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Yoshikuni Mizuno

Yoshikuni Mizuno

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Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
59041
World Ranking
6126
National Ranking
136

Overview

Yoshikuni Mizuno is affiliated with Juntendo University in Japan and has contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on surgery, neurology, epidemiology, clinical biochemistry, and cognitive neuroscience. Their research spans several key biomedical topics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding disease mechanisms and treatments.

They have published research in various journals and venues, including:

  • Neuroscience Research
  • Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Cureus

Their recent papers include:

  • More than 20 years of the discovery of Park2, 2020, Neuroscience Research
  • Adult neurogenesis in the ventral hippocampus decreased among animal models of neurodevelopmental disorders, 2024, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Table of Contents, 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • 088 WITHDRAWN, 2023, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Feasibility of Proton Beam Therapy for Para-Aortic Lymph Node Recurrence in Patients With Gynecologic Cancer After Pelvic Irradiation: A Case Series, 2025, Cureus

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Li-hao Sun
  • Nobuhiko Ohashi
  • Takuma Mori
  • Weichen Zang
  • Qi Guo

Mizuno's main fields of study and research topics cover aspects of neurological and surgical medicine, including:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments

This body of work reflects a focus on both neurodegenerative diseases and oncology, with recent investigations exploring novel therapeutic approaches such as proton beam therapy for cancer treatment. The diversity of topics indicates interdisciplinary integration in their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the parkin gene cause autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism

    Tohru Kitada;Shuichi Asakawa;Nobutaka Hattori;Hiroto Matsumine

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

    I. G. McKeith;I. G. McKeith;D. W. Dickson;J. Lowe;M. Emre

  • Familial Parkinson disease gene product, parkin, is a ubiquitin-protein ligase

    Hideki Shimura;Nobutaka Hattori;Shin-ichiro Kubo;Yoshikuni Mizuno

  • Immunohistochemical detection of 4-hydroxynonenal protein adducts in Parkinson disease.

    Asako Yoritaka;Nobutaka Hattori;Koji Uchida;Masashi Tanaka

  • Ubiquitination of a New Form of α-Synuclein by Parkin from Human Brain: Implications for Parkinson's Disease

    Hideki Shimura;Michael G. Schlossmacher;Nobutaka Hattori;Matthew P. Frosch

  • An Unfolded Putative Transmembrane Polypeptide, which Can Lead to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Is a Substrate of Parkin

    Yuzuru Imai;Mariko Soda;Haruhisa Inoue;Nobutaka Hattori

  • Diagnostic procedures for Parkinson's disease dementia: Recommendations from the movement disorder society task force

    Bruno Dubois;David Burn;Christopher Goetz;Dag Aarsland;Dag Aarsland

  • Deficiencies in Complex I subunits of the respiratory chain in Parkinson's disease

    Yoshikuni Mizuno;Shigeo Ohta;Masashi Tanaka;Shinzaburo Takamiya

  • Protein-bound acrolein: Potential markers for oxidative stress

    Koji Uchida;Masamichi Kanematsu;Kensuke Sakai;Tsukasa Matsuda

  • Structural Dimorphism in the Mitochondrial Targeting Sequence in the Human Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Gene: A Predictive Evidence for Conformational Change to Influence Mitochondrial Transport and a Study of Allelic Association in Parkinson's Disease

    Satoe Shimoda-Matsubayashi;Hiroto Matsumine;Tomonori Kobayashi;Yuko Nakagawa-Hattori

  • Histochemical detection of apoptosis in Parkinson's disease.

    Hideki Mochizuki;Keigo Goto;Hideo Mori;Yoshikuni Mizuno

  • Mitochondrial Genome Variation in Eastern Asia and the Peopling of Japan

    Masashi Tanaka;Vicente M. Cabrera;Ana M. González;José M. Larruga

  • Methylglyoxal Modification of Protein: CHEMICAL AND IMMUNOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF METHYLGLYOXAL-ARGININE ADDUCTS *

    Tomoko Oya;Nobutaka Hattori;Yoshikuni Mizuno;Satoshi Miyata

  • Localization of a gene for an autosomal recessive form of juvenile Parkinsonism to chromosome 6q25.2-27

    H Matsumine;M Saito;S Shimoda-Matsubayashi;H Tanaka

  • Pathologic and biochemical studies of juvenile parkinsonism linked to chromosome 6q

    H. Mori;T. Kondo;M. Yokochi;H. Matsumine

  • Brain-derived growth factor and nerve growth factor concentrations are decreased in the substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease.

    Makio Mogi;Akifumi Togari;Tomoyoshi Kondo;Yoshikuni Mizuno

  • Increase of deleted mitochondrial DNA in the striatum in Parkinson's disease and senescence.

    Shin-ichiro Ikebe;Masashi Tanaka;Kinji Ohno;Wataru Sato

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction associated with increased oxidative stress and α-synuclein accumulation in PARK2 iPSC-derived neurons and postmortem brain tissue.

    Yoichi Imaizumi;Yohei Okada;Wado Akamatsu;Masato Koike

  • Molecular genetic analysis of a novel Parkin gene in Japanese families with autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism: evidence for variable homozygous deletions in the Parkin gene in affected individuals.

    Nobutaka Hattori;Tohru Kitada;Tohru Kitada;Hiroto Matsumine;Shuichi Asakawa

  • Parkin Localizes to the Lewy Bodies of Parkinson Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies

    Michael G. Schlossmacher;Matthew P. Frosch;Wei Ping Gai;Miguel Medina

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobutaka Hattori
Nobutaka Hattori Juntendo University
Hideki Mochizuki
Hideki Mochizuki Osaka University
Keiji Tanaka
Keiji Tanaka Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Nobuyoshi Shimizu
Nobuyoshi Shimizu Keio University
Shinsei Minoshima
Shinsei Minoshima Hamamatsu University
Ichiro Kanazawa
Ichiro Kanazawa University of Tokyo
Shuichi Asakawa
Shuichi Asakawa University of Tokyo
Masashi Tanaka
Masashi Tanaka Juntendo University
Toshiharu Nagatsu
Toshiharu Nagatsu Fujita Health University
Shoji Tsuji
Shoji Tsuji University of Tokyo

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