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Shunsuke Ishii

Shunsuke Ishii

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
85
Citations
24041
World Ranking
856
National Ranking
68

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Shunsuke Ishii is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has a research portfolio spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work integrates a range of topics primarily centered on epigenetics, genetics associated with aging and longevity, and the effects of environmental factors on biological systems. The scientist's interdisciplinary focus also includes pulmonary medicine, epidemiology, pediatrics, and space science.

Their published papers include studies on epigenetic mechanisms, intergenerational biological effects, and systemic inflammation. Notable publications are:

  • ATF7-Dependent Epigenetic Changes Are Required for the Intergenerational Effect of a Paternal Low-Protein Diet (2020, Molecular Cell)
  • Paternal restraint stress affects offspring metabolism via ATF-2 dependent mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster germ cells (2020, Communications Biology)
  • Intergenerational effect of short-term spaceflight in mice (2021, iScience)
  • HIVEP1 Is a Negative Regulator of NF-κB That Inhibits Systemic Inflammation in Sepsis (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Investigating Dose Level and Duration of Rehabilitation of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the ICU (2025, Respiratory Care)

The venues where Shunsuke Ishii frequently publishes include:

  • Communications Biology
  • Molecular Cell
  • iScience
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Respiratory Care

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work with frequent coauthors including Nhung Hong Ly, Yuki Katou, Katsuhiko Shirahige, Keisuke Yoshida, and Masafumi Muratani.

The main fields of study that characterize their research are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of study reflect specialized areas such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Aging
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Key research topics within their portfolio include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Digestive system and related health
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Best Publications

  • Chromatin acetylation, memory, and LTP are impaired in CBP+/- mice: a model for the cognitive deficit in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome and its amelioration.

    Juan M Alarcón;Gaël Malleret;Khalid Touzani;Svetlana Vronskaya

  • Sonic Hedgehog-induced activation of the Gli1 promoter is mediated by GLI3.

    Ping Dai;Hiroshi Akimaru;Yasunori Tanaka;Toshio Maekawa

  • Multiple drug-resistant human KB carcinoma cells independently selected for high-level resistance to colchicine, adriamycin, or vinblastine show changes in expression of specific proteins.

    Ding-Wu Shen;C. Cardarelli;J. Hwang;M. Cornwell

  • Solution structure of a specific DNA complex of the Myb DNA-binding domain with cooperative recognition helices.

    Kazuhiro Ogata;Souichi Morikawa;Haruki Nakamura;Ai Sekikawa

  • ATF-2 Is a Common Nuclear Target of Smad and TAK1 Pathways in Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling

    Yuji Sano;Jun Harada;Shigeki Tashiro;Ryoko Gotoh-Mandeville

  • Leucine zipper structure of the protein CRE-BP1 binding to the cyclic AMP response element in brain.

    T. Maekawa;H. Sakura;C. Kanei-Ishii;T. Sudo

  • CBP as a transcriptional coactivator of c-Myb.

    Ping Dai;H. Akimaru;Y. Tanaka;De-Xing Hou

  • Characterization and sequence of the promoter region of the human epidermal growth factor receptor gene

    Shunsuke Ishii;Young-Hua Xu;Randy H. Stratton;Bruce A. Roe

  • Amplification and enhanced expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in A431 human carcinoma cells

    Glenn T. Merlino;Young Hua Xu;Shunsuke Ishii;Adrian J.L. Clark

  • Increase of Solubility of Foreign Proteins in Escherichia coli by Coproduction of the Bacterial Thioredoxin

    Takashi Yasukawa;Chie Kanei-Ishii;Toshio Maekawa;Jiro Fujimoto

  • Delineation of three functional domains of the transcriptional activator encoded by the c-myb protooncogene

    Hiroshi Sakura;Chie Kanei-Ishii;Takahiro Nagase;Hideki Nakagoshi

  • Structural Analyses of DNA Recognition by the AML1/Runx-1 Runt Domain and Its Allosteric Control by CBFβ

    Tahir H. Tahirov;Taiko Inoue-Bungo;Hisayuki Morii;Atsushi Fujikawa

  • Human epidermal growth factor receptor cDNA is homologous to a variety of RNAs overproduced in A431 carcinoma cells.

    Young-hua Xu;Shunsuke Ishii;Adrian J. L. Clark;Margery Sullivan

  • Drosophila CBP is a co-activator of cubitus interruptus in hedgehog signalling

    Hiroshi Akimaru;Yang Chen;Ping Dai;De Xing Hou

  • The cavity in the hydrophobic core of Myb DNA-binding domain is reserved for DNA recognition and trans-activation.

    Kazuhiro Ogata;Chie Kanei-Ishii;Motoko Sasaki;Hideki Hatanaka

  • Inheritance of Stress-Induced, ATF-2-Dependent Epigenetic Change

    Ki-Hyeon Seong;Dong Li;Hideyuki Shimizu;Ryoichi Nakamura

  • Solution structure of a DNA-binding unit of Myb: a helix-turn-helix-related motif with conserved tryptophans forming a hydrophobic core.

    Kazuhiro Ogata;Hironobu Hojo;Saburo Aimoto;Takahisa Nakai

  • Abnormal skeletal patterning in embryos lacking a single Cbp allele: A partial similarity with Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome

    Yasunori Tanaka;Ichiro Naruse;Toshio Maekawa;Hiroshi Masuya

  • Epidermal growth factor regulates the expression of its own receptor.

    Adrian J. L. Clark;Shunsuke Ishii;Nancy Richert;Glenn T. Merlino

  • Ski is a component of the histone deacetylase complex required for transcriptional repression by Mad and thyroid hormone receptor

    Teruaki Nomura;Matiullah Khan;Sunil C. Kaul;Hai Dong Dong

Frequent Co-Authors

Akinori Sarai
Akinori Sarai Kyushu Institute of Technology
Tadashi Yamamoto
Tadashi Yamamoto Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Yoshifumi Nishimura
Yoshifumi Nishimura Hiroshima University
Takahiro Nagase
Takahiro Nagase Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Glenn Merlino
Glenn Merlino National Institutes of Health
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa Fujita Health University
Ira Pastan
Ira Pastan Center for Cancer Research
Robert G. Ramsay
Robert G. Ramsay Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Nobuo Nomura
Nobuo Nomura National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Katsuhiko Shirahige
Katsuhiko Shirahige University of Tokyo

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