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Tetsuro Watabe is a researcher affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Their scholarly work primarily spans the disciplines of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these broader fields, their research delves into specialized subfields such as Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include Cancer Cells and Metastasis, TGF-β signaling in diseases, the Lymphatic System and Diseases, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism.

Recent publications by Tetsuro Watabe include:

  • Roles of TGF-β signals in tumor microenvironment via regulation of the formation and plasticity of vascular system, 2023, Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • TNF-α enhances TGF-β-induced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition via TGF-β signal augmentation, 2020, Cancer Science
  • Emerging roles of inflammation-mediated endothelial-mesenchymal transition in health and disease, 2022, Inflammation and Regeneration
  • TGF-beta and TNF-alpha cooperatively induce mesenchymal transition of lymphatic endothelial cells via activation of Activin signals, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Targeting all transforming growth factor-β isoforms with an Fc chimeric receptor impairs tumor growth and angiogenesis of oral squamous cell cancer, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Tetsuro Watabe has frequently published in several scientific journals, with the most common venues including:

  • Cancer Science
  • Inflammation and Regeneration
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Their research collaborations feature several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu
  • Kazuki Takahashi
  • Katarzyna A. Podyma-Inoue
  • Kohei Miyazono
  • Kazue Terasawa

Best Publications

  • Prostate stem cell antigen: A cell surface marker overexpressed in prostate cancer

    Robert E. Reiter;Zhennen Gu;Tetsuro Watabe;George Thomas

  • Roles of TGF-beta family signaling in stem cell renewal and differentiation.

    Tetsuro Watabe;Kohei Miyazono

  • Disruption of BMP signals in embryonic Xenopus ectoderm leads to direct neural induction.

    S. H. B. Hawley;K. Wunnenberg-Stapleton;C. Hashimoto;M. N. Laurent

  • Fluid shear stress induces differentiation of Flk-1-positive embryonic stem cells into vascular endothelial cells in vitro

    Kimiko Yamamoto;Takaaki Sokabe;Tetsuro Watabe;Kohei Miyazono

  • Cooperative Inhibition of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling by Smurf1 and Inhibitory Smads

    Gyo Murakami;Tetsuro Watabe;Kunio Takaoka;Kohei Miyazono

  • Snail is required for TGFβ-induced endothelial-mesenchymal transition of embryonic stem cell-derived endothelial cells

    Takashi Kokudo;Yuka Suzuki;Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu;Tomoko Yamazaki

  • VEGF-A and FGF-2 synergistically promote neoangiogenesis through enhancement of endogenous PDGF-B–PDGFRβ signaling

    Mitsunobu R. Kano;Yasuyuki Morishita;Caname Iwata;Shigeru Iwasaka

  • Cellular interpretation of multiple TGF-beta signals: intracellular antagonism between activin/BVg1 and BMP-2/4 signaling mediated by Smads.

    Albert F. Candia;Tetsuro Watabe;Stephanie H.B. Hawley;Darya Onichtchouk

  • Molecular mechanisms of Spemann's organizer formation: conserved growth factor synergy between Xenopus and mouse.

    T. Watabe;S. Kim;A. Candia;U. Rothbacher

  • Inhibition of endogenous TGF-β signaling enhances lymphangiogenesis

    Masako Oka;Caname Iwata;Hiroshi I. Suzuki;Kunihiko Kiyono

  • Activin-Nodal signaling is involved in propagation of mouse embryonic stem cells.

    Kazuya Ogawa;Akira Saito;Hisanori Matsui;Hiroshi Suzuki

  • TGF-β receptor kinase inhibitor enhances growth and integrity of embryonic stem cell–derived endothelial cells

    Tetsuro Watabe;Ayako Nishihara;Koichi Mishima;Jun Yamashita

  • BMP-9 induces proliferation of multiple types of endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo.

    Yuka Suzuki;Noritaka Ohga;Yasuyuki Morishita;Kyoko Hida

  • Prox1 Induces Lymphatic Endothelial Differentiation via Integrin α9 and Other Signaling Cascades

    Koichi Mishima;Tetsuro Watabe;Akira Saito;Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu

  • USAG-1: a bone morphogenetic protein antagonist abundantly expressed in the kidney.

    Motoko Yanagita;Masako Oka;Tetsuro Watabe;Haruhisa Iguchi

  • Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 Inhibits Transforming Growth Factor-β–Mediated Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells

    Roy-Akira Saito;Tetsuro Watabe;Kana Horiguchi;Tadashi Kohyama

  • TGF-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition of A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells is enhanced by pro-inflammatory cytokines derived from RAW 264.7 macrophage cells

    Mikiko Kawata;Daizo Koinuma;Tomohiro Ogami;Kazuo Umezawa

  • Functional heterogeneity of bone morphogenetic protein receptor-II mutants found in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension.

    Ayako Nishihara;Tetsuro Watabe;Takeshi Imamura;Kohei Miyazono

  • Coamplification of prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) and MYC in locally advanced prostate cancer

    Robert E. Reiter;Issei Sato;George Thomas;Junqi Qian

  • COUP‐TFII regulates the functions of Prox1 in lymphatic endothelial cells through direct interaction

    Tomoko Yamazaki;Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu;Yasuyuki Morishita;Kohei Miyazono

Frequent Co-Authors

Kohei Miyazono
Kohei Miyazono University of Tokyo
Keiji Miyazawa
Keiji Miyazawa University of Yamanashi
Yasuyuki Morishita
Yasuyuki Morishita University of Tokyo
Ken W.Y. Cho
Ken W.Y. Cho University of California, Irvine
Takeshi Imamura
Takeshi Imamura Ehime University
Toshio Suda
Toshio Suda National University of Singapore
Yuichi Oike
Yuichi Oike Kumamoto University
Owen N. Witte
Owen N. Witte University of California, Los Angeles
Jun K. Yamashita
Jun K. Yamashita Kyoto University
Robert E. Reiter
Robert E. Reiter University of California, Los Angeles

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