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Tomoyoshi Nozaki

Tomoyoshi Nozaki

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Microbiology

D-Index
58
Citations
19478
World Ranking
3361
National Ranking
132

Overview

Tomoyoshi Nozaki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research focus spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work includes specialized studies in infectious diseases, parasitology, molecular biology, surgery, and epidemiology.

The research topics covered by Nozaki include:

  • Amoebic Infections and Treatments
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae

Nozaki has contributed to a number of papers, with some recent publications as follows:

  • "Ikoamide, an Antimalarial Lipopeptide from an Okeania sp. Marine Cyanobacterium" (2020), Journal of Natural Products
  • "Iheyamides A-C, Antitrypanosomal Linear Peptides Isolated from a Marine Dapis sp. Cyanobacterium" (2020), Journal of Natural Products
  • "Motobamide, an Antitrypanosomal Cyclic Peptide from a Leptolyngbya sp. Marine Cyanobacterium" (2021), Journal of Natural Products
  • "Prevalence and distribution of Entamoeba species in a rural community in northern South Africa" (2020), Food and Waterborne Parasitology
  • "The kinesin KIF4 mediates HBV/HDV entry through the regulation of surface NTCP localization and can be targeted by RXR agonists in vitro" (2022), PLoS Pathogens

The prominent co-authors frequently collaborating with Nozaki reflect an active research network and include:

  • Ghulam Jeelani
  • Yumiko Saito-Nakano
  • Kiyotake Suenaga
  • Arihiro Iwasaki
  • Sandipan Ganguly

The scientist's work is often published in specific venues that indicate topical expertise and research focus areas:

  • Journal of Natural Products (12 publications)
  • PLoS Pathogens (8 publications)
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (8 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)
  • Parasitology International (7 publications)

This combination of topics, publication venues, and co-author networks positions Tomoyoshi Nozaki primarily in the fields of infectious diseases and parasitology, with significant contributions to understanding parasitic infections, microbial natural products derived from marine sources, and disease diagnostics.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

    Brendan Loftus;Iain Anderson;Rob Davies;U. Cecilia M. Alsmark

  • Current Therapeutics, Their Problems, and Sulfur-Containing-Amino-Acid Metabolism as a Novel Target against Infections by “Amitochondriate” Protozoan Parasites

    Vahab Ali;Tomoyoshi Nozaki

  • Critical roles of glycosylphosphatidylinositol for Trypanosoma brucei

    Kisaburo Nagamune;Tomoyoshi Nozaki;Yusuke Maeda;Kazuhito Ohishi

  • Effects of bisphosphonates on the growth of Entamoeba histolytica and Plasmodium species in vitro and in vivo.

    Subhash Ghosh;Julian M.W. Chan;Christopher R. Lea;Gary A. Meints

  • Structure and content of the Entamoeba histolytica genome.

    Clark Cg;Alsmark Uc;Tazreiter M;Saito-Nakano Y

  • Rab5-associated vacuoles play a unique role in phagocytosis of the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.

    Yumiko Saito-Nakano;Tomoyoshi Yasuda;Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui;Matthias Leippe

  • A key role for old yellow enzyme in the metabolism of drugs by Trypanosoma cruzi.

    Bruno Kilunga Kubata;Zakayi Kabututu;Zakayi Kabututu;Tomoyoshi Nozaki;Craig J. Munday

  • Impact of intestinal colonization and invasion on the Entamoeba histolytica transcriptome.

    Carol A. Gilchrist;Eric Houpt;Nino Trapaidze;Zhangjun Fei

  • Highly divergent mitochondrion-related organelles in anaerobic parasitic protozoa.

    Takashi Makiuchi;Tomoyoshi Nozaki;Tomoyoshi Nozaki

  • Characterization of the gene encoding serine acetyltransferase, a regulated enzyme of cysteine biosynthesis from the protist parasites Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar. Regulation and possible function of the cysteine biosynthetic pathway in Entamoeba.

    Tomoyoshi Nozaki;Tomoyoshi Nozaki;Takashi Asai;Lidya B. Sanchez;Seiki Kobayashi

  • Mitosomes in Entamoeba histolytica contain a sulfate activation pathway

    Fumika Mi-ichi;Mohammad Abu Yousuf;Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui;Tomoyoshi Nozaki

  • A Retromerlike Complex Is a Novel Rab7 Effector That Is Involved in the Transport of the Virulence Factor Cysteine Protease in the Enteric Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica

    Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui;Yumiko Saito-Nakano;Vahab Ali;Tomoyoshi Nozaki

  • An Intestinal Parasitic Protist, Entamoeba histolytica, Possesses a Non-redundant Nitrogen Fixation-like System for Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly under Anaerobic Conditions

    Vahab Ali;Yasuo Shigeta;Umechiyo Tokumoto;Yasuhiro Takahashi

  • The diversity of Rab GTPases in Entamoeba histolytica.

    Yumiko Saito-Nakano;Brendan J. Loftus;Neil Hall;Tomoyoshi Nozaki

  • Proteomic analysis of phagocytosis in the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.

    Mami Okada;Mami Okada;Christopher D. Huston;Barbara J. Mann;William A. Petri

  • Identification and characterization of two isoenzymes of methionine γ-lyase from Entamoeba histolytica : a key enzyme of sulfur-amino acid degradation in an anaerobic parasitic protist that lacks forward and reverse trans-sulfuration pathways

    Masaharu Tokoro;Takashi Asai;Seiki Kobayashi;Tsutomu Takeuchi

  • Molecular characterization and assessment of zoonotic transmission of Cryptosporidium from dairy cattle in West Bengal, India

    Shahbaz Manzoor Khan;Chanchal Debnath;Amiya Kumar Pramanik;Lihua Xiao

  • [Sulfur-containing amino acid metabolism in parasitic protozoa].

    Tomoyoshi Nozaki;Vahab Ali;Vahab Ali;Masaharu Tokoro

  • Identification of a Novel Prostaglandin F2α Synthase in Trypanosoma brucei

    Bruno Kilunga Kubata;Michael Duszenko;Zakayi Kabututu;Marc Rawer

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsutomu Takeuchi
Tsutomu Takeuchi Keio University
Tomoyoshi Soga
Tomoyoshi Soga Keio University
Makoto Suematsu
Makoto Suematsu Keio University
Kiyoshi Kita
Kiyoshi Kita Nagasaki University
Yoshihiro Urade
Yoshihiro Urade University of Tsukuba
William A. Petri
William A. Petri University of Virginia
Norio Shibata
Norio Shibata Nagoya Institute of Technology
Iris Bruchhaus
Iris Bruchhaus Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Egbert Tannich
Egbert Tannich Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Hiroyuki Gatanaga
Hiroyuki Gatanaga Kumamoto University

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