Prof. Atsushi Asakura
University of Minnesota, USA
Email: asakura@umn.edu
Qualifications
1993 Ph.D., University of Tokyo Graduate School, Molecular Biology
1987 M.Sc., Chiba University Graduate School, Biology
1984 B.Sc., Chiba University, Biology
Publications (Selected)
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Mayank VermaYoko AsakuraXuerui WangKasey ZhouMahmut ÜnverdiAllison P KannRobert S KraussAtsushi Asakura (2024) Endothelial cell signature in muscle stem cells validated by VEGFA-FLT1-AKT1 axis promoting survival of muscle stem cell eLife 13:e73592.
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Karthikeyan S and Asakura A (2024) Imaging analysis for muscle stem cells and regeneration. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 12:1411401. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1411401
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Karthikeyan, S., Asakura, Y., Verma, M., Asakura, A. (2023). Tissue Clearing and Confocal Microscopic Imaging for Skeletal Muscle. In: Asakura, A. (eds) Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2640. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3036-5_31
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Karthikeyan, S., Kim, K., Asakura, Y., Verma, M., Asakura, A. (2023). Three-Dimensional Imaging Analysis for Skeletal Muscle. In: Asakura, A. (eds) Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2640. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3036-5_32
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Thapa S, Elhadidy S, Asakura A. Vascular therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Fac Rev. 2023 Feb 21;12:3. doi: 10.12703/r/12-3. PMID: 36873982; PMCID: PMC9979239.
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Den Hartog L and Asakura A (2022) Implications of notch signaling in duchenne muscular dystrophy. Front. Physiol. 13:984373. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.984373
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Fujimaki, S., Matsumoto, T., Muramatsu, M. et al. The endothelial Dll4–muscular Notch2 axis regulates skeletal muscle mass. Nat Metab 4, 180–189 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-022-00533-9
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Ortuste Quiroga, H. P., Ganassi, M., Yokoyama, S., Nakamura, K., Yamashita, T., Raimbach, D., Hagiwara, A., Harrington, O., Breach-Teji, J., Asakura, A., Suzuki, Y., Tominaga, M., Zammit, P. S., & Goto, K. (2022). Fine-Tuning of Piezo1 Expression and Activity Ensures Efficient Myoblast Fusion during Skeletal Myogenesis. Cells, 11(3), 393. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11030393
Last Updated: December, 2024