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Takashi Mikawa is currently affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cell Biology. Additional areas of study encompass Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health as well as Plant Science.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, highlighting a diverse range of biological processes and developmental mechanisms. These topics include:

  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ

Takashi Mikawa has authored and co-authored multiple scientific papers published in notable journals and platforms. Recent publications include:

  • Programmed cell death along the midline axis patterns ipsilaterality in gastrulation, 2020, Science
  • Avians as a Model System of Vascular Development, 2020, Methods in molecular biology
  • Bilateral cellular flows display asymmetry prior to left-right organizer formation in amniote gastrulation, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bilateral cellular flows display asymmetry prior to left-right organizer formation in amniote gastrulation, 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Coupling and uncoupling of midline morphogenesis and cell flow in amniote gastrulation, 2023, eLife

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mikawa include:

  • Rieko Asai
  • S. C. Sinha
  • Vivek N. Prakash
  • Lisa L. Hua
  • Manu Prakash

Publication venues where Mikawa has consistently contributed work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Methods in molecular biology

Mikawa's body of work reflects ongoing investigation into developmental and molecular biological processes relevant to genetics and congenital conditions. The range of publication years from 2020 through projections into 2025 suggests active engagement in advancing scientific knowledge within their fields of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Pericardial Mesoderm Generates a Population of Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells Migrating into the Heart along with Ingrowth of the Epicardial Organ

    Takashi Mikawa;Robert G. Gourdie

  • Retroviral analysis of cardiac morphogenesis: discontinuous formation of coronary vessels.

    Takashi Mikawa;Donald A. Fischman

  • Development of the coronary vessel system.

    David E. Reese;Takashi Mikawa;David M. Bader

  • Fibroblast growth factor receptor is required for in vivo cardiac myocyte proliferation at early embryonic stages of heart development.

    T Mima;H Ueno;D A Fischman;L T Williams

  • Terminal diversification of the myocyte lineage generates Purkinje fibers of the cardiac conduction system.

    R.G. Gourdie;T. Mima;R.P. Thompson;T. Mikawa

  • Clonal analysis of cardiac morphogenesis in the chicken embryo using a replication-defective retrovirus: I. Formation of the ventricular myocardium.

    T. Mikawa;A. Borisov;A. M. C. Brown;D. A. Fischman

  • Endothelin-induced conversion of embryonic heart muscle cells into impulse-conducting Purkinje fibers

    Robert G. Gourdie;Yan Wei;Darlene Kim;Sandra C. Klatt

  • A dual role for ErbB2 signaling in cardiac trabeculation

    Jiandong Liu;Michael Bressan;David Hassel;Jan Huisken

  • NEURAL CREST CELLS IN OUTFLOW TRACT SEPTATION OF THE EMBRYONIC CHICKEN HEART : DIFFERENTIATION AND APOPTOSIS

    R.E. Poelmann;T. Mikawa;A.C. Gittenberger-De Groot

  • The major myosin-binding domain of skeletal muscle MyBP-C (C protein) resides in the COOH-terminal, immunoglobulin C2 motif.

    Tsuyoshi Okagaki;Franz E. Weber;Donald A. Fischman;Kevin T. Vaughan

  • LOSS OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTORS IS NECESSARY FOR TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION OF EMBRYONIC LIMB MUSCLE

    Naoki Itoh;Tatsuo Mima;Takashi Mikawa

  • Development of the cardiac conduction system involves recruitment within a multipotent cardiomyogenic lineage

    Gang Cheng;Wanda H. Litchenberg;Gregory J. Cole;Takashi Mikawa

  • FGF1 patterns the optic vesicle by directing the placement of the neural retina domain.

    Jeanette Hyer;Tatsuo Mima;Takashi Mikawa

  • Metanephric mesenchyme contains multipotent stem cells whose fate is restricted after induction

    Doris Herzlinger;Chizuko Koseki;Takashi Mikawa;Qais Al-Awqati

  • The carboxyl terminus of myosin binding protein C (MyBP-C, C-protein) specifies incorporation into the A-band of striated muscle

    Rénald Gilbert;Michael G. Kelly;Takashi Mikawa;Donald A. Fischman

  • Early Mesodermal Cues Assign Avian Cardiac Pacemaker Fate Potential in a Tertiary Heart Field

    Michael Bressan;Gary Liu;Takashi Mikawa

  • TBX5 transcription factor regulates cell proliferation during cardiogenesis.

    Cathy J. Hatcher;Min-Su Kim;Caroline S. Mah;Marsha M. Goldstein

  • In vivo analysis of a new lacZ retrovirus vector suitable for cell lineage marking in avian and other species.

    Takashi Mikawa;Donald A. Fischman;Joseph P. Dougherty;Anthony M.C. Brown

  • In vivo induction of cardiac Purkinje fiber differentiation by coexpression of preproendothelin-1 and endothelin converting enzyme-1.

    Kimiko Takebayashi-Suzuki;Masashi Yanagisawa;Robert G. Gourdie;Nobuyuki Kanzawa

  • Optic cup morphogenesis requires pre-lens ectoderm but not lens differentiation.

    Jeanette Hyer;Julie Kuhlman;Evelyn Afif;Takashi Mikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Gourdie
Robert G. Gourdie Virginia Tech
Donald A. Fischman
Donald A. Fischman Cornell University
Anthony M. C. Brown
Anthony M. C. Brown Cornell University
Hideyo Ohuchi
Hideyo Ohuchi Okayama University
Barbara L. Hempstead
Barbara L. Hempstead Cornell University
Sumihare Noji
Sumihare Noji University of Tokushima
Margaret L. Kirby
Margaret L. Kirby Duke University
Orion D. Weiner
Orion D. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
John F. Fallon
John F. Fallon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Janet R. Sparrow
Janet R. Sparrow Columbia University

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