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Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama

Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
99
Citations
37013
World Ranking
1585
National Ranking
88

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama is affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Additional subfields of study include neurology, physiology, immunology, and speech and hearing.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Fujii-Kuriyama has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers published in various scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban particle matter exacerbate movement disorder after ischemic stroke via potentiation of neuroinflammation, 2023, Particle and Fibre Toxicology
  • Involvement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and endotoxin in macrophage expression of interleukin-33 induced by exposure to particulate matter, 2022, The Journal of Toxicological Sciences
  • Neurons expressing the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in the locus coeruleus and island of Calleja major are novel targets of dioxin in the mouse brain, 2021, Histochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Correction to: Neurons expressing the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in the locus coeruleus and island of Calleja major are novel targets of dioxin in the mouse brain, 2021, Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Frequently publishing in Histochemistry and Cell Biology, Particle and Fibre Toxicology, and The Journal of Toxicological Sciences, Fujii-Kuriyama collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors. These include Tomoaki Okuda, Kouichi Itoh, Nami Ishihara, Ami Oguro, and Christoph F.A. Vogel, each having coauthored multiple papers with them.

Best Publications

  • The P450 superfamily: update on new sequences, gene mapping, and recommended nomenclature.

    D W Nebert;D R Nelson;M J Coon;R W Estabrook

  • A novel bHLH-PAS factor with close sequence similarity to hypoxia-inducible factor 1α regulates the VEGF expression and is potentially involved in lung and vascular development

    Masatsugu Ema;Shinichiro Taya;Noboru Yokotani;Kazuhiro Sogawa

  • Modulation of oestrogen receptor signalling by association with the activated dioxin receptor.

    Fumiaki Ohtake;Ken-ichi Takeyama;Takahiro Matsumoto;Hirochika Kitagawa

  • Functional role of AhR in the expression of toxic effects by TCDD.

    Junsei Mimura;Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama

  • Metabolic activation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to carcinogens by cytochromes P450 1A1 and 1B1

    Tsutomu Shimada;Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama

  • Benzo[a]pyrene carcinogenicity is lost in mice lacking the aryl hydrocarbon receptor.

    Yasuhito Shimizu;Yoko Nakatsuru;Masao Ichinose;Yoshihisa Takahashi

  • Loss of teratogenic response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin (TCDD) in mice lacking the Ah (dioxin) receptor

    Junsei Mimura;Keisuke Yamashita;Kenji Nakamura;Masanobu Morita

  • Dioxin receptor is a ligand-dependent E3 ubiquitin ligase

    Fumiaki Ohtake;Atsushi Baba;Ichiro Takada;Maiko Okada

  • Molecular mechanisms of transcription activation by HLF and HIF1alpha in response to hypoxia: their stabilization and redox signal-induced interaction with CBP/p300.

    Masatsugu Ema;Kiichi Hirota;Junsei Mimura;Hisaku Abe

  • Identification of a novel mechanism of regulation of Ah (dioxin) receptor function

    Junsei Mimura;Masatsugu Ema;Kazuhiro Sogawa;Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama

  • Aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates Stat1 activation and participates in the development of Th17 cells

    Akihiro Kimura;Tetsuji Naka;Keiko Nohara;Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama

  • Aryl hydrocarbon receptor negatively regulates dendritic cell immunogenicity via a kynurenine-dependent mechanism

    Nam Trung Nguyen;Akihiro Kimura;Taisuke Nakahama;Ichino Chinen

  • cDNA cloning and structure of mouse putative Ah receptor

    M. Ema;K. Sogawa;N. Watanabe;Y. Chujoh

  • Aryl hydrocarbon receptor in combination with Stat1 regulates LPS-induced inflammatory responses

    Akihiro Kimura;Tetsuji Naka;Taisuke Nakahama;Ichino Chinen

  • Alternative transcription and two modes of splicing result in two myosin light chains from one gene

    Yo-ichi Nabeshima;Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama;Masami Muramatsu;Kikuo Ogata

  • Two regulatory proteins that bind to the basic transcription element (BTE), a GC box sequence in the promoter region of the rat P-4501A1 gene.

    H. Imataka;K. Sogawa;K.-I. Yasumoto;Y. Kikuchi

  • Dioxin binding activities of polymorphic forms of mouse and human arylhydrocarbon receptors.

    Masatsugu Ema;Norihisa Ohe;Michiko Suzuki;Junsei Mimura

  • Metabolic inactivation of retinoic acid by a novel P450 differentially expressed in developing mouse embryos

    Hideta Fujii;Takashi Sato;Sinya Kaneko;Osamu Gotoh

  • cDNA cloning and tissue-specific expression of a novel basic helix-loop-helix/PAS factor (Arnt2) with close sequence similarity to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (Arnt).

    Ken Hirose;Masanobu Morita;Masatsugu Ema;Junsei Mimura

  • Intrinsic Function of the Aryl Hydrocarbon (Dioxin) Receptor as a Key Factor in Female Reproduction

    Takashi Baba;Junsei Mimura;Naohito Nakamura;Nobuhiro Harada

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhiro Sogawa
Kazuhiro Sogawa Tohoku University
Junsei Mimura
Junsei Mimura Hirosaki University
Masatsugu Ema
Masatsugu Ema Shiga University of Medical Science
Akira Kobayashi
Akira Kobayashi Doshisha University
Osamu Gotoh
Osamu Gotoh Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Masami Muramatsu
Masami Muramatsu Saitama Medical University
Masayuki Yamamoto
Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University
Hiroshi Hamada
Hiroshi Hamada RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Satoru Takahashi
Satoru Takahashi University of Tsukuba
Yukio Saijoh
Yukio Saijoh University of Utah

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