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Yasunori Kanaho

Yasunori Kanaho

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
8763
World Ranking
16306
National Ranking
1168

Overview

Yasunori Kanaho is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Immunology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Oncology.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics, notably:

  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Blood disorders and treatments
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders

Kanaho has authored multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals. Recent papers include:

  • "Arf1 and Arf6 Synergistically Maintain Survival of T Cells during Activation" (2020, The Journal of Immunology)
  • "Arf6 exacerbates allergic asthma through cell-to-cell transmission of ASC inflammasomes" (2021, JCI Insight)
  • "Arf6 regulates energy metabolism in neutrophils" (2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine)
  • "TBC1D24 regulates recycling of clathrin-independent cargo proteins mediated by tubular recycling endosomes" (2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)
  • "Assessment of Arf6 Deletion in PLB-985 Differentiated in Neutrophil-Like Cells and in Mouse Neutrophils: Impact on Adhesion and Migration" (2020, Mediators of Inflammation)

Kanaho's research has appeared repeatedly in key journals such as:

  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • JCI Insight
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Mediators of Inflammation

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Yuji Funakoshi
  • Tsunaki Hongu
  • Jouda Gamara
  • Emmanuelle Rollet-Labelle
  • Sylvain Bourgoin

Best Publications

  • Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate 5-Kinase α Is a Downstream Effector of the Small G Protein ARF6 in Membrane Ruffle Formation

    Akira Honda;Masahiro Nogami;Takeaki Yokozeki;Masakazu Yamazaki

  • Endocrine functions of bone in mineral metabolism regulation

    L. Darryl Quarles

  • Control of cell polarity and motility by the PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 phosphatase SHIP1

    Miki Nishio;Ken-ichi Watanabe;Junko Sasaki;Choji Taya

  • Sequential regulation of DOCK2 dynamics by two phospholipids during neutrophil chemotaxis.

    Akihiko Nishikimi;Hideo Fukuhara;Wenjuan Su;Tsunaki Hongu

  • Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-Kinase Localized on the Plasma Membrane Is Essential for Yeast Cell Morphogenesis

    Keiichi Homma;Sachiko Terui;Masayo Minemura;Hiroshi Qadota

  • Rhodopsin-enhanced GTPase activity of the inhibitory GTP-binding protein of adenylate cyclase.

    Y Kanaho;S C Tsai;R Adamik;E L Hewlett

  • Local change in phospholipid composition at the cleavage furrow is essential for completion of cytokinesis

    Kazuo Emoto;Kazuo Emoto;Hironori Inadome;Yasunori Kanaho;Shuh Narumiya

  • Regulation of PTEN Phosphorylation and Stability by a Tumor Suppressor Candidate Protein

    Fumiaki Okahara;Fumiaki Okahara;Hideki Ikawa;Yasunori Kanaho;Tomohiko Maehama

  • Key roles for the lipid signaling enzyme phospholipase d1 in the tumor microenvironment during tumor angiogenesis and metastasis.

    Qin Chen;Tsunaki Hongu;Takanobu Sato;Yi Zhang

  • Synergistic activation of rat brain phospholipase D by ADP-ribosylation factor and rhoA p21, and its inhibition by Clostridium botulinum C3 exoenzyme

    Hideo Kuribara;Kenji Tago;Takeaki Yokozeki;Takuya Sasaki

  • ADP-ribosylation of transducin by pertussis toxin.

    P A Watkins;D L Burns;Y Kanaho;T Y Liu

  • Gβγ Directly Binds to the Carboxyl Terminus of the G Protein-Gated Muscarinic K+ Channel, GIRK1

    A. Inanobe;K.I. Morishige;N. Takahashi;H. Ito

  • Effects of guanyl nucleotides and rhodopsin on ADP-ribosylation of the inhibitory GTP-binding component of adenylate cyclase by pertussis toxin.

    S C Tsai;R Adamik;Y Kanaho;E L Hewlett

  • Interaction of the small G protein RhoA with the C terminus of human phospholipase D1.

    Masakazu Yamazaki;Yue Zhang;Hiroshi Watanabe;Takeaki Yokozeki

  • Crucial role of the small GTPase ARF6 in hepatic cord formation during liver development.

    Teruhiko Suzuki;Yoshiakira Kanai;Takahiko Hara;Junko Sasaki

  • The Tyrosine Kinase Fer Is a Downstream Target of the PLD-PA Pathway that Regulates Cell Migration

    Toshiki Itoh;Junya Hasegawa;Kazuya Tsujita;Yasunori Kanaho

  • A target of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate with a zinc finger motif similar to that of the ADP-ribosylation-factor GTPase-activating protein and two pleckstrin homology domains.

    Kenichi Tanaka;Shinobu Imajoh-Ohmi;Takayuki Sawada;Ryuichi Shirai

  • Role of activation of PIP5Kγ661 by AP-2 complex in synaptic vesicle endocytosis

    Akiko Nakano-Kobayashi;Akiko Nakano-Kobayashi;Masakazu Yamazaki;Takamitsu Unoki;Tsunaki Hongu

  • Accumulation of cyclic ADP-ribose measured by a specific radioimmunoassay in differentiated human leukemic HL-60 cells with all-trans-retinoic acid

    Katsunobu Takahashi;Iwao Kukimoto;Ken-ichi Tokita;Kiyoshi Inageda

  • Regulation of Bin1 SH3 domain binding by phosphoinositides.

    Chie Kojima;Chie Kojima;Ari Hashimoto;Izumi Yabuta;Mayumi Hirose

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Frohman
Michael A. Frohman Stony Brook University
Takehiko Sasaki
Takehiko Sasaki Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Toshiaki Katada
Toshiaki Katada Musashino University
Hiroshi Nishina
Hiroshi Nishina Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kazuhisa Nakayama
Kazuhisa Nakayama Kyoto University
Josef M. Penninger
Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia
Makoto Murakami
Makoto Murakami University of Tokyo
Sylvain G. Bourgoin
Sylvain G. Bourgoin Université Laval
Yi Rao
Yi Rao Peking University
Hiromichi Yonekawa
Hiromichi Yonekawa Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

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