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Takuya Otsuka

Hokkaido University

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Co-targeting an AMPK--MAPK axis reprograms CAFs and suppresses PDAC

Ryodai Yamamura, Yusuke Satoh, Junki Fukuda, Taku Kimura, Takuya Otsuka, Sho Sekiya, Taiga Hirata, Soichiro Hata, Reo Sato, Chihiro Kamijo, Takuya Moriguchi, Shinya Kosuge, Takuya Kato, Yuya Urano, Kanako C. Hatanaka, , Masahiro Sonoshita

This study shows that targeting the AMPK-MAPK axis in cancer-associated fibroblasts suppresses PDAC growth in fly and mouse models by restoring AMPK activity and inhibiting fibroblast activation.

bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

Flow zoometry of Drosophila

Walker Peterson, Joshua Arenson, Soichiro Hata, Laura Kacenauskaite, Tsubasa Kobayashi, Takuya Otsuka, Hanqing Wang, Yayoi Wada, Kotaro Hiramatsu, Zhikai He, Jean-Emmanuel Clément, Chenqi Zhang, Chenglang Hu, Phillip C. McCann, Hayato Kanazawa, , Keisuke Goda

This paper introduces flow zoometry, a high-throughput screening method for Drosophila, enabling rapid, automated, and high-resolution analysis of whole animals.

bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2024 · PreprintBioengineering