of Several Human Dental Pulp Cell Clones Derived From Distinct Donors, and Therapeutic Effects of Transplantation on Rodents With Spinal Cord Injury, 2024, Cell Transplantation
  • Distinct contributions of BDNF/MEK/ERK1/2 signaling pathway components to whisker-dependent tactile learning and memory, 2024, Brain Research

Collaborations have involved several frequent co-authors, including Hidefumi Fukumitsu, Hitomi Soumiya, K Nakamura, Kosuke Nagashima, and Makoto Yamada. These collaborations suggest an active engagement with research groups specializing in neurobiology and regenerative therapeutics.

Best Publications

  • Erinacines A, B and C, strong stimulators of nerve growth factor (NGF)-synthesis, from the mycelia of Hericium erinaceum

    Hirokazu Kawagishi;Atsushi Shimada;Ryoko Shirai;Kenji Okamoto

  • Synthesis and secretion of nerve growth factor by mouse astroglial cells in culture.

    Shoei Furukawa;Yoshiko Furukawa;Eijiro Satoyoshi;Kyozo Hayashi

  • Reduction of delayed neuronal death by inhibition of protein synthesis

    Taku Shigeno;Yasundo Yamasaki;Gunshiro Kato;Kazuyo Kusaka

  • Hericenones C, D and E, stimulators of nerve growth factor (NGF)-synthesis, from the mushroom Hericium erinaceum

    Hirokazu Kawagishi;Motoharu Ando;Hideki Sakamoto;Satoshi Yoshida

  • Lipopolysaccharide enhances synthesis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in cultured rat microglia.

    Tetsuya Miwa;Shoei Furukawa;Kazuyuki Nakajima;Yoshiko Furukawa

  • Two Novel Diterpenoids, Erinacines H and I from the Mycelia of Hericium erinaceum

    Eun Woo Lee;Kazue Shizuki;Satoshi Hosokawa;Masami Suzuki

  • Synthesis/secretion of nerve growth factor is associated with cell growth in cultured mouse astroglial cells.

    Shoei Furukawa;Yoshiko Furukawa;Eijiro Satoyoshi;Kyozo Hayashi

  • Alterations in hippocampal GAP-43, BDNF, and L1 following sustained cerebral ischemia.

    Keiko Miyake;Wataru Yamamoto;Mina Tadokoro;Norio Takagi

  • A highly sensitive enzyme immunoassay for mouse beta nerve growth factor.

    Shoei Furukawa;Isao Kamo;Yoshiko Furukawa;Saeko Akazawa

  • N-Propargyl-1 (R)-aminoindan, rasagiline, increases glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells through activation of NF-κB transcription factor

    Wakako Maruyama;Atusmi Nitta;Atusmi Nitta;Masayo Shamoto-Nagai;Yoko Hirata

  • Royal jelly and its unique fatty acid, 10-hydroxy-trans-2-decenoic acid, promote neurogenesis by neural stem/progenitor cells in vitro.

    Noriko Hattori;Hiroshi Nomoto;Hidefumi Fukumitsu;Satoshi Mishima

  • ERINACINE D, A STIMULATOR OF NGF-SYNTHESIS, FROM THE MYCELIA OF HERICIUM ERINACEUM

    Hirokazu Kawagishi;Atsushi Simada;Kazue Shizuki;Fumihiro Ojima

  • Catecholamines increase nerve growth factor mRNA content in both mouse astroglial cells and fibroblast cells.

    Yoshiko Furukawa;Noboru Tomioka;Wakao Sato;Eijiro Satoyoshi

  • Hericium erinaceum菌糸体由来の神経成長因子(NGF)生合成刺激剤,エリナシンE,F及びG

    Kawagishi H;Shimada A;Hosokawa S;Mori H

  • Neurotrophins facilitate neuronal differentiation of cultured neural stem cells via induction of mRNA expression of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors Mash1 and Math1

    Hisanori Ito;Aki Nakajima;Hiroshi Nomoto;Shoei Furukawa

  • Catecholamines induce an increase in nerve growth factor content in the medium of mouse L-M cells.

    Yoshiko Furukawa;Shoei Furukawa;Eijiro Satoyoshi;Kyozo Hayashi

  • Lysophosphatidylethanolamine in Grifola frondosa as a neurotrophic activator via activation of MAPK

    Atsuyoshi Nishina;Hirokazu Kimura;Akihiro Sekiguchi;Ryo-hei Fukumoto

  • Inflammation-induced GDNF improves locomotor function after spinal cord injury.

    Manabu Hashimoto;Atsumi Nitta;Hidefumi Fukumitsu;Hiroshi Nomoto

  • Monoclonal antibody to acetylcholine receptor: cell line established from thymus of patient with Myasthenia gravis

    Isao Kamo;Shoei Furukawa;Aiko Tada;Yukio Mano

  • Targeted retrograde gene delivery of brain-derived neurotrophic factor suppresses apoptosis of neurons and oligodendroglia after spinal cord injury in rats.

    Hideaki Nakajima;Kenzo Uchida;Takafumi Yayama;Shigeru Kobayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsumi Nitta
Atsumi Nitta University of Toyama
Munekazu Iinuma
Munekazu Iinuma Gifu Pharmaceutical University
Toshitaka Nabeshima
Toshitaka Nabeshima Meijo University
Yukihiro Noda
Yukihiro Noda Meijo University
Takeshi Nishio
Takeshi Nishio Tohoku University
Hirokazu Kawagishi
Hirokazu Kawagishi Shizuoka University
Mamoru Koketsu
Mamoru Koketsu Gifu University
Kiyofumi Yamada
Kiyofumi Yamada Nagoya University
Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Ikuo Tooyama
Ikuo Tooyama Shiga University of Medical Science

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