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Yasuo Mori

Yasuo Mori

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
40697
World Ranking
1107
National Ranking
63

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yasuo Mori is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses a diverse range of topics related to ion channels, sensory systems, and cellular physiology.

Their research portfolio includes significant publications on ion channels and their function, with a focus on their regulation and role in health and disease. They have explored mechanisms underlying ion channel behavior, including the function of specific channels such as TRPV6, TRPM2, and TRPA1. The intersection of ion channel activity with cardiovascular, neurological, and gastrointestinal systems is also a recurrent theme in their research.

Yasuo Mori's recent notable papers include the following:

  • "Variants That Affect Function of Calcium Channel TRPV6 Are Associated With Early-Onset Chronic Pancreatitis," 2020, Gastroenterology
  • "Functional coupling of TRPM2 and extrasynaptic NMDARs exacerbates excitotoxicity in ischemic brain injury," 2022, Neuron
  • "O2-Dependent Protein Internalization Underlies Astrocytic Sensing of Acute Hypoxia by Restricting Multimodal TRPA1 Channel Responses," 2020, Current Biology
  • "TRPM2 deficiency in mice protects against atherosclerosis by inhibiting TRPM2-CD36 inflammatory axis in macrophages," 2022, Nature Cardiovascular Research
  • "Extreme deformability of insect cell membranes is governed by phospholipid scrambling," 2021, Cell Reports

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yasuo Mori include:

  • Reiko Sakaguchi
  • Akito Nakao
  • Nobuaki Takahashi
  • Pengyu Zong
  • Jianlin Feng

The scientist has published papers in a variety of academic venues. Among the more frequent publication platforms are:

  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Nature Cardiovascular Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports

Yasuo Mori's research spans several subfields of study, particularly within:

  • Sensory Systems
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Surgery
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Magnesium in Health and Disease
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Best Publications

  • Time-reversal symmetry-breaking superconductivity in Sr2RuO4

    G. M. Luke;Y. Fudamoto;K. M. Kojima;M. I. Larkin

  • Primary structure and functional expression of the cardiac dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channel

    Atsushi Mikami;Keiji Imoto;Tsutomu Tanabe;Tetsuhiro Niidome

  • Letter to the EditorNomenclature of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

    Eric A. Ertel;Kevin P. Campbell;Michael M. Harpold;Franz Hofmann

  • PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION FROM COMPLEMENTARY DNA OF A BRAIN CALCIUM CHANNEL

    Yasuo Mori;Thomas Friedrich;Man Suk Kim;Atsushi Mikami

  • LTRPC2 Ca2+-permeable channel activated by changes in redox status confers susceptibility to cell death

    Yuji Hara;Minoru Wakamori;Masakazu Ishii;Emi Maeno;Emi Maeno

  • Rings of negatively charged amino acids determine the acetylcholine receptor channel conductance.

    Keiji Imoto;Christopher Busch;Bert Sakmann;Masayoshi Mishina

  • The Transient Receptor Potential Protein Homologue TRP6 Is the Essential Component of Vascular α1-Adrenoceptor–Activated Ca2+-Permeable Cation Channel

    Ryuji Inoue;Takaharu Okada;Hitoshi Onoue;Yuji Hara

  • Calcium channel β-subunit binds to a conserved motif in the I-II cytoplasmic linker of the α1-subunit

    Marion Pragnell;Michel De Waard;Yasuo Mori;Tsutomu Tanabe

  • A Unified Nomenclature for the Superfamily of TRP Cation Channels

    Craig Montell;Lutz Birnbaumer;Veit Flockerzi;René J. Bindels

  • The mouse stargazer gene encodes a neuronal Ca2+-channel gamma subunit.

    Verity A. Letts;Ricardo Felix;Gloria H. Biddlecome;Jyothi Arikkath

  • TRPM2-mediated Ca2+ influx induces chemokine production in monocytes that aggravates inflammatory neutrophil infiltration

    Shinichiro Yamamoto;Shunichi Shimizu;Shigeki Kiyonaka;Nobuaki Takahashi

  • Molecular and Functional Characterization of a Novel Mouse Transient Receptor Potential Protein Homologue TRP7 Ca2+-PERMEABLE CATION CHANNEL THAT IS CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVATED AND ENHANCED BY STIMULATION OF G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR

    Takaharu Okada;Ryuji Inoue;Kazuto Yamazaki;Akito Maeda

  • Nitric oxide activates TRP channels by cysteine S-nitrosylation

    Takashi Yoshida;Ryuji Inoue;Takashi Morii;Nobuaki Takahashi

  • TRPM2 activation by cyclic ADP‐ribose at body temperature is involved in insulin secretion

    Kazuya Togashi;Kazuya Togashi;Yuji Hara;Tomoko Tominaga;Tomoko Tominaga;Tomohiro Higashi;Tomohiro Higashi

  • The I-II Loop of the Ca2+ Channel α1 Subunit Contains an Endoplasmic Reticulum Retention Signal Antagonized by the β Subunit

    Delphine Bichet;Véronique Cornet;Sandrine Geib;Edmond Carlier

  • Bcl6 Protein Expression Shapes Pre-Germinal Center B Cell Dynamics and Follicular Helper T Cell Heterogeneity

    Masahiro Kitano;Saya Moriyama;Yoshikazu Ando;Masaki Hikida

  • Distinctive biophysical and pharmacological properties of class A (BI) calcium channel α1 subunits

    W.A. Sather;T. Tanabe;T. Tanabe;J.-F. Zhang;Y. Mori

  • The naming of voltage-gated calcium channels

    Lutz Birnbaumer;Kevin P. Campbell;William A. Catterall;Michael M. Harpold

  • TRPC3 and TRPC6 are essential for angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy.

    Naoya Onohara;Motohiro Nishida;Ryuji Inoue;Hiroyuki Kobayashi

  • Mutations in EFHC1 cause juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

    Toshimitsu Suzuki;Toshimitsu Suzuki;Antonio V Delgado-Escueta;Kripamoy Aguan;Maria E Alonso

Frequent Co-Authors

Motohiro Nishida
Motohiro Nishida Kyushu University
Keiji Imoto
Keiji Imoto National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Shuji Kaneko
Shuji Kaneko Kyoto University
Koichi Akashi
Koichi Akashi Kyushu University
Hitoshi Kurose
Hitoshi Kurose University of Tokushima
Michel De Waard
Michel De Waard University of Nantes
Takayuki Nakagawa
Takayuki Nakagawa Kyoto University
Toshihiro Miyamoto
Toshihiro Miyamoto Kyushu University
Kazuwa Nakao
Kazuwa Nakao Kyoto University
Tomohiro Kurosaki
Tomohiro Kurosaki Osaka University

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