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Yasuyuki Ohkawa

Yasuyuki Ohkawa

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
56
Citations
10112
World Ranking
2213
National Ranking
172

Overview

Yasuyuki Ohkawa is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has a significant body of research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their work mainly spans subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, immunology, cell biology, and physiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Yasuyuki Ohkawa has published extensively, contributing to prominent journals and venues in their fields of study. Frequent outlets for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Cell Reports
  • Communications Biology

Recent publications that highlight the breadth of their work include:

  • "Senescence atlas reveals an aged-like inflamed niche that blunts muscle regeneration," 2022, Nature
  • "A spinal microglia population involved in remitting and relapsing neuropathic pain," 2022, Science
  • "Genome-wide kinetic properties of transcriptional bursting in mouse embryonic stem cells," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Relayed signaling between mesenchymal progenitors and muscle stem cells ensures adaptive stem cell response to increased mechanical load," 2021, Cell Stem Cell
  • "H4K20me1 and H3K27me3 are concurrently loaded onto the inactive X chromosome but dispensable for inducing gene silencing," 2021, EMBO Reports

The scientist often collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors, reflecting a network of research partnerships. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Akihito Harada
  • Kaori Tanaka
  • Kazumitsu Maehara
  • Hiroshi Kimurâ
  • Takeru Fujii

Best Publications

  • Interleukin-10-Producing Plasmablasts Exert Regulatory Function in Autoimmune Inflammation

    Masanori Matsumoto;Akemi Baba;Takafumi Yokota;Hiroyoshi Nishikawa

  • Chromatin remodelling in mammalian differentiation: lessons from ATP-dependent remodellers.

    Ivana L. de la Serna;Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Anthony N. Imbalzano

  • Interaction of reactive astrocytes with type I collagen induces astrocytic scar formation through the integrin–N-cadherin pathway after spinal cord injury

    Masamitsu Hara;Kazu Kobayakawa;Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Hiromi Kumamaru

  • CHD8 haploinsufficiency results in autistic-like phenotypes in mice

    Yuta Katayama;Masaaki Nishiyama;Hirotaka Shoji;Yasuyuki Ohkawa

  • MyoD Targets Chromatin Remodeling Complexes to the Myogenin Locus Prior to Forming a Stable DNA-Bound Complex

    Ivana L. de la Serna;Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Charlotte A. Berkes;Donald A. Bergstrom;Donald A. Bergstrom

  • Regulation of RNA polymerase II activation by histone acetylation in single living cells

    Timothy J. Stasevich;Yoko Hayashi-Takanaka;Yuko Sato;Kazumitsu Maehara

  • Phenotypic Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Induced by Unsaturated Lysophosphatidic Acids

    Ken’ichiro Hayashi;Masanori Takahashi;Wataru Nishida;Kenji Yoshida

  • The Protein Arginine Methyltransferase Prmt5 Is Required for Myogenesis because It Facilitates ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling

    Caroline S. Dacwag;Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Sharmistha Pal;Saïd Sif

  • The LTB4-BLT1 Axis Mediates Neutrophil Infiltration and Secondary Injury in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury

    Hirokazu Saiwai;Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Hisakata Yamada;Hiromi Kumamaru

  • A Triad of Serum Response Factor and the GATA and NK Families Governs the Transcription of Smooth and Cardiac Muscle Genes

    Wataru Nishida;Mako Nakamura;Syunsuke Mori;Masanori Takahashi

  • Skeletal muscle specification by myogenin and Mef2D via the SWI/SNF ATPase Brg1

    Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Concetta G A Marfella;Anthony N Imbalzano

  • Vascular remodeling induced by naturally occurring unsaturated lysophosphatidic acid in vivo.

    Kenji Yoshida;Wataru Nishida;Ken'ichiro Hayashi;Yasuyuki Ohkawa

  • foxl3 is a germ cell–intrinsic factor involved in sperm-egg fate decision in medaka

    Toshiya Nishimura;Tetsuya Sato;Yasuhiro Yamamoto;Ikuko Watakabe

  • A chromatin integration labelling method enables epigenomic profiling with lower input.

    Akihito Harada;Kazumitsu Maehara;Tetsuya Handa;Yasuhiro Arimura

  • SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complexes function in noncoding RNA-dependent assembly of nuclear bodies

    Tetsuya Kawaguchi;Akie Tanigawa;Takao Naganuma;Yasuyuki Ohkawa

  • Chd2 interacts with H3.3 to determine myogenic cell fate

    Akihito Harada;Seiji Okada;Daijiro Konno;Jun Odawara

  • GWAS of clinically defined gout and subtypes identifies multiple susceptibility loci that include urate transporter genes

    Akiyoshi Nakayama;Hirofumi Nakaoka;Ken Yamamoto;Masayuki Sakiyama

  • Ly6C+Ly6G− Myeloid‐derived suppressor cells play a critical role in the resolution of acute inflammation and the subsequent tissue repair process after spinal cord injury

    Hirokazu Saiwai;Hiromi Kumamaru;Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Kensuke Kubota

  • Mutation of the SNF2 family member Chd2 affects mouse development and survival

    Concetta G.A. Marfella;Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Andrew H. Coles;David S. Garlick

  • The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor requires SWI/SNF enzymes to activate melanocyte-specific genes.

    Ivana L. de la Serna;Ivana L. de la Serna;Yasuyuki Ohkawa;Chiduru Higashi;Chaitali Dutta

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hitoshi Kurumizaka
Hitoshi Kurumizaka University of Tokyo
Anthony N. Imbalzano
Anthony N. Imbalzano University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ken-ichirou Morohashi
Ken-ichirou Morohashi Kyushu University
Koichi Akashi
Koichi Akashi Kyushu University
Masatoshi Fujita
Masatoshi Fujita Kyushu University
Keiichi I. Nakayama
Keiichi I. Nakayama Institute of Science Tokyo
Chikashi Obuse
Chikashi Obuse Osaka University
Hisakata Yamada
Hisakata Yamada Kyushu University

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