Yoichi Matsunaga

1.5k citations

38 papers · 1.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 18

Co-authors: Dennis R. Burton David Peretz Tatsuo Yamada R. Anthony Williamson Stanley B. Prusiner Aradhana Awasthi Yoshio Wakatsuki Fred E. Cohen
Topics: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers)Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (8 papers)Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers)
Cited by: Neurology Nutrition and Dietetics Biological Psychiatry
Journals: NeuronSHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaThe Journal of Immunology
Partner nations: Japan Türkiye United States

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Yoichi Matsunaga

38 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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A conformational transition at the N terminus of the prion protein features in formation of the scrapie isoform 1 1Edited by M. Yaniv

1997 298 citations David Peretz, R. Anthony Williamson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Circulatory 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D as differential biomarkers between multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease patients 2021 ·eNeurologicalSci ·(unknown),Izzettin Hatip‐Al‐Khatib,Midori Suenaga,(unknown),Takayasu Mishima,Shinsuke Fujioka,Shinji Ouma,Yoichi Matsunaga,Yoshio Tsuboi	9
2	Safety Assessment of Bangle (Zingiber purpureum Rosc.) Rhizome Extract: Acute and Chronic Studies in Rats and Clinical Studies in Human 2018 ·ACS Omega ·Eishin Kato,Miwa Kubo,Yasuko Okamoto,Yoichi Matsunaga,(unknown),Nobutaka Suzuki,Kazuo UEBABA,Yoshiyasu Fukuyama	12
3	Novel neurotrophic phenylbutenoids from Indonesian ginger Bangle, Zingiber purpureum 2015 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Miwa Kubo,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Kenichi Harada,Midori Suenaga,Yoichi Matsunaga,Eishin Kato,(unknown),Yoshiyasu Fukuyama	20
4	Monocytic elastase-mediated apolipoprotein-E degradation: Potential involvement of microglial elastase-like proteases in apolipoprotein-E proteolysis in brains with Alzheimers disease 2015 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics ·Midori Suenaga,Akiko Furuta,Koichi Wakabayashi,Toshiji Saibara,Yoichi Matsunaga	3
5	Different Effect of Vitamin D<sub>2</sub> and Vitamin D<sub>3</sub> on Amyloid-.β40 Aggregation In Vitro 2014 ·Current Alzheimer Research ·Midori Suenaga,Hironobu Takahashi,Hiroshi Imagawa,(unknown),Shinji Ouma,(unknown),Akiko Furuta,Yoichi Matsunaga	1
6	Vitamin D₂interacts with Human PrP^c(90–231) and breaks PrP^coligomerization in vitro 2013 ·Prion ·Midori Suenaga,(unknown),Yoichi Matsunaga	3
7	L-Tryptophan Suppresses Rise in Blood Glucose and Preserves Insulin Secretion in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Rats 2012 ·Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology ·(unknown),Norio Kamemura,Masataka Oda,Jun Sakùrai,Yutaka Nakaya,Nagakatsu Harada,Midori Suenaga,Yoichi Matsunaga,Kazumi Ishidoh,Nobuhiko Katunuma	47
8	Reversal of temperature‐induced conformational changes in the amyloid‐beta peptide, Aβ40, by the β‐sheet breaker peptides 16–23 and 17–24 2009 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·(unknown),Midori Suenaga,Tatsuo Yamada,Yoichi Matsunaga	8
9	Specific reactivity of mild/severe Alzheimer’s disease patient’s sera to antibody against Aβ1-40 epitope 17-21 2007 ·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica ·(unknown),Yoichi Matsunaga,Tōru Yamada	3
10	Amyloid-beta causes apoptosis of neuronal cells via caspase cascade, which can be prevented by amyloid-beta-derived short peptides 2005 ·Experimental Neurology ·Aradhana Awasthi,Yoichi Matsunaga,Tatsuo Yamada	81
11	Eight-residue Aβ peptides inhibit the aggregation and enzymatic activity of Aβ42 2004 ·Regulatory Peptides ·Yoichi Matsunaga,(unknown),Aradhana Awasthi,(unknown),Tadakazu Takakura,Tatsuo Yamada	27
12	Nitric oxide protects against chloroquine resistant Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis parasites in vitro 2003 ·Experimental Parasitology ·Aradhana Awasthi,Ajay Kumar,Shakti N. Upadhyay,Tatsuo Yamada,Yoichi Matsunaga	13
13	Conformational Changes Preceding Amyloid-fibril Formation of Amyloid-beta and Stefin B; Parallels in pH Dependence 2002 ·Current Medicinal Chemistry ·Yoichi Matsunaga,Eva Žerovnik,Tatsuo Yamada,Vito Türk	21
14	A Change in the Conformation of Prions Accompanies the Emergence of a New Prion Strain 2002 ·Neuron ·David Peretz,R. Anthony Williamson,Giuseppe Legname,Yoichi Matsunaga,Julie Vergara,Dennis R. Burton,Stephen J. DeArmond,Stanley B. Prusiner,Michael R. Scott	181
15	A pH-dependent conformational transition of Aβ peptide and physicochemical properties of the conformers in the glial cell 2002 ·Biochemical Journal ·Yoichi Matsunaga,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Tadakazu Takakura,Tomoaki Nishimura,(unknown),Tatsuo Yamada	22
16	CD4 T cells monospecific to ovalbumin produced by Escherichia coli can induce colitis upon transfer to BALB/c and SCID mice 2001 ·International Immunology ·Masaru Yoshida,Tomohiro Watanabe,Takashi Usui,Yoichi Matsunaga,(unknown),Masashi Yamori,Toshiyuki Itoh,Sonoko Habu,Tsutomu Chiba,(unknown),Yoshio Wakatsuki	21
17	Cryptic epitopes in N‐terminally truncated prion protein are exposed in the full‐length molecule: Dependence of conformation on pH 2001 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Yoichi Matsunaga,David Peretz,(unknown),Dennis R. Burton,Ingrid Mehlhorn,(unknown),Fred E. Cohen,Stanley B. Prusiner,Michael A. Baldwin	47
18	Lysophosphatidylcholine upregulates CD40 ligand expression in newly activated human CD4+ T cells 1998 ·FEBS Letters ·(unknown),Yoshio Wakatsuki,Takeshi Usui,Yoichi Matsunaga,Toshiyuki Itoh,Eiichiro Nishi,Noriaki Kume,(unknown)	29
19	A conformational transition at the N terminus of the prion protein features in formation of the scrapie isoform 1 1Edited by M. Yanivbreakdown → 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·David Peretz,R. Anthony Williamson,Yoichi Matsunaga,Hana Serban,Clemencia Pinilla,Raiza Bastidas,(unknown),Thomas Leroy James,Richard A. Houghten,Fred E. Cohen,Stanley B. Prusiner,Dennis R. Burton	298
20	Adoptive immunotherapy with lymphokine-activated killer cells plus recombinant interleukin 2 in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma 1989 ·Hepatology ·Saburo Onishi,Toshiji Saibara,(unknown),(unknown),Yasushi Matsuura,Yoichi Matsunaga,Yasutake Yamamoto	34

About Yoichi Matsunaga

Yoichi Matsunaga is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Immunology, having authored 38 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (336 citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (264 citations) and Biological Psychiatry (32 citations). Yoichi Matsunaga has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, Türkiye and United States. Frequent co-authors include Dennis R. Burton, David Peretz, Tatsuo Yamada, R. Anthony Williamson, Stanley B. Prusiner, Aradhana Awasthi, Yoshio Wakatsuki, Fred E. Cohen, Takashi Usui and Hana Serban. Their work appears in journals such as Neuron, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

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