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Yuko Fukata is affiliated with the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Japan. Their research activity spans biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience, focusing heavily on neurology and molecular biology within their neuroscientific work.

The scientist's research topics primarily include autoimmune neurological disorders and treatments, cellular transport and secretion, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, peptidase inhibition and analysis, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Fukata has contributed to several papers, including:

  • "Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Monoclonal LGI1 Autoantibodies Increase Neuronal Excitability" (2020) published in Annals of Neurology
  • "LGI1-ADAM22-MAGUK configures transsynaptic nanoalignment for synaptic transmission and epilepsy prevention" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Encephalitis patient-derived monoclonal GABAA receptor antibodies cause epileptic seizures." (2021) published in PubMed
  • "Forelimb movements evoked by optogenetic stimulation of the macaque motor cortex" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Canonical versus non-canonical transsynaptic signaling of neuroligin 3 tunes development of sociality in mice" (2021) published in Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include Masaki Fukata, Hans-Christian Kornau, Harald Prüß, Atsushi Yamagata, and Shuya Fukai.

Fukata publishes regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Brain, Cell Reports, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of myosin phosphatase by Rho and Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase)

    Kazushi Kimura;Masaaki Ito;Mutsuki Amano;Kazuyasu Chihara

  • Phosphorylation and activation of myosin by Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase).

    Mutsuki Amano;Masaaki Ito;Kazushi Kimura;Yuko Fukata

  • Formation of Actin Stress Fibers and Focal Adhesions Enhanced by Rho-Kinase

    Mutsuki Amano;Kazuyasu Chihara;Kazushi Kimura;Yuko Fukata

  • Rho–Rho-kinase pathway in smooth muscle contraction and cytoskeletal reorganization of non-muscle cells

    Yuko Fukata;Kozo Kaibuchi;Mutsuki Amano

  • CRMP-2 binds to tubulin heterodimers to promote microtubule assembly.

    Yuko Fukata;Tomohiko J. Itoh;Toshihide Kimura;Céline Ménager

  • Phosphorylation of Myosin-Binding Subunit (Mbs) of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho-Kinase in Vivo

    Yoji Kawano;Yuko Fukata;Noriko Oshiro;Mutsuki Amano

  • Regulation and functions of Rho-associated kinase.

    Mutsuki Amano;Yuko Fukata;Kozo Kaibuchi;Kozo Kaibuchi

  • Protein palmitoylation in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity

    Yuko Fukata;Yuko Fukata;Masaki Fukata

  • Identification of PSD-95 palmitoylating enzymes.

    Masaki Fukata;Yuko Fukata;Hillel Adesnik;Roger A. Nicoll

  • Epilepsy-Related Ligand/Receptor Complex LGI1 and ADAM22 Regulate Synaptic Transmission

    Yuko Fukata;Hillel Adesnik;Tsuyoshi Iwanaga;David S. Bredt

  • Autoantibodies to epilepsy-related LGI1 in limbic encephalitis neutralize LGI1-ADAM22 interaction and reduce synaptic AMPA receptors.

    Toshika Ohkawa;Toshika Ohkawa;Yuko Fukata;Yuko Fukata;Miwako Yamasaki;Taisuke Miyazaki

  • Phosphorylation of Adducin by Rho-Kinase Plays a Crucial Role in Cell Motility

    Yuko Fukata;Noriko Oshiro;Nagatoki Kinoshita;Yoji Kawano

  • Disruption of LGI1–linked synaptic complex causes abnormal synaptic transmission and epilepsy

    Yuko Fukata;Kathryn L. Lovero;Tsuyoshi Iwanaga;Atsushi Watanabe

  • Inhibition of Myosin Phosphatase by Upregulated Rho-Kinase Plays a Key Role for Coronary Artery Spasm in a Porcine Model With Interleukin-1β

    Tadashi Kandabashi;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Kenji Miyata;Ikuko Kunihiro

  • Myosin II activation promotes neurite retraction during the action of Rho and Rho-kinase

    Mutsuki Amano;Kazuyasu Chihara;Nao Nakamura;Yuko Fukata

  • Phosphorylation of Moesin by Rho-associated Kinase (Rho-kinase) Plays a Crucial Role in the Formation of Microvilli-like Structures

    Noriko Oshiro;Yuko Fukata;Kozo Kaibuchi

  • Role of the PAR-3-KIF3 complex in the establishment of neuronal polarity

    Takashi Nishimura;Katsuhiro Kato;Tomoya Yamaguchi;Yuko Fukata

  • Phosphorylation by Rho kinase regulates CRMP-2 activity in growth cones.

    Nariko Arimura;Céline Ménager;Yoji Kawano;Yoji Kawano;Takeshi Yoshimura

  • Regulation of the Association of Adducin with Actin Filaments by Rho-associated Kinase (Rho-kinase) and Myosin Phosphatase

    Kazushi Kimura;Kazushi Kimura;Yuko Fukata;Yoichiro Matsuoka;Vann Bennett

  • Association of the Myosin-binding Subunit of Myosin Phosphatase and Moesin: Dual Regulation of Moesin Phosphorylation by Rho-associated Kinase and Myosin Phosphatase

    Yuko Fukata;Kazushi Kimura;Noriko Oshiro;Hideyuki Saya

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaki Fukata
Masaki Fukata The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Kozo Kaibuchi
Kozo Kaibuchi Nagoya University
Mutsuki Amano
Mutsuki Amano Nagoya University
Yoshiharu Matsuura
Yoshiharu Matsuura Osaka University
Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
Akihiro Iwamatsu
Akihiro Iwamatsu Osaka University
Franck Perez
Franck Perez PSL University
Dies Meijer
Dies Meijer University of Edinburgh
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Masaaki Ito
Masaaki Ito Mie University

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