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Takaho A. Endo

Takaho A. Endo

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
43
Citations
15853
World Ranking
2943
National Ranking
215

Overview

Takaho A. Endo is a researcher affiliated with RIKEN in Japan. Their work spans multiple disciplines primarily within immunology and microbiology, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's research interests include immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, pluripotent stem cells research, and renal and related cancers.

Endo has contributed to several scientific publications across various venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Nature Cell Biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • BMC Biology

Their recent papers highlight a range of topics and include:

  • "Establishment of mouse stem cells that can recapitulate the developmental potential of primitive endoderm," published in 2022 in Science
  • "Polycomb repressive complexes 1 and 2 are each essential for maintenance of X inactivation in extra-embryonic lineages," published in 2023 in Nature Cell Biology
  • "Interleukin-4 Promotes Tuft Cell Differentiation and Acetylcholine Production in Intestinal Organoids of Non-Human Primate," published in 2021 in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Jasmonates and Histone deacetylase 6 activate Arabidopsis genome-wide histone acetylation and methylation during the early acute stress response," published in 2022 in BMC Biology
  • "Combined plasma metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis identify histidine as a biomarker and potential contributor in SLE pathogenesis," published in 2022 in Lara D. Veeken

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Ichiro Taniuchi
  • Haruhiko Koseki
  • Hiroki Sugishita
  • Takashi Watanabe
  • Mami Kumon

Endo's main fields of study encompass immunology and microbiology with 16 publications, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with 12 publications. Within these broader fields, subfields include immunology, molecular biology, genetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as nutrition and dietetics.

The main topics explored in Endo's research are:

  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell immunology
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways
  • Pluripotent stem cells research
  • Renal and related cancers

Best Publications

  • Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells

    Yukihiro Furusawa;Yuuki Obata;Shinji Fukuda;Takaho A. Endo

  • A new protein containing an SH2 domain that inhibits JAK kinases

    Takaho A. Endo;Masaaki Masuhara;Masahiro Yokouchi;Ritsu Suzuki

  • The SRA protein Np95 mediates epigenetic inheritance by recruiting Dnmt1 to methylated DNA

    Jafar Sharif;Masahiro Muto;Shin-ichiro Takebayashi;Isao Suetake

  • Arabidopsis transcriptome analysis under drought, cold, high-salinity and ABA treatment conditions using a tiling array.

    Akihiro Matsui;Junko Ishida;Taeko Morosawa;Yoshiki Mochizuki

  • Polycomb limits the neurogenic competence of neural precursor cells to promote astrogenic fate transition.

    Yusuke Hirabayashi;Nao Suzki;Masafumi Tsuboi;Takaho A. Endo

  • Acetate-mediated novel survival strategy against drought in plants.

    Jong Myong Kim;Taiko Kim To;Akihiro Matsui;Keitaro Tanoi

  • Basophil-derived interleukin-4 controls the function of natural helper cells, a member of ILC2s, in lung inflammation

    Yasutaka Motomura;Hideaki Morita;Kazuyo Moro;Kazuyo Moro;Susumu Nakae

  • Polycomb group proteins Ring1A/B are functionally linked to the core transcriptional regulatory circuitry to maintain ES cell identity

    Mitsuhiro Endoh;Takaho A. Endo;Tamie Endoh;Yu-ichi Fujimura

  • SAM Domain Polymerization Links Subnuclear Clustering of PRC1 to Gene Silencing

    Kyoichi Isono;Takaho A. Endo;Manching Ku;Daisuke Yamada

  • Histone H2A Mono-Ubiquitination Is a Crucial Step to Mediate PRC1-Dependent Repression of Developmental Genes to Maintain ES Cell Identity

    Mitsuhiro Endoh;Takaho A. Endo;Tamie Endoh;Kyo-ichi Isono

  • The Hbo1-Brd1/Brpf2 complex is responsible for global acetylation of H3K14 and required for fetal liver erythropoiesis.

    Yuta Mishima;Satoru Miyagi;Atsunori Saraya;Masamitsu Negishi

  • Arabidopsis HDA6 regulates locus-directed heterochromatin silencing in cooperation with MET1.

    Taiko Kim To;Jong-Myong Kim;Akihiro Matsui;Yukio Kurihara

  • The epigenetic regulator Uhrf1 facilitates the proliferation and maturation of colonic regulatory T cells

    Yuuki Obata;Yukihiro Furusawa;Takaho A Endo;Jafar Sharif

  • Whole genome association study of rheumatoid arthritis using 27 039 microsatellites

    Gen Tamiya;Gen Tamiya;Minori Shinya;Minori Shinya;Tadashi Imanishi;Tomoki Ikuta;Tomoki Ikuta

  • Analyses of a Mutant Foxp3 Allele Reveal BATF as a Critical Transcription Factor in the Differentiation and Accumulation of Tissue Regulatory T Cells.

    Norihito Hayatsu;Takahisa Miyao;Masashi Tachibana;Ryuichi Murakami

  • Genome-wide analysis of endogenous abscisic acid-mediated transcription in dry and imbibed seeds of Arabidopsis using tiling arrays.

    Masanori Okamoto;Kiyoshi Tatematsu;Akihiro Matsui;Taeko Morosawa

  • PCGF6-PRC1 suppresses premature differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells by regulating germ cell-related genes

    Mitsuhiro Endoh;Takaho A Endo;Jun Shinga;Katsuhiko Hayashi

  • Chemical hijacking of auxin signaling with an engineered auxin-TIR1 pair.

    Naoyuki Uchida;Koji Takahashi;Rie Iwasaki;Ryotaro Yamada

  • MUTE Directly Orchestrates Cell-State Switch and the Single Symmetric Division to Create Stomata

    Soon Ki Han;Xingyun Qi;Kei Sugihara;Jonathan H. Dang

  • Role of SOX17 in hematopoietic development from human embryonic stem cells

    Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi;Mitsujiro Osawa;Motohiko Oshima;Haruna Takagi

Frequent Co-Authors

Haruhiko Koseki
Haruhiko Koseki RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Osamu Ohara
Osamu Ohara Chiba University
Miguel Vidal
Miguel Vidal Spanish National Research Council
Shohei Hori
Shohei Hori University of Tokyo
Koji Hase
Koji Hase Keio University
Toshio Suda
Toshio Suda National University of Singapore
Bradley E. Bernstein
Bradley E. Bernstein Broad Institute

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