2018 - 2021 Elucidating the regulatory mechanisms and physiological functions of immunomodulation by the Hippo intracellular signaling pathway
2017 - 2021 Towards an understanding of immunostimulatory extracellular vesicles in cancer
2018 - 2020 Towards an understanding of iron metabolism: comprehensive identification of iron-related molecules
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Papers (45):
Akihiro Nita, Toshiro Moroishi. Hippo pathway in cell-cell communication: emerging roles in development and regeneration. Inflammation and Regeneration. 2024. 44. 1
Toshiro Moroishi, Chanida Thinyakul, Yasuhisa Sakamoto, Mayuko Shimoda, Yanliang Liu, Suyanee Thongchot, Omnia Reda, Akihiro Nita, Romgase Sakamula, Somponnat Sampattavanich, et al. Hippo pathway in cancer cells modulates tumor microenvironment by inducing immunosuppressive NCAM1+αSMA+ fibroblasts. 2024
Hironori Hinokuma, Yohei Kanamori, Koei Ikeda, Li Hao, Masataka Maruno, Taishi Yamane, Ayato Maeda, Akihiro Nita, Mayuko Shimoda, Mayumi Niimura, et al. Distinct functions between ferrous and ferric iron in lung cancer cell growth. Cancer science. 2023
Taishi Yamane, Yohei Kanamori, Hiroshi Sawayama, Hiromu Yano, Akihiro Nita, Yudai Ohta, Hironori Hinokuma, Ayato Maeda, Akiko Iwai, Takashi Matsumoto, et al. Iron accelerates Fusobacterium nucleatum-induced CCL8 expression in macrophages and is associated with colorectal cancer progression. JCI Insight. 2022. 7. 21
2008 - 2012 Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
2002 - 2008 Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine
Professional career (1):
M.D., Ph.D. (Kyushu University)
Work history (4):
2020/01 - 現在 Kumamoto University Faculty of Life Sciences Professor
2017/12 - 2019/12 Kumamoto University Faculty of Life Sciences Associate Professor
2013/04 - 2017/08 University of California, San Diego, Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, Postdoctoral fellow
2012/04 - 2013/03 Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Postdoctoral fellow
Committee career (2):
2023/04 - 現在 The Japanese Biochemical Society Councilor
2020/04 - 現在 Communications Biology (Springer Nature) Editorial Board Member
Awards (3):
2021/04 - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) 科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 若手科学者賞(令和3年度) シグナル伝達と代謝調節による生体恒常性維持機構の研究
2019/06 - The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences 花王科学奨励賞(平成31年度) 組織修復・再生を担うHippoシグナルの全貌解明
2013/02 - Inoue Foundation for Science Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (29th) ユビキチン化による鉄代謝制御の中心をなすFBXL5-IRP2系の発見
Association Membership(s) (5):
The Japanese Pharmacological Society
, The Japanese Cancer Association
, Japanese Association of Cancer Immunology
, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
, The Japanese Biochemical Society