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Yohei Nitta

Brain Research Institute, Niigata UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0712-428XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neuroscience· 2 Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Organism:Drosophila· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:human· 1

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Atsushi SugieiD· 3 shared Takashi SuzukiiD· 2 shared Adam P GiessiD· 1 shared Afshan SiddiqiD· 1 shared Akira OikawaiD· 1 shared Alessio MasiiD· 1 shared Alexander SieghartiD· 1 shared Alexander StuckeyiD· 1 shared

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NADPH phosphatase activity of Mesh1 controls sleep in Drosophila

Taro Ishikawa, Yohei Nitta, Jiro Osaka, Takanari Nemoto, Doshun Ito, Ryosuke Sasaki, Shouta Nonoyama, Akira Oikawa, Atsushi Sugie, Takashi Suzuki, Shinji Masuda

This study shows that the NADPH phosphatase activity of Drosophila Mesh1, specifically the W138 residue, is essential for normal sleep regulation.

bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Stretch-activated ion channel TMEM63B associates with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies and progressive neurodegeneration

Annalisa Vetro, Cristiana Pelorosso, Simona Balestrini, Alessio Masi, Sophie Hambleton, Emanuela Argilli, Valerio Conti, Simone Giubbolini, Rebekah Barrick, Gaber Bergant, Karin Writzl, Emilia K. Bijlsma, Theresa Brunet, Pilar Cacheiro, Davide Mei, , Ellen Thomas

This study identifies TMEM63B variants in patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy and neurodegeneration, showing altered cation currents and hematological abnormalities.

The American Journal of Human Genetics · Jul 7, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

A quantitative model of sporadic axonal degeneration in the Drosophila visual system

Mélisande Richard, Karolína Doubková, Yohei Nitta, Hiroki Kawai, Atsushi Sugie, Gaia Tavosanis

This paper develops a Drosophila model of axonal degeneration, showing that light exposure causes progressive degeneration without apoptosis, and that synaptic loss precedes degeneration, with postsynaptic signaling required to maintain axonal structure.

Journal of Neuroscience · May 9, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Glial insulin regulates cooperative or antagonistic Golden goal/Flamingo interactions during photoreceptor axon navigation

Hiroki Takechi, Satoko Hakeda‐Suzuki, Yohei Nitta, Yuichi Ishiwata, Riku Iwanaga, Makoto Sato, Atsushi Sugie, Takashi Suzuki

The paper shows glial insulin modulates Gogo phosphorylation, which controls R8 axon navigation in Drosophila by switching between recognition and suppression of Flamingo interactions.

eLife · Mar 5, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience