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Yoshiro Nakajima

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:imaging· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Topological defects and coherent myocardial chirality shape torsional heart contraction

Naofumi Kawahira, Takaki Yamamoto, Takumi Washio, Yoshiro Nakajima, Kenta Yashiro, Vincen Xu, Kyogo Kawaguchi, Atsushi Nakano

The paper shows that the mammalian heart functions as a chiral nematic field, with topological defects influencing contractile mechanics and efficiency.

bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics

BMP4 regulates asymmetric Pkd2 distribution in mouse nodal immotile cilia and ciliary mechanosensing required for left-right determination

Takanobu A. Katoh, Tim Lange, Yoshiro Nakajima, Kenta Yashiro, Yasushi Okada, Hiroshi Hamada

Developmental Dynamics · Jul 10, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Acto3D: user- and budget-friendly software for multichannel high-resolution three-dimensional imaging

Naoki Takeshita, Shinichiro Sakaki, Rie Saba, Satoshi Inoue, Kosuke Nishikawa, Atsuko Ueyama, Kazuhiko Matsuo, Masaki Shigeta, Yoshiro Nakajima, Daisuke Kobayashi, Hideya Yamazaki, Kei Yamada, Tomoko Iehara, Kenta Yashiro

Acto3D provides an open-source, user-friendly software for generating and analyzing high-resolution 3D images with multiple fluorescence channels, validated on mouse embryos.

Development · Apr 15, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

A genetic model of congenital intestinal atresia in medaka (Oryzias latipes) implicates Mypt1 in epithelial organisation

Daisuke Kobayashi, Akihiro Urasaki, Tetsuaki Kimura, Satoshi Ansai, Kazuhiko Matsuo, Hayato Yokoi, Shigeo Takashima, Tadao Kitagawa, Takahiro Kage, Takanori Narita, Tomoko Jindo, Masato Kinoshita, Kiyoshi Naruse, Yoshiro Nakajima, Masaki Shigeta, , Kenta Yashiro

This paper identifies a medaka mutant with congenital intestinal atresia, linking Mypt1 dysfunction to actomyosin dysregulation and epithelial disorganisation.

bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2021 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology