PROFILE

UCHIYAMA Yasuo, M.D., Ph.D.


Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology
Director of Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age

Short Biography

1972
M.D. Gunma University School of Medicine
1977-1979
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow in West Germany
1979-1981
Assistant, Tohoku University School of Medicine
1981
Ph.D. Tohoku University
1981-1991
Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba
1991-1995
Professor, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
1995-2008
Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
2008-2013
Professor, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
2012-Present
Director of University Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age
2013-Present
Scientific Professor, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
 

Main Research Topics and Interests

  • Autophagy
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Cathepsins

Publications (in English)

  • Original Articles (336)
  • Review Articles (22)
  • Total Impact Factors (1,900.85)
  • Total Citation Index (31,072)

Recent Main Publications (2020)

  • Tanida I, Kakuta S, Oliva Trejo J, Uchiyama Y (2020) Visualization of cytoplasmic organelles via in-resin CLEM using an osmium-resistant far-red protein. Sci Rep, 10.1038/s41598-020-68191-z
  • Oliva Trejo JA, Tanida I, Suzuki C, Kakuta S, Tada N, Uchiyama Y (2020) Characterization of starvation-induced autophagy in cerebellar Purkinje cells of pHluorin-mKate2-human LC3B transgenic mice. Sci Rep, 10.1038/s41598-020-66370-6
  • Ozawa K, Tsumoto H, Miura Y, Komatsubara AT, Yamaguchi J, Iguchi-Ariga SMM, Sakuma T, Yamamoto T, Uchiyama Y (2020) DJ-1 is indispensable to S-nitrosylation of parkin, which maintains function of mitochondria. Sci Rep, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61287-6.
  • Lüningschrör P, Werner G, Stroobants S, Kakuta S, Dombert B, Sinske D, Wanner R, Lüllmann-Rauch R, Wefers B, Wurst W, D’Hooge R, Uchiyama Y, Sendtner M, Haass C, Saftig P, Knöll B, Capell A, Damme M (2020) The FTLD risk factor TMEM106B regulates the transport of lysosomes at the axon initial segment of motoneurons. Cell Rep, 30:3506-3519.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.060.
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