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D-Index
56
Citations
15594
World Ranking
14214
National Ranking
5992

Overview

Steven K. Akiyama is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions and professional activities are connected to this institution, which plays a significant role in biomedical and public health research.

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Best Publications

  • Integrin function: molecular hierarchies of cytoskeletal and signaling molecules.

    S Miyamoto;H Teramoto;O A Coso;J S Gutkind

  • Synergistic Roles for Receptor Occupancy and Aggregation in Integrin Transmembrane Function

    Shingo Miyamoto;Steven K. Akiyama;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Analysis of fibronectin receptor function with monoclonal antibodies: roles in cell adhesion, migration, matrix assembly, and cytoskeletal organization.

    S. K. Akiyama;S. S. Yamada;Wen-Tien Chen;K. M. Yamada

  • Identification of an alternatively spliced site in human plasma fibronectin that mediates cell type-specific adhesion.

    M J Humphries;S K Akiyama;A Komoriya;K Olden

  • Identification of two distinct regions of the type III connecting segment of human plasma fibronectin that promote cell type-specific adhesion.

    M J Humphries;A Komoriya;S K Akiyama;K Olden

  • Fibronectin and integrins in invasion and metastasis

    Steven K. Akiyama;Kenneth Olden;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Regulation of integrin alpha 5 beta 1-fibronectin interactions by divalent cations. Evidence for distinct classes of binding sites for Mn2+, Mg2+, and Ca2+.

    A P Mould;S K Akiyama;M J Humphries

  • Novel function for beta 1 integrins in keratinocyte cell-cell interactions.

    H Larjava;J Peltonen;S K Akiyama;S S Yamada

  • Cell surface receptors for extracellular matrix components.

    Steven K. Akiyama;Kazuhiro Nagata;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Aberrant N-glycosylation of beta1 integrin causes reduced alpha5beta1 integrin clustering and stimulates cell migration.

    Hua-Bei Guo;Intaek Lee;Maria Kamar;Steven K Akiyama

  • Regulation of fibronectin receptor distribution

    SE LaFlamme;SK Akiyama;KM Yamada

  • Activation of CD4 cells by fibronectin and anti-CD3 antibody. A synergistic effect mediated by the VLA-5 fibronectin receptor complex.

    Takami Matsuyama;Akira Yamada;Jonathan Kay;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • A potential marker protease of invasiveness, seprase, is localized on invadopodia of human malignant melanoma cells

    Wayne L. Monsky;Chen Yong Lin;Atsuko Aoyama;Thomas Kelly

  • The interaction of plasma fibronectin with fibroblastic cells in suspension.

    S K Akiyama;K M Yamada

  • A Novel Protease-docking Function of Integrin at Invadopodia

    Susette C. Mueller;Giulio Ghersi;Giulio Ghersi;Steven K. Akiyama;Qing-Xiang Amy Sang

  • Regulation of cell-substrate adhesion by proteoglycans immobilized on extracellular substrates.

    M Yamagata;S Suzuki;S K Akiyama;K M Yamada

  • Localization of integrin receptors for fibronectin, collagen, and laminin in human skin. Variable expression in basal and squamous cell carcinomas.

    J Peltonen;H Larjava;S Jaakkola;H Gralnick

  • Formation of amyloid-like fibrils by self-association of a partially unfolded fibronectin type III module.

    Sergei V Litvinovich;Shelesa A Brew;Shinichi Aota;Steven K Akiyama

  • Transmembrane signal transduction by integrin cytoplasmic domains expressed in single-subunit chimeras.

    S.K. Akiyama;S.S. Yamada;K.M. Yamada;S.E. LaFlamme

  • Vinexin: a novel vinculin-binding protein with multiple SH3 domains enhances actin cytoskeletal organization.

    Noriyuki Kioka;Shohei Sakata;Takeshi Kawauchi;Teruo Amachi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth M. Yamada
Kenneth M. Yamada National Institutes of Health
Kenneth Olden
Kenneth Olden National Institutes of Health
Martin J. Humphries
Martin J. Humphries University of Manchester
Hannu Larjava
Hannu Larjava University of British Columbia
Rami Hershkoviz
Rami Hershkoviz Tel Aviv University
John Roberts
John Roberts Rice University
Stuart A. Newman
Stuart A. Newman New York Medical College
Ronen Alon
Ronen Alon Weizmann Institute of Science
Jouni Uitto
Jouni Uitto Thomas Jefferson University
Frederick Grinnell
Frederick Grinnell The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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