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Yasuo Shinohara

Yasuo Shinohara

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Biology and Biochemistry

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8136
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National Ranking
1389

Overview

Yasuo Shinohara is affiliated with the University of Tokushima in Japan and specializes in research within the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. Their work notably spans molecular biology, epidemiology, public health, physiology, and oncology.

The primary topics in their research include mitochondrial function and pathology, ATP synthase and ATPases, autophagy in disease and therapy, mosquito-borne diseases and control, malaria research and control, as well as antimicrobial peptides and activities. Biochemical and structural characterization also features among their main areas of focus.

Frequent venues for Shinohara's publications include Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, Odontology, the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, and Microbiology Spectrum.

Coauthors who collaborate regularly with Shinohara are Takeshi Ito, Takenori Yamamoto, Naoshi Yamazaki, Atsushi Nara, and Hidetaka Kosako.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Shinohara include:

  • Identification of human glycerophosphodiesterase 3 as an ecto phospholipase C that converts the G protein-coupled receptor 55 agonist lysophosphatidylinositol to bioactive monoacylglycerols in cultured mammalian cells, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
  • Plasmodium Parasite Malate-Quinone Oxidoreductase Functionally Complements a Yeast Deletion Mutant of Mitochondrial Malate Dehydrogenase, 2023, Microbiology Spectrum
  • Quantitative analysis of mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) and essential MCU regulator (EMRE) in mitochondria from mouse tissues and HeLa cells, 2022, FEBS Open Bio
  • Insights into the Mechanism of Catalytic Activity of Plasmodium Parasite Malate-Quinone Oxidoreductase, 2024, ACS Omega
  • KH-17, a simplified derivative of bongkrekic acid, weakly inhibits the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier from both sides of the inner mitochondrial membrane, 2022, Chemical Biology & Drug Design

Best Publications

  • Essential Role of Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel in Various Forms of Apoptosis in Mammalian Cells

    Shigeomi Shimizu;Yosuke Matsuoka;Yasuo Shinohara;Yoshihiro Yoneda

  • MITO-Porter : a liposome-based carrier system for delivery of macromolecules into mitochondria via membrane fusion

    Yuma Yamada;Hidetaka Akita;Hiroyuki Kamiya;Kentaro Kogure

  • Cationic liposome-mediated gene delivery: biophysical study and mechanism of internalization

    Mohamad Radwan Almofti;Hideyoshi Harashima;Yasuo Shinohara;Ammar Almofti

  • Bax and Bcl-xL independently regulate apoptotic changes of yeast mitochondria that require VDAC but not adenine nucleotide translocator.

    Shigeomi Shimizu;Yasuo Shinohara;Yoshihide Tsujimoto

  • Phenothiazines suppress proliferation and induce apoptosis in cultured leukemic cells without any influence on the viability of normal lymphocytes. Phenothiazines and leukemia.

    Zhivko Zhelev;Hideki Ohba;Rumiana Bakalova;Vera Hadjimitova

  • Drug-Induced Gingival Overgrowth—a Review

    Masatoshi Kataoka;Jun-ichi Kido;Yasuo Shinohara;Yasuo Shinohara;Toshihiko Nagata

  • High expression of a novel carnitine palmitoyltransferase I like protein in rat brown adipose tissue and heart: isolation and characterization of its cDNA clone.

    Naoshi Yamazaki;Yasuo Shinohara;Atsushi Shima;Hiroshi Terada

  • Characterization of cysteine residues of mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier with the SH-reagents eosin 5-maleimide and N-ethylmaleimide.

    E. Majima;H. Koike;Yeong-Man Hong;Y. Shinohara

  • Silver ion induces a cyclosporine a-insensitive permeability transition in rat liver mitochondria and release of apoptogenic cytochrome C.

    Mohamad Radwan Almofti;Tomokazu Ichikawa;Kikuji Yamashita;Hiroshi Terada

  • Identification of two enhancer elements in the gene encoding the type 1 glucose transporter from the mouse which are responsive to serum, growth factor, and oncogenes.

    T Murakami;T Nishiyama;T Shirotani;Y Shinohara

  • Usefulness of the 5' region of the cDNA encoding acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein P0 conserved among rats, mice, and humans as a standard probe for gene expression analysis in different tissues and animal species.

    Rie Akamine;Takenori Yamamoto;Masahiro Watanabe;Naoshi Yamazaki

  • Isolation and characterization of cDNA and genomic clones encoding human muscle type carnitine palmitoyltransferase I

    Naoshi Yamazaki;Yasuo Shinohara;Atsushi Shima;Yasuhisa Yamanaka

  • Translocation of Loops Regulates Transport Activity of Mitochondrial ADP/ATP Carrier Deduced from Formation of a Specific Intermolecular Disulfide Bridge Catalyzed by Copper-o-Phenanthroline

    Eiji Majima;Kazuro Ikawa;Masashi Takeda;Mitsuru Hashimoto

  • Lipoplex size determines lipofection efficiency with or without serum

    Mohamad Radwan Almofti;Hideyoshi Harashima;Yasuo Shinohara;Ammar Almofti

  • Quantum dot-Insect Neuropeptide Conjugates for Fluorescence Imaging, Transfection, and Nucleus Targeting of Living Cells

    Vasudevanpillai Biju;Damodaran Muraleedharan;Ken-ichi Nakayama;Yasuo Shinohara

  • Quantitative Analysis of Correlation Between Number of Nuclear Plasmids and Gene Expression Activity After Transfection with Cationic Liposomes

    Rieko Tachibana;Hideyoshi Harashima;Naoko Ide;Sachiko Ukitsu

  • Characterization of porin isoforms expressed in tumor cells

    Yasuo Shinohara;Taro Ishida;Mami Hino;Naoshi Yamazaki

  • Mitochondrial delivery of mastoparan with transferrin liposomes equipped with a pH-sensitive fusogenic peptide for selective cancer therapy

    Yuma Yamada;Yasuo Shinohara;Tomoyuki Kakudo;Shinji Chaki

  • A cluster of four Sp1 binding sites required for efficient expression of the human insulin receptor gene.

    Eiichi Araki;Takashi Murakami;Tetsuya Shirotani;Fumihiko Kanai

  • Replica multichannel polymer chips with a network of sacrificial channels sealed by adhesive printing method

    F. Dang;S. Shinohara;O. Tabata;Y. Yamaoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinobu Baba
Yoshinobu Baba Nagoya University
Hiroshi Terada
Hiroshi Terada Tokyo University of Science
Hideyoshi Harashima
Hideyoshi Harashima Hokkaido University
Hideto Miyoshi
Hideto Miyoshi Kyoto University
Manabu Tokeshi
Manabu Tokeshi Hokkaido University
Kentaro Kogure
Kentaro Kogure University of Tokushima
Mark C. Herzberg
Mark C. Herzberg University of Minnesota
Kazuro Shiomi
Kazuro Shiomi Kitasato University
Yousuke Ebina
Yousuke Ebina University of Tokushima
Kenichi Yoshikawa
Kenichi Yoshikawa Doshisha University

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