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Overview

Shozo Yamamoto was affiliated with Kyoto Women's University in Japan and contributed to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant work spanning Medicine as well. Their research primarily focused on Molecular Biology, with additional contributions in Cancer Research, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Surgery.

Their scholarly work centered around key topics such as Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, RNA modifications and cancer, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer-related gene regulation, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research, and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors.

Among the recent publications credited to them are:

  • Base editors for simultaneous introduction of C-to-T and A-to-G mutations, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Genetic and epigenetic basis of hepatoblastoma diversity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Pemafibrate, a selective PPARα modulator, prevents non-alcoholic steatohepatitis development without reducing the hepatic triglyceride content, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Defined lifestyle and germline factors predispose Asian populations to gastric cancer, 2020, Science Advances
  • Multiancestry genomic and transcriptomic analysis of gastric cancer, 2023, Nature Genetics

Their frequent co-authors included Hiroyuki Aburatani, Kenji Tatsuno, Hiroki Ueda, Genta Nagae, and Shiro Fukuda.

Yamamoto's work was often published in these venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Cancer Science
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Transcriptional Roles of Nuclear Factor κB and Nuclear Factor-Interleukin-6 in the Tumor Necrosis Factor α-Dependent Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 in MC3T3-E1 Cells (∗)

    Kei Yamamoto;Toshiya Arakawa;Natsuo Ueda;Shozo Yamamoto

  • Purification of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthetase from bovine vesicular gland microsomes.

    T Miyamoto;N Ogino;S Yamamoto;O Hayaishi

  • Mammalian lipoxygenases: molecular structures and functions.

    Shozo Yamamoto

  • Prostaglandin hydroperoxidase, an integral part of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthetase from bovine vesicular gland microsomes.

    S Ohki;N Ogino;S Yamamoto;O Hayaishi

  • Anandamide amidohydrolase reacting with 2-arachidonoylglycerol, another cannabinoid receptor ligand

    Sravan Kumar Goparaju;Natsuo Ueda;Hiroko Yamaguchi;Shozo Yamamoto

  • Partial purification and characterization of the porcine brain enzyme hydrolyzing and synthesizing anandamide

    Natsuo Ueda;Yuko Kurahashi;Shozo Yamamoto;Takashi Tokunaga

  • Purification and characterization of an acid amidase selective for N-palmitoylethanolamine, a putative endogenous anti-inflammatory substance.

    Natsuo Ueda;Kenji Yamanaka;Shozo Yamamoto;Shozo Yamamoto

  • Novel fatty acid beta-oxidation enzymes in rat liver mitochondria. I. Purification and properties of very-long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase.

    K Izai;Y Uchida;T Orii;S Yamamoto

  • Enzymes of porcine brain hydrolyzing 2-arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous ligand of cannabinoid receptors

    SravanKumar Goparaju;Natsuo Ueda;Kyoko Taniguchi;Shozo Yamamoto

  • Prostaglandin endoperoxide E isomerase from bovine vesicular gland microsomes, a glutathione-requiring enzyme.

    Nobuchika Ogino;Tsumoru Miyamoto;Shozo Yamamoto;Osamu Hayaishi

  • Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase of guinea pig peritoneal polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Activation by adenosine 5'-triphosphate.

    K Ochi;T Yoshimoto;S Yamamoto;K Taniguchi

  • SALICYLATE HYDROXYLASE, A MONOOXYGENASE REQUIRING FLAVIN ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE. I. PURIFICATION AND GENERAL PROPERTIES.

    Shozo Yamamoto;Masayuki Katagiri;Hiroo Maeno;Osamu Hayaishi

  • Flavonoids: Potent inhibitors of arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase

    Tanihiro Yoshimoto;Masayuki Furukawa;Shozo Yamamoto;Tokunaru Horie

  • The fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH).

    D.G. Deutsch;N. Ueda;S. Yamamoto

  • The fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH)

    Natsuo Ueda;Robyn A Puffenbarger;Shozo Yamamoto;Dale G Deutsch

  • Lipoxygenase-catalyzed oxygenation of arachidonylethanolamide, a cannabinoid receptor agonist

    Natsuo Ueda;Kei Yamamoto;Shozo Yamamoto;Takashi Tokunaga

  • Prostaglandin endoperoxide synthetase from bovine vesicular gland microsomes. Inactivation and activation by heme and other metalloporphyrins.

    N Ogino;S Ohki;S Yamamoto;O Hayaishi

  • Stimulation of prostaglandin E2 synthesis in cloned osteoblastic cells of mouse (MC3T3-E1) by epidermal growth factor.

    K Yokota;M Kusaka;T Ohshima;S Yamamoto

  • Characterization of a cDNA for human protein C inhibitor. A new member of the plasma serine protease inhibitor superfamily.

    K Suzuki;Y Deyashiki;J Nishioka;K Kurachi

  • Arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase purified from porcine leukocytes by immunoaffinity chromatography and its reactivity with hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acids

    C Yokoyama;F Shinjo;T Yoshimoto;S Yamamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Natsuo Ueda
Natsuo Ueda Kagawa University
Kei Yamamoto
Kei Yamamoto University of Tokushima
Osamu Hayaishi
Osamu Hayaishi Osaka Bioscience Institute
Tadashi Tanabe
Tadashi Tanabe University of Tokushima
Alan R. Brash
Alan R. Brash Vanderbilt University
Masayoshi Kumegawa
Masayoshi Kumegawa Meikai University
Yutaka Taketani
Yutaka Taketani University of Tokushima
Joshua Rokach
Joshua Rokach Florida Institute of Technology
John A. Oates
John A. Oates Vanderbilt University
Hiroyuki Toh
Hiroyuki Toh Kwansei Gakuin University

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