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Takuji Shirasawa is affiliated with the Shirasawa Anti-Aging Medical Institute in Japan. Their research spans several intersecting fields, primarily in medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and neuroscience. These main fields encompass a broad investigation into molecular biology, physiology, neurology, immunology, and surgery as subfields of study.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as diet and metabolism studies, gut microbiota and health, protein tyrosine phosphatases, galectins and cancer biology, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Among the venues where their work is often published are the Mathews Journal of Case Reports, ES Journal of Case Reports, Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and iScience.

Recent research publications by Takuji Shirasawa include:

  • Enterocyte superoxide dismutase 2 deletion drives obesity, 2021, iScience
  • Characteristics of Intestinal Microbiota in Japanese Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and a Risk-Estimating Method for the Disorder, 2023, Biomedicines
  • Deletion or inhibition of PTPRO prevents ectopic fat accumulation and induces healthy obesity with markedly reduced systemic inflammation, 2022, Life Sciences
  • Cytokine-Induced Neurogenesis and Angiogenesis Reversed Cognitive Decline in a Vascular Dementia Patient with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, 2023, ES Journal of Case Reports
  • Cytokine-induced Neurogenesis for Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia, 2022, Personalized Medicine Universe

Frequent collaborators include Luis Carlos Aguilar Cobos, Takafumi Shintani, Ryoko Suzuki, Yasushi Takéuchi, and Masaharu Noda. The collaborations reflect an ongoing engagement with other researchers in related fields and multidisciplinary approaches.

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of autophagy in the heart induces age-related cardiomyopathy.

    Manabu Taneike;Osamu Yamaguchi;Atsuko Nakai;Shungo Hikoso

  • Carnosic acid, a catechol-type electrophilic compound, protects neurons both in vitro and in vivo through activation of the Keap1/Nrf2 pathway via S-alkylation of targeted cysteines on Keap1.

    Takumi Satoh;Kunio Kosaka;Ken Itoh;Akira Kobayashi

  • Drusen, choroidal neovascularization, and retinal pigment epithelium dysfunction in SOD1-deficient mice: a model of age-related macular degeneration.

    Yutaka Imamura;Setsuko Noda;Kouhei Hashizume;Kei Shinoda

  • Neurotoxicity and Physicochemical Properties of Aβ Mutant Peptides from Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: IMPLICATION FOR THE PATHOGENESIS OF CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    Kazuma Murakami;Kazuhiro Irie;Akira Morimoto;Hajime Ohigashi

  • SOD1 (copper/zinc superoxide dismutase) deficiency drives amyloid β protein oligomerization and memory loss in mouse model of Alzheimer disease.

    Kazuma Murakami;Nakaba Murata;Yoshihiro Noda;Shoichi Tahara

  • μ1B, a novel adaptor medium chain expressed in polarized epithelial cells1

    Hiroshi Ohno;Takuya Tomemori;Fubito Nakatsu;Yasushi Okazaki

  • Effects of a potent antioxidant, platinum nanoparticle, on the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Juewon Kim;Mayumi Takahashi;Takahiko Shimizu;Takuji Shirasawa

  • Oxidative stress causes heart failure with impaired mitochondrial respiration.

    Hidetoshi Nojiri;Takahiko Shimizu;Masabumi Funakoshi;Osamu Yamaguchi

  • Racemization of Asp23 residue affects the aggregation properties of Alzheimer amyloid beta protein analogues.

    T Tomiyama;S Asano;Y Furiya;T Shirasawa

  • Protective effects of astaxanthin on 6-hydroxydopamine-induced apoptosis in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.

    Yasutaka Ikeda;Shinji Tsuji;Akira Satoh;Masaharu Ishikura

  • Analysis of the Secondary Structure of β-Amyloid (Aβ42) Fibrils by Systematic Proline Replacement

    Akira Morimoto;Kazuhiro Irie;Kazuma Murakami;Yuichi Masuda

  • Formation and Stabilization Model of the 42-mer Aβ Radical: Implications for the Long-Lasting Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease

    Kazuma Murakami;Kazuhiro Irie;Hajime Ohigashi;Hideyuki Hara

  • Biological Significance of Isoaspartate and Its Repair System

    Takahiko Shimizu;Yasuji Matsuoka;Takuji Shirasawa

  • Senescence Marker Protein-30 Knockout Mouse Liver Is Highly Susceptible to Tumor Necrosis Factor-α- and Fas-Mediated Apoptosis

    Akihito Ishigami;Toshiko Fujita;Setsuko Handa;Takuji Shirasawa

  • Cytoplasmic superoxide causes bone fragility owing to low‐turnover osteoporosis and impaired collagen cross‐linking

    Hidetoshi Nojiri;Yoshitomo Saita;Daichi Morikawa;Keiji Kobayashi

  • Synthesis, aggregation, neurotoxicity, and secondary structure of various Aβ1–42 mutants of familial Alzheimer's disease at positions 21–23

    Kazuma Murakami;Kazuhiro Irie;Akira Morimoto;Hajime Ohigashi

  • Deficiency in Protein l-Isoaspartyl Methyltransferase Results in a Fatal Progressive Epilepsy

    Akihiro Yamamoto;Hideyuki Takagi;Daisuke Kitamura;Hozumi Tatsuoka

  • CuZn-SOD Deficiency Causes ApoB Degradation and Induces Hepatic Lipid Accumulation by Impaired Lipoprotein Secretion in Mice

    Satoshi Uchiyama;Takahiko Shimizu;Takuji Shirasawa

  • Identification of mouse ULK1, a novel protein kinase structurally related to C. elegans UNC-51.

    Jin Yan;Hidehito Kuroyanagi;Asato Kuroiwa;Yo Ichi Matsuda

  • Mechanical overloading causes mitochondrial superoxide and SOD2 imbalance in chondrocytes resulting in cartilage degeneration.

    Masato Koike;Hidetoshi Nojiri;Yusuke Ozawa;Kenji Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Takahiko Shimizu
Takahiko Shimizu Chiba University
Murat Dogru
Murat Dogru Keio University
Masaaki Muramatsu
Masaaki Muramatsu Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Haruhiko Koseki
Haruhiko Koseki RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Kazuo Tsubota
Kazuo Tsubota Keio University
Jun Shimazaki
Jun Shimazaki Tokyo Dental College
Ken Itoh
Ken Itoh Hirosaki University
Hiroshi Tokumitsu
Hiroshi Tokumitsu Okayama University
Hajime Ohigashi
Hajime Ohigashi Kyoto University
Naohiko Seki
Naohiko Seki Chiba University

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