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Masaya Imoto

Juntendo UniversityORCID 0000-0003-4910-3871Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1

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Mitsuhiro Kitagawa· 2 shared Shinji SaikiiD· 2 shared Yukiko SasazawaiD· 2 shared Ayami Suzuki· 1 shared Daisuke NoshiroiD· 1 shared Daisuke TaniguchiiD· 1 shared Eisuke ItakuraiD· 1 shared Emi Kawauchi· 1 shared

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Mitsuhiro Kitagawa

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BiochemistryThe EMBO JournalPeer-reviewedOct 14, 2025

Ubiquilin-2 liquid droplets catalyze α-synuclein fibril formation

Tomoki Takei, Yukiko Sasazawa, Daisuke Noshiro…·Nobutaka Hattori

This study shows that ubiquilin-2 droplets catalyze α-synuclein fibril formation in vitro and in cells, and identifies a compound that inhibits this process.

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humanproteomics

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Cell BiologyeLifePeer-reviewedJun 20, 2024

Identification of novel autophagy inducers by accelerating lysosomal clustering against Parkinson's disease

Yuki Date, Yukiko Sasazawa, Mitsuhiro Kitagawa…·Shinji Saiki

This study identifies six drugs that enhance autophagy by promoting lysosomal clustering, which facilitates the degradation of protein aggregates associated with Parkinson's disease.

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humanproteomics

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