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Takeshi Yagi

Takeshi Yagi

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Molecular Biology

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76
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26314
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Overview

Takeshi Yagi is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with particular focus on molecular biology and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Subfields prominently represented in their publications are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell Biology

Their research topics cover a range of themes such as:

  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Takeshi Yagi has contributed extensively to the scientific community, with numerous papers published in respected journals and preprint platforms. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • iScience
  • Molecular Brain
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yagi are:

  • "Time-resolved neurotransmitter detection in mouse brain tissue using an artificial intelligence-nanogap," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Pcdhβ deficiency affects hippocampal CA1 ensemble activity and contextual fear discrimination," 2020, Molecular Brain
  • "Isoform requirement of clustered protocadherin for preventing neuronal apoptosis and neonatal lethality," 2022, iScience
  • "Early embryonic mutations reveal dynamics of somatic and germ cell lineages in mice," 2022, Genome Research
  • "Suppression of DNA Double-Strand Break Formation by DNA Polymerase β in Active DNA Demethylation Is Required for Development of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience

Collaboratively, Takeshi Yagi frequently works with several other researchers, including:

  • Teruyoshi Hirayama
  • Takahiro Hirabayashi
  • Natsumi Hoshino
  • Etsuko Tarusawa
  • Takashi Kanadome

Best Publications

  • Insulin resistance and growth retardation in mice lacking insulin receptor substrate-1.

    Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Takashi Kadowaki;Kazuyuki Tobe;Takeshi Yagi

  • Reduced hippocampal LTP and spatial learning in mice lacking NMDA receptor ε1 subunit

    Kenji Sakimura;Tatsuya Kutsuwada;Isao Ito;Toshiya Manabe

  • A requirement for neuropilin-1 in embryonic vessel formation

    Takahiko Kawasaki;Takashi Kitsukawa;Yoko Bekku;Yoichi Matsuda

  • Impairment of motor coordination, Purkinje cell synapse formation, and cerebellar long-term depression in GluRδ2 mutant mice

    Nobuko Kashiwabuchi;Kazutaka Ikeda;Kazuaki Araki;Tomoo Hirano

  • Cadherin superfamily genes: functions, genomic organization, and neurologic diversity

    Takeshi Yagi;Masatoshi Takeichi

  • Mice develop normally without tenascin.

    Y Saga;T Yagi;Y Ikawa;T Sakakura

  • Neuropilin-semaphorin III/D-mediated chemorepulsive signals play a crucial role in peripheral nerve projection in mice.

    Takashi Kitsukawa;Masayuki Shimizu;Makoto Sanbo;Tatsumi Hirata

  • CLEFT PALATE AND DECREASED BRAIN GAMMA -AMINOBUTYRIC ACID IN MICE LACKING THE 67-KDA ISOFORM OF GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE

    Hideo Asada;Yuuki Kawamura;Kei Maruyama;Hideaki Kume

  • Disruption of semaphorin III/D gene causes severe abnormality in peripheral nerve projection.

    Masahiko Taniguchi;Shigeki Yuasa;Hajime Fujisawa;Ichiro Naruse

  • A Novel ES Cell Line, TT2, with High Germline-Differentiating Potency

    T. Yagi;T. Tokunaga;Y. Furuta;S. Nada

  • Impairment of suckling response, trigeminal neuronal pattern formation, and hippocampal LTD in NMDA receptor ε2 subunit mutant mice

    Tatsuya Kutsuwada;Kenji Sakimura;Toshiya Manabe;Chitoshi Takayama

  • Constitutive activation of Src family kinases in mouse embryos that lack Csk.

    Shigeyuki Nada;Takeshi Yagi;Hiroyuki Takeda;Tomoyuki Tokunaga

  • Diversity Revealed by a Novel Family of Cadherins Expressed in Neurons at a Synaptic Complex

    Naohiro Kohmura;Kouji Senzaki;Shun Hamada;Nobuyuki Kai

  • Initial events of myelination involve Fyn tyrosine kinase signalling

    Umemori H;Sato S;Yagi T;Aizawa S

  • Enhanced proliferative potential in culture of cells from p53-deficient mice

    T Tsukada;Y Tomooka;S Takai;Y Ueda

  • Mice Lacking the 65 kDa Isoform of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD65) Maintain Normal Levels of GAD67 and GABA in Their Brains but Are Susceptible to Seizures

    Hideo Asada;Yuuki Kawamura;Kei Maruyama;Hideaki Kume

  • Proteins of the CNR family are multiple receptors for Reelin

    Kouji Senzaki;Masaharu Ogawa;Takeshi Yagi

  • Fyn and Cdk5 Mediate Semaphorin-3A Signaling, Which Is Involved in Regulation of Dendrite Orientation in Cerebral Cortex

    Yukio Sasaki;Chi Cheng;Yutaka Uchida;Yutaka Uchida;Oumi Nakajima

  • FcεRI-mediated mast cell degranulation requires calcium-independent microtubule-dependent translocation of granules to the plasma membrane

    Keigo Nishida;Satoru Yamasaki;Yukitaka Ito;Koki Kabu

  • Homologous recombination at c-fyn locus of mouse embryonic stem cells with use of diphtheria toxin A-fragment gene in negative selection.

    Takeshi Yagi;Yoji Ikawa;Keiichiro Yoshida;Yasuyo Shigetani

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayoshi Mishina
Masayoshi Mishina Ritsumeikan University
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa Fujita Health University
Yoji Ikawa
Yoji Ikawa Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hiroaki Niki
Hiroaki Niki University of Tokyo
Shinichi Aizawa
Shinichi Aizawa Kumamoto University
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Kotaro Hattori
Kotaro Hattori National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Masumi Hirabayashi
Masumi Hirabayashi National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Hajime Fujisawa
Hajime Fujisawa Nagoya University
Katsuei Shibuki
Katsuei Shibuki Niigata University

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