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Norifumi Kawada

Osaka Metropolitan UniversityORCID 0000-0002-6392-8311Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 2 Ecology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1

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Daisuke OikawaiD· 2 shared Fuminori TokunagaiD· 2 shared Hideki FujiiiD· 2 shared Hiroko IkenagaiD· 2 shared Lê Thị Thanh ThủyiD· 2 shared Naoko OhtaniiD· 2 shared Tsutomu MatsubaraiD· 2 shared David A. BrenneriD· 1 shared

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Major microbiota transitions across liver disease progression are mediated by key taxa linking host environments and microbial communities

Kenta Suzuki, Tomonori Kamiya, Hideki Fujii, Sotaro Takano, Yoshimi Yukawa‐Muto, Norifumi Kawada, Shinji Fukuda, Hiroshi Masuya, Naoko Ohtani

The paper uses an energy landscape analysis framework to identify key microbial taxa linked to liver disease progression and host environments.

Scientific Reports · Sep 25, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology

A single-cell fixed RNA profiling of liver fibrosis progression and regression reveals SEMA4D and LMCD1 as key mediators of fibrogenesis

Pham Minh Duc, Lê Thị Thanh Thủy, Hoang Hai, Tran Van Bao, Nguyen Thi Ha, Pham Tuan Anh, Hiroko Ikenaga, Hideki Fujii, Kanako Yoshida, Masaru Enomoto, Sawako Uchida‐Kobayashi, Hideto Yuasa, Tsutomu Matsubara, Vu Thuong Huyen, Yi Cheng, , Norifumi Kawada

JHEP Reports · Feb 11, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology

LRBA promotes drug-induced liver injury and MASLD by scaffolding MAPK activation

Daisuke Oikawa, Min Gi, Yoshinori Okina, Duc Pham Minh, Hidetaka Kosako, Lê Thị Thanh Thủy, Yusuke Sato, Hiroko Ikenaga, Mana Kosugi, Tsutomu Matsubara, Kouhei Shimizu, Masayuki Shiota, Fumiaki Ando, Shinichi Uchida, Hirotaka Takahashi, , Fuminori Tokunaga

This study identifies LRBA as a scaffold promoting MAPK activation, leading to drug-induced liver injury and MASLD by enhancing inflammatory signaling.

bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2025 · PreprintCell Biology