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List of works by Kazumasa Ohashi

A critical role for a Rho-associated kinase, p160ROCK, in determining axon outgrowth in mammalian CNS neurons

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

A novel pair of split venus fragments to detect protein-protein interactions by in vitro and in vivo bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays.

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AILIM/ICOS-mediated elongation of activated T cells is regulated by both the PI3-kinase/Akt and Rho family cascade

scientific article published on 31 October 2006

Alteration of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase cascade in the multilobulated nuclear formation of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL)

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CD29 integrin- and LIMK1/cofilin-mediated actin reorganization regulates the migration of haematopoietic progenitor cells underneath bone marrow stromal cells.

scientific article published on April 2004

CaMKIIβ-mediated LIM-kinase activation plays a crucial role in BDNF-induced neuritogenesis.

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

Caspase-mediated cleavage and activation of LIM-kinase 1 and its role in apoptotic membrane blebbing.

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Cell adhesion to phosphatidylserine mediated by a product of growth arrest-specific gene 6.

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Cell cycle-associated changes in Slingshot phosphatase activity and roles in cytokinesis in animal cells

scientific article (publication date: 29 August 2003)

Cloning and characterization of a novel mouse immunoglobulin superfamily gene expressed in early spermatogenic cells.

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Coactosin accelerates cell dynamism by promoting actin polymerization.

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Cofilin phosphorylation by LIM-kinase 1 and its role in Rac-mediated actin reorganization

scientific article published on June 25, 1998

Cofilin promotes stimulus-induced lamellipodium formation by generating an abundant supply of actin monomers.

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Coordination of Cellular Dynamics Contributes to Tooth Epithelium Deformations

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Critical roles of actin-interacting protein 1 in cytokinesis and chemotactic migration of mammalian cells

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Cytochalasin D acts as an inhibitor of the actin-cofilin interaction

scientific article published on 20 June 2012

Differential activities, subcellular distribution and tissue expression patterns of three members of Slingshot family phosphatases that dephosphorylate cofilin

scientific article (publication date: October 2003)

Furry protein promotes aurora A-mediated Polo-like kinase 1 activation.

scientific article published on 29 June 2012

Gas6 induces mesangial cell proliferation via latent transcription factor STAT3.

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Identification of Testis-Specific (Limk2t) and Brain-Specific (Limk2c) Isoforms of Mouse LIM-Kinase 2 Gene Transcripts

scientific article published on May 19, 1998

Identification of multiple actin-binding sites in cofilin-phosphatase Slingshot-1L.

scientific article published on 24 February 2006

Insulin receptor substrate-4 binds to Slingshot-1 phosphatase and promotes cofilin dephosphorylation.

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

Interplay between Solo and keratin filaments is crucial for mechanical force-induced stress fiber reinforcement.

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Keratin-binding ability of the N-terminal Solo domain of Solo is critical for its function in cellular mechanotransduction

scientific article published on 21 April 2019

LIM kinase 1 modulates opsonized zymosan-triggered activation of macrophage-like U937 cells. Possible involvement of phosphorylation of cofilin and reorganization of actin cytoskeleton

scientific article published on 02 November 2001

LIM kinase and slingshot are critical for neurite extension

scientific article published on 13 March 2007

LIM kinase has a dual role in regulating lamellipodium extension by decelerating the rate of actin retrograde flow and the rate of actin polymerization.

scientific article published on 25 August 2011

LIM-kinase is critical for the mesenchymal-to-amoeboid cell morphological transition in 3D matrices.

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MAPKAPK-2-mediated LIM-kinase activation is critical for VEGF-induced actin remodeling and cell migration

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MST2- and Furry-mediated activation of NDR1 kinase is critical for precise alignment of mitotic chromosomes.

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Measurements of spatiotemporal changes in G-actin concentration reveal its effect on stimulus-induced actin assembly and lamellipodium extension

scientific article published on April 18, 2011

Molecular dissection of the mechanisms of substrate recognition and F-actin-mediated activation of cofilin-phosphatase Slingshot-1.

scientific article published on 22 September 2008

PLEKHG4B enables actin cytoskeletal remodeling during epithelial cell-cell junction formation

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

Phosphorylation of cofilin by LIM-kinase is necessary for semaphorin 3A-induced growth cone collapse.

scientific article published in April 2001

Promotion of the uptake of PS liposomes and apoptotic cells by a product of growth arrest-specific gene, gas6

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors involved in cyclic-stretch-induced reorientation of vascular endothelial cells

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Rho-associated kinase ROCK activates LIM-kinase 1 by phosphorylation at threonine 508 within the activation loop

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Roles of cofilin in development and its mechanisms of regulation

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Roles of gamma-carboxylation and a sex hormone-binding globulin-like domain in receptor-binding and in biological activities of Gas6.

scientific article published on May 1997

Roles of the cytoskeleton, cell adhesion and rho signalling in mechanosensing and mechanotransduction.

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

Solo and keratin filaments regulate epithelial tubule morphology.

scientific article published on 28 April 2018

Solo, a RhoA-targeting guanine nucleotide exchange factor, is critical for hemidesmosome formation and acinar development in epithelial cells.

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

Spatial and temporal regulation of cofilin activity by LIM kinase and Slingshot is critical for directional cell migration

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Synaptic scaffolding molecule alpha is a scaffold to mediate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent RhoA activation in dendrites.

scientific article published on 16 April 2007

The N-terminal LIM domain negatively regulates the kinase activity of LIM-kinase 1.

scientific article published on October 1999

The expression and cellular localization of the sperm flagellar protein MC31/CE9 in the rat testis: possible posttranscriptional regulation during rat spermiogenesis

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Visualization of cofilin-actin and Ras-Raf interactions by bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays using a new pair of split Venus fragments

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

p63RhoGEF-mediated formation of a single polarized lamellipodium is required for chemotactic migration in breast carcinoma cells.

scientific article published on February 2013