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Y. Higashi

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Plant Biology· 2 Cell Biology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Organism:plant (other)· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1

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K. Saito· 2 shared Y. Okazaki· 2 shared A. Scarborough· 1 shared A. Sugiyama· 1 shared B. J. Nikolau· 1 shared D. Bowles· 1 shared D. Garcia· 1 shared D. L. Tharp· 1 shared

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2021-2024 · peak 2/yr

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K. Saito

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Adaptive evolution of sesquiterpene deoxyphomenone in mycoparasitism by Hansfordia pulvinata associated with horizontal gene transfer from Aspergillus species

K. Maeda, T. Sumita, O. Nishi, H. Sushida, Y. Higashi, H. Nakagawa, T. Suzuki, E. Iwao, M. Z. Fanani, Y. Nishiya, Y. Iida

This study identifies deoxyphomenone biosynthesis gene clusters in Hansfordia pulvinata and related Aspergillus species, showing horizontal gene transfer and adaptive evolution in mycoparasitism.

bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology

INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I REDUCES CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN PIGS WITH FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA

S. Sukhanov, Y. Higashi, T. Yoshida, S. Danchuk, M. Alfortish, T. Goodchild, A. Scarborough, T. Sharp, J. S. Jenkins, D. Garcia, J. Ivey, D. L. Tharp, J. Schumacher, Z. Rozenbaum, J. K. Kolls, , P. Delafontaine

This study shows that IGF-1 reduces coronary atherosclerosis and promotes stable plaque features in FH pigs, with spatial transcriptomics revealing potential mechanistic insights.

bioRxiv · Sep 23, 2022Cell Biology

Excretion of triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid facilitating apoplastic accumulation of a lipophilic metabolite shikonin.

K. Tatsumi, T. Ichino, N. Isaka, A. Sugiyama, Y. Okazaki, Y. Higashi, M. Kajikawa, H. Fukuzawa, K. Toyooka, M. Sato, I. Ichi, K. Shimomura, H. Ohta, K. Saito, K. Yazaki

The paper investigates how plants secrete lipophilic metabolites like shikonin by excreting triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid, facilitating apoplastic accumulation.

bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2021Plant Biology

Dynamic product-precursor relationships underlie cuticular lipid accumulation on maize silks

K. Chen, L. E. Alexander, U. Mahgoub, Y. Okazaki, Y. Higashi, K. Takano, D. Loneman, T. S. Dennison, M. Lopez, R. Claussen, L. Peddicord, K. Saito, N. Lauter, K. S. Dorman, B. J. Nikolau, M. D. Yandeau-Nelson

The study identifies how precursor chain length, plant genotype, and spatio-temporal gradients influence product-precursor ratios in the cuticular hydrocarbon-producing pathway of maize silks.

bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2021 · PreprintPlant Biology