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Shun'ichiro Taniguchi

Shun'ichiro Taniguchi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
13248
World Ranking
10280
National Ranking
689

Overview

Shun'ichiro Taniguchi is affiliated with Shinshu University in Japan and specializes in research primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work intersecting medicine. Their research contributions focus on molecular biology, biotechnology, oncology, nephrology, and surgery.

The scientist's main research topics include inflammasome and immune disorders, cancer research and treatments, gut microbiota and health, infant nutrition and health, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, virus-based gene therapy research, and cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers.

Taniguchi's recent papers cover a range of these topics. Notable works include:

  • In Situ Delivery and Production System (iDPS) of Anti-Cancer Molecules with Gene-Engineered Bifidobacterium, 2021, Journal of Personalized Medicine
  • Short-chain fatty acids bind to apoptosis-associated speck-like protein to activate inflammasome complex to prevent Salmonella infection, 2020, PLoS Biology

Other papers in the broader research network associated with Taniguchi include:

  • Potentiated antitumor effects of APS001F/5-FC combined with anti-PD-1 antibody in a CT26 syngeneic mouse model, 2021, Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
  • Activation of the inflammasome drives peritoneal deterioration in a mouse model of peritoneal fibrosis, 2023, The FASEB Journal
  • Endothelial Dysfunction Accelerates Impairment of Mitochondrial Function in Ageing Kidneys via Inflammasome Activation, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in a variety of journals, including:

  • PLoS Biology
  • Journal of Personalized Medicine
  • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
  • The FASEB Journal
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Co-authorship is notable with several researchers, showing recurring collaborations with:

  • Hiroyuki Kadoya
  • Reina Umeno
  • Megumi Kondo
  • Yoshihisa Wada
  • Kengo Kidokoro

Best Publications

  • Inflammasome Activation of Cardiac Fibroblasts Is Essential for Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

    Masanori Kawaguchi;Masafumi Takahashi;Takeki Hata;Yuichiro Kashima

  • ASC, a novel 22-kDa protein, aggregates during apoptosis of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells.

    Junya Masumoto;Shun'ichiro Taniguchi;Koichi Ayukawa;Haritha Sarvotham

  • Cryopyrin and pyrin activate caspase-1, but not NF-kappaB, via ASC oligomerization.

    Yu Jw;Wu J;Zhang Z;Datta P

  • Suppression of lung metastasis of B16 mouse melanoma by N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III gene transfection.

    Masafumi Yoshimura;Atsushi Nishikawa;Yoshito Ihara;Shun'ichiro Taniguchi

  • Bifidobacterium longum as a delivery system for cancer gene therapy: Selective localization and growth in hypoxic tumors

    Kazuyuki Yazawa;Minoru Fujimori;Jun Amano;Yasunobu Kano

  • Effect of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate, the main constituent of green tea, on lung metastasis with mouse B16 melanoma cell lines.

    Shun'ichiro Taniguchi;Hirota Fujiki;Hiroaki Kobayashi;Hiroki Go

  • Renotropic functions of hepatocyte growth factor in renal regeneration after unilateral nephrectomy.

    M Nagaike;S Hirao;H Tajima;S Noji

  • ASC is an activating adaptor for NF-κB and caspase-8-dependent apoptosis

    Junya Masumoto;Theresa A Dowds;Philip Schaner;Felicia F Chen

  • ASC is essential for LPS-induced activation of procaspase-1 independently of TLR-associated signal adaptor molecules

    Masatatsu Yamamoto;Katsuyuki Yaginuma;Hiroko Tsutsui;Junji Sagara

  • Crosstalk between neovessels and mural cells directs the site-specific expression of MT1-MMP to endothelial tip cells.

    Ikuo Yana;Hiroshi Sagara;Satoshi Takaki;Kiyoshi Takatsu

  • Hyperproduction of hyaluronan in neu-induced mammary tumor accelerates angiogenesis through stromal cell recruitment: possible involvement of versican/PG-M.

    Hiroshi Koyama;Hiroshi Koyama;Terumasa Hibi;Zenzo Isogai;Masahiko Yoneda

  • Bifidobacterium longum as a delivery system for gene therapy of chemically induced rat mammary tumors

    Kazuyuki Yazawa;Minoru Fujimori;Toshiyuki Nakamura;Takayuki Sasaki

  • Critical role of caspase-1 in vascular inflammation and development of atherosclerosis in Western diet-fed apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.

    Fumitake Usui;Koumei Shirasuna;Hiroaki Kimura;Kazuki Tatsumi

  • Selective localization and growth of Bifidobacterium bifidum in mouse tumors following intravenous administration.

    Noritaka T. Kimura;Shun'ichiro Taniguchi;Ken Aoki;Tsuneo Baba

  • Hyaluronan Deficiency in Tumor Stroma Impairs Macrophage Trafficking and Tumor Neovascularization

    Nobutaka Kobayashi;Seiji Miyoshi;Takahide Mikami;Hiroshi Koyama

  • Inflammasome Activation by Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Macrophages Leads to the Development of Angiotensin II–Induced Aortic Aneurysm

    Fumitake Usui;Koumei Shirasuna;Hiroaki Kimura;Kazuki Tatsumi

  • Exercise effects on methylation of ASC gene.

    K. Nakajima;M. Takeoka;M. Mori;S. Hashimoto

  • Selective expression and functional characteristics of three mammalian hyaluronan synthases in oncogenic malignant transformation.

    Naoki Itano;Takahiro Sawai;Fukiko Atsumi;Osamu Miyaishi

  • Pathogenic Vibrio Activate NLRP3 Inflammasome via Cytotoxins and TLR/Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain-Mediated NF-κB Signaling

    Claudia Toma;Naomi Higa;Yukiko Koizumi;Noboru Nakasone

  • Significance of tumor-associated stroma in promotion of intratumoral lymphangiogenesis: pivotal role of a hyaluronan-rich tumor microenvironment.

    Hiroshi Koyama;Nobutaka Kobayashi;Nobutaka Kobayashi;Michihiko Harada;Michihiko Harada;Michiko Takeoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Masafumi Takahashi
Masafumi Takahashi Jichi Medical University
Tetsuo Noda
Tetsuo Noda Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Uichi Ikeda
Uichi Ikeda Shinshu University
Jun Nakayama
Jun Nakayama Shinshu University
Motoya Katsuki
Motoya Katsuki University of Tokyo
Koji Kimata
Koji Kimata Aichi Medical University
Hiroko Tsutsui
Hiroko Tsutsui Hyogo College of Medicine
Masatoshi Hori
Masatoshi Hori University of Tokyo
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Yukihide Iwamoto
Yukihide Iwamoto Kyushu University

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