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Shunji Natori

Shunji Natori

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
10738
World Ranking
11564
National Ranking
798

Overview

Shunji Natori is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Nursing, with a focus on specific subfields including Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Surgery, Neurology, and Oncology.

The main topics covered by Natori's work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

Natori has contributed to scientific literature with publications in venues such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Neurochemistry, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Their recent papers include:

  • "Dietary cis-9, trans-11-conjugated linoleic acid reduces amyloid β-protein accumulation and upregulates anti-inflammatory cytokines in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Suppression of amyloid-β secretion from neurons by cis -9, trans -11-octadecadienoic acid, an isomer of conjugated linoleic acid" (2021, Journal of Neurochemistry)
  • "Suppression of amyloid-β secretion from neurons by cis-9,trans-11-octadecadienoic acid, an isomer of conjugated linoleic acid" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Frequent collaborative partners in Natori's research include Kuniyuki Kano, Kazunori Kikuchi, Yoshitake Sano, Taisuke Tomita, and Toshiharu Suzuki.

Best Publications

  • Purification of three antibacterial proteins from the culture medium of NIH-Sape-4, an embryonic cell line of Sarcophaga peregrina.

    K Matsuyama;S Natori

  • Purification of lectin induced in the hemolymph of Sarcophaga peregrina larvae on injury.

    H Komano;D Mizuno;S Natori

  • Expression of amylase and glucose oxidase in the hypopharyngeal gland with an age-dependent role change of the worker honeybee (Apis mellifera L.).

    Kazuaki Ohashi;Shunji Natori;Takeo Kubo

  • Molecular cloning of cDNA for p10, a novel protein that increases in the regenerating legs of Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)

    Aya Nomura Kitabayashi;Toshimitsu Arai;Takeo Kubo;Shunji Natori

  • Cloning and sequencing of cDNA of Sarcophaga peregrina humoral lectin induced on injury of the body wall.

    H Takahashi;H Komano;N Kawaguchi;N Kitamura

  • Purification and localization of p10, a novel protein that increases in nymphal regenerating legs of Periplaneta americana (American cockroach).

    Aya Nomura;Kiyoshi Kawasaki;Takeo Kubo;Shunji Natori

  • Change in the mode of gene expression of the hypopharyngeal gland cells with an age-dependent role change of the worker honeybee Apis mellifera L

    Kazuaki Ohashi;Shunji Natori;Takeo Kubo

  • Molecular cloning of cDNA for sapecin and unique expression of the sapecin gene during the development of Sarcophaga peregrina.

    Kenji Matsuyama;Shunji Natori

  • A newly established in vitro culture using transgenic Drosophila reveals functional coupling between the phospholipase A2-generated fatty acid cascade and lipopolysaccharide-dependent activation of the immune deficiency (imd) pathway in insect immunity

    Masashi Yajima;Masatoshi Takada;Nahoko Takahashi;Haruhisa Kikuchi

  • Purification of a factor from Ehrlich ascites tumor cells specifically stimulating RNA polymerase II.

    Kazuhisa Sekimizu;Nobuyuki Kobayashi;Denichi Mizuno;Shunji Natori

  • Molecular cloning of cDNA for lipopolysaccharide-binding protein from the hemolymph of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Similarity of the protein with animal lectins and its acute phase expression.

    T Jomori;S Natori

  • Interaction between liposomes and sarcotoxin IA, a potent antibacterial protein of Sarcophaga peregrina (flesh fly).

    Yuki Nakajima;Xian-ming Qu;Shunji Natori

  • 1H nuclear magnetic resonance study of the solution conformation of an antibacterial protein, sapecin

    Hiroyuki Hanzawa;Ichio Shimada;Takashi Kuzuhara;Hiroto Komano

  • Molecular cloning of a cDNA and assignment of the C-terminal of sarcotoxin IA, a potent antibacterial protein of Sarcophaga peregrina.

    N Matsumoto;M Okada;H Takahashi;Q X Ming

  • Expression of the lectin gene in Sarcophaga peregrina during normal development and under conditions where the defence mechanism is activated

    Haruo Takahashi;Hiroto Komano;Shunji Natori

  • Purification and preparation of antibody to RNA polymerase II stimulatory factors from Ehrlich ascites tumor cells.

    Kazuhisa Sekimizu;Yoshinobu Nakanishi;Den'ichi Mizuno;Shunji Natori

  • Participation of a galactose-specific C-type lectin in Drosophila immunity.

    Takahiro Tanji;Ayako Ohashi-Kobayashi;Shunji Natori

  • Participation of Sarcophagaperegrina humoral lectin in the lysis of sheep red blood cells injected into the abdominal cavity of larvae

    H. Komano;S. Natori

  • Purification and cDNA Cloning of an Antifungal Protein from the Hemolymph of Holotrichia diomphalia Larvae

    SoYoung Lee;HyunJoo Moon;Shoichiro Kurata;Shunji Natori

  • Purification, sequence and antibacterial activity of two novel sapecin homologues from Sarcophaga embryonic cells: similarity of sapecin B to charybdotoxin.

    K Yamada;S Natori

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhisa Sekimizu
Kazuhisa Sekimizu University of Tokyo
Takeo Kubo
Takeo Kubo University of Tokyo
Yoshinobu Nakanishi
Yoshinobu Nakanishi Kanazawa University
Masami Horikoshi
Masami Horikoshi University of Tokyo
Toshiharu Suzuki
Toshiharu Suzuki Hokkaido University
Masuo Obinata
Masuo Obinata Tohoku University
Ichio Shimada
Ichio Shimada University of Tokyo
Junken Aoki
Junken Aoki Tohoku University
Yuko Ohashi
Yuko Ohashi Hokkaido University
Bok Luel Lee
Bok Luel Lee Pusan National University

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