Nichole Marcela Rojas-Chaverra, Ryu Imamura, Hiroki Sato, Toby Passioura, Emiko Mihara, Tatsunori Nishimura, Junichi Takagi, Hiroaki Suga, Kunio Matsumoto, Katsuya Sakai. A cyclic peptide-grafted Fc with hepatocyte growth factor functionality ameliorates hepatic fibrosis in a non-alcoholic steatohepatitis mouse model. iScience. 2024. 27. 8. 110426-110426
Katsuya Sakai, Hiroki Sato, Kunio Matsumoto. Cytokine Mimetics with Various Modalities. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 2024
Ryu Imamura, Hiroki Sato, Dominic Chih-Cheng Voon, Takayoshi Shirasaki, Masao Honda, Makoto Kurachi, Katsuya Sakai, Kunio Matsumoto. Met receptor is essential for MAVS-mediated antiviral innate immunity in epithelial cells independent of its kinase activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2023. 120. 40. e2307318120
Naoya Kawakami, Hiroki Sato, Naohiro Terasaka, Kunio Matsumoto, Hiroaki Suga. MET-Activating Ubiquitin Multimers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023
Roles of Mature HGF in Gastric Tissue Regeneration and Tumorigenesis
(2020)
Specific Detection of Active HGF for Diagnosis Reflecting Activation Status of HGF-MET Signaling by Macrocyclic Peptide
(2019)
HGF produced by smooth muscle cells promotes lung metastasis as a metastatic niche component
(The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association 2018)
Lung metastatic niche formation by activated HGF in bronchial epithelium
(The 27th Annual Meeting The Japanese Association for Metastasis Research 2018)
Work history (4):
2024/04 - 現在 Yokohama City University School of Science Lecturer
2018/04 - 2024/03 Kanazawa University Cancer Research Institute assistant professor
2016/04 - 2018/03 Kanazawa University Cancer Research Institute assistant professor