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Yasuhiro Minami

Yasuhiro Minami

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
71
Citations
37500
World Ranking
1341
National Ranking
113

Overview

Yasuhiro Minami is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan and has a research portfolio focused primarily on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scholarly output includes 40 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and 25 in Medicine, reflecting an integration of basic science with clinical applications.

The scientist's work extends into several subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cell Biology, Surgery, and Cancer Research. Their research has addressed key topics such as Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, cancer cells and metastasis, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, cancer-related gene regulation, pancreatic function and diabetes, congenital heart defects research, and cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism.

Minami has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Michiru Nishita (10 coauthored works)
  • Koki Kamizaki (9 coauthored works)
  • Mitsuharu Endo (9 coauthored works)
  • Yoshihiro Kakeji (3 coauthored works)
  • Yuki Tanaka (3 coauthored works)

Their research has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple contributions to Genes to Cells (4 publications), Cancer Science (2), Journal of Biological Chemistry (2), Oncology Reports (2), and Journal of Clinical Investigation (1).

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Yasuhiro Minami include:

  • Gs/Gq signaling switch in β cells defines incretin effectiveness in diabetes, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Mesenchymal stem cell-derived CXCL16 promotes progression of gastric cancer cells by STAT3-mediated expression of Ror1, 2020, Cancer Science
  • Increased glycolysis affects β-cell function and identity in aging and diabetes, 2021, Molecular Metabolism
  • Tactics of cancer invasion: solitary and collective invasion, 2020, The Journal of Biochemistry
  • Role of noncanonical Wnt ligands and Ror-family receptor tyrosine kinases in the development, regeneration, and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, 2020, Developmental Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Ror2 signaling regulates Golgi structure and transport through IFT20 for tumor invasiveness

    Michiru Nishita;Seung-Yeol Park;Tadashi Nishio;Koki Kamizaki

  • The IL -2 IL-2 receptor system: A current overview

    Tadatsugu Taniguchi;Yasuhiro Minami

  • The receptor tyrosine kinase Ror2 is involved in non‐canonical Wnt5a/JNK signalling pathway

    Isao Oishi;Hiroaki Suzuki;Nobuyuki Onishi;Ritsuko Takada

  • THE IL-2 RECEPTOR COMPLEX: Its Structure, Function, and Target Genes

    Y Minami;T Kono;T Miyazaki;T Taniguchi

  • Functional activation of Jak1 and Jak3 by selective association with IL-2 receptor subunits

    Tadaaki Miyazaki;Atsuo Kawahara;Hodaka Fujii;Yoko Nakagawa

  • Wnt Signaling Gradients Establish Planar Cell Polarity by Inducing Vangl2 Phosphorylation through Ror2

    Bo Gao;Hai Song;Kevin Bishop;Gene Elliot

  • Wnt5a-Ror2 signaling between osteoblast-lineage cells and osteoclast precursors enhances osteoclastogenesis

    Kazuhiro Maeda;Yasuhiro Kobayashi;Nobuyuki Udagawa;Shunsuke Uehara

  • A histone lysine methyltransferase activated by non-canonical Wnt signalling suppresses PPAR-gamma transactivation.

    Ichiro Takada;Masatomo Mihara;Masatomo Mihara;Miyuki Suzawa;Fumiaki Ohtake

  • Three distinct IL-2 signaling pathways mediated by bcl-2, c-myc, and lck cooperate in hematopoietic cell proliferation

    Tadaaki Miyazaki;Tadaaki Miyazaki;Zhao Jun Liu;Atsuo Kawahara;Yasuhiro Minami

  • Wip1 Phosphatase Modulates ATM-Dependent Signaling Pathways

    Sathyavageeswaran Shreeram;Oleg N. Demidov;Weng Kee Hee;Hiroshi Yamaguchi

  • Cthrc1 Selectively Activates the Planar Cell Polarity Pathway of Wnt Signaling by Stabilizing the Wnt-Receptor Complex

    Shinji Yamamoto;Osamu Nishimura;Kazuyo Misaki;Michiru Nishita

  • RETRACTED: Maturation of MicroRNA Is Hormonally Regulated by a Nuclear Receptor

    Kaoru Yamagata;Sally Fujiyama;Saya Ito;Takashi Ueda

  • Tyrosine phosphorylation in T cells is regulated by phosphatase activity: studies with phenylarsine oxide.

    Pilar Garcia-Morales;Yasuhiro Minami;Elise Luong;Richard D. Klausner

  • Building a multichain receptor: synthesis, degradation, and assembly of the T-cell antigen receptor

    Yasuhiro Minami;Allan M. Weissman;Lawrence E. Samelson;Richard D. Klausner

  • T cell activation induces rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of a limited number of cellular substrates.

    E D Hsi;J N Siegel;Y Minami;E T Luong

  • Ror-family receptor tyrosine kinases in noncanonical Wnt signaling: Their implications in developmental morphogenesis and human diseases

    Yasuhiro Minami;Isao Oishi;Mitsuharu Endo;Michiru Nishita

  • Mouse Ror2 receptor tyrosine kinase is required for the heart development and limb formation.

    Shigeto Takeuchi;Kiyoshi Takeda;Isao Oishi;Masashi Nomi

  • Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Ror2 Mediates Wnt5a-induced Polarized Cell Migration by Activating c-Jun N-terminal Kinase via Actin-binding Protein Filamin A

    Akira Nomachi;Michiru Nishita;Daisuke Inaba;Masahiro Enomoto

  • Filopodia formation mediated by receptor tyrosine kinase Ror2 is required for Wnt5a-induced cell migration

    Michiru Nishita;Sa Kan Yoo;Akira Nomachi;Shuichi Kani

  • Wnt5a regulates directional cell migration and cell proliferation via Ror2-mediated noncanonical pathway in mammalian palate development.

    Fenglei He;Wei Xiong;Wei Xiong;Xueyan Yu;Ramon Espinoza-Lewis;Ramon Espinoza-Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiya Tanaka
Yoshiya Tanaka University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
Tadatsugu Taniguchi
Tadatsugu Taniguchi University of Tokyo
Hirohei Yamamura
Hirohei Yamamura Kobe University
Shinji Takada
Shinji Takada National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Akira Kikuchi
Akira Kikuchi Osaka University
Sohei Kitazawa
Sohei Kitazawa Ehime University
Shigeaki Kato
Shigeaki Kato University of Tokyo
Gen Yamada
Gen Yamada Wakayama Medical University
Lawrence E. Samelson
Lawrence E. Samelson National Institutes of Health

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