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Overview

Takao Sekiya is affiliated with the National Cancer Research Institute, UK, and conducts research primarily in the field of medicine. Their work focuses on obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cancer research, immunology, and rheumatology. The scientist has contributed extensively to studies on pregnancy and preeclampsia, as well as topics related to birth, development, health, reproductive systems, microRNA in disease regulation, GDF15 and related biomarkers, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, and preterm birth with chorioamnionitis.

Their recent publication record includes papers in multiple scientific venues spanning from 2020 to 2023. Notable publications are:

  • Altered serum soluble furin and prorenin receptor levels in pregnancies with pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction, 2021, Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
  • Longitudinal study of the vaginal microbiome in pregnancies involving preterm labor., 2022, PubMed
  • Increased levels of nectin-4 as a serological marker for pre-eclampsia., 2023, PubMed
  • Placental Genetic Variants in the Upstream Region of the FLT1 Gene in Pre-eclampsia, 2020, Journal of Reproduction & Infertility
  • Characterization of the MG828507 lncRNA Located Upstream of the FLT1 Gene as an Etiology for Pre-Eclampsia, 2022, Journal of Clinical Medicine

Their research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • PubMed
  • Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
  • Journal of Reproduction & Infertility
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Hypertension Research in Pregnancy

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Haruki Nishizawa
  • Yoshiko Sakabe
  • Takuma Fujii
  • Akiko Ohwaki
  • Hikari Yoshizawa

The main research interests addressed by Takao Sekiya involve pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, with a particular focus on molecular and genetic markers associated with these conditions. Their work also examines birth outcomes, microRNA regulation related to disease, and factors involved in fetal and neonatal development. This interdisciplinary approach spans clinical and molecular fields, contributing to understanding reproductive health and associated complications.

Best Publications

  • Detection of polymorphisms of human DNA by gel electrophoresis as single-strand conformation polymorphisms

    Masato Orita;Hiroyuki Iwahana;Hiroshi Kanazawa;Kenshi Hayashi

  • Rapid and sensitive detection of point mutations and DNA polymorphisms using the polymerase chain reaction

    Masato Orita;Youichi Suzuki;Takao Sekiya;Kenshi Hayashi

  • TSLC1 is a tumor-suppressor gene in human non-small-cell lung cancer.

    Masami Kuramochi;Hiroshi Fukuhara;Takahiro Nobukuni;Takamasa Kanbe

  • Detection of p53 Gene Mutations in Human Brain Tumors by Single-strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of Polymerase Chain Reaction Products

    Y Suzuki;M Orita;M Shiraishi;K Hayashi

  • Aberrations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene in human non-small cell carcinomas of the lung.

    Yosuke Kishimoto;Yoshinori Murakami;Masahiko Shiraishi;Kenshi Hayashi

  • Deletions of Chromosome 13q, Mutations in Retinoblastoma 1, and Retinoblastoma Protein State in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Xue Zhang;Hong Ji Xu;Yoshinori Murakami;Richard Sachse

  • A novel combination of K-ras and myc amplification accompanied by point mutational activation of K-ras in a human lung cancer.

    Y Taya;K Hosogai;S Hirohashi;Y Shimosato

  • Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction: A method for amplification and sequence determination of a single component among a mixture of sequence variants

    Youichi Suzuki;Takao Sekiya;Kenshi Hayashi

  • Isolation of DNA sequences amplified at chromosome 19q13.1-q13.2 including the AKT2 locus in human pancreatic cancer

    Wataru Miwa;Jun Yasuda;Yoshinori Murakami;Kazuo Yashima

  • Molecular cloning and the total nucleotide sequence of the human c-Ha-ras-1 gene activated in a melanoma from a Japanese patient.

    Takao Sekiya;Masako Fushimi;Hiroshige Hori;Setsuo Hirohashi

  • F-SSCP: fluorescence-based polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis.

    R Makino;H Yazyu;Y Kishimoto;T Sekiya

  • A rho-dependent termination site in the gene coding for tyrosine tRNA su3 of Escherichia coli.

    Hans Küpper;Takao Sekiya;Martin Rosenberg;James Egan

  • Ectopic production of parathyroid hormone by small cell lung cancer in a patient with hypercalcemia.

    Katsuhiko Yoshimoto;Ryuichi Yamasaki;Hideki Sakai;Uichiro Tezuka

  • Promoter methylation of TSLC1 and tumor suppression by its gene product in human prostate cancer

    Hiroshi Fukuhara;Masami Kuramochi;Takeshi Fukami;Kohtaro Kasahara

  • Alterations of the p53, p21, p16, p15 and RAS genes in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Machiko Kawamura;Hiroaki Ohnishi;Shu-Xia Guo;Xiao Ming Sheng

  • DNA sequence polymorphisms in Alu repeats

    Masato Orita;Takao Sekiya;Kenshi Hayashi

  • Nucleotide sequence of the genes for F0 components of the proton-translocating ATPase from Escherichia coli: Prediction of the primary structure of F0 subunits

    Hiroshi Kanazawa;Kazunori Mabuchi;Toshiaki Kayano;Takato Noumi

  • Localization of tumor suppressor activity important in nonsmall cell lung carcinoma on chromosome 11q.

    Yoshinori Murakami;Takahiro Nobukuni;Kenji Tamura;Tomoko Maruyama

  • Specificity of yeast glutamic acid transfer RNA for codon recognition

    Takao Sekiya;Keiichi Takeishi;Tyunosin Ukita

  • Mutations of the p53 and ras genes in childhood t(1;19)-acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    M Kawamura;A Kikuchi;S Kobayashi;R Hanada

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinori Murakami
Yoshinori Murakami University of Tokyo
Susumu Nishimura
Susumu Nishimura University of Tsukuba
Setsuo Hirohashi
Setsuo Hirohashi National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Takashi Sugimura
Takashi Sugimura National Cancer Centre
Manuel Perucho
Manuel Perucho Discovery Institute
Yukio Shimosato
Yukio Shimosato National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Misao Ohki
Misao Ohki National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Masaaki Terada
Masaaki Terada National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Takahiro Ochiya
Takahiro Ochiya Tokyo Medical University
Roger H. Reeves
Roger H. Reeves Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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