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Takahiro Ishikawa

Takahiro Ishikawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
10204
World Ranking
17107
National Ranking
1232

Overview

Takahiro Ishikawa is affiliated with Shimane University in Japan and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main subfields of their work include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics centered largely around plant biology and stress response mechanisms. Key topics documented in their work include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Light effects on plants

The scientist has contributed to various scholarly outlets, with frequent publications in:

  • The Plant Journal
  • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
  • Stroke
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Plant Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Takanori Maruta (15 joint publications)
  • Takeo Sato (8 joint publications)
  • Motohiro Okumura (8 joint publications)
  • Kenichi Sakuta (8 joint publications)
  • Teppei Komatsu (8 joint publications)

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Takahiro Ishikawa are as follows:

  • "Dehydroascorbate Reductases and Glutathione Set a Threshold for High-Light-Induced Ascorbate Accumulation," 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Distribution and Functions of Monodehydroascorbate Reductases in Plants: Comprehensive Reverse Genetic Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Enzymes," 2021, Antioxidants
  • "Cooperation of chloroplast ascorbate peroxidases and proton gradient regulation 5 is critical for protecting Arabidopsis plants from photo-oxidative stress," 2021, The Plant Journal
  • "Chloroplast dehydroascorbate reductase and glutathione cooperatively determine the capacity for ascorbate accumulation under photooxidative stress conditions," 2023, The Plant Journal
  • "The d-mannose/l-galactose pathway is the dominant ascorbate biosynthetic route in the moss Physcomitrium patens," 2021, The Plant Journal

Best Publications

  • Regulation and function of ascorbate peroxidase isoenzymes

    Shigeru Shigeoka;Takahiro Ishikawa;Masahiro Tamoi;Yoshiko Miyagawa

  • Expression of spinach ascorbate peroxidase isoenzymes in response to oxidative stresses.

    Kazuya Yoshimura;Yukinori Yabuta;Takahiro Ishikawa;Shigeru Shigeoka

  • Two genes in Arabidopsis thaliana encoding GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase are required for ascorbate biosynthesis and seedling viability.

    John Dowdle;Takahiro Ishikawa;Stephan Gatzek;Susanne Rolinski

  • Recent Advances in Ascorbate Biosynthesis and the Physiological Significance of Ascorbate Peroxidase in Photosynthesizing Organisms

    Takahiro Ishikawa;Shigeru Shigeoka

  • Light regulation of ascorbate biosynthesis is dependent on the photosynthetic electron transport chain but independent of sugars in Arabidopsis

    Yukinori Yabuta;Takahiro Mieda;Madhusudhan Rapolu;Ayana Nakamura

  • Progress in manipulating ascorbic acid biosynthesis and accumulation in plants

    Takahiro Ishikawa;Takahiro Ishikawa;John Dowdle;Nicholas Smirnoff

  • Thylakoid membrane‐bound ascorbate peroxidase is a limiting factor of antioxidative systems under photo‐oxidative stress

    Yukinori Yabuta;Takashi Motoki;Kazuya Yoshimura;Toru Takeda

  • H2O2-triggered Retrograde Signaling from Chloroplasts to Nucleus Plays Specific Role in Response to Stress

    Takanori Maruta;Masahiro Noshi;Aoi Tanouchi;Masahiro Tamoi

  • Arabidopsis Chloroplastic Ascorbate Peroxidase Isoenzymes Play a Dual Role in Photoprotection and Gene Regulation under Photooxidative Stress

    Takanori Maruta;Aoi Tanouchi;Masahiro Tamoi;Yukinori Yabuta

  • Translocation and the alternative D-galacturonate pathway contribute to increasing the ascorbate level in ripening tomato fruits together with the D-mannose/L-galactose pathway

    Adebanjo Ayobamidele Badejo;Keiko Wada;Yongshun Gao;Takanori Maruta

  • Molecular Characterization and Physiological Role of a Glyoxysome-Bound Ascorbate Peroxidase from Spinach

    Takahiro Ishikawa;Kazuya Yoshimura;Kosuke Sakai;Masahiro Tamoi

  • Evolution of alternative biosynthetic pathways for vitamin C following plastid acquisition in photosynthetic eukaryotes

    Glen Wheeler;Takahiro Ishikawa;Varissa Pornsaksit;Nicholas Smirnoff

  • Phosphorylation of plasma membrane aquaporin regulates temperature-dependent opening of tulip petals.

    Abul Kalam Azad;Yoshihiro Sawa;Takahiro Ishikawa;Hitoshi Shibata

  • Diversity and Evolution of Ascorbate Peroxidase Functions in Chloroplasts: More Than Just a Classical Antioxidant Enzyme?

    Takanori Maruta;Takanori Maruta;Yoshihiro Sawa;Shigeru Shigeoka;Takahiro Ishikawa

  • Molecular characterization of a novel peroxidase from the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.

    Henry Joseph Oduor Ogola;Takaaki Kamiike;Naoya Hashimoto;Hiroyuki Ashida

  • Enhancement of photosynthetic capacity in Euglena gracilis by expression of cyanobacterial fructose-1,6-/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase leads to increases in biomass and wax ester production

    Takahisa Ogawa;Masahiro Tamoi;Ayako Kimura;Ayaka Mine

  • Identification of S100b Protein as Copper-binding Protein and Its Suppression of Copper-induced Cell Damage

    Takeshi Nishikawa;In Sook Matsui Lee;Noriyuki Shiraishi;Takahiro Ishikawa

  • Two Distinct Redox Signaling Pathways for Cytosolic APX Induction under Photooxidative Stress

    Yukinori Yabuta;Takanori Maruta;Kazuya Yoshimura;Takahiro Ishikawa

  • Arabidopsis phosphomannose isomerase 1, but not phosphomannose isomerase 2, is essential for ascorbic acid biosynthesis.

    Takanori Maruta;Miki Yonemitsu;Yukinori Yabuta;Masahiro Tamoi

  • Intracellular energy depletion triggers programmed cell death during petal senescence in tulip

    A. K. Azad;Takayuki Ishikawa;Takahiro Ishikawa;Y. Sawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Takanori Maruta
Takanori Maruta Tottori University
Shigeru Shigeoka
Shigeru Shigeoka Kindai University
Yukinori Yabuta
Yukinori Yabuta Tottori University
Nicholas Smirnoff
Nicholas Smirnoff University of Exeter
Yoshihisa Nakano
Yoshihisa Nakano Osaka Metropolitan University
Shinichi Takaichi
Shinichi Takaichi Nippon Medical School
Maki Katsuhara
Maki Katsuhara Okayama University
Maiko Kagami
Maiko Kagami Yokohama National University
Masaru Tomita
Masaru Tomita Keio University
Shin-ya Miyagishima
Shin-ya Miyagishima National Institute of Genetics

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